Finance Committee Meeting Minutes
Glynn County
Board of Commissioners
10:30 A.M.,
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Third Floor Conference Room
W. Harold Pate Courthouse Annex
Brunswick, Georgia
Present:
Committee Members: H. Lynn, U. Keller, and T. Thaw
Other
Commissioners: C. Johnson
Staff: D. Chunn, M. Doering, T. Henderson, D. Newbern, J. Pereles, J.
Peterson, B. Rowell, S. Schaeffner, C. Stewart,
S. Trautz, A. Thomas W. Worley
Press: M. Permar and Josh Rayburn
Others: Velmon Allen
1. Consider approval of the Consent Agenda.
a) Approve
the March 29, 2005 Finance Committee Minutes.
b) Approve the real property corrections to the
2002 and 2004 Digests and the personal property corrections for the 2001, 2002,
2003 and 2004 Digests as recommended by the Board of Assessors and/or the Chief
Appraiser at their March 23, 2005 meeting.
c) Approve the real property correction to the
2003 Digest as recommended by the Board of Assessors and/or the Chief Appraiser
at their April 6, 2005 meeting.
The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend approval of the
consent agenda. (Vote: 3-0-0)
2.
Consider
adopting a Resolution of support for filing a 2005 CHIP application for
$300,000 to continue the elderly housing rehabilitation initiative. Glynn
County will be in a position to recoup up to $15,000 in administrative
expenses, and the SE Ga. CDC will be in a position to provide “project
delivery” services for the project.
Grants Coordinator Dick Newbern presented the
request for the 2005 CHIP application.
He explained the program and the County’s role. Southeast Georgia Community Development
Corporation Executive Director Velmon Allen discussed the organization’s
methods of selecting recipients.
Commissioners asked questions of the two presenters.
The following motion made by Commissioner Thaw and
seconded by Commissioner Keller passed unanimously.
Recommend adopting a
Resolution of support for filing a 2005 CHIP application for $300,000 to
continue the elderly housing rehabilitation initiative. (Vote: 3-0-0)
3.
Consider
authorizing the filing of a $48,549 federal grant application to the U.S. Dept. of
Justice under the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program, and that the County
match the amount with $4,855 (10%).
Grants Coordinator Dick Newbern presented the request for the grant
application. Police Chief Matt Doering
discussed how these grant funds had been used in the past.
The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend authorizing the
filing of a $48,549 federal grant application to the U.S. Dept. of Justice under the
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program, and that the County match the amount
with $4,855 (10%) to be funded by seized funds.
(Vote: 3-0-0)
4.
Consider
approving an increase to the fuel budget of $100,000 with funding to be
provided by the General Fund fund balance in order to ensure sufficient fuel
for the last three months of FY05.
The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend hearing an additional item from the Fire
Department concerning fuel budget.
(Vote: 3-0-0)
Public Works Director Joe Pereles presented the
request for additional funding for fuel costs based on the recent hike in fuel
prices. The request includes $84,000 for
gasoline and $16,000 for diesel fuel for all County vehicles with the exception
of those assigned to the Fire Department.
Funding will come from the General Fund fund balance.
The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend approving an
increase to the fuel budget of $100,000 with funding to be provided by the
General Fund fund balance in order to ensure sufficient fuel for the last three
months of FY05. (Vote: 3-0-0)
Fire Chief Al Thomas requested an increase for
additional funding for fuel costs based on the recent hike in fuel prices. The request includes $13,900 for gasoline and
diesel from the Fire Fund fund balance and $2,276 for gasoline and diesel fuel
from the General Fund fund balance for all EMS
vehicles.
The following motion made by Commissioner Keller
and seconded by Commissioner Thaw passed unanimously.
Recommend approval of the
budget increase for Fire Department and EMS
(Emergency Medical Services) fuel expenditures of $13,900 with funding to be
provided by the Fire Protection Fund fund balance and $2, 276 with funding to
be provided by the General Fund fund balance.
(Vote: 3-0-0)
6.Request that Chairman Lynn identify the Finance Committee items which
should be included as consent items in the Commission’s Meeting Agenda.
Chairman Lynn identified items 1, 2 and 3 as consent agenda items. He asked that item 4 and the added item from
the Fire Department be referred to the Board of Commissioners for discussion.