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Home My WebLink About03/27/2000 FINANCE COMMITTEE March 27, 2000 4 : 10 p.m. Council Chambers Members present : Chairperson Krizek, Jordan, Gronen. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the Minutes of March 20, 2000, as proposed, be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. The request of the Building Official to purchase an accessible workstation at a cost of $9, 376 . 00 for persons with disabilities was reviewed. The ADA Commission has been working with the Waterloo Public Library to correct a complaint brought against the library by a sight-impaired person. Under ADA law, the library is required to provide equal access to all patrons regardless of disability. Because of this complaint, the ADA Commission established an ad-hoc committee that has worked with the disabled community and the library to assess the need and design a workstation with access to the widest range of persons with disabilities . The station will be located in the Waterloo Public Library. It was the recommendation of the ADA Commission to approve expenditure of $9, 376 . 00 to provide an accessible workstation for persons with disabilities . Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that said request be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. The request of Thomas Anderson of Anderson & Associates to make interest only payments for the months of April through June 2000 was reviewed. After the three month period, Mr. Anderson will make his regular payment of $155 . 97 . This will allow Mr. Anderson the cash flow to make repairs and purchase tires for business equipment . Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that said request be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. The request of the Neighborhood Services Coordinator to approve a contract with KBBG to provide public service announcements for the months of April, May and June at a cost of $679 . 70 was reviewed. The contract includes seven 30-minute F.Y. I . Programs and 126 public service announcements . Public service announcements will be aired three times per day for 14 days in April , May and June, with the total costs not to exceed $679 . 70 . Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that said request be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried. The following bids received for exterior building signage for Ridgeway Towers Apartments were reviewed: Bidder Rid Amount Nagel Sign $3 , 291 . 54 includes new electric to sign Hayden Sign $4 , 800 . 00 excludes new electric to sign The Housing Authority requested bids for the replacement of the exterior building signage at Ridgeway Towers . The current sign is made of wood posts and cedar siding. The wood siding has warped and been re-nailed several times . The replacement sign has maintenance free surfaces and will have lighting inside to increase visibility of the sign at night . Funding for the purchase of the sign is available from the HUD 1999 CIAP grant . It was the recommendation of the Waterloo Housing Authority that the low bid from Nagel Sign in the amount of $3 , 291 . 54 be accepted. Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that said recommendation be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that a sewer refund in the amount of $67 . 60 for 314 Brees Street be approved. Ayes : Three . 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The Telecommunications Commission approved these purchases on March 2 , 2000 . Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the City Clerk be authorized to purchase a used special effects switcher at a cost not to exceed $3 , 600 . 00 and to purchase 128M of RAM at cost of $250 . 00 . Ayes : Three. Motion carried. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the request of the Police Chief for pre-authorization to expend $1, 224 . 65 for medical services for duty injury, $57, 798 . 00 for reimbursement of Consolidated Communications Center expenses for February and March, $813 . 80 for monthly cellular phone charges, $3 , 590 . 00 for registration of two officers at training school and $1, 099 . 84 for meals for two officers at training school, be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the request of the Superintendent of Water Pollution/Flood Control for pre- authorization to expend $1, 440 . 00 for a dissolved oxygen probe be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that the request of the Leisure Services Director for pre-authorization to expend $2 , 262 . 50 to purchase grass seed be approved. Ayes : Three. Motion carried. Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that the request of the Executive Director of Human Rights Commission to decrease Line Item 1131 (Health Insurance) and increase Line Item 1352 (Photo & Copy) in the amount of $500 . 00 be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. Moved by Gronen, seconded by Jordan that the request of the City Clerk to make the following amendments to the Telecommunications Commission Budget : increase Line Item 3732 (Service Charge) in the amount of $1, 032 . 59, Line Item 3831 (Registration) in the amount of $250 . 00 and Line Item 1561 (Supplies) in the amount of $1, 282 . 59; increase Line Item 1130 (Benefits Reimbursement) and decrease Line Item 1112 (Salaries Part Time) in the amount of $346 . 66; increase Line Item 2127 (Photo Equipment) and decrease Line Item 1112 (Salaries Part Time) in the amount of $8, 000 . 00; increase Line Item 1520 (Software) and decrease Line Item 1112 (Salaries Part Time) in the amount of $250 . 00; and to make the following amendments to the Parking Administration Budget : increase Line Item 1128 (Retirement) and decrease Line Item 1111 (Salaries) in the amount of $992 . 28 be approved. Ayes : Three . Motion carried. Moved by Jordan, seconded by Gronen that Bills Payment, as contained in Schedule AP640, pp. 1-56, dated March 27, 2000, in the amount of $2 , 200, 593 . 95, be received, placed on file and approved and forwarded to the full council for approval . Ayes : Three . Motion carried. Councilperson Jordan stated that he doesn' t understand why the committee voted on Items 7 and 8 when the proper procedure was not followed. 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