Board of Aldermen Page 11
August 9, 2016
Alderman Siegel
| will differ with my colleagues point about without a cap this would be necessary. Any time you want to
appropriate funds that cross different budget years we are required to put them in these types of
vehicles, whether there is a cap or not. That’s not part of the equation. You may think that’s the case
but it’s how we transfer money (inaudible) across budget years.
Alderman Schoneman
The end result of setting up this fund, there’s no point of having a bucket if you don’t put money into it,
that’s what it is for. | know there’s going to be a separate vote and there’s no money associated with it
but that’s what it is for. The end result is that $900,000 more would be spent next year than the cap
would otherwise allow. Can | ask for a roll call please?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Wilshire, Alderman Clemons, Alderman Deane, 11
Alderman Cookson, Alderman Dowd, Alderman Caron,
Alderman Siegel, Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja, Alderman O’Brien,
Alderman Lopez, Alderman McCarthy
Nay: Alderman Schoneman, Alderman McGuinness, Alderman LeBrun, 4
Alderman Moriarty
MOTION CARRIED
Resolution R-16-045 declared duly adopted.
R-16-047
Endorsers: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman Ken Siegel
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
Alderman Richard A. Dowd
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY TREASURER TO ISSUE BONDS NOT TO EXCEED
THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) FOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS
AT THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT FOUR HILLS LANDFILL
Given its second reading;
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN MELIZZI-GOLJA FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF R-16-047 BY ROLL CALL
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Schoneman
This came through the Budget Review Committee and | voted for it at that time with some reservations
and | still have them. There are three projects that this $1 million is to fund and two of them are normally,
according to Treasurer Fredette, part of the operating budget and | understand that the expenses that
are normally part of the operating budget are done frequently. | question whether or not the work we are
going to do in those areas now really will last for 20 years if we are going to do it again next year.
Secondly, | think we need to be very careful about putting things that ought to be in the operating budget
into a bond.
