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MINUTES
City Commission, Sanford, Florida
Budget Work Session
July
19 96
Tile City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met in continued Work Session of July 8, 1996, on
Tuesday, July 9, 1996, at 4:00 o'clock P.M. in the City Manager's Conference Room, City Hall, 300 North Park
Avenue, Sanford, Florida.
Present: Mayor-Commissioner Bettye D. Smith
Commissioner Whitey Eckstein
Commissioner Robert B. ThOmas, Jr.
Commissioner Kerry D. Lyons
City Manager William A. Simmons
City Clerk Janet R. Dougherty
Absent: Commissioner Lon K. Howell
City Attorney William L. Colbert
The Chairman called the Meeting to order.
Continuation of review of City Manager's proposed FY 96]97 Budget.
The City Commission continued review of the City Manager's proposed FY 96/97 Budget by individual
department, and the City Manager addressed and explained various items, including: PUBLIC WORKS - Mosquito
Control - Increase in use of general fund dollars to reduce use of LOGT funds; SOLID WASTE - (343.41-02) Paper
Products Recycled - (343.41-03) Glass / Aluminum/Plastic Recycled; ST ORMWAT ER - Consideration of need for bond
issuance accompanied by rate increase in FY 96/97 to finance Mill Creek Phase II and III, and Downtown Interceptor
projects; FINANCE - (513.64-07) Computer Hardware for Imaging - (513.64-03) Computer equipment to stay current,
utilize Windows; ENGINEERING AND PLANNING (519.12-00) City Manager recommends contractual Graphics
Draftsperson become a permanent position - (519.31-03) Waterfront Enhancement and Courthouse Related Studies
transferred to City Manager's Contingency Fund - Replacement vehicle; POLICE - Chief Russell submitted request
for $117.329.00 in LETF funds for City's portion of the SRO]D.A.R.E. Officer program - (521.51-02) 3 Chairs at
$349.00 each for dispatchers, required for ergonomics; FIRE - First year notice of need to replace the "tower" fire
truck - Discussion of need for Safety Coordinator position,-request to be submitted again next fiscal year; PARKS
AND RECREATION -(572.46-23) Stadium Repairs; OTHER GENERAL FUNDS; L.O.G.T.; UTILITIES -Capital
Improvement Budget for utility line relocation relative Seminole County road widening -(536.31-03) $40,000
Engineering study to relocate Utilities to first floor of City Hall, with General Fund to pay portiOn; OTHER FUNDS -
LETF - CRA Trust Funds - Internal Service Fund; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - (331.54-00) Anticipated grant
funds $134,000 - (381.01-00) $50,000.00 from General Fund;
Finance Director Carolyn Small reported that the rollback millage has been increased to 6.5415, thereby
decreasing the advertised increase over rollback to 5.11, if the current millage rate of 6.8759 is maintained. She then
distributed copies of the Orlando-Sanford Airport Budget for FY 96]97, accompanied by a request to be placed on
the August 26, 1996 agenda for approval of said budget.
The Commission briefly discussed the proposed purchase of 26 new computers in FY 96/97 as
appropriated in the Five Year Capital Planning Budget. for FY 1997.
After review, the consensus of the Commission .was to approve the City Manager's proposed FY 96]97
Budget, with no increase in the millage rate of 6.8759.
City Manager Simmons reported that the Seminole County Commissioners approved exeCution of the
Courthouse Interlocal Agreement today.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Attest:
* ~AYOR