City Council Work Session

Melvin Municipal Building

300 W. Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

City of Greensboro

Meeting Minutes - Final

City Council Work Session

3:00 PM Plaza Level Conference RoomTuesday, April 24, 2018

ITEMS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR THE APRIL 17, 2018 WORK SESSION HAVE

BEEN MOVED TO THIS AGENDA

I. Call To Order

This Work Session of the City of Greensboro was called to order at 3:00 p.m. on the above date in the Plaza Level

Conference Room of the Melvin Municipal Office Building with the following members present:

Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson, Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter, Sharon Hightower,

Nancy Hoffmann, Michelle Kennedy, Justin Outling, Tammi Thurm, and Goldie Wells.

Also present were Interim City Manager David Parrish, City Attorney Tom Carruthers, and Assistant City Clerk,

Mary S. Brooks.

II. Presentations

1. ID 18-0227 Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget Update

· Water Resources

· Participatory Budgeting - next steps

· Other - fees, etc.

Interim City Manager David Parrish provided a history for the item; spoke to dates for budget approvals; budget

development goals; affordable housing and M/WBE economic opportunities; increasing the minimum wage; gave

breakdown of tax rates; spoke to maintaining AAA Bond rating; bond projects and housing programs; Participatory

Budgeting (PB); staff preliminary recommendations; and what was best for the City of Greensboro.

Mayor Pro-Tem Johnson requested that reminders to vote for Participatory Budgeting Representatives (from all

districts) be broadcasted on public channels.

Interim City Manager Parrish stated that PB reminders would be discussed closer to the voting period; continued

discussion on high level revenue; electric sales, property and telecommunication tax; spoke to the preliminary

general and capital reserve funds; funding the step program; provided the proposed timeline for the budget adoption;

and requested Council reach out to him with any questions or concerns.

Mayor Pro-Tem Johnson inquired on the time and place for future work sessions.

Interim City Manager Parrish spoke to designated nights for meeting on the budget; and stated this was the year of

Greensboro Strong and the communities’ choice.

Field Operations Manager, Dale Wyrick made a Power Point Presentation (PPP) on the Household Hazardous

Waste (HHW) Program; gave an overview of the program; spoke to the funding and funding recommendations; the

City’s and County’s cost share; Patterson Avenue collection center’s new operation hours; and to the growth rate of

the HHW drop off.

Interim City Manager Parrish inquired if the growth of the program was included in the budget; and spoke to the

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