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Mayor Paul L and
Deputy Mayor A argent
Commissioner Iris Benson
Finance Director
DCRarlesuchapman, F chief
stleman, B talion Chief
xnonaa ceaford, P ing D
andy L dsRecreati DnoDrrector
coiemanPae 1 Director
n Brock, Planningn0
Richard NornbluR, Public Works Director
Mayor Lovestrand called a budget work session to order at 6.02
PM.
2. REVIEW PROPOSED FY '95 OEPAATMENTAL BUDGETS.
Mayor L and made a statement prior to beginning the r
process ove changes already made n the proposed
budget, he wished toudisassociate Rimself with then budget, that he
will not v e for it and urged tRe c s to vote against
it. aid the Administrator had m asd i£ficult ough
ba Lancing the budget i r to provide for a 4k i e £ortthe
employees. aid the additional i e proposedct e divided
ong employees in the Police Departmentas$29,000, wouldba
am'!& i will imbalance the other city workers mouMayor
estrand asaid pother i uch as the cost t
lines o CR 4 purchasem of building for Fire Department, weteY
cold be takenOfrom r thereby depleting the r s to
about i/2 of what then A ended. 5efurther
questioned if the purchas evoftthe building cf or the Fire Department
asked t udy this
only defer the
predicted t ity
years if this trend
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The Commission c ued r of the Police budget and Chief
ing responded to rquestions1fWCOmmxssioner Vacca arrrved at this
point in the meeting.
Miller asked i engine c e put i
themolder nc ingas e had discussed t
ith a ou ld rprobably takelabout $S,OOO. th rsaid a
rebuilt nc if properly m intained, could be driven up to 2
miles or .,o, not i.ng he had previous expeeience with refurbished
suggested the city A
budgetston provide efor the refurbishing of om vehicle a
Chief Manning was in agreement to rebuild one vehicle to see howsit
works out.
After further discussion, the CammlSSion agreed to the following
changes:
Delete o o£ s lights S1, o
Delete cost for reEUrbishing of
eekly payroll without a clerk. t proposed that if the
bi-weekly pay i nstituted, the first pay day o October 8, the
employees wou ldsbeepresented with a eek's pay andnthen a two week
check two weeks after that. In e eek's pay would be
loaned to the employees and would a unt to n465,OOO. Further, the
eek pay would be deducted frommt employee's final pay check
hey t ted employment with the City. ued
regarding r tituti ng bi-weekly pay and whether tha lemployees
ould be Snefavor; that t the u
that i.f bi-weekly payroll w implementedm a additional partT{cme
person would not be needed. as Mayor L estrand said he believed the
employees would b opposed to the change. Miller
suggested t the employees may not abject too tries bi weekly pay
ezlizing that the City is trying t more than fair with the
proposed pay increases being discussed be
By a agreed that bi-weekly payroll
be implemented for the 35 year. Deputy Mayor
Sargent, Commissioners B Mill er land Vacca voting aye and
Mayor Lovestrand voting nayn
After rontinu ed discussion the Commission agreed to the following
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Miller snggestea the employees r also ne
givensa oadditional i ing approximately F54 ,a000 from the
amount saved by not hieingsa Faet-time clerk.
Mayor L estrand and Commrss.i.oner Benson objected to Commrssroner
Miller'swsuggestion.
5500 t each employee, for a total of 52,500. conded
by Deputy Mayor Sargent. Motion c ied by a
two v with Deputy Mayor Sargent, C Miller
and ing aye and MayormmiLOVestrand and
commissroner yen son voting nay.
FINANCE - General Servrces.
The c d aisonssea t s portion
of tnem r oepar bnaget. mayor cowestranr aia tno
anticipated from ti ned should be aecreased a
ould be less thant antic ipated which would impact the
interest earned.
Tne comm,saron recessea from ~:4s FM to ~.s> nM.
eLMAMCe - utilities.
Tna c ai ana aiacnsaea the buaget for the oulities
n SnV1 espouse questions regarding velopment
Assistance Fees generated, Mr. Tiblier explained how theef ees were
charged.
C. FIRE OEPAATMENT.
Cnief Chapman w s present. Mayor L estrand questioned i the
proposed purchase o the building o Milwee Street would b the
proper solution t the F Department's space problem. Chief
Chapman s s the most cost effective c sideri ng the funds
ailableaid explained that the e ing f ity would have Co
go through major structural tests a stly r only to
Ind up with about sq. less othan they awo~la get by
purchasing the building. After continued a Mayor
and said he would prefer to have a professional slook a the
a from a long range view point as he was afraid this could be
a mrstake.
Miller said t n had pretty much decided a
themlast meeting t the Coity Administrator begin negotiating
this building and na might b a good idea before getting
the appraisal t make a offer, a low offer a n let
him get the apps isalhim Deputy Mayor Sargent s d he athought a
Dula subject t the appraised value
appraisal i expensiveaand if t the c
appraisal could be lost. Mayor eLOVestra natrfavorea getting the
appraisal first.
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Motion by C Miller to approach tha property
ith a lowso££errthat we know is low, if he a cepts
finer if not get t appraisal. s the c
the Commvssvon to accept Commissioner Miller ~s smot ionof
The r of F Department's budget contvnued and the Commission
agreedv tow the following:
Delete t e purchase of the four videos.
Delete the purchase of the 4-Wheel Command Vehicle
Miller made a motion to give the s o the
firefighters, $BDD a the b ard, v addition t thevir r
He s there would rthen still be about 538,000 t
invgency. noted that the cost would be oa rtotal of
approximately 522,ODO to give the additional ravse.
ied by a three t ith Deputy Mayor
argentcar Milter w andt
inq ayeC andv Mayor Lovestrand and commvssloner Benson
voting nay.
Chief Chapman advised that the C unty v middle of t
ual hurricane drill a major changes nhaveeo red in the
ergency Plan and he wiall ~mtherefore, e rewritingn the entire
Emergency Management Plan for the City.
The Commvssvon recessed £rom 9:]0 PM to 9.40 PM.
D. PHRCHASING DEPARTMENT.
Ledford, P rchasing D s present. C x Millee
moved far adjournment. Motion died for lack o£ a seconde
Ms. Ledford responded to questions from the Commission. She
advised that the major difference between the c rchasing
budget and the proposed Ss the request for a new computer.
Motion by C Miller that $I,ooO bet ns£errea
from m ved vi other depar ent budgets in order to
give 55DDe to each employee vn Purchasing.
Deputy Mayor argent asked if Miller fished to
Sider getting a total and then CSplitting eit a the boazd,
just s ould feel tRey a slighted. Miller
sand it wouldoall come out vn the end, and that noth ingnis Pvnal.
There regard t tal unt of the
se/=a and nc
the a ing given,~mi rnSeo03lorr550Od, w wthehtotaltamou nt
and included all benef its, Band was the total wage line.
ought t attention that Ue employees in the
Utilities D underroFinance w sldered when the
Finance employees were given the $5o0rincrease.
of the C n that. all employees
undersF esbe sa arded 5500 mrss Deputy Mayor Sargent,
ing aye and
MayorsLOVestrandl and Commrss ionereBensonavot ing nay.
It w the c of the C n thaT employees in
[he Purchasings Department he given y$5o0 each.
s present. Mayoe Lovestrand suggested the Columbus
arbour aparkland be sold by the W er/Sewer Fund. the proper
nsferred; the G ral Fund s bduy <he Park.
Mr. Smith sa tabvalue oP the propertynwas estrmateduto be 5350,000.
Commission discussed [he proposed widening of CR 42], m ing of
r lines o and t my i ended t
begin c nstruction 42 ted thath the c ttaate had
angel of ary 1 5 to .]u ly, 1 ued
with eegardmt not the-City Owould have sto opay ofornthe
moving of the of Wnes hw ithin the '95 fiscal year.
by C ona ed by C mmissioner
Miller extenao the Re 1ng e or fifteen mr notes.
Carried by unanimous vorce vote.
n discussed the development of the Columbus Harboue s
forma spark. Miller said he attended a ing of the
Columbus HarbourmMOmeowners and e eryone h talked t adamantly
opposed t e development of this land. e he as only ]
people showed up so he a that all t eopposed w there.
also said he h other homeowners who w noteopposed
velopment of lthe park. Discussion c regard
whatd type of fields a e putno nthe land.
i naed Commissionnthat et e funde to develop the Park w
cutax agreed that the D should work out what
Dula be put on the land, and decidedr that the development of the
land should be delayed for one year and agreed the City should
apply for a FRDAP grant.
x briefly r wed the Capital Equipment 1 explaining
thatLa xel would beypurcha sed in lieu of the T 1Plex, only o
radio would be purchased, and that the Utility Trailer, the Mule
and the computer had been deleted.
Miller suggested that the full
employeesner the Parks 6 n Department b ardea
aaaiciennl 55DO, for a eai rof Sz,soo, ana Baia that
t probablytwould n e $500 a
she hadejust recently recerved a substantial ti ncrea se.
Qaestion sea part-time employees, ana
Miners a ne w enainy that the
ley wide basis asonly b araea co twit
employees C Deputy Mayor Sargent sand C
agreement with C Mill YissMayor
Lovestrand and Commissioner Benson ai agreed.
3. Meeting adjourned at 10.J0 p. m.
GG ayor, city of Longwood,
Attest- ~%e G D. z i~~t~
Geraldine y Clerk