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Tomlin larpnrt Mu the flnutnwtt U ornwU atilt Ulm of f lutll unfit PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE The March 22, 1982 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairman, Councilman Crone at 3: 00 p .m. in the Council Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included: Councilmen Szymkowiak, Voorde, Zielinski, McGann and Crone; Mayor Parent, Joseph Kernan, John Leszczynski, Marchmont Kovas and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Councilman Crone stated that this meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was being called at the request of the .City Administration. She noted that this Committee had met previously to discuss the Bill which would change the budgetary procedure ordinance, now proposed as Bill No. 27-82 and which is set for public hearing later this evening. Mrs . Crone then passed out a Proposed substitute version of Section 2-92 which would in effect require that the Salary Ordinances make reference to the position and budgeted figures for salary and wages in the Budget Ordinance, similiar to the procedure used by the County. Councilman Crone stressed that the bill was a sincere effort to establish procedures governing budgets and expenditures which would be in everyone's best interest. She noted that it was not an attempt to harrass the administration but rather was a bill to;,improve the guidelines established last 'year in the Budgetary Procedure Ordinance. Mayor Parent stated that the reviewing of salaries at budget time has not. been the practice. He believed that to do so would be a mistake. He stressed that the salary ordinance was a tool in building the budget. The Mayor further stated that the new ordinance would promote a discussion of personalities and would politicize demotions . . He believed that the bill was really an attempt to "interrupt the efficient management of government He summed up the bill as a "solution looking for a problem" . Mr. Kernan echoed many of the Mayor's remarks : The Committee then discussed each of the sections . Councilman Crone noted that she had asked for a breakdown of the Community Development Department weeks ago and still received no. response. She also noted that she had requested input from the City Administration beginning last fall on the Budgetary Procedure Ordinance, and again received no response. Following a considerable amount of discussion about the bill, the Mayor and Mr. Kernan then left. The Committee recommended that Section 2-91A of the bill be retained, however substituting ordinance language where resolution is presently included. They also recommended that Section 2-91B have the 48 hour notice requirement struck from the bill . The Committee further suggested that the original wording of Section 2-92 with some minor language changes be recommended favorably rather than the substitute version. fll[[ PR[[[ PUBLISHING CO.