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FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES
Wednesday, July 5, 1995
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Members Pr-esent : Chairman Lawson, Bill Baird, Greg Bates
(arrived at 6 :45PM)
Others PrE�sent : Mayor Cuda, City Clerk Althoff, Alderman Locke,
Director c�f Public Works Batt and several city employees
Alderman I�awson called the meeting to order at 6 :35 P.M.
BUDGET SCHEDULING AND PROCESS-
Chairman Lawson explained that he would like to create and
implement a schedule for the 1995-96 budget review and process .
He also stated his intent to change the process slightly.
Alderman Bates arrived at 6 :45 P.M.
After some discussion it was the committee' s determination to
schedule toward the end of September a Committee-of-the-Whole
Meeting. The meeting would be devoted to determining what the
council wished to accomplish during the 1995-96 fiscal year and
goal setting. The Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting would be
� followed by a Finance Committee Meeting set for the beginning of
�- October to review and refine the recommendations of the
Committee-of-the-Whole. Chairman Lawson asked the committee
members to review the 1994-95 schedule and make their
recommendations for the new budget schedule at the next committee
meeting.
Discussion then followed regarding the procedure to be
implemented in meeting with the employee group representatives to
receive written requests for wage and benefit consideration. It
was the committee' s decision to schedule the first meeting with
the employee representatives for early in January of 1996 . Items
to be discussed further included negotiating a 2 year agreement
as oppose to one, meeting times, and determination of who should
meet with the employee representatives; the finance committee
members and/or the committee-of-the-whole members . It was noted
that the budget process should begin with the prioritizing of
projects and goals, then consideration could be given to the
employee' s wage and benefit requests .
PERSONNEL POLICY DISCUSSION -
Chairman Lawson noted that City Administrator Peterson had
suggested the Finance Committee review and become more familar
with the Personnel Policy Manual . The stated purpose of this
� procedure would be to become better acquainted with the policies
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and emplo�ree benefits as well as to determine, if needed, any
revisions . A specific area to be reviewed was the newly
instituteci Pay-for-Performance or Merit Pay.
It was thf� committee' s consensus to schedule a Finance Committee
Meeting e�rery second and fourth Monday of the month beginning in
September and running through May. The first order of business
would be t:he Personnel Policy Manual review. September 27th was
tentative:_y chosen as the date for the Committee-of-the-Whole
Meeting tc� set goals and determine council' s objectives for the
1995-96 fiscal year.
ANY AND ALL BUSINESS-
Chairman Lawson requested, that in the future, all items to be
placed on the Finance Committee Agenda be announced and reviewed
during the Committee Reports and/or under New Business portion of
the regularly scheduled council meeting directly prior to the
scheduled Finance Committee Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7 :23 P.M.
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David Law�on
Chairman, Finance Committee
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