OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CHERYL L. BROWN 117 WEST
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Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes
November 18, 2013
8:30 a.m.
Topic: Rules Committee agenda meeting
Location: Conference Room A, City Hall –
In attendance: Council Members Warren Jones (Chair), Lori
Boyer
Also: Janice
Billy and Sean Costigan – Council Auditor’s Office; Marilyn Allen – Legislative
Services Division
See attached sign-in sheet
for additional attendees
Meeting Convened: 8:32 a.m.
Chairman Jones reviewed the
Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 6 items marked for deferral, 17 items
ready for action (2 as emergencies, 4 as substitutes) and 29 items for second
reading and re-referral.
2013-673 (authorizing 1st
amendment to a contract with Cardeno TBE for brownfield
services): Ms. Boyer will have a floor amendment to offer.
2013-683 (amend Ordinance
Code to create a new Mowing and Landscape Maintenance Division): a substitute
will be offered. Several council members
have asked to be added as co-sponsors, which needs to be done by e-mail to
Peggy Sidman or the Legislative Services Division.
2013-685 (appropriating $116,297
from the City Comptroller position to Special Council Contingency fund): Teresa
Eichner reported that an offer has been made to and accepted by a new appointee
who will start the job in December. The bill will be deferred.
2013-717 (appropriating
$35,000 to install a water line on Clairmont): the
Mayor’s Budget Review Committee will meet this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. to
attempt to identify an existing funding source that could be used for the
project in place of the Boyer-proposed appropriation. Ms. Boyer asked that it be moved for approval
in Rules today and she is willing to have it withdrawn tomorrow in Finance if
MBRC identifies a funding source.
2013-669 (conveying surplus
property to the Police and Fire Pension Fund for credit against unfunded
actuarial liability and authorizing diversification of the PFPF’s investment
portfolio options):.
2013-737 (appointment of Vandaren Gantt to the JSEB Monitoring Committee): Council
Member Boyer asked the administration to verify the Mr. Gantt holds a
contractor’s license as required for the position.
2013-669 (declaring property
surplus and conveying it to the Police and Fire Pension Fund and amending the
Ordinance Code to authorize diversification of the PFPF’s investment options):
Peggy Sidman stated that there is a proposed substitute that deletes the
surplus property provisions.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:43 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
11.18.13 Posted 11:00 a.m.
Tapes: Rules agenda meeting– LSD
11.18.13
Materials: Auditor’s marked Rules agenda
11.18.13