City Council Minutes 07-26-2021 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Monday, July 26, 2021— 4:30 p.m.
Bridge Room, Monticello Community Center
Present: Lloyd Hilgart, Jim Davidson, Charlotte Gabler, Sam Murdoff
Absent: Brian Hudgins
Others: Rachel Leonard, Sarah Rathlisberger, Angela Schumann, Matt Leonard, Ron
Hackenmueller, Tom Pawelk, and Jennifer Schreiber
1. Call to Order
Mayor Hilgart called special meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
2. Budget Review
Rachel Leonard, City Administrator, gave a brief introduction for the budget workshop,
the second workshop on the 2022 budget.
Sarah Rathlisberger, Finance Director, provided information on capital projects and
funding options. Equipment expenditures for items between $500 and $10,000 are
recorded as small tools and equipment and are funded as supplies with current
revenues. Larger projects are considered capital projects and can be funded by a variety
of ways such as through levy increase, debt issuance, grants, capital reserves, money
transfers, franchise fees, or local option sales tax.
The City Council had general discussion about assessments, selling property, downtown
development and Bertram Chain of Lakes complex.
Tom Pawelk commented on the need for surveillance cameras in parks. The parks have
had a significant increase in vandalism and the cost to the City keeps increasing.
There was continued discussion about funding large projects such as a Water Treatment
Facility and the Fallon Avenue trunk sewer line. As part of the discussion, a local option
sales tax was mentioned. The City Council expressed support to research this funding
mechanism.
3. Adjournment
By consensus, the meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
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City Council Special Meeting Minutes —July 26, 2021