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Committee: Fairhope Financial Advisory Committee
Date & Time: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 4:45 p.m.
Place: Delchamps Room
161 North Section Street
Subject: See Posted Agenda
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City of Fairhope Financial Advisory Committee
Agenda-Monday, September 27, 2010
4:45 p.m. in the Delchamps Room
City Hall -161 N. Section St., Fairhope, AL
1. Approval of Minutes for August 23 , 2010
2. Review of cost reduction projects, as follow-up from May 17 City Council
Workshop
3 . Final Review-Proposed Budget for FY2011
Schedule Of Future Meetings
(Note: Regular meetings are on the 4th Monday of each month at 4:45 p.m. in the
Delchamps Room at City Hall, 161 N. Section St., Fairhope, AL.)
• Next regular meeting: Monday, October 25 , 2010
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF BALDWIN
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The Financial Advisory Committee met at 4:45 p.m.,
City Hall , Delchamps Room, 161 North Section Street,
Fairhope , Alabama 36532 , on Monday, 27 September 2010 .
Present were:
Chuck Zunk, Chairman
Members: Stan Grubin , Mac McCawley, Marvin Wilder, John Brown, and Mayor Kant.
Ex-Officio Members: Debbie Quinn, Dan Stankoski, Lonnie Mixon , Mike Ford , and
Rick Kingrea.
Dick K wapil was absent.
Chuck Zunk called the meeting to order at 4:45 p.m. He announced that the first item
is to approve the minutes from the August 23 , 2010 Financial Adv is ory Committee
meeting. Marvin Wilder moved to appro v e the minutes from the August 23 , 2010
Fairhope Financial Advisory Committee meeting . Seconded by Stan Grubin , motion
passed unanimously by voice vote.
The next item on the agenda was the review of cost reduction projects , as follow-up
from May 17 , 2010 City Council Work Session. City Administrator Gregg Mims
discussed and highlighted the numerous cost reductions either in place or possibly being
put in place in the future , i.e . RFP for mowing/grass cutting, garage inventory of
equipment with possible RFP , and we are being the process for debt collections. James
Gillespie , General Superintendent, explained a possible way to cut do wn on collections
would be to increase the deposits in the beginning; and if the current customer did not
pay bill , the new deposit for turning back on would be larger.
The next item on the agenda was the Proposed Budget for fiscal year 2010-2011.
Stan Grubin briefly went over the highlights of the budget which the Budget Committee
proposed. Marvin Wilder moved to recommend the budget to the City Council for
approval. Mac Mccawley seconded the motion.
Questions were raised about the Mayor not being involved in the budget process and
the meetings not being transparent. Mr. Zunk stated that all meetings were in public ; and
notices were published and sent to media. We may or may not outsource garbage, but the
decision was made to budget three months and the balance would be adjusted for the rest
of the year.
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Financial Advisory Committee
Monday, 27 September 2010
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Mr. Zunk stated we have a motion and a second to recommend the proposed budget for
approval by the City Council , motion passed unanimously by voice vote.
Marvin Wilder moved to adjourn the meeting . Seconded by Mac McCawley, motion
passed unanimously by voice vote.
There being no further business to come before the Financial Adv isory Committee ,
the meeting was duly adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
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