HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08-21-2012 Budget WorkshopCITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
TUESDAY
August 21, 2012
2:30 PM
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 2:34 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Others Present:
City Manager
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
Finance Director
Leisure Services Director
Public Works Services Director
Public Works Services Deputy Director
Brevard County Sheriff Commander
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief
DISCUSSION:
John Bond
Bob Hoog
Buzz Petsos
Rocky Randels
Betty Walsh
David L. Greene
Angela Apperson
John McGinnis
Robert Lefever
Jeff Ratliff
Lonnie Dunn
Alan Moros
Dave Sargeant
1. Proposed Fiscal Year 2012/2013 Budget and Five (5) Year Capital Improvement Plan:
City Manager Greene reviewed the following:
• Meeting the Council Goals to: 1) Build a new Fire Station, 2) Implement the Evision
Cape Canaveral Report, 3) Provide for the automation of City Processes, 4) Maintain
a fiscally sound financial structure, 5) Maintain City facilities and infrastructure.
• Prior proposals for diversification of revenue, such as Red -Light -Cameras and a
Parking Meter Program.
• The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners approved the delegation of
authority to the City Council to create a Community Redevelopment Area (CRA)
• The Tax Increment Financing District requirements.
• The Transportation Impact Fees received from the County for the North Atlantic
Avenue Improvements Project.
• The financing of approximately 7-8 million dollars for Wastewater and Stromwater
projects.
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• The proposal for reclassifying reserve monies to provide for the Capital
Improvements, the financing necessary to construct the Fire Station and City Hall to
take advantage of the lower interest rates and construction costs. How these Capital
Improvements can be accomplished with blended financing from reserves and loans.
• If the recommendations for increased revenues are followed for Fire Hydrant Fees
and a Water Utility Tax, the only additional source of revenue is Franchise Fees from
the Solid Waste Provider.
Discussion included: moving forward to see something different and growing the City; the
Fire Station can't be remodeled anymore; the Police Station was recently remodeled; in the
past, things were talked about but never seemed to get completed; that recent Stormwater
and Wastewater fee increases will support the funding for needed capital projects; reducing
expenditures in the general fund to capture the $340,000 that is proposed as a utility tax to
provide funding for the Fire Station rather than instituting the new tax; the City has the third
lowest Ad Valorem rate in the County; the need for further Council discussion related to the
acquisition of Cherie Down Park; that the City provides services at one of the lowest costs
within the County; the need to attract quality businesses to reduce the tax burden on
residential properties; the possible impacts of the proposed constitutional amendments; the
possibility of re -considering the Parking Meter Program; the need for employees to share in
the cost of health insurance; the need to have a full salary/benefit study before implementing
cost sharing programs; the balance of the existing State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loans; the
proposed Capital Improvements; the need for a Facilities Plan; air quality issues at City Hall;
the developer's contributions toward improvements in the area of the proposed Assisted
Living facility; the status of the plans for the new Fire station, the utility line conflicts, the
closing on the property between the City and the Fire Department; after a new City Hall is
built, renovating the existing building to become the Multi -Generational Facility using Leisure
Services Capital Expansion Funds; the changes to the Ad Valorem revenue when the
Community Redevelopment Agency is created; the possible annexation of the Avon by the
Sea area south pfltheQ ity limits; and the proposed Utility Tax and Fire Hydrant Fee.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 4:54 P.M.
Angela M. Apperson, MMC,
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
Rocky Randels, Mayor
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