10-29-02 BWS
Budget Work Session
Yelm City Council Chambers
October 29, 2002
Present: Councilmembers: Mayor Rivas, Don Miller, John Thompson, Bob Isom and Ron Harding.
Staff: Shelly Badger, Agnes Bennick, Stephanie Conners, Tim Peterson, Jon Yanasak and Janine
Schnepf
Absent: Pat Fetterly
Work session to review 2003 Budget for the following funds.
1. General Fund Department
Stormwater
Municipal Water
Water Capital Improvement
Sewer & Reuse Operations
Water Reuse
Water Construction
Fund
400
401
404
412
420
431
Presenter
Stephanie Conners
Tim Peterson
Stephanie Conners
Shelly Badger and Jon Yanasak
Jon Yanasak
Stephanie Conners
Changes/notes/follow up requested:
Stormwater. Self supporting utility. Focus on storm water education requiring staff training and
public outreach.
Municipal Water Self supporting utility. Increased rates and conservation expected to repay debt
on expenditures.
Sewer and Reuse. Major expenses reviewed, including pumping of aging step tanks. Fund will be
revisited in June with possibility of adding needed employee if revenue exceeds expenditure.
Water Reuse exists to payback 5 yr. zero percent loan.
Water Construction purpose constructing and completing prioritized water capital improvements.
Ron Harding requested figures on the conservation effort.
2. Mayor Rivas closed the meeting at 5:05 p.m. for executive session to discuss Labor Negotiations for
approximately 40 minutes. Mayor Rivas reopened the meeting at 5:21 p.m.
3. Salary Review.
CONSENSUS TO REVIEW SALARY BUDGET AS A GROUP TOTAL RA THER THAN INDIV/DUALL Y
AT THE FINAL WORK SESSION ON NOVEMBER 12.
4. Meeting dates discussion/Protocol Manual. The next budget work session will be November 12. Shelly
will prepare final staff report to be available to the public November 26, 2002. The budget is presented as
fair, within means and balanced as a hold the line budget.
A special meeting was added to review Protocol Manual on November 19, 2002.
NEXT MEETING: Budget Work Session, Tuesday, November 12, 2002, 4 p.m.
f. .... Protocol Manual, Tuesday, November 19,2002,4 p.m.
Adjo 5:~5 p.m.
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