CITY OF PICKERINGTON

FINANCE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004

2005 BUDGET WORK SESSION

6:00 P.M.

1. ROLL CALL. Mr. Hackworth opened the work session at 6:00 P.M. with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Hackworth present. Mrs. Riggs was absent. Others present were: Mayor Shaver, Mr. O’Brien, Mr. Sabatino, Mr. Parker, Judy Gilleland, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, Frank Wiseman, Bob Mapes, and others.

2. SCHEDULED MATTERS:

A. Review of proposed 2005 Manager’s Budget. Ms Gilleland stated she had provided a draft of the 2005 – 2009 Capital Improvements Plan for review this evening.

Ms Gilleland stated before beginning the review she had a couple of housekeeping items. She stated her preference would be to get all of the budget documents to Council prior to the work sessions, however, she did not think that was going to work this year. She stated the budget will not be ready to be distributed prior to the work session next Tuesday, and if everyone is comfortable with reviewing it that night, that would be fine. She continued another option would be to cancel the next work session, get the budget to everyone at the end of the week and review the entire budget at the work session before Council on November 16^th. Mr. O’Brien ascertained the process was still a little ahead of schedule. Mr. Wright stated he would prefer to receive the budget in time to review it so the work session could be used to answer specific questions rather than getting the information for the first time at the work session. Ms Gilleland stated if Council preferred, the work session on November 9^th would be cancelled, the budget would be provided to all of Council in their packets on November 12^th, and the budget work session on November 16^th, would allow any questions to be answered. Mr. Wright stated he would agree with that, however, he felt a work session to review the budget by line item might be a good idea prior to the third reading being done. All members present stated they agreed with canceling the work session on November 9^th, and beginning the review of the budget on November 16^th, after receiving it in their packets on November 12^th.

Ms Gilleland stated she would also like to let Council know the first meeting of the Property Maintenance Task Force is scheduled for Monday, November 8^th, at 7:00 P.M. should any council member wish to attend. Ms Gilleland stated further this task force will report to Safety Committee.

Ms Gilleland stated the Capital Improvements Plan was being presented in a new format this year that she felt would be much easier for everyone to understand. She stated she felt it was important to look at the CIP as the budget is being prepared so everyone could see the big picture of projects.

Ms Gilleland reviewed the Water, Wastewater, Street, and Stormwater portions of the Capital Improvement Plan and stated if anyone found typos or errors she would encourage them to let her know so they can be corrected prior to the document being put in final form. Ms Gilleland stated further at the end of the document was a section entitled “Unfunded.” She stated this contained projects that have been talked about over the years, projects that have been considered but not made it into the actual CIP, etc. She stated these projects may never occur, but something may happen that they can be considered in the future. Ms Gilleland stated if Council would like to have any projects included in this list, please let her know and it will be added.

Mr. Hackworth stated as Finance Committee has a Special Meeting scheduled for 7:00 P.M. he would close the work session at this time. The Finance Committee Work Session adjourned at 7:05 P.M., November 3, 2004.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk