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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19901211SCMeeting1 1 Tybee Island, Georgia December 11, 1990 A Special Council Meeting was held on December 11, 1990 for acceptance of the 1991 budget. Mayor Hosti called the meeting to order for business legally presented to council. Councilmembers present were the following: L. Jefferson Dukes, James Patrick Locklear, Paul G. Jackson, James C. Brown and John 0. Youmans. Councilman Walsh had a previous engagement made prior to this meeting date being set. City Administrator, Rowena Fripp and City Treasurer, Patricia B. Pagan were present. Mayor Hosti stated that this budget has been worked on for the past two months and the budget is something we can live with for 1991. He thanked Rowena Fripp, Patricia Pagan and Jackie Brown for all the work they had done on the budget. Mayor Hosti then told council that we are in a recession but that maybe we will take in more money than projected. The Finance Committee will fine tune and adjust the budget every 3 months. At this time Mayor Hosti turned the meeting over to Councilman Dukes, head of the Finance Committee. Councilman Dukes stated that he was unhappy with the revenue figure and feels that it is not down low enough. He said the following reasons: 1.) Troops are gone 2.) Civilian won't have income 3.) Government grants are dried up 4.) movement underway concerning wetlands - lower property evaluations. Councilman Dukes then moved to adopt the budget. Councilman Jackson seconded. Mayor Hosti asked for any discussion on the budget. Councilman Dukes gave percentages from the 1990 to 1991 budget, they are listed below. General Government up $4,800.00 - 1.9%; Police down $27,000.00 - 4.9 %; Parking down $7,000.00 - 4.9 %; Fire down $13,000.00 - 13.2%; First Response down $3,700.00 - 39 %; DPW up $87,000.00 - 22 %; Sanitation - down 1.6 %; Recreation down $19,900.00 - 34.7 %; Parks, Buildings down 415.00 - 6.9 %; Lifeguards - same; Special Appropriations down - 2.8 %; Other Government Expense down $17,484.00 - 4.3 %. The overall budget is down .09 %. Councilman Locklear asked Rowena Fripp why the Recreation and Fire Departments were hit the hardest. He stated that we might have to cut some of the programs for youth and senior citizens. Mayor Hosti questioned what programs? Councilman Locklear said soccer, football will probably be replaced by the soccer program because now the Junior High Schools are providing a football program for that age group. Rowena Fripp said that she was under the impression that football was going to be dropped because of not enough children coming out for the sport. 1 1 December 11, 1990 Page 2 Councilman Locklear said the fees charged for playing a sport or attending senior citizens crafts programs will balance out and the Recreation Department will need $4,472.00 added to its budget to meet the 1991 expenses. Councilman Locklear stated that this administration has been in office one year and that there is still no Capital Improvement Plan. Rowena Fripp said that she has the information and could give him a report very easily. Councilman Locklear said that we will need at least $17,000.00 to upgrade the playground equipment in the parks. Mayor Hosti said that council knew what kind of shape the city was in December 89 and that everyone has done a good job with the departments. You never know about emergencies. We need to generate more income. Councilman Locklear said that nothing has been done concerning a user fee for trash and garbage and that a study needs to be done about breakdown of the Police Department. Mayor Hosti said that the Police Dept. has been cut from 15 officers to 11 officers. Councilman Locklear said he would like to see something done about the bonus each employee gets at Christmas. Mayor Hosti said that will be looked into next year. Councilman Dukes said that the Planning Commission is developing a C I P plan. He also said that we did not put enough money into General Government to cover the Booten plan for computers. Councilman Dukes said that we were as fair as humanly possible with the budget. Councilman Youmans then stated that the Fire Department was cut 27% and First Response was cut 50% from beginning budget of 1990. He said that if you don't spend it your department gets cut. It took him 6 to 8 weeks to get two separate Purchase Orders over $1,000.00 okayed and he can not accept this budget. Mayor Hosti said the city has been building up the Fire Department for the past couple of years for the I.S.O. survey to lower the citizens insurance rates. Councilman Brown said that if we have a strong Recreation Department that the children will have something to do and that means less police patrols. Councilman Youmans stated that the people that cut the budget don't know what it takes to run and operate a fire department. Councilman Brown made a motion to take a 10 minute recess. Councilman Locklear seconded. It was unanimous. 1 Tybee Island, Georgia December 11, 1991 Page 3 The meeting was reconvened with Councilman Youmans stating that he would go along with the budget if we put the original line items proposal back and delete the C I P expenditures. Councilman Jackson made a motion to amend the original motion by taking the money out of the contingency fund. Councilman Dukes made an amendment to the motion to transfer all monies in line items 742, 743 and 744 into line items 701 trough 723 in accordance with the Fire Department. Mayor Hosti then called for the question. The budget was passed unanimously. erk . Counh�i 1 Mayor Charles`'. Hosti 1 1 1 GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES $2,217,374.40 GENERAL GOVERNMENT 262,142.76 POLICE DEPARTMENT 527,583.00 PARKING SERVICES 89,649.84 FIRE DEPARTMENT 90,114.72 FIRST RESPONSE 6,149.76 DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS 478,902.60 SANITATION 216,300.00 RECREATION 37,508.28 PARKS, BUILDINGS, STANDS 5,613.96 LIFEGUARDS 46,399.92 SPECIAL APPROPRIATION 70,440.00 OTHER GOVERNMENT EXPENSES 386,569.56 TOTAL EXPENSES WATER /SEWER REVENUE EXPENDITURES WATER /SEWER 2,217,374.40 677,902.20 677,902.20 Tybee Island, Georgia December 11, 1990 Budget 1991