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FCM199303030 FINANCE COMMITTEE - CITY OF MUSKEGO MINUTES OF MEETING HELD MARCH 3, 1993 The meeting was called to order at 7:05 P.M. by Chairman Salentine. Also present were Committee Members Patterson, Dumke and Sanders, Building Inspection Director Chuck Dykstra, Ald. Dumke moved to recommend approval of the following applications for Operator's License subject to receipt of fees, submittal of required forms and receipt of favorable police reports: Danelle Bohmann Therese Middleton Jean Gray Curtis Oschmann Daniel Schmid Stacy Young Seconded by Ald. Sanders, motion carried. It was noted that Stacy Young appeared before the Committee before filling out the required forms. The Committee deferred action on donated land off of Tess Corners Drive for due to weather not allowing access to site. The Committee reviewed a bid received from DeBack Farms for 0 lease of the city-owned land abutting Woodcrest Heights Subdivision in the amount of $100.00. Ald. Patterson moved to recommend approval of bid. Seconded by Ald. Dumke, motion carried. The Committee reviewed proposal for AFSCME City Hall/Library and Telecommunicators for 1993 thru 1995 which includes a 4% raise per year and increases the pension contribution 50 per hour for 1993, 4c per hour for 1994 and 44 per hour for 1995. Ald. Dumke moved to recommend Council approval of both contracts with the exception of the Library Clerical position listed in "Appendix A". Seconded by Ald. Sanders, motion carried. The Committee reviewed correspondence received from the City Financial Consultant, Seegar Swanson, which indicates that Ehlers and Associates concur with the recommendation of the City's Auditors, to dissolve Tax Incremental District #3. Aid. Dumke moved to recommend Council approval. Seconded by Ald. Patterson, motion carried. The Committee reviewed request for land option extension received from Delta Group for the approximate 2 acre parcel adjacent to their land in the Industrial Park. The Committee deferred action until the March 17 meeting in order to allow 0 the landowners to attend and discuss. Finance Committee - Page 2 March 3, 1993 The Committee reviewed Contract for Engineering Services from Ruekert & Mielke and deferred action until the March 9, 1993 meeting. Mr. Phil Cosson, SEWRPC, appeared before the Committee to propose entering into a contract with SEWRPC for revolving loan fund applications. Initial request by applicant must come before the Finance Committee to approve further assistance by SEWRPC. Mr. Cosson will submit to the City a revised agreement that will also clarify when $40.00 hour charges become applicable. The Committee reviewed correspondence from the City Clerk regarding additional information the City has received regarding the inspections made by Waukesha County Health Department of our Class A and Class B establishments. The information states that inspections done by Waukesha County are primarily to examine the sanitary conditions of an establishment. If a Class A or B establishment serves food, the inspections are done automatically as part of the Health Department's monitoring of food service businesses. If an establishment does not serve food, the inspections are done at our request prior to the issuance of the liquor license. The inspection is not done to check for safety violations or to assess if it is structurally sound. Ald. Patterson moved to recommend that Chapter 12, Section 12.01 (7) (b) of the Municipal Code be amended to delete the requirement for building, electrical and plumbing inspections to be made prior to issuance of a liquor license. Seconded by Ald. Dumke, motion carried. A Code Compliance requirement for commercial and business properties was referred to the Public Safety Committee. The Committee reviewed establishing Library Clerical position and deferred action in order for the Librarian to supply a report to the Committee for their March 9, 1993, meeting explaining why the requested Library clerical position was not addressed in the Budget and why an employee is doing work outside of their classification. The Committee reviewed correspondence from Plan Director Larry Kirch regarding the expiration of the Letter of Credit for Aiuppa. It was noted that the Plan Commission has recommended renewal of Letter of Credit for an additional year and that the site must be brought into conformance within ninety (90) days but that if progress can be demonstrated, an additional 90 days can be granted by the Plan Commission. Ald. Dumke moved to approve the extension as recommended by the Plan Commission. Seconded by Ald. Patterson, motion carried. Ald. Patterson moved to approve Release of Funds from Letter of Credit for Settler's Creek in the amount of $11,274.00 as recommended by the City Engineers. Seconded by Ald. Dumke, Finance Committee - Page 3 March 3, 1993 e motion carried. The amount remaining in the will be $21,516.70. Ald. Dumke moved to approve Release of Funds Deposit for Future Parkland in the amount of by Aid. Sanders, motion carried. Letter of Credit from Developer's $401.50. Seconded The Committee reviewed request from Plum Creek Development to transfer $6,666.00 from their Letter of Credit to the Developer's Deposit. The Plan Director has recommended that the monies stay in the Letter of Credit to pay for the as-builts and Mr Patch immediately pay the $1,908.34 in outstanding engineering bills, Ald. Patterson moved to deny request and to approve Plan Director's recommendation to bill the developer for the outstanding engineering bills and request that an additional $5,000 be placed in the Developer's Deposit for miscellaneous engineering and legal fees. Seconded by Ald. Sanders, motion carried. Ald. Patterson moved to recommend approval of Release of Funds from the Developer's Deposit for .Dawson property in the amount of $451.10 as the new owners have established a new Developer's Deposit. Seconded by Ald. Dumke, motion carried. The Committee approved immediate release of check in the amount of $1,090.00 to Central Office Systems Corporation for the Konica Copy Machine for the Building Inspection Department. The Committee discussed with Building Inspection Director Chuck Dykstra the proposed step increase for an inspector who has received notification of limited UDC certification for soil erosion inspections. The Committee denied request as they felt a restricted soil erosion certification will not count as a certification towards wage step increase. If the inspector receives UDC Construction certification within six (6) months, he will be allowed retro pay back to original restricted certification date because the testing date for UDC was given to another employee in the department at the Building Inspection Director's request. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Ald. David J. Sanders Secretary ca