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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />NOVEMBER 12, 1991 <br />Next reviewed was the Street category of the budget. <br />1991 Budget amount was $138,645, and a budget of <br />$145,010 is proposed for 1992. This budget category <br />was reviewed in detail, and it was noted that the City <br />has now received total reimbursement from the County <br />for Demont Street, which had appeared in the budget as <br />a$5,000 credit for the last several years under the <br />snowplowing line item. <br />Next reviewed was the Storm Sewer budget. 1991 budget <br />was $3,500 and a$5,000 budget is proposed for 1992. <br />Under the Street Lighting budget, $39,000 was budgeted <br />in 1991 and a$38,000 budqet is proposed for 1992. <br />The 1992 Recycling/Sanitation budget is proposed at <br />$19,890, while $1,000 was budgeted during 1991. During <br />1991, however, the City received a grant to fund <br />expansion if its recycling program. Therefore, actual <br />expenditures for 1991 are estimated at $27,945 which <br />will be offset by the grant funds. The City will <br />receive additional grant funding in 1992 which will <br />offset the 1992 budget amount. <br />The Council reviewed the City Garage budget. In 1991 <br />this category was budgeted at $7,700, and the 1992 <br />budget is proposed at $7,810. <br />Council reviewed the 1992 Recreation budget proposed at <br />$107,375. 1991 Recreation budget was $76,330. The <br />Administrator noted that the 1992 budget includes <br />salaries for a full-time Director and two Assistant <br />Directors. The full-time Director's salary is <br />estimated at $35,000 for illustration purposes only. <br />The 1992 Parks budget is proposed at $65,425, while the <br />1991 budget was $43,200. It was noted that the <br />majority of the increase falls under the Day Camp <br />category, and this category is partially offset by <br />donations and registration fees. Aowever, Council <br />discussed the need to make day camp more <br />self-supporting through increased fees. Currently, <br />registration costs cover about one-third of actual <br />costs. <br />Community Service is budgeted at $25,810 in 1992 versus <br />$23,918 that was budgeted in 1991. It was noted that <br />Canadian Days makes up $10,500 of this budget, with <br />ideally $3,000 of that amount reimbursed. The <br />Administrator noted that Youth Service Bureau's budget <br />increase request is included in this category. <br />Shade Tree is budgeted at $5,575 in 1992 versus $9,000 <br />in 1991. The expected decrease in costs is due to the <br />Page 7 <br />