LAKEPORT >> The Lakeport City Council (LCC) unanimously approved the recommended budget for 2014/15 Wednesday.
According to Lakeport Finance Director Daniel Buffalo, revenue for the city is expected to total approximately $15.7 million. Expenditures are expected to total approximately $18.8 million.
Revenue is the total amount of money received by the city, expenditure is what the money is spent on.
Cumulative budget surpluses totaling approximately $580,000 from the last few years will be use to make up the difference, Buffalo said. Unspent bond proceeds, which were received several years ago, are being proposed for one-time expenditure spending.
Last year, revenue totaled approximately $10.2 million and expenditures totaled slightly less than $9.1 million, according to budget documents.
The budget strongly focuses on economic development, infrastructure and capital, Buffalo said.
A public hearing regarding an ordinance establishing speed zones on Parallel Drive was held.
Three new speed zones are recommended, which include a 45 mph zone from the junction of Highway 175 to Chester Lane, a 50 mph zone north of Chester Lane to 1,850 feet north of Todd Road, as well as a 35 mph zone from 1,850 north of Todd Road to Lakeport Boulevard and from Lakeport Boulevard to the end of road improvements north of Craig Avenue, according to City Engineer Scott Harter.
The LCC unanimously approved the ordinance after the hearing.
A resolution establishing fees for after-hours and on-call water and sewer requests was the topic of a second public hearing.
“This is a pretty standard fee we are requesting,” Buffalo said.
The $126 fee will be applied on weekday evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, Buffalo said.
The council unanimously approved the resolution at the end of the public hearing.
A status report on the review, update and amendment to the Lakeport General Plan, which was conducted over a series of workshops by the Lakeport Planning Commission, was given to the council and unanimously approved.
County general plan policies added to the city general plan included the protection of rare and endangered species; development in environmentally sensitive areas; encouraging cluster development; protecting riparian corridors; creek management plans; management of wetlands; open space buffers for development projects; requirements for biological studies; protecting natural resources; project mitigation measures and protection of sensitive habitat in recreational areas.
In other business, the council presented a proclamation to Lakeport Resident Mauro Lopez, Jr. for his help in apprehending a convicted felon.
Contact J. W. Burch, IV at 900-2022.
