HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-23-1987spCOUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MINUTES
November 23, 1987
Those in attendance included Councilmembers Brothers, Burns,
Kurle, Larson, Walters, Whittall, and Wisner; Mayor Roegner;
Finance Director Pat Dugan; Planning Director Mary McCumber;
� Public Works Director Frank Currie; and Airport Director John
Anderson.
Pat Dugan provided in£ormation to the Council on the current com-
puterization planning for the City along with oroposals for
enhancing computerization capability in 1988 and the future of
the plan beyond the 1988 budget cycle.
Mary McCumber
budgets along
departments.
Frank Currie
water, sewer,
neering, and
presented the Planning Degartment and library
with program improvements for those r.espective
John Anderson presented the airport budget, and
concluded the presentations with the budgets for
equipment rental, storm drainage, streets and engi-
responded to questions.
As a follow-up from the budget workshop the previous week, Mayor
Roegner indicated that the downtown plan previously adopted bv
the City Council included references to additional public facili-
ties as a part of the downtown park plan which would be under
consideration for voter adoption in 1991. Additional ciiscussion
centered around what those facilities might be. Mayor Roegner
indicated that City staff would take a closer look at the 1991
bond issue, the downtown plan language and how other appropriate
governmental facilities might be included and what the cost of
that type of plan might be.
During the deliberations phase, Mayor Roe9ner also noted there
were some items that came up after the budget was pr.epared and a
couple of smaller items had been ina.dvertently omitted.
Councilmember Kurle indicated support for the items (totalling
$21,400) but asked that the revenue be adjusted to cover these
with a Cash Ending Balance of $1.2 million.
After discussion among the Councilmembers regarding the proposals
consensus was reached to approve the program improvement
initiatives, the additional adjustment items mentioned above, and
the overall budget.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
8:20 p.m.
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