Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 08-25-2009 regular — reading text

reduction in the budget. There was a cordial exchange of views on the health insurance provided the Mayor and City Council, and the travel allowance. Mr. Reeves moved to leave the health insurance as it has always been by ordinance for City Council and the Mayor. Mr. Nabors seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves„ Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. Mr. Reeves moved to limit each Council member and the Mayor' s travel allowance to 1, 000.00 individually and not to exceed without Council approval. Mr. Rynearson seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. Mr. Reeves moved to eliminate membership to the National League of Cities ( cost savings 1, 490.00) and eliminate membership to the Florida League of Mayor' s ( cost savings $ 430.00). Mr. Patterson seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. Mr. Reeves moved to reinstate the condolence flowers expense of $ 850.00. Mr. Holmes seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. Mr. Miller moved to reinstate the refreshment expense of $3, 500.00 into the budget. Mr. Patterson seconded motion and it failed by a vote of 3 to 4 with Miller, Nabors, and Patterson in favor and Holmes, Reeves, Garvie;, and Rynearson opposed. It was noted there was a $ 1, 070. 00 reduction in the budget. AGENDA CHANGE Mr. Reeves moved to amend the agenda to cover the outside agency funding. Mr. Rynearson seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. 2-  243 Special Council 8 -3 -09 OUTSIDE AGENCIES REQUEST FOR FUNDING The proposed budget has allocated funding for the Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $6, 000 and the Economic Development Council in the amount of $18, 000. Chamber of Commerce There was no representative from the Chamber of Commerce present. Economic Development Council Larry Sassano, President of Economic Development Council ( EDC), discussed the efforts of the EDC to retain and create jobs in the local economy through membership development -which doubles as a business retention and expansion program; through recruitment to attract new businesses to the area, through research to respond to daily inquiries- regarding statistics for Okaloosa County and city specific data, through site and building tracking, and through project set- up and preparation in response to requests from businesses who would like to move into Okaloosa County. The EDC requests an appropriation of $22,226.00. Mr. Holmes moved to reduce the Economic Development Council funding to $ 8, 000.00 and increase the Chamber of Commerce funding to $ 16,000.00. Mr. Reeves seconded motion. There was a cordial exchange of views on the benefits received by the City from the efforts of the Economic Development Council and the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Patterson moved to amend the motion to split the $ 24,000.00 evenly between the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Council. Motion failed for lack of a second. The Mayor called for the vote on the motion and it carried by a vote of 4 to 3 with Holmes, Reeves, Nabors, and Rynearson in favor and Miller, Garvie, and Patterson opposed. City Manager Review included the new City Manager wages and benefits are less than the prior Manager, for a 13. 0% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the City Manager' s Department budget. Administrative Services Review included the elimination of flu shots and the holiday gift certificates, for a 5. 6% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. Mr. Garvie moved to reduce the Florida Government Week budgeted amount by $2,625.00 to budget for flu shots. Mr. Reeves seconded motion. Mr. Rynearson moved to amend the motion that the $ 1, 070.00 savings made earlier be allocated to Administrative Services for the Florida Government Week. Mr. Holmes seconded motion. Mr. Reeves and Mr. Garvie accepted the amendment. The Mayor called for the vote on the motion, as amended, and it carried by a vote of 6 to 1 with Holmes, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor and Miller opposed. 3- 244 Special Council 8 -3 -09 Risk Management Review included no major changes with a 0.4% reduction in the budget when the proposed budget was prepared, but it was noted there, will be a decrease in property and casualty insurance premiums of approximately $ 100,000 which will be reflected when the revised budget is issued. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Risk Management budget. Information Technologti Review included one position changed from full -time to part -time with no service level impact anticipated, for a 14.4% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Information Technology budget. City Clerk Review included no major changes, for a 10. 3% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the City Clerk' s Department budget. Finance Review included no major changes, for a 3. 0% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Finance budget. RECESS The meeting recessed at '7: 35 p.m. RECONVENE The meeting reconvened at 7: 45 p.m. Purchasing Review included no major changes for a 9. 6% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Purchasing budget. Police Review included two police officer positions eliminated, with no service level impact anticipated. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Police budget. Irla  245 Special Council 8 -3 -09 Fire Review included one fire inspector eliminated with no -service level impact anticipated, the County dispatch dues eliminated due to transition to 800 MHz radios, a 10. 8% increase ($ 310, 554.00) in wages and benefits due to 7. 12% step on union members' anniversary dates and the City' s increased pension contribution, for a total 6. 3 % increase in the budget. The Mayor opened,the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the-Fire budget. Recreation Review included a reduction in the recreation program full -time equivalents with no service level impact anticipated, a reduction in the number of games played during sport league seasons, elimination of the employee picnic and Kids Day ( mainly attended by schools), for a 6.3% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. Jerry Melvin suggested that the Kiwanis Club and other civic organizations may be willing to donate toward Kids Day as they have budget particularly for children and children' s activities. He believed the Fort Walton Beach Kiwanis Club would be glad to participate if the City would provide a proposal of what they need and want. No changes were made to the Recreation budget. Parks Review included a reduction in the service worker full -time equivalent with less weed eating, edging, and litter control during summer months; budget increase is attributable to utilities not being properly estimated due to being a new division in FY 2008 -09, for a 7. 8% increase in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Parks budget. Right -of W - ay Review included the elimination of the horticulturalist position with no service level impact anticipated for a 9. 1 % decrease in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Right -of W - ay budget. Senior Center Review included no major changes for a 3. 3% decrease in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Senior Center budget. 5- 246 Special Council 8 -3 -09 Library Review included the purchases of books, publications, and library material reduced by 52% to It was reported that information was received 225, 000.00, for a 12. 40/0 reduction in the budget. that the revenue from the Library Co -Op will increase approximately $ 10, 000.00 more than is currently budgeted. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. Mr. Garvie moved to increase books expense by the amount of the additional money coming in from the Library Co -Op. Mr. Rynearson seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Reeves, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor. Museum Review included the reduction in the custodial worker hours with no service level impact anticipated, for a 3. 4% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Museum budget. Cemetery Review included the elimination of one part -time service worker with no service level impact anticipated; $15, 000 budgeted to re -sod developed area of cemetery with funding from interfund transfer from the Beal Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, for a 3. 5% reduction in the budget. The Mayor opened the floor for public input. As no one wished to speak public input was closed. No changes were made to the Cemetery budget. Engineering ng Review included the tuition reimbursement for the senior planner funded because the educational institution provides in-kind support for the development of the City' s Economic Development Strategic Plan, and the budget increase is attributable to city engineer, engineering staff of four, senior planner, and senior staff assistant being transferred to this division as a