COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - MINUTES - 3/8/2001
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - CITY OF MUSKEGO Approved 4/12/01
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD March 8, 2001
Mayor De Angelis called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM. Also present were Aldermen
Slocomb, Petfalski, Le Doux, Patterson, Sanders, Salentine and Wichgers, Finance
Director Gunderson. The Mayor noted the meeting was noticed in accordance with the
Open Meeting law.
REVIEW MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Ald. Salentine moved to approve the
minutes of the February 8, 2001 meeting. Seconded by Ald. Le Doux and carried by
all.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
Mr. Dave Anderson of Ehlers and Associates, the City’s financial consultant, was
present to conduct the fourth in a series of workshops on preparing a five-year financial
management plan. Mr. Anderson reviewed the discussions from the prior three
workshops. This included the City’s financial indicators and their comparison with other
communities of comparable size, Muskego’s existing tax base, equalized value trends,
existing debt, status of the utilities and the recommended Debt policies.
The Committee held discussion on the commercial property within the City and directed
the Finance Director to meet with the Assessor to determine what percent of the
commercial property was made up of multi-family property.
Finance Director Gunderson reviewed the items within the Capital Plan, highlighting the
changes from what had been previously reviewed, most of which related to Storm water
management. The Committee discussed the possibility of a TIF for the Tess Corners
area and that the timing of that project would have to be in conjunction with the Road
program.
The Mayor advised the Committee that once all the Storm water projects were included
into the five-year schedule, 2002 was presented with a high concentration of dollars
and projects. The Committee agreed to schedule an additional meeting and asked
that staff review the final schedule of projects and realistically determine, based upon
workload and manpower, what could and could not be accomplished in each of the five
years. The Committee also agreed to look at a 15-year amortization of the debt
repayment to the Sewer Utility, discuss what was being levied for capital projects and to
review the commitments from the Landfill fund now that revenues were coming in below
expectations.
The next meeting was set for Thursday, April 12, 2001.
Adjournment
Ald. Slocomb moved to adjourn at 8:43 PM. Ald. Petfalski seconded, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn R. Gunderson
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