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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of July 11, 2022 — Budget workshop Page 2 of 3 3. ROLL CALL The Deputy City Clerk called the roll of Elected Officials. All were present. 4. REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 Presentation: City Manager Randy Newlon gave a PowerPoint presentation covering in detail the projected revenues and proposed expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2023 City Budget including revenue and expenditure comparisons, personnel related matters, debt service, and proposed capital improvements program projects. The total proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 is $70,037,807, representing an overall reduction of approximately $9,275,295 or 11.69% from the adopted budget for FY 2022 of $79,313,102. Debt service is proposed to be $6,532,895, a 9.33% increase due mainly to the strong capital investments currently underway and the loans being taken out to fund those improvements. The proposed budget includes an approximate 5.1 % increase in salaries effective October 1, 2022 which would apply to all general employees and directors but would not apply to the City Commission and the City Manager. Sworn officers would receive a 5% increase in accordance with the Police Union contract. Negotiations will be held to determine if the Union will also accept October 1 st as the implementation date for the sworn officer raises, as the implementation date in the contract is defined as January lsr. Total staffing was increased from 217 to 223 which included 217 full-time and 6 part-time employees. The City Manager requested that the millage rate be set at 2.9990 mills for FY 2023. He explained that there would also be a separate voted debt millage rate (voted debt service) of 0.6443 mills for FY 2023 that would need to be set by the City Commission, which was associated with the issuance of the voter approved General Obligation Bonds to renovate, improve and construct parks and recreation facilities. Mr. Newlon and the City Commission expressed appreciation to Finance Department staff for their preparation of the proposed budget. Audience Participation: No one came forward to address the proposed budget for FY 2022-2023. Discussion: Discussion ensued regarding various aspects of the proposed budget and related subjects, including: property values; inflation rates; impact of implementing either the rolled -back rate or rolled -back rate with PCI (per capita income) on expenditures in the proposed budget; comparisons of millage with surrounding cities; contingency reserves; proposed approximate 5.1 % salary increase for general employees and October 1, 2022 implementation; proposal to negotiation with the Police Union for implementation of tile 5% sworn officer raises as of October 1 sr,; water and sewer rates; transfer of funds to the Solid Waste Fund to support operations due to cost increases caused by inflation; potential for increase in solid waste collection fees to be discussed in August 2022; options for reducing budget impact to citizens including feasibility of lowering costs for some services rather than reducing millage rate; need for continued investment in the water and sewer utility and desire not to deplete funding available for needed improvements; absorption of employee insurance rate increase by the City; proposed voted debt millage rate; and options for the FY 2023 proposed millage rate. The Commission Each of the Commission expressed support for setting the millage rate for Fiscal Year 2023 at the rate of 2.9000 mills and addressing a potential increase in solid waste collection fees in August.