SNEADS TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOPSPECIALMEETING AUGUST: 2, 2022 The Town Council oft the Town of Sneads, Florida, met in al budget workshop/ special session at the Sneads Town Hall on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Mike Weeks called the meeting to order with the following present: Mike Weeks, Donovan Weeks, George Alexander, Angela Locke and Anthony Money; Council Members Lee Garner, Town Manager Mike Miller, Police Chief Sherri Griffin, City Clerk Danielle Guy, Deputy Clerk And the following were absent: Daniel Cox, Attorney All stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Purpose oft the meeting was to discuss the budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023. (See Attached) Council was presented with a copy ofthel budget for their review. Mr. Garner pointed out things ini the General Fund with comparisons from years past. Mr. Garner explained that it has raises for police employees, which were approved previously and will be paid with. ARPA funds. He also explained that the budget reflects raises for other employees. He stated that this will make sure we are following the new state required law oft the minimum $15 an hour. Donovan Weeks asked about Body Shields and entry tools for the police department. Chief Miller stated that we could get both oft them for around $3,000.All Council agreed with all other things in the budget. Next Budget Hearing/ Special Meetings are agreed for him to go ahead and purchase them. scheduled for September 15th at 5:01pm and September 28th at 5:01pm. Donovan Weeks made a motion to adjourn at 5:35 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Danulle Danielle Gay Guy, Deputy Clerk APPROVED: MIKE WEEKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT Town of Sneads PO Drawer 159 Sneads, Florida 32460 PH (850) 593-6636 Fax (850)593-5079 Email: Sneadsmgr@sneadsfi.com August 2, 2022 MEMOTO: Council President and Council Members SUBJECT: Proposed Budget for FY: 2022-2023 - Effective October 1, 2022 1. Attached please find the proposed budget that is balanced, based on the best numbers we have from the State of] Florida, which has not released a couple of revenue projections, but we have imputed what we think are good numbers based on information received via phone calls. Also, we. have imputed numbers for liability and health insurance based on initial input received 2. Police Department salaries reflect $76,989 increase in base which has already been approved. As 3. GF/WF salaries increased by $27,015 or an average of3.85% overall. No employee will be making less than $14.70 per hour, which reflects actions taken over the past couple ofyears to get to the $15.00 minimum wage to be effective. July 2026. Iadded $1500 to my salary from $50,000 to $51,500 which is 3%. I also get 50% of what you would put into my retirement as additional 4. Overall, GF budget is 13% or $192,926 below last year, but includes $200,000 for Dodson Park if we get the FRDAP that will be requested. Last year we had $50,000 that was not funded. 5. WF is 12% below last year and reflects a saving of $188,703 in bond payments due to the refinancing we did. Id decreased ACI sewer sales by $39,000 as the new billing and collection 6. Ihave not included expected numbers for all the grants we have approved. When we get the funding agreements and expend the funds, these will be accounted for in the budget and amended during the year as needed, especially in view of the process involved with receiving the funds for approved grants. We are reflecting the amount we think we will need from ARPA funds in the budget as part oft the GF Transfer amounts, and the remainder will remain in fund balance. 7. Near the end of the paperwork is a chart reflecting what the GF expenditures have been 2011 thru current year. These last years reflect lots of grant expenditures and increases in expenses as the 8. Wel have reviewed all the charges and fees currently in place and feel they can stay the same for this budget year, with no fee or tax increase for our citizens. We will keep a close eye on these as the year proceeds, especially ift the cost ofthings continues to increase, with aj possibility of maybe from our carriers, which is an 8% increase. stated, we will use some of the. ARPA funds to offset these increases. income per my employment agreement. system are in place resulting in more accurate readings and billing. cost of everything has increased. some mid-year adjustments if deemed necessary. 9. Iwant to thank Sheriff Edenfield for his generous donation ofa used police vehicle to be used by the Police Department. The working relationship between the county and town has been exceptional since I became Town Manager and I want it to continue to flourish. I hope we can obtain another couple of used police vehicles from departments south ofus that will allow us to go another year without making ai new vehicle purchase. I am working with Commissioner Hill with design and placement of a helicopter pad at the north end ofthel ball fields offLegion Road, which 10. We will soon have new playground equipment installed at Sneads Park and final design is being completed for the installation of grinder stations SO that we: no longer have septic tank at Sneads Park. I have ordered new sand for the playground area at the ball field sO we can replace what is will have lights and a cement pad. there and make some other minor improvements to the play area. 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