Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-09-2010 Regular — reading text

to do. The Mayor commented they need to see the alternatives, not just come in with the one thing they are going to do but with a second or third alternative4-that was eliminated to get to that position.  AJKM 1 - 16 -10 Council Retreat COUNCIL ITEMS .coot. Mr. Holmes expressed displeasure over tposition he p Council has been placedbeen in with as . the police as department union and felt it was a slap in the face. He thought,Council had h amendtheir not the they possibly could to give them what they wanted and needed and to date a when, then police thought process and why they even looked at the option. depend g on what happens, they department gets unionized they have not seen the end of it and see the rest of the City go in that direction. I may from the workforce when positions were complaints Mr. Miller commented he heard very little 1. best thing they could cut and the cost of living raises were not passed. He thought they did the in lieu of raises with additional time off and so forth. He s id offer the employees subsidies when the time comes he will be willing to discuss raises again. Mr. Miller then expressed p his thoughts that selling the fairgrounds to the county was a bad decision and the- City should begetting their money together to buy it back in case the county does not go through with putting an annex there. Mr. Garyie discussed the new legislation on trash collection 86% of waste iswhere goingby 2020 they are mandated o into landfills. ham mentioned Y g 75% of the waste, and right now be recycling pions t locations recycling curbside recycling and went to recycling drop off it easier for when the city stopped year. He though went from about 400,000 tons a year to 100,000 tons a a week pickup. He said they need people to recycle, make it single stream recycling with twice all toget people p p used to recycling by forcing the separation of trash so if they continue to put be picked up the second time, would trash together and have no recyclables they will not He menti ... that Waste Management is willing work with the to their advantage to separate= He also believed they would be able city an d is looking g for a city to try to reach the goal. o start strike a deal with Waste Management to get paid for recycling and he would like the City t stn working toward that. businesses to have a location to dispose of Mr. Nabors mentioned the need for the commercial large amounts of cardboard for Waste Management to pick up. he did not feel an employees Mr. Garvie agreed with Mr. Nabors idea about the pay of raises, their fob description, yeenuna should go down if they are doing the basics y should earn that by their requirements. He considered over and above a pay raise and exceptional performance, doing more than just the minimum requirements. make downtown at Christmastime look a little like Mr. -Garvie discussed trying to about the decorations they want and to Fairhspe, Alabama and thought it is time to start thinking the lighting of their trees the town is jam building on that. He mentioned when Fairhop Fort Walton Beach has the same He thought F from all over. packed that night with people potential to do that and should start working toward that. panhandlers and actually homeless Mr. G arvie commented there is a distinct difference between o le. pep . He said the churches and agencies are extremely generous andgetthefood panhandleres and take word advantage of that generosity, they have homeless shelters and places to a Chief astute goes out that Fort Walton Beach is the place to go. He expressed the Police and does what fan one has different things regarding vagrancy as far as watching Cityy AttorneyY to see if it is with the C other ideas, take them to the Police Chief who will discuss it laws. _ a possibility without breaking any 5 i+ 7 Council Retreat 1 - 16 -10 COUNCIL ITEMS Cont. The Mayor mentioned because it is going to be a late start this year with the budget they need to start getting ready and thinking about the efficiencies they think is important. He thought for the benefit of the new Council members it would be a good idea to pull out the previous study done by the Management Consultant. The City Manager mentioned there will be a meeting on January 26th to discuss the rate study and at that same meeting he will give an introduction to the Budget 2010/ 2011 with some fundamental information in terms of forecast and other information gleaned from the past week. ADJOURN Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11: 30 a.m. APPROVED: MAYOR: ATTEST: CITY CLERK ddm 6-  MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA JANUARY 26, 2010 INTRODUCTION A special meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 5: 00 p. m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, with the following members present: Mayor Mike Anderson Councilmen: Mike Holmes, Virgil Miller, Dennis Reeves. (arrived at 5: 50 pm), Bill Garvie, Bobby Nabors, Bill Patterson, and Dick Rynearson Also Present: Robert Mearns, City Manager; Helen Spencer, City Clerk; Toni Craig, City Attorney; Department Directors and Media CALL TO ORDER The Mayor called the `meeting to order and welcomed everyone. He requested anyone who wished to address Council to approach the podium after being recognized, then state his or her name and address for the record. PLEDGE The Mayor led in the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Mr. Garvie moved to approve the agenda as the business of the day. Mr. Rynearson, seconded motion and it carried unanimously with Holmes, Miller, Garvie, Nabors, Patterson, and Rynearson in favor (Reeves absent). PURPOSE OF- MEETING The Mayor explained the purpose of the meeting is for a presentation and discussion of the utility rate study findings and recommendations. He noted no action would be taken this evening, and that Council would vote on the issue at a future meeting. PRESENTATION OF UTILITY RATE STUDY FINDINGS /RECOMMENDATIONS Michael Beedie, City Engineer, advised that at the August 11', 2009 meeting, Council approved a rate. study to address revenue sufficiency and the capital needs that must be addressed due to the City's aging infrastructure. Mr. Beedie continued that the City has entered into an Interlocal Agreement with Okaloosa County to treat the City's wastewater because of the high cost of renovating the City's current treatment plant, the lease of the spray fields was unknown, and the effect on any bond issues because of the current status of,the economy. Mr. Beedie noted the proposed rate increases will provide additional revenue needed in the City's current fiscal year. Mike Rocca from the firm of Brown & Caldwell was present to give a presentation on the company's findings and Don Berryhill of Angie Brewer & Associates was present to answer any questions regarding SRF funding. Mr. Rocca presented the company's findings to the Council and discussed such items as a rate structure that is appropriate for the City, revenue sufficiency, and providing for capital improvements. Mr. Rocca explained that rate increases are designed so that the low -level users, customers that use 2000 gallons of water or less per month, will