HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-08-24 - Council Minutes - Part 2CITY OF CORCORAN
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP
August 24, 2006
The Corcoran City Council met on August 24, 2006, at city hall in Corcoran,
Minnesota. Present were Mayor Cossette, Councilor Jacobs, and Councilor Call to Order
Thomas. Also present were Administrator Vergin, Police Chief Gormley, and
Public Works Superintendent Pat Meister. Councilor Lymangood arrived at 5:35 Roll Call
p.m. and Councilor Grabowski arrived at 5:40 p.m. Mayor Cossette opened the
meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Reports Reports
Mayor Cossette stated that there was nothing new to report on the public works
long -term committee.
Councilor Jacobs provided the council with some data he had prepared relating to
the revenues and disbursements over the past 5 years.
Agenda Approval
MOTION by Thomas, seconded by Cossette, to approve the agenda as presented. Agenda Approval
Voting Aye: Cossette, Grabowski, Jacobs, Lymangood, and Thomas. (Motion
carried 5:0)
Council Wades
This matter had been tabled from the August 10 workshop. Council Wages
Administrator Vergin informed the council that if salaries are going to be changed,
that there is a deadline of October 12 for the public hearing to amend the
ordinance. The law requires that salaries by approved prior to the General Election
in November.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION by Cossette, seconded by Grabowski to substitute a
motion for the motion that was tabled at the August 10 workshop, to leave the
salaries as they are, not based on a per meeting fee. Voting Aye: Cossette,
Grabowski, and Jacobs. Voting Nay: Lymangood and Thomas (Motion Carried
3:2)
VOTE ON SUBSTITUTED MOTION: Voting Aye; Cossette, Grabowski and
Jacobs. Voting Nay: Lymangood and Thomas. (Motion Carried 3:2)
(Council salaries shall remain the same.)
Contracted Services Contracted Services
Previously approved and proposed increases from all contracted services have been
received. The Auditor, Assessor, and Attorney have identified their increases for
2007. Both Planning and Engineering are proposing a 3% increase. Recycling
services are projected to increase by 10 %; however this fee is still very
competitive.
Councilor Jacobs indicated that the Building Inspection Services were not included
in the general budget and should be.
Noted that any time spent by the Park consultant on specific development projects
should be passed onto the developer.
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CITY OF CORCORAN
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP
August 24, 2006
It was noted that if the City proceeds with an in house planner then revenues and
other expenditures would need to be reviewed.
Police Department Budget Police Department
Chief Gormley provided an overview of his proposed 2007 budget. It includes a Budget
Corporal position and two additional fulltime officers. The Corporal position will
allow more delegation of lower level management tasks, and allows the Chief to
focus on the higher -level tasks. The creation of this position will also allow the
designation of duties that are currently being contracted out.
If the Council does not support the additional officers, then additional part time
officers will be needed. However, this is inefficient and is not predictable. It will
be difficult to fill shifts, and causes the denial of time owed off to the other
officers. Chief Gormley would like to see the City operating with no part time
officers by 2008. The only other staffing needs would then be administrative.
Could try and transition over a longer period of time, if 2008 is not achievable.
Noted that the Post Board does not allow you to utilize part time officers to
eliminate or reduce the need to hive full time officers.
Recessed
MOTION by Thomas, seconded by Lymangood, to recess the budget workshop to Recessed
the end of the immediately following council meeting (8/24). Voting Aye:
Cossette, Grabowski, Jacobs, Lymangood, and Thomas. (Motion Carried 5:0)
Su an Vergin, City Adm' strator
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