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Town Council of Centreville
Budget Work Session
April 14, 2022
5:30 p.m.
M I N U T E S
The April 14, 2022, Town Council budget work session was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by President Steven K.
Kline at the Liberty Building, 107 N. Liberty Street, 2nd floor meeting room. The following members and staff
were present: Steven K. Kline, President; Jeffrey D. Kiel, Vice President; Shelby C. Anania and Ashley H. Kaiser
Members; Charles (Chip) Koogle, Town Manager; Karen Luffman, Finance Officer; Chief Joe Saboury, Centreville
Police Department; Ashley Russ, Finance Specialist; Krystel Ebaugh, Human Resources Manager; and Carolyn
Brinkley, Town Clerk.
Citizens Forum
Tim McCluskey, Watson Road provided comments on the distribution of costs between the Enterprise Fund and the
General Fund via written comments.
Mr. Koogle commented on the distribution of funds and stated if the Town moved funds based on the percentage of
funds the Enterprise Fund would have to pay back the General Fund, the Enterprise Fund would be about $500,000
in the negative. He stated that until debt is paid off, the Town will not be able to reimburse the General Fund from
the Enterprise Fund.
Ms. Luffman stated that debt is the reason the Enterprise Fund cannot fund itself. After some discussion, the Town
Council indicated that they were not in favor of adjusting the allocation of cost.
Discussion
 Department Budgets – Operating
o Ms. Luffman reported that the current proposed budget shows the General Fund at $8,949 in the
positive and the Enterprise Fund at $7,263 in the positive.
o Ms. Luffman also stated that this is not inclusive of the fund balance but does include capital: $173,368
in the general fund and $154,000 in the Enterprise Fund.
o Mr. Kline asked if the capital requests include streets. Mr. Koogle stated it does not include streets
because staff are hesitant about spending the fund balance until the Town knows how much the State
will commit towards the upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant. He stated, as discussed previously,
the Town will use the remaining ARPA funds to cover expenses for the wastewater treatment plant
until the State reimburses the Town.
o Mr. Koogle discussed the list of encumbrances Town staff reviewed. By consensus, the Town Council
agreed to remove the DPW truck listed in encumbrances and use the remaining balance to include the
next walking trail extension.
o By consensus, the Town Council agreed the budget as presented with the minor changes made is ready
to move forward.
o By consensus, the Town Council agreed to not include an additional police officer in the budget and to
revisit at mid-year.
o Ms. Kaiser thanked staff for making the budget process easy to understand.
Citizens Forum
No citizens offered comments.
Motion to Adjourn
Mr. Kline adjourned the April 14, 2022 budget work session at 5:56 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Carolyn M. Brinkley
Town Clerk
Action Items:
1. By consensus, the Town Council agreed to remove the DPW truck listed in encumbrances and use the
remaining balance to include the next walking trail extension as discussed by Mike Whitehill at a previous
meeting.
2. By consensus, the Town Council agreed the budget as presented with the minor changes made is ready to
move forward.
3. By consensus, the Town Council agreed to not include an additional police officer in the budget and to
revisit at mid-year.
2022-04-14 TC Approved Budget WS Minutes.doc