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THE CITY OF ST. JOHNSBUDGET SESSIONMINUTES April 11, 2019The meeting was duly posted. Vice Mayor Spence Udall called the meeting to order at approximately 5:16 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.ROLL CALL: Mayor Ryan Patterson (joined the meeting at 5:55 p.m.) Vice Mayor Spence Udall, Councilman Tony Lindsey, Councilman Pete Hancock, and Councilman JR Richardson.ABSENT: Councilwoman Kay Hauser and Councilman Tony Raykovitz.STAFF: City Manager Paul Ramsey, Finance Director/City Clerk Timothy Hinton, Deputy City Clerk Cindy Lee, Assistant Fire Chief Jason Kirk, Assistant EMS Chief Jean Kirk, Fire Chief/Airport Manager Gary Liston, Police Chief Lance Spivey, and Police Sergeant Paul Albert.OTHERS PRESENT: No public present.WORK SESSION AGENDAGeneral Budget Work Session for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.Finance Director/City Clerk Timothy Hinton commented that he would like to go over where we finances right now. All the departments are in line with the budget at this time. They have not gone over their budget. The revenues are good as well. Where our revenues come from for the general fund:Water: from the water bills.Sewer: from the sewer bills.Ambulance: from the ambulance calls.City TPT is about 41%State TPT 17%Vehicle LicenseTax 11%State revenue sharing 23%Everything else about 8%Mr. Hinton recommended the City sales tax budget to be $850,000.The State Shared Revenue estimates from the Arizona Cities & Towns League s estimates that the State TPT is going up about $2300, Vehicle License Tax about $8700, and State Shared Revenue isn’t going up at all. We are ok to budget $850,000 for sales tax. This is 92% revenue of the general fund. That will be about $82,000 to $83,000 for the next year which is an increase of about 5%. Expenses are going up, but nothing as much as payroll. Hours times rate times the percentage will come with a calculated wage by department. Summary:You have an increase of $1300An increase in workers compensationAn increase in retirementAnd increase in insuranceOver all that is an increase of $120,000The payroll is a major increase from those 4 revenue sources. Payroll, by far is the biggest expense. The Police Dept. would like to hire one more officer. The Fire Dept. would like to hire one more firefighter. The Police Dept. have 2 candidates that will be testing this next week.The Fire Dept. would like to hire one firefighter and keep all the part time volunteers.The Council discussed how they could work out the money to have both positions employed. ADJOURNMENTMotion was made by Councilman Tony Lindsey to adjourn the meeting. Motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Spence Udall. Motion passed 5-0Meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.Ryan Patterson, MayorATTEST:Cindy Lee, Deputy City ClerkCETIFICATIONI hereby certify that the forgoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Budget Work Session meeting held April 11, 2018. I certify that the meeting was duly called, held, and that a quorum was present.Cindy Lee, Deputy City Clerk*Please note: Approved minutes are not verbatim record of what happened at the City Council meeting, they capture a summary of the meeting as well as all action taken. A recording of the entire meeting is available upon request at the City Clerk’s office for three months following the meeting. ................
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