MINUTES
OF A SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING
The meeting was called to order at
A roll call was taken which showed council
members Beverly Hansen, Sterling Rees, Russ Cowan, Larry Murray, and John
Gardner present. The Mayor stated that the meeting was a regularly called
meeting and that notice of the time, place and agenda of the meeting had been
provided to the local news media and to each member of the governing body.
Others present included City Manager
The opening prayer was given by Beverly Hansen.
FY2004 BUDGET DISCUSSION
Department
Heads were asked to present their proposed FY 2004 budgets for Council review. They did so as follows:
FINANCE – Mike
Davis gave an overview of the city’s financial status.
BUILDINGS – Roger
Eschler stated that this department would need approximately $44,000 more in
order to make needed roof repairs over the Fire Department and replace two
furnaces. The remainder of this budget
would stay the same as FY 2003.
POLICE DEPARTMENT –
Steve Hooley reported that the Central Dispatch fee was being increased an
additional $1,625 or from $48,375 to $50,000.
Steve also stated that his goal is to have defibrillators in each patrol
car. Steve is requesting that an
additional $5,000 be added to his budget for a part-time office person to work
520 hours per year or 10 hours per week.
ANIMAL CONTROL –
Steve Hooley is requesting that Animal Control Officer Barbara Price be given
an additional $750 per year to bring her up to full time status.
FIRE DEPARTMENT –
Assistant Fire Chief Ryan Larsen stated that his department needs to replace SCBA’s. There are
five already coming and it would take an additional twelve to make all the
replacements needed. The Fire Department
felt its budget adequate as long as the $5,000 set aside for grant request
matches was still in place.
PLANNING AND ZONING
– Roger Eschler stated that there would be no additional funds requested for
this department. The only change would
be an increase in revenue due to the enacting of fees for services provided in
this department.
STREET DEPARTMENT –
George Dean stated that he would continue to operate his department with the
same funding as the FY 2003 budget, although there were areas that needed
additional funding to accommodate serving the public. Council discussed changes the Finance
Director had made to this budget and directed that changes be made to return a
portion of funds back to this department.
This will enable George to have enough to pay for sidewalk safety
matching funds and funds to cover emergencies as they occur.
PARKS DEPARTMENT – Linden Dye is requesting an increase of
$1,000 in temporary salaries. Due to
vandalism he is also requesting an increase of $500. Lindon needs to
increase the contract labor line item from $8,000 to $9,600 due to increased
costs.
SWIMMING POOL – Linden Dye stated that the Capital Outlay budget for FY 2003
could be decreased by $2,000 and requested this amount be put in the Parks
Department.
RECREATION DEPARTMENT – Linden Dye reported that he has experienced
problems with the Men’s Basketball program both in scheduling facilities and in
behavior of certain team members. Council discussed discontinuing this program
due to these problems.
GOLF COURSE – Brent Fenn requested an increase of
$5,000 for temporary salaries and an increase of $1,500 for maintenance of the
new clubhouse. Brent also expressed a
need for a sander in the amount of $5,000.
WATER DEPARTMENT – Jay Mitchell stated that he could manage with
the same budget as FY 2003 except he would like to replace aging pipe at a cost
of $60,000. Jay is also requesting an
additional $5,000 to begin having the valve boxes cleaned out.
CULINARY WATER – Rick Stewart reported that the steel tank needs to be
refurbished at a cost of approximately $40,000, but he would go another year
without using this tank for storage.
SEWER DEPARTMENT – Kirby Wolfinjer
stated he would also operate his department with the same budget at FY 2003 but
would like to be able to have funding to have about a quarter of the towns
sewer lines cleaned out at a cost of $15,000 to $20,000. Kirby would like this amount each year until all
the sewer lines have been cleaned. Kirby
said this had been done three years ago and prior to that had never been
done. This had greatly reduced sewer
backup problems.
AUTO DEPARTMENT – Cloyd Davis requested
an additional $6,000 to $8,000 in the Supplies and Maintenance line to cover
the cost of odd jobs such as flower water trucks, fire trucks, parks trailers,
etc.
A
motion was made by
Meeting
adjourned at
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Lloyd Burton, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Carolyn Wilcken, Recorder