02 City Council Min 08-03-04 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Commerce, Council of Governments, etc. Councilman Bell remembered, at one time, it was discussed to get out of TML.Mr. Anderson said the primary benefit of TML was the watch on the legislature. It was agreed to put zero in that account. Interim City Manager Townsend explained the entry for consultants was for the Master Plan for this year. Mayor Fendley said that there needs to be a five (5) or ten (10) plan for the City and he felt the new city manager would want to address that. It was the consensus to leave that in, but reduce it to $15,000. Finance Director Anderson explained buildings and grounds would cover repairs or maintenance on the old City Council room and there had been $7190 spent this year to date. Councilman Bell said what he would like to see is all the buildings and grounds costs broken down, especially in those buildings which house more than one department. He also wanted to see a consolidated statement so the cost of maintaining a building could be tracked. Councilman Wilson wanted to know who took care of the buildings. Mr. Anderson explained that each department deals with issues as they come along. Councilman Bell wanted contingencies moved to a Central fund and taken out when needed. Mr. Anderson said that because one never knows when an air conditioner is going out or things of that nature, they need to be budgeted for. Councilman Wilson felt there needed to be a Building and Grounds Maintenance Department which took care of these things so there would be a historical usage by the end of one year, so they would know how to allocate for this. Mayor Fendley said this was something they needed to work on. Electronic data processing included the lap top computers, so it was decided that could be removed since the Council was no longer using the lap tops. Mr. Anderson stated the year to date on elections was $4356.00. It was decided to leave elections at $6000.00.