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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-09-10 - City Commission Workshop Meeting Minutes0 r] MAIL REPLY TO: P.O. BOX 25010 TAMARAC. FLORIDA 33320 5811 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE 0 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 August 16, 1985 NOTICE OF BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL TAMARAC, FLORIDA There has been a City Council Workshop Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 10, 1985, at 9:00 A.M. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 5811 NW 88 Avenue, to review the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 1985/86. The public is invited to attend, Carol E. Barbuto Assistant City Clerk AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS CITY OF TAMARAC CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP BUDGET HEARING SEPTEMBER 10, 1985 Tape BALL Tp_ORDER: Mayor Kravitz called the meeting to order at 1 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 10, 1985, in Council Chambers. PRESENT: Mayor Philip B. Kravitz Councilman Arthur H. Gottesman Councilman Raymond J. Munitz Councilman Sydney M. Stein (9:15 A.M.) ALSO PRESENT: Larry Perretti, Acting City Manager V. Diane Williams, Secretary MEDITATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Kravitz called for a Moment of Silent Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. FIRE DEPARTMENT: Ray Briant, Assistant Fire Chief requested eight (8) additional firefighters bringing the total to 52. Acting City Manager Larry Perretti recommended 44 which is the current number of firefighters. Assistant Fire Chief Briant explained that the eight firefighters requested would serve as additional backup support for the propose ambulance service for the city. He said if a user fee were implemented with the ambulance service, enough money would be generated to offset the addition of the eight men at no additional cost to the city. Mr. Briant asked Council to reconsider his request for the additional firefighters. V/M Massaro stated that these positions would not be filled until or unless they get the license to operate the ambulance. Mr. Briant said he would place a hiring freeze on the eight positions and not put them on the payroll until the Broward County EMS Division awarded the city the certificate. V/M Massaro inquired if the Fire Department really needed three captains. Ray Briant said they had asked for reclassification of the three captains and of the three, one would be called an administrative captain working days as a training officer and the other two would be reduced to the rank of fire inspectors and potentially placed on shift as functional Firefighters/Inspectors. He said this reclassification would augment their manpower and also give them a certified state inspector working shifts. V/M Massaro agreed that it would be a more reasonable way to utilize the services of these men and would cost less and perform a better service to the city. Acting City Manager Larry Perretti asked who would be in charge of a particular shift as far as rating the employees. Mr. Briant explained that over the past five months they have im- plemented a successful pilot program delegating more responsibilities to the lieutenant for maintaining the station and evaluating the personnel. He said the Captains reduced to Fire-- 1 9/10/85 /VDW fighters/Inspectors could perform inspections and generate potential fees for the city thus keeping down the expenses by not using the heavy trucks to make inspections. V/M Massaro asked if he was suggesting that they consider fees for inspection. Ray Briant said there is a potential to generate $85,000 in fees from mandated inspections as required by the South Florida Building Code inspections. Mr. Perretti said he saw no problem on the surface as far as Mr. Briant's proposed recommendations but stated that it is usually against the rules of Labor Law to have a union employee supervise another and also to make the final recommendations as to their evaluations or reprimands. He said he did not recommend the proposal because there would not be a "management" personnel supervising these people but another union fellow employee which is against basic good labor practice. V/M Massaro asked that the Acting City Manager consider the proposal and report back to Council. C/M Munitz asked the difference between a secretary and an administrative secretary. Mr. Perretti answered that an administrative secretary is for all department heads and indicated that he would recommend approval of an administrative secretary. Acting City Manager Perretti asked for explanation of the Line Item - Incentive Pay - Ambulance Service as to why the budget is $10,000. Mr. Briant explained that $125 per person is the incentive pay for having a certification called "Emergency Medical Technician". He said in last year's budget they had requested that $10,000 be allocated for the actual persons operating the ambulance who would have more duties than the average firefighters, however, this amount was not requested for this year's budget and should be deleted. Mr. Briant said Line 462 - Building Repairs has a requested amount of $12,600 and the Acting City Manager recommended $8,600. He explained that Station One is now six years old and is in need of repair. He asked Council to reconsider this request. He said they are also requesting $134,000 to purchase a new fire engine and noted that it would require a year to build. Mr. Briant said they cannot legally bid on a new fire truck unless funds are allocated in the budget. The Assistant Fire Chief also noted a request under #466 - Fire Apparatus for $35,000 and the Acting City Manager's recommendation of $20,000. He explained that the ladder truck needs new doors at a cost of $2500 per door and also listed other equipment to be purchased with the $35,000. Mr. Briant requested $18,000 under Buildings - #620 to repair both station roofs and indicated that the City Manager made no recom- mendation. He requested $11,650 under Communications - #644 and, again, the City Manager made no recommendation. -- Assistant Fire Chief Briant also requested $70,700 under #647 and the City Manager recommended $7,000 to purchase a piece of equip- ment called the "Jaws of Life". Mr. Perretti said they have been able to hold the line as to Life and Health Insurance and there will be a minimal adjustment in the 9/10/85 / /VDW J premium. He said HMO was able to provide basically the same prices as before. Mr. Perretti said the cost to the city and the employees will not be a significant increase. The Acting City Manager cautioned Council to be very cognizant of the need for liability insurance even though there has been a sub- stantial increase in the premiums. Mr. Perretti informed that if Council approves the eight fire- fighters recommended by the Fire Department, approximately $110 charge per run would have to be implemented as the ambulance fee. V/M Massaro asked Mr. Perretti to give them all the information pertaining to this subject so they can determine appropriate action. POLICE DEPARTMENT Tape 2 Chief Joseph McIntosh reported issues to the residents of the crime is on the rise. He said have been able to reduce crime additional officers because of that one of the most important city is security and noted that for four consecutive years they but this year request nine the following: a. Increase in traffic accidents and noted that over 50,000 people are killed in traffic accidents every year and there were 1,560 traffic accidents in Tamarac - and He said as a result of those accidents there were 287 disabling injuries and six deaths. b. Burglary -- In 1984 there were 314 burglaries which was almost a 50% increase over the previous year. c. Robberies -- In 1983 there were 16 robberies within the city; in 1984, 24 and in the first six months of this year, there have been 26, including four bank robberies. d. Service calls - In 1980, they were handling 12,000 service calls per year and now they are handling 20,000 which requires a tremendous amount of time and manhours. He said, presently, of the 11 zones, 8 are covered by police personnel. Chief McIntosh said the addition of the 9 officers would bring the police force up to 77 officers. Chief McIntosh said of the 43 line items in his proposed budget, 23 had been cut and noted that he disagreed with approximately 20 of the cuts. He said he had requested two (2) radar units at a cost of $2,850 which would pay for themselves within a week and Acting City Manager Perretti agreed to reinstate it within the proposed budget. He said he originally requested 25 vehicles because they already have 22 vehicles with over 100,000 miles and Mr. Perretti cut the request in half. Chief McIntosh said one area of great concern to him and which, in his opinion, does not belong in this area of the budget is Special Details. He explained that Special Details is a budget item which is no cost to the city but a source of revenue for the city. Chief McIntosh said the off -duty police officer works a detail paid by the merchants or individual residents who want to hire a police officer. Mr. Perretti noted that Special Detail is Line Item 151. Mr. Etheredge stipulated that the merchants pay the city and the city pays the police officers. Chief McIntosh said another item is overtime and expressed that the Garcia decision would have an impact on every city and every company in the United States as far as overtime costs. He said this line item was increased to $38,000 which may or may not be 3 9/10/85 /VDW sufficient. The Police Chief indicated that Professional Services had been decreased to $2,000 from the original $8,000 request which is Line Item 310. V/M Massaro asked for a breakdown of this line item to see what the money was used for. Chief McIntosh said Line Item 150 -- Bonus Pay - is State In- centive money paid to the police officers and the estimated actual is $50,000 and was reduced by the Acting City Manager to $40,000. He said this would go up because as the officers obtain additional education, their incentive pay is increased and ex- plained that this line item is not a cost. Chief McIntosh said Line Item 403 - Automobile Allowance - has not been recommended by the Acting City Manager and asked what will be done in this area. He said Line Item 440 - Rentals and Leases - reflected a request for $8,000 because of an increase in copy machine rentals. Hyman Fox asked who would be responsible for Workman's Compen- sation for the Special Detail. Mr. Perretti answered that the city would. Mr. Fox expressed his concern that the city does not belong in private business. PUBLIC WORKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTS Tape Public Works Director asked Council to review and reconsider: 3 640 643 120 Regular Salaries (addition of service worker to assist the night mechanic) TAMARAC UTILITIES WEST William Greenwood, Utilities Director, asked Council to review and reconsider the following: 291 Tape 290 4 403 603 510 516 641 463 TAMARAC UTILITIES EAST - ADMINISTRATION Mr. Etheredge said this department's Regular Salaries will decrease with the transfer of two employees from its payroll to the Finance Department. He said the main increase to the budget, however, is the transfer out of the General Reserve Fund (417) to finance capital improvements. UTILITIES WEST - OPERATIONS Water ewer Combination ervices Bill Greenwood, Utilities Director, asked Council to review and reconsider Account 362. 4 9/10/85 1 /VDW J 1 1 V/M Massaro asked Finance Director Etheredge to discuss with Bill Greenwood, Utilities Director, and Acting City Manager Perretti, the possibility of reading meters quarterly and billing customers monthly on an estimated average with actual adjustments made at the end of the quarter. Utilities -- West Water Treatment Mr. Greenwood requested deletion of one Assistant Chief Operator and reallocation of the Operator I and II positions. He said under Operator II he is requesting four positions and under Operator I, five positions. Mr. Greenwood said these changes are necessary because they have implemented cross -training of the water treatment plant operators and sewerage treatment plant operators giving them the incentive to get dual licenses. Water Treatment/Water Utilities Services Bill Greenwood asked Council to review and reconsider Account 364. V/M Massaro asked for additional information on #364 - Backflow Prevention Program. Wastewater Treatment Sewer Service Changes Bill Greenwood requested: Four - Wastewater Operator II Five - Wastewater Operator I Mayor Kravitz adjourned the workshop at 12:05 P.M. ASST. CITY CLERK This document was promulgated at a cost of $ 77.15 or $ 2,14_ - per copy to inform the general public and public officers and employees about recent opinions and considerations by the City Council of the City of Tamarac. 5 9/10/85 /VDW