05/19/2005 - Minutes PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Thursday, May 19, 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, Dave Buhler and Dale
Lambert.
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director;
Gordon Hoskins, Chief Financial Officer; Dennis McKone, Fire Department
Administrative Assistant/Media Relations; Jodi Langford, Human Resource
Employee Benefits Administrator; Kay Christensen, Budget Analyst; Edwin
Rutan, City Attorney; Jennifer Bruno, Council Policy Analyst; Lehua
Weaver, Council Constituent Liaison; Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative
Officer; John Vuyk, Fire Department Assistant Financial Manager; Laurie
Donnell, Budget Analyst; Larry Littleford, Fire Department Deputy Chief
Support Services; Steve Fawcett, Management Services Deputy Director;
Russ Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Tim Rodriguez, Risk Management
Specialist; Sim Gill, City Prosecutor; Nancy Boskoff, Arts Council
Executive Director; Gary Mumford, Council Deputy Director/Senior
Legislative Auditor; Scott Freitag, Fire Department Program Manager/Media
Relations; Chuck Querry, Fire Chief; Sylvia Jones, Council Research and
Policy Analyst/Constituent Liaison; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City
Recorder.
Councilmember Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 37 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1 . 5 : 37 : 18 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED
BUDGET FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 . View
Attachments
Jennifer Bruno, John Vuyk, Scott Freitag and Chief Querry briefed
the Council from the attached handouts . Councilmember Saxton asked how
many senior officers were in the department. Chief Querry said he would
get that information to the Council . He said if the department could
hire or double stack employees for a short period of time it might reduce
overtime and buy back budgets . Councilmember Jergensen asked if it would
reduce the overtime for a longer period of time . Chief Querry said he
did not know what the point of diminishing return would be . He said if
they were allowed to hire enough people to have 83 people on the job
everyday and only needed 80 to fill a determined amount of vacancies, it
could reduce the buy back. He said some days they would be running five
people on an apparatus . He said they needed to determine if that was
cost effective . He said they would bring some scenarios back to the
Council .
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Item Nos . 2, 3 and 4 were discussed together .
#2 . 6 : 51 : 19 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED
BUDGET FOR THE ATTORNEY' S OFFICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 . View
Attachments
#3 . RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR
THE GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 . View
Attachments
#4 . RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR
INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 . View Attachments
Lehua Weaver, Tim Rodriquez, Ed Rutan, Sylvia Jones, Jodi Langford
and Sim Gill briefed the Council from the attached handouts .
Councilmember Jergensen said an RDA memo identified and separated items
which could be handled by the City Attorney. He said the memo went
through individual costs, the cost for expended hours and identified
specific work cases . Mr. Rutan said his office tended to do litigation
in-house . He said they had gone outside the office for unemployment
compensation work. Councilmember Jergensen asked that a memo be sent to
the Council explaining how much work the Attorney' s Office anticipated
sending out. Mr. Rutan said he would get that information to the
Council .
Councilmember Saxton asked Mr. Gill to put something in writing
explaining the 40 cases he had in a typical week. Mr. Gill said he would
get that information to Councilmember Saxton. Councilmember Christensen
asked if the City had decided to obtain catastrophic insurance coverage
or if it was too costly. Mr. Rutan said they had received some bids and
were trying to decide what was best for the City. Councilmember
Christensen asked if they had explored going out to bid jointly with the
airport. Mr. Rutan said they had not asked for a combined quote .
Councilmember Christensen said they should look at that.
#5 . 8 : 19 : 12 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING THE MAYOR' S RECOMMENDED
BUDGET FOR THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 . View
Attachments
Steve Fawcett, Sylvia Jones, Laurie Donnell, Nancy Boskoff, Alison
McFarland, Edwin Rutan, Rocky Fluhart and Russell Weeks briefed the
Council from the attached handouts . Councilmember Buhler asked Ms .
McFarland to check and see if the East Valley Chamber of Commerce still
existed. Ms . McFarland said she would check.
Councilmember Saxton asked for information regarding turn around
time for indigents before they were represented in court. He asked who
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dictated the amount of cases that were handled. Councilmember Buhler
asked staff to find out how much Salt Lake County and Sandy City paid for
lobbyists . Mr. Fluhart said he would get information to the Council
regarding what amount of money other cities spent for the Salt Lake
Council of Governments .
#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.
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 52-4-5
(1) (a) (ii) .
Not held.
#8 . 9 : 07 : 06 PM DISCUSS BUDGET FOLLOW-UP ISSUES . View Attachments
Rocky Fluhart and Gary Mumford briefed the Council from the attached
handouts .
#9 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL
INFORMATION ITEMS AND 9 : 20 : 02 PM ANNOUNCEMENTS .
No report was given . See file M 05-5 for Council Announcements .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 24 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 May 19, 2005 .
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