09-07-2021 City Council Special Meeting Packet
City of Grand Island
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Special Meeting Agenda
City Council:
Jason Conley
Michelle Fitzke
Bethany Guzinski
Chuck Haase
Maggie Mendoza
Vaughn Minton
Mitchell Nickerson
Mike Paulick
Justin Scott
Mark Stelk
Mayor:
Roger G. Steele
City Administrator:
Jerry Janulewicz
City Clerk:
RaNae Edwards
7:00 PM
Council Chambers - City Hall
100 East 1st Street, Grand Island, NE 68801
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City of Grand Island Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Call to Order
This is an open meeting of the Grand Island City Council. The City of Grand Island abides by the Open
Meetings Act in conducting business. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is displayed in the back of this room
as required by state law.
The City Council may vote to go into Closed Session on any agenda item as allowed by state law.
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
A - SUBMITTAL OF REQUESTS FOR FUTURE ITEMS
Individuals who have appropriate items for City Council consideration should complete the Request for
Future Agenda Items form located at the Information Booth. If the issue can be handled administratively
without Council action, notification will be provided. If the item is scheduled for a meeting or study
session, notification of the date will be given.
B - RESERVE TIME TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS
This is an opportunity for individuals wishing to provide input on any of tonight's agenda items to reserve
time to speak. Please come forward, state your name and address, and the Agenda topic on which you will
be speaking.
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City of Grand Island
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Special Meeting
Item E-1
Public Hearing on FY 2021-2022 Annual Single City Budget and
the Annual Appropriations Bill
Staff Contact: Patrick Brown
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Council Agenda Memo
From:Patrick Brown, Finance Director
Meeting:September 7, 2021
Subject:Public Hearing on FY2021-2022 Annual Single City
Budget and Annual Appropriations Bill
Presenter(s):Patrick Brown, Finance Director
Background
The purpose of the meeting is to comply with the requirements of Neb. Rev. Stat. Sec.
13-506 as amended by Laws 2020 LB 148, which requires:
Each governing body shall each year or biennial period conduct a public hearing on its
proposed budget statement. Such hearing shall be held separately from any regularly
scheduled meeting of the governing body and shall not be limited by time. Notice of
place and time of such hearing, together with a summary of the proposed budget
statement, shall be published at least four calendar days prior to the date set for hearing in
a newspaper of general circulation within the governing body's jurisdiction. . . . At such
hearing, the governing body shall make at least three copies of the proposed budget
statement available to the public and shall make a presentation outlining key provisions
of the proposed budget statement, including, but not limited to, a comparison with the
prior year's budget. Any member of the public desiring to speak on the proposed budget
statement shall be allowed to address the governing body at the hearing and shall be
given a reasonable amount of time to do so. After such hearing, the proposed budget
statement shall be adopted, or amended and adopted as amended, and a written record
shall be kept of such hearing. The amount to be received from personal and real property
taxation shall be certified to the levying board after the proposed budget statement is
adopted or is amended and adopted as amended. There will be no council action taken
during this meeting.
Discussion
The “Notice of Budget Hearing and Budget Summary” was published in the Grand Island
Independent on September 3, 2021. It is appropriate at this time to solicit public
comment. The action item for this public hearing will be under Ordinances at the City
Council meeting on September 14, 2021.
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The following is a comparison of the fiscal year 2022 proposed budget to the FY2021
amended budget:
The FY2022 budget appropriation is 7% or $17,956,562 lower than the FY2021
amended budget. The difference is mainly due to the weather event that occurred
in February of 2021.
The City requested the same tax ask for Property Tax which in turn decreased the
mill levy from 0.34445 to 0.32359. Community Redevelopment Authority kept
the same mill levy resulting in a $45k tax ask increase. The total mill levy will
decrease from 0.3650 to 0.3441.
Total Sales Tax revenue is forecasted at $21,810,636 for FY2022. It is a 22.5%
increase over FY2021 budget. The increase was due to the uncertainty of the
pandemic and how it would affect sales tax during the 2021 fiscal year. Sales Tax
receipts came in much higher than anticipated which in turn increases our forecast
for FY2022. Currently with one month of Sales Tax revenues still due, we are at
118% of FY2021 budget.
The General Fund is adding two full time equivalents (FTE’s) staff members.
They are a Grants Administrator and an Interpreter/Translator. The Grants
Administrator will be located in the Finance Department and will be funded by
administrative fees associated with grants. The Interpreter/Translator will be
located at the Customer Service (Utility Billing) location at 1306 W 3rd. This
position will be funded by the Enterprise Funds.
The General Fund Fire/Ambulance Department applied for a grant to hire three
firefighter/EMT/Paramedics. The status of the grant is still pending however
budget authority is being established in case the City is awarded the grant. The
grant would pay for three firefighters for three years at 100% reimbursement.
The Streets Division will be adding an Equipment Operator position (one FTE).
The Transfer Station is adding a 0.25 FTE for help on Saturdays.
Transfer increases in the FY2022 budget include moving the $4.5m to
Wastewater for the Airport Sewer Project (American Rescue Plan funds), loaning
$2.7m to Solid Waste Fund to finance the Transfer Station upgrade, and a $217k
increase to other budgeted entities.
General Fund Personnel Services for FY2022 increased 7% due to step increases,
COLA, and the addition of five FTE’s (of which three are for budget authority
only). Operating expenses increased 5.7% for the General Fund over FY2021
budget.
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