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Council Minutes of 3/20/2001
<br />• NOMBL, which includes the staff operations, personnel, building and property and
<br />n,: administration. The total for NOMBL is $5,170,000. The committee recommended
<br />approval.
<br />• WWTP, the Sanitary Sewer Improvement Fund, administration, plant operations, and
<br />systems operations. The total for WWTP is $6,488,797. The committee
<br />recommended approval.
<br />• Service Department staff and operations; Engineering Department, staff and
<br />operations; Public Works Department, staff and operations; Fleet Management
<br />Department, staff and equipment; General Services Department, staff and operations;
<br />Public Service; public buildings and property. Service Department total is
<br />$3,602,643. The committee recommended approval
<br />• General Administration which consists of the Boards and Commissions, the personnel
<br />and other government functions, the insurance fund transfers and all transfers to the
<br />CDBG Fund and operations of the General Fund. The grand total for the General
<br />Fund is $18,549,743. The committee recommended approval.
<br />4) On Monday, March 19, the Finance Committee met in conjunction with the
<br />Environmental Committee. In attendance were committee members Limpert, O'Grady,
<br />McKay, Nashar and Dailey; Councilpersons Miller, Kesler, Saringer; Mayor Musial,
<br />Service Director Bohlmann, Safety Director Jenkins, Finance Director Copfer, John Petty
<br />of National City Investments and Fire Chief Bak. Agenda items were as follows:
<br />• Fire Department appropriations, and the fact that they will be adding three new
<br />firefighters this year, staff salaries, the pension, the operations and the building and
<br />equipment. Fire Department total is $4,501,809. The committee recommended
<br />approval.
<br />• Springvale Golf Course and Ballroom funds, including wages. Changes were made
<br />by adding $3,000 to the retirement and vacation and reducing the wage line item by
<br />$3,000. In operations, the bank charges were increased by $2,000 and miscellaneous
<br />was reduced by $3,000. Also reviewed was organization, buildings, equipment and
<br />debt retirement. The total is $1,518,763. The committee reviewed the Springvale
<br />capital improvements fund in the amount of $2,520,000. The committee
<br />recommended approval.
<br />5) At this point in his report, Councilman McKay posed a question to Finance Director
<br />Copfer that had been raised by Councilwoman Kesler at the committee meeting: Why is
<br />the city's income tax estimated at a zero percent increase this year? Finance Director
<br />Copfer responded that she is following a conservative philosophy. She noted that in the
<br />past one of the reasons cited for the deficit position of certain funds was overly optimistic
<br />budgetary assumptions. She feels it is important to have a conservative philosophy
<br />because a government has limited resources from which to draw upon. After observing
<br />what is happening with the economy and stock market, she felt that retail is at risk and
<br />our community is very dependent on withholding taxes from retail operations. Although
<br />Mrs. Kesler had mentioned that there are other communities that did budget increases,
<br />she knows of communities that budget consistently no increase in income tax. North
<br />Olmsted offers 100% credit for our residents for the taxes they have paid to other
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