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Minutes from the special called Finance Committee meeting on December 7, 2005.
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Finance & Administration Committee Minutes
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
3:30 p.m. - City Council Conference Room - Huntington Building
Special called meeting
Members Present were: John Street, Jim Hargis, Harold Perrin, and Ann Williams. Other present were: Mayor Formon, City Clerk Donna Jackson, staff and media. Councilman Darrel Dover arrived at 3:52 p.m. Councilman Alec Farmer was unable to attend.
PARKS
Questions were raised concerning the revenues of the Parks Department. It was questioned why the revenues are not increasing for the parks. Mr. Jason Wilkie answered the camping revenues may increase because of the improvements that were made at Craighead Forest Park. He further explained he does not believe the parks will be used any more in 2006 than they were used in 2005. He added that the overall utilization is increasing, but the fee-based utilization is staying the same.
In the 201 Salaries account, Mr. Wilkie asked if the increase includes a raise for Mr. Steve Penny. Mr. Wilkie explained he asked for Mr. Penny’s raise because of extra responsibilities Mr. Penny has taken on. It was explained that the increase does include Mr. Penny’s raise.
It was questioned what Mr. Wilkie uses the 209 Expenses account for. Mr. Wilkie explained it is used for conferences and workshops as well as training. It was decided to decrease the 209 Expenses account to $5,500.
Discussion was held regarding the turnover in the Parks department. Mr. Wilkie explained he has had high turnover in his department. Mayor Formon explained that they were estimating the part time salaries account with the assumption that it would be fully staffed all year. He recommended lowering the amount because it wasn’t likely the department would have all of the part time workers all year and if the department needed more in part time money, they could go back to that later in 2006. It was decided to lo...
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