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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Chairman Thomas Dorsey
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Tom O'Connell, Chair
COMMITTEE TITLE: Finance
DATE: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:30 A.M.
LOCATION: Government Center
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: November 9, 2001 8:30 A.M.
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
A. Continuation and Finalization of 2002 Proposed Budget Review
B. Review of Budget Presentation Format
C. Amendment 1, Rehabilitation project, Glen Hills Dam #2 (extend the effective date of the
agreement)*
CORRESPONDENCE:
ADJOURNMENT
Date: October 23, 2001
COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board
County Clerk County Board
County Departments
*ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTIONS
UNOFFICIAL RECORD
FINANCE MEETING
Special Meeting October 26, 2001
Meeting called to order by Vice Chair Ralph Swenson at 8:35 a.m.
Present: Swenson, Stan Krueger and Nancy Bieraugel. Absent and
excused were Tom Dorsey and Tom O'Connell. Staff present:
Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Finance Director Rich
Loney and County Clerk Sue Nelson. Others: Supr. Clarence
Malick.
Motion by Krueger, 2nd by Bieraugel to adopt the agenda. Carried.
Next meeting is November 9, 8:30 a.m. Meeting minutes will be
approved at the next meeting.
2002 Budget Items: Land and Water - Letter received from County
Conservationist Robert Heise indicated the Land and Water
Committee identified the Information and Education service to be
a very high priority and offered to change some budget
priorities. Changing these priorities would result in a total of
$10,089 which would fund the Education position.
Motion by Krueger, 2nd by Bieraugel to reinstate the Information
and Education position and allow Land and Water Dept. to change
budget priorities in order to fund the position at $10,000.
Carried.
District Attorney's Office. Contacted Whiting to request a new
copy machine at a cost of $11,333.00. Committee questioned why
this wasn't listed in the capital outlay requests. Krueger
recommended referring this request to Public Protection Comm. and
possibly paying from 2001 Contingency Fund at end of this year.
Nursing Home. Swenson commented the audit for the Nursing Home
approved at the last meeting should be reconsidered at a later
date. Moved by Krueger, second by Swenson to rescind the motion
at the October 16th meeting regarding the audit and place the
$50,000 placed in the Administrative Coordinator's budget back in
the 2002 Contingency Fund. Carried.
Salaries and Wage Increases: Loney distributed a listing by
departments, with Highway and Nursing Home excluded, showing
dollar and percentage increases for 2001 and 2002. The total
budgeted for 2001 was $13,554,542 and 2002 budget total was
$14,958,086 or an increase of $1,403,544. Not all of the
increase is on the levy; some positions are paid by grants or
billed out such as Child Support.
Glen Hills Rehabilitation Project: Motion by Bieraugel, 2nd by
Krueger to extend the agreement with Natural Resource
Conservation Services from October 31, 2001 to March 1, 2002 for
moving the house from the flood plain in Town of Glenwood.
Carried.
Budget Presentation: Whiting reviewed his power point budget
presentation with the Committee. Some additions, deletions and
changes in wording were recommended by the Committee.
The budget as presented to the County Board on October 30th will
have a levy of $16,356,586 and a 3.78 mill rate.
Committee discussed a possible resolution regarding the inclusion
of new positions in the 2002 budget. Motion by Krueger, 2nd by
Bieraugel to approve the new full time positions of Emergency
Communications staff supervisor, two officers in the Sheriff's
Department and the Public Health Sanitarian. Carried.
Committee reviewed the provision of the budget that involves
borrowing.
As acting chair, Swenson thanked Whiting for helping get the
budget presentation to this point.
Correspondence: Committee received a letter from Lane Browne in
which he commended Corporation Counsel Timmerman for his work in
removing DNR obstacles regarding building in Rice Lake Flats in
the Town of Somerset.
Moved by Krueger, 2nd by Bieraugel to adjourn at 11:23 a.m.
Motion carried.
Stan Krueger, Secretary