Finance Committee

City of Verona Finance Committee City Hall – 111 Lincoln Street Verona, WI 53593-1520 MINUTES FINANCE COMMITTEE JULY 8, 2019 The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Chad Kemp at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room D110 Roll Call: Chairperson Chad Kemp, Alder Kate Cronin and Alder Christine Posey were present Also present: Mayor Luke Diaz, Interim City Administrator Adam Sayre, Accounting Assistant Kelly Pezze, Fire Chief Joe Giver, Police Chief Bernie Coughlin and Jim Ferolie from the Verona Press Public Comment: None Discussion and Possible Action regarding approval of June 24, 2019 Finance Committee minutes: Motion was made by Kemp, seconded by Cronin to approve the June 24, 2019 Finance Committee minutes with no changes noted. Motion carried 3-0. Discussion and Possible Action regarding Updates on the 2020 Budget and Review of Fire and Police Capital Budgets: Chief Giver discussed his capital budget with the committee. Discussion took place regarding the drone and the concerns of the operation of the drone. The replacement vehicle was discussed regarding the possibility of buying a hybrid version. Chief Coughlin passed out a document explaining the Police 2020 capital request. He explained that from the originally requested amount for the vehicles, that was in the Committees handout in their budget binders, there would be an additional $7,800 needed due to the equipment and the model year. Coughlin went through the list of capital items. A discussion took place regarding the need for the body cameras for information and safety with the Committee. The Committee then discussed the goals for the 2020 budget. The Committee would like to try to maintain the taxes the same as last year. They didn’t feel they wanted to commit to any sort of cost of living at this time. Discussion and Possible Action regarding the payment of bills: Motion was made by Kemp, seconded by Posey to approve the payment of bills totaling $536,501.75. Motion carried 3-0. Adjournment: Motion was made by Cronin, seconded by Posey, to adjourn the Finance Committee Meeting at 6:51 p.m. Motion carried 3-0. Respectfully submitted, Brian Lamers CPA Finance Director www.ci.verona.wi.us