Note on Date Discrepancy: The meeting agenda and transcript identify the meeting date as Tuesday, April 21, 2026. However, the user instructions specified the meeting date as April 22, 2026, which is used in the title and summary. The committee adjourned to a continuation meeting on April 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM.
The Astoria Budget Committee met to review and discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget for the City of Astoria and its two urban renewal districts, Astor East and Astor West. The meeting included a presentation from City Manager Spence, detailed department reviews, a public hearing with no public testimony, and several votes on tentative budget approvals.
Okay, and it appears to be six o'clock. So I will uh call in to session this uh Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 uh budget committee meeting of the city of Astoria. Um if we could have a roll call. Yes. So uh Chair Hardy uh present or sorry, well vice chair party. Uh I will note that Chair Morland is out, Chair. I'm sorry, committee member Romill. Here committee Merrill Johnson, budget committee member Rose Present, budget committee member Sean Fitzpatrick, yeah. Uh budget committee member Elizabeth Adams budget committee member Andrew Davis here, budget committee member Joshua Conklin here and budget committee mayor Andrew Mazzarella Andrew Andrea Andrea So at this time I would uh turn to the city manager for uh introduction and discussion of the budget schedule as outlined in the agenda um and hopefully confirmation of these uh committee meetings get so first we need to confirm the budget meeting schedule. Um historically we have used this sheet that's in front of you and went through the various different funds. Um because they've not changed, we'll just do a verbal report where we typically go page by page. I do want to know last year we ran into this. I think with the committee would prefer this. When we went to special funds, we talked about public works improvement fund and public works capital reserve fund before we talked about couple uh public works, and it's kind of a natural order makes sense to talk about public works first, assess the body, then those are the two funds that support that. So it's kind of a little out of order because we're going from special funds to enterprise fund, but logically, I think that makes more sense. So if you're okay, um if you want to make that amendment, we would move public works improvement fund and public works capital reserve fund after public works fund under enterprise fund. So it makes sense. It does uh anything further on on that schedule or so. If we can get a motion, a second and approve that order, and then we'll go on to approval of minutes, and then once that has been done, we'll move to 3C and go through the formal presentation. Chair. I I'm happy to make a motion if you'd like. Uh yes, please uh chair. I I would move that we uh amend the budget schedule for today, or for the for the budget schedule, we amend uh to move public works improvement fund and public works capital capital reserve fund to uh discussion following public works fund and enterprise. Okay, we have a motion by committee member Davis, second committee, second second from committee member Renewal. Uh all those in favor. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor. Aye, aye. Uh any opposed? Very good. That motion carries. So then item three B approval of amendments. Okay. Um discussion or comments on approval of the minutes. I noticed one tiny thing, and it's not of any great significance, but the the minutes from the Monday, February 9th meeting, what we talked about council compensation. Um, item two roll call, it shows that the committee member Johnson was present and also that she was absent. Absolutely. Um, and then a little bit further on when there was a vote. Um it shows as uh committee member Johnson voting in favor and no votes against, but I think that should probably replace a non-vote. Correct. Any other members of the committee have any uh changes or alterations in the minutes? Okay, we'd entertain a motion to approve the combined minutes as presented in the packet and as amended by my comments. Make a motion. We have a motion from committee member Adams. Uh second. I move that we accept the minutes with the amendments. Uh from budget committee chair Hardy as presented. Second. Okay. We have a second from committee member Davis.