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CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP
SUMMARY OF COUNCIL DISCUSSION
AGENDA
Call Workshop to order on August 30, 1993 at 7:00 p.m.
Mayor and Council attendance:
Mayor James E. lQrk
Councilmember Danny P. Entry
Councilmember Michael G. O'Connor
Councilmember Jerry E. Walker
Councilmember Dowling R. Watford, Jr.
Staff attendance:
Attorney John R. Cook
Administrator John R. Drago
Clerk Bonnie S. Thomas
Deputy Clerk Lane Gamiotea
Budget Discussion.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION
Mayor Kirk called the workshop to order at 7.02 p.m. on August 30, 1993.
Clerk Thomas called the roll.
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Mayor Kirk began discussion by explaining the spread sheets the Council had
received listing seven different recommendations that are possible ways to look at
increasing salaries for General Fund employees.
Option One is without a Training Officer, and following the benchmark (pay plan
schedule, Florida League of Cities Salary Survey), requires 4.99 millage rate, if
Council choose this option more empooees would move toward the benchmark.
Employees who are "red circled' would not get a raise.
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C. Budget discussion continued. Option Two, is the same as option one with the exception there would be a
Training Officer. There would be $26,000 less monies to be distributed between
the employees, and the employees who are "red circled" would not get a raise. It
would also require the same millage, 4.99.
Option Three, is without a Training Officer, with "across the board" $2,000.00 to all
employees, "red circled"' or not. That would require a 4.94 millage rate.
Option Four, is with a Training Officer and $1, 500.00 "across the board," that is a
4.94 millage rate required.
Option Five is without a Training Officer using the benchmark. Employees "red
circled" would not get an increase. The difference between this and the other
benchmarks is that you are going to have less dollars to divide among the
employees. At a millage rate of 4.58 it will generate $65,550.00.
Option Six, is without a Training Officer with $1,000.00 "across the board" to all
employees including those that are "red circled." It would require 4.51 millage.
Option Seven is with the Training Officer, and $500.00 "across the board" to all
employees including those "red circled." It would also require a 4.51 millage.
Mayor Kirk continued that, he met with the Administrator and all the Department
Heads. It is the consensus of that meeting that as a group, Option Three be
recommended to you as far as their input into this. Mayor Kirk also requested the
Council concentrate on each of the seven options more so than trying to go line by
line looking at each persons salary, because it would take all night and it would put
personalities back into it.
Councilmember Watford asked, in this whole process we are still retaining the
longevity bonus? Administrator Drago and Mayor Kirk answered yes.
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Councilmember Watford then asked, if we do an "across the board" are we not then
modifying our way we have done raises over the past? Mayor Kirk answered in the
discussion with the Department Heads this also came up. However, it may be and
very possibly will be two or three years before raises are possible again. We do not
want to do away with the benchmark and this is not an attempt to do that. If
someone is already on the benchmark and they get a raise, that means the next time
we go to look at raises they are definitely not going to be considered. We got
caught up in something here, we have some empolyees that have gone a long time
without a raise.
Councilmember Entry questioned if all the Department Heads agreeed at the
meeting on Option Three? Mayor Kirk explained, no, they were not 100% in
agreement, but it was the consensus of the Department Heads.
Councilmember O'Connor asked, Option Three and Option Four are both at 4.94
millage, both are $112, 700.00, the only thing that is different is $500.00. That
$500.00 would go for the Training Officer. If we raise the millage to 4.94, that would
be an increase of seventy-nine cents ($0.79). In doing that the total still stays the
same, the millage stays the same. We are trying to do two things here, one is give
raises where needed and where they are due, by the same token, 1 believe if we go
with Option Four the City would be getting something.
Council discussed at length the issue of a Training Officer. Councilmember Walker
stated his preference is an "across the board" $1,500 raise, without the Training
Officer. Councilmember Watford stated he has no desire for the City to hire a
Training Officer. He felt that each Department Head could take care of their own
department and their employees certifications. He also stated his preference is a
$1, 000 to $1, 500 raise "across the board". Mayor Kirk stated he was recommending
the Department Heads consensus for Option Three. Councilmember O'Connor
recommended the Council choose Option Four.
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ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Kirk:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT iS ANY PERSON SHOULD DECIDE TO APPEAL
ANY DECISION MADE AT THiS MEETING OF THE CRY COUNCIL, SUCH PERSON
WILL NEED TO INSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEED IS MADE
WHICH INC LQq THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL
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Jarnp E. Kirk, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC, CITY CLERK
Discussion ensued, Mayor Kirk suggested Council have a preference in mind and
one they would compromise with when they come to the Budget Hearing.
Councilmember Watford commented if he had to choose among Option Three and
Option Four, it would be Option Three, that would be his compromise.
Council questioned how soon they would receive a copy of the budget, then
instructed Administrator Drago to use the 4.94 millage rate, without a Training
Officer, as presented in Option Three, to finish the tentative budget and get it out to
the council for review.
Administrator Drago asked for direction concerning the salary increases for the
Public Utilities Budget. Council agreed to present the salary increases the same as
for General Fund employees, $2, 000.00 increase "across the board."
There being no further items of discussion, Mayor Kirk adjourned the workshop at
8:19 P.M.
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