HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994 06-16 FCM• MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCIAL COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
JUNE 16, 1994
BROOKLYN CENTER CITY HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM A
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Donn Escher called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. in the
City Hall Conference Room A.
ROLL CALL
Present at roll call were Chair Donn Escher, Commissioners: Lee
Anderson, Denis Kelly, Viola Kanatz and Larry Peterson. Also
present were City Manager Gerald Splinter, Public Services Director
Diane Spector, City Engineer Mark Maloney, and Finance Director
Charlie Hansen.
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Commissioner Larry Peterson to approve the
minutes of the May 5, 1994 meeting. Commissioner Lee Anderson
seconded the motion and all members voted in its favor except for
Denis Kelly and Viola Kanatz who abstained.
Demonstration of Pavement Management Svstem.
Diane Spector introduced a report on the results of the pavement
management study. Mark Maloney explained that the Pavement
Management System is both a paper report and a database of
information on a computer that can be updated over time. It is
designed to plan for the efficient spending of resources on street
maintenance, seal coating, patching, overlay, and reconstruction.
A van with six cameras and an electromagnetic deflection devise
drives over each traffic lane on the 100 miles of city streets and
catalogs 20 different kinds of pavement distress. Stresses to
streets come from age, soil conditions, truck and bus traffic,
moisture, and freeze/thaw cycles. Streets are then categorized as
needing normal maintenance (patching & seal coating), overlay of
tar, or complete reconstruction. Diane Spector explained that
street reconstruction is being coordinated with improvements to
water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer systems so that newly paved
streets won't have to be dug up again for many years.
Mavor and Council Member Total Compensation
Donn Escher reviewed the City Policy and Procedure and the state
law requirements for increasing the compensation of the Mayor and
Council Members. After discussing various alternatives and
principles, a consensus was reached on the following points:
1. The compensation should remain near the average for the
League of Minnesota Cities Survey of Mayor and
Councilmember Salaries for Cities with Populations from
20,000 to 40,000.
02. The compensation should be adjusted each year to avoid
falling below the average.
3. The percentage increase each year should be reasonable in
comparison to the general rate of inflation.
Viola Kanatz moved that an increase of $200 per year be recommended
for the Mayor and Councilmembers to be effective on January 1, 1995
and again on January 1, 1996. The resulting total compensation
would be $7,500 for the Mayor and $5,500 for each Councilmember in
1995 and $7,700 for the Mayor and $5,700 for each Councilmember in
1996. Denis Kelly seconded the motion and all present voted in its
favor.
1993 Annual Financial Reaort
Due to the late hour, it was decided to do an abbreviated review of
the annual financial report at this meeting and then complete it at
the commission's next meeting. Charlie Hansen passed out a copies
of the presentation the auditor made at the June 13, 1994 City
Council meeting and the City's responses to the auditor's
management letter. The auditor's management letter and the City's
responses were discussed.
Next Meetina
The next meeting will be Monday, August 15, 1994 at 7:00 P.M.
ADJOURNMENT
At 9:15 P.M. there was a motion by Commissioner Viola Kanatz and
seconded by Commissioner Denis Kelly to adjourn the meeting. The
motion passed unanimously.
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