Forest Park manager and staff present February departmental and financial updates to council
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City staff reviewed February activity across departments, including finance figures, permit and licensing counts, mutual aid, court dockets and community programs; staff said they would follow up on public-comments concerns about business outreach.
City staff presented the city manager’s monthly report for February at the March 17 Forest Park Mayor and Council meeting, summarizing department activity, financial snapshots and program updates.
City Manager Clark and staff reported a range of departmental metrics and initiatives. The manager said the city had issued 17 contracts under a home program and was near completion of phase 1 participation; staff acknowledged concerns raised during public comment about outreach to a newly opened business and said they would work to address those issues.
The finance presentation listed a budgeted total for revenues and expenses of $43,752,003.59 and said the monthly receipts were $941,026. The finance presenter reported year-to-date revenue and expense figures but portions of those figures were unclear in the audio record; staff provided department-level snapshots showing cumulative budget usage across departments at about 61 percent of budget at that point in the fiscal year.
Other department highlights included: - Clerk’s office: 215 open-records requests received, 147 completed (68 canceled). - Code enforcement: 96 junk-vehicle trainings and 26 business-license inspections in the month. - Finance: approximately $708,000 in receipts and 185 purchase orders processed in February. - Fire department: mutual aid provided to 10 outside agencies; 27 annual inspections and ongoing canine training for a new canine named Ally. - Municipal court: 1,291 cases on the docket for February and a new partnership with a local mock trial program. - Planning and community development: 66 business licenses issued and 31 permits issued in February. - Police department: 1,712 traffic stops and 586 citations issued for the month; one internal-affairs case and 11 background checks in process. - Recreation: roughly $26,000 in revenue for the month and upcoming events including a spring festival on April 19.
The city’s communications staff said official renderings for a redesigned city website were approved and the new site will support multiple languages and is targeted for launch before the third quarter. Staff also highlighted a partnership with Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity on a two-home project.
Manager Clark told the council he heard concerns raised in public comment and said staff would work to address them.