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r I Committee Ztport PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE "eo the tOmlttOtt CO ntiU of the t tv of bouth lB*nt(: The September 8, 1992 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Ann Puzzello at 3:45 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Luecke, Coleman, Puzzello, Washington, Kelly, Slavinskas, Zakrzewski, Duda and Ladewski; Kevin Horton, Jeff Rinard,Bonnie Strycker,William Eagen,Don Porter and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Puzzello noted that the meeting was to continue the discussions of the 1993 proposed city budget. 1. Youth Services Bureau. Bonnie Strycker then reviewed the proposed budget which is located on page 1-20, and is requested in the amount of$50,000. She then briefly reviewed safe station which consists of residential assistance, outreach assistance, and drug and alcohol programs. She also discussed project 70,001 addressing youth and unemployment. She noted that she had asked for an increase over the $50,000 figure however understands the tight financial circumstances of the city. She thanked the city for their support. 2. Barrett Law. Gatha Vaughn then joined the Committee. She reviewed her proposed budget listed on page 1-19 in the requested amount of$35,989.00. She noted that it is identical to last year's except for the personnel adjustments. It was noted that the Clerk I is a half-time budgeted in the amount of $7,762.00. This person averages 3 1/2 to 4 hours per day. She also noted that there is a 50/50 sharing of Barrett Law projects on such things as sidewalk and curb improvements. She noted that she primarily provides notice to those required to pay assessments with the last project being a major sewer project of several years ago. The pay back period is 5 years. Council Member Slavinskas asked for the number of persons currently paying assessments. Mrs. Vaughn noted that she would follow up with that information. 3. Controller's Update. Kevin Horton was then called upon by Council Member Puzzello to provide information related to her memorandum to him dated September 3, 1992 (copy attached). Mr. Horton provided a handout on revenue projections (copy attached marked as #1). He noted the administrative cost in 1991 was $321,000.00 and that the cost in 1992 is $638,156.00. Mr. Jeff Rinard noted that the city is utilizing the formula developed by Crowe Chizek & Co. This formula was developed in 1989. It was also noted that "cash in lieu of taxes" in going down and that the city had been overcharging the utilities in this area. It was noted that the administrative cost is basically a percentage of salaries for the controller's office,the engineering department, and the legal department. The liability quotes are on those items that are based on a claims experience with 1/3 of the formula being based on actual claims, and the number of employees, workman's comp and unemployment comp taken into consideration.