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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20030311minutesCITY OF JEFFERSON FINANCE COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 MINUTES OFFICIALS STAFF Mayor Tom Rackers Rich Mays, City Administrator Councilman Larry Vincent Steve Schlueter, Director of Finance Councilman Roy Viessman Jack Kramer, Director of Engineering Division Councilman Dan Klindt Matt Morasch, Civil Engineer Councilman Cliff Olsen Bill Lockwood, Director of Parks Councilman Dick Groner Pat Sullivan, Director of Comm. Development Councilman Ken Ferguson Jason Schnieder, Civil Engineer Councilman Bob Weber Councilman Edith Vogel Councilman Clyde Angle The meeting was called to order by the Finance Committee Chairman Larry Vincent at 7:30 P.M. The first order of business was the approval of the February 25, 2003 Finance Committee minutes. Finance Director Steve Schlueter advised the councilmen that the handout they received was the revised minutes noting the correction that Councilman Clyde Angle was not present during the vote to raise the City Prosecutor’s salary. A motion was made by Councilman Dan Klindt to approve the revised minutes and was seconded by Councilman R o y Vi ess m an . Th e motion p ass ed unanimous l y. Councilman Vincent asked the indulgence of the Council and moved directly to the budget items which included actual FY 2003 information and FY 2004 projections. Councilman Vincent asked Mr. Schlueter to review his memo to the Council covering those five items about revenue sources. Mr. Schlueter discussed each of the items and answered a series of questions about these items. During this discussion the Mayor brought up the letter he received regarding the error in the census count and noted the fact that the City is losing approximately 1,600 individuals in the census count as a result of the census staff including the Algoa inmates in the City count. Mayor Rackers noted that if annexation fails in the Algoa area that the City would lose the population count in the prison compounding the lost revenue problem and then further elaborated on the fact that all of these issues would make Jefferson City stand out as the only capital city declining in population; a fact that would make our City look very unattractive to potential businesses looking to relocate. Councilman Vincent then brought up a letter originally sent to Councilman Dave Smith from the FOP expressing their concern about the salary or pay differential for City employees called to active duty. Clarification was sought on the City policy regarding the City paying the difference in pay if the City employees are making less pay during their active duty status. The length of time for this differential pay was also questioned. Additional discussion ensued. The next item for discussion was the High Street Improvements Project and Councilman Vincent called on Matt Morasch to review the agreement, work in progress, cost estimates and other project factors effecting the outcome of the project. Once Mr. Morasch completed his presentation, Councilman Groner had a number of questions concerning both the agreement and project work in progress. Based on these questions, Mr. Morasch reviewed some of the change orders and improvement areas not originally identified in the concept of the project by the consultants. After additional discussion and several questions by Councilman Angle, Pat Sullivan made several comments which then concluded the discussion. Councilman Vincent requested that staff prepare two documents for the March 24 Finance Committee meeting. th The first item is a list of revenue enhancements, either new revenue sources or current ones, that can be considered if annexation fails. The second item is a listing of those staff that can still be called to active duty and t h ei r salary d i fferentials , c u rr e n t ver sus militar y p a y. There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Councilman Weber and seconded by Councilman Viessman. The motion passed unanimously and adjournment took place at 8:45 P.M.