HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1994-07-11Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes
Council:
Jack Drago
John R. Penna
'Roberta Cerri Teglia
Robert Yee
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
July 11, 1994
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SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
JULY 11, 1994
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the State of California, that
the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, the 11th day of July 1994, at
7:00 p.m., in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
Discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 1994-1995 Budget and give direction to staff regarding the budget.
Deputy City ~lerk
City of South San Francisco
Dated: July 6, 1994
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA
(Cassette No. 1)
Discussion of the proposed Fiscal Year 1994-1995 Budget
and give direction to staff regarding the budget. ~' ! 2.t9
ACTION TAKEN
7:15 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding.
Council Present: Drago, Teglia, Yee and Fernekes.
Council Absent: Penna.
City Manager Wohlenberg related: there were only
a couple of budgets left to review on a first time
basis, Capital Facilities and the Revenues; there was
an objective to try to get through the process with
some guidance on what kind of budget the Council
would like to see for FY 1994-1995; schedule adop-
tion of the budget on the regular meeting of the
27th; he had distributed a summary, requested at the
last meeting, of each of the changes in the budget;
review of current State budget impacts affecting
cities on the formula used for the property tax
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Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
Councilman Penna Arrived:
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transfer and that the State feels the County has
erroneously applied the tax; the State applied their
own formula, which affects this City by a $95,000
reduction in revenues; in order to get the multi-
million dollar loan to carry the State through, if the
projected revenues fall short, then the State
must act by 2/15/95 to start making reductions and
increasing revenues, which could again trigger short-
ages in City revenues; another Bill affecting cities is
called a maintenance of effort by cities and counties
on Proposition 172, which is the half cent sales tax
for public safety; if passed, it would have an annual
escalator built into the budget - where you would
have to maintain spending at last year's level and
would go up each year by this escalator; he sug-
gested adopting this budget, recognizing there will
be changes, plan on a January review, because
results coming out of the maintenance and clerical
survey may affect the budget, as well as labor con-
tracts expiring in December that have to be negotiat-
ed; etc.
Discussion followed: the City was looking at a
$95,000 reduction in property tax from the State and
there could be further reductions in February; re-
ceived $186,000 from the insurance fund but the
bulk of that was already in the budget; the $200,000
franchise charge against the sewer fund was included
in the budget, however, the Council had not decided
that issue; etc.
Further discussion followed on the Council request
for an intern: Councilman Drago supported his
request, because the intern would follow up
Council's hotline calls, get data from Department
Heads and would record and follow-up on Subcom-
mittee meetings.
Councilman Penna arrived at the meeting at 7:30
p.m.
Further discussion followed: Vice Mayor Yee
supported the idea of an intern but wondered how
the physical layout would work and whether the
concept should be incorporated in conjunction with
the evaluation of the clerical situation or master
plan; Councilwoman Teglia supported the concept if
it was for any other year but had difficulty support-
ing additional Council staff when they are eliminat-
ing positions; Councilman Penna supported having
an intern, whether the budget was short or not and
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
City Clerk's Budget:
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felt it was worth they money to keep Council in-
formed; Mayor Fernekes concurred and wanted it
put in the clerical study.
Councilman Drago questioned why the budget still
referred to a Secretary II classification and wanted
to make sure that when contracting out the amount
includes the benefits.
Director of Finance Margolis stated the question was
how we set the overall hours for the Clerk so there
is salary and benefits for her employees. She stated
the Clerk had provided information that the full time
position should be somewhat higher but the total
allowed is just equal to this.
City Clerk Battaya explained that it went back to the
time she had a Deputy City Clerk in the office
whose salary was equivalent to a Secretary II.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that, to her knowledge,
they had never funded a Deputy position in the
Clerk's nor the Treasurer's Office. She stated the
Clerk could chose anyone she wants but we have
never funded that position.
City Clerk Battaya related the following to Council-
woman Teglia who had not been at the previous
budget session: there was a resolution on the books
that added $200 to a Secretary I position for acting
as Deputy City Clerk; there was also a half time
position of Senior Typist Clerk in the Office; there
was also a Resolution to remove the salary and
benefits from the City Clerk's budget, instead
Councilman Drago made the motion that the Clerk's
budget should not be touched and she could use the
one and one half position salaries, plus benefits, to
hire qualified people - which was seconded and
regularly carried; later there were Managers who
kept whittling down her budget, saying her people
could not have benefits such as sick time, vacations
nor holidays; the end result was always a smaller
budget than she was entitled to by Council action
and the budgets reflected a Secretary I, which she
had fought for years.
She continued: finally someone was sympathetic
and saw the evidence she presented that proved her
case; there was a discussion at the last meeting and
Councilman Drago remembered the details and the
almost lawsuit, a Subcommittee was appointed of
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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Councilmen Addiego and Drago and the thing Was
settled.
She stated that her one and one-quarter people have
personal contracts as Deputy City Clerks,which
were drawn up by City Attorney O'Toole. Her
people have the privilege to pay for their Kaiser and
dental, which are the only benefits they have, be-
cause they are not paid for vacation, holidays nor
sick time.
Councilwoman Teglia stated her only problem was
with the people being called Deputy City Clerks.
City Clerk Battaya stated they are called Secretary II
and Senior Typist Clerk in the budget. She stated
that the $200 a month extra for the Secretary II was
for her to act as her backup in the event of her
absence.
Councilman Yee stated the Council agreed to give
the Clerk an amount which shows as $188,000+ for
the Department to operate and, for the next year,
she should prepare a budget and operate within that
budget regardless of what she wanted to pay her
people; there was nothing more to talk about.
Councilman Drago was uncomfortable with the title
Secretary II, because he felt it should be based on
the competitive market - as she is dealing directly
with private industry now. As long as those figures
come back to us and are reasonable that was one
thing, however, in the future, someone could hire
their daughter and give her $5,000 a month.
He stated he did not have a problem with giving the
Clerk what she needs to run her Office but did not
like the reference to a Secretary II classification,
because in October there may not be any more
Secretary IIs and what do we do then if they are
completely eliminated and we are bound by a title
that doesn't exist. He would like to see a break-
down of the $188,000.
Councilwoman Teglia stated she did not have a
problem with the $188,000 but wanted the reference
to Deputy City Clerk struck.
City Clerk Battaya stated that she did not use that
title in her budget, the City Manager had in one of
his memos.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
,__Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
City Attorney Budget:
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Councilman Penna and Mayor Fernekes concurred
with the Clerk's budget of $188,000+.
Vice Mayor Yee suggested that the Finance Director
put contract labor in the Clerk's budget rather than
naming the two titles.
Director of Finance Margolis stated she would
change it to read contract employees.
Concurrence of Council - To approve the City
Clerk's budget for $188,866 and change the titles to
contract employees.
Assistant City Attorney Chiozzo reiterated comments
from the last budget session on what the in-house
attorney has done to save the City money: litigation
on the Oyster Point Interchange Project had expend-
ed 905 hours, which included procuring private
property; Fair Labor Standards Act case with mem-
bers of the Fire Department and had spent 140
hours; Westborough litigation, wherein we opposed
a petition by the receiver to close the fund and
brought approximately $585,000 into the City to
help pay down the assessments; when Mike O'Toole
was here he acted as general counsel to the Confer-
ence Center and, at the same time, fulfilled his
duties in general services to the City; he also turned
over a $75,000 award in the Court of Appeals in the
Colma case.
He stated there is an enormous savings when the
City Attorney's Office is fully staffed and is capable
of also doing general legal services and in-house
litigation. He stated he had also submitted a list of
requests from the City Manager's Office and staff to
the City Attorney's Office. He presented an article
from the San Francisco Banner Daily Journal of
11/9/93, for the record, indicating that trends for
even the smaller cities in California, the small tran-
sitional cities of 2000 or less is to bring the legal
services for municipalities back in-house for cost
effectiveness and control.
He stated that they were able while City Attorney
O'Toole was here to pursue litigation and to provide
legal services, on a full time basis, to City staff.
He addressed the numbers submitted from the Fi-
nance Director to the City Manager's Office: cost
of the in-house budget $311,000 vs. $302,000 for
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...Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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the contract proposal from Nave's firm; the numbers
could be turned around any way you wanted and
they can say different things; the salary of City
Attorney is at the B level, which assume you will
hire at the low level; $54,136 for materials and
supplies for 1994-95 and, as of May 31st, only
$37,000 had been expended - with one month to go;
if the office is to be run with two, full time attor-
neys, as well as a Legal Secretary II, as well as do
litigation, then, in his opinion, a part time Legal
Secretary I is needed; etc.
He stated that the proposal by the Nave firm, and it
is a good one, offers to do 160 hours a month for
attorneys services, with a full time Secretary -
which, if you look at the numbers, comes out to
3800 personnel hours at $269,000; the in-house
attorneys, with a Secretary II and Secretary I part
time, is 7900 hours for $311,000 - with twice the
amount of service and saving money with in-house
litigation, which is a strong point.
He felt it was fair for the City Manager's Office to
ask a question of Mike Nave and his firm with
regards to the analogy he made of San Leandro
being similar to S.S.F. in regards to population,
business diversity and legal means. He stated the
question should be, what the expenditures are in San
Leandro for their services as full time private city
attorneys. He stated he did have figures that the
Finance Department had faxed to him, but felt it
was more appropriate for them to come from the
City Manager or from Council.
He felt the Council would do what is in the best
interest of the City. He also believed the office with
two, full time, highly capable City Attorneys can
give you a good bang for your buck. He stated that,
if there was quibbling over the amount of hours, a
third party could come in, take a look at the office
and see how well it is run.
Councilman Drago stated he saw the contract ser-
vices at our finger tips with the resources running
the gamut of legal issues that might come up always
available. He stated that, if we get a new City At-
torney, it will be the fourth one in eight years, it is
a training ground - they come in, you get an Assis-
tant and they work two to three years and move on.
Then the City pays $15,000 for recruitment and
pays them off annual leave and vacation to the tune
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._Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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of $7,000-$16,000; etc.
He had asked for a survey of the Department Heads
to get a feeling and it was quite complimentary of
the contract services, they were all satisfied and
there was nothing negative about the firm.
He wanted to make one thing perfectly clear - before
they hired Mr. O'Toole he voiced the same thing -
even though he turned out to be a great attorney he
only lasted two and a half years.
Mayor Fernekes stated there was also a determina-
tion that we go with the contract attorney and the
second decision is whether to go with an hourly con-
tract or a fixed 160 hours a month.
Councilman Drago stated he had not given much
thought to the options, because he did not think the
Council was going to go for contract attorneys.
Vice Mayor Yee stated he looked at it as an eco-
nomic advantage and also the intangibles, such as
longevity and so forth. The economic advantage
seems like the same, based on $302,000 vs.
$311,000 and money was not going to be saved.
He stated that if you have two attorneys who you
feel good about certainly they will get a lot more
work done. So, the question is how long they are
going to be with
understood what
about but he had
wait for a while,
a change, do it -
you and what is the cost. He
Councilman Drago was talking
mixed feelings and thought maybe
see how things go and, if we need
but right now go in-house.
Councilwoman Teglia stated she had been the most
critical member with respect to contracting the ser-
vices out and had seen many City Attorneys - going
back to Mr. Noonan. She stated that the City
Attorney's Office is very important to this Council
and, for that reason, she was very critical. Howev-
er, she had the opportunity to work with this firm
and that experience changed her attitude 100%. She
has a tremendous amount of confidence in the ser-
vices we are being offered and whatever the ques-
tions asked, if the answers are not readily available
they get them from someone in the firm whose
specialty that is. She thought there were cost sav-
ings, maybe not as substantial as initially thought
but maybe, in the future, savings could be more.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
.._.Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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She felt they had to look at all of the Departments in
a new way and it is not good enough for any depart-
ment to say we are going to do this this year in this
particular way, because we have always done it that
way. She had changed her attitude 100% and want-
ed to go on record in being supportive of eliminating
the in-house service and going with the contract
alternatives.
Councilman Penna stated he understood Councilman
Drago, for he had been consistent, and he appreciat-
ed his position. However, continuity was a political
question and attorneys are the quickest to know
when they are not wanted any more and leave -
whether they are contract or in-house attorneys. He
stated that what they were looking for was good
service to our community, Council and staff and the
cost.
He had heard earlier there was a resemblance be-
tween the City of San Leandro and S.S.F. If that
is the case - what is the connection.
Interim City Attorney Nave stated he mention they
had been contract City Attorneys for San Leandro
for the past eight years. The size of San Leandro,
the makeup of industrial and residential, issues and
staffing size are all very similar and they had been
able to make that transition very smoothly. He
stated he did not know what they were paid but
maybe one of his partners would know.
He stated that Steve Mattas is the Assistant City
Attorney and the issues were the same for both cities
in makeup, composition and types of issues likely to
be faced by this Council.
Councilman Penna stated he had the budget figures
faxed over to him and related the following: actual
amount spent for 1993-94 was $396,500 and what is
budgeted for 1994-95, on a retainer basis, is
$404,000; litigation for 1993-94 was $87,125; litiga-
tion for 1994-95 is $33,200; total spent for 1993-94
was $500,168; total for 1994-95 is $564,000; etc.
He questioned how these figures could represent
savings to this City and the fact that with prior City
Attorneys there was always a tendency to settle
lawsuits, which he believed was the difference be-
tween in-house and contract attorneys. He stated he
was looking: at ways to make money; at lawsuits
AGENDA
Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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and the incentive for contract service to diminish
lawsuits vs. in-house incentives; the day to day
needs of staff; at how files are kept in-house or
whether they are traveling out of house; he wanted
the files to stay in-house for immediate access and
where they would not be lost; etc.
He stated that, because of the cost factors antici-
pated, he did not see any difference for in-house vs.
contract services, for they are both very close. He
stated that the firm is an excellent firm but, by the
same token, that does not mean that in-house can't
find a same fine individual. When he looked at how
costs get increased in the City budget, it could be
from extra curricular legal fees, that can be wired
together with lawsuits. He was concerned in that
area and for that reason he was not convinced the
Council should go outside for an attorney.
Mayor Fernekes stated he supported contract servic-
es with Mr. Nave and his firm but the Council still
needed to analyze the 160 hours vs. an hourly rate.
He stated another reason for an outside attorney is
the versatility of the firm in expertise in all areas,
whereas two individuals may not have that expertise
and felt it is a bonus that they would be able to
handle most situations.
Discussion followed: what the total budget is for
San Leandro and how many employees; that was not
known; Councilman Drago read comments from
Department Heads on the firm - turn around on
matters of importance is better than it has been in
recent years, high level of expertise, resources avail-
able through the firm are extremely helpful in is-
sues; shown strength in labor relations and land use;
Councilman Penna felt there was less incentive to
settle lawsuits then there would be in-house;
Councilman Drago stated, if that happened it would
be very easy to fire them; Councilwoman Teglia
believed that, in her tenure, all of the major lawsuits
were all farmed out to outside attorneys, with the in-
house attorney reporting back to Council.
Interim City Attorney Nave stated that was probably
true in any in-house situation that most non-routine
litigation is farmed out to firms such as his and
other firms that do that type of thing. He under-
stood where Councilman Penna was coming from,
but he would be remiss if he did not try to answer
his thought, that there was less incentive for a pti-
AGENDA
Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
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ACTION TAKEN
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vate attorney. He continued, a private attorney has
an obligation to the client just as much as an in-
house attorney does and he would not be serving his
duty if he did not settle a case or recommend a
settlement just because he wanted to keep billing X
dollars an hour - that is not why he went into the
profession of law. He stated, if he was like that he
should not be practicing law.
Councilman Penna stated he was not saying that.
He was saying that in the matter of dollars and cents
- where are we served with the size staff we have,
the size City we have, workload we have - he firmly
believed that an in-house department is much more
efficient for what we want to do, even though we
contract out for litigation.
City Clerk Battaya stated that she, as a department
head, was not contacted for an opinion even though
in all cities the City Clerk and City Attorneys work
very closely together. She found it very frustrating
that she cannot reach the outside attorneys, unless
they happen to be in those two half days when she is
trying to call them and needs an immediately an-
swer. She stated her requests were told to the in-
house secretary, then relayed to the outside attorneys
and a call back - hopefully, in a timely fashion.
She stated she personally preferred having an in-
house attorney, if the Council was interested in her
opinion.
Councilman Penna stated that the feedback from
staff said, while the contract service attorneys were
sufficient for major items, items that did not require
immediate attention seemed to be on the back burn-
er.
City Manager Wohlenberg stated he was not at the
meeting when staff reviewed this, he was not aware
that some were not satisfied and would set up a
tracking method with the attorneys so everyone's
issues, big or small, get a time line.
Interim City Attorney Nave stated they try to ad-
dress the urgent matters first, however, they have
had the benefit of an excellent Assistant City Attor-
ney to answer requests during this interim period.
Councilman Yee stated that was the concern he had,
what if the Assistant City Attorney is not here, who
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
Finance Department Budget:
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is going to fill the gap and are the attorneys going to
spend more time here.
Interim City Attorney Nave stated he and Attorney
Mattas would be here certain days of the week and
all of their cities have their phone number to answer
questions quickly. They will be spending more
hours if the contract is approved.
Vice Mayor Yee questioned if the phone bill would
be included in the bill and would the contract be for
six months or a year.
Interim City Attorney Nave thought it should be on
an annual basis, for one year certainly, and the City
could fire them at any time - for its terminable at
will with no severance pay.
Councilman Penna questioned what would happen to
the in-house staff, when would it take effect and
what happens to the present staff.
City Attorney Wohlenberg stated that was another
decision to be made.
Councilman Penna felt that staff, hearing this to-
night, should get an answer on how we are going to
treat the in-house attorney's staff.
Discussion followed: let staff deal with the people
and come back with recommendations; adoption of
the budget would trigger what happens in the office;
City Manager Wohlenberg stated the two positions
at issue are the half time Legal Secretary I, and we
need data on bumping rights as spelled out in the
Labor Code, and the Assistant City Attorney, which
is a professional position; Councilwoman Teglia
wanted to see an out placement for the Assistant
City Attorney; there was a concurrence of Council
for an out placement for the Assistant City Attorney.
City Manager Wohlenberg stated this change was to
drop the paramedic billing and the reduction of a
part time position in accounting.
Discussion followed: Councilman Drago questioned
if there was a condition that the Fire Department
gets the Paramedic Coordinator; Finance Director
Margolis related they were not the same issue;
Councilman Drago wants to make them the same
issue; Mayor Fernekes directed staff to hold off on
~ENDA ACTION TAKEN
...Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
[on-Departmental Budget:
Economic & Community Development Budget:
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this item.
City Manager Wohlenberg again asked the Council
to support the Innovation Group effort for $3,500 a
year.
Discussion followed: Councilwoman Teglia ex-
pressed concern over C/CAG and felt they should
maybe step back and rethink that budget expendi-
ture; Councilman Drago expressed concern about
the Congestion Management Plan dues when there
was a $15,000 increase in C/CAG dues; why didn't
they use the Summer Youth Program to help beauti-
fy the City by a clean-up that includes pulling weeds
and painting pedestrian underpass; Councilwoman
Teglia did not want to spend $4,000 for Council
goals, wants $4,600 to stay in the City and have our
own youth program of City kids at some point in the
future.
Consensus of Council - To remove the $4,000 for
Council goals.
Further discussion ensued: $12,000 in waiver of
fees should be in the Recreation budget - not in the
Non-Departmental budget; this was done to not
impact Recreation's budget; Recreation has to recov-
er 50% of their classes.
Consensus of Council - To remove $12,000 in waiv-
er of fees and not do the Innovative Group.
Vice Mayor Yee questioned, if we eliminate the
Associate Planner will Mr. Beyer plan the work.
Interim Director of Economic & Community Devel-
opment Beyer stated he would and the Subcommittee
would meet and discuss his plan on permit process-
ing.
Chief Planner Solomon stated, the Associate Planner
is charged with the transportation issues and does
C/CAG and Congestion Management matters. He
stated the coverage would have to be reduced to
quarter time and be handled by a Senior Planner.
Majority consensus of Council - To eliminate the
Associate Planner position.
Councilwoman Teglia stated concern as to who is
going to cover monitoring activities of the Airport if
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Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
RECESS:
RECALL TO ORDER:
Library Budget:
Fire Department:
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that position is dropped.
Councilman Drago wanted staff to find out if a full
time position could be reassigned under the Rede-
velopment Agency Budget.
Consensus of Council - To refer that issue to the
Subcommittee and see if we can put the position
under Redevelopment Agency.
Council adjourned for a recess at 9:15 p.m.
Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at
9:20 p.m., all Council was present.
Consensus of Council - To approve the two items.
Mr. Ray Green, President Local 1507, related: a
few meetings ago they presented results of the test-
ing of the quint; at that meeting the Council directed
the Chief to respond to our concerns; there were
questions on the Fire Chief's response to Council
concerning the lack of maneuverability and efficien-
cy of the quint on Lanes and Courts, which results
in a slower response time; the quint test was con-
ducted in the morning when the streets were not as
impacted and there were streets the quint could not
go through; equipment should be maneuverable in
all areas of the City; this was the only City not
carrying defibulators on all engines; etc.
Mr. Richard Dennen, Fire Department, proceeded to
refute the Fire Chief's report: the quint was a
heavier piece of equipment than a fire engine and
will take longer to get from a to b; the quint took 15
seconds longer than the fire engine going from
Galway to Oakmond; in Westborough the quint
would have a longer response time; a quint was a
combination of the function of an engine company
and a truck train; he gave the specifications of a
quint; the City was divided into five engine compa-
nies with water hoses and pumps and a truck with an
elevating platform which covers all of the City; the
quint has water, hose, pump and ground ladders,
with either an area platform or elevating platform;
the fire truck has a 90 foot elevating platform; the
Fire Chief was talking about spending $500,000 on
a quint that will not do the job nor go on all of the
streets - which the engines can; the problem is in the
length of the wheel base; three of their engines have
450 horse power; the engines carry 500 gallons of
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..._Discussion of the Budget - Continued.
(Cassette No. 2)
Police Department Budget:
Parks, Recreation Budget:
~ .D~ iscussion of the Budget - Continued.
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water; etc.
Vice Mayor Yee asked if the Fire Chief would
recommended this equipment if there was not a cost
savings.
Fire Chief Stark stated he was trying to provide the
best of services - this equipment has some strong
points and some weak points and, if the position was
different, he might recommend something else.
Mr. Green cited various comparisons in the different
equipment: 500' hose on a quint vs. 13,050' on an
engine; some of the Courts in Westborough don't
have enough room to lay out hose; if there was a 10
second slower response per block, that could add up
to minutes; the quint is not the answer; recommend-
ed raising paramedic fees, because it all goes to
insurance companies anyway; should charge at a
going rate and, if a S.S.F. person can't afford it,
write it off; the Chief talked about reducing one man
on each shift for $160,000; the collection agency
will give us $50,000 and then, by raising paramedic
fees, the City will have the money it lacks; etc.
Councilman Drago stated the City could not charge
more than it costs to run the program.
Discussion followed: it would take a year before a
quint was delivered, so there was no impact for two
years; quint was a better alternative to a one person
truck; 58% of the workload is medical related; the
minimum manning drops to 19 when the budget is
adopted; Vice Mayor Yee and Councilmembers
Drago and Penna want to go with the Fire Chief on
the entire program; Councilwoman Teglia wanted
more information; Mayor Fernekes will support the
Fire Chief.
Consensus of Council - Comfortable with the Police
Department Budget.
Mr. Al Waters stated he had been lobbying for
seniors for the last two years in Westborough and
for senior advocacy for legal aid. He stated his
research pointed to the need for senior programs
in Westborough. He stated there was a need for
senior advocacy in 1981 but there was not a
building then, only the one on Grand Avenue. Then
there were senior advisory services established
in the building in Westborough, which he only
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heard about two years ago. He stated that he had
gone to the Commission on Aging and they agreed
there is a need for full senior services involving
training and exercise classes, however, Park &
Recreation says they don't have the money for it.
He noticed the Federal and State had increased
monies to seniors but Recreation says there isn't
money enough to go around and he wanted it spread
around to the different earners. He pleaded with the
Council for senior services in Westborough, because
they had contributed to the welfare of the City for
many years and there was this great need for senior
programs.
Vice Mayor Yee stated that Mr. Waters has been
promoting this for some time, it was not a new item
and questioned what the Senior Advisory Board's
role was in this.
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Ser-
vices Nagel responded, their role is to advise staff
with recommendations on senior programming activ-
ities by voicing their needs. He stated that anyone
could point out facts to the group that will be
agendized and they have a nominating committee for
the Board that sets policies.
Mr. Waters questioned the composition of the Board
because he had noticed there was no one there from
Westborough.
Discussion followed: There was Eioise Kee and one
other member of the Advisory Board from
Westborough; 90% of the members were from
AARP, were in the same church and social circle
and Mr. Waters wanted to know who appointed
them to the Board; two years ago the Board had
appointed someone to investigate Mr. Waters' ques-
tions that still were not answered; Councilwoman
Teglia wanted to know the composition of the
Board, where they came from in the City, how
many males and females, was it chartered and terms
of office; etc.
M/S Teglia/Yee - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 11:05 p.m.
AGENDA
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
ACTION TAKEN
APPROVED.
C ~y of South San Francisco
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