City Council

ram southburlington VERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL 6 FEBRUARY 2025 The South Burlington City Council held a special meeting on Thursday, 6 February 2025, at 3: 30 p. m., in the Auditorium, 180 Market Street, and by Zoom. MEMBERS PRESENT: T. Barritt, Chair; A. Chalnick, E. Fitzgerald, M. Scanlan, L. Smith ALSO PRESENT: J. Baker, City Manager; Martha Machar, Finance Director; R. Doyle, J. Boulay, F. MacDonald, N. Hoffman, J. Hunt, H. Hunter, J. Weichel 1. Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 2. Instructions on exiting building in case of emergency and review of technology option: Ms. Baker provided instructions on emergency exit from the building and reviewed technology options. 3. Additions, deletions or changes in the order of Agenda items: Item # 8 was deleted from the Agenda. 4. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda: Mr. Doyle commented on appointments considered by those who donated to campaigns. 5. Hold interviews for Committee appointments to the Natural Resources and Conservation Committee: PAGE 1 The Council interviewed the following candidates for appointments to the Natural Resources and Conservation Committee: 1. Francis MacDonald 2. Jean Hunt 3. Jessica Wilke 4. Noah Hoffman Mr. Barritt explained that there will be additional interviews at the next Council meeting after which the Council will make decisions and notify all applicants of those decisions. 5. Receive and accept the FY24 Audit from RHR Smith: Mr. Boulay said this is his first year of serving as the City' s Audit Manager. He then showed a copy of the financial statement and noted that both the General Fund and CIP are about the same as last year. The audit found no significant changes in the City' s net position and proprietary funds. Fund balances did increase in the city' s enterprise funds. The long term debt included the new TIF bond payment. Mr. Boulay noted that some areas of the budget were overspent, but increased revenues of $ 524, 000 more than covered this over expenditures. Ms. Baker stressed that the over- expenditures and the funds to cover them were within a program area, and no department budget was overspent. Mr. Boulay congratulated the city on a clean single audit. He said policies are being followed, and there are no red flags. Note: Ms. Fitzgerald left the meeting at this point) Ms. Baker congratulated Ms. Machar and her team. Ms. Hunter added her praise to City staff and said the City' s rating is the highest that a municipality can achieve. Mr. Scanlan said he was very reassured, and this audit was important as the city will be voting on the FY26 budget. CITY COUNCIL 6 February 2025 PAGE 2 Mr. Smith noted that there is an Aviation Fund of $ 878, 000 from the sale of aviation fuel which can be used for Airport improvements. Mr. Scanlan then moved to accept the FH24 Audit Mr. Smith as presented. seconded. The motion passed 4- 0. 6. Other Business: No other business was presented. As there was no further business to come before the Council Mr. Scanlan moved to adjourn. Mr. Smith seconded. Motion passed 4- 0. The meeting was adjourned at 4: 53 p. m. Glerk' c - CITY COUNCIL 6 February 2025 PAGE 3