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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 June 21, 2018 which were approved by the City
Council on July 17, 2018.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 17th day of July 2018.
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Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Thursday,June 21,2018 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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PROHIBITED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor McComb called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Charter Officers present: Interim City Manager Keith Selman,City Attorney
Miles K.Risley and City Secretary Rebecca L.Huerta.
Present 7- Mayor Joe McComb, Council Member Paulette Guajardo, Council Member
Michael Hunter, Council Member Debbie Lindsey-Opel,Council Member
Ben Molina,Council Member Everett Roy,and Council Member Lucy Rubio
Absent 1 - Council Member Greg Smith
Council Member Lindsey-Opel arrived at 9:15 a.m.
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. Review of the Corpus Christi Firefighters' Retirement System
Mayor McComb referred to Item 1.
Matt Wood,Board Chairman,Corpus Christi Fire Fighters'Retirement System
(CCFFRS),presented information on the following topics regarding the
CCFFRS: history;board members;membership I retirement eligibility;benefit
formula;funding basics;a comparison among other Texas Local Fire Fighters
Retirement Act systems;and contributions I distributions from 2006-2017.
A council member and Mr.Wood discussed the following topics: the mayors
appointee to the CCFFRS's board of directors;qualifications for retirement and
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how benefits are calculated.
Mark Fenlaw of Rudd and Wisdom,Inc.,consulting actuaries for the CCFFRS,
presented information on the following topics regarding the CCFFRS
("system"): benefit increases for retirees;system soundness;December 31,
2016 actuarial valuation results;steps taken to strengthen the system;
requirements for benefit increases;retiree benefit data;monthly benefit
amounts;data relating to active employees;and the City's vested interest in
the system.
Mr.Wood presented information on the following topics regarding the
CCFFRS: recognition of the system's practices;the system's investment best
practices and investments;actuarially determined contributions by the City;
and a summary of the system's goals.
Mayor McComb read a prepared statement from absent Council Member
Smith. Council members and the presenters discussed the following topics:
number of years required to pay the unfunded liability;amount of the
unfunded liability over the years;the investment rate assumption;past
performance estimates versus actual past performance;the assumed rate of
return and how it is calculated;the national average for each of the following:
age of fire fighter retirees,fire fighters'life span,and age of fire fighters at
hire;the benefits formula;past versus current year asset allocations;
beneficiary designation;best practices;peer reviews;past system losses and
efforts to make up said losses;and retiree benefit increases.
2. United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce Recommendations
for Funding of Residential Streets
Mayor McComb refered to Item 2.
Alan Wilson,Chairman of the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce's
Residential Streets Committee(Committee)presented information an the
following topics: a summary of the presentation;funding of residential streets;
the Committee's goals and recommendations;and final comments.
Council members and Mr.Wilson discussed potholes. Council members
thanked Mr.Wilson and the Committee for their work.
3. Budget Workshop 5-Overview of Fiscal 2018-2019 Budget
Mayor McComb referred to Item 3.
-- Director of Management&Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on
the status of the FY 2019 budget.
Council members and staff discussed the following topics: the departments in
the General Fund that will not experience budget cuts,as presented today;
potentially cutting city council members'business accounts;funding public
safety;eliminating a full-time equivalent(FTE);council members paying
out-of-pocket for their lunches during council meetings and being provided a
one-hour lunch break;that improvements in the Police and Fire Departments
are needed to realize cost efficiencies;and doing more with current staffing
levels versus reducing staff levels.
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Interim City Manager Keith Selman presented information on the following
topics: the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce's Residential Street
Committee's recommendations;a property tax review,including potential
adjustments to the Maintenance 8 Operations(M8O)and Interest 8 Sinking
(18S)portions;a residential street rebuild funding proposal;staffs proposal
regarding the budget shortfall and residential streets;and a M8O strategy and
five-year outlook,including tax rate scenarios and utility impact.
Council members and staff discussed having the next budget workshop on
Thursday,June 28,2018 at 9:00 a.m.and the Texas Ambulance Supplemental
Payment Plan(TASPP)revenues and their uses.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:06 a.m.
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