CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | Council Chamber | Convened: 7:41 P.M. | Adjourned: 10:08 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Approved as amended 10-1 (Yeas - Clancy, Haller, Irish, Palmieri, Perotto, Petty, Rosen, Rushton, Smith, Toomey) (Nay - Lukes) | |
| 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Budget Approved | |
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| | | 2b. | CITY MANAGER - OPERATIONS
City Manager's Office
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Budget Approved | |
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| | | 2c. | Motion 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 classroom 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 | | | | | | | Leave to withdraw | |
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| | | 2d. | Motion 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 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 | | | | | | | Denied on a roll call 4-7 (Yeas - Irish, Perotto, Rushton, Lukes) (Nays - Clancy, Haller, Palmieri, Petty, Rosen, Smith, Toomey) | |
| 3. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 3a. | Transmitting communication relative to responses from the Administration to the questions asked at the City Council Finance Committee of May 22, 2007.
# 10c CC May 29, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3b. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3c. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3d. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3e. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3f. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3g. | 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
In Committee May 8, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 15, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 22, 2007 - Held
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3h. | Transmitting informational communication regarding an update on the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
# 10.30B 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3i. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3j. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3k. | Transmitting informational communication regarding M.G.L. Chapter 32B, Section 18.
#8.6C CM June 5, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Refer Communication to Municipal Operations Committee | |
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| | | 3l. | Transmitting informational communication regarding the responses of the Administration to the questions posed at the May 29, 2007 Finance Committee meeting.
#8.30A CM June 5, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
| 4. | Communications of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 4a. | Transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds as of April 30, 2007.
# 10b CC May 29, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4b. | Transmitting communication relative to the April 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 9a CC May 22, 2007
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4c. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4d. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4e. | James A. DelSignore, City Auditor, 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4f. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4g. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4h. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4i. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4j. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4k. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4l. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4m. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4n. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4o. | 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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4p. | Transmitting communication relative to the schedules showing estimated savings that would accrue to the City if certain changes were made to employee and retiree health plans by adopting MGL Chapter 32B Section 18 and by decreasing the City's share of premiums from 80% to 75% for various groups not affected by Section 18.
#10b CC June 5, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Refer Communication to Municipal Operations Committee | |
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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
In Committee May 29, 2007 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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