05/18/2010 - MinutesPROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, May 18, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office,
City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Carlton Christensen, Van Turner, Luke
Garrott, Jill Remington Love, JT Martin and Soren Simonsen.
Absent: Councilmember Stan Penfold
Also in Attendance: Cindy Gust -Jenson, Executive Council Director;
Jennifer Bruno, Council Deputy Director/Senior Legislative Auditor;
Karen Halladay, Policy Analyst; Sylvia Richards, Policy
Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Nick Tarbet, Council Analyst and
Constituent Liaison; Lehua Weaver, Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison;
Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; Lynn Pace, Deputy City Attorney; Frank
Gray, Community and Economic Development Director; David Everitt,
Mayor's Chief of Staff; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Kim
Thomas, YouthCity Programs Manager; Gordon Hoskins, Chief Financial
Officer; Debra Alexander, Human Resource Director; David Salazar,
Compensation Program Administrator; Ralph Chamness, Senior City
Attorney; Eve Furse, Senior City Attorney; Sim Gill, City Prosecutor;
Sam Guevara, Assets; Wilf Sommerkorn, Planning Director; David Hart,
FAIA, Vice President/Regional Manager MOCA Systems; and Chris Meeker,
City Recorder.
Councilmember Martin presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 2:10:31
PRESIDENT/REGIONAL
SAFETY FACILITIES.
PM RECEIVE AN UPDATE FORM DAVID HART, FAIA, VICE
MANAGER OF MOCA SYSTEMS, REGARDING THE PUBLIC
David Hart, Sam Guevara, David Everitt and Wilf Sommerkorn
briefed the Council.
#2. 2 : 4 2 : 3 4 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE NON -DEPARTMENTAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010-
2011. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, Gordon Hoskins, Gina Chamness, and David Everitt
briefed the Council with the attached handout. Councilmember
Christensen asked Mr. Hoskins about the web version of the IFAS
accounting system. Mr. Hoskins said this would allow the City to be
more transparent with regard to financial reporting. Ms. Gust -Jenson
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said the system was not user friendly or on the cutting edge. She said
staff spent too much time during the budget process. Mr. Hoskins said
a new system would be $10 to $15 million.
Ms. Bruno asked if the Council wanted a legislative intent
regarding transit costs for employees. She said she would gather
information. Ms. Chamness said employees had been divided into transit
areas and this information was available.
Councilmember Simonsen asked Mr. Hoskins to look at the music
licensing contracts. He said this was not a core need and might be
eliminated. Councilmember Martin asked why we had three licenses.
A discussion was held regarding Item 29, Northwest Quadrant
Master Plan Evaluation in Implementation Strategy concluding with the
need for one time only funding of $100,000.
#3. 3:58:15 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE SALT LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2010-2011. View Attachment
Fire Chief Kurt Cook, David Everitt, and Jennifer Bruno briefed
the Council with the attached handout. Ms. Gust -Jenson said staffing
for Fire Plan Review was short by one half on the CED side and needed
to be looked at.
#4. 4:19:01 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR 2010-2011. View
Attachment
Ed Rutan, Lynn Pace, Sim Gill, and Lehua Weaver briefed the
Council with the attached handout. Ms. Weaver said one change for the
Attorney's Office was the transfer of the Recorder's Office to the
department. View Attachments.
#5. 4:49:37 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR'S
RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE PROPOSED FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE
PROPOSED HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011. View
Attachment
Gordon Hoskins, Debra Alexander, and Sylvia Richards briefed the
Council with the attached handout. Ms. Richards said the new
Department of Finance and included the division of accounting,
division of purchasing and contracts, revenue auditing, business
licensing, office of the City Treasurer and the division of financial
reporting and accounting. She said the Council would be holding a
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collections briefing on June 1, 2010. Ms. Alexander said they were
putting a new process in place.
#6. 5:01:32 PM DISCUSSION REGARDING UNRESOLVED ISSUES RELATING
THE FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011 BUDGET.
Lehua Weaver, Karen Halladay, Jennifer Bruno, Rick Graham, Gordan
Hoskins, Kim Thomas, and Sylvia Richards briefed the Council with the
attached handout. View Attachment
#7. 5:47:28 PM CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION
FOR ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE §52-4-205.
Councilmember Simonsen moved and Councilmember Love seconded to
enter into closed session for purposes stated on the agenda, which
motion carried, all members present voted aye.
#8. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF
COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
See File M 10-5 for announcements.
The meeting adjourned at 5:48 p.m.
Council Chair
City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held May 18,
2010.
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