Minutes: Finance: Feb 2013

City of Evansville Finance & Labor Relations Committee Regular Meeting Thursday, February 7, 2013, 5:30 pm City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, Wisconsin MINUTES I. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm by Chair Mason Braunschweig. Present: Alderpersons Mason Braunschweig, Josh Manring, and Jim Brooks. Also present: Mayor Sandy Decker and City Administrator Dan Wietecha. II. Approve Agenda. Brooks made a motion, seconded by Manring, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion approved unanimously. III. Minutes of January 3, 2013. Manring made a motion, seconded by Brooks, to waive the reading of and to approve the minutes as presented. Motion approved unanimously. IV. Citizen Appearances. None. V. Bills. Brooks made a motion, seconded by Manring, to accept the City and Water & Light bills in the amount of $3,186,128.90. FLR had questions about the grant for narrowband radios, employee notice expenses, property database work by the Chamber of Commerce, contracted snow hauling, court reimbursements, procedure for credit card purchases, and an opportunity for departments to work together for charging fire extinguishers. Motion approved unanimously on a roll call vote. VI. Unfinished Business. a. City Administrator. Brooks made a motion, seconded by Braunschweig, to recommend to Common Council approval of City Administrator / Finance Director position description. FLR noted its recommendation was in anticipation of Ordinance 2013-01 being adopted. Motion approved unanimously. b. Organization Chart. Manring made a motion, seconded by Brooks to recommend to Common Council approval of updated city organization chart. Braunschweig made a motion, seconded by Manring, to amend the motion to include the Board of Review and Board of Appeals in the chart. Amendment approved unanimously. Original motion, as amended, approved unanimously. VII. New Business: a. Collective Bargaining Agreements. Wietecha explained that existing collective bargaining agreements will expire at the end of the year; negotiations typically begin around July. Although there is a variety of litigation and appeals related to the state laws on collective bargaining, he recommended FLR begin to consider its negotiation strategy this spring. b. Dental Insurance. Manring made a motion, seconded by Brooks, to recommend to Common Council approval of Delta Dental Policy Endorsement regarding domestic partners. Wietecha explained the city’s health insurance includes domestic partners as covered dependents; however, the dental insurance allows the city to decide whether or not to cover domestic partners. He advised this could wait for upcoming contract negotiations and also updating the personnel policy. Braunschweig made a motion, seconded by Brooks, to table the motion pending additional information from Delta Dental regarding methods for certification of a domestic partnership. Motion to table approved. VIII. Adjournment. Braunschweig made a motion, seconded by Manring, to adjourn the meeting. Motion approved unanimously at 6:10 pm.