11-19-87 Utilities & Personal and Finance

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Mnmmtttgr &part • UTILITIES AND PERSONNEL AND FINANCE go tlit Comm Goat& Df tht Olttg of fehud4 Bt The joint meeting of the Utilities and Personnel-and Finance Committees was called to order by Personnel and Finance Committee Chairwoman Councilwoman Beverlie J. Beck at 4:20pm, Thursday, November 19, 1987 in the Council's informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Councilmen and Councilwomen: Voorde, Barcome, Braboy, Serge, Puzzello, Beck, and Zakrzewski; Bob Kruszynski, John Leszczynski, Michael Vance, Steve White, Don Niezgodski, Carl Kopec, John Leisenring, Chief Deputy Controller, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. SOLID WASTE FUND, BUR. OF SOLID WASTE, Pg. 1.A.001-2 Requested 1988 Budget: $1,295, 133 = 37.8% increase Mr. John Leszczynski then reviewed each of the budgets. He noted that the solid waste fund is proposed at $1,295, 133 which represents a 37.8% increase for 1988. He noted that the landfill charges are up 56% thereby causing a request of $225,000 for this line item. He also noted that other contractuals is up from $20, 600 to $273,270 which represents a 1226.5% increase over the current calendar year. He further indicated that in light of the meeting with the Council regarding the large item pick ups by the Department that there would be further clarification on the brochure. He further noted that currently the City is being charged $2.95 per cubic yard to dump and it may go up $.75 per cubic yard. Currently the trucks used by the City can house 20 cubic yards each. He further indicated that there is less manpower being used with the packers. It was noted that bill no. 129-87 which was given first reading would raise the trash pick up rates to $7 for residential and $5 for senior citizen with the increase netting an additional $390,000 in revenue. SOLID WASTE DEPRECIATION, BUREAU OF SOLID WASTE, Pg. 2 .A. 002 Requested 1988 Budget $150,000 - 50% increase Mr. Leszczynski noted that the Solid Waste Depreciation Budget was being requested at a substantial increase so that eight garbage trucks and one packer could be paid for. WATER WORKS GENERAL, WATER WORKS, Pg. 3.A.001 - 004 Requested 1988 Budget $5, 127, 111 - 3% increase Mr. Leszczynski noted that the overall Water Works General Fund represents no basic changes. He further noted that the Teamsters working within this Department will receive only an hourly increase and no bonus.