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Home My Public Portal About20141009budgetmeeting1 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 CALL TO ORDER The Council Budget Committee of October 9, 2014, was convened at 5:30 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, Scrivner, and Ward Absent: Prather A quorum was declared present. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF BUDGET CHAIRMAN BRAY’S PROPOSED BUDGET Chairman Bray presented a proposed budget and suggested it be used as a “working document.” ORIGINAL MOTION #1: A motion was made by Councilman Mihalevich, seconded by Councilman Henry, to adopt Councilman Bray’s proposed budget, with the inclusion of funding for one police position and one fire position. Motion 1(a) to Amend: Councilman Scrivner made a motion to amend Motion #1 by funding a Fire Training Officer in the amount of $89,559.80, a Human Resources Administrative Assistant in the amount of $48,615.06, and removing funding for the internship program in the amount of $27,558.40, and removing funding for the Historic Grant in the amount of $15,000. The motion to amend was seconded by Councilman Henry. Motion 1(a)(i) to Amend Motion 1(a): 2 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 Councilman Scrivner made a motion to amend his own motion to amend by removing funding the 4% increase for three Fire Captains, seconded by Councilman Henry. Motions Withdrawn Following discussion, Councilman Scrivner withdrew Motion 1(a) to Amend and Motion 1(a)(i) to Amend. Councilman Henry withdrew his second to both motions. Motion 1(a) to Amend, as re-stated: Councilman Scrivner made a restated motion to amend Motion #1 by funding a Fire Training Officer in the amount of $89,559.80, a Human Resources Administrative Assistant in the amount of $48,615.06, removing funding for the internship program in the amount of $27,558.40, removing funding for the Historic Grant in the amount of $15,000, removing funding for the 4% increase for three Fire Captains. The restated motion to amend was seconded by Councilman Henry. Motion 1(a)(ii) to Amend): Councilman Mihalevich made a motion, seconded by Councilman Henry, to amend Councilman Scrivner’s motion to amend by replacing the firefighter position with a fire training officer, removing funding the 4% increase for three Fire Captains, removing funding for the Human Resources Administrative Assistant position, funding a Police Officer position, funding the internship program, and funding the historic grant. Motion 1(a)(ii) was defeated by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Costales, Henry, Mihalevich, and Bray Nay: Branch, Graham, Hussey, Scrivner, and Ward Motion 1(a) to Amend was approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Costales, Henry, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: Graham, Hussey, Mihalevich, and Bray Original Motion #1, as amended, was then read, but no vote was taken at this time. 3 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 RECESS Chairman Bray called a recess at this point in the meeting (7:00 p.m.) RECONVENE The meeting was reconvened at 7:07 p.m. by Chairman Bray with the following Committee Members present: Present: Branch, Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Scrivner, and Ward Absent: Prather COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF BUDGET – CONT’D The following motions were still on the table when the meeting convened: ORIGINAL MOTION #1, AS AMENDED AND APPROVED, THUS FAR: Motion made by Councilman Mihalevich, seconded by Councilman Henry, to adopt Councilman Bray’s proposed budget, with approved amendment, as follows: Funding a Fire Training Officer in the amount of $89,559.80, a Human Resources Administrative Assistant in the amount of $48,615.06, removing funding for the internship program in the amount of $27,558.40, removing funding for the Historic Grant in the amount of $15,000, removing funding for the 4% increase for three Fire Captains. FURTHER MOTIONS TO AMEND Motion 1(a)(iii) to Amend Councilman Henry made a motion, seconded by Councilman Scrivner, to amend Motion 1(a) by removing funding for the Human Resources Administrative Assistant, and adding funding for one Publi c Works position. Motion 1(a)(iii) to Amend was passed by the following roll-call vote: 4 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 Aye: Bray, Graham, Henry, Mihalevich, and Scrivner Nay: Branch, Costales, Hussey, and Ward Motion 1(a)(iv) to Amend Councilman Costales made a motion, seconded by Councilman Graham, to remove funding for City Council meeting security and City Council training and education. Following discussion, Councilman Henry called the question, seconded by Councilman Graham, and the call for the question was approved unanimously. Motion 1(a)(iv) to Amend was defeated by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Costales and Graham Nay: Branch, Bray, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Scrivner, and Ward Motion 1(a)(v) to Amend Councilman Scrivner made a motion, seconded by Councilman Husse y, to replace the current revenue amount of $56,004.50 with $27,491.00. Motion 1(a)(v) to Amend was passed by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: Costales and Mihalevich Motion 1(a)(vi) to Amend Councilman Graham made a motion, seconded by Councilman Ward, to remove funding in the amount of $18,900 for GPS Equipment. Motion 1(a)(vi) to Amend was passed by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: None Motion 1(a)(vii) to Amend Councilman Scrivner made a motion, seconded by Councilman Henry, to remove funding in the amount of $108,000 from Sales Tax E budget for Police vehicles. Following discussion, Councilman Henry called the 5 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 question, seconded by Councilman Scrivner, and the call for the question was approved unanimously. Motion 1(a)(vii) to Amend was approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Scrivner, and W ard Nay: None MOTION #1, AS AMENDED: Councilman Henry then called the question on Motion #1, as Amended, seconded by Councilman Graham, and the call for the question was approved unanimously. Motion #1, as Amended, was passed by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Mihalevich, and Scrivner Nay: Branch, Hussey, and Ward FURTHER MOTIONS TO AMEND MOTION #1, AS AMENDED Motion 1(b) to Amend Councilman Costales made a motion, seconded by Councilwoman Ward, to further amend Motion #1, as amended, by funding the Human Resources Administrative Assistant. Motion 1(b) to Amend was approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Costales, Hussey, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: Graham, Henry, and Mihalevich Motion 1(c) to Amend A motion was made by Councilman Scrivner, seconded by Councilman Graham, to further amend Motion #1, as amended, by funding the following Waste Water Fund items: 1. replacement of Woodward Subdivision sewer ($120,000); 2. replacement of pump at Westview Heights ($20,000); 3. Sharon Drive pump station elimination ($350,000); 6 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE – OCTOBER 9, 2014 4. replacement of blowers at Waste Water Treatment Plant ($670,000); 5. replacement of jetter truck ($250,000); and 6. replacement of security lighting at Waste Water Treatment Plant ($9,000) Motion 1(c) to Amend was approved by the following roll-call vote: Aye: Branch, Bray, Costales, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Mihalevich, Scrivner, and Ward Nay: None Motion 1(d) to Amend Councilman Graham made a motion to further amend Motion #1, as amended, by removing funding for tuition reimbursement. The motion died for lack of a second. NO VOTE WAS TAKEN ON ORIGINAL MOTION #1, AS FURTHER AMENDED BY MOTIONS 1(b) AND 1(c) ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournment was made by Councilman Hussey, seconded by Councilman Graham, and approved unanimously at 7:49 p.m.