October 4, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 17 . . Funds Earmarked For Boardwalk Initiatives FROM PAGE 16 was a discussion for another day, as City Manager David Recor added Dare’s suggestion is a much bigger price tag than the $100,000 earmark in paving funds. McGean’s final recommendation in how to use savings from the 2012 bond issue is to set aside $500,000 for the renovation project of fire headquarters in case anticipated costs increase. The total of funds recommended to be allocated from the bond savings came to $1.1 million. McGean moved onto the excess fund balance but made it clear nothing would be spent until after hurricane season. The remainder of the excess funds will be retained in the fund balance to use toward items in the FY15 budget. McGean recommended funding the capital improvement projects of street paving by about $383,000 to bring the total amount of funding for street paving to $3 million as well as $500,000 to fund the first year of canal dredging. The canals included in the first phase are between Hitchens and Trimper Avenue, on 48th Street and on 52nd Street, and out of those three canals there is one bulkhead that is need of repair. McGean suggested funding items that were removed from the FY14 budget, including $4,550 for arrow board replacement, $13,000 to replace a power washer, $10,000 for Northside Park gym lockers and shower stall, and $45,000 to replace the north fence that runs along Route 90 at the Tennis Center. Next, McGean recommended funding deferred maintenance items, including over $23,000 for street light pole painting along Baltimore Avenue, $40,000 to replace flooring, painting, and power washing of City Hall, $25,000 to paint dumpster screens in the concrete portion of the Boardwalk that were also installed in 1999, $40,000 to paint the Boardwalk arch, $15,000 to repair cracks in the concrete tram lane on the Boardwalk, $45,000 to conduct maintenance at the downtown tram storage unit, $50,000 of added funds for patching and utility repairs in the street funding account and $31,500 to replace a Broyhill container. In the category of vehicle replacement, McGean suggested $255,000 to replace one ambulance, $60,000 to replace a Boardwalk sweeper, and $40,000 to paint two solid waste collection trucks. Following discussions with staff justifying a few recommended items, such as an ambulance and Boardwalk sweeper, Council Secretary Mary Knight started with a motion to earmark funds for all the recommendations made in how to use the savings from the 2012 bond issue, and the Mayor and City Council voted unanimously to approve. Next, Knight made a motion to allocate funds for all items recommended in how to use the surplus in the general fund with the remainder to be retained for the next fiscal year. Before a vote was taken, Dare asked for the council to consider adding about $3,000 to fund a second annual Town of Ocean City Newsletter, as well as funding to upgrade the audio and visual equipment in council chambers that allows meetings to be recorded and relayed to the public. McGean responded the town has about $25,000 in franchise funds to enhance council chamber’s audio and visual equipment and it is on the to-do list. Recor added the project would cost at least $100,000. “We will find the money,” Recor said, regarding funding to print and mail a second annual newsletter. Knight’s motion regarding earmarked funds in the excess general fund was not amended to include Dare’s requests and the council voted unanimously to approve. “When you look at our priorities, and the things that have been eliminated from the budget once if not twice, and some of the other things under deferred maintenance, well one of the reasons why I think Ocean City is so successful is because we haven’t deferred maintenance too long to the point where we can never catch up. This all makes sense,” Mayor Rick Meehan said. Are You Ready For Some Football? EVERY SUNDAY, MONDAY & THURSDAY Happy Hour In The... 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