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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBudget Meeting Minutes 2017-10-18 BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CITY OF ITHACA, NEW YORK Budget Meeting #3 6:27 p.m. 10/18/2017 PRESENT: Alderperson Mohlenhoff – Chair Alderpersons (9): Brock, Fleming, Gearhart, Kerslick, Decatur, McGonigal, Murtagh, Nguyen, Smith EXCUSED: Mayor Myrick OTHERS PRESENT: Chief of Staff – Cogan Controller – Thayer Deputy Controller – Andrew Hangar Theatre Board Chair – Mary Beth Bunge Hangar Theatre Artistic Director – Michael Barakiva MRC Youth Fellows (5) – Emma Dennis, Ahja Haedicke, Anacheliz Gonzalez, Lyla Zusman, and Viola Jones GIAC Director – McBean-Clairborne GIAC Deputy Directors (2) – Phillips and Brooks Youth Bureau Director – Klohmann Youth Bureau Deputy Directors (2) – Dalterio and Tabor Director of Planning and Development – Cornish Director of Code Enforcement – Niechwiadowicz Discussion of the Mayor’s Budget Alderperson Mohlenhoff called for a motion to take from the table the motion to approve the Mayor’s budget to allow Common Council to continue discussion of the budget. A motion to take from the table the motion to approve Mayor’s budget was made by Alderperson Fleming, Seconded by Alderperson Kerslick. A vote on the motion resulted as follows: Passed unanimously (10-0). There was a discussion with the Hangar Theatre about their financial situation and the relationship between the City, which owns the building, and the Hangar Theatre, which made improvements to the building several years ago. There was a discussion with the Multicultural Resource Center Youth Fellows about their Participatory Budgeting pilot program, for which the Mayor has recommended $10,000 in the proposed budget. There was a discussion with GIAC. Budget Committee of the Whole Page 2 10/18/17 There was a discussion with the Youth Bureau, including a discussion of the $100,000 capital project toward the enclosure of the Cass Park Rink. There was a discussion with the Department of Planning, Building and Development, including the request above the Mayor’s budget for two additional housing inspectors. Council made some additions to the list of potential changes to the budget. Meeting Wrap-up A motion to lay on the table the motion to approve the budget was made by Alderperson Kerslick, Seconded by Alderperson Smith. A vote on the motion resulted as follows: Passed unanimously (10-0). Next Meeting Date October 25, 2016 Adjournment With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m.