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<br />UNIVERSITY CITYCOUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />EOC Room of City Hall <br />6801 Delmar <br />June 4, 2012 <br /> <br /> <br />The City Council Study Session was held in the EOC Room of City Hall on June 4, 2012. <br />Mayor Welsch called the Study Session to order at 6:35 p.m. In addition to the Mayor <br />Shelley Welsch, the following members of the Council were present: <br /> <br />Ms. Paulette Carr <br />Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br />Mr. Stephen Kraft. <br />Mr. Terry Crow <br />Mr. Michael Glickert <br />Mr. Byron Price <br /> <br />Also in attendance were City Manager Lehman Walker; Public Works Director Richard <br />Wilson; and Finance Director Tina Charumilind. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker opened the FY13 budget Study session with a brief review of the FY 2013 <br />proposed budget listing the budget highlights and the budget challenges. He passed out a <br />sheet showing expenditure for each department and the increase/decrease over the <br />previous fiscal year, stating the surplus as of May 31, 2012, for the Fiscal Year 2012 would <br />be approximately $600,000 and the anticipated surplus in Fiscal Year 2013 to be <br />approximately $500,000 with no COLA. Mr. Walker next directed attention to the FY 2013 <br />budget significant changes compared to FY 2012. <br /> <br />Councilmember Price and Councilmember Carr provided their list of increases/decreases <br />they each proposed to the Draft FY 2013 budget. The Directory of Public Works also asked <br />for an additional $70,000 for tree trimming and $1,200,000 for street improvements. <br /> <br />Discussion included: <br /> <br /> Increase to tree trimming, street, curb and sidewalk repair and funding of <br /> <br /> Corp of Engineer continuation of flood plain evaluation report <br /> <br /> COLA for employees <br /> One-time bonus <br /> <br /> For all employees <br /> <br /> For only those who did not receive an increase in the last three years <br /> <br /> For does under a certain salary threshold <br /> <br /> <br /> Bidding out PR which now would include a newsletter to be mailed to residents <br /> <br /> Council travel budget (Mr. Price asked as part of the record, he would like his portion <br />of travel to go to the Senior repair program) <br /> <br /> Driving range lights <br /> <br /> Addition to money held in separate fund in Reserves for flood buyout <br /> <br /> Double funding for Senior repair program <br /> <br /> IT department in house or outsourced <br /> <br /> Move Seniors back to Heman Park Community Center <br /> <br /> Improve website <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />