HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-13-14 Special Common Council Meeting AgendaOFFICIAL NOTICE OF MEETING
A Special meeting of the Common Council will be held on Thursday, November 13,
2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers at City Hall, 108 East Green
Street, Ithaca, New York. Your attendance is requested.
AGENDA
1. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:
1.2 Discussion of Proposed Amendments to the Mayor's 2015 Budget
1.3 Adoption of 2015 Budget - Resolution
1.4 Adoption of 2015 Tax Rate - Resolution
1.5 Adoption of 2015 Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant Budget - Resolution
2. NEW BUSINESS:
3. ADJOURNMENT:
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Julie Conley Holcomb, CMC
City Clerk
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to fully participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk at 274-6570 at least 48
hours before the meeting.
Date: November 7, 2014
1.1 Adoption of 2015 Budget - Resolution
WHEREAS, this Common Council is now considering adoption of the Amended
Executive Budget for 2015 as approved by the Committee of the Whole, and
WHEREAS, it is the consensus of this Common Council that the total appropriations
and estimated revenues, as set forth in said Amended Executive Budget for 2015, and
as those amounts may be altered by action of this Common Council at its November 13,
2014 meeting, are adequate for the operation of the City during 2015; now, therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That this Common Council accepts and approves said Amended
Executive Budget for 2015, together with any additional changes made in said budget at
Council's November 13, 2014 meeting as the City of Ithaca Budget for 2015, in the total
amount of $65,934,799, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the following sections of the 2015 Budget be approved:
A) General Fund Appropriations
B) Water Fund Appropriations
C) Sewer Fund Appropriations
D) Solid Waste Fund Appropriations
E) Sidewalk Special District Fund Appropriations
F) Stormwater Drainage Special District Fund Appropriations
G) General Fund Revenues
H) Water Fund Revenues
I) Sewer Fund Revenues
J) Solid Waste Fund Revenues
K) Sidewalk Special District Fund Revenue
L) Stormwater Drainage Special District Fund Revenue
M) Debt Retirement Schedule
N) Capital Projects
O) Schedule of Salaries and Positions - General Fund
P) Schedule of Salaries and Positions - Water & Sewer Fund
Q) Schedule of Salaries and Positions - Sidewalk Special District Fund
R) Schedule of Salaries and Positions - Solid Waste Fund
S) Schedule of Salaries and Positions – Stormwater Drainage Special District
Fund
T) Authorized Equipment - General Fund
U) Authorized Equipment - Water Fund
V) Authorized Equipment - Sewer Fund
W) Authorized Equipment - Solid Waste Fund
X) Authorized Equipment - Sidewalk Special District Fund Balance
Y) Authorized Equipment - Stormwater Drainage Special District Fund
1.2 Adoption of 2015 Tax Rate – Resolution
WHEREAS, the 2015 City of Ithaca Budget was approved, adopted, and confirmed in the total
amount of $65,934,799 on November 13, 2014, in accordance with a detailed Budget on file in
the Office of the City Controller, and
WHEREAS, available and estimated revenues total $44,615,581 leaving $21,319,218 as the
amount to be raised by taxation, and
WHEREAS, the Assessment Roll for 2015 certified and filed by the Assessment Department of
Tompkins County, has been footed and approved and shows the total net taxable valuation as
$1,660,375,229 and
WHEREAS, under Charter provisions, the tax limit for City purposes amounts to $31,062,604 for
2015; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the tax rate for general purposes, for the fiscal year 2015, be, and the same
hereby is, established and fixed at $12.84 per $1,000 of taxable valuation as shown, certified
and extended against the respective properties on the 2015, Tax Roll, thereby making a total
tax levy, as near as may be, of $21,319,218, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the amount of said tax levy be spread, and the same hereby is levied upon
and against the respective properties as shown on said City Tax Roll, in accordance with their
respective net taxable valuation, at the rate of $12.84 per $1,000 of such taxable valuation, and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the City Chamberlain be, and hereby is, directed to extend and apportion the
City Tax as above, and that upon the completion of the extension of said Roll, the City Clerk
shall prepare a warrant on the City Chamberlain for the collection of said levy; and the Mayor
and the City Clerk hereby are authorized and directed to sign and affix the corporate seal to
such warrant and forthwith to file the same with said Tax Roll with the City Chamberlain, and be
it further
RESOLVED, That upon the execution and filing of said warrant and Tax Roll with the City
Chamberlain, the amounts of the City Tax set opposite each and every property shall hereby
become liens, due, payable and collectible in accordance with provisions of the City Charter and
other laws applicable thereto, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the total sum of $65,934,799 be appropriated in accordance with the adopted
Budget to the respective Boards, Offices, and Departments of the City, for the purposes
respectively set forth therein. The 2015 Assessment Roll has been completed and approved by
the Assessment Department of Tompkins County and resulted in the following valuation:
Total Value of Real Property $4,105,188,978
Less: Value of Exempt Property $2,470,872,000
$1,634,316,978
Plus: Value of Special Franchises $26,058,251
Net Value of Taxable Property $1,660,375,229
1.3 Adoption of 2015 Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant Budget -
Resolution
WHEREAS, this Common Council is now considering adoption of the Amended Joint
Activity Fund Budget for 2015 as approved by the Committee of the Whole, and
WHEREAS, it is the consensus of this Common Council that the total appropriations
and estimated revenues, as set forth in said Amended Joint Activity Fund Budget for
2015 and as those amounts may be altered by action of the Common Council at its
November 13, 2014 meeting, are adequate for the operation of the Ithaca Area
Wastewater Treatment Plant during 2015; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Common Council accepts and approves said Amended Joint
Activity Fund Budget for 2015, together with any additional changes made in said
budget at Council’s November 13, 2014 meeting, as the Ithaca Area Wastewater
Treatment Plant Joint Activity Fund Budget for 2015, in the total amount of $3,780,756,
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the following sections of the 2015 Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment
Plant Joint Activity Fund Budget be approved:
A) Joint Activity Fund Appropriations
B) Joint Activity Fund Revenues
C) Schedule of Salaries and Positions – Joint Activity Fund
D) Authorized Equipment – Joint Activity Fund