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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 07/02/2008CITY COUNCIL 2 JULY 2008 The South Burlington City Council held a special meeting on Wednesday, 2 July 2008, at 5:30 p.m., in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset St. Members Present: C. Smith, Chair; S. Magowan, M. Boucher, S. Dooley, M. Emery Also Present: C. Hafter, City Manager, D. Gravelin, Assistant City Manager 1. Request for Approval of Tax Rate to Support the FY2009 Budget, Special Assessment Districts, User Fees for Sanitary Water, Sewer & Storm Water Services; Sewer Capacity Allocation Fee; Approval of Tax Due Dates & Fiscal Year Budgets: Mr. Hafter noted that one of the benefits of the new Charter amendment is that the City can wait for a final Grand List before determining the tax rate. The tax rate for total city services for FY2009 will be .3428. To this will be added the exemption for disabled veterans approved by the votes amounting to .0009, for a total of .3437 per $100 of assessed value. The tax rate will produce $9,109,679. Special Assessment Districts: The Spear Street Northeast District assessment is for 50% of the cost to install sanitary sewers in 2002. For this, the sixth year of a 10-year assessment, the tax rate is .150. The Spear Street South District assessment, also in the sixth of ten years requires a single payment of $732.81. Sewer User Fee: The fee to support the FY2009 Water Pollution Control budget is $23.15 per 1,000 cubic feet of water usage. This represents an 11% increase for water billed after 1 July 2008. The fee for the town of Colchester will be $24.39 per 1,000 cubic feet, per contract agreement. Sewer Capacity Allocation Fee: The proposed sewer allocation capacity fee will increase from $4.60 to $9.20 per gallon. Because the State reduced the necessary allocation for single-family homes by 50% several years ago, the increase will return the allocation cost to the same level it was prior to the State action. Staff recommends this increase become effective immediately, with no "grandfathering." Mr. Hafter stressed that this is an allocation fee, not an impact fee. Water Use Fee: The fee to support the Water Department Budget for FY2009 will be the same as for 2008, $19.53 per 1,000 cubic feet of usage. Storm Water Service Fee: The fee to support the Storm Water Division is $4.50 per Equivalent Residential Unit of 2700 sq. ft. of impervious surface. This is the same fee as was charged in FY2008. Members agreed to tax due dates of: First installment:15 August Second installment:17 November Third installment:16 March Mr. Boucher moved to approve the FY2009 tax rates and User Fee schedules and tax due dates as presented above. Mr. Magowan seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Consider Bids for Roofing Retrofit of the Municipal Building: Mr. Hafter noted that bid packages went out to 13 firms. Three bids were received. The best price was offered by A. C. Hathorne at $69,579. This would bring the total, with other work authorized last month, to $123,859. Mr. Hafter noted that Hathorne is already working on the mezzanine roof. Mr. Gravelin said that the recommendation is to put all the rooms & meals tax into a special reserve fund and to allocate $125,000 from that reserve fund for the municipal building improvements. Mr. Hafter added that the city should receive another rooms & meals tax payment at the end of the year. He also stressed that the work to the building is absolutely necessary. Ms. Emery moved to accept the bid of A. C. Hathorne at $69,579 and to authorize the City Manager to sign the contract. Ms. Dooley seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 3. Discuss Upcoming Meeting Dates: Mr. Hafter noted that prior to the meeting on 21 July, there will be a site visit regarding the condemnation proceedings in connection with the 12B Interchange. This action is absolutely necessary on that date. Members agreed to postpone discussion of the Conservation Fund since a full Council will not be present on the 21st. 4. 2007-2008 March Installment Penalty Waivers: Mr. Hafter presented the list of March Installment Penalty Waivers for the Council's review. 5. Executive Session: Mr. Boucher moved that the Council meet in Executive Session to discuss property acquisition and to resume regular session only for the purpose of adjournment. Ms. Dooley seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Regular Session: The City Council returned to regular session. Ms. Emery moved adjournment, Mr. Boucher seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.