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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Workshop
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of March 22, 2018 which were approved by the City
Council on April 10, 2018.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 10th day of April 2018.
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Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Thursday,March 22,2018 9:00 AM City Council Chambers
Public Notice--ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ARE FOR COUNCIL'S
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. COUNCIL MAY GIVE DIRECTION TO THE
CITY MANAGER, BUT NO OTHER ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND NO PUBLIC
COMMENT WILL BE SOLICITED.
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COUNCIL.
A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Pro Tem Greg Smith called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
City Secretary Rebecca L.Hoene called to roll and verified that a quorum of
the City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the
meeting.
Charter Officers:
City Manager Margie C.Rose,City Attorney Miles K.Risley and City Secretary
Rebecca L.Huerta.
Present 8- Mayor Joe McComb,Council Member Rudy Garza,Council Member
Paulette Guajardo,Council Member Michael Hunter, Council Member
Debbie Lindsey-Opel,Council Member Ben Molina, Council Member Lucy
Rubio,and Council Member Greg Smith
Council Member Rudy Garza arrived at 9:10 a.m. Mayor McComb arrived at
9:16 a.m.
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
Budget Workshop 2-Overview of Fiscal 2018.2019 Operating
Budget
Mayor Pro Tem Greg Smith referred to Item 2. City Manager Margie C.Rose
provided an overview of the budget presentation.
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented
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information on the following topics: various economic indicators;FY 2018
versus FY 2019 revenues;and FY 2019 General Fund projected obligations and
considerations.
City Manager Rose stated the following: the Police and Fire Health Insurance
Funds are separated out in the presentation to show the true cost associated
with those funds;that Police and Fire need to bear the cost of the increases
related to the Police and Fire health insurance plans instead of Civilian
employees bearing those costs;and that drastic changes have already been
made to the Civilian Health Insurance plan in an effort to control costs in the
Civilian Health Insurance Fund.
City Manager Rose presented information on the following topics: potential
General Fund reductions of six percent totaling$12,492,254 and associated
reductions in full-time equivalents(FTEs)in the following departments: Police
and Fire.
Council members and City Manager Rose discussed the following topics:
safety in the community;a request for overtime numbers for Police and Fire;
that the information presented does not include the Police officers funded by
the Crime Control and Prevention District;contractual obligations relating to
Police and Fire in the General Fund;the large percentage of the General Fund
dedicated to contractual obligations related to Police and Fire.
City Manager Rose continued her presentation regarding potential General
Fund reductions of six percent totaling$12,492,254 and associated reductions
in FTEs in the following additional departments:Solid Waste,Parks and
Recreation,Municipal Court,Library,Animal Control,Code Enforcement,
Health,Assistant City Managers 1 and 2,City Attorney,Management and
Budget,Finance,Human Resources,Communications,Comprehensive
Planning,City Manager,City Secretary,Human Relations,Intergovernmental
Relations,Housing and Community Development and City Auditor;potential
Internal Services Funds reductions of$1,926,358 and associated reductions in
FTEs in the following departments:Information Technology,Fleet,and
Facilities;and other considerations Including: a property tax increase for
Public Safety only,implementation of a utility franchise fee,United Corpus
Christi Chamber of Commerce's recommendation of a$2 increase to the Solid
Waste charge for Residential Street Reconstruction,Solid Waste fee increases;
and other fee increases.
Council members and staff discussed the following topics: that an efficiency
team is currently in place working on options to avert implementation of all
cuts presented;when preliminary property values would be available;cutting
the food budget for City Council meetings being a good idea;the cost of
broadcasting videos of city meetings;utility franchise fees;outsourcing city
services;consideration to make cuts this fiscal year in anticipation of the
projected FY 2019 budget shortfall;that outsourcing Is part of the City efficiency
team's objective;the Debt Service Fund;eliminating attendance at national
conferences;car allowances;selling City-owned property;take-home vehicles;
closing parks and libraries;elimination of security at City Hall and associated
costs;reducing the duration of city council meetings;council members paying
for pizza for dinner at city council meetings In lieu of the City continuing to do
so;expanding the duration of the lunch period during council meetings to
allow council member sufficient time to secure their own lunches;reducing the
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number of readings for ordinances from two to one;reducing the number of
city council meetings per month;reductions in public safety;eliminating all
meals at city council meetings;what the City pays in mileage reimbursement;
recent increases in fees approved by the City Council not being factored into
the budget cuts presented;restructuring contracts in the Information
Technology Department;refurbishing vehicles other than just garbage trucks;
combining Senior and Recreation Centers into community centers;fees that
create positive revenue;the Police and Fire Health Insurance Funds;properly
funding city employees'retirement fund;leveraging technology to create
efficiencies;the City Auditor identifying efficiencies;the effects of a
reduction-in-force(RIF);leveraging a RIF to eliminate under-performing
employees;leveraging attrition;performing utility billing in-house at a lower
cost versus current outsourcing;the impact to the City of decreased travel
dollars in the Intergovernmental Relations Department;elimination of the City's
employee tuition reimbursement program and its impact;contacting other
cities regarding ways to increase revenues and decrease expenses;the
importance of retaining strategic and analytical staff;a request to see the list of
employees proposed to be reduced in a RIF;that car allowances have been
eliminated for new employees and for existing employees who change
positions;and the five-year pro forma provided to council members.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:43 a.m.
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