City Council Approves 2015 Budget Maximum Amounts
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The vote was 6 to 1, with councilwoman Elaine Call voting against the maximum amount provided. Call said she felt the maximum budgeted amount for the parks department needed to be higher.
A second reading on the budget will be Oct. 6 and final adoption Oct. 28.
The adopted budget maximum amounts include casino, riverboat, $100,000; general fund, $10,707,559; debt service, $447,188; fire pension, $286,929; police pension, $307,720; local roads and streets, $150,000; motor vehicle highway, $610,000; park and recreation, $2,142,182; aviation, $731,266; cemetery, $577,654; cumulative capital improvement, $65,000; cumulative capital development, $500,000; economic development income tax, $1,143,000; redevelopment general fund, $221,925; special fire protection territory general, $3,883,027; and special fire protection territory equipment replacement, $1,039,436.
Other maximum amounts are park operational non reverting, $14,650; law continuing education, $26,000; cemetery permanent fund, $25,000; aviation depreciation, $70,000; redevelopment allocation, $420,000; redevelopment northern TIF allocation, $2.3 million; certified technology park, $35,000; redevelopment eastern TIF fund, $200,000; and redevelopment TIF Winona interurban, $10,000.
There will be line two cuts made to the budget next month to balance the budget after the city gets its health care renewal rates, according to Joe Thallemer, Warsaw mayor. The city also will decide if the salary increase rate needs to be adjusted.
The city also will look at trimming expenses by evaluating its healthcare plan contributions and benefit options once that information comes, which will assist the city with line two cuts.
“Since this has been advertised there are no increases that can be made in the budget, but certainly reductions can and will occur,” Thallemer said.
The council also approved the clerk-treasurer advertising for general obligation bonds to be issued and paid back over no less than a three year period and not to exceed $1.2 million. The bonds will pay for four pickup trucks, a plow truck, a garbage truck, a bobcat loader, a skid loader, various mowing equipment and two police cars.
Thallemer said Warsaw Board of Public Works will be asked Friday to approve applying for a grant from Indiana Department of Environmental Management to purchase a new garbage truck for the street department.
“This could be huge and reduce the term of the bond from three to two years,” Thallemer said.
The council acknowledged on first reading two ordinances that authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and appropriating proceeds derived from the sale of new bonds for the costs of acquiring street department vehicles.
Councilman Charlie Smith said he supported the bond.
“This is providing tax payers with better snow removal and services using equipment we need,” Smith said.
Jeff Grose, councilman, said he agreed the bond is something the city should pursue.
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The vote was 6 to 1, with councilwoman Elaine Call voting against the maximum amount provided. Call said she felt the maximum budgeted amount for the parks department needed to be higher.
A second reading on the budget will be Oct. 6 and final adoption Oct. 28.
The adopted budget maximum amounts include casino, riverboat, $100,000; general fund, $10,707,559; debt service, $447,188; fire pension, $286,929; police pension, $307,720; local roads and streets, $150,000; motor vehicle highway, $610,000; park and recreation, $2,142,182; aviation, $731,266; cemetery, $577,654; cumulative capital improvement, $65,000; cumulative capital development, $500,000; economic development income tax, $1,143,000; redevelopment general fund, $221,925; special fire protection territory general, $3,883,027; and special fire protection territory equipment replacement, $1,039,436.
Other maximum amounts are park operational non reverting, $14,650; law continuing education, $26,000; cemetery permanent fund, $25,000; aviation depreciation, $70,000; redevelopment allocation, $420,000; redevelopment northern TIF allocation, $2.3 million; certified technology park, $35,000; redevelopment eastern TIF fund, $200,000; and redevelopment TIF Winona interurban, $10,000.
There will be line two cuts made to the budget next month to balance the budget after the city gets its health care renewal rates, according to Joe Thallemer, Warsaw mayor. The city also will decide if the salary increase rate needs to be adjusted.
The city also will look at trimming expenses by evaluating its healthcare plan contributions and benefit options once that information comes, which will assist the city with line two cuts.
“Since this has been advertised there are no increases that can be made in the budget, but certainly reductions can and will occur,” Thallemer said.
The council also approved the clerk-treasurer advertising for general obligation bonds to be issued and paid back over no less than a three year period and not to exceed $1.2 million. The bonds will pay for four pickup trucks, a plow truck, a garbage truck, a bobcat loader, a skid loader, various mowing equipment and two police cars.
Thallemer said Warsaw Board of Public Works will be asked Friday to approve applying for a grant from Indiana Department of Environmental Management to purchase a new garbage truck for the street department.
“This could be huge and reduce the term of the bond from three to two years,” Thallemer said.
The council acknowledged on first reading two ordinances that authorize the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and appropriating proceeds derived from the sale of new bonds for the costs of acquiring street department vehicles.
Councilman Charlie Smith said he supported the bond.
“This is providing tax payers with better snow removal and services using equipment we need,” Smith said.
Jeff Grose, councilman, said he agreed the bond is something the city should pursue.
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