Finance & Administration Committee

            

 

Minutes of a regular meeting of the Finance and Administration Committee of the City of O’Fallon, held at the Public Safety Building, 285 N. Seven Hills Road, O’Fallon, Illinois on August 24, 2015.

 

CALL TO ORDER: 5:30pm

 

ROLL CALL: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Bennett, Chairman, Albrecht, Drolet,

McCoskey, Smallheer, Roach, Kueker

NON-COMMITTEE ALDERMEN: Holden, Meile, Hagarty, Cozad, Mouser, Gerrish

STAFF LIAISON: Evans, Denton, P. Funk, D. Funk

GUESTS/RESIDENTS: Malare

      

Approval Minutes: - June 22, 2015 Motion Albrecht, Second Kueker

 All Ayes. Motion carried.

     

Items Requiring Council Action: Ordinance Amending Food and Beverage Ordinance #3453: Director of Finance explained that the original Food and Beverage tax ordinance had a few loopholes and this was the attempt to alleviate any questions in the administering of this tax.  For example, seating is no longer a requirement, therefore; places like Papa Murphy’s and Schnuck’s deli will now need to collect the additional 1%.  As the City Manager, Walter Denton explained, it is to make it fair for all businesses. City Attorney, Dale Funk was present and answered any other questions.  This will become effective January 1, 2016.  Motion made by Kueker to move to City Council for approval. Second Albrecht.  All Ayes.

 

Item A: Council and Committee Meeting Rules: City Attorney presented a draft of suggested meeting rules that should be adopted so that there are some guidelines to follow during a council or committee meeting.  After much discussion, it was suggested that any comments or suggestions be submitted to the City Administrator who will forward to the City Attorney for revision and then reviewed again at a later date. 

 

Item B: Update on Bond Issuance:  Director of Finance informed the committee that the hospital bonds still have not been issued.  Staff is waiting to hear the final cost of the mine remediation so that an amount of issuance will be known.  Staff knows that the preliminary amount of grouting was under budget at $5.5M, but another study is being conducted to verify that the project is complete before bonds are issued.   

 

Item C: Budget meetings starting September 28: Director of Finance mentioned that aldermen budget review meetings will begin on September 28^th.  The meeting will start at 5:00 pm unless there is nothing else on the agenda, and then the meeting will start at the regular time of 5:30 pm. 

 

 

Motion to Adjourn: Albrecht, Second McCoskey  All Ayes. Motion carried.                                                    

Next Meeting:   September 28, 2015