PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
SPECIAL SESSION
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1988
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in special session on Monday, June 13, 1988, at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Conference Room, City Hall, 324 South State Street, upon appropriate order and notice scheduling such meeting according to Section 2.06.030(B) of the Salt Lake City Code.
The following Council Members were present: Florence Bittner Tom Godfrey Wayne Horrocks Roselyn Kirk Sydney Fonnesbeck Willie Stoler Alan Hardman.
Mayor Palmer DePaulis, Roger Cutler, city attorney, Kathryn Marshall, city recorder, and Lynda Domino, chief deputy city recorder, were present.
Councilmember Godfrey presided at and conducted the meeting.
DEPARTMENTAL BUSINESS
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
#1. RE: A motion to override the Mayor’s veto of an ordinance amending Section 9.08.020(B) of the Salt Lake City Code reducing garbage collection fees from $4.00 to $3.00 for single-family residences; $8.00 to $6.00 for duplexes; and $12.00 to $9.00 for triplexes per month, effective January 1, 1989.
ACTION: The Council pulled this item from the agenda.
(O 88-16)
#2. RE: A motion to override the Mayor’s veto of an ordinance adopting the final budgets of Salt Lake City, excluding the library fund, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, and ending June 30, 1989.
ACTION: The Council pulled this item from the agenda.
(B 88-5)
#3. RE: Reconsider adopting an ordinance adopting the final budgets of Salt Lake City, Utah, excluding the library fund, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, and ending June 30, 1989.
ACTION: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Stoler seconded that the budget previously adopted on Thursday, June 9, 1988, be adopted with the following modifications and exceptions, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Airport: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded that $13,700 be transferred from the airport travel/training budget to the airport contingency fund (20% reduction), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Public Utilities: Councilmember Hardman moved and Councilmember Stoler seconded that $6,340 be transferred from the public utilities travel/training budget to the public utilities contingency fund (20% reduction), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Administrative Services: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded that the administrative services department general fund travel/training budget be decreased by $3,374, rather than by $8,452 (20% cut rather than 50% cut), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to transfer $3,200 rather than $8,000 from the fleet management internal service fund travel/training budget to the fleet management internal service contingency fund (20% rather than 50%), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded that $5,554 be transferred from the data processing internal services fund travel/training budget to the data processing internal service contingency fund (20% reduction), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
City Council: Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to reduce the City Council’s travel/training budget by $5,624, rather than by $14,087 (20% cut rather than 50% cut), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Development Services: Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Hardman seconded to reduce the development services travel/training budget by $11,811 rather than by $29,583 (20% cut rather than 50% cut), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Stoler seconded to reduce the development services budget by $21,000, thereby appropriating funding for the office coordinator’s position for two months rather than twelve, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded that the funding for the local business advocacy secretary at $28,100 and the corresponding FTE be restored, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Finance: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to restore $6,290 for funding of the internal auditor position, which motion carried, all members voted aye except Councilmember Bittner who voted nay.
Fire: Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded that the fire department travel/training budget be decreased by $7,874 (20% reduction), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Mayor: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Hardman seconded that the Mayor’s Office travel/training budget be decreased by $10,686 rather than by $26,766 (20% cut rather than 50% cut), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Parks: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded that the parks department general fund travel/training budget be reduced by $1,125 rather than by $2,817 (20% cut rather than 50% cut), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Police: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Hardman seconded that the police department travel/training budget be decreased by $3,374 (20% reduction), which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Capital Improvements Program: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded that the funding for the Sunnyside Recreation Center be reduced by $50,000, and that the funding for the Riverside Park parking lot be reduced by $50,000, which motion carried, all members voted aye except Councilmembers Bittner and Stoler who voted nay.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to decrease general fund transfers to the capital projects fund by an additional $100,000, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Across the Board and Merits: Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to eliminate the $419,846 across-the-board reduction, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to eliminate the $600,000 allocated for merit increases for employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Bonuses: Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to allocate $300,000 to non-departmental as a separate line item for one-time employee and incentive bonuses to be restored to the general fund and internal service funds; all employees to be eligible for incentive bonuses, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded that one-time employee bonuses, rather than merit increases, for employees in the enterprise funds be approved, with funding to come from their respective contingency funds; all employees to be eligible for incentive bonuses, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
General Motions: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to reconsider funding for the internal auditor position, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Hardman seconded to remove $6,290 for funding of the internal auditor position and place the money in the CIP budget for the Riverside Park parking lot, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to reconsider the motion decreasing the general fund transfers to the capital projects fund by an additional $100,000, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to decrease general fund transfers to the capital projects fund by an additional $93,710, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Hardman moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to reconsider the motions reducing the amount budgeted in the garbage enterprise fund for reserve for replacement of garbage packers and cans by $270,000 and reducing the transfer from the general fund to the garbage enterprise fund by $270,000 to reflect the elimination of a reserve for replacement of garbage packers and cans, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Hardman moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded that $50,000 be transferred from the refuse collection fund reserve appropriation to the refuse collection fund abatement line item to be used for an expanded garbage collection abatement program and a public information program to explain this abatement to eligible residents, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Hardman moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to rescind a motion from Thursday, June 9, 1988, which appropriated $19,220 from the garbage enterprise fund balance to the garbage enterprise fund, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to approve the 1988-89 general fund budget totaling $79,716,486 and all other budgets as presented and altered by Council motion and adopt Ordinance 39 of 1988 adopting budgets of Salt Lake City, Utah, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, and ending June 30, 1989, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(B 88-5)
#4. RE: Reconsider adopting an ordinance determining the rate of tax levy for the general fund and levying taxes upon all real and personal property within Salt Lake City, Utah, made taxable by law for the year 1988.
ACTION: Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt Ordinance 35 of 1988 amending Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 34 of 1988 determining the rate of tax at .004383 in the amount of $23,090,324; and levying taxes upon all real and personal property within Salt Lake City, Utah, made taxable by law, for the Salt Lake City general fund budget, Fiscal Year 1988-89, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-21)
#5. RE: Consider adopting legislative intents relating to the Fiscal Year 1988-89 budgets.
ACTION: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent encouraging the administration to pursue the functional consolidation of police and fire dispatch over the next fiscal year, in a manner that mitigates risk to police and fire personnel while maintaining a high level of service to the community, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to adopt a legislative intent directing the administration to begin negotiations with the Salt Lake City School Board to share some portion of the crossing guard costs, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Bittner moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to adopt a legislative intent directing the administration to review the police department billing process for police dispatching services so that the billing process fairly and equitably apportions costs to other jurisdictions, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to adopt a legislative intent requesting that the administration work with the Council staff to identify and provide key financial and management information on all departments on a quarterly basis, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent requesting the administration to develop an improved financial management reporting and cost accounting system for the garbage enterprise fund, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent directing the fire department to develop a fee schedule for inspection of hazardous materials, which will result in generating revenues which will help reimburse the city for reasonable costs incurred in conducting such inspections, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Hardman moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt a legislative intent requesting the administration to develop a proposal to establish an expanded refuse collection fee abatement program for low-income residents and a modified refuse collection fee schedule for owners of low-cost multiple housing, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded to adopt a legislative intent requesting the administration to assist the department of administrative services to improve its management information and reporting system, to address the department turnover problem, and to develop formal administrative procedures and documentation, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Horrocks moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent to direct the administration to inventory all roads and capital facilities to include information about original purchase price, present depreciated value, estimated life, projected maintenance cost, and future replacement costs, with a report presented to the Council, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Hardman seconded to adopt a legislative intent requesting the administration and council staff to continue studying the issue of charging the city’s enterprise funds for services received, which motion carried, all members voted aye except Councilmember Fonnesbeck who voted nay.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent to establish a reserve against future claims of at least $1 million in the governmental immunity fund as soon as is reasonably possible, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Fonnesbeck seconded that it was the Council’s intent to develop a formal compensation policy statement to guide the administration in the implementation of administrative compensation decisions, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Stoler seconded to adopt a legislative intent directing the administration to conduct a reorganization of business licensing and business enforcement, with the goal of consolidating these two functions in one department, preferably development services, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded to adopt a legislative intent stating that should we experience an increase in revenue, all funds cut from the CIP will be restored as a first priority, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Stoler moved and Councilmember Bittner seconded to adopt a legislative intent directing the administration to develop a plan for allocating bonuses, with approval of the Council, prior to the implementation of that plan, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
Councilmember Bittner moved and Councilmember Horrocks seconded that the Council request a quarterly report of the status of the legislative intents, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(B 88-5)
#6. RE: Consider adopting an ordinance amending Section 2.52.010 of the Salt Lake City Code, as last amended by Bill No. 38 of 1987 relating to compensation of Salt Lake City Corporation officers and employees.
ACTION: Councilmember Kirk moved and Councilmember Stoler seconded to adopt Ordinance 44 of 1988 amending Section 2.52.010 of the Salt Lake City Code, as last amended by Bill No. 38 of 1987 relating to compensation of Salt Lake City Corporation officers and employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-10)
#7. RE: Consider adopting an ordinance relating to the compensation plan for 500 Series employees.
ACTION: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt Ordinance 43 of 1988 enacting Section 2.52.116 of the Salt Lake City Code relating to the compensation plan for 500 Series employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-17)
#8. RE: Consider adopting an ordinance relating to the compensation plan for 400 Series employees.
ACTION: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt Ordinance 42 of 1988 amending Section 2.52.115 of the Salt Lake City Code relating to compensation and benefits for Salt Lake City Corporation 400 Series employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-18)
#9. RE: Consider adopting an ordinance relating to the compensation plan for 200 Series employees.
ACTION: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt Ordinance 40 of 1988 enacting Section 2.52.118 of the Salt Lake City Code relating to compensation and benefits for Salt Lake City Corporation 200 Series employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-20)
#10. RE: Consider adopting an ordinance relating to the compensation plan for 100 Series employees.
ACTION: Councilmember Fonnesbeck moved and Councilmember Kirk seconded to adopt Ordinance 41 of 1988 enacting Section 2.52.117 of the Salt Lake City Code relating to compensation and benefits for Salt lake City Corporation 100 Series employees, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(O 88-19)
COMMENTS
Mayor DePaulis congratulated the Council on working together and compromising in order to pass this budget. He pledged his support in working out the legislative intents and working in the direction that would be consistent for the good of the city.
The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.