2006-11-06 Special Called Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting

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City Council Special Called Regular Meeting, Workshop Meeting and Public Hearing -November 6, 2006 Page 6 Regarding 4th street, Council requested it have similar standards the Port of Houston proposed for "I" street. Council did not want the City to pay for the maintenance. They want the cost to be passed to the Port of Houston or the developer. D. Director of Planning Department Wayne Sabo discussed Lakes at Fairmont Green Development and requested City Council provided staff with direction. It was the consensus of Council to move forward. After design is approved, the maintenance costs could be passed through the P.I.D. The first workshop for only item E opened at 6:40 p.m. E. Human Resource Manager Robert Swanagan and HRH Consultant Neal Welch discussed retiree calculations for employee/dependent insurance premium cost. Consultant Neal Welch informed Council he made a mistake in previous calculations provided to City Council. He noted the $83,000.00 Council earmarked earlier was not enough. The $83,000.00 only covered increases for employees. An additional $120,000.00 is needed. Active employee costs are $173,132.00 and retiree number went down and now is $30,488.00. See handout provided in packet. In addition he provided Council with a handout on 80/20 split. Interim City Manager John Joems noted he will be coming back at a future Council meeting with a budget amendment for the additional costs. These costs reflect amounts equivalent to cover retiree freezes prior to December 31, 2005. It was noted staffwill start looking for new quotes after the first of January, 2007. The first workshop session ended at 7: 17 p.m. and the regular meeting was reconvened. 17. Closed the second session of the Workshop meeting and reconvened Regular Meeting at 8:51 p.m. 18. Council to consider approval or other action of recommendation #7 of the Chapter 172 Board as discussed at September II, 2006 City Council Meeting. Interim City Manager John Joems presented summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Councilmember Clausen made a motion to approve item 7 recommending the current method of making the Retiree calculations continue with clarification of language regarding City budged cost and that the coverage % discount amount applies only for retirees. not dependents. Also. the proposed calculator that Consultant Neal Welch is developing be implemented to allow any employee to be able to get an estimate of their insurance cost and their dependents cost at the current vear budgeted City cost and for one additional vear as presented bv Mr. Joems. Second bv Councilmember Ebow. The motion carried. Ayes: Clausen, Mayor, Mosteit, Ebow and Engelken. Nays: Rigby, Beasley and Moser Abstain: None