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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-08-14 - City Commission Budget Workshop Meeting Minutes11 CITY OF TAMARAC CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1992 Tape 1 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Bender called the City Council Budget Wor s op to order at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room #1, City Hall. PRESENT : Mayor H. L. Bender Vice Mayor Henry Schumann Councilman Norman Abramowitz Councilman Irving Katz ABSENT AND EXCUSED : Councilman Joseph Schreiber ALSO PRESENT : John P. Kelly, City Manager Dina McDermott, Assistant City Manager Michael R. Couzzo, Jr., Assistant City Manager/ Public Services Director Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney Mary Blasi, Finance Director Peter Procopio, Utility Engineer - Public Services Vernon Hargray, Public Services Operations Manager Alan Levine, Public Works Operations Manager Glenda Christian, M.I.S. Director Phyllis Polikoff, Secretary C/M Abramowitz asked what the percentage was down to. John Kelly, City Manager, replied 3.2% increase over the rolled --back. Pa a 240 FLEET SERVICES SUMMARY Pa e 241-246, FLEET SERVICES A TUAL BUDGET Page 247, Department Personnel Mary Blasi, Finance Director, said Pages 240 and 244 were self- explanatory. Mayor Bender asked why the Proposed Budget was $587,215 and the Recommended was $685,745. Ms. Blasi said Fleet Services was a chargeback fund and revenues were paid out of General Funds, Utilities West and Insurance Services, and figures were calculated on the equipment each Department had. Mr. Kelly said if Council did not approve the expenditures, the projections were accurate but if the expenditures were approved, there would be a reduction. Mike Couzzo, Assistant City Manager/Public Services Director, said Ms. Blasi claimed the reduction was tied to the new equipment. C/M Abramowitz asked if the reduction was predicated on the purchase of new vehicles and eliminating the need to repair the older vehicles. Ms. Blasi agreed. There was discussion regarding the cost and the vehicles which would be purchased. Total Direct Operating Ex enses Gasollne and D ese C/M Katz said Parts and Labor were approximately $100,000. Mr. Couzzo said Estimated and Recommended were the same and there was a total of 135 vehicles of all types. #302 - Tires J City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 2 Mr. Couzzo said $20,000 was for all the vehicles and he would research how many tires were replaced every year. Mr. Levine said it was almost $3,600 to replace the tires on the backhoe and tires were replaced twice during the past 18 months. He said it was almost $6,000 to replace the tires on the fire trucks. 473 - Auto Repairs/Parts V/M Schumann asked why there was a $100,000 differential. Ms. Blasi said this figure could be reduced if new vehicles were purchased. Ms. Blasi said $65,000 was allocated towards repairs on the fire trucks. Mayor Bender asked the capacity of the gasoline storage tanks. Mr. Couzzo said, 10,000 gallons and the $90,000 was based on last year's consumption ($87,322) for the year. #340 - Other Contractual Services Mr. Couzzo said most of the money was due to new regulatory agency requirements and the balance was for servicing the Gas Boy system. #497 - Outside Services Mr. Couzzo said this was for body work, painting, and for repairing heavy equipment which could not be done in-house and was in addition to the $100,000 previously mentioned. C/M Abramowitz expressed his concerns and opinions regarding the Fleet Services Budget and asked if money was not spent at the end of the year, would it be a carry-over. Mayor Bender said a budget was a guesstimate predicated on experience and knowledge of past history. C/M Abramowitz asked how Council could justify removing $100,000 from this Budget. Mr. Kelly answered that nothing should be cut until the Utilities Budget was reviewed. C/M Abramowitz agreed. Mayor Bender disagreed. C/M Katz suggested waiting until advised by Mr. Couzzo. Pa a 147 UTILITIES EAST - SUMMARY Page 150, UTILITIES EAST - REVENUES Ms. Blasi said a Utility/Water and Sewer Rate Study was brought before Council in June and Council approved an increase for Utilities East and Utilities West. She said approximately $123,000 was projected this year to balance the budget and to off- set any further rate increases. She said Utilities East did not pay the General Fund an Administrative Service Charge. C/M Abramowitz asked if there was a chargeback from Utilities West to Utilities East. Ms. Blasi said, no, but under Expenditures were chargebacks from Utilities East to Utilities West for labor provided by Utilities West. She said there were no personal services in Utilities East. Total Miscellaneous Revenues interest Income #361-002 - Interest Income -State Pool Ms. B1asi'said #361-000 represented a projected figure and as of June 30, the City collected $10,300 from the combined Items. Page 152 UTILITIES EAST OPERATIONS Total Ca2ital Outlay - Water D str�ution Improvements Mr. Couzzo said the $526 was not a true figure and the $25,000 was to install additional water lines on the East side for better fire City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 3 protection. Peter Procopio, Utility Engineer -Public Services, agreed. C/M Katz asked if the expenditures were already taken into consideration on the proposed increase for Utilities East. He said if nothing was changed, the figures indicated would be what the City could expect to receive as revenues based on the increase in the new rate. Ms. McDermott said, yes. Ms. Blasi said the increase would go into effect on September 1. #640 - Vehicles Mr. Couzzo said this represented the cost to purchase a pick-up truck and loader for digging trenches on the East Side. Tape 2 #643 - Machinery and Equipment Mr. CouzZO said it was to purchase a specially designed flow meter. Total Indirect Operating Expenses 5 K - UFilities maintenance charges Ms. Blasi said it represented the estimated cost of labor expended by Utilities West for Utilities East projects. Mr. Procopio said he believed the proposed amount was not over -inflated. There was discussion regarding labor expended by Utilities West for Utilities East. Ms. Blasi said there would be a $50,000 revenue for Utilities West. C/M Abramowitz agreed with Mr. Procopio that not enough attention was given to maintenance. He said maintenance should have been done 14 years ago. C/M Katz asked if Utilities .East had a debt -service. Mr. Blasi said, no. Ms. McDermott said all budgets reflected the new Utility rate increase. Ms. Blasi said the rate increase was to comply with the Bond covenants. Page 148 UTILITIES EAST SUMMARY UnclassifieR Mayor Bender asked for clarification. Ms. Blasi said this was the back -charge from Utilities West for labor and unclassified meant non -departmental. C/M Katz suggested that Council approve the Utilities East budget as is with the caveat that more equipment, either new, used, or distressed, would be forthcoming. Page 157, UTILITIES WEST REVENUES C/M Abramowitz asked if there would be a difference in the cost to the residents if the new garbage vendor did the billing and could the City arrange with'the vendor to do the billing. Mr. Kelly said, no, to both questions and he did not want anyone but the City to do the Utility billing. Ms. Blasi agreed. Total Charges for Services 7043-674 - Backflow Testing Fees C/M Katz said the fees were expended from commercial buildings and from buildings which had more than three -stories. He said fees were previously expended from multi -family residences. C/M Abramowitz said fees were also expended from high-rise buildings if they had an adjoining pool and from a clubhouse with a kitchen. J City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 4 C/M Katz agreed with former City Engineer, Bob Foy, regarding the recycling of water. He asked for a study to be done on the cost to recycle water and Mr. Couzzo said this matter was addressed in the budget. Mr. Kelly said the study was reviewed with the Bond people regarding the rate increase and the Bond refinancing. V/M Schumann said he could not locate any Utility maintenance charges for Utilities West. Ms. Blasi said maintenance charges were reflected as Operating Expenses and personnel costs and since Utilities East did not have personnel allocated, they did nothing for Utilities West. Mr. Kelly agreed. #343-631 - Residential Debt Service Charges #343-632 - Commercial Debt Service Charges #343-633 - Multi -Family Debt Service Charges #343-635 - Guaranteed Debt Service Charges Ms. Blasi said when the rate increase was proposed, it was decided not to isolate the Debt Service Charges but include it in Service Availability on the water bill. She said these charges would be shown in Item #343-611 (Residential Water Sales) through Item #343-626 (Commercial Wastewater Charges). Ms. Blasi said water sales did not come in as projected for FY 1991/1992 and there was a General Reserve Fund to balance shortfalls in revenues. She said next year $445,000 of the General Reserve Fund would be used to balance the budget. C/M Katz asked if the $445,000 was included in the 8% Plus index proposed for FY 1993/1994. Ms. Blasi said, yes, and it was to pick-up for the increase in the Operating and Personnel Budgets. C/M Abramowitz asked about the 8% Plus increase. C/M Katz said two Utility West rate increases were approved. #343-671 - Meter Fees C/M Katz said an increase was approved for several types of meter fees and Ms. Blasi said these were installation costs. Mr. Couzzo said there was a Conservation Rate Adjustment to ensure sufficient revenues. C/M Katz asked if Southern Bell knew they would be paying an increase because they had been paying a reduced rate. Ms. Blasi said Southern Bell would be advised shortly. #343-410 - utilities Maintenance Charges Ms. Blasi said this was the revenue offset from Utilities East. #343-412 - Customer Billing Services Ms. Blasi said Utilities East had only 1,000 customers and were billed bi-monthly and this Item was the revenue from Utilities East. Page 159-161 T.U.W. OPERATIONS/WATER-SEWER COMB. SERVICES Page 181, Department Personnel Total Personal Services Ms. Blasi said $27,021 and $16,827 represented half the salaries for Mr. Couzzo and Vernon Hargray, respectively, and their salaries remained the same from last year. Mr. Couzzo said the other half came from Public Works. C/M Katz asked about the Field Superintendent and the Public Services Fund. Ms. Blasi said a Public Services Division would be established. 1 1 City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 5 C/M Katz asked about the Utilities Service Coordinator (USC). Mr. Hargray said the USC worked with the speaker and was the supplemental Foreman who made sure schedules were coordinated, was in contact with the vendors and scheduled training sessions. EDITORS NOTE : Mayor Bender left the room at 10:15 a.m. C/M Katz asked if the City was finished with the Square One Debt Service Fund. Ms. Blasi said, yes. There was discussion regarding the Square One Debt Service Fund and reserve capacity. Ms. Blasi said this would be addressed in the Wastewater Treatment Budget. Ms. McDermott said there was no proposed figure for revenues at this time. Page 161 1Continued Total Indirect 02eratinq Expenses 5 E - Fi-eet Maintenance Services Ms. Blasi said this Item was combined for all Divisions. Page 159 Continued 3 - Legal Services Ms. McDermott said many Departments in the past had their own Line -Item but the City Attorney's Office would now have control over this Item and it was part of the Administrative Chargeback. C/M Katz suggested that Utilities West Division #362 be approved as is, at this time. Pa a 162 WATER TREATMENT Page , Department Personnel Mr. Couzzo said this Budget dealt with the people who worked at the Water Treatment Plant and the Lab. V/M Schumann asked about the vacant Lab Technician position. Mr. Couzzo said Fran Oney was promoted to Quality Assurance Manager and the Lab Technician position was vacant. Mr. Couzzo said there was a possibility that lab service might be provided to other communities. Total Direct 02eratin2 Ex enses u ge Removal Expense #4UF - Dredge Lime Sludge Colony west C.C. C/M Katz asked about the $10,000. Mr. Hargray said it was the cost to dredge out the sludge after it was transferred from the golf course to the lime sludge pit. Mr. Couzzo said it was for removal only and not for the contract to transfer it from the golf course to the lime sludge pit. V/M Schumann asked the difference between the two Items. Mr. Couzzo said years back the sludge moved from one area to another and it was now being removed and pumped back to the first area. Ta 3 Total Caiaital Outlay SJ - Filter Backwash Recovery Mr. Procopio said there would always be a waste product, even with reverse osmosis. He said if the backwash water was recycled, the amount of sludge moving at the golf course would be minimized and it was cost effective. C/M Katz said the contractor should come here on a.regular basis. Mr. Couzzo agreed. C/M Katz said the onus was on the employees City Council Budget Workshop S/14/92/PP Page 6 and not the contractor. Mr. Couzzo agreed and said the City would recapture the majority of the water backwashed through the filters and this water would be brought back into the system. He said 50,000,000 gallons annually was approximately $50,000. Mr. Procopio said 1,900,000,000 gallons of potable water was manufactured per year and if the City was able to recover the amount used for backwash, it would be 2.50% of the total amount of water pumped out of the ground. Mr. Couzzo said regulations would be more restrictive with regard to recovery. C/M Katz asked if the $200,000 would affect the revenues or the rates. Ms. Blasi said, no, and the minimal increase was to meet the provisions of the Bond Covenant. C/M Katz asked where the money would come from. Ms. Blasi said 10% was in excess of the operating revenues and the General Reserve Fund. She said half of the project was paid from CIAC Funds. C/M Abramowitz asked if any future projects could just use CIAC Funds if they were available. Ms. Blasi said, yes, if projects were approved with that stipulation. She said CIAC Funds also paid part of the Debt Service to Broward County for wastewater treatment. Mr. Procopio disagreed and said CIAC Funds were for future expansion. Total Direct 02erating Expenses (Continued) #4- Repairs Machinery & Equipment Mr. Hargray said $50,000 was transferred to Total Capital Outlay Item #643 - Machinery & Equipment - for replacement pumps and related equipment. #508 - Repairs/Maint. - Telemetery System Mr. Hargray said it was an off -site communications system which turned the pumps on and off and reported back to a centralized computing network. C/M Abramowitz said a past City Council had approved funding to eliminate infiltration. Mr. Couzzo said the City of Tamarac was the only City out of 10 in Broward County whose infiltration levels decreased. Total Capital Outlay (Continued 76- Vehicles Mr. Hargray said water treatment plant operators needed the vehicles because samples had to be taken every hour throughout the City. He said one vehicle was completely out -of -service. Page 165t TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION Paue 153. Deuartment Personnel Total Personal Services - Regular Salaries Ms. McDermott said this Division included all Service Workers. Mr. Couzzo said salaries were reduced because Division #365, Water Accountability, was created for the people who read the Meters and did the Meter exchanges. Total Direct Operating Ex enses - Repairs Machinery & Equipment Mr. Couzzo said the figure would probably decrease if machinery and equipment was replaced. 11 11 J City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 7 Page 167 Continue TotalCapital outlay Vehicles Ms. McDermott suggested that older vehicles be taken out of service and replaced. She said the new budget included a new pick-up truck and a tractor with a backhoe and it was more cost effective to replace than to repair. Mr. Couzzo said one backhoe would be purchased for Public Works and one for the Utilities. C/M Abramowitz asked about cross --utilizing equipment. Mr. Couzzo said this was the current practice and Alan Levine, Public Works Operations Manager, and Mr. Hargray did this on a daily basis. C/M Abramowitz asked if this Budget could be reduced. Mr. Couzzo said it would depend on if new equipment was purchased. Total Direct Operating Expenses (Continued) #53- Asphalt Paving C/M Katz asked why this was not under Streets and Paving. Ms. Blasi responded that Utilities West paid for the asphalt and Streets and Roads crew did the repair. Mr. Hargray said $4,000 of the $7,000 was to pave an area at the Public Services Complex. Pa a 167 Continued Total Ca2ital Outlay (Continued) HK - Extensions and Modifications Mr. Hargray said this represented the cost of a galvanized replacement program which would take more than one year. C/M Abramowitz said the developer should be responsible for the repairs. C/M Katz agreed. #6HD - Coral Springs Inter -Connect Mr. Couzzo said the project would be done this year. Ms. McDermott said the money was in the FY 1991/1992 budget and would be on the next Council agenda. #640 - Vehicles C/M Katz said he would not recommend approval until he received information from Mr. Couzzo. C/M Abramowitz expressed his opinion regarding the budget. C/M Katz said he marked Utilities West Budget as proposed on Pages 157, 158 and the Utilities East Budget as proposed on Page 162 approved, as is. He expressed his concerns about the $100,000 in the Utilities West budget and approved everything in the proposed Division #364 Budget except for Line Item #640. Page 168t WATER ACCOUNTABILITY Page 1B4, Department Personnel Mr. Couzzo said this Division was new and reflected the reductions from the previous Division. He said it included the people who read the Meters and did the Meter exchanges. Total Capital Outlay Commun ca son Expense Mr. Couzzo said it was the cost to repair the portable radios. Total Personal Services 1120 - Regular Sa ar es C/M Abramowitz asked if there were any changes. Mr. Couzzo said, no. He said personnel were responsible for water accountability, illegal tap -ins, defective meters, rebuilding meters and meter exchanges. V/ . City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 8 Total Capital Outlay (Continued) #640 Vehicles #643 - Machinery and Equipment Mr. Couzzo said it was for a pick-up truck and equipment which would detect leaks in pipes without having to tear up the road. Tape 4 C/M Katz asked why there was a difference between $16,200 and the other proposed cost for a pick-up truck of $13,100. Ms. McDermott said the $16,200 included a towing package which cost more because heavier equipment would be towed. Ms. McDermott said the Purchasing Division was reorganized and Sherry Bauer, Purchasing Officer, was a member of the Purchasing Co-op in Broward County. C/M Katz suggested Division #365 be approved as is. Page 170 CUSTOMER SERVICES Page__185, Department Personnel Total Capital Outla Machinery Wnd Equipment Ms. Blasi said the Division was in the Finance Department and was responsible for billing and Customer Services for the Utilities Department. She requested that the Burster for the Utility bills be replaced. C/M Abramowitz asked the cost to send Utility bills per unit, per year. Ms. Blasi said $10.77 per unit, per year, and Meter Readers put door,tag request notices on delinquent units. V/M Schumann asked how many tag request notices were put on each month. Ms. Blasi said it varied from month -to -month and there could be between 20 to 100 per cycle, per month. She said the first tag was free and every tag thereafter cost $5. She said it also was a charge to cut-off and reconnect and the unit owner had to pay both before the water was turned on. C/M Katz suggested the Customer Service Budget should be approved as is. EDITORS NOTE : Mayor Bender returned to the room at 11:22 a.m. Page 172 WASTEWATER COLLECTION Page Department Personnel V/M Schumann asked about the Video Technician and Collection Operator II vacant positions. Mr. Hargray said there was a Senior Video Technician and a second Video Technician and Collection Operator II were proposed positions. Mr. Hargray said the Video Technician took a camera to the pipelines to identify and seal the leaks. V/M Schumann asked why the proposed Video Technician would make more than the Senior Video Technician. Ms. Blasi said both positions were budgeted but the new position should be reduced. Ms. McDermott said new work was being done by the Video crew but additional assistance was needed and an employee would be promoted from within. Mayor Bender said the figures should be reversed. There was discussion regarding the proposed positions. V/M Schumann said the new positions were the Jet Rodder/Sealing Technician and Collection Operator II. Ms. Blasi said Hubert Wiggins was a Senior Video Technician and the Video Technician was also filled. City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 9 Mr. Couzzo said Robert Whitfield was a Video Technician and the proposal was to change him to Jet Rodder/Sealing Technician. C/M Katz asked if developers would be charged by the City to accept and video their wastewater facilities. Mr. Couzzo said this was previously discussed and that Council would research this matter through permit fees. C/M Katz said presently the City was not being paid. Mr. Couzzo agreed. * C/M Katz asked Mr. Kelly to research this and report back to Council. Total Personal Services 2 - Regular Sa aries Ms. McDermott said the increases were based on the C.O.L.A. increase. Page 172 WASTEWATER COLLECTION Continued Tomtal Persona Services - incenEive Bonus C/M Katz asked if this was cancelled. Mr. Kelly said nothing was proposed for the next Fiscal Year. Ms. Blasi said January, 1992 figures were indicated but July, 1992 was not available at this time. Pace 176, WASTEWATER TREATMENT Ms. McDermott said there was no personnel. Ms. Blasi said the figures indicated the Debt Service paid to Broward County for the treatment of wastewater and this Item could not be cut. C/M Abramowitz asked if new projection was reflected for FY 1992/1993. Ms. Blasi said, yes, and the Sewer C.I.A.C. Fund paid a portion of the Debt Service. Page 179 UNCLASSIFIED Total Direct Operating Ex enses A - Property Tax Substitute Ms. Blasi said Utilities West was charged because they did not pay property taxes. Total Indirect Operating Ex enses T39A - Data Processing Services Ms. Blasi said last year there was no chargeback but their share was based on the number of users of terminals and P.C.'s. She said Glenda Christian, M.I.S. Director, took the total Budget and allocated between Utilities West and the General Fund and it went into the Internal Service fund as a revenue. She said it was Zero before because nothing was subsidized last year. Page 201 WATER TREATMENT - U.W. C.I.A.C. FUND Total Capital Outlay C/M Abramowitz asked if anything could be changed. Ms. Blasi said it represented the capital improvements which were proposed for the Utilities West Fund. #6SI - Raw Water Wells 16-19 Ms. McDermott said Council approved the projects. V/M Schumann asked where the funds came from. Ms. Blasi said developer impact fees. Mr. Kelly said the monies were already collected. C/M Katz asked if there were any reserves for C.I.A.C. Ms. Blasi J City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 10 said capital was not included in the calculations. Page 233j, CENTRAL PURCHASING/STORES FUND-Summar Pa - a 237, PURCHASING STORES SERVICES Page239, Department Personnel Ms. Blasi said staffing remained the same but there was a change in personnel. She said there was a decrease in the proposed salaries because Ms. Bauer's salary was less than the previous Purchasing Officer. Tape 5 Page 226 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICE Summer Page 230, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICE (MIS) I� III11 Page , Department Personne V/M Schumann asked if the Programmer position was vacant. Ms. Blasi said, yes. Page 237 Continued 40 - Rent/Lease-Machinery/Equipment Ms. Blasi said this was rental for the copier because prior to this, Purchasing used the Finance Department copier. Ms. McDermott said it also covered the cost of the printing. Total Indirect Operating Expenses #SOP - Insurance Service Charges C/M Abramowitz asked why the amount escalated. Ms. Blasi said Insurance Services went up significantly. Mayor Bender said it was a pro -rated amount based on the number of employees. Ms. Blasi agreed. Page 230 Continued V/M Schumann asked who presently did the programming. Glenda Christian, M.I.S. Director, said it was done by three people. C/M Katz asked if rent was still being paid for Records Retention. Ms. McDermott said, yes, but a less costly vender was found in Coral Springs for the new fiscal year. Mayor Bender asked how often records were reviewed to be destroyed. Mr. Kelly said constantly. C/M Katz asked if M.I.S. had anything to do with Map Graphics. Ms. McDermott said Ms. Christian knew everything within the City about any computers, hardware or software issue and was totally involved. C/M Katz asked Ms. Christian if she was responsible for maintenance on the Macintosh Computer. Ms. Christian said, yes. Mr. Kelly said M.I.S. purged and analyzed what everyone had in the system and safety provisions were provided. Ms. Blasi said Ms. Christian was responsible for purchasing all hardware, software and maintaining all computer equipment. V/M Schumann asked who had access to all the codes. Ms. Christian said anyone in Data Processing and only she had access to the system from the outside. She said codes were changed throughout the year. Page 222 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FUND - Solid Waste Disposal Fees Mr. Kelly said the City went out to bid with the intention of having the vendor provide the billing. He said if it was decided the City would do the billing, an amount would replace the Zero. City Council Budget Workshop 8/14/92/PP Page 11 He said to -date, the analysis had not been completed. C/M Abramowitz asked .if this was a pass -through. Mr. Kelly said, yes. C/M Abramowitz said he wanted to see the vendor do the billing. He complimented Ms. Blasi and Ms. McDermott and said it was the tightest Budget he had ever seen. Mayor Bender agreed the format was excellent and suggested that the Department Personnel sheets should be close to the Budget Division. Page 20, CITY ATTORNEY Continued Regular Salaries (Continued) C/M Katz suggested that City Attorney Kraft's salary be kept separate from Secretary, Marian Swenson. He said City Attorney Kraft should get a 5% increase and Ms. Swenson's salary should remain status quo. City Attorney Kraft said he was delighted to be associated with the City of Tamarac. He said he would withdraw his proposal of an increase for Ms. Swenson but would come before Council again later in the year on this matter. He said his starting salary was very low and was accepted without question but after six months he was requesting an increase. He said the Department provided legal services for every Department and he attended every Council meeting and Workshop. He said arbitration and labor situations were handled for the Personnel Department. He mentioned agreements, Resolutions and Ordinances prepared by his office and the Department. C/M Abramowitz said City Attorney Kraft was aware of the low salary at time of hire. He said CityAttorney Kraft was very quick to respond to questions for clarification or opinions, etc. He proposed a salary increase to $67,500 which was more than a 5% increase. V/M Schumann agreed with C/M Abramowitz that City Attorney Kraft was timely with responses and had a lot of responsibility and that City Attorney Kraft's starting salary was very low. He suggested a $5,500 C.O.L.A. increase to $68,000 with 10% of that going into deferred compensation plus 10% more instead of $6,000. C/M Abramowitz agreed with V/M Schumann's recommendation. C/M Katz disagreed with V/M Schumann's recommendation and proposed 5% plus 4%. There was further discussion. Mayor Bender agreed with the comments made by the Council members and with V/M Schumann's financial recommendations. Ms. Blasi reiterated the proposal that City Attorney Kraft would receive $68,000 plus a 4% C.O.L.A. increase and 10% of City Attorney Kraft's salary would go into a deferred compensation plan. City Attorney Kraft thanked Council for their considerations and salary proposal. Mr. Kelly said Council had to meet again to discuss Fleet Services and to finalize Code Enforcement, Building and Planning. He suggested that a Workshop should be scheduled for Wednesday morning. Mayor Bender ADJOURNED the Budget Workshop at 12:30 P.M. �= C A. EVANS CITY CLERK