HomeMy WebLinkAbout10212024 City Council Work Session NotesWORK SESSION NOTES City Council Work Session
Called by: Sue McClure
Time: 5:30pm Date:10/21/24
Purpose: Motor Pool/Parking/and Wastewater/Sewer
Present: Kris Peck, Kat Sorensen, Doug
Schoessler, Jason Bickling,
Jodi Kurtz, Sully Jusino,
Board Members Present:
Sue McClure, Kevin Finch, Randy Wells, Casie
Warner, John Osenga (arrived at 5:35pm)
Excused: Robert Barnwell, Julie Crites
Continue Budget and Presentation.
Roll Call Quorum
Kat Sorensen spoke on what we are discussing and what is to come in future meeting
3rd of work session of the Budget
Tonight, are the motor pool funds/parking and water and sewer fund.
Sorensen mentioned she made some scheduling changes to upcoming work sessions. Tomorrow is wage
study and hospital.
Starting with Motor Pool Fund and Parking
Referred to page 5. Budget Revenue and Expenditures
Current budget $1.295million in 2025 and $1.77 million in 2026
Referred to pg. 8-11
Capital Improvement (5 years)
Police Cruisers
Harbor - Travel lift
Pickup truck - Plow
Dump Truck
Mobile Generator
Snow Plow
Motor Pool info — looking to have an audit of this in the next year.
Two motor pool loans —
$98,575 — pers from SGH
Animal Shelter loan cont. 2051
Open up to Council for discussion
Wells — spoke on depreciation value and useful life
Change implementing increase revenue and Salaries (actual positions but being added to enforce parking
that has never been filled)
Wells — June 30th, when will we know from this summer
Did we beat 2023?
WORK SESSION NOTES City Council Work Session
Budget $346K — did we beat forecasted revenue?
McClure — reminded that we did not increase the fees.
Wells — 2023 — empty spaces (free lot) in Southwest Harbor lot?
Jusino — harbor fund owes parking for one of the floats projects that was all paid off. The cash balance
in parking will increase.
Public Question? None
Wells — questioned pg. 14 - 6210, 6211 — is there a way to clean the accounting?
Public Works — Doug Schoessler — Water and Wastewater
Revenue and Expenditures are similar as the past.
Sorensen — stated that we have a laydown for pg. 1(waste water fund) & 17 (work session packet) that
were missing. (Budgets statement of cash flow)
Schoessler — spoke on adding commercial customers going to metered.
• Had presentation for rate study 2-3 weeks ago and that will be added to this.
McClure — pg. 4 — 7015 Utilities — What is the 2024 budget relations?
Increase wastewater is paying to get utility payments aligned to what they are paying.
Wells — Pg. 5 - 7808, bad debt exp — 2023 — misprint?
Jusino — adj for a customer that disputed past bills.
Sorensen — tonight was wonderful. Tomorrow wage Study and Hospital
Goals are to get input from Council and Budget.
Email Sorensen to put comments
Policy Changes tomorrow.
Nov 12 Meeting — changes in amendments
There will be two meetings where the budget will be in the form of Public Hearings
Nov 12th meeting,
Nov 25th meeting
Dec 9th meeting.
Sorensen — noting on what can be improved for next year on budget meetings.
Wells — In remembrance of Calhoon, one last comment.
End at 5:58pm