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<br />'u1 <br />I I. <br /> <br />April 23, 2008 <br /> <br />A special meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held <br />on April 23, 2008, in Council Chambers, Municipal Building, at 4:00 PM, to receive <br />the City Manager's budget recommendations with Mayor Kimble Reynolds, Jr. <br />presiding. Council Members present included: Kimble Reynolds, Jr., James Clark, <br />Kathy Lawson, Ron Ferrill, and Gene Teague. Staff present included: Clarence <br />Monday, City Manager, Leon Towarnicki, Brenda Prillaman, Eric Monday, Linda <br />Conover, Donna Odell, Wayne Knox, Mike Rogers, Robert Ramsey, Dennis Bowles, <br />Kenneth Draper, Pat Conrad, Esther Artis and Ruth Easley. <br />The City Manager, Clarence C. Monday, presented the proposed FY09 budget <br />for Council's consideration. Areas highlighted included: economic development and <br />efforts working with Henry County; growth within the city; budget goals: (1) <br />maintain current level of service (2) reduce/reorganize personnel where appropriate <br />(3) minimal rate or fee increases (4) fair compensation of employees (5) fund the city <br />schools as much as possible (6) fund vital capital projects (7) no use of fund <br />balance; personnel proposed resulting in a net increase of 0.5 employees: (1) traffic <br />signal/MINET in Public Works (2) PT to FT Hydrant Maint. Specialist (3) Hydro <br />Operator; employee pay raise for a total of $523,771 from a 2% July 1 st cost of living <br />and Market Adjustment of $200,000; employee health benefits for active city <br />employees and constitutional employees at a City increased cost of $93,000 for a <br />recommended $25 per month per employee health insurance contribution; and <br />proposed electric fund rate increases including: <br /> <br />Rate Class <br />Residential Service <br />Small General Service <br />Medium General Service <br />Large General Service <br />Large Power Service <br />Sanctuary Worship Service <br />Public Authority Service (Schools) <br />Public Authority <br />Commonwealth of VA <br />Outdoor Lighting <br /> <br />Percent of Increase <br />0% <br />9.12% <br />18.48% <br />11.22% <br />0% <br />17.28% <br />10% <br />0% <br />27.89% <br />0% <br /> <br />Mr. Monday also pointed out that this FY09 proposed budget is $700,000 less <br />than the present city budget. The projected fund balance at 6/30/08 will be <br />approximately $12.9 million. <br />