Minutes of
The Special Price City Council Meeting
City Hall:
Price, Utah
February
16, 2000, 5:00 p.m.
Present:
Mayor Lou
Colosimo
Councilmembers:
Roy A. Nikas Vernon
W. Jones, Community Administrator
Joe L. Piccolo Joanne Lessar, City Recorder
Stephen L. Denison Pat
Larsen, Finance Director
Richard Tatton Gary
Sonntag, PWD/City Engineer
Excused:
Councilmember Betty P. Wheeler
1.
KEVIN’S CARPETS
- Permission To Use City Parking Lot
Joanne Lessar reported that per a Council poll, Kevin Norried of Kevin’s
Carpets was given approval to use the City’s parking lot located at 50 North
Carbon Avenue for a parking lot sale to be held February 17-21. However, as the carpet has not yet been
received, Mr. Norried would like to postpone the sale to February 24-26. The Council discussed this request at length
and questioned if this would set a precedent for owners of other businesses to
do the same thing. MOTION. Councilmember Nikas moved that the verbal
action of the Council be ratified for this one time request only. Motion seconded by Councilmember Denison and
carried.
2.
RESOLUTION
#2000-06 - Budget Revision For FY1999/2000
The Council reviewed the following details of departmental increases
included in the budget revision for FY1999/2000. Pat Larsen explained the reasons for the increases.
Increase in sales tax revenue. An additional $16,000 was placed in the
budget due to back taxes owed by the Sunstone Corporation.
Increase in Police Department travel and meals. Two thousand dollars was taken out of this
account for new badges. Mayor Colosimo
then replenished this amount from his budget.
Increase in auto repairs, especially the Police Department. These repairs were for vandalism, servicing and maintenance.
Increase for the uniform allowance.
The uniform allowance has increased for all departments. Pat questioned if this shouldn’t be put out
for bid, as several departments have complained that they are washing their own
uniforms. It was pointed out that the
contract states that all rented uniforms will be charged for cleaning whether
they are turned in or not. The Council
directed that Pat check into this.
Increase in telephone charges.
These costs are for the different telephone lines and repair costs. At the present, this item is budgeted under
Non-Departmental. She will move it to
the IS Department for better tracking.
Increase in the purchase of library books from $50,000 to $55,000. The Librarian moved funds from equipment to
library books. To date, an amount of
$52,213 has been spent to purchase library books. The Council expressed concern with this transfer, as during the
budget process, they received information that the library was in need of new
chairs. They felt that a yearly budget
of $50,000 is sufficient to purchase new books and directed Pat to place the balance of the money ($3,000) back to the line item for equipment.
Increase in skate park. This
item was increased because of the possibility of receiving grants.
Operating and maintenance expenses for Utah Power and Light were
reduced by $50,000, and $30,000 was
budgeted for the extension to the distribution system..
Gary Sonntag stated that under the Water/Sewer Dept., $11,000 was
budgeted for wages and $5,000 for benefits for 2 employees. This is being reduced to $7,750 because we
have gone 2-3 months without these employees.
Increase in swimming pool expenses.
This was due to additional swimming programs and increased hours. Also revenue was down because the wave pool
was shut down in October because the bubble didn’t arrive in time. The wave pool was shut down again later in
the year for repairs.
The Council expressed concern that departments are going over their
budget. Department supervisors should
not go over their budget unless it is approved by the Councilmember over their
department.
MOTION. Councilmember Nikas moved that Resolution
#2000-06, adopting the Budget Revision for FY1999/2000, be approved and that
the Mayor and City Recorder be authorized to sign the resolution. Motion seconded by Councilmember Tatton and
carried.
Meeting adjourned at
6:55 p.m.