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Jeffersonville City Council Budget Special Session
Meeting Memorandum - August 21, 2006 - Council Conference Room
5:30 P.M.
Meeting called to order by: City Council President Barbara Wilson.
Attendees:
Councilpersons Sellers, Grooms, Wilson, Perkins, McCauley, Fetz, and Zastawny. Also
in attendance was City Attorney Les Merkley, Clerk Treasurer Peggy Wilder, and Chief
Deputy Suzy Bass.
The motion was made by Councilperson Perkins to approve the agenda, seconded by
Councilperson McCauley, passing on a vote of7-0.
Chief Deputy Bass handed out new budget print outs with requested changes from the
previous meetings.
Common Council
The motion was made by Councilperson Perkins to change line #401 in the Council's
Budget to $0.00 second by Councilperson Sellers passing on a vote of7-0.
Discussion was held on the health insurance fund and the monies needed for next year for
health insurance. After further discussion, the motion was made by Councilperson
Grooms to increase the hospitalization line to 2.3 million dollars. The Council
commended Diane Swank and the Clerk Treasurer's Office for the excellent reports on
the health insurance fund.
Discussion was held on the EDC Dues and the liability insurance.
Councilperson Grooms presented additional requests other than those listed in the
proposed budget from different clubs and programs. After discussion the motion was
made by Councilperson Perkins to approve the additional requests in the amount of
$77,000.00, seconded by Councilperson Grooms, passing on a vote of 5-2 with
Councilpersons Sellers and Zastawny voting no. They feel that the Council should not
just approve requests without looking into them further and coming up with some sort of
system for giving money to these clubs and programs. The additions to the proposed
budget are as follows: Jeffersonville Commission on the Society of Black Males-
$5,000.00, Southern Indiana Asset Building Coalition - $10,000.00, Boys and Girls Club
_ $5,000.00, Jeff Main Street - $29,000.00, Falls ofthe Ohio $1,000.00, Beautification
Committee - $13,500.00, Concerts in the Park - $3,500.00, and Spay/Neuter Program
$10,000.00. This is a total of$114,637,00.00 including what is proposed in the budget
already. Councilperson McCauley said that if we are going to discontinue any programs,
we should give them advance notice.
Engineer Budget
Discussion was held again on the request for a truck for the City's Engineer Department.
The motion was made by Councilperson Perkins to change #425 to $0.00, seconded by
Councilperson McCauley passing on a vote of7-0. It may later be put in the EDIT
Budget.
Fire Budget
Discussion was held on the capital expenditures in the Fire Budget. After discussion, the
motion was made by Councilperson Perkins to delete line #480 - $45,900.00 and #472 -
$3,000.00, seconded by Councilperson Sellers passing on a vote of7-0. These may later
be added to the ED IT Budget.
Police Budget
Councilperson Sellers said that she has a request from Chief Monihon to keep the cell
phones in the Police Budget because of privacy and security reasons. The motion was
made by Councilperson Sellers to keep the cell phones in the Police Budget, seconded by
Councilperson Zastawny, passing on a vote of7-0.
4 % Raises
The motion was made by Councilperson Zastawny to request that Council President
Wilson write letters to all department heads informing them that all employees will
receive the 4% raise with no additional raises, seconded by Councilperson Sellers passing
on a vote of7-0.
There being no other items of discussion, the motion was made by Councilperson Wilson
to adjourn at 7:25 p.m. second by Councilperson Perkins passing on a vote of 7-0.
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Barbara Wilson, Council President