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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br />APPROVED <br />178 regarding Blue Heron activities, that she is currently looking at the four days of activities <br />179 to determine what was profitable and paid the expenses. <br />180 <br />181 The council had provided information on possible budget reductions for staff to work <br />182 with and identification of some items to be funded by surplus. <br />183 <br />184 The mayor said he would prefer to remove Alexandra House funding; Councilmembers <br />185 Cavegn and Lyden disagreed. Councilmember Stoesz said he supports that program but <br />186 doesn't believe City funding is appropriate. <br />187 <br />188 Administrator Cotton noted an increase of $71,000 to the Pavement Management Fund <br />189 and a $30,000 (back to budget level) increase to the Parks and Trails Fund. Mayor <br />190 Rafferty remarked that he would like to see those line items funded and is comfortable <br />191 utilizing surplus funds. Councilmember Cavegn noted that he'd prefer to not utilize <br />192 surplus funds for those expenses because he considers them ongoing. <br />193 <br />194 Administrator Cotton noted capital expenses and that many cities utilize their surplus <br />195 dollars to pay for capital expenses because they are near onetime expenses. She asked if <br />196 the council is comfortable with that concept. <br />197 <br />198 Mayor Rafferty asked about adding some funding to move forward and get more <br />199 information on public works facility needs and possible planning. Administrator Cotton <br />200 noted that a traditional source of funding for that type of look would be the Closed Bond <br />201 Fund. Director DeGardner remarked that there has been a lot of time and money spent on <br />202 options and concepts and the next step would be looking at financing that would be <br />203 available. As far as the concepts that have been presented, Mr. DeGardner added that <br />204 things have changed that would impact planning. Considering that as part of a full view <br />205 of future needs will be a future work session discussion. <br />206 <br />207 2. Set Meeting Date for Next Budget Work Session <br />KIM <br />209 Mayor Rafferty suggested that the next regular work session (September 7) would work <br />210 for the next budget discussion. <br />211 <br />212 The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. <br />213 <br />214 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on <br />215 September 13, 2021. <br />216 <br />217 <br />218 f 219 <br />220 �7ulia e Bartell, City Clerk RA Rafferty, Mayor <br />221 <br />5 <br />