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CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
August 30, 2022
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Grand Island, Nebraska was conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 100 East First
Street, on August 30, 2022. Notice of the meeting was given in The Grand Island Independent
on August 24, 2022.
Mayor Roger G. Steele called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following City Council
members were present: Mike Paulick, Justin Scott, Michelle Fitzke, Mark Stelk, Jason Conley,
Vaughn Minton, Bethany Guzinski, Maggie Mendoza, Mitch Nickerson, and Chuck Haase. The
following City Officials were present: City Administrator Jerry Janulewicz, City Clerk RaNae
Edwards, Interim City Attorney Stacy Nonhof, Finance Director Patrick Brown, and Public
Works Street Superintendent Shannon Callahan.
The PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was said.
PUBLIC HEARIN
Public Hearin� on FY 2022-2023 Annual Sin lg e Cit.�get and the Annual Appropriations
Bill. Finance Director Patrick Brown reported that the following was a comparison of the fiscal
year 2023 proposed budget to the FY2022 adopted budget:
• The FY2023 budget appropriation is 8.8% or $20,435,226 higher than the FY2022
adopted budget. The difference is mainly due to increase costs from inflation, delayed
capital purchases from FY2022 (supply chain issues), and appropriation of American
Rescue Plan funds of $4,546,940 for potential project(s).
• All Funds Revenue projections for FY2023 increased 8.3% or $16,200,412 over FY2022
budget.
• Overall the City's property tax valuation increased 5%. The City is requesting to increase
its tax ask for Property Tax by 4% of which the City keeps 3% and the County gets an
administration fee of 1%. Community Redevelopment Authority is requesting the same
tax ask as FY2022 ($745,146) and an additional 1% fee for Hall County's administration
fee. The City's mill levy will decrease for the fourth straight year from 0.323600 to
0.319454.
• Total Sales Tax revenue is forecasted at $24,085,936 for FY2023. It is a 10.4% or
$2,275,300 increase over FY2022 budget. The increase was due to the sustained increase
in sales tax collections in the last year and quarter.
• All other revenue sources in the General Fund account for $2,766,770 increase over
FY2022 budget. A large portion of the increase is due to the rebalancing of revenues and
costs between the General Fund and Enterprise Funds.
• Transfers decreased in the FY2023 by $7,057,176 due to American Rescue Plan funds
not being transferred (they have been including in budget authority to spend) and not
transferring funds to Solid Waste for financing the improvements at the Transfer Station.
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Costs have increased for the Transfer Station project therefore it will be forwarded to
Council for approval along with proposed funding.
Reviewed were the additional FTE's and reclassifications along with Capital Improvement
Projects. Staff recommended approval
Mary Berlie, 123 No. Locust Street gave a presentation and supported the Downtown Festoon
Lighting funding. Jay Vavricek, 2729 Brentwood Blvd. spoke in support of the Festoon Lighting.
No further public testimony was heard.
Public Hearin� on FY 2022-2023 General Propertv and Community Redevelopment Authority
�CRA) Tax Request. Finance Director Patrick Brown reported that the 2022 Valuations for the
City of Grand Island increased over the 2021 valuation by $194,988,808 or 5%. If the City
applied the FY2021-2022 mill levy of 0.3441 to the new valuation of $3,821,381,633, the City's
Property Tax revenue would be $13,149,374, a tax increase of $669,594 over the prior year. The
City and Community Redevelopment Authority tax ask for FY2023 was $12,960,137.
If the City and CRA applied the FY2021-2022 Property Tax Ask to the new valuation there
would be no tax increase and the mill levy would decrease to 0.3266 for the City and CRA. Staff
recommended approval.
Jay Vavricek, 2729 Brentwood Blvd spoke in support of increasing the CRA budget. No further
public testimony was heard.
Public Hearin� on FY 2022-2023 Annual Budget for Parking District #2 (Ram� TaY Rec�uest
Finance Director Patrick Brown reported that the 2022 Valuations for the Downtown
Improvement District #2 (Ramp) increased over the 2021 valuation by $9,762,744 or 17%. The
Downtown Improvement District #2 (Ramp) was not requesting an increase in Property Tax
thereby reducing the mill levy from 0.01409 to 0.01204. The Downtown Improvement District
#2 (Ramp) Property Tax revenue request was $8,080. Staff recommended approval. No public
testimony was heard.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
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RaNae Edwards
City Clerk