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MINUTES OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
AUGUST 17, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
The Budget Committee Meeting of August 17, 2017, was convened at 5:30 P.M. by
Councilman Rick Mihalevich, Finance Committee Chairman.
ATTENDANCE
The following Council Members were present when the meeting convened:
Present: Fitzwater, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Kemna, Mihalevich, Prather,
Schreiber, Ward, and Wiseman
Absent: None
A quorum was present.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF BUDGET
“PARKING LOT ITEMS:”
JeffTran Ridership Item
Councilwoman Wiseman asked Matt Morasch and Mark Mehmert questions about
JeffTran ridership. Mr. Mehmert stated that the lowest ridership is usually in October or
November, and he would recommend any campaign to increase ridership for either of
those months.
MOTION #1:
At the conclusion of discussion about various ways to fund such a ridership campaign,
Councilwoman Wiseman made a motion to withdraw the JeffTran ridership issue from
the “Parking Lot”, seconded by Councilman Schreiber. The motion to withdraw was
approved unanimously by voice vote.
MOTION #2:
Councilwoman Ward made a motion to add the Planner I position at a cost of $48,000 +
$2,000 for office expense, and to offset it by deleting the two Planning & Protective
Services vehicles at a cost of $50,000 + the remainder from vacancy savings. The
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AUGUST 17, 2017
motion was seconded by Councilwoman Wiseman. Following discussion, the motion
was approved by the following roll-call vote:
Aye: Graham, Henry, Hussey, Kemna, Mihalevich, Schreiber, Ward, and
Wiseman
Nay: Fitzwater and Prather
Storm Water Parking Lot Issue:
Councilman Prather mentioned that Bill 2017-65 on the August 21 City Council agenda
just distributed earlier in the day would approve a supplemental appropriation from Fund
Balance in the amount of $750,000 for storm water improvements, and that he wo uld
request the rules be suspended at that meeting so it would be voted on and allow the
issue to move forward.
MOTION #3:
Councilman Hussey made a motion that, in the light of Councilman Prather’s intentions
to approve a supplemental appropriation ordina nce at the August 21 meeting, the
$750,000 storm water improvement issue be removed from the parking lot. The motion
was seconded by Councilman Henry, and approved unanimously by the following roll -
call vote:
Aye: Fitzwater, Graham, Henry, Hussey, Kemna, Mihalevich, Prather,
Schreiber, Ward, and Wiseman
Nay: None
MOTION #4:
Councilwoman Hussey made a motion to move the budget forward to the full Council.
The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Wiseman, and approved unanimously by
a voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
As no further business was brought forward, a motion for adjournment was made by
Councilman Henry, seconded by Councilwoman Wiseman, and approved unanimously
at 6:22 P.M.