Common Council Meeting -- 03.20.2023

Submitted to council by: Councilmember Friend Proposed Ordinance No. 5 Submitted to council on: 03 / 07 / 23 Proposed Resolution No. Sent to Council Attorney on: 03 / 07 / 23 Thursday Rule Waiver Required? N Date of Legislation: 03 / 15 / 23 Explanation provided to council on: / / CITY OF UTICA Department of Legislation Common Council Sponsored by: Councilmembers Friend, Betrus COMMON COUNCIL CHANGES FY 2023-2024 E&A APPROVED ANNUAL ESTIMATE BE IT ORDAINED, That the Annual Estimate is hereby amended as follows: Dept/Bureau Account # Account Title From To Change Non Property Tax A403-111001 City Sales Tax $18,700,000 $18,850,000 $150,000 Items Infrastructure A57130-441 Contractual/Storm $100,000 $250,000 $150,000 Water Rationale: To adequately prepare to reduce the risk of flooding MEMBERS AYES NAYS MEMBERS AYES NAYS ADOPTED OR DISAPPROVED BY 1 K. Aiello 6 J. Betrus THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 2 R. Burmaster 7 M. Williamson AYES NAYS 3 C. Friend 8 S. Colosimo-Testa DATE ADOPTED / / 2023 4 F. Meola 9 F. DiBrango 5 V. Ervin 10 M. Galime  Submitted to council by: Councilmember Colosimo-Testa Proposed Ordinance No. 37 Submitted to council on: 3 /15 / 23 Proposed Resolution No. Sent to Council Attorney on: 3 /15 / 23 Thursday Rule Waiver Required? Y Date of Legislation: 3 /15 / 23 Explanation provided to council on: / / CITY OF UTICA Department of Legislation Common Council Sponsored by: Councilmember – Colosimo-Testa COMMON COUNCIL CHANGES IN 2023-2024 E & A APPROVED ANNUAL ESTIMATE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the Annual Estimate is hereby amended as follows: Dept./Bureau Account # Account Title From To Change General Contingency Fund A5999-99 $250,000 $180,000 -$70,000 Rationale: Supplement Contract Proposal for SSHS Contract MEMBERS AYES NAYS MEMBERS AYES NAYS ADOPTED OR DISAPPROVED BY 1 K. Aiello 6 J. Betrus THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 2 R. Burmaster 7 M. Williamson AYES NAYS 3 C. Friend 8 S. Colosimo-Testa DATE ADOPTED / / 2023 4 F. Meola 9 F. DiBrango 5 V. Ervin 10 M. Galime  Submitted to council by: Councilmember Colosimo-Testa Proposed Ordinance No. 38 Submitted to council on: 3 /15 / 23 Proposed Resolution No. Sent to Council Attorney on: 3 /15 / 23 Thursday Rule Waiver Required? Y Date of Legislation: 3 /15 / 23 Explanation provided to council on: / / CITY OF UTICA Department of Legislation Common Council Sponsored by: Councilmember – Colosimo-Testa COMMON COUNCIL CHANGES IN 2023-2024 E & A APPROVED ANNUAL ESTIMATE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the Annual Estimate is hereby amended as follows: Dept./Bureau Account # Account Title From To Change Payments to outside Agency A57989484 Humane Society $120,000 $250,000 $130,000 Rationale: Supplement Contract Proposed by the Steven Swan Humane Society MEMBERS AYES NAYS MEMBERS AYES NAYS ADOPTED OR DISAPPROVED BY 1 K. Aiello 6 J. Betrus THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 2 R. Burmaster 7 M. Williamson AYES NAYS 3 C. Friend 8 S. Colosimo-Testa DATE ADOPTED / / 2023 4 F. Meola 9 F. DiBrango 5 V. Ervin 10 M. Galime  Submitted to council by: Councilmember Colosimo-Testa Proposed Ordinance No. 39 Submitted to council on: 3 /15 / 23 Proposed Resolution No. Sent to Council Attorney on: 3 /15 / 23 Thursday Rule Waiver Required? Y Date of Legislation: 3 /15 / 23 Explanation provided to council on: / / CITY OF UTICA Department of Legislation Common Council Sponsored by: Councilmember – Colosimo-Testa COMMON COUNCIL CHANGES IN 2023-2024 E & A APPROVED ANNUAL ESTIMATE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the Annual Estimate is hereby amended as follows: Dept./Bureau Account # Account Title From To Change Mayor A5121 101 Salaries $284,071 $224,071 -$60,000 Rationale: Partial Funding of Chief of Staff Salary MEMBERS AYES NAYS MEMBERS AYES NAYS ADOPTED OR DISAPPROVED BY 1 K. Aiello 6 J. Betrus THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 2 R. Burmaster 7 M. Williamson AYES NAYS 3 C. Friend 8 S. Colosimo-Testa DATE ADOPTED / / 2023 4 F. Meola 9 F. DiBrango 5 V. Ervin 10 M. Galime  Submitted to council by: Board of E&A Proposed Ordinance No. Submitted to council on: 02 / 06 / 23 Proposed Resolution No. Sent to Council Attorney on: 02 / 06 / 23 Thursday Rule Waiver Required? N Date of Legislation: 02 / 15 / 23 Explanation provided to council on: / / CITY OF UTICA Department of Legislation Common Council Sponsored by: Councilmembers Meola, Williamson ANNUAL ESTIMATE 2023-2024 BE IT ORDAINED, that the Annual Estimate for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year submitted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the estimated revenues and expenditures of the city for the fiscal year, including the revenues which, in the judgement of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, will be received during the year of the amount of the sinking fund available for paying indebtedness and of the unexpended balance, and also being an estimate of the expenditures which the Board of Estimate and Apportionment deems necessary to provide for the expense of conducting the business of the City in each board bureau, department and office thereof, and of the various purpose contemplated by law and to pay the principal and interest of bonded indebtedness falling due in the year 2023-2024 and for judgments recovered against the City, and the 48th Year Entitlement 2023-2024 under the Community Development Block Grant Program, be and the same hereby is, approved and adopted and approves the submission of the 2023-2024 Forty-Eight Year Entitlement Community Development Block Grant program as presented and authorizes the Mayor to take all actions necessary for the implementation of the program. The items and sums enumerated in all of the columns, except the column labeled "Approved by Estimate and Apportionment" of said Annual Estimates are in the nature of estimates and are not to be considered as appropriations, they being employed for the guidance of office, bureau, and department heads. With the exception of those particular items and sums more specifically identified in "Addendum A" attached hereto and made part hereof, the several items and sums stated in the column labeled "Approved by E&A" of said Annual Estimate as the estimated expenditures are hereby appropriated in the amounts and for the several offices, bureaus, departments and purposes as therein specified for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. Those particular items and sums particularly set forth in the "Addendum A" are not appropriated in the sum specified in the Annual Estimate for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year as submitted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment but are hereby appropriated in the amounts particularly set forth in the said "Addendum A". The several sums enumerated in the Annual Estimate and the several items and sums thereof modified as specified in "Addendum A" as estimated revenues, and the monies to be raised by taxation, in addition thereto as contained in the Annual Estimate and "Addendum A", to pay the expense of conducting the business of the City, and for the purpose contemplated by law, are hereby appropriated and shall become applicable in the amount in the Annual Estimate as modified by "Addendum A" for the purpose of meeting said appropriations. The amount of $29,962.966 as set forth and specified in the said Annual Estimate as modified by "Addendum A" is hereby determined to be the Tax Budget to be raised by general City Tax for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. MEMBERS AYES NAYS MEMBERS AYES NAYS ADOPTED OR DISAPPROVED BY 1 K. Aiello 6 J. Betrus THE FOLLOWING VOTE: 2 R. Burmaster 7 M. Williamson AYES NAYS 3 C. Friend 8 Colosimo-Testa DATE ADOPTED / / 2023 4 F. Meola 9 F. DiBrango 5 V. Ervin 10 M. Galime