Village of Cambridge Committee of the Whole met April 15.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
Call to Order: 6:00 pm
Meeting Adjourned 8:20 pm
ATTENDANCE
PUBLIC COMMENTS - LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES PER PERSON –
I. Finance
a) Discussion of new water treatment plant testing with Dalton Whittington
Dalton Whittington is an HMO operator in Geneseo and would like to offer a proposal options for the 2019 year as an operator for the Cambridge HMO plant. He offers three different options based on the number of visits per month. Dalton would work is visits during the evening or weekends. Dalton's rate is fairly low as he realizes we are a small town and wants to make this work for everyone. We will need to vote on this in May.
b) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
With all of our expenses imputed in the projectable budget we are low in the general account and we are low in motor fuel. TIF is accurate and doing well. Water is still down a little and motor fuel is depleted. We are down in legal services by $13,000.00 from last year. We will need to pay out more in building permits this year as we have a new building inspector who is inspecting more buildings. If we decide to update our website that will go up as well. We have had some injuries so our insurance will most likely go up in January 2020. The Façade program is already in this budget. The money we put in for engineering the roads in the commercial park is $103,000.00 we could take out and wait another year to do that project. We will need to purchase a new office computer and may need to be on a rotating timeline for updated computers. We are committed to doing the exchange street project so we will have to find those funds somewhere else since motor fuel is low. The health insurance cost is based on current employees not any future employees so that may go up or down depending on hiring needs. Tree removal will be larger than normal this year as well. Snow removal can be higher if we have another year like we had this year. We have some updates to the parks that we will need to be done this year with a cost of about $15,000.00
II. PUBLIC SAFETY
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Discussed the need for a new police car and if we can put that into the budget for this year. ESDA is requesting new radios and we discussed possibly waiting until next year.
III. PARKS
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Park committee believes that $15,000.00 should be enough for parks this year. We are also committed to completing the Bandshell.
IIII. BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Proposed Budget Template Discussed
V. CEMETERY
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Proposed Budget Template Discussed
VI. REFUSE
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Proposed Budget Template Discussed
VII. WATER/SEWER
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget Discussed the budget needs for the year. We may be able to cut Cloud Point services. This would save us $3600.00. We are having some problems with the handhelds and will have to budget for new ones this year.
VIII. STREETS AND ALLEYS
a). Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Proposed Budget Template Discussed
VIIII. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Proposed Budget Template Discussed
X PERSONNEL
a) Discussion of 2019/2020 Budget
Discussed the need to hire for the public works department.
Note- the Committee of the Whole is for discussion and no action on any items will be taken at this meeting.
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