04/07/2005 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, APRIL 7 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 5 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office,
City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Carlton Christensen, Van Turner, Eric
Jergensen, Nancy Saxton, Jill Remington Love and Dale Lambert.
Absent: Councilmember Dave Buhler.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Mayor
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy
Analyst; Rick Graham, Public Services Director; Dennis McKone, Fire
Department Administrative Assistant/Media Relations; Janet Wolf, Mayor' s
Youth City Program Director; Parviz Rokhva, Street and Sanitation
Division Director; Vicki Pacheco, Council Staff Assistant; Jennifer
Bruno, Council Policy Analyst; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Greg
Davis, Public Services Finance Director; Gary Mumford, Council Deputy
Director/Senior Legislative Auditor; Kevin Bergstrom, Public Services
Deputy Director; Val Pope, Park Maintenance Division Manager; Wendee
Packwood, Human Resource Consultant; Rosanita Cespedes, Director of the
Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 35 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5 : 35 : 38 PM INTERVIEW THE FOLLOWING APPLICANTS PRIOR TO
CONSIDERATION OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO THE OPEN SPACE LANDS ADVISORY
BOARD (NEW BOARD) : JILL LEHMANN, SHAREN HAURI , SYLVIA CASTRO-THOMAS,
TERRY BECKER, KAREN SHEPHERD AND RICHARD REESE .
Councilmember Lambert said Sylvia Castro-Thomas was moving out of
State so her nomination would be withdrawn. Ms. Lehmann, Ms. Hauri, Ms.
Becker, Ms. Shepherd and Mr. Reese were interviewed as a group.
Councilmember Lambert said their names would be forwarded to the Consent
Agenda for approval .
#2 . 6 : 07 : 57 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING A PROPOSED GOLF
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN.
Wendee Packwood, Jennifer Bruno, Kevin Bergstrom and Rick Graham
briefed the Council from the attached handout . Councilmember Lambert
said he wanted to defer this issue for two weeks . He said he wanted to
know if any other municipality had implemented this plan and what their
experience had been. Mr. Graham said they would contact the
International Golf Course Superintendents Association and get the
information to the Council . Councilmember Saxton said she wanted more
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detail on the employees such as the amount of overtime earned over the
last two years and what their jobs were. View Attachments
#3 . 6 : 45 : 06 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE YOUTH & FAMILY
PROGRAMS DIVISION.
Kevin Bergstrom, Rick Graham, Janet Wolf, Rosanita Cespedes and Greg
Davis briefed the Council from the attached handouts . Councilmember
Christensen asked if there were measurements as to how successful the
programs were . Ms . Wolf said measurements in terms of cost analysis were
not in place yet. She said the University of Utah was helping them
measure their programs for internal motivation, problem solving skills
ability and social skills . She said in another month they would have a
final up to date report on what they have accomplished. She said she
would share that information with the Council .
Councilmember Christensen suggested they check into cost sharing a
van with a senior center. He said it would be cheaper to pay them to
drive or utilize the van than for the City to buy a new van. Ms . Wolf
said they would check with senior centers . Councilmember Jergensen asked
that a memo be prepared for the Council explaining the number of
anticipated sources of revenue needed in the future to sustain what they
were currently doing.
Councilmember Saxton suggested they check into contracting with City
cabs for transportation. She said Utah Transit Authority (UTA) , Utah
Department of Transportation (UDOT) and many corporations had vans . Ms .
Wolf said she would like to have UTA involved with the programs . View
Attachments
#4 . 7 : 34 : 33 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE STREETS DIVISION.
Kevin Bergstrom, Parviz Rokhva and Rick Graham briefed the Council
from the attached handouts . Councilmember Saxton suggested the Division
look at the Christmas tree pickup program for cost savings . She said
residents could drop their trees off at certain parking lots to be picked
up by the City. Mr. Rokhva said they would try out the suggestion,
measure it and if the suggestion was successful it would be continued.
View Attachments
#5. 8 : 16 : 00 PM RECEIVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING PARKS DIVISION.
Rick Graham, Val Pope and Kevin Bergstrom briefed the Council from
the attached handouts . Councilmember Saxton said she was interested in
what parks were used the most. Mr. Pope said they did not have numbers
but they could tell by the amount of trash collected or the number of
phone calls by concerned citizens of the usage of parks on weekends .
Councilmember Saxton said it would be helpful for her to know the
different classifications of parks such as regional parks, pocket parks
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and City parks and how many were in each classification . Mr . Pope said
that information was available . He said it was determined by acreage and
he would forward the information to the Council . View Attachments
#6 . (TENTATIVE) THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGY SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THE
PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY WHEN PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF
THE TRANSACTION WOULD DISCLOSE THE APPRAISAL OR ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC BODY FROM COMPLETING
THE TRANSACTION ON THE BEST POSSIBLE TERMS, AND TO DISCUSS PENDING OR
REASONABLY IMMINENT LITIGATION PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § § 52-4-
4, 52-4-5 (1) (a) (iii) AND 52-4-5 (1) (a) (iv) , AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT MATTERS
THAT ARE PRIVILEGED PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § 78-24-8.
This item was not held.
#7 . (TENTATIVE) THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION, IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE, TO DISCUSS LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED § § 52-4-4 AND 520405
(1) (a) (ii) .
This item was not held.
#8 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
No report or announcements were discussed.
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 50 p .m.
Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session held April 7, 2005 .
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