Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 09-24-1990 Special — reading text

forced you to deplete the cash by $ 1 million dollars this year. He said expenditures are down, but the revenues are way down. He said they have provided these figures, and they have been through the figures; and Mr. deVaux is right about the health insurancej they arrive at the heal th insurance cost every year by assuming everyone is married, and this is not the case, so there is a little cushion there. He said the salary they have is the exact salary they have in the budget, and they can talk to every department head and they will justify every employee they have, and on given days a person may be out; but the salary figure they provided last Friday is back dated. Mr. Wyatt interrupted at this point to ask if the third column with a 5% increase for a total of $ 6, 427, 857 is taking the current pay rate at this time projected over the course of this next year, plus 5%. He said that is the number that has to be compared to the current I salary. The Finance Director incorporate the overtime; they just toOk the base pay. Mr. Wyatt said they then need to take the $ 6, 427, 857 as a basis of todays salary, to that, plus 5%, then add the overtime and that is where they would come up with the said they did not 6, 800. 000 number. The Finance Director said that was right, and the current salary figure does not include overtime or incentive pay; the Police Department gets incentive pay based upon City ordinance and State Statute. Mr. Wyatt said the question is. is this an accurate determination of the differential or not. 8 9- 24- 90 90/ 91 BUDGET ( CONT.) The Finance Director said he would say no. Mr. Wyatt said the rationale being because they did not compare current dollars. deVaux said, Mr. if they said they were not give anyone a pay raise. they would going to take the $ 6. 132, 913, and if they gave the employees a 6% pay raise January 1st last year, they would give them 6% of the three months. October, November, December. Mr. Wyatt said if they did not give the employees single a pay raise, the budget would be higher than $ 6, 132. 000. Mr. deVaux said only by the difference of the increase of the three month period. He said that is also taking a 5% increase again January. and they can give a full 5% because they don' t have it budgeted the other three months. He said he called several people to ask about the $ 6, 132, 000 figure, if that is the gross payroll of the City, including the overtime pay, the deferred compensation pay and everything; he talked to the City Manager and his check comes with deferred pay; the Assistant City Manager' check has car allowance in it; s the Payroll Clerk said that included all the overtime that anyone got paid from the City; the incentive pay is in the pay check for the Police Department; the Fire Department food allowance is in their pay check; we pay the 7. 65% FICA tax on it all; that number is the gross payroll for the City for 26 weeks. Mr. Wyatt asked if the $ 6, 132, 932 is all inclusive of overtime and incentive pay paid for this year. because whether it was in the check or not does not mean it was included. The Finance Director said the $ 6, 132, 000 includes everything, overtime. incentive pay. He said the $ 6 million does not include anything but base pay. Mr. Wyatt asked if the $ 6, 132, 932 is all inclusive of overtime and incentive pay. The City Manager said that figure includes everything. Mr. Wyatt asked if the 6. 081. 769 does not. The City Manager and the Finance Director said that was right. Mr. deVaux said the reason for the difference is because they are pulling out of the books, the computer printouts are wrong; he pulled it out by adding the total pay checks everyone received; if you add up all the numbers in the book you will be here for years because the numbers never add up right. Mr. Wyatt said that was only a difference of 50, 000, 000. Mr. deVaux said one number does not have the overtime, the incentive pay, the car allowance, all of it; and his number has it all. Mayor Roberts arrived at 5: 55 p. m. Mr. deVaux said he understands there was three months at the old pay; but he was only preparing 26 weeks vs. 26 weeks in the proposed budget, and in proposed their budget they already have the merit increase pay figured in and they also have $ 1. 000 for each police officer, in addition to the merit increase, in the proposed pay.  9 9- 24- 90 90/ 91 BUDGET ( CONT.) The Finance Director said last weekend, when it was brought up there quarter was a million dollars, Mrs. Ashwood spent all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and all day Monday and Monday night, going through every individual printed out every individual name and and amount, it was reconciled with the City Auditor based and they came within just a few I upon hourly rate, dollars of each other; that is how the $ 6, 081, 769 was provided to Council. He said it is true that the total amount paid during the 12 months is $ 6. 132, 000, including overtime, incentive pay, and everything: but those are not the same figures, they happen to be close to the same amount; but you' re talking about what is being paid now versus what was paid 12 months ago. He said if you recall, they added 5 policemen about this time last year, take that into consideration, their incentive pay and multiply that out: then you have the Fire Department