[S]everal changes to the Burlington fiscal year 2016 budget were passed by the Board of Finance and sent along for approval by the City Council on Monday.
City Council will vote on Aug. 10 whether to approve changes to the fiscal year 16 budget, which covers the year starting July 1, 2015, and goes through June 30, 2016.
The fire department’s request to sell more than $10,000 worth of excess equipment was folded into one agenda item, along with the police department’s request to replace five vehicles, at the Board of Finance Aug. 3 meeting. Both measures were approved by the board.
During the FY 2015 budget, Burlington Fire Department officials had requested a grant of $300,000 to help pay for the replacement of a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus and associated parts inventory. The department’s proposal is to now sell the equipment and parts that they replaced, according to a July 14 memo.
Burlington Police Department officials requested to replace five vehicles, which will cost $159,904 in total, $53,755 of which comes from the general police budget and $106,149 from the Impact Fee account, according to a July 27 memo from Lise Veronneau, a business administrator for Police and Fire. The quoted price would pay for the purchase of four 2016 Ford Interceptors and a 2015 Ford Taurus, along with the cost of installing police equipment from Gateway Motors in White River Junction, and Adamson, a vendor in Massachusetts.
The reorganization of the recreation division of the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department was also approved by the board. Gary Rogers, who is currently the assistant superintendent of recreation, is being promoted to superintendent of recreation, replacing and renaming the position of Maggie Leugers who was the director of recreation services, according to the Aug. 3 memo.
One item that went through a final change by the Board of Finance for the FY 2016 budget – and does not need to be approved by City Council – was the first phase in more than $550,000 in renovations to City Hall that had already been approved for the year’s budget. This first phase costs $98,375 and repaired the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in the clerk/treasurer’s suite, according to an Aug. 3 memo.
