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COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AU GUST 12, 2013
(BUDGET COMMITTEE)
CALL TO ORDER
The Council Budget Committee Work Session of August 12, 2013, was convened at
5:30 P.M. by Councilman Shawn Schulte, Finance Committee Chairman.
ROLL CALL
The following Council Members were present for the roll call:
Present: Branch, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, and Schulte
Absent: Bray
Arrived after roll call: Carroll and Scrivner (both arrived at 5:34 P.M.)
A quorum was declared present.
MISCELLANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chairman Schulte announced that Department Directors will begin presenting their
respective budgets tonight, and have been asked to inform Council of their “pink sheet”
items which they had submitted for this year’s budget whether those were included in
the budget or not.
*Councilwoman Carroll and Councilman Scrivner arrived during this part of the meeting
(5:34 P.M.)
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Chief Roger Schroeder presented his Department’s budget, and gave information on
the different Sections and their respective functions within the Police Department’s
organizational structure. Following his presentation, he stated that the Department had
one pink sheet item which was not included in the budget: replacement of the HVAC in
the Police Department building.
Following discussion and questions and answers, Councilwoman Carroll asked Interim
Finance Director Bill Betts to provide some options where some of the funds might be
found to fund the needed HVAC, and also to find out if it could be done in phases.
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Chief Schroeder was also asked to provide an explanation why the salary for the
MUSTANG function was higher this year than last year.
No actions were taken on the Police Department budget at this time.
MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL – ADMINISTRATION – CITY CLERK
City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus presented the budget for each of the following
budgets:
1. Mayor and City Council
2. Administration (City Administrator)
3. City Clerk
Following his presentation, he answered questions regarding cost savings for the digital
records program.
At the conclusion of Mr. Nickolaus’s presentation, the following action was taken on the
Administration (City Administrator) budget:
Motion #1 – Councilman Shawn Schulte moved to eliminate the Communications
Manager position from the City Administrator’s budget and remove it from the vacancy
savings. The motion was seconded by Councilman Rick Mihalevich, and defeated by
the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Mihalevich and Schulte
Nay: Branch, Carroll Graham, Henry, Hussey, Prather, and Scrivner
PUBLIC WORKS
Interim Public Works Director Matt Morasch presented the Public Works budget, which
included the enterprise funds which fall into the Public Works Department.
Following the presentation, Councilman Carlos M. Graham asked staff to provide a list
of employees which take home city vehicles after hours and the number of time they
had to be dispatched to use those vehicles.
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No actions were taken on the Public Works budget at this time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chairman Schulte announced that the next Budget Committee meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, August 15, at 5:30 P.M., at which time they will hear from the rest of the
Departments on their budgets. He also announced that the public hearing on the budget
is scheduled to be held at the August 19 Regular Council meeting, and encouraged the
public to attend and provide their input.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Bob Scrivner, seconded by
Councilman Carlos M. Graham, and approved unanimously at 7:15 P.M.