07-21-1998 Workshop Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT
MINUTES
COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
July 21, 1998
A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday,
July 21, 1998 at the Highlander Hut. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pool
at 6:00 p.m. with the following Council Members in attendance: Council Member
Cole, Council Member Wolfe, and Council Member Brown. Also present was City
Manager Saunders and Finance Director Van Zile. Council Member Norquist arrived
at 6:15 p.m.
Budget Discussion
Mayor Pool stated that the main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed
budgets for 1998-99. Each Council Member was provided a handout from Finance
Director Van Zile. The highlights listed at the beginning of the handout were reviewed
which concerned the General Fund.
The future of the Fire Department was discussed at length with various ideas. Council
Member Wolfe recommended that we hire a full-time Fire Chief in January followed
by full-time fire fighters in April. Also discussed was the hiring of a fire consultant to
help plan a transition from an all-volunteer department to a partially-paid department.
The remainder of the personnel items on the handout were reviewed with no changes
except those discussed regarding the Fire Department which was to hire a Chief in
January, a consultant budget of $5,000 and budget three fire fighters who would start
in April. Finance Director Van Zile indicated that this scenario would require a
probable increase in the ad valorem rate from the current 2.979 to 3.31 to fund the full-
time firemen.
Capital Outlay Schedules were discussed and no changes were proposed. City
Manager Saunders provided each Council Member with a schedule of current and
proposed salaries, including merit bonuses for department heads and the City Manager
included in the proposed budget. After discussion, there were no proposed changes.
CITY OF CLERMONT
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COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
luly 21, 1998
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The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
Attest:
Ken Norquist, Mayor Pro Te)4~ - '~
lo~eph E. Van Z~, City Clerk