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McCall City Council
Special Meeting
McCall -Donnelly High School Commons
401 Mission Street, McCall
May 11, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Call to Order
Work Session
Adj ournment
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 how we should pay for repairing and replacing our streets
within the City of McCall. He stated that for the purpose of this conversation, when we talk
about "STREETS" we are referring to street surface, curbs gutters and sidewalks, bike and
pedestrian lanes where appropriate. Mr. Drabinski once again educated the attendees on the
McCall city budget and roughly how those dollars are divided up among eight different funds.
He explained the remaining service life as it relates to streets within the City of McCall. Mr.
Drabinski covered the current city budget for routine maintenance and preventative maintenance
and then showed what is needed.
Mr. Drabinski then shared the results of the April 16, 2015 workshop:
1. What percentage of the annual STREETS MAINTENANCE COST
LOCAL RESIDENTS?
a. RESULTS of April Workshop: Local Residents = 46%
2. What percentage of the annual STREETS MAINTENANCE COST
VISITORS?
a. RESULTS of April Workshop: Visitors = 54%
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3. What percentage of the annual STREETS REBUILD COST should be paid for by
LOCAL RESIDENTS?
a. RESULTS of April Workshop: Local Residents = 45%
4. What percentage of the annual STREETS REBUILD COST should be paid for by
VISITORS?
a. RESULTS of April Workshop: Visitors = 55%
Based on those results it was assumed that the following would be true:
1. 46% of $900,000 = $414,000 local resident annual contribution for MAINTENANCE
2. 54% of $900,000 = $486,000 visitor annual contribution for MAINTENANCE
3. 45% of $2,000,000 = $890,000 local resident annual contribution for REBUILD
4. 55% of $2,000,000 = $1,110,000 visitor annual contribution for REBUILD
Mr. Drabinski introduced Brian Ellison, Ph.D. of The Martin School, Department of Political
Science University of Idaho. Professor Ellison educated the attendees on what a Local Option
Tax is and how it applies to the City of McCall. He also showed what other resort Cities have an
Local Option Tax and how that money is spent in other communities
Table Exercises 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:
1. What did you learn tonight, that you didn't know when you came in?
2. Vote by categorizing Local Option Tax selections into one of 3 categories
a. How did you vote?
b. Why did you vote that way?
Wrap up
After the groups completed their table exercises, City Manager Drabinski addressed all in
attendance and explained that the results of the table exercises would be compiled and placed on
the City's website. The next steps to be discussed at the next Community Conversations
scheduled for June 9, 2015 included the following:
❑ How Do We Get There?
❑ Who Pays the Bill?
❑ What are Our Options?
ADJOURNMENT
Without further business, Mayor Aymon adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
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