02/15/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 , 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Tuesday, February 15, 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, Nancy
Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Dave Buhler and Dale Lambert.
Absent: Councilmember Eric Jergensen
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director; Mayor
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson; Kendrick Cowley, Chief Information Officer;
Steve Fawcett, Management Services Deputy Director; Kay Christensen,
Budget Analyst; Gordon Hoskins, Chief Financial Officer; Rick Graham,
Public Services Director; Dennis McKone, Fire Department Administrative
Assistant/Media Relations; Brenda Hancock, Human Resources Director; Vic
Blanton, Classification and Compensation Program Manager; Jennifer Bruno,
Council Policy Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Sylvia
Jones, Council Research and Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Rick
Johnston, Deputy City Engineer; Laurie Donnell, Budget Analyst; Gary
Mumford, Council Deputy Director/Senior Legislative Auditor; Susi
Kontgis, Budget Analyst; Doug Wheelwright, Land Use and
Transportation/Subdivisions Planner; David Dobbins, Community Development
Director; LuAnn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Development Director;
Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer; Sherrie Collins, Special
Project Grants Monitoring Specialist; Tim Harpst, Transportation
Director; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; Lynn Pace, Deputy
Attorney; Dave Oka, Redevelopment Agency Director; Louis Zunguze,
Planning Director; Vicki Pacheco, Council Staff Assistant; Ellie Hardman,
Council Staff Assistant; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy Analyst;
Joel Paterson, Special Projects Planner; Edwin Rutan, City Attorney; D. J.
Baxter, Mayor' s Senior Advisor; John Campbell, Member of the Citizen' s
Compensation Advisory Committee Board; Mark Stephens, Deloitte and
Touche; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 38 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5 : 38 : 23 PM RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE CITIZEN' S COMPENSATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. View Attachments
Brenda Hancock, Vic Blanton, Sylvia Jones and John Campbell briefed
the Council with the attached handouts .
#2 . 6 : 09 : 19 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING DELOITTE & TOUCHE' S
AUDIT OF THE CITY' S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND MANAGEMENT LETTER ISSUED TO
THE CITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 , 2004 . View Attachments
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Gordon Hoskins, Mark Stephens, Gary Mumford and Ken Cowley briefed
the Council with the attached handouts . Councilmember Turner asked about
people having access to the Information Management Services (IMS)
computer center. Mr. Cowley said the area was located on the third floor
of the IMS facility. He said physical access to the center was obtained
accessed with a pass card. He said the area was under constant two
camera surveillance. He said 16 programmers who had access to the area
had their pass cards pulled and would be supervised when entering the
area.
#3 . 6 : 28 : 58 PM & 7 : 50 : 48 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING BUDGET
AMENDMENT NO. 5 , INCLUDING REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2004-
2005 , AND A DISCUSSION OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) SECTION 8
FUNDING. View Attachments
Gordon Hoskins, Gary Mumford, Sylvia Jones, LuAnn Clark, Rick
Johnston, Doug Wheelwright, Tim Harpst, Rocky Fluhart and Sam Guevara
briefed the Council from the attached handouts . Mr. Hoskins asked the
Council about the new Fiscal Year 2005 initiatives format. Mr. Mumford
said the format was better but it was still difficult for Council Members
to find an item. Ms . Jones said it would be useful to have an initiative
on each page . Mr. Hoskins said that could be done.
Straw polls were taken on Initiatives #A-1 through #A-8. All
Council Members were in favor of the initiatives . Councilmember Love
said everything on Pages 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the yellow handout were
housekeeping issues or grants with no extra staff. Councilmember Lambert
asked for a straw poll on Pages 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 . All Council Members
were in favor.
Straw polls were taken on Initiatives #A-9 through #A-12 . All
Council Members were in favor of the initiatives . A straw poll was taken
on Initiative #A-13. All Council Members were in favor of deferring this
initiative to a later date . A straw poll was taken on Initiative #A-14 .
All Council Members were not in favor of moving the initiative forward at
this time .
Councilmember Lambert referred to Item #D-1 . Councilmember Buhler
suggested that Council approve moving the assets to IMS but put the cash
in General Fund Balance . Mr. Hoskins said there were concerns with IMS' s
last financial statement and they were in the process of analyzing the
problem. He said IMS had a deficit of $500, 000 because of prepaid
expenses and a rental and leasing program. Councilmember Lambert asked
that briefing material be provided Thursday night for IMS' s scheduled
briefing. A straw poll was taken on putting the cash in General Fund
Balance and transferring g the assets to IMS . All Council Members were
in favor.
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#4 . 8 : 43 : 55 PM RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE COUNCIL HOUSING
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE HOUSING POLICY. View Attachments
D.J. Baxter, Janice Jardine, LuAnn Clark and Louis Zunguze briefed
the Council from the attached handouts . Councilmember Lambert said there
needed to be an ability to override a restriction. Ms . Clark said the
Council could decide if certain projects did not need to follow policy.
Councilmember Lambert said the subcommittee wanted to get the policy out
to housing providers for input. Ms . Clark asked for direction on
accepting applications that generally met policy criteria. All Council
Members were not comfortable continuing to hold up housing projects . Mr.
Zunguze said it would be helpful to have strategies to guide staff as
they discussed the housing policy with developers .
#5 . (TENTATIVE) HOLD A DISCUSSION REGARDING UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
ISSUES .
Lynn Pace briefed the Council . He said the Salt Palace had a small
funding gap which needed to be explored and answered. He said the dollar
shortfall needed to be established and the number of years that were at
issue . He said the City' s ability to designate funding sources needed to
be preserved. He said two bills were pending on Redevelopment Agency
(RDA) legislation. He said one bill would essentially do away with
RDA' s . He said Senator Bramble was willing to work towards a consensus
bill that would include an interim study. He said recent information
indicated the critical components of the bill were no extensions,
shortening the timeframe for using money from July of 2006 to 2005, and
no stadiums or sports arenas could be built . He said it was not clear
whether a moratorium on retail projects would be imposed.
Mr. Pace said there were two hate crime bills . He said one had
failed and the other bill was not moving quickly. He said automated
traffic enforcement was defeated in Committee . He said there was nothing
new on the sales tax bills . He said the Airport 20-year retirement bill
passed the Senate and was on the House Floor. He said revisions to the
Land Use Act were drafted. He said amendments to the Indoor Clean Air
Act failed in the Senate . He said bicycle safety amendments had passed
the House and was in Senate Committee . He said one GRAMA bill was tabled
in the Senate and the other one was circled in the House . He said a
pending bill would increase public safety retirement costs for the City
by approximately 41�zo . He said more information was being gathered on
tire recycling and they anticipated that bill sometime this week.
#6. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
No report was given and no announcements were discussed.
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 42 p.m.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 , 2005
Council Chair
Chief Deputy City Recorder
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session held February 15,
2005 .
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