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Council maintains election budget and seeks clarity on dispatch and animal-services billing
Summary
The draft keeps an election-year budget consistent with prior cycles to cover a possible primary; councilors asked staff to confirm dispatch billing from county partners and to verify animal-services costs for the coming year.
Councilors reviewed election and public-safety contract lines, including an election-year estimate and recurring public-safety service charges.
Staff recommended keeping the election budget at a conservative level that would cover a primary if one is required; the prior election year cost cited was roughly $32,785. Councilors noted the primary requirement depends on the number of declared candidates and other municipalities' election schedules; staff will continue to monitor candidate filings and county coordination.
Councilors also asked staff to verify billing for dispatch services and animal services. Finance staff said they have not received dispatch bills from the county for Midway and asked the staff member who manages dispatch billing to confirm whether charges were applied or will be applied. On animal services, staff noted that the city typically budgets an estimate (about $54,000 cited in discussion) and will follow up to confirm actual billing and frequency of services.
Ending: Staff to confirm whether the county will bill Midway for dispatch this fiscal year, to verify the animal-services contract amounts and to return with any needed adjustments to those lines before budget adoption.
