OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET HEARING #4 MINUTES - amended

August 19, 2016

9:00 a.m.

Location: City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

In attendance: Council Members Anna Lopez Brosche (Chair), Greg Anderson, Aaron Bowman, Katrina Brown, Bill Gulliford, Sam Newby (arr. 10:24)

Excused: Council Member Matt Schellenberg

Also: Council Members Lori Boyer (arr. 10:11, dep. 12:30), John Crescimbeni (arr. 10:53, dep. 2:02) ; Peggy Sidman and Paige Johnston – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman, Kyle Billy, Kim Taylor, Brian Parks - Council Auditor’s Office; Katrin MacDonald – Legislative Services Division; Sam Mousa and Ali Korman Shelton – Mayor’s Office; Mike Weinstein and Angela Moyer – Finance and Administration Department

Meeting Convened: 9:00 a.m.

Chairwoman Brosche convened the meeting and the attendees introduced themselves for the record.

Page references from this point refer to Council Auditor’s Independent Agencies Handout.

Assistant Council Auditor Kyle Billy conducted the review of the four independent authority budgets.

JEA

Mr. Billy noted that the new JEA contribution formula takes effect in the next year and the millage calculation is slightly greater than the minimum contribution increase for FY16-17. He also noted that the authority is budgeting a substantial reduction in fuel costs for electric generation next year. The JEA proposes no borrowing for its capital improvement program for the coming year, using all internal sources. Council Member Gulliford complimented the JEA management and board on paying down JEA’s debt level by charging realistic rates and not relying so heavily on borrowing. In response to a question from Council Member Gulliford about water and sewer system customer and sales growth trends, JEA CEO Paul McElroy stated that approximately 40% of that growth is coming from JEA’s operations in northern St. Johns County and 60% in the remainder of the system. In response to a question from Chairwoman Brosche, Mr. McElroy explained the authority’s succession plan which allocates funds to hire new employees 6 to 12 months prior to the retirement of the key employee they will be replacing to facilitate knowledge transfer.

Motion: on p. 27, approve Council Auditor’s recommendation to remove and replace Schedule C of the budget ordinance to correct a printing error – approved unanimously.

In response to a question from Council Member Bowman, Mr. McElroy said that the sale of the former Southside Generating Station property on the Southbank is now scheduled for a December closing and appears to be proceeding without problems. Council Member Anderson, the City Council’s JEA liaison this year, noted that an ordinance will pass at next week’s City Council meeting to appropriate the $15 million contribution from JEA for septic tank remediation and echoed Mr. Gulliford’s praise for JEA reducing its debt load. Mr. McElroy said that all of the authority’s union contracts will expire in the upcoming year and funds have been set aside for collective bargaining, which may be even more important this year given the pension amortization referendum coming up at the end of August that could substantially impact retirement benefits. In response to a question from Council Member Katrina Brown, Mr. McElroy explained the JEA’s employee recruiting efforts and said that a breakthrough was made in the past year with regard to hiring a more diverse workforce reflective of the community within the context of Civil Service regulations, particularly by means of an enhanced apprenticeship program.

Council Member Brown questioned JEA’s commitment to the JSEB program in the area of professional services, which she believes is not as strong as the City’s commitment. Mr. McElroy said that the JEA is committed to the JSEB program but would take the councilwoman’s comments under advisement. In response to a question from Councilwoman Brown about customer deposit requirements for long-term customers who have delinquent bills due to unforeseen circumstances, Mr. McElroy described the My Way payment program. He also answered a question about JEA’s street light policy. In response to a question from Mr. Gulliford about the new EPA carbon emission rules, Mr. McElroy said that the court cases should probably be completed and rulings issued in 2017 at which time the utility will understand its future fuel landscape. Customer satisfaction has improved substantially over the past several years and JEA is now ranked sixth of ninety publicly owned utilities. In response to a question from Council Member Brown, Mr. McElroy explained that new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations now require a 7-year background check on all utility employees and contractors who have access to sensitive portions of the utility system, whether physically or in the cyber world. Ms. Brown asked for a copy of the new regulation that she can disseminate to interested citizens and organizations that have been impacted by this new regulation.

Jacksonville Transportation Authority

CEO Nathaniel Ford explained that the authority is proposing to hire several new drivers on a full-time basis because hiring part-timers to cover peak hour needs is becoming increasingly difficult. The part-timers tend to have more turnover and produce a need for constant training of new drivers. Hiring additional full-time employees should be more efficient in the long run. In response to a question from Council Member Gulliford, Mr. Ford said that the authority will need to look at its fare structure in the coming year because the increase in ridership since the route restructuring last year is not producing much of an increase in revenues because of the increased use of discounted weekly and monthly passes. The JTA needs to produce more operating revenue to cover a greater percentage of the operating costs. Mr. Ford also noted that the JTA has received the Mass Transit Operator of the Year Award from the American Public Transit Association because of its dramatic improvements in ridership and customer service and satisfaction.

In response to a question from Council Member Gulliford about the large subsidies for the Connexions community transit system and other options for providing that service, Mr. Ford said that several options are being considered. One is the use of taxis where possible rather than larger CTC buses, another is the use of transportation network companies such as Uber or Lyft if the passenger can utilize a sedan, and another is offering free rides on the regular JTA buses if the rider has sufficient mobility to be able to use a regular bus. In response to a question from Council Member Brown, Mr. Ford said that his staff and the JTA board have made four or five adjustments to the bus routes since the major route reformulation in late 2014 in response to ridership trends and customer feedback. In response to a question from Council Member Brown about changes in JTA policies and procedures in response to two recent instances of employees charged with theft from the agency, Brian Peters, JTA’s Finance Director, explained how those instances were identified internally and . Mr. Ford says that the JTA does criminal background checks on all employees every year and that driving records of all bus drivers are tracked and reported on a continuous basis to ensure that any driving incident is immediately flagged. Drivers are also re-checked several times a year when they are shifted from one route to another. Mr. Ford described the JTA’s federal grant use to improve connectivity (sidewalks, curb cuts, etc.) to the bus stops for the Northwest Flyer. Council Member Brown requested information from the JTA on the progress toward completion of the Better Jacksonville Plan road projects being constructed by the JTA in the Northwest area that she can disseminate to citizens who have raised questions about those projects in connection with the upcoming referendum on the sales tax extension for pension amortization.

Council Member Gulliford recommended that the JTA consider buying a second vessel for the St. Johns River Ferry operation to enhance operations and reduce service outages. Mr. Ford said that an RFP will be issued soon for a new ferry operating contract.

Motion: on p. 63, approve Auditor’s recommendation #1to create a new revenue line item titled Local Option Gas Tax – Gross under the Engineering category on Revised Schedule O in the amount of $25,380,556 and create a new Transfer to Fiscal Agent for Debt Service (LOGT) appropriations line under the Engineering category on Revised Schedule P in the same amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 63, approve Auditor’s recommendation #2 to increase Local Option Gas Tax (BJP) under Bus on Revised Schedule O by $1,454,483 and increase the Contingency line item under Bus on Revised Schedule P by a like amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 63, approve Auditor’s recommendation #3 to decrease the Gross Sales Tax Proceeds line under Engineering on Revised Schedule O by $569,003 and decrease the Transfer to COJ for Debt Service (BJP) under Engineering on Revised Schedule P by a like amount; decrease the Net Sales Tax – Operating line item under Bus on Revised Schedule O by $351,376 and decrease the Contingency line item under Bus on Revised Schedule P by the same amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 63, approve Auditor’s recommendation #4 to correct mathematical errors on Revised Schedule P to decrease the Contingency line under Skyway by $2, increase the Contingency line under CTC by $2 and increase the Contingency line under Ferry by $1 – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 63, approve Auditor’s recommendation #5 to amend Schedule P to move 19 positions from Ferry to Engineering and one position from Engineering to Bus – approved unanimously.

Council Member Bowman thanked the JTA for their cooperation in providing increased transit service to the Amazon distribution center site on the Northside near the airport. He asked Mr. Ford to explain the scheduling policy for the CTC system and how the system responds when a rider is late for a pickup appointment. Mr. Ford described the difficulty in keeping the system on schedule when riders are late getting out of doctor’s appointments, meetings, etc., which throws that vehicle off-schedule for the other riders for the remainder of the day and causes a need for dispatch of alternate vehicles to try and keep other riders on schedule. Mr. Ford said that the latest federal grant for slip wall reconstruction for the ferry is the last major capital improvement for the foreseeable future for the ferry operation. Mr. Ford said that $34 million has been amassed for the Regional Transit Center near the Convention Center and the Greyhound Bus station will break ground in January. Additional funding is still being sought to construct the center as fully designed. JTA is still working with Amtrak, CSX, FDOT and FEC Railroad on relocating the Amtrak train station back downtown, but was not successful in getting a federal grant to make the initial track improvements needed to make that possible. Council Member Brown asked the JTA to take customer income into account when considering making changes to the fare structure.

Council Member Bowman urged the JTA to increase its contribution to the funding of the City Inspector General’s office.

At the request of Council President Boyer, Mr. Ford committed that the 13 BJP road projects transferred to the JTA will definitely be completed using local option sales tax and other JTA resources. CAO Sam Mousa concurred that the City and the JTA staffs are working well together and committed that the JTA’s BJP projects will definitely be completed.

Page references from this point refer to Council Auditor’s Meeting #4 Handout.

Tourist Development Council

Mr. Sherman noted that bed tax collections have been growing strongly over the past year. Council President Boyer explained that the expenditure of TDC funds over the past several years have not been consistent with the City’s adopted Tourist Development Plan in the Ordinance Code. She distributed and explained a proposed amendment to the TDC budget for FY16-17 that considers what is already contractually obligated to Visit Jacksonville Inc. for its marketing and convention services during the first quarter of the fiscal year and then to accommodate a revised Tourist Development Plan for use of the bed tax to be adopted by the Council later this year. The amendment of that plan will require a vote of 11 council members pursuant to state law. The TDC will have a special meeting in September to hear a presentation from Visit Jacksonville about how it plans to market and promote the City in the future.

In response to a question from Council Member Bowman, Paul Astleford, CEO of Visit Jacksonville, said that the Jacksonville market is a bargain, comparatively speaking, with other Florida markets with regard to room rates. That makes the City very attractive to the religious meeting, military meeting and family reunion markets that are very price-sensitive. Jacksonville has seen remarkable performance over the past year, with room occupancy and room revenues up very substantially. Mr. Astleford said that Visit Jax will be inviting council members to attend their weekly staff meetings and to be involved in marketing activities to better understand exactly how the organization operates and to get a better feel for what entities and events are being recruited to the city.

Motion: approve a revised TDC budget as shown on the TDC Budget Amendments document handed out by Ms. Boyer at the meeting; approve an amendment to the Tourist Development Plan in Chapter 666 of the Ordinance Code; and approve a Miscellaneous Provision in Section 11 of the budget ordinance – approved unanimously.

Page references from this point refer to Council Auditor’s Independent Agencies Handout.

Jacksonville Aviation Authority

Motion: on p. 77, approve Council Auditor’s recommendation #1 to revise Schedule G to decrease the Services and Supplies expenditure line by $119,167 and increase the Operating Contingency expenditure line by the same amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 77, approve Council Auditor’s recommendation #2 To revise Schedule G (Operating Budget) to decrease the transfer out under Transfer(to)/from Passenger Facility Charge Revenue by $6,717,108 and increase the transfer going out under Transfer (to)/from Retained Earnings by the same amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 77, approve Council Auditor’s recommendation #3 to revise Schedule H (Capital Budget) to increase the “Other” contribution for Fire Station #56 under the Cecil Airport project by $536,974, for a total budgeted project cost of $3.8 million – approved unanimously.

Council Member Gulliford asked JAA CEO Steve Grossman about the impact of the new Amazon distribution center on the value of the authority’s land holdings around Jacksonville International

Airport, which he said should be very positive. In response to another question about the possibilities for international flights to Europe from JIA, Mr. Grossman said that Jacksonville’s population is insufficient to warrant that service for the foreseeable future. The market will have to be much larger to warrant regular European service, and Jacksonville is not located close enough to Orlando or other major tourist sites to serve as a secondary airport serving those markets for tourists. In response to a question from Council Member Brown, Mr. Grossman said that the authority spent about $170,000 several years ago to re-brand the JAA and felt that the effort had been very successful. He and JAA CFO Richard Rossi addressed questions about JAA airport security and internal operational security.

Several council members complimented the JAA on the great appearance and performance of Jacksonville International Airport which is very popular with travelers. Mr. Grossman said that JIA’s usage is 53% business travel and 47% leisure travel. Ms. Boyer said that the JAA and the TDC need to work together to market the Northeast Florida region for tourism and increase traffic at the airport. Council Member Crescimbeni suggested that the JAA explore the idea of partnering with the City’s Fleet Management on fuel purchases which could save the JAA some money. Mr. Grossman said that the JAA does not sell aviation fuel at JIA but does do so at Herlong Airport where the JAA acts as the fixed base operator (FBO) for that facility. The JAA has issued an RFP for an FBO to operate Herlong Airport but the field is so small and profit prospects so small that there has been no interest by a private operator.

Council Member Bowman urged the JAA to increase its contribution to the funding of the City Inspector General’s office.

In response to a question from Chairwoman Brosche about the JAA’s response to a finding in the recent Council Auditor’s Audit #778 – JAA Payroll Audit regarding employee and supervisor attestation of the hours worked by salaried employees, Mr. Grossman said that the authority does not believe that it is necessary or appropriate given the nature of the responsibilities of those employees and said he had not seen that practice in other airport authorities where he has worked. It is the responsibility of managers to monitor the work of their employees to ensure that work expectations are being met and that asking salaried employees to clock in and clock out was not appropriate. Chairwoman Brosche remarked that she was accustomed to seeing such controls in many companies in her line of business, that she believed the request was fairly standard, that she did not believe the Council Auditor was asking for salaried employees to clock in and clock out, and that there might be a misunderstanding of the recommendation from the Council Auditor. Mr. Grossman said that he would address the recommendation again with the Council Auditor and . Mr. Grossman said that he would survey other aviation authorities to determine if there is a common industry practice.

Jacksonville Port Authority

Motion: on p. 86, approve Auditor’s recommendation #1 to increase the Debt Service line under Non-Operating Expenditures on Schedule I by $1 to correct a rounding error – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 86, approve Auditor’s recommendation #2 to decrease the Shared Revenue from Primary Government line under Non-Operating Revenues on Schedule I by $696,910 and recommend that JPA decrease the Transfer to Operating Capital Outlay on Revised Schedule I by a like amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 86, approve Auditor’s recommendation #3 to rename SET Warehouse Improvements as Tenant Warehouse Improvements on Schedule J; reduce JPA Operating Funds by $696,910 and increase JPA Financing by the same amount – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 86, approve Auditor’s recommendation #4 to replace Schedule J with a Revised Schedule J to include formatting changes – approved unanimously.

Motion: on p. 86, approve Auditor’s recommendation #5 to remove and replace Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the budget ordinance narrative with Revised Sections 4.1 and 4.2 to insert Revised Schedules I and J and to clarify the transfer language to the Florida Retirement System – approved unanimously.

JPA CEO Brian Taylor stated that the authority was unsuccessful in obtaining a $24 million TIGER grant that would have funded facilities for a wood chip export facility but still hopes to pursue that as a potentially profitable business line. The authority continually looks for grant opportunities to improve its facilities.

Council President Boyer said that the other authorities had included contingency funds or a salary lapse factor in their budgets to provide them with some flexibility to make modest budget changes mid-year to meet changing conditions or emergencies, but the JAA budget does not contain such a contingency line. Assistant Council Auditor Kyle Billy said that he and the Office of General Counsel could not arrive at a satisfactory means of accomplishing the goal of providing future budgetary flexibility due to the fact that the JPA has budgeted all of its projected revenues, unlike the other authorities which did not budget all of their revenues and/or reserves, leaving no capacity for a contingency account. Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman explained the restrictions of the budget code and a 1971 General Counsel’s legal opinion regarding the inability of the City Council to delegate to an independent authority board the power to make a future budgetary allocation without further Council action.

Motion (Boyer): increase the JPA employee cap by 1 unfunded position and increase the part-time hours by 10% with no additional funding – approved unanimously.

Council Member Bowman urged the JPA to increase its contribution to the funding of the City Inspector General’s office.

Mr. Taylor reported that 3 new cargo cranes are arriving today from the Far East for new Berth 35 on Blount Island. The Mile Point project is nearing completion and that project and the new Berth 35 project are coming in on time and on budget. Council Member Gulliford suggested that the JPA management learn more about the success of the City’s self-insurance for its employee health care and explore the possibility of joining the City’s plan. Mr. Taylor said that the JPA has approximately 20 more years of capacity at the Bartram Island dredge spoil site under the Dames Point Bridge. In response to a question he said that the authority has approximately $220 million in debt outstanding and has a goal of maintaining a 1.5 times debt coverage ratio. The JAA refinanced some debt to a lower rate about 3 years ago and will convert another $25 million next year.

Mr. Taylor said the budget contains a line item of $46 million for dredging. The state will provide $31 million for which a $15 million local match is needed, the source of which has not been identified. No funds will be expended until a funding agreement for the project is approved by all the relevant parties. Council Member Gulliford suggested dredging funding as a topic for one of the first Finance Special Committee meetings after the budget process is complete. CAO Sam Mousa said that discussions will begin later this year between the City and JPA about future dredging funding and the administration and JPA are in full agreement that this year’s budget needed to have the $46 million dredging allocation to show the City’s commitment and protect the state grant.

The committee was in recess from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Page references from this point refer to Council Auditor’s Meeting #4 Handout.

Local option gas tax

Motion: on p. 3, approve Council Auditor’s recommendation to increase the Local Option Gas Tax revenue by $1,149,853 to correct a formula error in the Budget Office’s spreadsheet projection; increase the amount to be transferred to JTA by $958,211; increase the Other Construction Costs by $191,642 in Subfund 143; the Finance Committee will evaluate the future allocation of the $191,642 – approved unanimously.

Sam Mousa requested that the $191,642 be allocated to Public Works for ADA compliance sidewalk construction to replace CDBG funds lost from that project.

Motion: allocate the $191,642 Other Construction Costs increase in Public Works from local option gas tax to replace CDBG funds for ADA compliance sidewalk construction – approved unanimously.

City Council

Motion: on p. 6, approve Auditor’s recommendation #1 to replace Budget Ordinance Attachment B once the state publishes the annual salary information for elected officials – approved unanimously

Motion: on p. 7, approve Auditor’s recommendation #2 to remove $9,968 from Schedule AF to eliminate carry-forward of an operational, not capital, expense – approved unanimously.

Chairwoman Brosche placed the departmental request to increase the ECA salary line by $20,528 to the maximum amount of $55,000, with a negative impact to Special Council Contingency of $28,512, on the enhancements request list for future discussion. The committee discussed to what extent at-large council members should have postage allowances for constituent mail-outs.

Motion (Gulliford): change the Council Member postage allocation to $3,000 per district council member ($42,000 total) with the other $500 being placed in Special Council Contingency – withdrawn.

Motion (Gulliford): change the Council Member postage allocation to $1,000 per district council member ($14,000) and place the remainder of the $42,500 would be available to be used by the Council President as may be requested by Council Members per an internal policy to be created in Special Council Contingency – approved unanimously.

Council Member Anderson stated that the proposed budget recognizes some changes in the council staff and priorities to reflect the City Council’s evolving needs and preferences.

Office of Economic Development

OED Director Kirk Wendland answered questions about tenants coming and going at Cecil Commerce Center and stated that the City’s developable property does not have direct access to the runways at Cecil Commerce (JAA owns that property on the runways and taxiways) and therefore is not quite as valuable from that perspective as one might think. The expiration date of the development contract with Hillwood Partners is 2035 and the company is building speculative buildings as needed to meet the construction square footage requirements to keep the contract in force. Council Member Bowman said that Florida is no longer competitive for megaprojects because the Governor and Legislature have drastically cut the amount of funding for incentives to attract those projects, leaving the burden on local governments to try to incentivize those projects.

Special Events

In response to a question from Council Member Gulliford about the front page article in today’s newspaper about the costs of the Georgia/Florida and Jaguars football games, Sam Mousa said that the article was incomplete in several respects. He explained the City’s contractual obligations to both the universities of Florida and Georgia for their game and to the Jaguars for use of the stadium regarding the installation of the extra seating for the college football game, which must start before the Jaguars game the previous Sunday. The installation of that seating will impair the Jaguars revenue opportunities on the North End Zone deck and that accounts for the City’s payment to the team in compensation for that loss.

Dave Herrell, Director of Sports and Entertainment, described his conversations with the proprietors of the Candy Apple Café and Sweet Pete’s candy store after their comments at the Finance Committee meeting earlier in the week about the negative impacts of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival and other special events on their businesses due to street closures restricting access. He and his staff will continue to meet with businesses impacted by street closures during events to hear and address their concerns.

Motion: on p. 25, approve the Auditor’s recommendation to move the $191,192 in Subsidies and Contributions to Other Governments to Subsidies and Contributions to Private Organizations and recommend that the Subsidies and Contributions to Other Governments for Georgia/Florida game expenses be reduced by $15,808, with a positive impact to Special Council Contingency in that amount – approved unanimously.

Mr. Mousa explained the additional costs for the Georgia/Florida extra seat installation this year because of the new seats needed for the East and West Clubs to replace the permanent seats removed by the Jaguars renovation and to pay for the additional costs of the expedited installation because of a Jaguars game being played on Sunday, October 23rd before the college game on 29^th. He stated that the City’s lease with the Jaguars does not require compensation for the lost revenue opportunity in the North End Zone because of the extra seat installation, but he assured the committee that the Jaguars would consider it a breach of contract and would request compensation for the loss. Council Member Anderson noted that the City and the Jaguars split the cost of the installation of the East and West Club seats and risers on a 50/50 basis. Dave Herrell said that the City is in the third year of a five-year contract with a company called SGA for the storage and installation of the extra seats, which will stay in place for the Navy/Notre Dame game a week later. Mr. Mousa stated that the economic impact to the community of the Georgia/ Florida game is $35 million per year and the City is committed to doing what it takes to keep that historic event in Jacksonville for years to come, given the interest in other cities in attracting it away from here.

The Jaguars and the City have reached an agreement to have the team place the order for the 3,100 club replacement seats before the FY16-17 budget is approved so that manufacturing can begin in a timely manner. When the seats are delivered in the new fiscal year the City will pay the $800,000 cost in order to save to sales tax and the Jaguars will pay the City $400,000 for its share of the cost.

Motion: on p. 25, approve the departmental request to increase the Contributions from Private Sources line by $400,000 to reflect the receipt of the payment from the Jaguars for half of the cost of the new seats – approved unanimously.

Mr. Mousa stated that the proposed budget allocates the Sports Complex ticket surcharges of $2.4 million for capital improvement purposes as the Council directed last year during the budget hearings. That caused the City to need to appropriate General Funds of $2.2 million to stadium game day operating expenses to replace the use of the ticket surcharge revenues previously used for that purpose.

Sports Complex – SMG

Motion: on p. 33 approve the Auditor’s recommendation to reduce Contractual Service Expense – JSO/JFRD by $801,911 and increase Contractual Service Expense by the same amount to reclassify JSO game day expenses for security and traffic control – approved unanimously.

Bill McConnell, General Manager of SMG Jacksonville explained that the budget for Baseball Grounds conversion from baseball to soccer for Jacksonville Armada games is less this year because of the first year of experience with making the conversions. The first year was over-budgeted in an abundance of caution and experience shows that the budget can be reduced. Sam Mousa reported that the owners of both the Jacksonville Suns and the Armada are happy with the current stadium conversions but recognize that this is not the long-term solution for both teams. A different facility for the soccer team will be needed at some point.

In response to a question from Council Member Anderson about his evaluation of future capital needs for the City’s entertainment venues (Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Ritz Theater, and Convention Center) Mr. Mousa said that $250,000 was allocated in the current fiscal year and $170,000 is being budgeted in the upcoming budget for maintenance and improvements at the facilities, but more is needed to address the 5-year improvements list. Mr. Anderson advocated for placing more emphasis on improving those facilities in the same way that funding has been allocated to the Sports Complex facilities. Mr. Mousa noted that $6 million is being allocated overall in the new budget for venue capital improvements.

Pending items

· Allocation of the $1,149,853 of additional budgeted local option gas tax revenue

· City Council request to increase the ECA salary line by $20,528 to the maximum amount of $55,000

The Special Council Contingency fund currently stands at $1,714,998 to the positive.

Meeting adjourned: 3:11 p.m.

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

8.23.16 Posted 8:30 a.m.

Tapes: Finance Budget Hearing #4 – LSD

8.19.16

Materials: Council Auditor’s Budget Meeting #3 handout - LSD

8.19.16