THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007

FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK SESSION

7:00 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER. Mr. Smith opened the Finance Committee Work Session at 7:00 P.M., with the following members present: Mr. Sabatino, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Fix. No members were absent. Others present were: Lynda Yartin, Tim Hansley, Bruce Englehart, and others.

2. SCHEDULED MATTERS:

A. Coordination of Council and Committee agendas:

Mrs. Hammond stated Service Committee is still busy working on the wastewater treatment plant, water tower painting, and she did not have anything new to add to their agenda at this time. Mr. Smith stated he saw the pavement was marked for the Long Road repair, and Mrs. Hammond stated the contractor would be working on that in the next week or so. Mrs. Hammond stated further the Administrative Code states that the Tree Commission is under Parks and Recreation, and she questioned why our Service Manager was the individual in charge of the Tree Commission. She stated if that Commission is under the Service Department, then we should make that change in the Administrative Code when we continue our review. Mrs. Yartin stated she would bring this to the City Manager’s attention.

Mr. Sabatino stated Safety Committee continues to work on their routine issues and he has spoken with Mr. Monebrake regarding litter in the City. Mr. Sabatino stated Ms Gilleland was working on having a Community Clean Up Day and Mr. Monebrake indicated he would like to attend the next meeting to find out about that project. Mr. Sabatino stated everything else was running very smoothly.

Mr. Fix stated Rules Committee had submitted their revisions to Council for discussion in the Work Sessions and look forward to that being concluded. He stated the revision to the impact fee ordinance was forwarded to Council and the Committee is currently preparing for the Charter review. Mr. Smith clarified that the process for the Charter review would be that after the Rules Committee completes their review; it will be forwarded to Council for their input. Mr. Smith questioned if we would be required to convene a Charter Review Board since we are required to have a review every ten years. Mr. Sabatino stated he thought it might be a good idea for Rules and Council to review the Charter, and then convene a Charter Review Board to review it and see if anything was overlooked. Mr. Fix stated that was a good idea, and he would like to consider that. Mr. Smith stated those decisions can be made as we get further in the review process.

Mr. Smith stated he would like to move the August Finance Committee meeting to Thursday, August 23^rd, so it will fall after the second Council meeting of the month. He stated further we will begin the budget process soon and he hoped to have a timeline of budget work sessions form the City Manager by the end of August.

B. Coordination of Committee activities. Mr. Smith stated he had nothing further to bring forward.

3. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mr. Smith closed the work session at 7:15 P.M., July 19, 2007.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk