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Home My Public Portal About20140929budgetmeeting1 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 CALL TO ORDER The Council Budget Committee of September 29, 2014, was convened at 5:45 P.M. by Councilman Ralph Bray, Finance Committee Chairman. ROLL CALL The following Budget Committee Members were present for the roll call: Present: Branch, Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Prather, Scrivner, and Ward Absent: None A quorum was declared present. STAFF / DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY DEPARTMENT: Bill Lockwood, Director of Parks, Recreation & Forestry, presented his department’s budget. He introduced Parks and Recreation Commission members Steve Duncan and Marty Miller who were present to answer any questions the Council might have for them. HUMAN RESOURCES: Human Resources Director Gail Strope made a presentation regarding employee insurances and benefits, and distributed information containing possible options. She stated that discussions are still ongoing with some insurance providers and that the Council will receive more information as insurance providers answer more questions and more figures are obtained. Councilman Scrivner asked Ms. Strope for a spread sheet showing a tabulation of the total value of employee salary increases including health care insurance costs that the City will pick up as part of that total value. Ms. Strope stated that the City does send out such a document annually to every employee showing them a comprehensive breakdown of the benefits mentioned by Councilman Scrivner, and the information he requested could be easily provided. 2 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 FUND BALANCE AND SALES TAX F: Finance Director Bill Betts made a presentation on the Fund Balance and Sales Tax F . Following the presentation, Councilman Scrivner made comments regarding the issue of funding items such as police vehicles and GPS from Sales Tax revenues. He stated he will be making a motion at some point in the near future to fund those items from the General Fund rather than Sales Tax revenues. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION: Councilman Costales referred to a handout he provided , and explained briefly some of the items he is recommending as contained on the handout. NEXT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING: Chairman Bray announced that at the next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, October 2. ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Henry, seconded by Councilman Costales, and approved unanimously at 7:12 P.M.