Gardiner Sanitary District
Budget Meeting
May 24, 2012
Meeting called to order by Dennis Conger, present were Board Members Jackie Degman, Charlotte Hinshaw, Mike Quartararo, Marc Fullhart, and Dixie Hash. Budget Committee Members present were Dennis Conger (Budget Committee Chairman), Kathy Quartararo (Budget Committee Secretary), Mary Chambers, George Degman, and (arriving 18 minutes late) Ray Davenport.
Written copies of the proposed budget were circulated.
Minutes from the May 3, 2012 Budget Meeting were read. Dennis motioned to accept the minutes with changes, Jackie seconded. The motion passed with a unanimous voice vote.
Dixie mentioned that the Budget Committee minutes are posted on the blog and are also available from the Gardiner Sanitary District office. A form will be available for requests for minutes. Kathy asked if the local library has a computer available to the public who may want to review the minutes. Dixie said there was.
Dennis then requested a discussion about the Reserved Fund and Resources numbers of the proposed budget. Dennis asked if anyone had any new information other than what was in the preliminary budget. Jackie said she wanted to discuss the monies paid to Reedsport. The group agreed the numbers represented in the proposed budget are close to expectations.
Dennis then asked if it was possible to see what Reedsport has proposed in their budget. Dixie said that in the preliminary bill, Reedsport has a Debt Service item that shouldn't be on this bill. It should be located under Operation and Maintenance.
Dennis explained Reedsport is, in fact, billing for everything, which is evident when you add up all charges on the preliminary bill. He said the whole total is what matters. Reedsport handled it by putting the totals together, rather than itemizing. After the discussion, George motioned to push back the 120,000 for operating expenses and change it to 37,000. Kathy seconds, the motion passed with a unanimous voice vote.
George then suggested we make the change to the Operating Contingency section of the proposed budget. Dennis motioned to except changes and moved to change 84,000 to line 15. Kathy seconded and the motion passed with unanimous voice vote.
At that point, George motioned to close the budget meeting. Kathy seconded, and the motion passed with unanimous voice vote.
Dennis then stated we have approved a very realistic budget.
Submitted by Kathy Quartararo (Budget Committee Secretary)
