Description Gallatin County Commission Budget Hearing Journal No. 52 August 13, 2014
Date 8/13/2014 Location County Commission
Time Speaker Note
9:15:36 AM These log notes provide only a part of the official record. The remainder of the official record is in the audio recording of the meeting per Section 2-3-212, MCA. The audio recording is available upon request.
9:30:27 AM Chairman Martineau Call to Order. Present were Commissioners Martineau, White and Skinner, County Administrator Jim Doar, Finance Director Ed Blackman, Finance Budget Coordinator Justine Swanson, and Acting Clerk to the Board Mary Miller.
9:30:30 AM Chairman Martineau Announcement: Reminder to the public that the meeting is being recorded and streamed over the internet.
9:31:01 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Overview-Status and Summary of Requests for Funding After Preliminary Budget--Cash, Newly Taxable Property, Inflationary Millage, and PILT
9:31:55 AM Discussion and Questions
9:32:48 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Explained a recently submitted expense for the audio & overhead equipment in the Community Room. The quote from Black Box Design outlined the new microphones installed in the portable tables in front-$1,688.00 (materials & labor) and the repair of the overhead projector-$5,290.00 (materials & labor).
9:33:42 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Continued overview
9:35:27 AM Discussion and Questions
9:37:28 AM Commissioner Skinner Fund these two requests for the Courthouse electronics at no more than $7,000 out of PILT.
9:37:43 AM Commissioner White Second
9:37:47 AM Board discussion
9:38:05 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:38:11 AM Discussion between the Commission and Ed Blackman
9:39:45 AM Commissioner Skinner I would be in favor of doing that, I make that motion. ($50,302.00 pay down on the principal for the Fair loan)
9:41:17 AM Commissioner White Second
9:41:20 AM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
9:41:53 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:42:28 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Cash-recommendation is to increase reserves in Public Safety Fund. This fund is growing the most and there is a need to increase that reserve. Currently at 11.35% with $1.8M in reserves and would recommend putting this entire amount into that so it gets closer to 12%.
9:43:09 AM Discussion and Questions
9:45:08 AM Commissioner Skinner Suggesting using all of the $64,000 in cash to boost up the reserves in Public Safety?
9:45:15 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman That would be my recommendation.
9:45:17 AM Commissioner White Make that motion.
9:45:20 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:45:24 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:45:31 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Newly Taxable Property-recommendation to authorize the levying of the full $122,436 and leave in an account which is for Capital Improvements. (DES, Fair, Storage or any other project including the L&J)
9:46:33 AM Discussion and Questions
9:47:22 AM Commissioner Skinner Motion to approve.
9:47:23 AM Commissioner White Second
9:47:25 AM Board discussion
9:47:35 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:47:41 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Inflationary Millage- no recommendation on using those tax dollars
9:48:16 AM Discussion and Questions
9:48:39 AM Commissioner White My motion is not to levy all that we had originally discussed so that would be to reduce the inflationary millage by $53,039.00.
9:48:56 AM Commissioner Skinner Second
9:48:59 AM Board discussion including Ed Blackman
9:50:38 AM Motion passed unanimously.
9:50:42 AM Finance Director Ed Blackman Overview of Fire District increases and other Special Districts
9:55:40 AM Discussion and Questions
10:04:26 AM Meeting adjourned.
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