CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, June 8, 2010 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 7:35 P.M. | Recessed to Open Session: 9:01 P.M.
Reconvened: 9:41 P.M.
Adjourned: 9:43 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph C. O'Brien | 
www.worcesterma.gov |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Joseph C O'Brien | | Councilor Paul P Clancy Jr. | | Councilor William J Eddy |
| | Councilor Michael J Germain | | Councilor Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | Councilor Joseph M Petty | | 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 | | | | | Also: | City Manager Michael V. O'Brien
CFO Thomas F. Zidelis
Budget Director Jarrett Conner
Public Health Commissioner Leonard Morse
Director of Public Health Derek Brindisi
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
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| | | 1a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the FY 2011 Budget Recommendation.
#8.39C CM April 27, 2010
Motion Lukes - To Cut $184,914.75 in EM Incentive Pay and transfer monies to Stabilization account. - Not Put
Motion Lukes - Request City Manager request the City Solicitor draft an ordinance to eliminate EM Incentive Pay. - Denied in Committee on a roll call vote of 1 Yea (Lukes) and 10 Nays (Clancy, Eddy, Germain, Palmieri, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, O'Brien)
Motion Germain - That $100,000, the cost of one full-time labor relations attorney, be cut from the outside counsel account, HR Labor Relations Division account #1703-92000. - Denied in Committee on a roll call vote of 1 Yea (Germain) and 10 Nays (Clancy, Eddy, Lukes, Palmieri, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey)
At the request of the Finance Committee (see Chairman's Order @#1b) the City Manager verbally recommended the following adjustments to the proposed Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: To transfer $50,000 from City Manager's Contingency Account #900-9200 to Street Operation Ordinary Maintenance Account #4103-9200.
| Attachments | | | | | | | Budget Approved as amended on a roll call vote of 9 Yeas (Clancy, Eddy, Germain, Haller, Palmieri, Petty, Rushton, Toomey, O'Brien) and 2 Nays (Lukes, Smith). | |
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| | | 1b. | Motion of Councilor Clancy and Councilor Eddy - Request City Council consider cutting $25,860 from City Manager's Budget for MMA dues and $50,000 from City Manager's Contingency Fund; and further, recommend that said money be appropriated to Public Works for the restoration of Curb Repair and Stump Removal Programs. (Held May 25, 2010 - Petty)
| | | | | | | | That $50,000.00 be cut from City Manager's Budget for MMA dues and appropriate to Public Works for the restoration of Curb Repair and Stump Removal Programs. - Approved on a roll call vote of 10 Yeas (Clancy, Eddy, Haller, Lukes, Palmieri, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, O'Brien) and 1 Nay (Germain).
That $25,860 be cut from City Manager's Contingency account and appropriate to Public Works for the restoration of Curb Repair and Stump Removal Programs. - Denied on a roll call vote of 4 Yeas (Clancy, Eddy, Lukes, Palmieri) and 7 Nays (Germain, Haller, Petty, Rushton, Smith, Toomey, O'Brien)
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| | | 1c. | Motion of Councilor Haller - Request City Council consider the MMA dues be retained and only $50,000 be cut from the City Manager's Contingency for the Curb Repair and Stump Grinding Programs. (Held May 25, 2010 - Petty)
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| | | 2a. | Communication of Superintendent Melinda J. Boone transmitting communication relative to FY11 Budget Upate - City Managers' recommend Budget for Worcester Public Schools
| | | | | | | | Informational communication may be viewd at the City Clerk's Office | |
| 3. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 3a. | Transmitting communication relative to the City Budget.
# 10c CC January 12, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3b. | Transmitting communication relative to Fiscal Year 2010 second quarter revenues.
# 19h CC January 12, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget.
# 7.39B CM January 26, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3d. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the Governor's Proposed Budget Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2011.
# 7.31A CM February 02, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3e. | Transmitting communication relative to savings realized as a result of Employee Health Insurance Reforms. Contribution Rate/Plan Design Changes, Collective Bargaining, and the Implementation of Section 18.
# 11a CC February 09, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3f. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Health Insurance Benefits.
# 9.3A CM March 02, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3g. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Projected Fiscal Year 2011 Budget.
# 9.31A CM March 02, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3h. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Update.
# 11b CC March 23, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3i. | Transmitting informational communication relative to City Council Questions regarding the Fiscal Year 2011 recommended Budget.
# 10b CC May 25, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3j. | Transmitting informational communication relative to City Manager responses to questions raised during Finance Committee/Budget Deliberations.
# 8.31A CM June 01, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 3k. | Transmitting informational communication relative to City Manager responses to questions raised during Finance Committee/Budget Deliberations.
# 13a CC June 08, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
| 4. | Communications of the City Auditor | |
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| | | 4a. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for October 2009.
# 9a CC December 15, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4b. | Transmitting communication relative to the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.
# 10a CC December 22, 2009 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4c. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for November 2009.
# 7a CC January 12, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4d. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for December 2009.
# 8a CC February 09, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4e. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for January 2010.
# 9a CC February 23, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4f. | Transmitting Worcester's DCU Center Funds Arena Component and Convention Center Component reports including the financial statements with supplemental schedules for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 plus the independent auditors' report.
# 10a CC March 02, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4g. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for February 2010.
# 7c CC March 23, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4h. | Transmitting communication relative to schedule of authorized and unissued bonds as of March 31, 2010
# 7b CC April 07, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4i. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for March 2010.
# 9a CC April 27, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 4j. | Transmitting Auditor's Report for April 2010.
# 9a CC June 08, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 5a. | Communication of Helen A. Friel, Ed.D., Assistant to the Superintendent of Public Schools/Clerk of the School Committee, transmitting informational communication relative to plans for setting aside stabilization funds.
# 12c CC February 23, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 5b. | Communication of Helen A. Friel, Ed.D., Assistant to the Superintendent of Public Schools/Clerk of the School Committee, transmitting informational communication relative to a list of reform efforts made within the budget of the Worcester Public Schools.
# 12e CC February 23, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 5c. | Communication of Dr. Roberta Schaefer, President & CEO of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting report "Worcester's FY11 Budget and Fiscal Crisis: No End in Sight"
# 13d CC June 08, 2010 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
| 1. | Request City Manager provide a report detailing which city employees are entitled to step increases and indicate which employees are represented by a bargaining agent.
Councilor Rushton moved to amend: Further, request this report include a breakdown by department for each employee eligible for step increases and that this report include employees for the school department.
Councilor Clancy moved to amend - Further, request the backup to the report be sent electronically. | | | 2. | Request City Manager report to City Council how often, under what circumstances and for what cases the city utilizes the services of outside legal counsel and also include names of the outside counsel hired recently. (Lukes)
Councilor Rushton moved to amend - Further, request City Manager provide City Council the outside counsel retainer agreements. | | | 3. | Request the City Auditor report to City Council with the pro's and con's from and auditor's perspective relative the alternative proposals to the ERI. Further, request the School Administration review the alternative proposals to the ERI and report back to City Council. (Rushton) | |
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