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Home My Public Portal About2023.05.26 Regular Meeting MinutesMINUTES McCall City Council Special Meeting McCall City Hall -- Legion Hall VIA TEAMS Virtual May 26, 2023 Call to Order and Roll Call Work Session Public Comment Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Giles called the special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 9:00 a.m. Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, Council Member Nelson, and Council Member Thrower all answered roll call. Council Member Nielsen is absent. City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; Sarah Porter, Deputy Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager; Linda Stokes, City Treasurer; Delta James, Economic Development Planner; Kurt Wolf, Parks and Recreation Director; Traci Malvich, Human Resources Manager; Sean Reilly, Network Administrator; Stefanie Bork, Parks and Recreation Business Manager Erik McCormick. Brian Parker. Also, in attendance were Kristina Kachur, Logan Simpson Consultant; Jana McKenzie, Logan Simpson Consultant; Terri Lindberg, Treasure Valley Transit; Amber Kostoff, McPaws Regional Animal Shelter. WORK SESSION AB 23-114 Review of draft Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan Economic Development Director Delta James introduced the consultant team from Logan Simpson. Kristina Kachur and Jana McKenzie with consultant firm Logan Simpson presented the draft Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan and summarized collected findings from the final phase of community input, and reviewed prioritized action steps recommended within the plan document. Council Member Nelson noted that the PROS plan is very comprehensive and ambitious. Council Member Thrower expressed that the Parks and Recreation department has previously shown the ability to complete ambitious projects. Council Member Nelson questioned using bonds and tax funding and the input from the public seems to have been towards creating a recreation district instead of using a bond when both options would require a new tax. Planner James noted that public input supported the idea of a recreation district to serve a large area instead of a smaller MCCALL CITY COUNCIL May 26, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 1 of 4 taxing district serving just the City of McCall. Manager Spickard asked if the impact fee suggested would replace the current in lieu of parks fee for new developments. Planner James noted a park's impact fee on a new development would replace the current in lieu of parks fee requirement. Ms. McKenzie noted the importance of having a dedicated matching fund for grant opportunities. Council Member Nelson commented on the importance of parks and recreation for the community. The consultants complimented the city staff that collaborated on the PROS plan efforts. The Council took a break at 9:40 am The Council returned from break at 9:50 am PUBLIC COMMENT 1 Mayor Giles called for public comment at 10:05 a.m. No public comments were received. Hearing no comments, Mayor Giles closed the comment period at 10:05 am. WORK SESSION AB 21-115 FY24 Budget Work Session and Direction to Staff City Treasurer Linda Stokes and City Manager Anette Spickard presented to the City Council. FY24 Budget Development Introduction ➢ AIC Budget Manual — Available Upon Request Budget Request Presentations > Treasure Valley Transit (TVT) o Terri Lindberg presented the TVT FY24 funding request. Ridership has increased by 33% from 2021 to 2022. Ms. Lindberg reviewed the challenges faced by TVT over the past year including fuel costs and lack of employees. TVT is asking for 4.5% more funding to assist with the employment challenges. Additionally, Ms. Lindberg reviewed the grant funding that TVT has applied for and how the funds have been used. > McPaws Regional Animal Shelter (McPaws) o Amber Kostoff presented the McPaws FY24 funding request to the City Council. Ms. Kostoff reviewed the programs made available to the community through McPaws. Council Member Nelson asked if McPaws is at capacity with resources. Ms. Kostoff noted the staff and board members stretch every funding opportunity to the fullest. Council Member Thrower asked about the housing crisis's impact on pet surrenders or fostering. Ms. Kostoff noted that McPaws does try to help in situations where an owner may not be able to care for their pet over a short period of time due to housing, but it is not always feasible. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 2 of 4 May 26 2023 Regular Meeting Basics of City Budgeting ➢ Roles & Responsibilities ➢ Budget Classification Structure > Budget Best Practices Council Priorities Discussion — City Manager Anette Spickard > FY24 General Fund Budget Priorities (in no particular order) o Housing Action Plan Implementation • Fund Balance Reserve (Land Banking) — $403,783 • LOT — $239,000 • Housing Strategy Implementation (Comm Dev Budget $20,126, Gem Grant $25,000) — $45,126 o ADA Transition Plan Implementation o Library Expansion Project o Employee Recruitment/Retention Program o Impact Fee Analysis and Recommendation o Community Engagement & Education o Climate Action Planning/Electric Vehicle infrastructure o 5 -Year Capital Improvement Plan o Maintain the current level of program services. Overview of Major Revenue Sources ➢ Property Taxes o Homeowner's Exemption — no change — $125,000 o 2022 December Net Taxable Value — $3,144,654,028 o Growth and Annexation due from County Assessor July 24 — no estimate available o Three percent Maximum Allowable Increase - $217,537 o Forgone Amount - $509,513 o One percent allowable for 0 & M — $74,686 o Three percent allowable for Capital — one-time use — Forgone balance is decreased after taken — $224,058. ➢ Local Option Tax — Streets ➢ Water service revenue Available Fund Balance ➢ General Fund — $955,345 > Streets Fund — $433,470 ➢ Library Fund — $280,180 > Airport Fund — $664,903 > Streets LOT — $2,301,698 ➢ Golf— $490,357 > Water — $2,847,548 MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 3 of 4 May 26, 2023 Regular Meeting Council Discussion/Direction Council Member Nelson asked about the amount kept in the general fund and how the staff feels about lowering that amount. Manager Spickard noted that the Council's long-term financial strategy has been to pay as you go and not incur debt. The left -over general fund balance has historically gone toward one-time CIP projects. Council Member Thrower noted employee retention is a very important principle for the Council to maintain and Council Member Nelson agreed. The Council expressed the importance of being consistent with Council salaries getting a cost -of - living increase. Mayor Giles noted previous times that the City had a hard time filling open Council Member seats because the salary was so low and had not seen an increase for a long time. The Council also expressed the importance of increasing the Council salary overtime so there is not a large increase all at once. Mayor Giles would like to see additional details regarding what would be needed from the budget to implement all the year -one items in the Housing Action Plan. Council Member Maciaszek and Council Member Nelson agreed with Mayor Giles. FY24 Budget Development Next Steps > Council Work Session on June 30, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM > Council Work Session on July 28, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Tentative Budget Both Council Member Maciaszek and Mayor Giles will not be available on July 28th so the July 28th meeting will be held either July 21' or Aug 4th instead depending on budget progress. > FY24 Budget Public Hearing on August 24, 5:30 PM ➢ FY24 Foregone Public Hearing on August 24, 05:30 PM ADJOURNMENT �1 ithout further business, Mayor Giles adjourned the meeting at 11:52 a.m. ATTEST: BessieJo W ner, City C /rk p `$ lqu �unO•••, ,e,(A) Hobert S. Giles, Mayor MCCALL CITY COUNCIL May 26, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 4 of 4