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CITY OF CARLISLE  
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 

Monday, March 5, 2007, 7:00 P.M.
Carlisle City Hall Council Chamber, 195 N. 1st St.


Officials present:  Mayor Ruth Randleman, Councilmembers Drew Merrifield, Douglas Hammerand, Eric Mahnke and Frank Shultz, Deputy Clerk Kay Black, Fire Chief Scott Burger and City Administrator Neil Ruddy.  Councilmember Blair Dewey was absent.  

Mayor Randleman presided and called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 

Mayor Randleman opened the public hearing on the 2007-08 Budget Estimate and Certification of City Taxes at 7:01 P.M.  It was reported that no written or oral comments had been received prior to the meeting and that the tax levy will be $13.98641 per $1,000 if the City borrows $100,000 in short term notes and $13.96917 per $1,000 if no money is borrowed.   

Motion by Shultz, second by Mahnke to close the public hearing at 7:10 P.M. carried by unanimous roll call vote of those present: Shultz – aye, Mahnke – Aye, Hammerand – Aye, Merrifield - Aye.

The equipment replacement policies were discussed.  There was consensus to defer replacement of the 1997 ambulance and not do any short-term borrowing, to make expenditure of the funds budgeted for the increase in Warren County Economic Development Corporation dues in the amount of $1,749 and for Metro Advisory Council homeland security in the amount of $4,876 contingent on the appropriation of similar funds by every member of each organization and to include the following appropriations for one-time expenditures in the general fund:

Purpose

Amount from 
Fund Balance

Police: squad car  $  28,800
Police: computers & software  26,500
Fire: tanker  140,000

Library: (books, media, program materials, equipment or any other significant outlay as determined by the Board)

4,000

Economic Development: branding (contingent on funding from other sources)

700
TOTAL $200,000

Motion by Merrifield, second by Mahnke TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 2007030501 ADOPTING THE 2007-08 BUDGET carried by unanimous roll call vote of those present: Merrifield – Aye, Mahnke – Aye, Shultz – aye, Hammerand – Aye.

Motion by Shultz, second by Mahnke TO ADJOURN AT 8:01 P.M carried by unanimous roll call vote of those present: Shultz – aye, Mahnke – Aye, Hammerand – Aye, Merrifield - Aye.

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                                                                        Ruth Randleman, Mayor  

Attest:

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Neil Ruddy, Administrator/Clerk

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