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City committee recommends balanced budget approval
The Jamestown Finance and Legal Committee recommended passing the 2022 city budget Tuesday that will be considered at City Council on Aug. 2.
The budget balances revenues and expenditures at a level about $500,000 above general fund revenue and expenditures last year. It includes a projected ending balance for 2022 of $3.4 million. The expenditure budget includes a 2.5% step raise and a 3% cost-of-living raise for most employees.
For revenue, the plan includes a 5% increase to the water and utility rates paid by city residents next year. The property tax portion of the revenue budget is about $30,000 less than the 2021 budget. Calculations for projected mill rates have not been developed yet.
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The previous unit was installed when the building was built.
Chairman Mark Klose says because the project is 5% over, they should be able to fit in the project. The board unanimously approved to purchase the new unit.
Fettig also said one of his coils in an air conditioning unit leaked out refrigerant. He informed the commission that he had $16,000 built up to replace compressors in the roof units.
Fettig says they’ll pull refrigerant, install the new coil, clean it up, and add more refrigerant to the units. That will cost around $11,283, which Fettig says will be covered through Trane repair.