CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, May 8, 2007 | Council Chamber | Convened: 4:14 P.M. | Recessed: 6:36 P.M.
Reconvened: 8:59 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:55 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
www.ci.worcester.ma.us |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr | | Councilor Barbara G Haller |
| | Councilor Dennis L Irish | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | Councilor Michael C Perotto | | Councilor Joseph M Petty | | Councilor Gary Rosen | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton | | Councilor Joffrey A Smith | | Councilor Kathleen M Toomey |
City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | All members present - Mayor in the Chair | | | | | Also: | City Manager Michael V. O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer John P. Pranckevicius
City Auditor James A. DelSignore
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
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| | | 1a. | Communication of the City Manager recommending City Council's approval of the attached Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
# 9.30B CM April 24, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 2. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 2a. | Transmitting information communication relative to results of the Hiring Freeze instituted in March 2007 and the subsequent vacant positions.
# 9g CC May 01, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2b. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the legality and process for the sale of the Green Hill Municipal Golf Course.
# 9h CC May 01, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 2c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the status of the City's Bond Rating.
# 8.30A CM April 03, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2d. | Respectfully requesting City Council's approval to present FY 2008 Solutions to Achieve Structural Balance and Fiscal Stability.
# 10.30A CM March 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2e. | Transmitting informational communication regarding an update on the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
#10.30B CM March 06, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2f. | Regarding a presentation on the status of the Fiscal Year 2007 budget at the Finance Committee meetings on January 23, 2007 and February 27, 2007.
# 5b CC January 23, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 2g. | Transmitting Informational communication regarding the Five-Year Financial Plan for the Worcester Public Schools.
# 9.37A CM November 28, 2006
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 3. | Communications of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 3a. | James A. DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds as of March 31, 2007.
# 9e CC May 01, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3b. | Transmitting communication relative to March 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 10a CC April 24, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007- Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3c. | ransmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds as of February 28, 2007.
# 13c CC March 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3d. | Transmitting communication relative to February 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 13b CC March 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3e. | Transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds as of January 31, 2007.
# 12a CC March 06, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3f. | Transmitting communication relative to the schedule of the City's authorized and unissued bonds gross and net of bond anticipation notes as of January 31, 2007.
# 10b CC February 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3g. | Transmitting communication relative to January 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 10a CC February 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3h. | James A. Delsignore, City Auditor, transmitting communication relative to the December 2006 Auditor's Report.
# 12b CC January 23, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3i. | Transmitting a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds as of December 31, 2006.
# 5a CC January 23, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3j. | Transmitting communication relative to the Reports on Federal Award Programs - the City's Single Audit - for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006.
# 11a CC January 16, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3k. | Transmitting communication relative to November 2006 Auditor's Report.
# 12e CC January 02, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3l. | Transmitting communication relative to the City's fiscal 2006 Management Recommendation Letter.
# 11b CC December 19, 2006
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3m. | Transmitting communication relative to the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.
# 11a CC December 19, 2006
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4a. | Councilor Dennis L. Irish - Request City Manager and WPS split 50/50 any additional revenue that comes into the City on the condition that these funds be utilized solely to reduce the teacher/student ratio in the average class room size. Further, request City Manager make recommendations to accomplish this new policy.
| Attachments | | | | | | | Motion Perotto - Request to Hold Councilor Irish's Motion until a report on the impact of new policy would be on the Budget. Approved on a roll call 9-2 (Yeas -Clancy, Haller, Palmieri, Perotto, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, Lukes) (Nays - Irish, Rosen)
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