Finance Committee efforts

I attended last week's Fin Committee Meeting. While not a member, this work is our most important task in 2010.

Meeting was quick, more about process than ideas. I offered up some ideas that were viewed as somewhat controversial:
-no overtime for Police. Use part time help only
-no extra hours for Joanee/Sue. Record our own meetings, Transcribe only during 40 hour week
-budget deployed to department heads with no overages allowed. They're best to decide how to spend/cut
-Trash services review

I think we need a process to decide how we'll prioritize, where we'll chase savings. My reco (will share with Andy):
-every service needs to be dialed back a certain amount, at the discretion of the Committee/Council. More for less critical, less for basic Safety
-every departments budget needs to be dialed back a certain amount
-services that can be need to be self funding, or nearly so
-overtime is for Windstorms and other disasters
-we should seriously consider Melissa Schmit's roadmap from 2009 (see below)
-we should enroll the citizens and I'll fwd the list we created in the Fall


Cortney

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A proposal to cover the baseline deficit for 2010
( $315,000 )
The Village of Mariemont

This is a broad base set of interventions that shares the sacrifice fairly,
across all departments and all residents.

1). Maintain lower department spending…………….in base

2). Keep police role vacant…………………………..in base

3). Keep reduced hours building inspector…………..in base

4). Zero salary increase for 2010…………………….in base

5). Layoff one maintenance employee……………….55, 000 Re: largest group with non-emergency responsibilities.

6).Furlough all employees 10 days in 2010…………...60,000

7). Trash fully funded…………………………………110,000
*stickers $1 to $2
*annual household $55 to $90/Rental $35 to $60
Trash numbers may change. Waiting on estimate of savings on curbside pick-up.

8). New properly tax proposed at .75 mills……… …...100.000
($68 per 300K home) ___________
$325,000