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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 o02 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 7/11/94 Page 1 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN - oo;z Discussion of the Budget - Continued. Councilman Penna Arrived: 7/11/94 Page 2 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: 7/11/94 Page 3 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. 7/11/94 Page 4 0O4 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: 7/11/94 Page 5 005 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 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 006 ...Discussion of the Budget - Continued. 7/11/94 Page 6 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 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 007 ._Discussion of the Budget - Continued. 7/11/94 Page 7 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. 7/11/94 Page 8 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. 7/11/94 Page 9 ACTION TAKEN -- 009 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. 7/11/94 Page 10 ACTION TAKEN ,. 010 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: 7/11/94 Page 11 011 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: 7/11/94 Page 12 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 A~ENDA ACTION TAKEN Discussion of the Budget - Continued. RECESS: RECALL TO ORDER: Library Budget: Fire Department: 7/11/94 Page 13 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 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ..._Discussion of the Budget - Continued. (Cassette No. 2) Police Department Budget: Parks, Recreation Budget: ~ .D~ iscussion of the Budget - Continued. 7/11/94 Page 14 0!4 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 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Discussion of the Budget - Continued. aDJOURNMENT: 7/11/94 Page 15 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 0!6 The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica- tions, arguments and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 7/11/94 Page 16