HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07-19-2016 Budget WorkshopCITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
TUESDAY
July 19, 2016
4:00 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 4:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Mayor Bob Hoog
Council Member Brendan McMillin
Mayor Pro Tem Betty Walsh
Council Members Absent:
Council Member John Bond
Council Member Mike Brown
Others Present:
City Manager David Greene
City Clerk Mia Goforth
Administrative/Financial Services Director John DeLeo
Community Development Director David Dickey
Capital Projects Director Jeff Ratliff
Public Works Serv. Interim Dir./Community Engagement Dir. Joshua Surprenant
Culture and Leisure Services Director Gustavo Vergara
Economic Development Director Todd Morley
Brevard County Sheriffs Office Commander Alan Moros
Brevard County Sheriff's Office Chief Financial Officer Greg Pelham
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Assistant Chief John Cunningham
Human Resources Director Jane Ross
Deputy City Clerk Daniel LeFever
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: None
DISCUSSION:
1. Proposed Fiscal Year 2016/2017 Budget and Five (5) Year Capital Improvement Plan:
Mayor Bob Hoog requested City Manager Greene summarize the Proposed Budget. Items
reviewed included: Council/Staff Retreat items; millage proposed to remain the same as last year
and the possibility to lower it; Capital Improvement Program; employee salary increases of three
percent, the City working to keep the number of employees under fifty and moving towards more
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part-time/seasonal positions; unfunded state and federal mandates continuing to take municipal
powers away and pass on the costs; overall economic outlook is good; announcements in the
upcoming months regarding additional jobs in the City; Port of Call expansion; the City continued
work with Port Canaveral in the Master Planning process to become a better partner; how merging
the two Overlay Districts into one has strengthened the overall economic potential in the City; total
budget revenue is $14,322,680 of which three and a half million dollars is ad valorem;Homewood
Suites was not finished in time to make it on this year's tax roll,there will be a noticeable increase
in the overall Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) tax revenues next year; the City projected
conservatively in consideration of the overarching concerns in the world and America and the
tremendous amount of uncertainty affecting everyone; will continue to do what can be done from
a public safety point of view,recognizing the need to be proactive from a task-force,team oriented
basis with the Sheriffs Office, Fire Department and Code Enforcement continuing to work
together; Community Engagement Director driven improvements to the City website and citizen
outreach in technology training; the plan to repurpose the current City Hall and Canaveral City
Park with CRA funds, grants and financing at low interest rates to pay cost of improvements that
are CRA eligible; New City Hall being on track; City continues to move forward with stormwater
projects, obtaining easements along A1A and City road priorities.
Discussion ensued and included how the Budget is very strong and included appreciation to the
City Manager and Staff for their work on it;how ten years ago the City was stagnant,the desire to
see the City grow with a nice downtown center; the desire to see the Directors more involved in
the Space Coast League of Cities meetings hosted by Cape Canaveral and/or other municipalities;
the adoption of a lower millage should not have any impact on the contingency account; I
installations of splash pad, skate park,dogs and trial period for allowing leashed dogs on the beach
and other community areas, possibly assigning a detail to the crew from the Department of
Corrections; private-public partnerships; how the City is in a redevelopment rather than a
development stage; the possibility of having a parade on Ridgewood or N. Atlantic Avenue and
the history of parades in the City; the intersection at State Road A1A and N. Atlantic Avenue and
$2.5 million dollars earmarked from the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization for
initial design work for improvements, portions of A1A as envisioned will have curb and gutter,
additional rain garden areas and swales in portions to store/capture/filter stormwater and runoff,
timing is not known on when it will occur;how the City is well ahead of the curve regarding lagoon
issues,never going to lose sight of the Lagoon's importance.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 4:54 P.M.
Mia Goforth, City Clerk Bob Hoog, Mayor
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