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Council Minutes of 12/2/2008
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<br />were not privileged to do so and were not fully awaze of the situation because it
<br />had not yet been presented from the administration. Nevertheless, it would be
<br />noted that night that more information would be forthcoming which might help
<br />explain City Council's approach. By virtue of everyone in attendance at this
<br />Council meeting, everyone understands what that additional information was.
<br />The committee agreed to a reduction of 5% from $94,810 in 2009 to $90,070 to
<br />begin in 2010 with no increase for the four year term. The projected savings in
<br />that position over four years was $18,960. An interesting figure to recognize, if
<br />all the legislation is enacted, is the total savings of a flat four years for all these
<br />offices is $210,364. Also, the PERS retirement has not been factored in, which is
<br />another percentage on top of that, and would bring it very close to a quarter of a
<br />million dollars in additional savings. The committee handled all the legislation in
<br />one motion. In committee, Councilman Bazker made a motion to recommend
<br />approval of Ordinances 2008-142, 2008-143, 2008-144, 2008-145, and 2048-146
<br />with amendments of adding an emergency clause to each and that each piece of
<br />legislation would reflect a 5% decrease from the 2009 salary, with. the exception
<br />of Ordinance 2008-144, the Law Director's salary, which reduction was
<br />significantly greater than 5%. The committee voted 2-1 on the recommendation
<br />of the amended legislation with Councilman Gazeau dissenting.
<br />Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-142 to add the emergency
<br />clause and to have it reflect a 5% reduction, and the motion was seconded by Councilman
<br />Barker. Roll call: Gazeau, no; Barker, yes; Kearney, yes; Ryan, no; Orlowski, yes;
<br />Mahoney, yes; Jones, yes. The motion passed with five yes votes and two no votes.
<br />Ordinance No. 2008-142 amended.
<br />Councilman Gazeau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-143 to include the 5%
<br />reduction and to add the emergency clause. The motion was seconded by Councilman
<br />Bazker. Roll call: Gazeau, no; Barker, yes; Jones, yes; Mahoney, yes; Ryan, no;
<br />Orlowski, yes; Kearney, yes. The motion passed with five yes votes and two no votes.
<br />Ordinance No. 2008-143 amended.
<br />Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-145 to reflect a 5%
<br />reduction and to add the emergency clause. The motion was seconded by Councilman
<br />Barker. Roll call: Gazeau, no; Barker, yes; Kearney, yes; Orlowski, yes; Ryan, yes;
<br />Jones, yes; Mahoney, yes. The motion passed with six yes votes and one no vote.
<br />Ordinance No. 2008-145 amended.
<br />Councilman Gazeau made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-146 to include the 5%
<br />reduction and to add the emergency clause. The motion was seconded by Councilman
<br />Bazker. Roll call: Gareau, no; Bazker, yes; Ryan, no; Jones, yes; Orlowski, yes;
<br />Kearney, yes; Mahoney, yes. The motion passed with five yes votes and two no votes.
<br />Ordinance No. 2008-146 amended.
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