HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07-17-2012 Budget WorkshopCITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
TUESDAY
July 17, 2012
4:30 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 4:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
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Council Members Present:
Council Member John Bond
Council Member Bob Hoog
Council Member Buzz Petsos
Mayor Pro Tem Betty Walsh
Council Member Absent:
Mayor Rocky Randels
Others Present:
City Manager David L. Greene
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk Angela Apperson
Finance Director John McGinnis
Building Official Todd Morley
Plans Examiner/Building Inspector Glenn Pereno
Planning and Development Director Barry Brown
Leisure Services Director Robert Lefever
Public Works Services Director Jeff Ratliff
Public Works Services Deputy Director Lonnie Dunn
Brevard County Sheriff Commander Alan Moros
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief Dave Sargeant
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Assistant Chief John Cunningham
DISCUSSION:
1. Proposed Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget and Five (5) Year Capital Improvement
Plan: Mayor Pro Tern Walsh noted the current year budget is approximately 13 million
dollars and the proposed budget is approximately 22 million dollars. She noted the
major difference is primarily Capital Improvements, which will be funded by financing.
She explained the City has money reserved for some of the Capital Improvements that
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could reduce the amount of necessary financing. City Manager Greene reviewed the
proposed budget.
Discussion ensued and included the use of Capital Expansion funds and that these
funds can be used for the purchase of equipment if it expands the capacity of service;
using existing funding to "buy down" the amount of financing necessary; if a new City
Hall is constructed, the possibility of repurposing the existing building as a multi-
generational facility; the proposed budget only containing funding for the planning and
engineering of a new City Hall, with the construction taking place in future years; using
some of the City's reserves to offset proposed financing; another diversification of
revenue would be a franchise fee on waste/recycling collections; proposed
Constitutional Amendment # 4 will continue to limit the amount of Ad Valorem available;
the need for a capital depletion reserve account, make annual payment for same, as
well as the dollars derived from the sale of assets being returned to the fund; the
wonderful job stormwater and wastewater have done extending the life of equipment
and facilities; however, there is still a need to do a better job projecting costs by creating
master facility plans; that existing Stormwater fees and Wastewater fees will fund the
proposed debt for those Funds; the need for further analysis in the facilities plan to
ensure the additional storage of re-use water is necessary, the cost for same, as well as
the need to have the plan for State Revolving Loan Funding; positioning the City to
apply for grants by having the necessary tools such as facilities plans.
City Manager Greene committed to
• Providing the Council with a re-designation plan for existing reserves to offset
financing necessary to construct a Fire Station and City Hall.
• Reducing the salary increase from a full 3%, as not all employees anniversary
dates are at the beginning of the fiscal year and placing the moneys in the
Contingency.
• Reducing the projected increase for Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
from 10% to 5%. However, the moneys will be available within the Contingency
line-item.
Consensus was reached to start the next Workshop meeting at 2:30 p.m. on August 21,
2012.
ADJOURNMENT: Acing no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 5:55 P.M.
Betty Walsh, Mayor Pro Tem
Angela M. Apperson, MMC, City Clerk
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