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SA]q'RiXi ZOs630 East Hopkins City of San Marcos San Marcos, TX 78666 Meeting Minutes City Council Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:30 PM City Council Chambers 630 E. Hopkins - Budget Policy Workshop I. Call To Order With a quorum present, the budget policy workshop meeting of the San Marcos City Council was called to order by Mayor Hughson at 4:31 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2020 in the City Council Chambers, 630 E. Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666. II. Roll Call Council Member Marquez arrived after roll call at 4:41p.m. Present: 7 - Council Member Melissa Derrick, Mayor Jane Hughson, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Mihalkanin, Council Member Joca Marquez, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Mark Rockeymoore, Council Member Maxfield Baker and Council Member Saul Gonzales PRESENTATIONS 1. Receive a Staff presentation and hold discussion regarding the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Policy for the City of San Marcos, and provide direction to the City Manager. Bert Lumbreras, City Manager provided a brief introduction and thanked the Council for the direction provided last week. Staff received a lot of good feedback that will be integrated in the budget development over the next few months. Both the Budget Policy statement and Strategic Initiatives are scheduled to be on the March 17 Council meeting for consideration and approval. Heather Hurlbert, Director of Finance and Melissa Neal, Assistant Director of Finance led the presentation. Ms. Neal provided a recap from the previous Budget Policy Workshop held on February 20, 2020. Council provided consensus to increase the Municipal Judges hours from 30 to 40 hours per week. This will be a budget impact of $36,000. Last week Council proposed funding the Homebuyer Incentive Program at $70-75K annually, a decrease from $100K. After further Council discussion City of San Marcos page 1