CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | Esther Howland Chamber | Convened: 7:17 P.M. | Recessed to Open Session: 7:58 P.M.
Reconvened to Finance Committee: 8:00 P.M.
Adjourned: 10:33 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
www.ci.worcester.ma.us |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr | | Councilor William J Eddy |
| | Councilor Michael J Germain | | Councilor Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | Councilor Joseph M Petty | | Councilor Gary Rosen | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton | | Councilor Joffrey A Smith | | Councilor Kathleen M Toomey |
City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | All committee members present with the Mayor in the Chair except for Councilors Eddy, Germain and Petty. Councilors Eddy and Petty arrived at 7:26 P.M. and Councilor Germain arrived at 7:34 P.M. | | | | | Also: | City Manager Michael V. O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer Thomas F. Zidelis
Budget Director Jarrett Conner
City Auditor James A. DelSignore
Commissioner of Inspectional Services John Mikielian
Police Chief Gary J. Gemme
Fire Chief Gerard A. Dio
Director of Communications David Clemons
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
| 1. | Public Safety Budget Hearing | |
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| | | 1a. | Fire Department - X-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide a report regarding fires and their proximate location to a fire station and response times over the past twenty-four months. Further, request said report be presented in a timeline format. (Petty, Toomey) | |
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| | | 1b. | Police Department - IX-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget Approved | |
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| | | 1c. | Communications Department - XI-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Budget Approved | |
| 2. | Inspectional Services Budget Hearing | |
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| | | 2a. | Inspectional Services Department - XII-1 | View Budget | | | | | | | Note: See City Council Calendar item # 13a CC for April 24, 2008 budget amended to reinstate of one position.
Budget Approved as amended | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager devise a plan to inform neighborhood associations and crimewatch organizations of changes at Inspectional Services and educate them as to how to report problems they observed in their communities. (Haller) | | | | Request City Manager report the number of fuel pumps that are found to be incorrectly calibrated during the annual inspections conducted by the Inspectional Services Department. (Rosen) | | | | Request City Manager provide a report regarding the possible rotation of inspectors at Inspectional Services to cover night and weekend Crimewatch and Neighborhood Association meetings. (Eddy) | |
| 3. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 3a. | Transmitting Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Recommendation
# 8.34C CM March 31, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 3b. | Transmitting Five Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Year 2009.
# 9.30A CM June 17, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Fiscal Year 2009 Commonwealth Capital Program Submission.
# 8.42B CM December 16, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3d. | Transmitting communication relative to the City's Response to a request for Infrastructure Projects.
# 11b CC January 13, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3e. | Transmitting communication regarding the City Budget.
# 14b CC January 13, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3f. | Transmitting communication relative to a mid-year Local Aid reduction.
# 14a CC January 27, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3g. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Budget
# 8.34A CM February 03, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3h. | Transmitting communication relative to a continued analysis and assessment of all facets of the City's current FY09 Budget and the accelerated development of City's FY2010 Budget.
# 21b CC February 10, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3i. | Transmitting Status Report on Projected Budget Deficits.
# 8.42D CM February 24, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3j. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Positions Held Vacant.
# 7.34A CM March 03, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3k. | Transmitting communication relative to Employee Health Insurance Costs.
# 7.34B CM March 03, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3l. | Transmitting Report of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation as presented at this Evening's Forum
# 7.42A CM March 03, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3m. | Transmitting update regarding the City's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget
# 8.34A CM March 17, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3n. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding and Federal Supplemental General Appropriation Funding
# 8.34B CM Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3o. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Layoff Notices and Support Services Available for Displaced Employees
# 8.4A CM March 31, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3p. | Transmitting Fiscal Year 2010 Impact Statements for the Department of Administration and Finance, Worcester Police Department, Worcester Fire Department, and Department of Public Works and Parks.
# 9a CM April 07, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 3q. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Fiscal Year 2010 Impact Statements for Department of Emergency Communications, Department of Inspectional Services, and Law Department.
# 10.42B CM April 14, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| 4. | Communication of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 4a. | Transmitting November 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 7a CC December 23, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 4b. | Transmitting City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
# 7c CC December 23, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 4c. | Transmitting December 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 7a CC January 27, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 4d. | Transmitting the October 2008 Auditor's Report.
# 14a CC November 25, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 4e. | Transmitting the Auditor's Report for January 2009.
# 9a CC February 24, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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| | | 4f. | Transmitting February 2009 Auditor's Report
# 7a CC March 24, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold
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