Due to the fact that no one from the public sector showed up for the public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 3, regarding the town’s proposed 2010 budget, members of the Cedaredge Town Council took one last opportunity to review and “fine tune” the 2010 budget.

For the most part, the trustees seemed satisfied with the reductions in expenditures, and congratulated the department heads for the cuts they had made.

However, trustee Bruce Bertram  expressed some concern (with no satisfactory response) that the Town of Cedaredge has projected a $45,000 increase in revenues for 2010 while, according to Bertram, every other town in Delta County has projected a 3 to 5 percent loss in revenue for 2010. According to Bertram, the expenses have been fine-tuned but the revenues have not.

In response to Bertram’s concern, it was noted that the demographics of the town is, for the most part, a mature population who tend to spend their money at home, resulting in stable sales tax revenues.

Said Bertram, “You’re going to be glad to see me go.”

Trustee Pat Means also expressed some concern over the likelihood of a reduction in the mineral and severance tax revenues that the town can expect to receive.

Trustee Nancy Sturgill said she had looked at the whole budget and felt that the 2010 budget is “not that far out of line.”

The 2010 budget is scheduled for approval during the regular meeting of the Cedaredge Town Council on Thursday,  Dec. 10.

Following the public hearing, a special meeting was convened to appoint someone from the board of trustees to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mayor Sluski in November. Trustee Pat Means was selected.

The trustees then went into a work session where they focused their attention on developing a job description for both the mayor and the town administrator’s positions.

Committees and the need for committees other than those committees mandated by ordinance or resolution (finance, tree board, personnel, and safety and wellness) were also discussed, with the focus on “project specific” committees.

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