City Depts. Seek Increases In Most 2018 Budgets
August 22, 2017 at 5:53 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Airport Manager Nick King presented two budgets to the council.
The aviation general fund for next year was proposed at $885,347, an increase of 11.3 percent over the 2017 budget of $795,357. King said the increase includes adding half a position to be trained as the replacement of a technician who is likely retiring.
The aviation depreciation budget for 2018 was presented at $8,333; it was zero in 2017. King said that money will be used for a local match as part of a federal grant to design and engineer the rehabilitation of the north/south runway and taxiway, the oldest pavement on the airfield.
City Planner Jeremy Skinner presented the building and planning department’s budget, the redevelopment budgets as well as tax increment finance districts budgets.
Building and planning’s 2018 proposed budget is $750,800, an 11 percent increase over 2017’s $666,543. Part of that increase is to hire a third planner, Skinner said, which will result in a 7 percent increase in salaries and wages and a 10 percent increase to personal services, resulting in roughly $57,000.
The redevelopment general budget was presented at $131,925, a $40,000 decrease from 2017’s budget of $171,925.
The redevelopment allocation budget was proposed at $620,985 for 2018. “This is the Legacy TIF district created in the early ’90s that helped create the Zimmer (Biomet) headquarters and Central Park,” Skinner said.
The capital outlays for the budget were increased, he said, because “we’re about to bid the Buffalo Street project, which is the bond issue itself, and then at the end of that project, we hope to have the engineering and design done on the plaza. And then we will complete the plaza project.”
The plaza project will be completed in part with grant money from the Regional Development Authority.
The other TIF budgets for 2018 were presented as: Warsaw Technology Park, $292,000, an increase from 2017’s $167,000 budget, with phase 2 construction beginning either late this year or early next year; Northern TIF, $3,551,495.63, up from $3,537,662; Winona Interurban, $40,000, up from $5,000; and Eastern TIF, $600,000, up from $200,000.
Cemetery sexton Hal Heagy presented the Oakwood Cemetery and the cemetery permanent fund. The Oakwood budget for 2018 was proposed at $679,620, up from $670,055; and the permanent fund was given as $106,500 for 2018 for road repair, stones and trees.
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory chief Mike Wilson reported on four budgets for 2018.
The operating fund for the fire territory was presented at $4,645,435 for 2018, a 12.04 percent increase over 2017’s $4,146,344 budget.
A third tornado siren is budgeted for this year and will be put up in the Kohl’s area. Wilson said he was working with Utility Manager Brian Davison because a lift station is needed there for power and a generator. Next year’s budget will include a siren east of Warsaw, probably on the north side of U.S. 30, and one at fire station No. 3 near County Farm Road and CR 200S. Over the next two to three years, there will be nine tornado sirens throughout the community.
The other budgets Wilson presented were the fire territory equipment replacement fund, $740,595, a 2.67 percent decrease from 2017’s $760,913; the new hazardous material response fund, $2,000, which comes from reimbursements; and the fire pension fund, tax supported and set by the state on the percentages of increases, $302,602.
Human Resource Director Jennifer Whitaker only had her department budget to present, which is proposed at $245,767 for 2018, up $47,039 from 2017. One increase is because her administrative assistant is going full time in October.
Larry Plummer, parks and recreation superintendent, presented his department’s 2018 budget as $2,370,416, a 2 percent increase over 2017’s proposed budget of $2,328,399. The park nonreverting fund, which is generated from activity fees, was proposed at $15,650 for 2018, an increase of $1,000; while the other nonreverting fund, generated from rental fees of the fireman’s building and Nye Youth Cabin, was proposed at $57,000 for 2018. The second reverting fund does not have a budget every year and did not have one in 2017.
Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker presented his department’s 2018 budget as $5,003,300, a 4.72 percent increase over 2017’s budget of $4,777,600. The budget includes replacing four vehicles at $29,000 each. He presented the new police forfeiture fund for 2018 as $19,000; the law continuing education fund for 2018 as $29,000, a decrease of 29.27 percent over 2017’s $41,000 budget; and the police pension fund for 2018 as $309,023, a 1.47 percent decrease from 2017’s $313,623 budget.
Jeff Beeler, public works superintendent, presented the 2018 street department budget as $4,514,411, an 11.877 percent increase over 2017’s $4,035,144 budget; the motor vehicle highway fund 2018 budget as $1,035,000, a 42.37 percent increase over 2017’s $727,000 budget, with the budget money coming from the gas and wheel taxes; and the local roads and streets budget for 2018 totaling $125,000, the same as 2017, and the money also coming from the gas and wheel taxes.
Clerk-treasurer Lynne Christiansen presented four budgets, including her 2018 department budget at $188,186, a 12.32 percent increase over 2017’s $167,543; the 2016 general bond budget of $401,950, “which reflects all the payments and fees for the 2016 bond for the principal and general interest,” she said; the cumulative capital improvement fund, $100,000, which is double 2017’s $50,000 budget, for the bike/walk path, and which comes from the cigarette tax; and the local option income tax special distribution fund of $116,134, which is leftover money from the state’s LOIT special distribution in 2016 and earmarked for road improvements.
Mayor Joe Thallemer presented his 2018 budget as $159,579.66, a 6.6 percent increase over 2017’s $149,697. The city council’s budget for 2018 was presented as $1,233,525, an increase of over $100,000 from the 2017 proposed budget of $1,133,128.
The last budgets presented were the Economic Development Income Tax Fund, $1,587,000, an increase over 2017’s $1,474,000; riverboat fund, $150,000, the same as 2017; rainy day fund, $250,000, with no budget last year; and the cumulative capital development fund, $1,045,000, a 67 percent increase over 2017’s $625,000 budget. Thallemer said the budget for CCD is being shifted toward stormwater projects.
All departments were told to figure in a 3 percent wage increase for employees and a 15 percent increase for insurance. Once next year’s insurance rate is known, the budgets will change to reflect that. The city council must still approve the budgets and wages.
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Airport Manager Nick King presented two budgets to the council.
The aviation general fund for next year was proposed at $885,347, an increase of 11.3 percent over the 2017 budget of $795,357. King said the increase includes adding half a position to be trained as the replacement of a technician who is likely retiring.
The aviation depreciation budget for 2018 was presented at $8,333; it was zero in 2017. King said that money will be used for a local match as part of a federal grant to design and engineer the rehabilitation of the north/south runway and taxiway, the oldest pavement on the airfield.
City Planner Jeremy Skinner presented the building and planning department’s budget, the redevelopment budgets as well as tax increment finance districts budgets.
Building and planning’s 2018 proposed budget is $750,800, an 11 percent increase over 2017’s $666,543. Part of that increase is to hire a third planner, Skinner said, which will result in a 7 percent increase in salaries and wages and a 10 percent increase to personal services, resulting in roughly $57,000.
The redevelopment general budget was presented at $131,925, a $40,000 decrease from 2017’s budget of $171,925.
The redevelopment allocation budget was proposed at $620,985 for 2018. “This is the Legacy TIF district created in the early ’90s that helped create the Zimmer (Biomet) headquarters and Central Park,” Skinner said.
The capital outlays for the budget were increased, he said, because “we’re about to bid the Buffalo Street project, which is the bond issue itself, and then at the end of that project, we hope to have the engineering and design done on the plaza. And then we will complete the plaza project.”
The plaza project will be completed in part with grant money from the Regional Development Authority.
The other TIF budgets for 2018 were presented as: Warsaw Technology Park, $292,000, an increase from 2017’s $167,000 budget, with phase 2 construction beginning either late this year or early next year; Northern TIF, $3,551,495.63, up from $3,537,662; Winona Interurban, $40,000, up from $5,000; and Eastern TIF, $600,000, up from $200,000.
Cemetery sexton Hal Heagy presented the Oakwood Cemetery and the cemetery permanent fund. The Oakwood budget for 2018 was proposed at $679,620, up from $670,055; and the permanent fund was given as $106,500 for 2018 for road repair, stones and trees.
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory chief Mike Wilson reported on four budgets for 2018.
The operating fund for the fire territory was presented at $4,645,435 for 2018, a 12.04 percent increase over 2017’s $4,146,344 budget.
A third tornado siren is budgeted for this year and will be put up in the Kohl’s area. Wilson said he was working with Utility Manager Brian Davison because a lift station is needed there for power and a generator. Next year’s budget will include a siren east of Warsaw, probably on the north side of U.S. 30, and one at fire station No. 3 near County Farm Road and CR 200S. Over the next two to three years, there will be nine tornado sirens throughout the community.
The other budgets Wilson presented were the fire territory equipment replacement fund, $740,595, a 2.67 percent decrease from 2017’s $760,913; the new hazardous material response fund, $2,000, which comes from reimbursements; and the fire pension fund, tax supported and set by the state on the percentages of increases, $302,602.
Human Resource Director Jennifer Whitaker only had her department budget to present, which is proposed at $245,767 for 2018, up $47,039 from 2017. One increase is because her administrative assistant is going full time in October.
Larry Plummer, parks and recreation superintendent, presented his department’s 2018 budget as $2,370,416, a 2 percent increase over 2017’s proposed budget of $2,328,399. The park nonreverting fund, which is generated from activity fees, was proposed at $15,650 for 2018, an increase of $1,000; while the other nonreverting fund, generated from rental fees of the fireman’s building and Nye Youth Cabin, was proposed at $57,000 for 2018. The second reverting fund does not have a budget every year and did not have one in 2017.
Warsaw Police Chief Scott Whitaker presented his department’s 2018 budget as $5,003,300, a 4.72 percent increase over 2017’s budget of $4,777,600. The budget includes replacing four vehicles at $29,000 each. He presented the new police forfeiture fund for 2018 as $19,000; the law continuing education fund for 2018 as $29,000, a decrease of 29.27 percent over 2017’s $41,000 budget; and the police pension fund for 2018 as $309,023, a 1.47 percent decrease from 2017’s $313,623 budget.
Jeff Beeler, public works superintendent, presented the 2018 street department budget as $4,514,411, an 11.877 percent increase over 2017’s $4,035,144 budget; the motor vehicle highway fund 2018 budget as $1,035,000, a 42.37 percent increase over 2017’s $727,000 budget, with the budget money coming from the gas and wheel taxes; and the local roads and streets budget for 2018 totaling $125,000, the same as 2017, and the money also coming from the gas and wheel taxes.
Clerk-treasurer Lynne Christiansen presented four budgets, including her 2018 department budget at $188,186, a 12.32 percent increase over 2017’s $167,543; the 2016 general bond budget of $401,950, “which reflects all the payments and fees for the 2016 bond for the principal and general interest,” she said; the cumulative capital improvement fund, $100,000, which is double 2017’s $50,000 budget, for the bike/walk path, and which comes from the cigarette tax; and the local option income tax special distribution fund of $116,134, which is leftover money from the state’s LOIT special distribution in 2016 and earmarked for road improvements.
Mayor Joe Thallemer presented his 2018 budget as $159,579.66, a 6.6 percent increase over 2017’s $149,697. The city council’s budget for 2018 was presented as $1,233,525, an increase of over $100,000 from the 2017 proposed budget of $1,133,128.
The last budgets presented were the Economic Development Income Tax Fund, $1,587,000, an increase over 2017’s $1,474,000; riverboat fund, $150,000, the same as 2017; rainy day fund, $250,000, with no budget last year; and the cumulative capital development fund, $1,045,000, a 67 percent increase over 2017’s $625,000 budget. Thallemer said the budget for CCD is being shifted toward stormwater projects.
All departments were told to figure in a 3 percent wage increase for employees and a 15 percent increase for insurance. Once next year’s insurance rate is known, the budgets will change to reflect that. The city council must still approve the budgets and wages.
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