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August 18, 1986
NOTICE OF BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
TAMARAC, FLORIDA
There has been a City Council Workshop Meeting scheduled for
Wednesday, September 3, 1986, at 10:00 A.M. (or immediately
following the pre -agenda meeting which is scheduled for
9:00 A.M.) in the West Conference Room of City Hall, 5811
N.W. 88th Avenue, for review of Proposed Budgets for Fiscal
Year 1986/87.
The public is invited to attend.
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/c Assistant City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
September 3, 1986
Tape 1 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hart called the meeting to order at
10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, September 3, 1986 in the West Conference
Room of City Hall.
It ROLL CALL: PRESENT:
Mayor Bernard Hart
Vice Mayor Jack Stelzer
Councilman Sydney M. Stein
Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman
ABSENT AND EXCUSED:
ALSO PRESENT:
Councilwoman Helen Massaro
John C. Kelly, City Manager
Larry Perretti, Assistant City Manager
Frank Etheredge, Finance Director
Patricia Marcurio, Secretary
Mayor Hart noted that this Workshop Meeting is being held in
preparation of the budget, which will be presented to the people
at public hearings on Monday, September 8, 1986 at 6:00 P.M. and
Tuesday, September 23, 1986 at 6:00 P.M.
C/M Stein said the budget has been reviewed over the summer months
and this meeting was called to be sure all Council members were
aware of the figures. He said he would like today's discussion to
contain any questions or objections concerning what is in the
budget.
C/M Stein noted that 75% of the budget is set by union contracts
since, except for the Confidential employees, the City employees
are entirely unionized. He said at the previous hearing, it was
noted that there are very minor increases, if any, with the
largest being the addition of 9 additional Police officers and a
small increase for the Legal Department. He said all other
departments either stay the same or are reduced.
C/M Stein said there are only a couple of ways to obtain the money
needed to run the City; first, ad valorem taxes and, second, user
taxes or franchises. He said the public was very unhappy with the
garbage tax and it was removed costing the City half a million
dollars. He said the user tax has been suggested and some people
are unhappy with that; however, without the user tax, the ad
valorem would be raised.
C/M Gottesman said he reviewed the budget with the Finance
Director for the first time yesterday and he felt this was not
sufficient time. Mr. Etheredge said the actual amount that is
fixed is 90% of the budget. V/M Stelzer said the 75% referred to
concerns salaries and fringe benefits and the increased amount is
$1,300,000.00.
C/M Stein said Council members must find time to review this
budget because it must be passed by a specific date. City Manager
Kelly said the salary increases were allocated to all but the
Confidential employees who will have pay raises deferred to April,
1987.
Mr. Etheredge said he went through the budget to highlight every
line item that was more than $5,000.00 for explanation to Council.
Mayor Hart asked Mr. Etheredge how much the reduction of 1/10 of
1% in ad valorem would reduce the budget and Mr. Etheredge said
each penny cut from the tax rate amounts to $9,000.00.
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C/M Stein said he and the City Manager have been working on a
towing Ordinance since the City has never collected a franchise
fee for this purpose. He said this could amount to between
$15,000.00 and $25,000.00 but that will not affect the ad valorem
rating.
Mayor Hart said he is satisfied that this budget is the best that
can be done. V/M Stelzer noted that last year's figures were
3.17 per $1,000.00 but this year the figures are 4.58 per
$1,000.00. Mayor Hart said the newspapers have quoted a figure of
"5.23" and C/M Stein said this is the amount the City has filed
with the County. He said this figure is the maximum amount the
City can charge and is quoted as such.
Mr. Etheredge said it is important to realize that this budget
does not do for the City what needs to be done. He said next year
or soon after there will be more increases to replace the capital
equipment that is falling apart now. City Manager Kelly said that
is a very serious consideration.
C/M Stein said this was the common fault of most cities because
when they became "developer cities" and the developer stated
there are no taxes in this City and it will remain that way, the
Administration continued that attitude. He said the City Admin-
istration has known for years that repairs will be necessary
eventually. He said some day these items will have to be
repaired.
Louis Silverman, resident, asked what percent of the City's income
is realized from ad valorem taxes and Mr. Etheredge said about
35%. He said about 55% comes from State and County controlled
revenues with another 10% from miscellaneous income.
C/M Stein noted that if there is a short fall, the City must go to
ad valorem to get it and that is only 35%. Mr. Etheredge said the
Contingency budgeted under the General Fund for the last few years
has been approximately $200,000.00 and this year this has been
reduced to approximately $60,000.00.
C/M Stein said the City must receive the money necessary to run
the City and he has fought against the inequity of throwing
everything into the ad valorem taxes. He said by doing that the
condominium owner pays the least amount of the increase since an
apartment is usually assessed much less than a home. He said he
does not think this is fair and a user fee would allow those that
use less electricity to pay less. He said commercial users would
pay more since they are the largest users of electricity.
With no further discussion by Council, Mayor Hart adjourned the
meeting at 10:45 A.M.
Marilyn Be half, CMC
City Clerk
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