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` "' 1 2010 Budget Hearings PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AUGUST 5, 2009 The August 5, 2009 Personnel and Finance Committee Meeting was called to order by its Chairperson Tom LaFountain at 3:30 p.m. Committee Member's in Attendance: Karen L. White; David Varner Other Council Member's: Derek Dieter; Ann Puzzello; Henry Davis (3:40 pm.); Al "Buddy" Kirsits (3:45 p.m.) Other's Present: Jack Dillon; Matt Chlebowski; Rita Kopala; Gary Gilot; Catherine Fanello; John Murphy; Mayor Luecke; Tom Price; Carl Littrell; Mary Wisniewski; Jeff Parrott; Gregg Zientara AGENDA: Budget Presentations: • PUBLIC WORKS • CITY ENGINEER • STREET/TRAFFIC & LIGHTING • CENTRAL SERVICES • WATER • WASTE WATER/SEWER/SOLID WASTE • MORRIS/PALAIS Chairperson LaFountain began the budget hearings by recognizing Mayor Luecke who in turn introduced newly hired City Controller Gregg Zientara. The accompanying new release and resume is attached. The Mayor also noted Catherine Fanello would continue to be available to see the 2010 budget through. The Director of Public Works, Gary Gilot, turned to John Murphy for an overview of the 2010 public works budgets by the numbers. These summaries are reflected in the attached document number 3. At this point Committee Member Varner asked for an accounting of full time equivalents (FTE's) both before and after reductions in'09 and 2010. Gary Gilot again took the floor to present a public works overview. HE stated the city had worked very hard to reduce costs. Having succeeded n what he described as "picking the low hanging fruit", efforts now need to focus on finding efficiencies and innovation. He described a "budgeting for outcomes" process borrowed from the lean six-sigma approach. Beyond simply cutting, this allows finding better ways of providing services. The two page press release listed as attachment #4 illustrates these efforts. Gary Gilot then turned to individual Department Heads under the public works umbrella to make presentations.