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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-01-1996 Budget Work Session I I I FINANCE COMMITTEE (Budget Work Session) COMMISSION-COUNCIL CHAMBERS February 1, 1996 5:00 P.M. PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; J. Brigham, Chairman; Bridges and B~ard, members; members; A. B. McKie, Jr., Controller; Charles Dillard, Interim Urban Services Admin- istrator; Linda Beazley, Interim Suburban Services Administrator; Cheryl Nelson, Project Accountant, Finance Department; Glenn Greenway and David Collins of the Finance Department; Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission-Council and Betty Murphy of the Clerk's Office. ABSENT: Hon. Freddie Handy, Vice-Chairman. Also Present: Wayne Partridge of the Augusta Chronicle, Gale Mino of WBBQ Radio and Hons. Zetterberg, H. Brigham, Powell, Kuhlke and Todd, Commissioners. Mr. McKie: We first have Sheriff Webster here to present his request for additional personnel. Sheriff Webster: We need the 27 people that APD had before the City's employee reduction. We are also asking for five people for the Stockade and to help supervise the prisoners who will be working out on the streets to help clean up the area. The figure on APD for personnel is $709,847. On the City Stockade personnel it will be $176,653. On the 911 facility we are in need of 12 call takers who will take the calls coming in. These people will be crosstrained to perform other duties as well. The cost for those 12 people will be $238,728. We are also interested in adding extra beats if at all possible to do the job that we need to do. We have a suppression team who works in various neighborhoods where crime is high and I would be interested in getting another team if we could. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. McKie: Chief Maddox of the Fire Department is next. Chief Maddox: Basically we are asking for 21 men who will be used strictly in the County fire stations. On a number of days some of the County fire stations were staffed with only two men. These additional men would guarantee three men on duty at all times and by doing that, we could get an insurance rate reduction over a period of time, I'd say 12 to 15 months. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. I Mr. McKie: Mr. Max Hicks of Urban Services Waterworks is next. Mr. Hicks: We have included a request for two additional construction crews which would include two Foremen, two Caulkers & Tappers and four Laborers for a total of eight people. We had to cut back in our construction and maintenance areas and this is the area where we now need replacement. We have some people that we can promote from within to perform these jobs and we already have the trucks and equipment we need. Mr. Zetterberg: You may wish to look at contracting some of this work out. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. McKie: Mrs. Elaine Johnson, Clerk of Superior Court, is next. Mrs. Johnson: I am requesting three additional employees I for my office, two Record Clerks and one Microfilm Clerk. This is due to two Superior Court Judges that were added to the bench and the resulting additional paperwork and courtroom activities. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. McKie: District Attorney Danny Craig is next. Mr. Craig: I would like to increase the supplement for Mr. Beaucut to $11,500 which would be commensurate with his responsibilities. The cost to the County would be $4,714 for this request. We are also asking for a new secretary and an increase in the supplements that go to the two state paid secretaries. Mr. Beard: I move we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. I Mr. Greenway: Next we have Lynn Bailey from Board of Elections. I I I Ms. Bailey: We are asking for two Deputy Clerks in our office and they come as a direct result of the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act (Motor Voter). We have 90,000 people registered to vote now and we anticipate having 120,000 by 1998. We cannot take anyone off the list after they have registered and we must maintain these records. I have budgeted for six temporary employees during election time and would hope that two of these can be made permanent leaving us with four temporary positions. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept it as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. Greenway: Next we have Lewis Johnson from Central Services. Mr. Johnson: I would like to request one additional Carpenter for the Carpenter Shop. Mr. Beard: I move we accept it as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. Greenway: Next we have Mr. Heyward Johnson from Transit. Mr. Johnson: I'm asking for 13 bus operators, four part- time bus operators who will fill in for the regular drivers in cases of vacation and sick time and a paint and body mechanic. I would also like to reestablish the ADA Coordinator position and fill it with someone we already have on board working. We need laborers to maintain the facility. Mr. Beard: I move we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. McKie: We have Mr. Mark Avery from the Augusta Golf Course. Mr. Avery: I am not here to ask for any additional personnel. We do have an urgent need for equipment and the matter of the golf cart lease situation w~ere routinely we have about one-fourth of the golf cart fleet down. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. Greenway: Next we have steve Atha from Bush Field. Mr. Atha: Bush Field operates totally from its user fees, including payroll. Our budget request showed at the time -that we needed 15 additional people and they are already paid for. These will not cost the City any money. Mr. Beard: I move that we receive this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. McKie: We have the Tax Assessors represented by Harrison Sears and Ernie Bowman. Mr. Sears: We need an additional Land Appraiser, a Land Records Technician and a Personal Property Auditor. The other positions involve upgrades in salary. Mr. Beard: I move that we accept this as information. Mr. Bridges: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Nancy W. Morawski Deputy Clerk of Commission-Council NWM I I I