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Home My WebLink About1996-04-24 Council Minutes - Budget Work Session• CMNGES TO BtMGE FROM T BUDGET�L �,1996 C. RE Wpm SESSION VEST FO D 1. Cook Inlet nlet Council on "Ucoholls After a long and Dig Abuse (CIC PurPose g discussion �,�). the state of CICADA was of cal detemlned not state Bove Feat benefit to to donate to CIC resA°nsibili Mment was structured to the ADA tY of the local govern fund programs untY, howeVet felt1strong] ey agreed the FINDING; NOD eats to do so. such as these and it iy that ]DONATION. the 2' FrOntler 7'raini ng Center & En'IY Intervention The discussion W, pro Worthwhile and iposimilar to that of the CI gym' to fund the programs. ant, however it is not the discussion. The be resPonsibilitY of the amen are FINDING; NO DON local Bove amen ]DONATION. is 3• Central Peninsula Habitat for Hum Discussion anity, Inc. � the dOnati n More f Te positive as the the � $.30,00p for pu�nAr°Iect would b city than ,f an ring tax dol, Problems I(ornelis sD w formed g in water/sewer cOnne into the • ' �tY, as well last summer to check wi • chops would he. if there was •� Barry Eldw� stated that the wate cheaper to understan�n ' them. Al g that if they hatter. The donation o fge t° see i4 when the table nay cause water w the $30 Y made the tie.i Also, the $30,000 is to be usedhen putt�g the 8,000 would be with m FINDING; A call lines, extra the spell; Y for the water/sew will be Approved donation oP $3p er )ones. borne by about the specifically of w ,000 fin0m the General Fund Pacifically Por the water/ ewet l�lns. nd with under�d 4. Ken er Iln�, �� that the $30,ppp is ing ai peninsula F to be used ]Food Bank, Inc Pro ery little discussion rontier Training, due to similar feelia gs as stated above in regard ° t FrnDING' NO DON CI�D'� and DONATION. -1- rMM per WILDI 1. Kenai Fine Arts Center - Roof Replacement Request. Discussion included proposed cost, volunteer work to replace the roof with city contributing materials, etc. FINDING: Attorney Graves to investigate whether the city could sell the building to Kenai Arts & Humanities for a nominal Fee and lease the land to them for an - additional nominal fee. 2. Senior Center Carpet Replacement. A short discussion in which it was agreed the carpet needed replacing. Senior Center Director Porter requested the city pay only half of the total cost (carpet, padding and installation) and the Senior Connection pay the other half. FINDING: Carpet, padding and installation approved -- City to pay half of total cost and Senior Connection to pay the other WE 3. Kenai Police Department - Replacement of Entryway Carpet. The cost submitted was reviewed. It was decided that another type of floor covering could be chosen later on. $1,000 would be placed in the Buildings Repair & Maintenance budget for the replacement of the entryway flooring. FINDING: Include $1,000 In Buildings Repair & Maintenance budget for replacement of KPD entryway flooring. 4. City Manager Conference Room Chair Replacement. A short discussion followed and review of the price information supplied to council at the beginning of the session. Six chairs were approved for the amount of $1,442.40. FINDING: Include $1,442.40 in the City Manager's budget for replacement of six chairs in the City Manager Conference Room, 5. Kenai City Council Chamber - Insulated Blinds. A short discussion followed. Clerk Freas reported the room gets very cold in the winter. Sometimes frost covers the wall and the vents. Insulated blinds could help with both the problems. Building Official Springer was requested to investigate further the placement of blinds or devise a way to block the cold air in the winter, etc. 0 FINDING: No purchase of insulated blinds for the council chambers. -2- 6. Fire Department - Replacement of Overhead Doors. • A short discussion. Chief Burnett reported the two doors where the ambulances are parked have failed at least 15 times during emergencies. Council agreed to approve the purchase of all new doors ($27,400). The old doors should be included in the fall auction. �J FINDING: Include $27,400 in budget for replacement of overhead doors. 7. Chamber of Commerce - Request for $60000 for Printing of Brochures. Laura Measles, Ex. Director of Kenai Chamber of Commerce reported that because of decreases needing to be made, etc., the Chamber Board of Directors has requested the $6,000 requested earlier be deleted from the city budget. They will continue working on changes to be made in the brochures and requested city employees already designated continue to help with that project. Measles also reported the ALPAR program will probably be handled through the Boys & Girls Club and hoped the city would continue to support that program with their $800 donation. FINDING: Delete $6,000 from Legislative Miscellaneous for Chamber brochures. No change was made in regard to ALPAR donation. ITEM E. NON -DEPARTMENTAL 1. Color Copier Mayor Williams stated he would like to purchase a small Hewlett-Packard color copier which he and City Manager Mannmen had looked at while in Anchorage. Cost of color copies from private industry cost approximately $1.50 each. No maintenance agreement would come with the copier. Cost of in-house color copies would be approximately $.17. Clerk Freas was requested to get information on the machine and bring it to the next work session. Concern was expressed as to space available for placement of the copier at City Hall. FINDING: $2,500 to be included (for the time being) In Non -Departmental Machinery & Equipment. Clerk Freas is to get copier Information and a color copy to compare the Hewlett-Packard copy with CopyWorks copies. ITEM COMMUNICATIONS 1. Community Alert (CAN) System • -3- A short discussion followed in which council discussed the liability of not having • membership and whether having membershi and e g p the system fails in an emergency would be a larger liability to the city. FINDING: Include $1,000 in the Communications budget for membership to the CAN System. MDLG-* I' R�SBUILDINGI 1. Municipal Park • Restroom Council reviewed the cost information included in the packet. It was noted the restroom, block building, cost would be approximately $45,000. An additional $5,000 would be included to cut through Forest Drive to tie into water/sewer lines. FINDING: Include $50,000 (for now) in Parks budget for construction of a restroom at Municipal Park. 4-0 jff=�71777N 0 1. Christmas Lights - New/Rewired. Price information was reviewed and Councilwoman Swarner suggested council approve the cost amount ($10,580) for rewiring lights and an amount for purchase of new lights. Discussion included concern of the time needed by Parks crews or Streets crews to rewire the present decorations. Director McGillivray explained the rewiring harness came already assembled and it simply snapped onto the present lights. The refurbishing costs also included new garland to put on the present lights. FINDING: Include $10,580 in Beautification budget for purchase of rewiring and garland supplies. An additional $3,000 should be included for purchase of ten (10) new lights. 2. "Village of Lights" - White lights to place on all city buildings. A short discussion followed. Council chose not to purchase the lights. FINDING: No to purchase of white lights for placement on city buildings for "'Village Of Lights" winter project. -4- ti ffEM 1: PUBLIC WORKS L Shkituk' Village SiteA istoric District Board Request - $3,000 for Sign. A short discussion followed. Council determined that since it was indefinite as to what will be going on in that area, the sign should not be funded in this budget. FINDING: Do not include $3,000 in Public Works budget for Shkituk Village Site sign. =M-j: BOATING FACILITY ENTERPRISE FUND 1. Accounting Decision In Regard to Fish Tax Revenue. Discussion included information provided by Manninen in regard to the City of Homer requested change. FINDING: Manninen is to write a letter to our area legislators informing them the council does not support the proposed changes of City of Homer in regard to allocation and determination of fish tax and point of landing. No determination was made as to an accounting decision, MM K: PERSONNEL 1. Human Resource Position FINDING: Council did not want to go forward with hiring a Human Resource person at this time. 2. Administrative Assistant Position - Kenai Senior Center (Range 8 to 10) A lengthy discussion ensued. Director Porter stated she had requested council consider raising the position from a Range 8 (recommended by Manninen) to a Range 10 due to the responsibilities of the position (supervision of employees when Director is out of the building, life situations, skill levels required, etc.). Also, because Manninen approved her request to place the position as a Range 10 in her federal grant, knowing that if it was listed as a Range 8 and changed to a 10 after the grant funding was received, she would not have the required funding for paying the position available. Manninen disagreed with Porter's account of their discussions. 0 -5. Linda McNair, a member of the working group, reviewed the working group's steps in determining the range changes recommended. FINDING*. Change the Administrative Assistant position at the Kenai Senior Center from a Range 8 to a Range 10. 3. C.O.L.A►. Increase - 2.7% A short discussion followed. Mayor Williams requested the increase be lowered to 2.0% due to the overages in the budget. FINDING: Change COLA increase to 2.0%. OTHER I. Sates Tax Increase Discussion No discussion at this meeting. ADDPTIONAL BUDGET CORK SESSION: An additional work session was set for 7:00 p.m., 'Tuesday, April 309 1996 at the Kenai Senior Center. The packet will be distributed at the work session. Q-0 Kil I&I. -ZM_ . The work session adjourned at approximately 10:25 p.m. Notes prepared by: 4 e404 4 0� 0. 1 'J , �"4� � � Carol L. Freas, City Clerk • •6-