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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20030724minutesCITY OF JEFFERSON FINANCE COMMITTEE THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2003 MINUTES OFFICIALS STAFF Clyde Angle, Councilman Rich Mays, City Administrator Edith Vogel, Councilman Steve Schlueter, Director of Finance Cliff Olsen, Councilman Gail Strope, Director of Human Resources Mike Berry, Councilman Bob Rennick, Fire Chief Darren Gordon, Councilman Jason Turner, Fire Education Officer Dan Klindt, Councilman Melva Fast, Asst. To The City Administrator Ken Ferguson, Councilman Charlie Lansford, Director of Planning Bob Weber, Councilman Pat Sullivan, Director of Community Development J.J. Gates, Parks Maintenance Division Director Mark Edwards, Police Detective Mike Schultz, Firefighter Kevin Bagby, Firefighter Finance Committee Chairman Clyde Angle called the meeting to order at 5:40 P.M. The first item on the agenda was the approval of the Finance Committee minutes from June 25, 2003. Councilman Olsen moved for approval and Councilman Klindt seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously. The second item on the agenda was a presentation by Steve Condrey of Condrey and Associates on the “Job Classification and Compensation Plan” for the City of Jefferson. Councilman Angle introduced Mr. Condrey after making a few introductory remarks about the process leading up to this presentation. Mr. Condrey proceeded to review the report focusing mainly on the Classification Changes, the Equity Adjustments and the cost options of implementing this plan. After finishing his explanation of these items, Councilman Angle opened the floor for questions. Several questions were posed to Mr. Condrey and then Councilman Angle as well as Mr. Mays, and Ms. Strope thanked Mr. Condrey for his excellent work. The third item on the agenda was a presentation by Lonnie Brandt, Chairman of the Firefighters Retirement Board, who was accompanied by Norm Robinson and Claire West, also Board members. Mr. Brandt presented a letter from the law firm of Stinson, Morrison and Herber explaining their findings and correspondence with the LAGERS representative Mr. Schwartz. They then distributed a benefit comparison worksheet explaining the difference between the current fire retirement plan, LAGERS L-11 plan, the current employees L-6 plan and the Board’s proposed plan. Items depicting the plan included eligibility, COLA, maximum retirement levels, the new revenue to pay for part of the cost and finally the additional contribution required by the City to pay for the plan, which was approximately $53,070. Additional discussion and follow-up questions were asked by a number of councilman. Councilman Angle thanked the members of the Board for their informative presentation and promised them that their proposal would receive consideration during the FY 2004 Budget process. The next item was a distribution by Mr. Mays of the Parks and Recreation Long Range Funding Analysis which compared various cities and their sales tax cost. Councilman Angle stated that this would be useful information that will be included in the budget discussions. The next item on the agenda was the City Priorities which Councilman Angle explained that the Council should begin the process of thinking about long range planning and priorities. Councilman Angle also mentioned that the City employees are a very important asset of the City and long range planning should be included with this thought in mind. Councilman Angle announced that the next Finance Committee meeting will be Tuesday, July 29 at 5:30 P.M. in the Large Conference Room. There being no further business Councilman Olsen made a motion to adjourn which was seconded by Councilman Klindt. Adjournment took place at 6:58 P.M.