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MINUTES OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE January 11, 2021 Online Broadcast Meeting Present: Councilmembers Bullock, Litten, &Neff Also Present: Councilmembers O'Malley & Kepple, Mayor George, Finance Director Rancatore, Director Leininger, Chief of Staff Storey, Clerk Bach, & Deputy Clerk Lascu taking minutes Start time: 7:00 p.m. Approval of the minutes of the Finance Committee held December 14, 2020 &December 21, 2020. Chairman Bullock made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Litten to approve the minutes from both meetings. A roll call vote was taken as follows: Yeas —Bullock, Litten, Neff Nays —None Motion passed. The minutes were approved. 2021 Council budget priorities Chairman Bullock opened discussion with the intent to attain an understanding of the identified funding for items on the budget priority list, specifically focusing on how items would be funded over the next year. He added the committee would go through the list item by item. Director Rancatore indicated that the budget priorities are not line itemed into the capital budget. He stated that funding for items 1-3 can be found on page 182 of the budget under traffic calming procedures, however he was unsure if any of the items are in the budget for 2021. Mayor George stated that in continuing the tradition of Council budget priorities, many of the projects raised are long term in nature. She alluded to the Edwards Avenue parking strategy, which was raised in 2018, but was only just completed recently. She added that the administration is working on traffic calming issues and that the items on the budget priority list would take time to work into the budget, as it would be irresponsible to allot monies without analysis. Chairman Bullock stated that the way to proceed is going to vary by item, and that some will be ongoing while others will be straightforward. He noted the importance of Council knowing what is and has yet to be accounted for.