Budget review sessions now online

(Jan. 11, 2021) Four days of budget review sessions, led by Ocean Pines’ Budget and Finance Committee, are now available online.  

The committee held four days of virtual meetings last week, marking the start of the public review process for the fiscal 2021-2022 budget.  

Video links for specific days and specific agenda topics are as follows: 
 

• Day One:  https://youtu.be/y0SxV8GlkCs
  • Food and Beverage – Ralph DeAngelus and Lewis Sherman   https://youtu.be/y0SxV8GlkCs 
• Day Two:  https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE
  • Approval of Agenda – Committee Members   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=34  
  • B&F Chair’s Opening Remarks – Dick Keiling   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=71  
  • General Manager’s Budget Presentation – John Viola   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=354  
  • Fire Department – Dave VanGasbeck and Steve Grunewald   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=2936  
  • Finance, Membership, IT, General Administration and Human Resources – Steve Phillips, Julia Johnson, Ruth Ann Meyer and Kathy Stryjewski   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=4895  
  • General Manager’s Office – John Viola   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=8065 
  • Public Relations and Marketing – Julie Malinowski   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=8416 
  • Golf – John Malinowski and Justin Hartshorne   https://youtu.be/Nj8sYmYXXLE?t=9162 
• Day Three:  https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I
  • General Maintenance, Public Works and CPI – Eddie Wells and Linda Martin   https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I?t=69 
  • Bulkhead and Road Reserves – Nobie Violante and Eddie Wells   https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I?t=4928 
  • Recreation and Parks and Marinas – Debbie Donahue and Ron Fisher   https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I?t=7183 
  • Police – Chief Leo Ehrisman and Lt. Shakhan Toppin   https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I?t=9691 
  • Replacement/New Capital Reserves – Steve Phillips   https://youtu.be/pT4XgMjY28I?t=11304 
• Day Four:  https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M
  • Racquet Sports – Colby Phillips, Tim McMullen and Terry Underkoffler   https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M?t=59 
  • Aquatics   – Colby Phillips and Kathleen Cook   https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M?t=5477 
  • Beach Parking – Colby Phillips   https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M?t=7436 
  • Drainage Reserves and Bainbridge Project – Colby Phillips   https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M?t=9019 
  • General Discussion, Review, Action Items and Recommendations   https://youtu.be/zzRI9iyRU4M?t=9411 

To download the agenda for all four days, visit /documents/20124/76969/UPDATED%202021%20B%26F%20Budget%20Meetings%20agenda.pdf/93ae3d27-584e-13cf-7583-34eb48afbbf4.  

To download the preliminary proposed budget, visit /documents/20124/123873/20201222140746280.pdf.   

Next in the process, the Budget and Finance Committee will summarize their review during a virtual meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11. To join the meeting, use the invite link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTJhYjE2YjEtNWJmOC00NmRiLTg1ZDItMjJiZjQ5NjE4NjIx%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22625a6322-2b2f-40fa-94f8-d7dd44d78153%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221bbee60b-d4e0-49eb-b4c6-d257cae7f063%22%7d. 

The Board of Directors will hold public budget review sessions on Jan. 19-20.