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Finance Committee Meeting
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2005
MINUTES
OFFICIALS STAFF
Mayor John Landwehr Rich Mays, City Administrator
Councilman Kevin Brown Steve Schlueter, Director of Finance
Councilman Jonathan Schnitzler Nathan Nickolaus, City Counselor
Councilman Dean Martin Charlie Lansford, Asst. To Director of Community Dev.
Councilman Edith Vogel Janice McMillan, Deputy Dir. of Planning & Transportation
Councilman Mike Harvey
Councilman Brian Crane
Councilman Cindy Layton
Councilman Bryan Pope
Councilman Kenneth Ferguson
Councilman Michael Berry
The meeting was called to order by Finance Committee Chairman Kevin Brown at 5:35 P.M. The first order of
business was the minutes of the Finance Committee meeting held on May 4, 2005. A motion to approve was made by
Councilman Martin and seconded by Councilman Layton. The motion was passed.
The next item on the agenda was a review of the overall budget and how it is developed and presented. City
Administrator Rich Mays explained the components of the budget and walked the committee through the Police
Department’s current budget as an example of the key parts of the budget. A number of questions were asked relating
to certain calculations of revenue sources as well as some line item costs. Mr. Mays indicated that the Council will
get the Mayor’s proposed budget the first week in August and that he will review the makeup of the budget again at
that time.
The committee next turned their attention to the subject of position upgrades and reclassification requests. After some
discussion the committee decided that these types of requests should come to the councilmen during the Finance
Committee meetings first so that an appropriate amount of time can be spent reviewing these types of requests.
Next Chairman Brown asked the committee to consider the budget sub-committee structure that has been in place
most years and to voice their opinion as to whether or not they like such a structure for the upcoming budget process.
Several councilmen who have been involved in committees as a whole versus sub-committees spoke up and stated
that they liked the sub-committee approach best. Chairman Brown then asked each councilman to think about which
sub-committee they wanted to serve on and to advise him of their choice.
There being no further business before the committee, a motion to adjourn was made by Councilman Schnitzler and
seconded by Councilman Martin. The motion was approved and the meeting was adjourned at 6:20 P.M.