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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-10-12-WTB Town of Ulysses Working Town Board Meeting October 12, 2012 Audio at www . ulysses . ny. us Present : Supervisor Roxanne Marino; Councilpersons Elizabeth Thomas and Lucia Tyler; Town Clerk Marsha L. Georgia ilAbsent : Councilmen David Kerness and Kevin Romer Supervisor Marino called the meeting to order at 8 :40 AM . Ms . Marino provided copies of the revised 2013 Tentative Budget and reviewed the changes made after the budget presentation meeting on October 3, 2012 . The following are the changes made . General Salaries: As per Town Board guidance from the 10-3 budget meeting regarding elected official salaries, Ms . Marino made the following modifications to the Tentative Budget presented 10-3 . Note that all of these are in the A fund, as that is where all elected officials salaries are expended : 2 % increase for Justices, TB, and Supervisor 3 % increase for Highway Superintendent 0% for Town Clerk Retirement and Social Security lines are also adjusted, accordingly . Health Insurance: The Board had questions on why some of the funds did not have straight 9% increases in budgeted amounts for health insurance for 2013 relative to 2012 . Ms . Marino made a couple of minor corrections to the estimates for some omission with dental insurance . The Board received a new copy of the health insurance contribution change projections. As per the request of the Town Board on 9-25, 2012 and 10-3 -2012, the revised Tentative Budget assumes 2 CHANGES from 2012 to the health insurance benefit offered to employees and retirees ( in addition to no one-time payment of $ 150 for 2013, and an assumed 9% increase in premium for health, 5% for dental ) : 1 ) Class B employees receive a benefit of 50% of single OR family 2 ) Supervisor is a Class B employee for the purposes of insurance benefits 3 ) Retirees will receive 95% of Single ( 1 retiree) or Medicare-supplement coverage ( 1 retiree ) paid for by the town; no guidance on Family, so I assumed the same 50-50 benefit as currently being paid (to 1 retiree ) . The primary reasons for the differences between 2012 Budget and 2013 revised Tentative Budget health insurance costs are : A FUND — for 2012 we assumed an administrative assistance implement at a 20-35 hour a week level for the full year, and with that person taking family coverage, AND with the Board clarifying the current personnel policy (as was being discussed ) such that the family benefit to class B employees matched that being interpreted for retirees (50% of single or family) . The wording is currently 50% of single . We did not have a class B employee ( Deputy Supervisor) taking the health insurance benefit at family level until August 2012, and the Board has not clarified the family benefit relative to retirees, so the benefit being applied as the town paying 50% of the cost of single coverage . AS SUCH, health insurance was over-budgeted in 2012 relative to the actual cost. The 2013 budget Tentative Budget (and revised Tentative) budgets one class B employee at the current ( 50% of single ) benefit ( note that 2 are eligible under the proposed benefit change as above ) . Cost of one family benefit at 50% town contribution is $ 8,431 per year. DA/DB FUNDS — for 2012, we assumed one FT employee with single coverage, as was the case in the fall of 2011 . However, that employee left after the budget was passed, and for all of 2012 and into 2013 we have a FT employee with family coverage . This is and ^'$ 9,000 increase in health insurance cost in 2012 over budgeted . As it is impossible to assign particular employees to the DA vs . DB fund, the highway employee's health insurance expenditure is distributed over the 2 highway funds in proportion to the salary distribution ( 62 . 5 % in DA, 27 . 5% in DB) . As such, both health insurance expenditure lines have increased in the 2013 budget by more than a straight 9% increase for health insurance / assumed 5 % increase for dental . TB Budget Meeting 2 10/12/2012 B FUND - for 2012 Mr. Rachun' s (family) health insurance was paid as a FT employee and then it was switched to a retiree contribution ( 50% of family) when he was officially retired from FT. As such , the B FUND health insurance was budgeted and expended at a higher amount for 2012 than it will be for 2013 . Additional changes / increases or decreases to revised Tentative Budget by Fund , as per the 10-3 meeting : A FUND (General) Decreased Admin Assistant PS salary to $ 10,000 (-$ 2,726) Increased Contingency to $ 10,000 (+$ 2, 000) Decreased Transfer to Capital Projects Reserve to $ 23,000 ( -$ 2,000) Corrected Appropriation line 1110 . 12 and 1110 .4 ( amount for the Court facilities grant was added into the PS line rather than the CE line ) DB FUND ( Highway Part-Town) Added sales tax (+$ 376 ) to balance the change in health insurance appropriation FIRE PROTECTION FUND Used the budget estimates provided by the Village on 10-3 at the Fire / EMS budget meeting, using the higher cost of the two options (for EMS) . I felt this was most conservative from a total tax levy perspective until we understand the differences between the options in terms of service . TAX RATE Total levy increased to $ 947, 933 ( 1 . 58% increase ), from $ 946, 147 ( 1 . 39% increase ) overall . This reflects both an increase in the General Townwide Funds (A, DA) taxes and a decrease in the levy for Fire / EMS . Ms . Thomas and Ms . Tyler discussed the revised Tentative Budget and were satisfied with the revisions that Ms . Marino had made . Ms . Thomas moved, seconded by Ms . Tyler the following : BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses moves the Tentative budget dated October 9, 2012 to Preliminary Budget . Ms . Marino aye Ms . Thomas aye Ms . Tyler aye Adopted * * Preliminary Budget available at www . ulysses . ny . us Ms . Marino moved, seconded by Ms . Thomas the following : BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses set a date of October 23, 2012 at 6 : 30 PM at the Town Hall 10 Elm Street, Trumansburg, NY for the Public Hearing on the Preliminary Budget . Ms . Marino aye Ms . Thomas aye Ms . Tyler aye Adopted Hearing no further business Ms. Thomas moves, seconded by Ms . Tyler to adjourn the meeting . Unanimously approved, meeting adjourned at 9 :40 PM . 0 TB Budget Meeting 3 10/12/2012 Respectfully submitted, Marsha L. Georgia Ulysses Town Clerk