CITY
OF PICKERINGTON
FINANCE
COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
CITY HALL, 100 LOCKVILLE ROAD
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
REGULAR
MEETING
7:30
P.M.
1. ROLL CALL. Mrs. Riggs called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M., with roll call as follows: Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Hackworth, and Mrs. Riggs were present. Mr. Wright was absent. Others present were Judy Gilleland, Lynda Yartin, Linda Fersch, and others.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF August 22, 2005, Regular Meeting. Mr. Hackworth moved to approve; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Riggs voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.
3. FINANCE DIRECTOR:
A. Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance amending the 2005 appropriation ordinance 2004-81. Mrs. Fersch stated a draft appropriation ordinance had been provided to the Committee. She stated she was an increase of $33,000 in the Street Fund for FEMA monies received to replenish the their overtime budget. She stated further she was requesting a decrease of $75,000 in the TIF Cycle Way Debt Fund and a decrease in the TIF 204/256 Debt Fund. She stated this was a bookkeeping adjustment, it is not additional debt. Mrs. Fersch further stated the was requesting an increase of $1,000 in the Street Capital Improvement Fund to have the appropriation amount that was authorized by Council. Mrs. Fersch further stated she is requesting a General Fund transfer of $88,470 to the Street Capital Improvement Fund. Mrs. Riggs clarified that when monies are moved from one fund to another, Council is made aware of it, and that is what this transfer is. Mrs. Riggs moved to approve and forward to Council; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Riggs, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0. Mrs. Fersch stated she would request three readings of appropriation ordinances at Council as she normally needs to have the funds available to take care of items.
B. Finance Director’s Report: Mrs. Fersch stated her report had been distributed this evening and she would answer any questions.
C. Review and discussion regarding City’s Health Insurance. legislation we do annually to accept the budget rate. Mrs. Fersch stated she had provided a memorandum to the Committee regarding the Central Ohio Health Care Consortium. She stated we cannot leave the consortium right now, however, we are looking at negotiating with our current vision and dental companies for lower rates or restructuring. Mrs. Fersch stated we will be working toward going to another insurance carrier next year and she hoped to have everything in place and ready to bring to Finance by mid-year.
4. PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT: Mrs. Fersch stated she had nothing to report this evening.
5. DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: No Report.
6. CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Riggs stated at the next Finance Committee meeting the Capital Improvements Plan will be presented, and at that meeting we will also schedule the Budget work sessions.
A. Law Director Search – Update. Mrs. Riggs stated an Executive Session will be scheduled at the next Council meeting to discuss the law director selection.
B. Review of Ordinance 2004-94, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with the City of Lancaster for the provision of prosecution services for Pickerington misdemeanor cases in Lancaster Municipal Court. Ms Gilleland stated she does not have an update on this issue this evening. Ms Gilleland stated she would like to have this remain on the agenda. She stated Lancaster has notified her they would like to continue to work through the contract.
C. Review of Ordinance 2004-95, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with the City of Lancaster for the provision of prosecution services for Pickerington’s Mayor’s Court. Ms Gilleland stated she had no update on this item as well. Ms Gilleland stated she would like to have this remain on the agenda and she should have a contract for the Committee to review next month for prosecution services at Mayor’s Court.
D. Traffic Signal Study – Update. Mr. Hackworth stated he understood this Committee would be considering authorizing a borrowing to begin some of the improvements that are recommended by the Study. Mrs. Riggs clarified the Study is not complete, but the engineer has indicated that $260,000 would allow for some of the improvements. Mrs. Fersch stated she would request this be passed as an emergency when it goes to Council because we would like to roll it into our issue that will mature next March so we can do a one-time issue. Ms Gilleland stated we may want to combine this with another issue, but she does not have all the information on that for tonight’s meeting. Mr. Hackworth moved to authorize borrowing at an amount not-to-exceed $260,000 for traffic signal improvements, and to prepare the legislation with emergency language; Mrs. Riggs seconded the motion. Ms Gilleland stated this would not be on the Council agenda until either October 4th or October 18th, as all the paperwork could not be completed for the next Council meeting. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Riggs, and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.
7. OTHER BUSINESS: No other business was brought forward.
8. MOTIONS:
A. Motion for Executive Session under Section 121.11(G)(1)(b), Matters involving an employee’s or public official’s employment, Section 121.22(G)(2), Purchase or sale of public property, Section 121.22(G)(3), Conference with law director regarding pending or imminent court action, and Section 121.22(G)(4), Matters involving bargaining sessions with public employees. Mrs. Riggs stated an Executive Session was not needed this evening.
9. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mr. Wisniewski moved to adjourn; Mrs. Riggs seconded the motion. Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Riggs voted "Aye." Motion carried, 3-0. The Finance Committee adjourned at 7:45 P.M., September 15, 2005.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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