09-30-87 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES City Council Sept. 30, 1987 Recr•eation Association. Mor•elan r~epor•ted that the Recr•eation Association has indicated that any further contr•ibutions fr~om them would be for• development of the Centerville Road property. Scalze felt the ~200,000 contr•ibution should be r•eflected in this fund when the City r•eceives the money. The next fund r•eviewed was the Par~k Development Fund. Scalze again indicated her• feeling that the Par~k Development Fund should be used for~ str•ictly money r•eceived fr•om char•itable gambling oper~ations. Council also discussed the $79,500 item listed as an expenditur•e in the budget with the Council indicating that the Development Fund should be a pur•e development fund. Blesener• suggested that per•haps the City needed thr~ee funds, a Par•k Acquisition Fund, a Par•k Development Fund and a Char•itable Gambling Par•k Acquisition Fund. Scalze stated that she was agr~eeable to the two funds if it wer~e possible to identify money r•eceived fr•om char~itable gambling. The Auditor~ assur•ed Scalze that this was possible. The next funds r~eviewed wer•e the State Aid Roads Fund, the Fir•e Truck Acquisition Fund, Computer~ Acquisition Fund, Inter•im Constr~uction/Acquisition Fund, Str•eet Over•lay Fund, Gener•al Capital Impr•ovement Fund and Par~k Land Acquisition/Development Combined. Recess At this point in the meeting, 10:12 P.M., Council took a shor•t r•ecess. The meeting was r•econvened at 10:17 P.M. The next area of the budget to be reviewed was wages. Council fir•st considered the salar•y of Scott Heaton, P9aintenance ldor~ker• (2), with Blesener• r~ecommending a 6% incr•ease for~ Heaton which would br•ing his salar~y to $9.10 per hour•. Blesener• repor•ted that he is using a 4% mer•it incr•ease as a base and felt that Heaton's salar•y based on union salar•ies for~ the same position should be incr~eased to $9.10 per• hour~. Council agr•eed. Next consider•ed were Dan Dr~ake and Joe Steele, classified as Maintenance Worker (41. Blesener recommended 5% increases for these employees r•epor~ting that he was basing his r•ecommendation on union salar•ies for~ the same position. Blesener• noted that he is using 1987 union salar•ies, which would still place the City a year~ behind. The 5% incr~ease would include a 4% base and a 1% incr~ease to br•ing them in line with 1987 union salar•ies. Page -5-