Council Budget Session Minutes – March 19, 2007

(These minutes will require approval/adoption at the next regular session of Council)

Council met in special session, Monday, March 19, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. at the Oso Hall , Sharbot Lake.

Present:                        Mayor, Janet Gutowski

                                    Deputy Mayor, Bill Snyder

            Councillors, Norman Guntensperger, Bob Harvey, Jeff Matson,             John Purdon, Frances Smith, Gary Smith, Phillip Smith

Also in attendance:             John DuChene, Acting Clerk-Administrator, Judy Gray Treasurer and Michael McGovern. Also present: Craig Bakay – Gazette Reporter and Jeff Green – Frontenac News Reporter

The Agenda was introduced. The purpose of the meeting was to review the preliminary 2007 municipal budget.

# 102               Phillip Smith. Jeff Matson

            That the 2007 preliminary budget presented March 19, 2007 be received                 for information and further that staff be directed to reduce the budget by               $100,000 for the next budget session scheduled for March 26, 2007.

Following the budget session, Council provided input to the development of a strategic plan. Forms were circulated and filled out by individual Councillors and then  returned to staff for compilation at the end of the meeting.

            That this meeting be adjourned at 7:27 p.m.

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