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Study Session

Agenda
Monday, June 18, 2018

CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION

MINUTES
Monday, June 18, 2018
Council Chambers, 1175 E. Main Street

 
 
Mayor Stromberg called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM.  Councilor Slattery, Morris, Bachman, Seffinger and Jensen were present. Citizen Budget Committee Members Paula Hyatt, Jim Nagel, Pamela Lucas, Garrett Furuichi, and Shane Hunter were present.
 
  1. Public Input (15 min)
None.
 
  1. 1st Year Budget Review and 2nd Year Forecast and Planning Discussion (45 min)
 
Administrative Services Director, Mark Welch presented the City Council and Citizen’s Budget Committee with a PowerPoint (see attached).
 
Mr. Welch thanked all for welcoming change. 
 
Items discussed were:
  • Introduction.
  • Proposed Next Steps.
  • Next Study Session Meeting is August 20th.
  • Health Benefit Plan Changes.
  • Police Officer Funding Options.
  • Purchases in the last year.
  • Water Treatment Plant Analysis. 
  • CIP projects completed.
  • The City’s Organizational Chart.
  • Expense Category Updates: Personnel, Debt, Materials/Services and Capital.
  • Citywide Revenue.
  • Consumption Comparisons.
  • General Fund Expenditures.
  • General Fund Departments.
  • General Fund Revenue.
  • Taxes: Property Tax and Transient Occupancy Tax.
  • Franchise Fees.
  • PERS.
  • General Fund Forecast.
  1. Updates from the City Administrator (5)
 
Interim City Administrator, Adam Hanks briefly went over the Look Ahead.
 
The Study Session Meeting was adjourned at 7:10 PM
 
 
Respectfully submitted by:
 
______________________________________
City Recorder, Melissa Huhtala
 
 
Attest:
 
______________________________________
Mayor Stromberg
 
 
Note: Topic times are estimates and subject to modification at the meeting
 
* While the study session is not a Budget Committee meeting, appointed members of the Citizens’ Budget Committee have been individually invited to attend. Notice is hereby provided that the meeting may involve a quorum of the Citizens’ Budget Committee in addition to a quorum of the City Council.

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