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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNULL (298) F7 f MINUTES DANIA CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 20 , 1989 ROLL CALL: Present - Mayor: Charles McElyea Vice Mayor: Bob Mikes Commissioners : John Bertino Jean Cook Bobbie Grace City Attorney: Frank Adler City Manager. : Robert Flatley City Clerk: Wanda Mullikin 1 . General Employees ' Wage Negotiation Impasse Hearing. Gilbert Escudero, Assistant IUAD, representing the employees of the City, explained the request . He stated that this request is based on the present contract which calls for a Wage Reopener for last year. The employees are asking for a cost of living raise of 4% which matches the CPI for the year. These employees have not received a pay raise since December, 1987 . He stated that they are aware that j the City has had financial difficulties in the past . However, they understand that the City has taken steps to improve its status and can afford to give the employees the raise. l Mike Smith, Personnel Director, stated that the Commission is faced with the evaluation of three aspects of City Government: ( 1 ) Evaluating needs of employees ( 2 ) Considering needs of residents and quality of service that they require ( 3 ) Considering the financial stability and health of the City. He stated that the needs of the employees exist and that their cost of living has increased . There is no question that these workers have worked very hard with a Positive attitude . However, the City is aging and needs capital improvements . In addition, the need to keep the City financially fit and healthy is essential . This is a benefit to both the residents and the employees. By making the City financially secure it protects their jobs . There is only a $60 , 000 contingency fund remaining . It is still unclear whether the revenue and expenditure projections will be accurate . It is unwise to completely deplete the fund in order to grant the increase . This is difficult for the employees but the health of the City is too important to risk . He is asking that the Commission not only consider the wages but also the benefits that an employee receives. He is asking that the Commission uphold the administration' s position and Postpone giving the wage increase until next year. City Manager Flatley expressed that he is deeply grateful for the way that the employees have worked in the past . However, he believes that it is necessary for the City' s health to grant no wage increases J at the present and begin negotiations immediately for a wage increase to take effect on October 1 . It would be negotiated between the Union and the City. Money would be placed in the budget and subject j to budget hearings , would be paid out on the first day of the budget year, October 1 . Mr. Escudero stated that the City needs to have dedicated employees to help the City grow and that they need to be rewarded this year. Special Commission Meeting 1 June 20 , 1989 1 There was discussion regarding what the employees are requesting . It was concluded that the employees want a wage increase that would have taken place on October 1 , 1988 . They are requesting retroactive pay I to October 1 , 1988 . i City Manager Flatley stated that the only funds availabale are from the contingency fund of $60 ,000 for the remainder of the year and that money is needed in case of an emergency. Commissioner Bertino proposed a compromise: Grant the 48 raise starting immediately , if , at the end of the year the monies are available to pay retroactively then those monies would be received. However , if it is not available then it would not be received but the employees would still have the 4% increase effective immediately. This would total approximately $18 ,000 for the four months leaving a contingency fund of $41 ,000 for an emergency. Vice Mayor Mikes stated that the employees and the residents both need to be taken into consideration . He wants to make it clear that the Commission is not making an absolute promise that the monies would be paid retroactively. He does not want other expenditures in the City to be jeopardized . i Commissioner Grace stated that these employees deserve the raise . She does not believe that they are being unreasonable in asking for the increase since it is a Cost of Living wage increase . Commissioner Grace empathized with their situation. A motion was made by Commissioner Bertino, seconded by Commissioner Grace to give a 4% raise that would begin in July; if any monies are left in the contingency funds at the end of September , 1989 , the employees would recieve up to 48 retroactive for the prior months of the budget year. If all monies are not available , the employees would receive whatever percentage remains available . The motion passed on the following roll call vote: i Commissioner Bertino-yes Vice Mayor Mikes-yes MayorMcEl ea-no Commissioner Cook-yes Y Commissioner Grace-yes This Special Commission Meeting was then adjourned . i YO -CO MI SIO CITY CLERK-AUDITOR i , {J� i Li At'$ 2 June 20 , 1989 Special Commission Meeting F� i 7 i I DANIA CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JONE 20, 1989 7:00 P.M. ! I i 1 . General Employees ' Wage Negotiation Impasse Hearing . WORKSHOP 1 . Parking meter financing . 2 . Discussion on raising certin occupational license fees (Vice Mayor Bob Mikes) . 3 . Sign codes . �t i RFF:clb f I Y u ,L y vC't's xs.i Fy. I [ chi Y1 x n c( t r �ttsL f MINUTES ` DANIA CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING JUNE 20 , 1989 8 :00 P.M. Present - Mayor: Charles McElyea vice Mayor: Bob Mikes Commissioners : John Bertino Jean Cook Bobbie Grace City Attorney: Frank Adler City Manager : Robert Flatley City Clerk : Wanda Mullikin r j 1 . Parking meter financing . i City Manager Flatley presented the advantages of the city purchasing the new parking meters for the beach through financing with the Family Bank of Hallandale . j Michael Smith, Personnel Director, explained the advantages of i the city purchasing the parking meters through financing with the Family Bank of Hallandale at a rate of 6 .95% in lieu of financing through Stroyne Brothers at 13% or Citibank at _...�' 12.85%. Mr. Smith explained that the exact meters manufactured and sold by Duncan Meters can now be purchased from the P.O.M. company at a lessor cost through the City of Hollywood' s current bid contract . Mr. Smith explained that Stroyne Brothers would be installing the meters at a fee of $10 .00 to install a new meter and $6 .00 per meter to change the mechanisims . y ( Mr. Smith explained the cost of the existing contract with k Stroyne Brothers and that the increased cost would be based f on the fact that the new rates and the increased number of meters will require two collections per week in lieu of one at the present time and still have the meters serviced two or three times per week . The new contract price would be five thousand three hundred and thirty ( $5 ,330. 00) dollars per month. Commissioner Bertino recommended that the city contact Stroyne ! Brothers as to whether there would be no penalty for payment on the capital portion of the contract that the city is currently paying for and if not , possibly financing that + through the bank at a lower rate of interest thus saving on the fee to Stroyne by reducing it to strictly collection and i maintenance . City Manager stated that the City hopes to clear approximately one hundred and fifty thousand ( $150 ,000 ) dollars over the previous revenue as a result of the increased meter fee and that he is proposing to set aside at least $60 ,000 in the proposed 1989/90 budget for improvements at the beach to be used as a match for a possible grant from the state of one hundred and twenty thousand ($120 ,000 ) dollars. Vice-Mayor Mikes requested that the City Manager check out 1 whether the fact that we have the leases with Seafair would pose a problem as to possible restrictions on improvements at the beach under the grant . I WORKSHOP MEETING Y i -1- JUNE 20, 1989 � W n: F 77 77' 7 Ow Vice-Mayor Mikes questioned as to whether the new meters could be reset to accept different amounts of coins . Mike Smith ex- plained that this would require new mechanisims . 2 . Discussion on raising certain occupational license fees. (Vice-Mayor Bob Mikes) Vice-Mayor Mikes asked for advise from City Attorney Frank Adler as to the possible potential for getting revenue from billboards , some businesses that require , particularly a moni- toring capability of the city, such as the possible permitting of group homes in the R-1 zoning as well as the R-2 areas of the city, fireworks establishments and facilities that are housing prisoners on federal release programs . He felt that the occupational fees for these types of facilities should be considerably more than the average occupational license. He suggested a fee somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 ,000.00 for each of these businesses. City Attorney Adler stated that he is still in the process of researching this , but he felt that in order to increase occupational license fees the city may have to get a special act of the Legislature due to the fact that occupational license fees are set by chapter 205 of the Florida Statutes which says that the fees cannot be increased over what they were in 1971 except for two stages of increases which we have already utilized . Commissioner Cook stated that she felt that if the city was going to consider this that all businesses in the city should be looked at . Comments were made by commissioners that as far as the fireworks establishments or any other business where hazardous materials are stored, a stricter fire inspection code should be established. i 3 . Sign Codes . Due to the fact that Larry Leeds , Growth Management Director, was unable to attend this meeting , the discussion on the sign codes was withdrawn . The commission agreed to place this item _-� on the next workshop agenda. i This Workshop Meeting was then adjourned . -MAYOR COMMISSIONt;K i i CITY CLERK-AUDITOR ) j t j workshop Meeting -2- JUNE 20, 1969 : 4 Y 1 s 'Ai�n rx p j �4 1 i I i i DANIA CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 20, 1989 7 :00 P.M. 1 . General Employees ' Wage Negotiation Impasse Hearing . WORKSHOP j 1 . Parking meter financing . I 2 . Discussion on raising cerein occupational license fees I (Vice Mayor Bob Mikes) . 3 . Sign codes . RFF:clb i Al l I I I f t�^ of `� �'��>•' ,I