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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor & Village Council
FROM: Dennis W. Kelly, Village Man er
DATE: July 2, 1997
RE: Budget Workshop Minutes of July 1, 1997
The following represents, in essence, the budget workshop minutes of the North Palm Beach
Village Council on Tuesday, July 1, 1997, convening at 7:00 p.m. All Council members were
present except Councilman Larry Kelley who was ill. The following staff were present: Village
Manager Dennis Kelly, Finance Director Shaukat Khan, Public Services Director Tom Hogarth,
Library Director Nancy Moore, and Recreation Director Mark Hodgkins. The following changes
to the budget were made or discussed:
PUBLIC SERVICES
• Page 114 and page 119: Discussion ensued regarding organization of Public Services
Administration. Consensus was to eliminate the part-time Code Enforcement Officer.
A6018-11300, Part-time Pay, from $16,588 to 0.
• Discussion ensued regarding tree planting program on Anchorage and Lighthouse Drive.
Council's consensus was that the program is to be voluntary.
• Staff directed to review list of trees in the tree ordinance and update the trees in
accordance with the Comp Plan.
STREET MAINTENANCE
• Page 146: Under Vehicle Maintenance Personnel Worksheet, scratch employee name
William Woodruff and change longevity from $1,200 to 0. (Job Code 5522-0105)
• Page 145. and 148: Staff to provide explanation and definition of an MIG welder and
determine frequency of use.
PARK MAINTENANCE
• A8023-33130, Physical Exams: from $175 to $165.
• Page 152: Change Laborer Job Code 8023-0105 from Laborer to Parkskeeper, salary to
be adjusted accordingly; and eliminate the new position of Parkskeeper.
• A8023-35216, Irrigation Supplies: from $11,500 to $3,500 for purpose of eliminating
""' automated irrigation systems.
Staff .directed to provide ordinance amendment to exempt surface water usage
under water conservation code.
• A8023-35214, Building Maintenance Supplies: From $17,800 to $18,300. Reduce
Anchorage Park tennis court from $5,000 to $500 and remove small children's court.
Country Club tennis court resurfacing is to be changed from 0 to $5,000.
• A8023-66490, Machinery and Equipment: From $35,100 to $29,100. The triplex mower
was reduced in cost from $20,000 to $14,000. Purpose was to reflect a more reasonable
cost for the equipment. The $14,000 cost is in line with the same type of equipment
purchased by the Country Club.
• Discussion ensued as to whether or not the infields at the new multi-purpose ball fields
behind the Community Center should have two infields sodded and two infields made of
clay. No consensus was determined.
• Staff directed to develop a policy regarding the prohibition of children working in
concession stands at various Village parks.
COMMUNITY PLANNING
• Page 59, under Major Changes 1997-98, the first bullet, scratch engineering and planning
'"" for Village Hall remodeling and in the fifth bullet change the terms Senior Citizen Center
to Community Activities Building.
• A5206-33123, Public Safety Facility, from $67,500 to -0-.
• A5206-33199, Northlake Boulevard Redevelopment, from $10,000 to -0-.
• A5206-33194, Comp Plan Amendments, placed on hold pending justification for the
$20,000 budgeted.
GENERAL SERVICES
• A5509-66210, Construction and Major Renovation, from $80,000 to -0-, eliminated
reroofing of Village Hall.
• A5509-66415, Computer Hardware and Software, from $4,000 to -0-, to eliminate
personal computer -desktop publishing/typesetting.
In closing of Public Services Budget, staff was directed to develop the maintenance cost on all
sanitation trucks for the life of each truck, as opposed to a one year maintenance cost.
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LIBRARY
• Back-up budget, page 136 comes after page 145. Staff directed to correct pagination upon
next collation of the final budget.
• A7927-33130, Physical Exams, from $85 to $165.
• A7927-34420, Rental-Equipment: Staff requested to determine cost per copies of the
companies that rent the equipment.
RECREATION
• Discussion ensued regarding part-time rover at parks at night. Discussion concerning
Athletic Director Larry Bock's role when working at night.
• Staff directed to examine prospect of Village running various youth programs, as opposed
to volunteers.
• Staff directed to price out cost of storm shutters at the Community Center.
SPECIAL EVENTS
No changes.
r~ The meetin ad'ourned at 10:00
g ~ p.m. with Council agreeing to continue with the Village Clerk
department on Wednesday, July 2, 1997, and others listed under the budget schedule.
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cc: Shaukat Khan, Finance Director
Tom Hogarth, Public Services Director
Nancy Moore, Library Director
Mark Hodgkins, Recreation Director
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