City Council Committee Agendas

Mount Vernon Finance Committee Parks & Enrichment Services Committee Minutes September 28, 2022 Councilmember Hudson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: Councilmembers – Brocksmith, Carías, Hudson, Hulst, Molenaar, and Morales 1. Meeting minutes from August 24, 2022, were approved. 2. Finance – Doug Volesky a. 2023 Budget i. First reviewed current year revenue projections for sales tax, TBD and REET and they are all still coming in strong. ii. Doug also reviewed the 2023 budget calendar and as scheduled reviewed the 2023 revenue estimates with Council including going over the revenue policy as well as the sources for revenue estimations. iii. Overall, revenues are fairly consistent with current year revenues. The major increase in overall revenues is due to the funding coming in for the Library Commons Project estimated to be received in 2023. iv. Discussion on how Council would like to view the 2023 budget now that they can review all online with the new budgeting software. v. Lastly discussed alternate funding options utilizing the State Department of Treasurer’s capital loan program for the Library Commons Project. 3. Parks and Enrichment Services – Jennifer Berner a. Sherman Anderson Backstop Project i. Staff and TRICO worked through engineering concerns regarding the 65 ft. steel poles that will have 15 ft. outriggers attached on top. ii. A different type of footing is being recommended due to the potential for high ground water and load considerations iii. The footing change increased the cost of the budget by $29,788. This increase is covered through the current parks CIP funds. b. Little Mountain Trail Closure i. The Bonnie and Clyde Trail that has been closed since last November if OPEN! ii. PSE and Potelco replaced two poles and moved the lines (Comcast, Ziply, City) on the upper pole by the parking lot iii. Comcast moved their line on the lower pole, which allowed the City to open the Bonnie and Clyde Trail. iv. Ziply and City still need to move the last two lines on the lower pole. City cannot move our line until Ziply moves theirs. Staff is working with Ziply and hopes to have the line moved sometime next week.  v. Once the last two lines are moved the old pole will need to be removed. c. Review of Summer Programs i. There was a combination of 22 sports camps and nature camps offered this summer with a total of 423 kids participating ii. 7 weeks of free, drop-in Recreation programming was offered at a variety of locations throughout the summer with a total of 925 youth participating iii. 6 Family Fun Nights were offered at Edgewater Park with 100 or more people coming out to each event. iv. 3 Drive-In Movies, 4th of July Event, Youth Arts Festival were great successes. 4. Miscellaneous, for the good of the order a. None. The meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m. Submitted by: Doug Volesky Doug Volesky