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PERSONNEL & FINANCE Committee Members Present: Other Council Present: Citizen Members: Others Presents: Agenda: Bill 44 -13 Bill 45 -13 Bill 46 -13 Bill 53 -13 Bill 54 -13 OCTOBER 28.2013 4:11 P.M. Dr. David Varner, Karen White, Valerie Schey, Henry Davis Tim Scott, Dr. Fred Ferlic, Oliver Davis, Gavin Ferlic, Derek Dieter Jack Smith (AB), Marc Brammer Mayor Peter Buttigieg, Mark Neal, Cecil Eastman, John Murphy, Christine Villaire Rate of Taxation Appropriations 2014 Appropriating Enterprise Funds Salaries Non - bargaining Wages Teamsters Due to the large turnout of the City department heads and other interested parties, the meeting chaired by Dr. David Varner was moved to the Council Chambers. Valerie Schey and Karen White made the appropriate motions to make the room transfer official. In reverse order they motioned to accept substitute bill 44 -13. Bill 44 -13 fixing the tax rate for 2014 is a straight forward annual requirement of state law purposefully set high as John Murphy explained to assure adequate revenue can be collected though the maximum levy continues to be restricted. Before Valerie Schey and Karen White moved for favorable approval, Henry Davis said 1% of tax revenue should be dedicated to revitalizing neighborhoods. Mayor Pete Buttigieg took the head in explaining the appropriations bill 45 -13. He spoke to freezing salaries while providing an across the board 2% raise for all other employees. Both the Mayor and the City Controller fielded questions from the Council mostly addressing the handful of new positions, the consolidation of the Building and Code Enforcement Departments, comparisons to wages in other cities and whether giving greater than 2% to some managements positions implied disrespect for the rank and file. Henry Davis requested a progress report on efforts to address any race and gender disparity in the City workforce. Before wrapping up consideration of the five "money" bills on the agenda Chairman Varner noted that three bills 44, 45, and 46 would be closed to public comment at the 7:00 P.M. meeting. Bills 53 and 54 -13 would be open for public comment at the evening meeting.