CITY OF WORCESTER | Finance Committee Meeting | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | Esther Howland (South) Chamber | Convened: 4:03 P.M. | Adjourned: 6:47 P.M. |
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Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
www.worcesterma.gov |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Joseph M Petty | | Councilor Morris A Bergman | | Councilor Tony Economou |
| | Councilor Michael T Gaffney | | Councilor Konstantina B Lukes | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | Councilor Sarai Rivera | | Councilor Gary Rosen | | Councilor Frederick C Rushton | | Councilor George J Russell | | Councilor Kathleen M Toomey |
City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | All members present with the Mayor as the Chair except for Councilors Bergman, Lukes, Palmieri, Rushton and Toomey. Councilor Palmieri arrived at 4:08 P.M., Councilor Lukes arrived at 4:13 P.M., Councilor Toomey arrived at 4:19 P.M., Councilor Rushton arrived at 4:21 P.M. and Councilor Bergman arrived at 5:10 P.M.
City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer Thomas F. Zidelis
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | | | Also: | Chief of Police Gary J. Gemme
Fire Chief Gerard A. Dio
Acting Director of Emergency Communications Richard Fiske
Commissioner of Inspectional Services John R. Kelly
City Auditor Robert V. Stearns
Executive Secretary for Retirement Elizabeth Early
City Solicitor David M. Moore | | | |
| 1. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Police Department | |
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| | | 1a. | Police Department - pg. 141 | | | | | | | | Budget Approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager consider in the future providing additional funding to our public safety divisions to continue needed community services. (Rivera) | |
| 2. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Fire Department | |
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| | | 2a. | Fire Department - pg. 160 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
| 3. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Department of Emergency Communications | |
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| | | 3a. | Emergency Communications / Emergency Management - pg. 172 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager report plans for the use of the space currently occupied by the Emergency Communications/Management departments when they relocate to Coppage Dr. (Lukes) | | | | Request City Manager report what constitutes other personnel services in the budget of Emergency Communications. (Russell) | | | | Request City Manager report how many vehicles are used by the city, report the year, model and mileage of those vehicles, and their purposes and further, report the feasibility of vehicle sharing between departments. (Russell, Lukes)
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| 4. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Department of Inspectional Services | |
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| | | 4a. | Inspectional Services - Building & Zoning / Housing Inspections / Health Inspections - pg. 178 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager provide City Council with a complete list of fees charged by Inspectional Services Department. Further, for comparison purposes, request City Manager provide the fees levied by utility companies such as National Grid for services provide to customers. (Lukes, Petty) | | | | Request City Manager request Inspectional Services consider consolidating the payment of fees; this would benefit and be more convenient to the public as well as streamlining city operations. (Palmieri) | | | | Request City Manager consider having Technical Services and or other tech partners create a phone app for permitting. (Toomey) | |
| 5. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Legislative Offices | |
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| | | 5a. | City Council - pg. 31 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 5b. | Mayor's Office - pg. 34 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 5c. | City Clerk - pg. 37 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 5d. | Election Commission - pg. 41 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 5e. | City Auditor - pg. 46 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 5f. | Retirement - Contributory Pensions & Non-Contributory - pg. 50 | | | | | | | | Councilor Lukes made a motion see item #11f on the City Council agenda for May 20, 2014.
Councilor Gaffney moved to amend: Further, request the report include the cost of liability when it is finally funded in the future.
Budget approved | |
| 6. | Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Hearing - Law Department | |
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| | | 6a. | Law Department - pg.133 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 6b. | Property & Casualty Insurance - pg. 137 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | |
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| | | 6c. | Court Judgments - pg. 139 | | | | | | | | Budget approved | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Council schedule an executive session for the purpose of discussing all court judgments that includes especially the recently decided case involving a police officer. (Lukes) | |
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| | | 7a. | Communication of the City Manager transmitting communication relative to the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Recommendation.
# 8.32D CM May 13, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 8. | Communications of the City Manager | |
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| | | 8a. | Requesting the opportunity to make a PowerPoint presentation as an informational overview of the Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Budget.
# 10a CC May 06, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 8b. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the amounts of monies generated by the Hotel/Motel Tax for the past three years and how those amounts have been spent and allocated.
# 8.27A CM April 29, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 8c. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Revenues and Expenditures through March for Fiscal Year 2014, per the City's Five Point Plan.
# 8.24A CM April 29, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 8d. | Transmitting informational communication relative to the Governor's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal.
# 9.24B CM February 04, 2014 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 8e. | Transmitting informational communication relative to Outside Legal Counsel Spending.
# 10.24B CM June 18, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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| | | 8f. | Transmitting information communication relative to the Debt Service Schedule for the City’s issuance of $500,000.00 in Bonds Associated with the Downtown Urban Renewal Project Proposed in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget to be undertaken by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority.
# 10.24A CM June 18, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
| 9. | Miscellaneous Communication | |
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| | | 9a. | Dr. Roberta Schaefer, President & CEO of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, transmitting communication relative to "Worcester's FY14 Budget: Making Ends Meet".
# 12a CC June 11, 2013 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Hold | |
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