Called at 6:11. All council present. 8:33 – Fire department, baseball/softball, parks, recycling, street, and zoning department budgets were all approved and balanced. Police and Administration were tabled. 8:40 adjourned.

12/4/2017

Roll call at 6:00 p.m. All present except Barnes. Barnes arrived at 7:10 p.m. Much discussion on police department expenses. Council did not approve 911 and VBC Sheriff request for additional funds. Recorder/Treasurer Dena Malone was asked to figure raises at 2.5% and 3%. Adjourned at 9:13.

12/11/2017

Call at 6:30 p.m. All council present. Department heads reported.

• Airport – Continued work on new entrance for hangars. Jason Hayes reappointed to the commission.
• Animal Control – Officer Pike reported 15 calls in city for the month. Picked up 5 dogs, 6 cats, and issued 5 warnings. Mayor McCormac reported 43 dogs and 6 cats were currently being housed. July to present showed 40 dogs and 34 cats, with 20 rescues and 11 being reunited with owners.
• Fire – Chief Webb reported that we were still under a burn ban. Fire inspections completed for all school buses.
• Parks – Charles Wilson reported a transmission fire to one truck. Insurance will cover it.
• Police – John Willoughby asked and received permission to move $4,423.84 from computer repair to computer hardware line item, 6-0.
• Street – Charles Wilson discussed the limb/leaf pick-up. No action taken.
• Water – Richard Hink asked and received permission to move $60,000 from CD #7558 to Water Department to begin engineering on pole yard hill. Voted to approve 6-0.
• Zoning – Phillip Ellis moved the zoning meetings from 1st Thursday to the 3rd Thursday for efficiency. Jessica Crabtree discussed her contract with the council.

Discussion on CD/CDAR renewals was given to council by Recorder/Treasurer Malone. Decision was made to leave CDs in the general fund until next year 6-0. Christmas bonuses were given to part-time and full-time employees. I.T. contracts were approved to Radio Shack 6-0. Mayor McCormac discussed purchases for new sidewalk light pole, 2 pitching machines, and the increase for the Municipal League Defence Fund. All were approved. Executive session was called at 7:58 p.m. and ended at 8:09 p.m. Approval was given for 20 hours of vacation time cash in for an employee. Adjournment was at 8:11 p.m.

12/14/2017

6:08 p.m.
meeting called with council members Barnes and Lynch absent. The Police and Administration budgets were discussed. Barnes arrived at 7:13 p.m.
Adjourned at 8:01 p.m.

12/18/2017

Meeting called at 5:42 p.m.
All present except Lynch. Water department presented their budget. Richard Hink agreed to adjust the water department’s raise to match the city’s.
The meeting adjourned at 6:01 p.m. to allow A&P to meet. The meeting resumed at 7:05 p.m. The Police Department budget was balanced. The General Fund was reported to be at $1,718, 248.25 with projected expenses at $1,501,854.31, leaving a $216,393.94 surplus. After further discussion, the administration budget was approved. Adjournment at 7:35 p.m.

12/19/2017

Recorder/Treasurer called the meeting at 5:04 p.m. in Mayor McCormac’s absence. 4 council members present. Lynch and Pistole were absent. Discussion was made on the CD set to be moved to the general fund on December 14th. After some discussion, the decision was made to renew the CD at First Service Bank. After the $60,000 was transferred to the Water Department, the CD will begin with a balance of $958,326.72. The motion passed 4-0. Adjournment was at 5:07 p.m.

12/22/2017