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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/7/2022 - Work Session*** Proof of Publication *** Courier Communications 100 East 4th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50703 Black Hawk County I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of notice was published in the WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS COURIER, a daily newspaper printed in WATERLOO, Black Hawk County, Iowa, and that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for publishing said notice. Waterloo, City of - Legals 715 MULBERRY ST. WATERLOO IA 50703 ORDER NUMBER 209385 Signed Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of +f JO 2022 Notary Public Received of C./01/ of Wat't/1LW the sum of 9,(1) , l�J� () Dollars in full for publication of the above invoice. Notary Seal: Section: Legals Category: 950 Legal Notice PUBLISHED ON: 02/22/2022 TOTAL AD COST: FILED ON: :VC** rows CARMEN MAE STEPHENS COMMISSION NO.833851 MY COMMISSION XPIRES t3f.5-.2 96.60 2/23/2022 *** Proof of Publication *** COUNCIL WORK SESSION Febroary 7, 2022 4:20 p.m. Harold E. Getty Council Chambers Members present: Bowen, Nichols, Amos, Chiles, Grieder, Wilder and Feuss. 106907 - FeessTlichols that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Voice -vote Ayes: Seven. Mo- tion carried. Objective: Discussion of the FYE 2023 budget. Michelle Weidner, Chief Financial Officer, provided an overview of the increases to personnel expenses that are contributing to the increase in the FYE2023 budget She also shared that the city will need to address the shortfall that the end of the backfill. Mr. Amos questioned it council will be involved in requesting depamnenl heads to make cuts. Michelle Weidner explained that in an effort to save time. she intends to meet with each department infernally before bringing their budgets before council. Mr. Bowen questioned if she is still considering delayed hiring positions. Michelle Weidner explained that she is not considering hiring delays, as that would be up to the council to determine. Mr. Bowen questioned how far along the staff is with the CIP meetings. Mayor Han stated that the first couple CIP meetings took place today and wanted to know what council wants to see as tar as meeting participation. Mr. Bowen commented that he would like to have the ability to participate in the meetings via Zoom but that the numbers fluctuated often. MichelleWeidner commented that this is the thought behind holding the initial meetings internally. All budgets evolve as discussions happen. Mr. Boesen stated that he wants to see CIP numbers ahead of when council voles to be able to be prepared ahead of the vole. Mayor Hart commented that he and Noel Anderson would meet to make sure that we could support council's desire. Mr. Boesen questioned if there Is a cap for CtP requests this year. Michelle Weidner commented that it would be best to shoot for $10 million. Mr, Beaten questioned when the debt service levy will begin impacting the tax rate it we have to continue to bond additional funds for projects, Michelle Weidner explained that the current projections are 2025. Currently both 2025 and 2026 are going to require tax increases but she is trying to plan out how much we repay in principal so they can be restructured to prevent a biy spike in those years. Mr. Bowen commented. that as he understands it, our debt service levy with whal we've been borrowing and paying oft, in the next Iwo to three years just the debt levy alone will spike our property taxes it we aren't able to restructure. Michelle Weidner commented that it could. but if we can keep this year at $l0 million she believes she can get that down. Mayor Hart provided an overview of how the CIP works. Mr. Grieder commented that the state legislature is looking at a change to camera funding and local option sales tax. He questioned how we are preparing to have flexibility in the future. Michelle Weidner explained that the city will have to cope with whatever change comes for local option sales tax. Each year. changes are proposed to ATE cameras. When we started using ATE cameras, the council passed a resolution to only spend what we generated in the year prior to help protect the city against these changes. In the last year, the council voted to use more of those funds to finance police department operations. Mayor Hart commented that when people complain that their property taxes are too high or fees are too high, the state will take those monies away from citizens to the detriment of the city. It ends up costing taxpayers more to try to make up that shortfall. In addition, taking away ATE funds from cities is the equivalent of defending the police on the state level because those funds directly fund police departments. Mr. Boesen clarified that there Is a portion of the local option funds that pay for staffing in the Engineering Department. Michelle Weidner explained that there are seven technician positions that are funded through local option. Mr. Mends questioned it there are any talks of how the I0aI option funds would be divvied out to the alies d Ole change goes Into effect Michelle Weidner commented that the current proposal is to leave it that we * * * Proof of Publication *** t.k.TelAtliy IL Me 11glay. The is than it Is within (hair aurmew to change e Discussion an any trineO. t Ibo nivr: conofof a roundabout a d the h Street. of W. 91h Street and South Street. 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Mr. Chiles questioned arou P there ulida ut sianage m tpd around the roundabout that would let people know to rum t there Justin Campbell explained that mere would not be signaga butthey they would have lane striping. that 08the • Fe meeting be r that me meeting be adjourned et Sion p.m. Voice -vote Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. Kelley eelchle City Clerk