CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | Council Chamber | Convened: 6:18 P.M. | Recessed: 7:22 PM |
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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 and the Mayor in the Chair | | | | | Also: | City Manager Michael V. O'Brien
Acting Chief Financial Officer Robert J. Allard, Jr.
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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
| 2. | Budget Hearing Items Held | |
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| | | 2a. | HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Human Services (Disability, Human Rights & Veterans Services)
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 2b. | CITYMANAGER - OPERATIONS
City Manager's Office
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 2c. | 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.
Motion Perotto - Request to Hold and Request City Manager report to City Council with a report relative to the impact of the new policy on the Budget - Approved on a roll call 9-2 (Yeas-Clancy, Haller, Palmieri, Perotto, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, Lukes) (Nays-Irish, Rosen) - Held May 8, 2007
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 2d. | Councilor Dennis L. Irish - Request to cut 20% of the City Manager's Ordinary Maintenance, eliminate line items for Massachusetts Municipal Association Dues, UniverCity Partnership and W.R.R.B. - Community Research for a total of $80,680.00.
Motion Petty - Request to Hold and request City Manager provide to City Council with a report by the next budget hearing concerning the impact of the loss of these items from the budget. - Held May 15, 2007
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
| 3. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 3a. | Transmitting informational communication relative to responses to the questions posed at the Finance Committee Meetings of May 1, 2007, May 8, 2007 and May 15, 2007.
# 8.37C CM May 22, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3b. | Transmitting informational communication regarding questions posed at the May 1, 2007 Finance Committee Meeting.
# 16c CC May 15, 2007
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3c. | Transmitting information communication relative to results of the Hiring Freeze instituted in March 2007 and the subsequent vacant positions.
# 9g CC May 01, 2007
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3d. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the legality and process for the sale of the Green Hill Municipal Golf Course.
# 9h CC May 01, 2007
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3e. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3f. | Respectfully requesting City Council's approval to Present FY 2008 Solutions to Achieve Structural Balance and Fiscal Stability.
# 1030A CM March 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3g. | Transmitting informational communication regarding an update on the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
#10.30B CM March 06, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3h. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 3i. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
| 4. | Communications of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 4a. | Transmitting communication relative to the April 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 9a CC May 22, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4b. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4c. | Transmitting communication relative to March 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 10a CC April 24, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4d. | Transmitting 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4e. | Transmitting communication relative to February 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 13b CC March 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4f. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4g. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4h. | Transmitting communication relative to January 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 10a CC February 27, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4i. | Transmitting communication relative to the December 2006 Auditor's Report.
# 12b CC January 23, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4j. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4k. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4l. | Transmitting communication relative to November 2006 Auditor's Report.
# 12e CC January 02, 2007
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4m. | Transmitting communication relative to the City's fiscal 2006 Management Recommendation Letter.
# 11b CC December 19, 2006
In Committee May 1, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 4n. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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| | | 5a. | Communication of Roberta Schaefer, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting communication relative to Benchmarking Municipal Finance in Worcester: Factors Affecting the City's Bond Rating.
# 9b CC May 22, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | No action taken | |
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