HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 07-15-2014 Budget WorkshopCITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
CAPE CANAVERAL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
TUESDAY
July 15, 2014
4:00 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: The Chair called the Meeting to Order at 4:00 P.M. and led the pledge
of allegiance.
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Present:
Council Member John Bond
Council Member Bob Hoog
Mayor Pro Tem Buzz Petsos
Mayor Rocky Randels
Council Member Betty Walsh
Others Present:
City Manager David L. Greene
City Attorney Anthony Garganese
Administrative Services Director Angela Apperson
Finance Director John DeLeo
Community & Economic Development Director Todd Morley
Planning & Zoning Director David Dickey
Building Official Gary Stepalavich
Leisure Services Director Gustavo Vergara
Public Works Services Director Jeff Ratliff
Public Works Services Deputy Director Lonnie Dunn
Brevard County Sheriff Major Paul Ring
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief Dave Sargeant
Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Dept. Assistant Chief John Cunningham
DISCUSSION:
1. Proposed Fiscal Year 2014/2015 Budget and Five (5) Year Capital Improvement
Plan: Mayor Randels noted the Budget was presented by the City Manager on 4/24/14
and updates/changes presented on 6/27/14. City Manager Greene provided a brief
overview of the Budget. Discussion ensued and included: the renewal/replacement
(R/R) repayment on page 49 and that an R/R Account was also created within the
Wastewater Treatment Fund; the Ad Valorem rate of 3.7246, which is the rolled-back
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rate; projected increases in insurance costs for Health and General Liability; the pursuit
of grant funds to lower the amount borrowed for Wastewater Treatment Plant and
Stormwater projects; the Grant received by the Fire Department for replacement
equipment; the projected increases in insurance costs may also affect the contract costs
for Fire; capital items; the efforts to develop a sense of place on Ridgewood, North
Atlantic and A1A; additional funding for the Long Point Road Project from the Army
Corps of Engineer; the recommended use of Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)
Funds for Way-finding and interpretive art along North Atlantic Avenue; the application
for grant funds to offset the amount of money borrowed from the State Revolving Loan
Fund for Wastewater and Stormwater projects; the current SRF Loans will be paid off
prior to the beginning of new loan payments; the work Cape Canaveral Precinct is doing
to deter theft at local businesses; the maintenance programs which will extend the
useful life of assets; the rehabilitation of lift stations versus replacement of them; the
need for replacement of the Northern lift stations due to growth; the need to acquire
easements to accommodate lift station upgrades; a prior commitment to study whether
the lift station at Treasure Island Condominium could be placed underground; the multi-
generational center, which was moved out to FY 2018/19 and funding/location for same;
the request to move the CIP item for paving the trail at Manatee Sanctuary Park with a
rubberized material to FY 2014/15; instrumentation upgrades at the Wastewater
Treatment Plant; estimated cost for projects appear too high; the fact that the cost of
engineering needed improvements is driven up because of the lack of record drawings
on some of these facilities; the need to complete the East Central Sidewalk by filling in
the missing areas; the need to re-establish the Capital Improvement Schedule for the
cleaning of the North Ditch and whether another Budget Workshop will be held in
August. Consensus was reached that a second Budget Meeting was not needed.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 5:11 P.M.
Rocky Randels, Mayor
Mia Goforth, for
Angela M. Apperson, MMC
Administrative Services Director