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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES OF UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />June 9, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br />The Council Study Session, held in the EOC room, on Monday, June 9, 2008, was called <br />to order by Mayor Adams at 5:00 p.m. In addition to Mayor Adams, the following members <br />of the Council were present: <br /> Mr. Byron Price <br /> Mr. Terry Crow <br /> Mr. Michael Glickert <br /> Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br />Ms. Lynn Ricci arrived at 5:35 p.m. Mr. Robert Wagner was not present. <br />Also present were the Finance Director/Deputy City Manager Janet Watson and City <br />Attorney John Mulligan. <br /> <br />The Study Session was a continuation of discussion of the Fiscal Year 2009 budget. Ms. <br />Watson went over the changes to the FY 09 Budget that Council had agreed on: <br />? <br /> Cost of Living increase for employees changed from 3% to 2.4%. <br />? <br /> Fire Consolidation with other Cities study – up to $20,000 <br />? <br /> Cost for election - $18,000 <br />? <br /> Ballot issue consultant - $15,000 <br />? <br /> Central Garage consultant (Legislative control) - $20,000 <br />? <br /> Mt. Gideon meal program - $3,000 <br />? <br /> New grant for recycling containers - $90,000 <br />? <br /> Software system for parking tickets – move from FY 08 budget to FY 09 budget for <br />$30,000 <br /> <br />The outstanding items were: <br />? <br /> Mid East Area Agency on Aging is still outstanding as contact with the Agency’s lead <br />has not taken place. It would not affect the expenditure side only the revenue side as <br />the discussion is on the rent they would be charged. <br />? <br /> Cost of renting the City’s stage, Council agreed that non-profit organizations and <br />University City School District would receive a discounted rate from the proposed $750 <br />rental fee but it could only be for use in the City for the discounted rate. <br />? <br /> Car allowance bill - Council agreed to removed this bill. It was agreed that City <br />employees will be reimbursed according to IRS recommended business mileage <br />reimbursement. Mileage will need to be documented with destinations and purpose. <br />The Council agreed to revisit it after six months. <br />? <br /> Employee benefits At the request of Ms. Ricci, Ms. Watson supplied a print-out of who <br />had laptops, PDAs and Cellphones. <br /> Other employee benefits discussed were the benefit plans offered. <br />Health insurance Individual, yearly cost is $4095.60 of which the City pays 85 percent <br /> Family, yearly cost is $11,303.88 of which the City pays 75 percent <br />Total estimated cost to the City is $1,527,000. It was agreed by the Council that the <br />City will be pro-active and explore different ways that could reduce the cost of the <br />health insurance. <br />Dental Insurance and Vision Insurance is paid in total by the employee <br /> <br />