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COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 29, 2013
(BUDGET COMMITTEE)
CALL TO ORDER
The Council Budget Committee Work Session of August 29, 2013, was convened at
5:30 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, Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather,
and Schulte
Absent: Scrivner (arrived at 5:31 P.M.)
A quorum was declared present.
DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS TAKEN ON BUDGET
Chairman Schulte opened the floor for discussion and actions on the proposed budget.
Motion #1:
A motion was made by Councilman Larry Henry to restore $55,000 in funding from the
Fund Balance to JCTV, contingent upon Lincoln University’s willingness to renegotiate
their contract with the City. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ralph Bray.
*Councilman Bob Scrivner arrived at this point (5:31 P.M.)
Councilman Carlos M. Graham stated he will recuse himself on this issue as his
employment with Lincoln University poses a conflict of interest.
Following discussion, the motion was approved by the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Branch, Bray, Carroll, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, and
Scrivner
Nay: Schulte
Abstain: Graham
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COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 29, 2013
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Motion #2:
Councilman Ken Hussey moved to remove the $5,000 funding for a part-time camera
operator and put that amount back into the Fund Balance. The motion was seconded by
Councilman Rick Mihalevich, and approved unanimously by the following roll -call vote:
Aye: Branch, Bray, Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather,
Schulte, and Scrivner
Nay: None
Motion #3:
Councilman Bob Scrivner moved to take $14,000 from the Fund Balance to fund the
application tracking software requested by Human Resources, seconded by
Councilman Ken Hussey. Human Resources Director Gail Strope stated that the vendor
whose software was previously priced at $14,000 had lowered that price to $9,500,
Councilman Scrivner withdrew his motion, and Councilman Hussey withdrew his
second.
Motion #3 re-stated:
Councilman Bob Scrivner then restated his motion to take $9,500 from the Fund
Balance to fund the application tracking software requested by Human Resources,
seconded by Councilman Ken Hussey. Following discussion, the motion was defeated
by the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Carroll, Graham, Henry, Hussey, and Scrivner
Nay: Branch, Bray, Mihalevich, Prather, and Schulte
Motion #4:
Councilwoman Carrie Carroll made a motion to move $7,500 from the Fund Balance to
fund the two floating holidays, pending Council approval of Bill 2013-63, seconded by
Councilman Bob Scrivner. Following discussion, the motion was defeated by the
following roll-call vote:
Aye: Carroll and Hussey
Nay: Branch, Bray, Graham, Henry, Mihalevich, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner
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COUNCIL WORK SESSION – AUGUST 29, 2013
(BUDGET COMMITTEE)
Motion #5:
Councilman Ralph Bray made a motion to forward the budget on to the full Council for
adoption, seconded by Councilman Jim Branch. Following discussion, the motion was
approved by the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Branch, Bray, Graham, Prather, Schulte, and Scrivner
Nay: Carroll, Henry, Hussey, and Mihalevich
Following further discussion, Councilwoman Carrie Carroll asked Human Resources
Director Gail Strope to provide the Council a detailed cost impact statement of
purchasing the application tracking software.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Bob Scrivner, seconded by
Councilman Larry Henry, and approved unanimously at 6:01 P.M.