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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 03/20/1980STEERING COMMITTEE MARCH 20, 1980 The South Burlington Steering Committee held a regular meeting on Thursday, March 20, 1980 at 7:30 pm in the Conference Room, City Hall, 1175 Williston Road Members Present William Burgess, Chairman; Paul Farrar, Martin Paulsen, Kenneth Jarvis, David Miller, Marilyn Meyer, Dennis Snyder, David Gravelle, Fred Tuttle, William Szymanski Michael Flaherty (late) Member Absent Viola Luginbuhl Others Present John Lucas, Laurence LeCours, Gloria Yandow, Kelly Squires, Margaret Picard, Rob Eley, Free Press Addition to agenda The following time was added: Discussion on the budgeting of certain items. Review proposed City and School District budgets for 1980-81 Mr. Szymanski went through the city budget. The Grand List figure used was $1,855,500. Mr. Flaherty arrived at this time. An additional person has been added to the City Hall staff and other large increases have come in utility and gasoline costs, as well as salary hikes for employees of the city. Two police cruisers will be replaced and a motorcycle purchased this year and a highway department mechanic will be added. Mr. Tuttle then went through the school budget. They had some surplus taxes and more State Aid last year than was budgeted, but expect to end fiscal 1979- 80 with a deficit of $22,357 because of the costs of gasoline and special education salaries. The school does expect state revenue for special education, however, so that figure may be smaller at the end of the year. Net cost of operations is 9.97%. Mr. Tuttle went through the line items, and noted that major increases were in salaries and insurance. The school expects to have 5 fewer teachers next year, although that is subject to change. They are presently negotiating salaries for teachers and support staff. Two busses will be replaced, a tractor purchased for grounds maintenance, and two-way radios will be put in busses. Data processing was discussed. Mr. Kelly Squires and Ms. Gloria Yandow had submitted a memo to the Committee requesting that it look into the data processing needs of the city and school. Mr. Farrar noted that the city had not decided yet about whether to stay with the school's computer, or purchase one of its own, but had put some money into its budget for data processing costs. If the school purchases the equipment, there should be a transfer item in their budget. Budget procedure on Open Space funds Mr. Farrar noted that several years ago the voters approved setting aside $18,000 each year for open space acquisition. Each year that money is appropriated, but if it is not spent, it is carried forward, which tends to inflate the budget. He felt that the proper way to handle this would be that, at the end of the fiscal year, any funds left in the open space account would be transferred to a holding account separate from the budget and those funds would be encumbered until the city had a piece of land it wanted to buy. He said he would like to do this at the end of this year. There was no objection. Mr. Farrar moved that the method of expenditure of those funds be as outlined above. Mr. Miller seconded the motion and all voted aye. Other business There was none. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.