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MINUTES OF THE OCOEE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET WORKSHOP HELD
AUGUST 13, 1997
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Vandergrift called the Budget Workshop to order at 7:05 p.m. in the commission
chambers. The roll was called and a quorum declared present.
PRESENT: Mayor Vandergrift, Commissioners Anderson, Glass, Howell (arrived at 7:08
p.m.), and Parker. Also present were City Manager Shapiro, Personnel Director
Psaledakis, Finance Director Horton, Finance Supervisor Carter, Budget Specialist
Strickland, Capital Projects/Concurrency Analyst Resnik, City Engineer/Utilities
Director Shira, Planning Director Wagner, Public Works Director Corwin, Public
Works Superintendent Smith, Building Official Flippen, Acting Recreation Director
Nordquist, Police Chief Mark, Fire Chief Strosnider, and City Clerk Grafton.
ABSENT: None
Consensus was reached to end the workshops at approximately 9:00 p.m. and Mayor Vandergrift
asked City Manager Shapiro to present his opening statements.
Mr. Shapiro advised that the revenues in this budget were not as great as originally anticipated
because the property appraiser used a different method of assessing West Oaks Mall than that used
for residential property. He explained further that most of Ocoee is single-family residence which
is assessed on the valuation of the property, while the Mall was assessed on the dollar income
produced. As the property appraiser was consistent and appraised all the malls in Orange County
equally, Mr. Shapiro said he had no problem with that method. When Mayor Vandergrift
pointed out that the property appraiser should use that same method to assess Florida Auto
Auction, Mr. Shapiro said he would look into that.
REVIEW/DISCUSSION: BUDGET FY 1997-98
The Budget Worksl}op workbook was reviewed page by page and line by line; and the Finance
Team, City Manager Shapiro, and Department Heads responded to questions raised by
Commission. There were no changes made to the line items during this session, but several
requests were made that required action. Those are listed below:
Pg.2-2 - 514 - Legal - Mayor Vandergrift asked for the dollar amount of the bills passed on to
others.
- 539 - Cemetery - In response to Mayor Vandergrift's question about the status of the
Hawthorne proposal to purchase/operate the cemetery, Mr. Shapiro said he would
see if it is still in the works.
-546 - Engineering - Mayor Vandergrift asked for the dollar amount of the bills passed
on to others.
Ocoee City Commission Regular Meeting
August 13, 1997
Pg.3-8 -2301 Insurance - The question was raised regarding how much insurance is carried on
each Commissioner.
-5202 Operating Supplies - Mayor Vandergrift asked for a written policy for the
Mayor/City Commission regarding the purchasing of 4 shirts each year and a
jacket every other year.
Pg.3-10 Mayor Vandergrift asked that an organizational chart be provided, and that the
department head's and assistant's names be put on the lead page of the budget
worksheets for each department. Commissioner Glass asked that the phone
extensions be added as well.
Pg.3-13 Mr. Shapiro advised that Janet Resnik is the person he plans to put in this position
and she will be responsible for submitting grants as well as other projects.
Personnel has a job description for this position and will distribute it to
Commission.
Pg.3-16 Commissioner Anderson asked how much it would cost to buy a server outright.
Those figures were not immediately available, but were to be provided for the
August 14 workshop.
Pg.3-24 Commissioner Howell's memo dated August 13, 1997 regarding the Over 65
Program was distributed. As a result of the discussion that ensued, City Manager
Shapiro recommended removing the Over 65 Program from the budget, putting the
funds in contingency until after the budget could be adopted, and placing the issue
on the first agenda in the new fiscal year.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9: 10 p.m.
Attest:
APPROVED
City of Ocoee
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S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
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