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Mayor Rose says "The State of the City is good," reviews finances, department activity and equipment purchases
Summary
Mayor Steven R. Rose told the council the "State of the City is good," highlighted a legislative audit pass, reported roughly $3.2 million in revenue and $3.3 million in expenses for the year, and outlined equipment purchases funded by federal ARPA and CARES Act grants.
Mayor Steven R. Rose opened the council meeting's State of the City section by saying, "The State of the City is good," and delivered a summary of the city's finances and departmental activity for 2024.
Rose told the council the city passed its legislative audit for 2022-2023 and experienced a welcome increase in sales-tax revenue. He reported the city received about $3.2 million in revenue and recorded about $3.3 million in expenses for the year; the mayor described the year-end shortfall in the report as about $25,000. The transcript lists those three figures together; the numbers as reported in the meeting text do not arithmetically sum to the small shortfall described and should be reconciled in the formal budget documents attached to Resolution 2025-03.
Rose outlined unplanned capital costs: emergency replacement of air-conditioning units at City Hall and the Baseheart Fire Station added an estimated $50,000 to 2024 costs. He said the city took delivery of a 2025 Ford F-550 service truck, paid for with federal ARPA and CARES Act funds, and that Engine No. 2 (a 2008 Kenworth) required a major rebuild last year. The CVFD Auxiliary purchased a new patient-lifting device and awarded four scholarships to Highland School District seniors.
On public-safety staffing and equipment, Rose reported the Fire Department answered 709 calls in 2024 (56 fire-related, about 575 medical), while the Police Department responded to 5,734 calls, made 138 arrests and issued 243 written citations; new police patrol vehicles and in-car computers were purchased with a mix of grant and city funds. He said the police camera system is being updated to AXON because WatchGuard systems are no longer supported.
Rose and City Clerk Penny Trumpy noted the city's bookkeeping software (CSA) is outdated and that consolidating the vendor and account databases may cost an estimated $5,000 to $7,000; they said Lazerfiche would require a separate cloud update. The mayor thanked department heads, employees and volunteers for their work over the past year.
