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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20140908budgetmeeting1 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 CALL TO ORDER The Council Budget Committee of September 8, 2014, was convened at 5:34 P.M. by Councilman Ralph Bray, Finance Committee Chairman. ROLL CALL The following Budget Committee Members were present for the roll call: Present: Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Scrivner, and Ward Absent: Branch A quorum was declared present. DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS TAKEN ON BUDGET ISSUES Mayor’s Proposed Budget: Chairman Bray introduced Mayor Eric Struemph and asked him to make a presentation. Mayor Struemph presented his proposed FY2015 Budget to the Council Budget Committee, and explained certain highlights of his proposed budget. Budget Committee Meeting Procedures: Following the Mayor’s presentation, Chairman Bray explained the procedures by which meetings will be conducted throughout the budget process. He stated that he would request Committee Members who have questions about the budget to submit those questions to Interim Finance Director Bill Betts to provide all answers to the Committee, thus ensuring that all Members have the same information. Chairman Bray then asked Mr. Betts to briefly explain the contents of the budget book which the Council just received at the beginning of the meeting. 2 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Staff / Department Budget Presentations: At the conclusion of Mr. Betts’s presentation, Chairman Bray announced that at the next meeting of the Committee scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, the Committee will hear presentations made by the Police and Fire Departments. Revenue Projections: Chairman Bray asked Mr. Betts to explain the revenue projections contained in the proposed FY2015 budget, after which he opened the floor for questions or discussion of the revenues presented. Motion #1: At the conclusion of discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Scrivner, seconded by Councilman Henry, to accept the projected total revenue amount of $29,500,558.22 for the present time as the ‘working amount’ from which budget discussions can proceed. Following discussion, a motion to amend Councilman Scrivner’s motion was made by Councilman Prather, seconded by Councilman Scrivner, to amend the Projected Sales Tax amount by substituting the “three-year average” figure of $9,668,066.07 figure as the sales tax revenue projection. Councilman Hussey suggested using dates of September 1 through August 3 1 of the past 36 months as the three-year average so that the first eight months of calendar year 2014 could be included in any three-year calculation. Councilman Prather agreed to modify his motion to accept that suggestion, Councilman agreed to accept as his second, the motion to amend being as follows: “The three-year period beginning September 1, and ending August 31, for the past 36 months shall be calculated to determine actuals, and used for projecting sales tax revenues for the FY2015 budget.” The motion to amend was then approved, as follows, by a roll -call vote: Aye: Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: None The original motion as made by Councilman Scrivner was then approved, as amended, by the following roll-call vote: 3 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Aye: Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: None ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Bob Scrivner, seconded by Councilman Carlos Graham, and approved unanimously at 6:25 P.M.