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COUNCIL WORK SESSION – JULY 18, 2013
(BUDGET COMMITTEE)
CALL TO ORDER
The Council Budget Committee Work Session of July 18, 2013, was convened at 5:33
P.M. by Councilman Shawn Schulte, Finance Committee Chairman.
ROLL CALL
The following Council Members were present for the roll call:
Present: Branch, Bray, Graham, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner
Absent: Carroll, Henry, and Hussey
A quorum was declared present.
MAYOR PRESENTS BUDGET
Chairman Schulte asked Mayor Eric Struemph to make a presentation to the Committe e
regarding his proposed budget. Mayor Struemph made remarks regarding what he
considered the highlights of his proposed budget.
BUDGET MEETINGS AND ISSUES
Chairman Schulte stated he would prefer to hold over the discussion of revenue until
the next Committee meeting.
Chairman Schulte asked Interim Finance Director Bill Betts to explain how the budget is
laid out. Mr. Betts explained the budget books distributed to the Council, and also how
information regarding the budget and budget meetings will be made available from the
home page of the City’s website throughout the budget season.
City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus gave a brief overview of what he will be presenting
and asked Council Members to submit any questions to him in writing so he can rel ay
those to the Departments.
Chairman Schulte suggested making a change to the Budget Committee meeting
schedule by eliminating the Saturday, July 27 meeting and have the first meeting
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(BUDGET COMMITTEE)
instead on Monday, July 29. There were no objections to this suggested change, and
staff was directed to amend the meeting schedule and notify everyone accordingly. He
indicated that Department Directors will be given an opportunity to make their
presentation to the Council when their budget items come up.
Chairman Schulte explained the procedure for discussing individual items on the
budget. Any changes (placing items on the “parking lot”) shall be accomplished by
motion, second, and majority vote, and will require that each addition be accompanied
by an offset in the same amount, taken from where the Council Member suggest the
funds should come.
ADJOURNMENT
As no other business came before the Committee at this time, a motion for adjournment
was made by Councilman Ralph Bray, seconded by Councilman Bob Scrivner, and
approved unanimously at 6:05 P.M.