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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Workshop_07/07/1988 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (407) 746-7457 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES JULY 7, 1988 I. The Tequesta Village Council held a Workshop Meeting at the Village Hall, 357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, July 7, 1988, to review the proposed budget for the Water Department for Fiscal Year 1989. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 A.M. by Mayor Ron T. Mackail and a roll call was taken by the Village Clerk. Councilmembers present were: Ron T. Mackail, Mayor; Edward C. Howell, Vice-Mayor; William E. Burckart and Earl L. Collings. Member Capretta was excused from the meeting. He previously informed Council he would be out of town during the first two weeks of July on vacation. Village Officials present were: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager; Wendy K. Harrison, Administrative Assistant; Thomas C. Hall, Water System Manager; and Bill C. Kascavelis, Finance • Director/Clerk. II. The Village Manager reviewed the proposed Water Department Operating and Capital Outlay Budget for Fiscal Year '89 and presented a slide presentation showing current water department facilities and the sites for the proposed Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Centralized Garage facility. Mr. Bradford noted that revenues anticipated for fiscal year '89 were 51,691,500. a 4 percent increase over revenues anticipated for Fiscal Year 1988, which amounted to $1,621,500. Total Operating Expenditures for Fiscal Year '89 totaled a 51,219,066. compared to the previous year Operating Expenditures in the amount of $1,058,905, a 15 percent increase. Mr. Bradford noted that the increase in Operating Expenditures was attributed, primarily to the personal service accounts within the Pumping and Storage Division of the Water Department as a result of the addition of two (2) treatment plant operators, which will be required upon completion of the current treatment plant expansion. Said expansion will increase the treatment plant pumping capacity from the current 1.8 M.G. per day total pumping to 2.7 M.G. per day capacity. The proposed budget for the Pumping and Storage Division of the Water Department for Fiscal Year '89 is 5800,527. compared to $657,905. for Fiscal Year '88, an increase of 22 percent attributed primarily to the addition of two (2) new treatment plant operators. Workshop Meeting Minutes July 7, 1988 Page 2 - ------------------------------- The proposed budget for the Distribution Division of the Water Treatment Plant for Fiscal Year '89 totals $144,745. compared to the previous year budget of $135,700., an increase of 6 percent. The proposed budget for the Administrative Division of the Water Department for Fiscal Year 1989 is $273,794. compared to $265,300. of the previous year, an increase of 3 percent. The net overall Operating Budget increase for the Water Department for Fiscal Year '89 is 15 percent, totalling $1,219,066, compared to $1,058,905, the previous fiscal year. Debt Service Expenditures for Fiscal Year '89 are budgeted at $294,705. compared to $290,037. for the previous fiscal year. Mr. Bradford also noted that the operation and maintenance expenditures reflect a 7 percent increase in retirement contributions as a result of recent legislation passed by the State Legislature. Employee Group Health Insurance premiums were increased 15 percent, per increases anticipated, and a 4 percent cost of living adjustment increase effective October 1, 1988, and provision for 3 percent Employee Merit Increases were included in the budget preparation. Capital Outlay Expenditures System and purchase of consisting of the following: (A) Retained Earnings Account for improvements to the Water equipment totaled $408,300, 1. Water Treatment Plant Expansion ....$ 310 000. (B) Capital Improvement Fund 1. Emergency Well Electrical Hookups....$ 12,000 2. Tequesta Drive Water Main Relocation. $ 61,000 Sub-Total....... S 73,000 Workshop Meeting Minutes July 7, 1988 Page 3 - ------------------------------- (C) Equipment Purchases 1. One 3/4 ton Truck w/radio ............$ 10,300 Capital Improvement Fund Total .......$ 83,300 (D) Renewal and Replacement Fund 1. New Meters and Valves .............. .$ 15,000 Total Capital Outlay .............. $408,300 During the budgetary review, Council discussed various details of the budget presentation and upon completion of the review it was the consensus of Council that the Village Manager and staff should review the possibility of implementing a surcharge for non Village water users, or the possibility of increasing the water rates and providing a discount to Village users to offset the utilities service tax being paid by Tequesta residents, which was being avoided by non incorporated users of the system. There being consideration, A.M. no other matters before Council for the Workshop meeting was adjourned at 11:15 Respectfully submitted, Bill C. Kas velis Finance Director/Clerk BCK/mk Date Approved: July 28, 1988