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McCall City Council
Special Meeting
McCall -Donnelly High School Commons
401 Mission Street, McCall
April 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
Agenda
Call to Order
Work Session
Adjournment
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Aymon called the Special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 6:30 p.m.
Mayor Aymon, Councilor Giles, Councilor Scott, Councilor Swanson, and Councilor Witte
were present.
City Staff present were Gene Drabinski, City Manager; Michelle Groenevelt, Community
Development Director; Peter Borner, Public Works Director; Meg Lojek, Library Director;
Dennis Coyle, Parks and Recreation Director; Erin Roper, Communications Coordinator;
BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; and Lisa Kundrick, Deputy City Clerk.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Introduction & PowerPoint Presentation by Gene Drabinski
Gene Drabinski, City Manager, gave a brief introduction and presentation of the topic for
discussion which was to determine who should pay for repairing and replacing the streets within
the City of McCall. He called out the difference between maintenance and repair of streets. Mr.
Drabinski also educated the attendees on the McCall city budget and roughly how those dollars
are divided up among eight different funds. He explained why the City of McCall is able to
impose a local option tax through the vote of the people. He also gave a brief history of the Local
Option Tax ordinances within the City of McCall.
Table Exercises on "How Should McCall Fund its Infrastructure?" Council Members lead
each table
The attendees of the meeting were then placed in five different groups to discuss the following
with each member of the Council:
• What percentage of the annual Streets Maintenance Cost should be paid for by local
residents? What percentage of the annual Streets Maintenance Cost should be paid for by
visitors to McCall?
• What percentage of the annual Streets Rebuild Cost should be paid for by local residents?
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