HomeMy WebLinkAboutBudget/Finance Committee Minutes 12.10.2024Minutes of City of Laurel
Budget/Finance Committee
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Members' Present: Richard Klose, Casey Wheeler, Heidi Sparks
Others Present: Kelly Strecker, Mayor Dave Waggoner, Kelly Gauslow
The meeting was called to order by the Committee Chair at 5:30 pm.
Public Input: There was no public comment.
General Items —
1. Review and approve November 26, 2024, Budget and Finance Committee meeting minutes. Heidi Sparks
moved to approve the minutes of November 26, 2024. Casey Wheeler seconded the motion. With no
objection, the minutes of November 26, 2024, were approved. There was no public comment or
Committee discussion.
2. Review and approve purchase requisitions. There were none.
3. Review and recommend approval to Council; claims entered through December 6, 2024. Casey Wheeler
moved to approve the claims and check the register for claims entered through December 6, 2024. Heidi
Sparks seconded the motion. With no objection, the claims and check register of December 6, 2024, were
approved. There was no public comment or Committee discussion.
4. Review and approve Payroll Register for the pay period ending November 24, 2024, totaling $154,278.41.
This item was pulled from the agenda for verification of payroll total. The total that was given to the
Clerk/ Treasurer, from the Payroll Clerk did not match the payroll register. The correction will be put on
the next Budget Finance agenda.
5. Review and approve the 2024 November Utility Billing Adjustments, Heidi Sparks moved to approve the
2024 November Utility Billing Adjustments. Casey Wheeler seconded the motion. With no objection, the
2024 November Utility Billing Adjustments were approved. There was no public comment or Committee
discussion.
New Business —Kelly stated that the claim review schedule needed to be updated. Attached is the new schedule.
Old Business — None
Other Items —
1. Review Comp/OT reports for the pay period ending November 24, 2024.
2. Mayor Update — The mayor stated that the city is just trying to wrap things up before the end of the year.
He stated that we are still waiting to hear on the grant award from the EPA, so that we can move forward with
the engineering portion of the water tank project. The mayor stated that we are busy wrapping up the water
and sewer rate study, along with hopefully wrapping up the Theil Road litigation.
3. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Update -Kelly stated finished up the quarterly reports for transit. She said that
November cash is balanced, but did not get it finished in time to make this week's agenda. It will be on the
next budget finance meeting agenda. Kelly stated that the finance office has begun cross training, so each
person in that department is going to learn a new position.
Announcements —
1. The next Budget and Finance Committee meeting will be held on Monday December 23, 2024, at 5:30
pm.
2. Michelle Mize is scheduled to review the claims for the next meeting.
Meeting Adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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fully submitted,
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Clerk Treasurer
NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This meeting is for information and discussion of the Council
for the listed workshop agenda items.
Claim Review Schedule
January 14- Richard Klose
January 28- Heidi Sparks
February 11- Casey Wheeler
February 25- Michelle Mize
March 11- Richard Klose
March 25- Heidi Sparks
April 8- Casey Wheeler
April 22- Michelle Mize
May 13- Richard Klose
May 27- Heidi Sparks
June 10- Casey Wheeler
June 24- Michelle Mize