2005_1010_Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

City Council Regular Meeting— 09/26/OS DRAFT Minutes - Page 26 12. Continued Discussion of 2006 Budget Councilmember Ihlan requested further budget discussion and review of her questions, specifically related to the list of new spending obligations in the City Manager Memo and spreadsheet provided in July of 2005. Councilmember Ihlan offered to provide staff with a list of questions for discussion at a future Council meeting. Councilmember Kough reiterated his request from a previous Council meeting to have the City Manager return to the City Council with recommendations for a 5% budget increase without employee reductions or layoffs. Kough moved, Ihlan seconded, to instruct the City Manager to return with recommendations for a 5% budget increase, without employee reductions and/or layoffs. Councilmember Maschka, in conjunction with the motion, requested revised numbers based on a 2.5% cost of living adjustment (COLA) for employees; and a phased-in non-union, wage step adjustment over a two-year period. Councilmember Maschka also sought impacts to the projected $95,000 cost for dispatch services, lacking a contract or decision at this time. Discussion included previous reductions in COLA, and adjustments needed during union negotiations and arbitration; status of current negotiations and union contracts; current contract language and formulas for the 49er's contract; and long- term economic solutions. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the motion, with the understanding that staff had made recommendations to the City Council to achieve a 5% increase, which involved eliminating or not replacing some positions; and whether we may retain employees but not have the resources to utilize those employees. Finance Director Miller advised that staff would prepare the numbers without the variable in reducing the workforce. Continued Discussion of 2006 Budget