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Town of Morrisville · Town Council
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Regular meeting Appointments and personnelBonds and debtBudget and appropriationsFees and utility ratesParks and recreationPolice and public safetyPublic facilitiesStormwater and floodingTax rate and revaluation

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Morrisville's town council gets a first look at the FY2024 budget and capital plan, including word from the town's financial advisor that funding a new Public Works facility within the five-year plan would need a tax rate increase of 1.5 to 1.8 cents. Davenport & Associates walks the council through updated debt modeling for a $56 million capital slate covering a fire station, public facilities, parks projects and road work, built around a draft plan that funds nine of the council's ten highest-priority projects.

The council also takes up two items from the town clerk: a review of Morrisville's advisory committee application against the forms Cary and Apex use, with staff-proposed edits for discussion, and a plan to replace the current practice of running three or four committee appointment cycles a year with a single annual cycle each fall. Staff bring the 2023 work plans of the town's seven advisory committees for council feedback. As a work session, the meeting is not expected to produce recorded votes.

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Agenda items (5)

Discussion item · 3Procedural · 2
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2.a Advisory Committee Application and Process Review
    Discussion item Appointments and personnel
    The town clerk presents Morrisville's advisory committee application alongside the forms used in Cary and Apex, plus a redlined and a clean rewrite of Morrisville's form, and asks the council to confirm the proposed edits or offer others. He also proposes moving from three or four appointment cycles a year to one annual cycle each fall, extending the council's review window from two weeks to a month or more.
  3. 2.b Advisory Committee Workplan Review
    Discussion item Parks and recreationPolice and public safetyStormwater and flooding
    The town clerk brings the 2023 work plans of the town's seven advisory committees - Environment and Stormwater, Public Education, Smart City Steering, Public Safety, Senior, Performance Measures, and Parks and Recreation - for the council to endorse, amend or send back with feedback.
  4. 2.c FY2024 Budget Outlook
    Discussion item Bonds and debtBudget and appropriationsFees and utility ratesPublic facilitiesTax rate and revaluation
    Finance staff and the town's financial advisor, Davenport & Associates, present the FY2024 budget and capital plan outlook, including updated debt modeling for a $56 million five-year capital slate. Davenport says funding a Public Works facility within that plan would require a 1.5 to 1.8 cent tax rate increase, and the draft plan funds nine of the council's ten highest-priority projects; budget adoption is scheduled for June 13.
  5. 3 Adjournment
    Procedural

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