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CITE' COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 11, 2016 <br />APPROVED <br />91 Member Rafferty suggested that staff include pictures/visual information as discussion <br />92 about those type of improvements continue. <br />93 <br />94 Mayor Reinert asked about the Public Safety Department item on Travel/Tuition. <br />95 Director Swenson noted the billing system for Century College (for training firefighters). <br />96 The mayor suggested that those costs are for training new people only but Director <br />97 Swenson explained that there is in-house ongoing training but there are additional levels <br />98 of training that is occurring. Mayor Reinert noted a 33 percent increase in that line item <br />99 for 2017 and Director Swenson explained the budget in more detail. The mayor <br />100 suggested that the line item be broken into education and travel as two separate items. <br />101 He also noted that the budget for uniforms is doubling? Director Swenson suggested that <br />102 some of this stems from last year's action of moving some funds to contingency. There <br />103 was a discussion about turn out gear — when someone leaves, it isn't normally useful to <br />104 the next person because of the personal nature/size. Council Member Manthey recalled <br />105 his experience with the Centennial Fire District; he received his formal gear after one year <br />106 of training. Director Swenson explained the borrowing of equipment through training <br />107 and the need to provide formal gear upon completion of training. <br />108 <br />109 Mayor Reinert asked, in 2014 how many sworn officers did the city employ? Director <br />110 Swenson said 25. Mayor Reinert said there are now 27 but revenue offsets one of those <br />111 positions. With that said, Mayor Reinert said he sees an increase of $650,000 in <br />112 personnel costs (that would be minus $110,000 for the revenue position). Director <br />113 Swenson explained that there are negotiated salary, benefits and 85% of the <br />114 Administrative Assistant, as well as addition of one part-time CSO tied to ACE revenues. <br />115 Mayor Reinert indicated he would still have questions about that line item. Council <br />116 Member Kusterman observed, regarding the comparison of 2014 to 2016, that the COLA <br />117 increases represent a substantial amount, and to that you would add market rate increases <br />118 as well as additional stipends for cross training. In that light, he isn't as concerned about <br />119 the figures presented. <br />120 <br />121 Mayor Reinert urged the council to spend some time reviewing the budget before the next <br />122 discussion. <br />123 <br />124 The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. <br />125 <br />126 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on <br />127 July 25, 2016. <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br />13'��"' <br />132 '"-J-rxlfan�e Bartell, City Cleik�- <br />133 <br />3 <br />