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Carrie said the department formalized her additional duties as finance director and listed staffing and operational achievements: switching employee life-insurance carrier to Mutual of Omaha while increasing benefit limits (employee life coverage increased to $75,000 from earlier lower levels; spouse and child benefit increases were also reported); automating positive-pay for accounts payable and payroll; recruiting nine full-time and nine part-time employees in the prior year; and provisioning commissioners with devices to reduce paper agendas.

\"One of the goals was to formalize my additional function as the finance director. I did it,\" Carrie said. She credited staff members by name: Chris Pickle (chief finance officer candidate and lead on monthly commission financial updates and positive-pay automation), Summer Sheldon (assistant city recorder and public-affairs lead responsible for social media and newsletters), April Sledge (assistant CFO and payroll), and Ruthie Rilwan (part-time finance clerk who digitized licensing and invoicing processes).

Carrie described software and process work now in place or planned: municipal code hosted on CivicPlus/Unicode with a searchable table of contents; migration of stormwater and asset data into the iWORKS system; NextGen payroll and MyBenefits HR integration to be streamlined; and continued work to centralize forms and digitize personnel files. She also described succession and cross-training efforts and ongoing maintenance of continuing-education certifications.

During questions, a commissioner asked whether the department expects major budget changes for the coming year; Carrie answered the budget will largely continue prior-year funding with only potential module additions in the HR system.

No formal motions or votes were taken. Carrie said the department will continue work on electronic records, potential electronic voting, and other digital upgrades while maintaining routine budget requests.

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Werner said the firm's review of the city's audit and summary-of-debt schedule shows roughly $1.6 million of outstanding debt and that, after fiscal year 2028, the city will have significant debt-service capacity to apply to new projects. \"After fiscal year 2028, July 1, 2028, you have an inordinate amount of money that you previously been spending on debt service that you can apply that to new debt service,\" Werner said.

Werner framed his firm's role as a fiduciary municipal advisor, saying \"we are required by federal law to be your fiduciary.\" He described services the firm would provide if engaged: acting as the city's liaison to banks, sending capital-outlay requests to a wide pool of regional and national lenders, running competitive processes for larger bond sales, advising on rating-agency interviews and continuing disclosure, and recommending structures to lower true interest cost.

Werner used specific items on the city's summary schedule to illustrate his points. He cited a $1,527,000 Tennessee Municipal Development Fund (TMDF) loan shown at about 2.5 percent with three years remaining and roughly $28,000 of remaining interest, and said that while a small loan at a modest rate may not materially change cash flows, structuring and combining multiple smaller financings into a single bond offering could yield lower overall interest costs for larger projects. \"If you do a bigger deal, structured more like the East Ridge deal, you've actually may have been spending three to four times too much interest,\" he said, referring to a nearby municipal transaction the firm executed.

Werner also warned the commission to evaluate its mix of fixed- and variable-rate obligations and to compare variable exposure to the city's cash reserves. \"If you're gonna have this much variable rate debt, compare that against what your fund balance is, your actual cash to manage these interest rate bumps,\" he said, and recommended considering more fixed-rate debt if the city cannot comfortably cover variable-rate spikes.

Commissioners asked about process and scope. Werner said for small capital outlay notes his firm typically issues requests for proposals to dozens of regional and national banks, evaluates bids publicly on the day they come in, and can manage a competitive public sale end-to-end for larger financings. He cautioned that the pace of construction and how quickly borrowed proceeds will be spent matters for yield and tax-law requirements; an \"inverted yield curve\" can make short-term investments of bond proceeds advantageous for a limited window but requires spend-down milestones.

No formal action or vote was taken during the presentation. Werner said he would begin more detailed work with city staff when the commission is ready to pursue specific financings.

Looking ahead, commissioners are preparing a capital improvements planning discussion at an upcoming retreat; Werner and staff tied the debt schedule to that future prioritization and timing work.

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Johnson summarized current and upcoming priorities: completing elements of the comprehensive plan and small-area studies, updating land-use regulations to align with the comprehensive plan, supporting GIS services and producing maps in-house (crediting Michael Pham's GIS capability), finalizing stormwater asset-management data in the iWORKS system so field crews can access live inventories for future work orders, and continuing grant resourcing and administration.

\"We hope, in the next week or two, have all of our data uploaded into our iWORKS system so that it is... live,\" Johnson said. He stressed that the capital improvements plan will be central to budgeting and financing and that departments will contribute project requests for prioritization by the city manager and commission.

Johnson also noted the department's role in code enforcement, administrative hearings for property issues, and serving on external boards. He cited recent work with a new public-art board and ongoing coordination with the planning commission, development zone authority (DZA), flood plain review board, and the WWTA sewer board.

Commissioners asked whether the department anticipates major budget changes; Johnson replied he does not foresee a significant change and expects funds allocated for planning to roll over for ongoing efforts such as revising land-use regulations. Commissioner Graham commented that sewer-area expansion will be a significant follow-on where planning and capital work must be prioritized when moratoriums lift.

No formal action was taken. Johnson provided a short glossary of planning terms (studies, concept plans, implementation plans) to clarify expectations about future deliverables and next steps.

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Red Bank administration outlines finance and personnel updates, moves to modernize systems

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Community Development outlines comprehensive-plan follow-ups, stormwater asset mapping, and preparation for capital-improvement planning