10-19-98PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
SPECIAL MEETING
October 19, 1998
VOL. 49
NO. 14
A special meeting of the danesville City Council held at the Municipal Building on October 19,
1998 at 6:30 p.m.
Council President O'Leary called the meeting to order. Present: Council President O'Leary,
Councilmembers Westphal, Murphy (arrived 6:32 p.m.), Stehura, Brien, Noll and Schneider.
1. City Manapler Sheiffer p_resented an overview of the 1999 proposed general fund
revenues and the]~xpenditure Restraint Program.
2. The City Council reviewed the following 1999 budgets: Cit,/ Assessor, Parks,
Recreation, Ice Arena, Solid Waste Collection, Solid Waste Disposal, Recycling, Snow
Removal and Information Systems. During the review of the budgets, the CityCounc~l asked
various questions and requested the Administration to provide tee following information:
Councilmember Brien requested a detailed analysis of concession revenue for 1998 and
1999. He is concerned with the Lessee's recordkeeping practices used to account for
concession revenue. In addition, he asked for information on whether the playground
program at defferson Park had been deleted from the 1999 budget.
Councilmember Brien questioned the need for the DTN weather service included in the Snow
Removal budget. He requested that the Administration explore using the Internet instead of
purchasing th~s service or to connect with the County Higi'iway Department system.
Councilmember Stehura asked the Administration to prepare a memo explaining their strategy
of placing computer software on individual personal computers instead of the file server.
3. Matters not on the agenda. Council President O'Leary canceled the October 22, 1998
and October 29, 1998 budget stud,/sessions. In addition, he requested that the proposed
police department budget 1Se place~:l on the October 26, 1998 Council agenda.
There being no further business, the Council adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
dean Ann Wulf
City Clerk-Treasurer