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<br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />2005 BUDGET WORKSESSION MEETING <br />August 18, 2004 <br />6:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> Unapproved <br /> <br />I.CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney called the 2005 Budget Worksession to order at 6:30 p.m. <br />Present at the meeting were Councilmembers Broussard Vickers, Capra, Lee <br />and Paar; City Administrator Kim Moore-Sykes, Former Finance Director <br />Ellen Paulseth, and Public Works Director Paul Palzer. <br /> <br />II. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br /> <br />a.2005 Budget. Former Finance Director Ellen Paulseth presented the draft <br />of the 2005 City Budget that she put together before she resigned. She <br />reported that for each department budget and the budget as a whole, she <br />had to make some assumptions based on previous years’ experience and <br />the current year’s activity. Ms. Paulseth also reported that she had to <br />make assumptions about the Police and Fire budgets because at the time <br />she put the budget together, these budgets weren’t yet available. <br /> <br /> City Administrator Moore-Sykes indicated that she has received the Fire <br /> Department’s budget as well as the Police Department’s budget but that <br /> some portions of the Police Department’s budget was not readable. Ms. <br /> Moore-Sykes advised that the Police Chief indicated that he would <br /> provide a better copy but she has yet to receive it. Ms. Moore-Sykes said <br /> that she would contact the Chief and have a copy available for Ms. <br /> Paulseth. <br /> <br /> <br />b.2005 Levy. Ms. Paulseth reported that the legislators in the last session <br />allowed the levy limit legislation to sunset, which will allow cities to set <br />levies based on what their needs are. Ms. Paulseth indicated that based on <br />the City’s capacity and increased value, that the Council could increase the <br />City’s levy as high as 6% without affecting the tax rate. She reported that <br />if residents see a property tax increase, it would be probably because their <br />property has increased in value. Ms. Moore-Sykes again reminded <br />th <br />Council that the levy needs to be set before September 15 and that the <br />th <br />item will be on the September 8 Council agenda. She also indicated that <br />at that time, the Council could set the levy high and then throughout the <br />budget process, reduce the levy to an amount the City feels is necessary <br />for service provision to the Community. She reported that once the levy is <br />set, it cannot be increased, but can be decreased. <br /> <br /> <br />