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Home My WebLink About1988-08-12 - City Commission Budget Workshop Meeting Minutes7525 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321-2401 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 Revised August 11, 1988 NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING There will be a City Council Budget Workshop Meeting on Friday, August 12, 1988 in Conference Room #1 (City Clerk's Office) at City Hall, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida to review the following budgets: • 10:00 a.m. Personnel/Insurance 10:30 a.m. Revenues CEB/nr • Carol E. Barbuto City Clerk AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS 7525 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE 0 TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33321-2401 TELEPHONE (305) 722-5900 August 12, 1988 NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING There will be a City Council Budget Workshop Meeting on Friday, August 12, 1988 in Conference Room #1 (City Clerk's Office) at City Hall, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida to review the following budgets: 10:00 a.m. Personnel 10:30 a.m. Boards and Committees r L. CEB/nr L] Carol E. Barbuto City Clerk AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAPPED STATUS 1 CITY OF TAMARAC CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1988 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to Order on Friday, August 12, 1988 at 10:00 A.M. in Conference Room #1 (City Clerk's Office). PRESENT: ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Norman Abramowitz Vice Mayor Jack Stelzer Councilman Dr. H. Larry Bender Councilman Bruce Hoffman Councilman Henry Rohr John P. Kelly, City Manager Ken Burroughs, Finance Director Larry Perretti, Personnel Director Pauline Walaszek, Special Services Secretary City Manager Kelly said this meeting was for the Budget of the Personnel Department. He said Larry Perretti would be discussing possible changes regarding the insurance coverage which would take place within the next two weeks. Larry Ferretti, Personnel Director, said in order to review the entire department, insurance operations have to be included under salaries. He said at this time, Phyllis Polikoff was assigned 70% to the Personnel Department and 30% to Insurance and Kathy Calabria was assigned 70% to Insurance and 30% to the Personnel Department. C/M Hoffman asked if Judy Deutsch's salary was included and Larry Perretti said Judy Deutsch's position was being eliminated. V/M Stelzer asked if the City Code would be changed to reflect the elimination of the Risk Manager. City Manager Kelly said he has not seen this matter in the City Code; however, he will review the City Code. Mr. Perretti said if this was in the City Code, Judy Deutsch was not labelled a Risk Manager until she completed the schooling. Mayor Abramowitz asked if anyone could be a Risk Manager and City Manager replied, yes. City Manager Kelly said the function of the Risk Manager was not being eliminated, the position was being eliminated C/M Rohr asked who would be performing these functions and City Manager Kelly said Mr. Perretti and his personnel. V/M Stelzer had concerns with the Personnel Department not having enough functions in the past. He asked if the elimination of the Risk Manager was to create more work for the employees and City Manager Kelly replied, no. Page 1 U 8/12/88 City Manager Kelly said the City was in the position to eliminate the Risk Manager position and he felt it was in the best interest of the City to do this. Mr. Ferretti said the Budget provided a position for an Insurance Clerk which was a new position. V/M Stelzer asked what the salary for this position would be and Mr. Perretti said the starting salary would be $15,000.00 per year. V/M Stelzer asked what Judy Deutsch's salary was and Mr. Perretti replied, approximately $42,000.00 per year. Mayor Abramowitz said this was a vast difference and he asked if the City would suffer in any way by the elimination of this position. Mr. Perretti said as the Budget discussion continues regarding health insurance, the City Council will see that the elimination of this position would not cause suffering. He said in contacting the Florida League of Cities1with which the City has their major accounts on liability, one of the things they could not understand was why the City never used them on a consulting basis. Mr. Perretti said the City paid the Florida League of Cities $24,000.00 per month for liability insurance and some of the accounts would be expiring in March, 1989. He said out of the $24,000.00, consulting services are free of charge; therefore, the City would have the assistance they needed through the Florida League of Cities. V/M Stelzer asked if the City ever received services from the Florida League of Cities and Mr. Perretti said he did not know if Judy Deutsch used their services in the past; however, they were willing to assist the City any time they were needed. C/M Hoffman said Judy Deutsch was also a Pension Board member and he asked if this position would be replaced. Larry Perretti said Judy Deutsch was elected to the Pension Board by the employees. He said there was a possibility that Judy Deutsch could have lost an election. V/M Stelzer had concerns with the replacement not being able to provide the services and knowledge of Judy Deutsch. He said Judy Deutsch had knowledge of claims and she could answer any question posed. Mayor Abramowitz asked if the services would suffer by the elimination and City Manager Kelly replied, no. V/M Stelzer said the Pension Board position would suffer by Judy Deutsch's elimination. C/M Rohr asked if Judy Deutsch would continue with the City at a lower rate and V/M Stelzer said the services would not be as good. Mayor Abramowitz said that would be like rehiring an employee. Mayor Abramowitz asked what $6,140.00 for Special Supplies and Services was for. Page 2 -,/ 8/12/88 Ken Burroughs, Finance Director, said these were transferred monies from the General Account in the amount of $2,000.00 for special luncheons, consulting services for testing (Section 89), employee assistance program, birthday luncheons for employees and volunteers and miscellaneous items. Mayor Abramowitz asked what $22,000.00 Labor Relations was for and Larry Perretti said this Account was for the consulting attorney and any arbitrators needed. C/M Bender asked what $8,000.00 for Office Equipment was for and Mr. Burroughs said this would be for a copier, printer, personal computer and typewriter. City Manager Kelly said $3,800.00 for the personal computer could be deducted because the City Council recently approved monies from the Revenue Sharing Account into various departments for office equipment. Mayor Abramowitz asked what the Dues and Membership Account was for and Mr. Perretti said this account was for PRIMA, memberships into the insurance and personnel areas. Mr. Perretti said the laws were changing rapidly in insurance and personnel procedures; therefore, the dues gave the Personnel Department free books and publications and the memberships allowed the attendance of meetings. He said Seminars are also included in this account. Mr. Perretti said the Account for Dues and Memberships could be deducted to $550.00 because Judy Deutsch wanted the Personnel Department to be a member of the Florida Health Coalition at a cost of $2,675.00; therefore, with this being eliminated, the Account would be $550.00. City Manager Kelly said if this membership was needed, he would not like to see it eliminated and Mayor Abramowitz asked Mr. Perretti to investigate the membership to see if it was necessary. Mr. Perretti said this was a new item and the City Council AGREED to deduct this from the Dues and Memberships Account. City Manager Kelly said he discussed insurance with a Risk Manager from Miami. He said the Risk Manager asked why Tamarac carried liability for Police, Fire, etc. He said Miami did not carry liability insurance for these Departments because the more insurance coverage maintained, the more money a claimant wants. He said Miami dealt with graduated annuities and there were several other Cities doing this on several matters. He said he was not advocating the City do this; however, he wanted the City to know this. Mayor Abramowitz asked how the Unions felt about the coverage and Mr. Perretti said the Unions were not involved in this matter. C/M Hoffman asked why the City had medical malpractice and Mr. Ferretti said this insurance cost the City $241.00 per month. The City Council suggested that Mr. Perretti discuss the insurance in order. Mr. Perretti said General Liability allowed a $100,000.00 to $200,000.00 limit. He said this Page 3 ,/!' 8/12/88 insurance was for theft, disappearance and destruction inside and outside of premises, robbery, burglary, etc. C/M Hoffman asked if the City ever lost $125,000.00 in merchandise and Mr. Perretti said this policy covered bodily and personal coverage as well as material items. Mr. Perretti said most of the policies expired in March, 1989; therefore, the City had until then to investigate the feasibility of the coverage. Mayor Abramowitz suggested that the insurance policies be broken down with explanations. He asked the City Manager to have an in-depth investigation into the policies. C/M Rohr suggested Mr. Perretti advise the City Council of the policies that were not needed in the City. The City Council AGREED to these suggestions. With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED thiG meeting at 10:40 A.M. 7 *AROLLE. BARBUTO, CITY CLERK "This public document was promulgated at a cost of $72.90 or $2.03 per copy to inform the general public, public officers and employees of recent opinions and considerations of the City Council of the City of Tamarac." 1 Page 4