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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
AUGUST 14, 2019
STATE OF TEXAS §
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COUNTY OF BRAZOS §
Present:
Karl Mooney, Mayor
Council:
Bob Brick
Jerome Rektorik
Linda Harvell
Elianor Vessali
John Nichols
Dennis Maloney
City Staff:
Bryan Woods, City Manager
Jeff Capps, Deputy City Manager
Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager
Mary Ellen Leonard, Finance Director
Carla Robinson, City Attorney
Mary Ann Powell, Deputy City Attorney
Tanya Smith, City Secretary
1. Council and CMO budget lunch.
2. Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present
With a quorum present, the Budget Workshop of the College Station City Council was called to
order by Mayor Karl Mooney at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in the CSU
Meeting/Training Facility, 1603 Graham Road, College Station, Texas 77842.
3. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the FY 2019-2020 Proposed Budget.
Mary Ellen Leonard, Finance Director, continued their review of the proposed FY18-19 budget
and Outside Agency Requests.
OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING
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Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager, provided a brief overview of the outside agency funding
requests. Requests from General Fund amounted to $1,585,119 for:
Agencies with No Requested Increase:
Arts Council ($35,000)
BV Economic Development Corporation ($350,000)
Keep Brazos Beautiful ($25,000)
Aggieland Humane Society ($261,600) 4.2% decrease
Agencies Requesting Increases:
Noon Lions Club
Amount Requested $17,500
Increase = $2,500 or 17%
Future growth = 0%
Brazos County Appraisal District
Amount Requested $461,447
Increase = $78,027 or 20.4%
Future growth = 8%
Brazos County Health District
Amount Requested $434,572 - Health Board recommended a 10.0% increase
Amount Proposed $408,892 or 3.5% increase
Future growth = 10%
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Harvell and a second by Councilmember
Rektorik, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the 10% budget
increase to the Brazos County Health District in the amount of $434,572. The motion carried
unanimously.
HOTEL TAX FUND AGENCY FUNDING
The amount of agency funding requested from HOT has increased from an average of 11.4% to
13.7% in FY20.
Proposed funding in the amount of $3,514,993 from the Hotel Tax Fund was proposed for various
outside agencies:
Agencies with No Requested Increase:
Arts Council of Brazos Valley (687,976) includes final payment for building of $290,000
Veterans Memorial ($25,000)
Chamber of Commerce ($25,000)
Agencies Requesting Increases:
Experience Bryan / College Station
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Amount Requested $1,962,903
Decrease = $33,225 due to allocation percentage with Bryan
Future growth = 2.0%
Experience Bryan / College Station Grant Program
Amount Requested $669,114
Increase = $80,164 or 13.6%
Future growth = 2.0%
Easterwood Airport Advertising
Amount Requested $145,000
Increase = $30,624 or 26.8%
Future decrease = (13.2%)
4. Presentation, possible action and discussion on the 2019-2020 ad valorem tax rate; and
calling two public hearings on a proposed ad valorem tax rate for FY 2019-2020.
No action was required on this item.
5. Executive Session
No Executive Session was held.
6. Take action, if any, on Executive Session,
No action was required from Executive Session.
7. Adjournment
MOTION: There being no further business, Mayor Mooney adjourned the budget workshop of
the College Station City Council at 1:51 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.
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Karl Mooney, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tanya Smith, City Secretary