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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20030911minutesCITY OF JEFFERSON FINANCE COMMITTEE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 MINUTES OFFICIALS STAFF Councilman Clyde Angle Rich Mays, City Administrator Councilman Michael Berry Steve Schlueter, Director of Finance Councilman Edith Vogel Bill Lockwood, Director of Parks & Recreation Councilman Darren Gordon Charlie Lansford, Asst. Director of Comm. Dev. Councilman Cliff Olsen Bob Rennick, Fire Chief Councilman Ken Ferguson Bob Clark, Police FOP Councilman Bob Weber Lonnie Brandt, Firemen’s Pension Board Member Councilman Richard Groner Alan Kreter, Firemen’s Pension Board Member Nathan Nickolaus, City Counselor Matt Morasch, Deputy Dir. Of Public Works The meeting was called to order by Finance Committee Chairman Clyde Angle at 5:30 P.M. Chairman Angle made a few opening remarks about how this and future meetings will be conducted. The first item on the agenda was a motion to approve the Finance Committee meeting minutes of August 27, 2003. The motion was made by Councilman Olsen and seconded by Councilman Berry. Motion was approved by a vote of 7 to 0. Chairman Angle announced that an invited guest will speak later in the meeting. Mr. Marks Rhoads is a lobbyist and will present some information he feels will be useful to the Council. The next item was the FY 2004 Budget and Chairman Angle asked to start with item B, which is the Fire Pension Benefits items, and invited several retirees of the current Firemen’s Retirement Plan to make some remarks. Once the retirees finished their comments Chairman Angle opened the floor for questions. Additional discussion took place regarding the proposed retirement benefit enhancements and the current plan. Chairman Angle suggested to the retirees that they make a formal presentation to the Firemen’s Pension Board as the first step toward making their feelings known. The retirees agreed to do that. Chairman Angle introduced Mr. Mark Rhoads, who presented an overview of how his lobbyist firm operates and some of the benefits that can be derived from their efforts. Several questions were asked by the Councilmen. The other item under the FY 2004 Budget was a discussion about a sub-committee recommendation presented by Councilman Berry. The recommendation concerned a capital purchase plan to fund additional capital equipment from the General Fund balance with a payback schedule amortized over a short period of time, thereby reducing future operating maintenance cost at the same time upgrading the capital items. It was decided that the sub-committee would work with staff to present a capital purchase plan to be presented to the full Council for further consideration and possible funding in the FY 2004 Budget. The next scheduled meeting for the Finance Committee will be Monday, September 22, 2003 at 5:30 P.M. in the large conference room. Councilman Olsen made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Councilman Berry. Adjournment took place at 6:50 P.M.