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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-29-18 Finance Com. Minutes1., Be CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE WHOLE Five -Year Capital Improvements Plan Revi"ew Wednesday,, August 29,, 2018 Council Chambers Ms. Alutto called the meeting to order at 6.30 p.ml Council Members Present: Mayor Peterson, Vice Mayor Arnorose Groomes, Ms. Alutto,' Ms. Dt Rosa and Ms. Fox. Mr. Reiner arrived at 6.31 p.m. Mr. Keenan was absent (excused),, Staff,grit esent" Mr. McDaniel, Ms. Crandall, Ms. Mumma, Ms. Readler, Chief Von Eckartsberg, Ms. Goss, Mr. Earman, Mr. McCollough,, Ms. OCallaghan, Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Richison, Mr. Garwick, Ms. Cox, Mr. Stiffler, Mr. Syler, Mr. Ashford, Ms. Burness, Mr. Clark, Mr. Anderson, Ms. Rauch, Mr. Papsidero and Mr. Plouck. P'' 111 1 11 11 Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 2 of 13 Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 3 of 13 Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 4 of 13 showed maintenance only. The second sheet shows all projects with the gross cost totaling $207.9 million and the resources to fund the requests. When taking all sources into consideration, the revenues that are available to fund projects exceed the project costs. If that were not the case, then staff would be proposing an unbalanced CIP. Ms. Mumma reviewed the key take-aways, which are: Ms. Mumma provided a slide illustrating the income tax funded project totals for the proposed CIR There are nearly $28 million in debt financed projects, $72.1 million in cash funded maintenance, and $30.5 million in cash funded enhancements and new assets for a total of $130.7 million in projects over the five-year period. She is not including anything that has any other source of revenue in the chart shown. She shared a slide showing all of the cash financed projects, Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 #s,• 5 of 13 Finance Committee the ;. August8 Finance Committee of the Whole August 9 , 2018 Page Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 8 of 13 Mr. Reiner stated that there were no major improvements until Bridge Street. With the land that remains to be developed, there likely won't be a project of that size again. There is a lot of "fluff" in the CIP, given things such as replacement and repair of sidewalks at City cost. Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 9 of 13 Average Taxable Income # of Jobs in 2013 # of Jobs in 2014 # of Jobs in #of Jobs in 2015 2016 # of Jobs in 2017 &A5000 7002 3899 7 '509 85,640 88048 77,076 Mil 77567 000 58,084 59 28 �318§ u " �Or 39 51,384 Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 8, s-% 1of 13 Finance Committee of the Wholit August 29, 2018 Page 11 of 13 Mr. Reiner stated that he is fine with the proposed CIP. He has no issue with pushing out the new City Hall building and he isn"t certain that Hyland Croy improvements are a necessary item at this time. He could recommend some cuts if Council would like to have those discussions, but he doesn't believe the City"s financial position warrants thata Ms. Fox stated that looking at averages would be helpful in determining what to spend. If you have to take on debt, you don't want to be pushed against a wall. There are some line items that Finance Committee of the Whole August 29, 2018 Page 12 of 13 Ms. Alutto inquired if the follow-up CIP conversation should occur at the next Council Meeting. In response to Mayor Peterson's question of staffs intent for Council adoption of the CIP, Ms. Mumma stated it is scheduled on the September 10 council agenda. Finance Committee of the Whole August 29,, 2018 Page 13 of 13 The meeting was adjourned at 849 p.m. Acti, Cler If Council