Special Meeting Recap: April 29, 2013

Note: Items of discussion in this recap includes a link indexed to that portion of the City Council meeting replay.

(STILLWATER, OKLA. / Posted April 30, 2013) - The Stillwater City Council met for its special meeting on Monday, April 29, 2013. (View the meeting agenda here)
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Call Meeting to Order

General Orders 
a. Council discussion of fiscal year 2013-14 draft budget with City Manager and staff (No action will be taken on this item)

City Manager Dan Galloway gave a review of the fiscal year 2012-13 budget to the City Council. Expenses, use of funds and the budgets of city departments were discussed. City Manager Galloway and the Administration Team worked with the Finance Department to determine projected revenues for the 2013-14 budget year. The proposed budget will include the projected growth (about 4 percent) plus approximately $1.5 million from this year's savings that will go into the balance and be added to next year's available funds.

Jim Scott, Operations Group chairman and Parks & Recreation director, presented the preliminary 2013-14 budget. Scott said some of the increases in department budgets were due to staff moving to different departments. An overview of department budgets and comparison between last year and this year's fiscal budgets were presented to the City Council. The budget recommendation for fiscal year 2014 shows requests from departments compared to last year's requests. Scott also presented the capital items requests from city departments.

The City Council discussed and asked City Manager Galloway and the Operations Group questions regarding the fiscal year 2013-14 draft budget. Mayor Bartley suggested the City Council take time to review and study the preliminary budget. City Manager Galloway said the Council could probably discuss the preliminary budget again during a special meeting in May.

City Council adjourn.

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Recap by Meagan Kascsak, Marketing and Public Relations.

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