Financial Advisory Committee Chairman Chuck Zunk has called a special meeting for 4:45, March 8th to address what he called "significant variances" from the budget adopted for this year.
Zunk said he hoped the Committee could come up with action plans and take corrective action as soon as possible.
Zunk: "The Mayor and Greg Mims promised us they were working on their own scheme of corrective actions and further promised their proposals for (our) review no later than March 8th . . . special meeting needed to review the proposals from the Mayor."
Member Garland Sims: "The problem's ongoing and has to be solved."
Zunk: "Some changes have to be made . . . can't keep doing the same things."
Zunk went on to say that after the meeting he would like to "sit down" with each Dept. Manager and review the Mayor's reccomendations-- as well as their own ideas about what can be done differently to achieve a balanced budget by the end of the (fiscal) year (Sept. 30).
Zunk listed the major revenue problem areas as:
1. Golf Dept.
2. Employee medical insurance (unexpected increased costs)
3. Higher than expected salaries/overtime (some Depts.)
4. Natural Gas fund revenue significantly less than expected
5. The new recreation land purchase (@ Manley Rd./Hwy 13) was not anticipated in the budget.
Councilman Stankoski said someone had suggested spending some of the new sales tax revenue to make up the difference, but that should be off the table in his view because it's earmarked this year for building up the city's depleted emergency reserve fund.
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Financial Advisory Committee Chairman Chuck Zunk has called a special meeting for 4:45, March 8th to address what he called "significant variances" from the budget adopted for this year.
Zunk said he hoped the Committee could come up with action plans and take corrective action as soon as possible.
Zunk: "The Mayor and Greg Mims promised us they were working on their own scheme of corrective actions and further promised their proposals for (our) review no later than March 8th . . . special meeting needed to review the proposals from the Mayor."
Member Garland Sims: "The problem's ongoing and has to be solved."
Zunk: "Some changes have to be made . . . can't keep doing the same things."
Zunk went on to say that after the meeting he would like to "sit down" with each Dept. Manager and review the Mayor's reccomendations-- as well as their own ideas about what can be done differently to achieve a balanced budget by the end of the (fiscal) year (Sept. 30).
Zunk listed the major revenue problem areas as:
1. Golf Dept.
2. Employee medical insurance (unexpected increased costs)
3. Higher than expected salaries/overtime (some Depts.)
4. Natural Gas fund revenue significantly less than expected
5. The new recreation land purchase (@ Manley Rd./Hwy 13) was not anticipated in the budget.
Councilman Stankoski said someone had suggested spending some of the new sales tax revenue to make up the difference, but that should be off the table in his view because it's earmarked this year for building up the city's depleted emergency reserve fund.
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