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Council Minutes of 12-15-2020
<br />the Department of Law forwarded the matter to HR for the insurance carrier to
<br />address it. The lawsuit hasn't been filed yet, but it certainly falls within the range
<br />of our insurance defense.
<br />Director of Finance Copfer:
<br />• The Finance Department is grateful for working closely with the Administration
<br />and Council to get the temporary appropriations passed at the next meeting.
<br />Councilman Schumann Chairman of the Finance Committee:
<br />The Finance Committee met on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. Present were
<br />committee members Schumann, Brossard and Kelly; Council members Glassburn,
<br />Hemann, Limpert and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of
<br />Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director
<br />of Planning & Community Development Lieber, Mayor's Administrative Assistant Becki
<br />Kovach, Assistant Finance Director Sperling, Recreation Commissioner Drenski, Waste
<br />Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Blum, Police Chief Wagner, Road Foreman
<br />Demaline, Fire Chief Schepp, Clerk of Mayor's Court Cole, Safety Assistant Overstreet,
<br />Fleet Manager Farrella, Springvale Event Coordinator Mild, Springvale Course
<br />Superintendent Smith, Engineer DiFranco, Foresty/Storm Foreman Bosau, Youth &
<br />Family Services Administrator Allegra, IT Administrator Lundberg, Senior Center
<br />Administrator Chavez -Anderson and guests.
<br />• Discussed was Ordinance 2020-128. An Ordinance to make appropriations for
<br />current expenses and other expenditures for the City of North Olmsted for the
<br />year ending December 31, 2021 and declaring an emergency. The Finance
<br />Department uses general historic trends to estimate income and 2021 may prove
<br />to be a tough year to estimate. The County estimates the property tax collections
<br />will remain steady. As of December 2020, income tax collections are down about
<br />$1.4 million from 2019. Director Copfer estimates 2021 collections will be lower
<br />by an additional $850,000. Mayor's Court is down in 2020 and is expected to stay
<br />down in 2021 for a variety of reasons, including many of our veteran officers are
<br />expected to be retiring. Hotel/Motel tax revenue is down from $400,000 last year
<br />to $224,000 this year. The City is going to budget for $270,000 as there has been
<br />a slight upward trend at the end of 2020. Building permits are down and projected
<br />to remain low. Recreation is down about a million dollars in revenue, but
<br />expenses were cut by about $650,000 and Recreation came real close to balancing
<br />their budget. EMS is down 16% from $865,000 in 2019 to $750,000 in 2020 and
<br />estimated to be slightly higher at $764,000 in 2021 and 50% of this goes to the
<br />general fund and 50% to the EMS fund. Springvale golf is projected to be up
<br />about $50,000 year over year from 2019 and they are making a similar projection
<br />for 2021 at about $1.15 million. The ballroom was devastated by COVID-19
<br />originally there were 41 weddings on the schedule, but only about six were held.
<br />Debt service requirements from 2020 was $5,121,000 and it's estimated to be
<br />$3,854,000 for 2021. This does not include the $12 million in notes expected to
<br />be passed, but Director Copfer's amendment will address it. The new spending in
<br />those notes are for street resurfacing and the Brookpark Road project. The budget
<br />has no reserves funded, but no transfers from other funds to accomplish the
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