03/28/2017 - Work Session - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 , 2017
The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, March 28, 2017,
at 6 : 07 p.m. in Room 326, Committee Room, City County Building,
451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Andrew Johnston, Erin Mendenhall,
Derek Kitchen, James Rogers, Stan Penfold, and Lisa Adams .
Absent: Councilmember Charlie Luke.
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive
Director; David Litvack, Mayor' s Deputy Chief of Staff; Margaret
Plane, City Attorney; Allison Rowland, Council Public Policy
Analyst; Dan Dent, Public Services Operations Division Director;
Matt Kammeyer, Golf Associate Director; Russell Weeks, Council
Senior Public Policy Analyst; David Salazar, Human Resource
Program Manager; and Kory Solorio, Assistant City Recorder.
Others in Attendance : Connie Spyropoulos-Linardakis, Citizens'
Compensation Advisory Committee Chair and Cori Peterson, Citizens'
Compensation Advisory Committee Member.
Councilmember Penfold presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 6 : 07 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. MID-YEAR BRIEFING FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT. As
part of last year's budget discussions, the Council formally
requested briefings with each of the City's new or interim
department directors. These meetings have been scheduled
throughout the coming months. Each director has been asked to
comment on new events or accomplishments, unexpected issues
affecting their department's budget, changes in service delivery
or new initiatives, and how they might use a significant new budget
allocation, if one were available. View Attachments
Item not held.
#2 . MID-YEAR BRIEFING FROM THE COMMUNITY & NEIGHBORHOODS
DEPARTMENT. As part of last year's budget discussions, the Council
formally requested briefings with each of the City's new or interim
department directors. These meetings have been scheduled
throughout the coming months. Each director has been asked to
comment on new events or accomplishments, unexpected issues
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affecting their department's budget, changes in service delivery
or new initiatives, and how they might use a significant new budget
allocation, if one were available.
Item not held.
#3 . 6:07:23 PM BRIEFING FROM THE CITIZEN' S COMPENSATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CCAC) TO REVIEW THE CCAC' S 2016 ANNUAL REPORT.
The report includes information and recommendations pertaining to
the compensation levels of the City's employees, executives, and
elected officials, and is presented for consideration each year
prior to the City's budget review process. View Attachments
Connie Spyropoulos-Linardakis, Cori Peterson, and David
Salazar briefed the Council with attachments . Discussion was held
regarding the process following Committee recommendations going
forward to the budget process, pay comparison of elected
officials/department heads, why regional influx was not included
in the study, and gender-pay equity.
Councilmember Penfold said the Council would be interested to
know if opportunities for additional resources became available
(to assist the Committee) to ensure positions were equitable, when
issues (particularly gender issues) were identified through Human
Resources .
Council Members requested the following items from Staff:
• Provide a refresher of last year' s recommendations and any
other evaluations that may have been referenced.
• Continue monitoring the living wage and report back next
year if adjustments were needed.
6:36:35 PM A recess was taken to break and reconvene the
Redevelopment Agency meeting.
#4 . QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT. The briefing may include a timeline and budget updates in
addition to other information. View Attachments
Item not held.
8:12:35PM The work session meeting reconvened.
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#5. 8:12:39PM BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE
THE CITY' S GOLF COURSE REGULATIONS . Specifically, the proposal
would revise the fee structure at City golf courses, and change
aspects of the loyalty program and the group reservation process,
among other changes. View Attachments
Councilmember Mendenhall was absent for the remainder of the
meeting.
Allison Rowland, Dan Dent, and Matt Kammeyer briefed the
Council with attachments . Discussion was held regarding how the
protocol regarding fee changes was addressed in the proposal,
proposed fee changes, standards/expectations of delegating the
ability to set fees, effects of fee reductions to revenue;
proposal/funding to regain previous customers, proposal to
administer Fiscal Year 2017 budget deficit, Golf Division Manager
position, potential separation of golf courses for budget
reporting, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding fees .
Ms . Gust-Jenson indicated the CIP fees (referred to) were
imposed by the Council and strictly dedicated to capital
improvements . She stated for the record the Council was not
expressing support of using CIP funding to balance the Golf
operating budget.
Council Members requested the following items from Staff:
• Provide more detail of methodology for revenue projections
during the budget cycle.
• Provide projections to Staff prior to budget requests .
Councilmember Rogers stated a public hearing would be
scheduled on April 18, 2017, with tentative action on April 18,
2017 . He suggest the Council let Staff know if any follow-up
information was need in order to receive an update on April 18,
2017 as well .
#6 . 8:34:29PM REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A
REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Council
may give feedback or staff direction on any item related to City
Council business, including but not limited to scheduling items.
See File M 17-5 for announcements .
#7 . REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
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No discussion was held.
#8 . CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, IN KEEPING
WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-205 ANY ALLOWED PURPOSE.
Item not held.
The meeting adjourned at 8 : 36 p .m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CITY RECORDER
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript
as other items may have been discussed; please refer to the audio
or video for entire content .
This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held
March 28, 2017 .
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