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07-31-2001 Workshop Meeting CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JULY 31, 2001 Page 1 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at the Police Department. Mayor Turville called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Members Biddle, MacLauchlin, Mullins and Renick were present, also present were City Manager Saunders, Finance Director Van Zile and City Accountant Lisa Strickland. Mayor Turville welcomed those present. City Manager Saunders opened the meeting by stating that this was the first in a series of budget ' workshops to review the proposed budget for fiscal year 2001-2002. Finance Director Van Zile explained the budget document that was presented to each Council Member for review. City Manager Saunders then stated that the Council might want to review some of the proposed personnel changes, especially as it pertained to existing retirees, since some of our retirees were present at the workshop. Finance Director Van Zile referred the Council to page 217 of the draft budget document and explained that this schedule reflects a $2.00 per year of service increase in the existing retirees' benefits per month and that these amounts have been included in the proposed budget. Mr. Van Zile presented a document showing comparisons of existing and proposed benefits. After further discussion it was the consensus of the Council that this adjustment should be included in the budget document. Mayor Turville then discussed the dates of upcoming Council workshops and requested that the original date of August 9, 2001 be changed to August 8, 2001. Everyone was in agreement with this change in date. City Manager Saunders then referred the City Council to the section of the budget document showing proposed new positions for all funds and proposed reclassifications of some of the existing positions. After discussion there were no changes to the proposed new positions or reclassifications. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING JULY 31, 2001 Page 2 Finance Director Van Zile then referred the City Council to the proposed pay grade schedule and stated that the budget included a 2½ % cost of living increase. He further stated that the pay grade schedule was adjusted on the upper end by 2½ % and on the lower end by 1¼ %. Mr. Van Zile then reviewed with the Council the proposed increase of the self-insurance contribution. City Manager Saunders then referred the City Council to the General Fund section of the budget document and reviewed the highlights and explained that these were the major impacts on the budget for the upcoming year. The next section of the proposed budget to be reviewed was the overall summary of the General Fund. Finance Director Van Zile pointed out the proposed total revenues and expenditures and the affect on the ending reserves. Next discussed were the schedules of Capital Outlay for all General Fund departments. No proposed changes were made to these schedules. City Manager Saunders then reviewed with the Council the proposed dates for public hearings of the ad valorem tax and budget adoption. September 6th and 20th were selected as the dates to be advertised for these public hearings. OTHER DISCUSSION Council Member Renick reviewed with the Council the idea of a proposed joint meeting of elected and appointed officials in a public forum to discuss regional water shortages problems. After discussion the meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Attest: