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McCall City Council
Special Meeting
Legion Hall - McCall City Hall (Lower Level)
May 30, 2014
Agenda
Call to Order
Work Session
Adj ournment
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Aymon called the regular meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 11:00 a.m.
Mayor Aymon, Councilor Giles, Councilor Scott, and Councilor Swanson was present.
Councilor Witte was absent.
City staff members present were Gene Drabinski, City Manager; Michelle Groenevelt,
Community Development Director; Linda Stokes, Treasurer, Traci Malvich, Human Resources
Director, and Laura Wilson, Deputy City Clerk.
BUDGET WORK SESSION
Purpose & Agenda:
Gene Drabinski, City Manager, gave an overview of the agenda and priority based budgeting. He
requested Council consider how capital replacement would be funded. Mr. Drabinski also
requested feedback on a property tax increase and a proposed budget amount.
Linda Stokes, Treasurer, reported that staff was working on revenue estimates and proposed
budgets. She noted the budget was not currently balanced. She explained line items for specific
departments noting there were no capital project worksheets in the draft budget.
Mr. Drabinski explained staff s completed priority based budget worksheet and peer review.
Councilor Giles and Councilor Swanson commented it was a useful tool. Mr. Drabinski stated
his long term goal was to be able to make process available online for community input. He
explained that Dennis Coyle, Parks and Recreation Director, would be in charge of collecting the
peer review and compiling the results for Council. Councilor Swanson requested a worksheet to
complete. Mayor Aymon suggested all Council Members complete the worksheet. Mrs. Stokes
suggested creating different scoring criteria for departments that do not generate revenue.
Mrs. Stokes explained the line item budget information. Council, Mrs. Stokes, and Mr. Drabinski
discussed individual department's budget. Council, Mrs. Stokes, and Mr. Drabinski also
discussed each department's proposed revenue and expenditure.
There was a brief discussion about the renewal of the City Attorney contract. Councilor Swanson
suggested sending an RFP for City Attorney prior to budget adoption.
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Mr. Drabinski briefed Council on the recent salary survey and suggested a merit increase for the
employees whose salaries were 10% or greater under the average. He also informed Council of
the possible 15% increase in health care premiums. Councilor Giles suggested the City absorb
the increase in health care premium instead of the full merit increase. Councilor Scott and Mayor
Aymon preferred the idea.
There was a brief discussion about creating a capital reinvestment fund.
Mr. Drabinski requested Council direction regarding the use of the 3% property tax increase and
the foregone amount. Council directed staff to use the 3% property tax increase but not the
foregone amount.
ADJOURNMENT
Without further business, Mayor Aymon adjourned the meeting at 2:15 p.m.
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