Special Town Board - Budget Workshop — Minutes

MINUTES SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING—BUDGET WORKSHOP OCTOBER 23, 2024 1. CALL TO ORDER WITH ROLL CALL THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:00PM BY CHAIRMAN SCHOPF WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS RESENT: DALE WIEGAND, MARK GRAUPMAN, ELIZABETH GAUGER, MYLES DANNHAUSEN, STEVE SCHOPF AND CLERK-TREASURER PAM KRAUEL. 2. ADOPT THE AGENDA. DANNHAUSEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 3. OPEN SESSION NO DISCUSSION. 4. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CLERK-TREASURER COMPENSATION PACKAGE. KRAUEL POINTED OUT THAT HER CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SHE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH A SPREADSHEET OF THE CURRENT SALARIES AND SOME INCREASES OF OTHER CLERKS WITHIN THE NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY AREA. DANNHAUSEN MOVED TO INCREASE THE CLERK’S SALARY BY $5,000.00 FOR 2025, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY . 5. CONSIDERATION OF DONATIONS FOR 2025 AFTER DISCUSSION THE TOWN BOARD’S CONSENSUS WAS TO MAKE DONATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR 2025; BIRCH CREEK MUSIC CENTER--$10,000. DCEDC--$5,000. EGG HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY--$10,000, WHICH $5,000 OF THAT IS TO BE USED FOR BOOKS FOR THE BOOKMOBILE. 6. WORKING MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD ON TOWN BUDGET FOR 2025 THE BOARD REVIEWED THE BUDGET SPREADSHEET LINE BY LINE. THIS YEAR’S SPREADSHEET DID INCLUDE THE DEBT SERVICE FOR FIBER INTERNET LOAN WITH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LANDS. WIEGAND MOVED TO SET THE LEVY FOR 2025 AT $759,875.29, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 8. ADJOURNMENT. DANNHAUSEN MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 6:45PM RESPECTFULLY PAM KRAUEL CLERK-TREASURER