Oak Grove City Council Work Session meeting, September 25, 2023
Council Work SessionMonday, September 25, 2023
What happened
Council held a budget work session focused on the 2024 preliminary levy, budget, and CIP, including review of levy/tax-rate impacts and several budget line changes; the session adjourned at 5:49 PM.
What was on the agenda
1 item as recorded in the agenda and minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.
- Discussion only
1Discuss 2024 Preliminary Levy, Budget and CIP
The council held a work session to review changes to the 2024 preliminary levy, budget and CIP. Abdo Financial Solutions presented adjustments previously made, noted the certification deadline and the limitation that after this meeting the council could only decrease items, and reviewed the overall levy increase, estimated tax rate change, and the total city levy figure, along with several department and line-item changes (including wage/step adjustments, removing some proposed items, and shifts related to ARPA and Public Safety Aid).
- 2024 preliminary levy
- 2024 budget
- CIP
Alternatives considered
Options the council weighed, and what happened to them. The record of the road not taken.
Fire Department expenditures in 2024 budget
mentioned onlyUse the $92,113 remaining in ARPA funds to cover Fire Department expenses (after eliminating Fire Department expenditures from the original proposal)
Fire Department conferences/training in 2024 budget
mentioned onlyUse $394,237 in Public Safety Aid funds to cover conferences/training expenses (paired with a $5,000 reduction in the conferences/training fund)
Sources
Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.
Packet
Not in this archive
The supporting materials the board reviewed.
The summary on this page is AI-extracted and may need correction. The PDFs and the meeting recording are the official record. What do the trust labels mean?