HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board Study Session Budget Meeting 10-14-2005 Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, October 14, 2005
Minutes of a Regular meeting of the TOWN BOARD BUDGET STUDY
SESSION of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting
held at Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the 14th day of October,
2005.
Committee: Mayor Baudek, Trustees Doylen, Homeier, Jeffrey-Clark,
Levine, Newsom and Pinkham
Attending: Mayor Baudek, Trustees Doylen, Homeier, Levine, Newsom
and Pinkham
Also Attending: Town Administrator Repola, Finance Officer McFarland,
Clerk Williamson
Absent: Trustee Lori Jeffrey-Clark
Mayor Baudek called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.
2006 BUDGET PRESENTATION – GENERAL FUND AND RELATED FUNDS.
Finance Officer McFarland distributed a revised budget for Engineering, stating
personnel services were revised to reflect no new personnel for 2006.
Administrator Repola commented on Trustee Homeier’s concerns related to salaries
trending upward in regard to the percentage of the General Fund. In 2004, the General
Fund showed a slight decline in salary percentage. Estes Park is a service economy;
therefore, the Town expends a larger portion of the General Fund for services than
other communities.
Trustee Pinkham joined the meeting at 8:45 a.m.
Buildings – O&M show an increase for 2006 due to the increased cost of
maintenance contracts for the public bathrooms. Capital improvements for Town
Hall include window replacement on the 2nd floor and rebuilding the outside
stairway near the back parking lot.
Engineering – O&M includes $30,000 for annexation projects.
Streets & Highways – O&M costs increasing in 2006 with standard projects
(street overlay, street sign replacement, etc.) being moved from Community
Reinvestment to this account. Phase I of the sign replacement project will begin
this month and include the highways and main arterials. Staff will notify Trustees
when the first sign is in place. An increase in personnel services reflects the
addition of seasonal staff to complete the sign project and the filling of a
permanent position that went vacant in 2005 for half the year. All new vehicle
purchases will be asterisk and will come back to Committee prior to purchase.
Staff will evaluate the use of hybrid technology for administrative
vehicles/Community Development.
Sanitation – No changes for 2006. Staff to clarify the $2,500 line item for
recycling.
Parks – Personnel services are increasing for 2006 with the addition of more
seasonals, the reorganization of the department, and the promotion of full time
staff. Staff to perform a cost analysis for the lease/purchase of the brush pile
grinder.
Contingencies & Transfers – Included in this fund in the Mayor’s contingency,
which includes the Visitor Center grand opening spring of 2006. Transfers
include Community Reinvestment, Museum, Senior Center, CVB, Vehicle
Replacement and EPURA.
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Mayor Baudek announced a 10-minute recess at 9:55 a.m., and the meeting was
reconvened at 10:05 a.m.
Community Reinvestment Fund – 1.3 million will be transferred from the
General Fund in 2006. Stanley Park Phase II is the largest project to be
performed in 2006 and will be double asterisk. Other projects include Visitor
Center irrigation, Park Shop driveway paving, and completion of the Fish Creek
Trail Phase III. Staff will provide an update on the trail system at an upcoming
Town Board meeting.
Conservation Trust – Completion of the upgrades at Confluence Park will take
place in 2006.
Open Space – Fall River picnic ground improvements will be performed to
include tables and driveway improvements. Future improvements will include a
restroom. This facility will be made available to the public and will be managed
by the museum staff at the hydro plant museum. Larimer County is assessing
the continuation of this tax past 2018 for the maintenance of existing trails. Staff
to evaluate the need to budget funds for the maintenance of the Birch ruins.
The next Budget Study Session is scheduled October 21st, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
There being no further business, Mayor Baudek adjourned the meeting at 10:40 a.m.
Jackie Williamson, Town Clerk