MINUTES
Special Meeting of the City Council
City of Butler, Pennsylvania
November 5, 2014
Mayor Donaldson called this special meeting to order at 6:31 PM. Mayor Donaldson and Councilwomen Readie, Kline, and Councilmen May and Schontz attended the meeting.
The purpose of this special meeting was to discuss the budget for Fiscal Year 2015 and to conduct other business as Council might deem appropriate.
Beginning with the General Fund revenue, council went through each department by line item in the budget. There is $1,115,000.00 in tax revenue not realized from tax-exempt properties in the city. There was discussion concerning the tax abatement schedule and revenue lost due to the schedule. This program will be under review.
Council then went through the General Fund expenses. There are several line items that are driven by the three collective bargaining agreements and may or may not change once the agreements are settled.
There were several minor changes to the initial line items.
CM Schontz was upset that no paving had been listed on the Capital Projects Fund budget. There are several streets in desperate need of repair.
The budget has a $1 million deficit, so there will be several adjustments made.
A proposed, balanced budget and three enabling ordinances will be submitted to City Council on November 18th in accordance with the 2015 budget timeline.
Mayor Donaldson adjourned the meeting at 9:28 PM.
