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Home My Public Portal About20050920minutesCITY OF JEFFERSON Finance Committee Meeting TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 MINUTES OFFICIALS STAFF Councilman Dean Martin Rich Mays, City Administrator Councilman Mike Harvey Steve Schlueter, Director of Finance Councilman Brian Crane Phyllis Gilpin, Chief Accountant Councilman Bryan Pope Bob Rennick, Fire Chief Councilman Ken Ferguson Bill Lockwood, Director of Parks & Rec. Councilman Kevin Brown Pat Sullivan, Dir. of Community Dev. Councilman Michael Berry Melva Fast, Asst. To the City Administrator Councilman Cindy Layton Gail Strope, Director of Human Resources Nathan Nickolaus, City Counselor Roger Schroeder, Police Chief 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 August 29, 2005. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Councilman Berry, seconded by Councilman Layton. The motion to approve was 6 to 0. The next item on the agenda was a discussion on the Proposed FY 05-06 budget. The latest matrix covering the remaining items for consideration was reviewed by City Administrator Rich Mays. Discussion ensued regarding the option of setting aside the funding for three new police officers until the Staff Code Enforcement Task Force completed its findings and then using some of that aforementioned funding to support those findings. A motion to hire one additional police officer costing $42,980 and placing the remaining $85,961 in a miscellaneous line item in Non- Depart m en t al pending the Tas k Fo rce recommendations was made b y Councilman Be rr y, seconded by Councilman Brown. The motion failed by a vote of 6 to 2. After some additional discussion a motion to approve the matrix as submitted, which included the three new police officers, was made by Councilman Martin and seconded by Councilman Harvey. The motion was approved by a vote of 6 to 2. The next part of the budget review covered those items that are Non-General Fund budget adjustments. After a brief discussion a motion to approve was made by Councilman Harvey and seconded by Councilman Crane. The motion was approved by a vote of 8 to 0. As a result of these actions, the City’s FY 2005-2006 budget is balanced. There being no further business Councilman Crane made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Councilman Berry. The motion passed and adjournment took place at 6:18 P.M.