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Council Minutes of 03-16-2010 Benefits • Pensions for now are still at 14% PERS, 19.5% Police and 24% Fire. Legislature has planned revisions on both pension funds. . • Hospitalization -actual expected cost charged to each cost center. Due to changes made last year and 3 year deal on TPA costs did not increase. • Workers Compensation -Lower rate being charged to divisions as first year just self insured costs charged vs. last year which was both self-insured and BWC. Utilities • Gas nominal increase; electricity up 10%; water up 5%. Capital • Information Systems expenditures are budgeted in individual division budgets and are nominal. Rollin Sg tock 0 3 Police cars budgeted in Hotel/Motel Fund at $30,000 each. 0 2 pick-up, tow/plow trucks budgeted in Street Maintenance Fund. 0 1 Sewer Jet Vac Truck budgeted in Sewer Revenue Fund. Roads o $1 million in streets borrowed over and above normal maintenance and repairs. • Human Resources Director Farver discussed Human Resources, Civil Service, IT, Casualty/Loss, Health Care and Workers Comp. Highlights include $12,000 for a leadership training program for mid level managers, high level managers and Council. This is to be done on-site. Civil service testing is planned for on police lieutenants and sergeants. While there is an increase in salaries for part time help, there is a corresponding decrease in outside services. There was a request for $35,000 for a new server. Healthcare, workers compensation and casualty loss for property insurance was reviewed. • Planning Director Wenger reviewed the Planning Department needs including the economic development fund for outside services for the consultant noting the change in fee structure from a flat rate to per hour has benefited the city. Council discussed the benefit for the greater partnership the city will have with the business community. Director Wenger also provided a summary of various grants her department applied for and what funds they are going to be managed out of and where any matching funds came from. She mentioned that the city will be going through a City re-branding. Councilman Barker praised Wenger for her efforts and success rate in obtaining grant funds for our city utilized in various departments. Those thoughts were mirrored by all of Council. • The Mayor's Administrative Assistant Jane Leaver presented the Mayor's cost center in the city budget. The major expenditure change in the CLS department out of the general fund is the van services for North Olmsted's share of NOCOP' S agreement to outsource with the STC. Recreation was 6