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Home My Public Portal About20130826budgetworksession1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 26, 2013 (BUDGET COMMITTEE) CALL TO ORDER The Council Budget Committee Work Session of August 26, 2013, was convened at 5:33 P.M. by Councilman Shawn Schulte, Finance Committee Chairman. ROLL CALL The following Budget Committee Members were present for the roll call: Present: Branch, Bray, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner Absent: *Carroll (arrived at 5:47 P.M.) A quorum was declared present. PARKS & RECREATION BUDGET Parks and Recreation Department Director Bill Lockwood presented his Department’s budget, and explained how the Parks and Recreation Commission budget is prepared and tracked annually. Following his presentation he answered questions asked by the Committee members. *Councilwoman Carrie Carroll arrived during this presentation (5:47 P.M.) No actions were taken on the Parks and Recreation Department budget at this time. DISCUSSION Chairman Schulte asked City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus to explain where the City’s finances would be on next year’s budget if the City began next year’s budget process today. Mr. Nickolaus stated that the City would finance net would be about $345 thousand in the negative on day one. 2 COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 26, 2013 (BUDGET COMMITTEE) ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE BUDGET With all Department presentations completed, Chairman Schulte a nnounced that he will now entertain any motions to amend the budget as it currently stands. Motion #1: A motion was made by Councilman Rick Mihalevich to increase the Salute to America fund by $5,000, and increase the Cultural Arts Commission fund by $2,500, with the offset being taken from the $7,500 “floating holiday” item. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ken Hussey. Following discussion, Councilman Mihalevich withdrew his motion, and Councilman Hussey withdrew his second. Motion #1 re-stated: Councilman Mihalevich restated Motion #1 as follows: The Salute to America fund shall show $10,000 by moving $5,000 from the Special Events fund into the Salute to America fund. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ken Hussey, and approved unanimously by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner Nay: None Motion #2: Councilman Rick Mihalevich made a motion to move $2,500 from the Contingency fund to the Cultural Arts Commission fund. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Carrie Carroll, and approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Carroll, Graham, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, and Scrivner Nay: Bray, Henry, and Schulte Motion #3: Councilman Ken Hussey moved to delete the $130,000 funded for a Finance Director, and allocate to pink sheet items as follow: 1. $60,000 to purchase a “patch truck” for Public Works 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 26, 2013 (BUDGET COMMITTEE) 2. $14,000 to purchase application tracking software for Human Resources 3. $2,000 for an electronic door lock for Human Resources 4. $8,500 to purchase a Public Works trailer 5. The remaining $45,500 placed into the Contingency fund The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Carrie Carroll. Following a lengthy discussion, Councilman Ralph Bray called the question, seconded by Councilman Rick Prather, and call for question was approved unanimously. Motion #3 was then defeated by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Carroll, Graham, Hussey, and Scrivner Nay: Branch, Bray, Henry, Mihalevich, Prather, and Schulte Motion #4: A motion was made by Councilman Ralph Bray to eliminate the Contingency fund in its entirety and move it to the Fund Balance, seconded by Councilman Rick Prather. Following a lengthy discussion, the motion was approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Henry, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner Nay: Carroll, Graham, and Hussey Motion #5: Councilwoman Carrie Carroll made a motion to take $7,500 out of the Fund Balance to fund the two floating holidays which were proposed in the City Administrator’s budget, seconded by Councilman Ken Hussey. Following discussion, Councilwoman Carroll withdrew her motion and Councilman Hussey withdrew his second. DISCUSSION Discussion was held regarding whether to have another Budget Committee meeting to continue discussing issues that some members believed have not been fully discussed. 4 COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 26, 2013 (BUDGET COMMITTEE) The Committee agreed that they could attend a meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 29, at 5:30 P.M. Chairman Schulte announced that a meeting will be scheduled and posted for that time and date. ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Ralph Bray, seconded by Councilman Carlos M. Graham, and approved unanimously at 7:15 P.M.