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PUBLIC HEARING
CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 15, 2003
The City Council held a Public Hearing on April 15, 2003 in Council Chambers. Chairman of Finance, Brian Kogut called the meeting to order at 6:08 p.m.
Present: Brian Kogut, Chairman of Finance; Keith Gordon, Stephen Zerio, Walter Shamock, Robert Clermont, Matthew Dominello.
Others in Attendance: City Manager Roger L. Kemp, Acting Director of Finance Robert Curry and Mayor Mark Benigni.
Chairman Kogut read the call of the meeting.
MERIDEN
NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF MERIDEN FY2003/2004
Notice is hereby given that the City Council will hold a Public Hearing beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 in City Council Chambers, City Hall, 142 East Main Street, Meriden, Connecticut.
All citizens (especially senior citizens and the handicapped) are invited to attend and provide the City Council with written and oral comments.
The entire proposed budget and the proposed budget summarized below can be inspected by the public from 9:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the City Clerk’s Office, Room 124, City Hall.
PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET
ADOPTED CITY MANAGER
2002-2003 RECOMMENDED
2003-2004
REVENUE SOURCE
Taxes $84,557,767 $90,089,170
Intergovernmental & Other 64,620,590 65,597,522
Undesignated Fund Balance 0 1,000,000
TOTAL REVENUE 149,178,357 156,686,692
EXPENDITURE CATEGORY
Education 70,921,582 73,286,108
Employee Benefits 23,601,432 25,185,804
Debt Service 14,796,665 17,616,140
Public Safety 16,291,672 16,551,819
Human Services 2,770,311 2,921,254
Public Works 5,675,065 5,697,057
General Government 5,848,449 6,400,041
Insurance 2,132,270 2,579,260
General Administration 3,109,912 2,878,297
Library 1,770,686 1,779,214
Parks & Recreation 1,577,039 1,786,815
School Building Committee 1,512 1,512
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 148,496,595 156,683,321
PUBLIC HEARING
CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 15, 2003
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ADOPTED CITY MANAGER
2002-2003 RECOMMENDED
2003-2004
OTHER FUNDS:
EXPENDITURES:
Sewer Authority $ 4,743,331 $ 5,086,521
Water-Fiscal Division 757,783 783,567
Water Department 6,686,851 6,690,270
Golf Course 699,551 697,317
Dated at Meriden, Connecticut this 2nd day of April 2003.
Roger L. Kemp
City Manager
Those who came forward to speak on the proposed budget were: David Radcliffe, Roland Cockfield, Myrna Figueroa, Kathleen Foster, Nancy Gallagher, Donna Mordarski, Robert Crane, Lisa Hall, Marri Mostad, Brian Mulligan, Colleen Cyr, Joseph Marinan, Diane Morenz, Lisa Andrews, Frank Rotella, Kim Campanelli, Carol Murphy, A.J. Petrucelli and Elizabeth Nulay.
When Chairman Kogut determined that everyone who wished to speak had done so, he declared that the Public Hearing was ended. The time was 7:34 p.m.
Lori N. Canney
Clerk of the City Council
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