Tag: Budget

Finance Committee Holding Budget Saturday Workshop 10/28/2023 – Will Review Mayor’s Proposed Budget

The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 10/28/2023 at 8AM. Colloquially referred to as “Budget Saturday,” this is the meeting at which the alderpersons will go through the budget that has been proposed by Mayor Woodford, make any changes they believe are warranted, and […]

Finance Committee Meeting 10/09/2023 – Will Review 2024 Legal Services And Facilities Management Budgets

The Finance Committee is meeting 10/09/2023 at 5:30PM. The one action item on the agenda is a budget amendment moving $37,400 from the Jones Park Shade Project to the City Hall Remodel Project. The Jones Park project came it underbudget so staff would like to […]

Mayor Woodford Presents 2024 Executive Budget To Common Council – Highlights Increased Shared Revenue, 2% Net New Construction, Talks About Plans To Mitigate 18% Increase In Health Insurance Costs

The Common Council met 10/04/2023. During that meeting, Mayor Woodford gave a 25 minute presentation on the 2024 Executive Budget and Service Plan. I’ve prepared a PDF download of the Power Point slides, as well as a transcript of the presentation. In some respects, the […]

Mayor Woodford Gives Budget Development Process Update, Discusses Inflationary Pressure On City

The Common Council met 09/06/2023. During that meeting, Mayor Woodford gave a brief budget development process update. He outlined some of the inflationary pressures the city is facing and indicated that of the $1.9 million the city had received in additional revenue sharing dollars the […]

Common Council Votes Down Amendment That Would Have Reduced Departments Operating Budgets And Increased Concrete Paving Budget

The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and approved the 2023 Executive Budget. Although the budget ended up being approved without any changes, four amendments were introduced, all of which were voted down. The first amendment was a proposal to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit budget […]

Common Council Votes Down Amendment To Reduce City Employee Pay Raise From 5% To 4%

The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and adopted the 2023 Executive Budget. They made no changes to the budget during the meeting; however, four amendments were offered all of which were voted down. The first amendment was a proposal to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit […]

Common Council Votes Again Budget Amendment That Would Reallocate Council Training Budget To Concrete Reconstruction

The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and voted to adopt the 2023 Executive Budget. The budget was adopted without changes; however, four separate amendments were proposed during the meeting, none of which were approved. The first amendment which was to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit, […]

Common Council Votes 12-2 To Deny Budget Amendment To Reduce Aldermanic Parking Pass Benefit – Alderpersons Talk About The Value Of The Parking Pass Benefit

The Common Council met 11/09/2022 in a special session to adopt the 2023 Executive Budget. The Council ended up approving the 2023 budget with no amendments by a 14-0 vote. Although no amendments were approved, four amendments were made and deliberated on. The first amendment […]