11/16/2021 - MinutesCity of Port Orchard
Council Finance Committee
A meeting of the Council Finance Committee was held via Zoom link November 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Council members John Clauson, Beck Ashby, Shawn Cucciardi, Director of Finance Noah Crocker.
The meeting was recorded.
Finance Report
The Finance Director discussed the Sales Tax and REET Revenue report.
The sales tax revenue collected October 2021 is at 31% over its 2021 budget and 21% over the 2020 actual sales tax revenue collected.
Real Estate Excise Tax collected thru October 2021 is at $1,855,686. This represents approximately 133% of the biennial budget and approximately 237% of what was budgeted for collections
for 2021 YTD.
The Finance Director reviewed all the fund balances including the monthly budget report and the committee had no questions.
Budget Amendments
The Finance Director discussed a change of reporting requirements as it relates to Fund 109 converting to a capital fund soon to be Fund 309. Additionally, converting Fund 632 to Fund
435 an enterprise fund. Additionally, the Committee reviewed an upcoming budget amendment involving transfers. The budget amendment is to provide additional transfer and expenditure
authority to cover the cashflow of the purchase of the bank property purchase. Additionally, the Etta Turner Park project is costing more than originally anticipated and thus additional
expenditure authority is being requested to complete the project. Finally, the finance director reviewed title changes of long-range Planner FTE to a Senior Planner FTE. There is
no cost impact as these positions have the same salary range. The proposal would eliminate the Long-Range Planner FTE and position and move the FTE to the Senior Planner position.
There was some discussion regarding non-represented employees COLA for 2022 as well as potential agreements from the union’s.
Water Credit Code Language
The Finance Director discussed a change of water credit code language to come forward over the coming months.
Good of the Order
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.