08.11.2007 CC Minutes3265
MINUTES
KENNEDALE CITY COUNCIL
BUDGET WORKSHOP -AUGUST 11, 2007
405 MUNICIPAL DR. - KENNEDALE MUNICIPAL BLDG.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Mayor Bryan Lankhorst called the budget workshop to order at 8:41 a.m.
Members present: Mayor, Bryan Lankhorst, Mayor Pro-Tem, John Clark, Councilmember's
Brian Johnson, Jerry Miller, David Green, and Ronnie Nowell.
Members absent: None
Staff present: Bob Hart, City Manager; Kathy Turner, City Secretary; Mark White Director of
Community Development; Clifford Blackwell, III, Director of Finance; Tommy Williams, Chief
of Police; Scott Raven, Fire Chief; and Glenn Greenwood, Street Supervisor.
I. WORKSHOP
a. Workshop on proposed budget for fiscal year 2007-2008.
Bob Hart, City Manager presented Council the 2007-2008 fiscal year budget. Hart
reviewed 14 priorities, which are based on controlling costs and encouraging the
development of sales tax generating businesses or at least the environment to do so.
He then recapped the general fund-spending pattern over the last five years, and
structural issues surrounding the budget process. Overall, Hart advised that this
year's budget will be a work in progress as the City was not financially stable, and it
would take approximately 26 months to get the City in shape. He recommended
Council revisit the budget process in six to eight months to see what changes could
take place, then answered questions on behalf of Council. In closing, Council was
reminded of the scheduled public hearings on the tax rate for Thursday, August 23
and 30t" at 7:00 p.m.
II. ADJOURNMENT
No further discussion, Mayor Lankhorst adjourned the work session at 2:20 p.m.
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APPROVED:
Mayor, Bryan Lankhorst