CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | Council Chamber | Convened: 4:07 P.M. | Adjourned: 6:40 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
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Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr. | | Councilor William J Eddy |
| | Councilor Michael J Germain | | Councilor Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | 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 committee members present with the Mayor in the chair except Councilors Eddy, Petty and Rushton. Councilor Eddy arrived at 4:10 P.M. and Councilor Rushton arrived at 5:40 P.M. | | | | | Also: | City Manager Michael V. O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer Thomas F. Zidelis
City Auditor James A. DelSignore
Fire Chief Gerard A. Dio
Police Chief Gary J. Gemme
Director of Communications David Clemons
Acting Commissioner of Inspectional Services Joseph Mikielian
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
| 1. | Public Safety Budget Hearings | |
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| | | 1a. | Fire Department - IX-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget Approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a report inventorying the quality, condition and future needs for equipment at the Worcester Fire Department. (Rosen)
| | | | Request City Manager report to City Council with periodic updates for solutions relative to decreasing the response times for emergency vehicles to the Salisbury St. area; including the possibility of using the Town of Holden as a resource for personnel and equipment and the siting of a new fire station. (Smith)
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| | | 1b. | Police Department - IX-2 | View Budget | | | | | | |
Motion Rushton @#1b - Request City Manager provide City Council's Standing Committee on Municipal Operations for it's May 28th committee meeting the reasons for adjustments to proposed FY 2009 budget. - Not put.
Budget approved
| | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a historical report before the end of the Finance Committee's budget deliberation regarding the reasons for not participating in a contract for locking a fixed rate for the purchasing of fuel. (Toomey) | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a report regarding the analysis of costs, benefits and timeline for implementing wireless technology for city departments. (Smith) | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with the status of the pending legislation concerning surveillance cameras. (Palmieri) | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a report concerning the condition, design and functionality of the police headquarters building and its deficiencies as well as future needs for a new facility. Further, request the report include the cost of a precinct station. (Clancy, Haller) | |
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| | | 1c. | Communications Department - IX-3 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a report regarding the breakdown of telephone calls to 911 as to the number that are true emergency calls and the number that are non emergency calls. (Rushton) | |
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| | | 1d. | License Commission - IX-4 | View Budget | | | | | | | Motion Lukes @#1d - Request to be recused. - Approved on a roll call vote of 7 Yeas (Eddy, Germain, Haller, Palmieri, Rosen, Rushton, Smith) and 0 Nays.
Budget approved | |
| 2. | Inspectional Services Budget Hearing | |
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| | | 2a. | Inspectional Services - X-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide a report to City Council concerning the ability to apply inspection fines and costs for enforcement to the owners of problem properties, known as the green ticket legislation. (Haller)
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| 3. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 3a. | Recommend City Council Approval of the Attached Fiscal Year 2009 Budget.
# 8.30A CM May 06, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3b. | Transmitting the City's Five Year Capital Improvement Program. I Respectfully Recommend City Council's Review, Consideration and Approval to Advertise the Associated Loan Orders, City Council Agenda Numbers 8.31A through 8.31NN.
# 8.30A CM July 17, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
# 10.37C CM August 14, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3d. | Transmitting informational communication regarding the adoption and implementation of Chapter 32B, Section 18.
# 8.6A CM August 28, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3e. | Transmitting informational communication relative to a Legal Opinion as to the City Council's Legal Jurisdiction and Powers regarding the City budget for FY 2008 which has been previously voted by City Council.
# 8.28A CM August 28, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3f. | Ttransmitting informational communication regarding a Financial Update of the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget.
# 5b CCSeptember 25, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3g. | Transmitting informational communication regarding an Update on the City's Five Year Plan and Quarterly Report.
# 8.30A CM December 03, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3h. | Transmitting informational communication regarding the Five Point January 2008 Financial Plan Update.
# 13a CC January 29, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3i. | Transmitting informational communication regarding the Commonwealth's Proposed Fiscal Year 09 Spending Plan.
# 10.30A CM February 12, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3j. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the Mid-Year Review of Fiscal Year 2008 Health Insurance Reforms enacted for the City and School Department.
# 10.30A CM February 26, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3k. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Historic Trends in State and Federal Funding.
# 10.30B CM February 26, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3l. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the Analysis of Outsourcing Certain City Trade Labor Services.
# 10.31A CM February 26, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3m. | Transmitting communication relative to a Cost Comparison of the Expenditures of the Election Commission Prior to and Since its Merger with the City Clerk's Department.
# 7.38A CM April 01, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 4. | Communications of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 4a. | Transmitting communication relative the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
# 9a CC December 18, 2007 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4b. | Transmitting communication relative to the November 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 16a CC January 08, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4c. | Transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds.
# 13b CC January 29, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4d. | Transmitting communication relative to the December 2007 Auditor's Report.
# 13a CC February 12, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4e. | Transmitting communication relative to January 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 13a CC February 26, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4f. | Transmitting communication relative to the February 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 10b CC March 18, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4g. | Transmitting communication relative to a financial analysis of the City's General Fund and Enterprise Funds.
# 5a CC March 25, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 4h. | Transmitting communicaton relative to the March 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 9a CC April 15, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 5a. | Order of Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. and Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes - Request City Council's Standing Committee on Finance meet with a representative from Sullivan & Rogers, LLC for an exit interview on latest audits.
# 12b CC February 26, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 1. | Request City Manager report to City Council concerning issues relative to equity pay as it relates to gender issues in the management level of the administration before the end of Finance Committee's deliberation of the budget. (Clancy)
| | | 2. | Request City Auditor provide City Council with a report concerning comparative salaries between the city and school administration before the end of Finance Committee's deliberation of the budget. (Clancy)
| | | 3. | Request the City Council's Standing Committee on Municipal Operations review the salaries for the City Auditor and the Assistant City Clerks and report to City Council before the end of Finance Committee's deliberation of the budget. (Clancy)
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