HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/16/1981 FINANCE COMMITTEE
February 16 , 1981
City Hall , Waterloo , Iowa
The Finance Committee of the City of Waterloo, Iowa met in the Mayor ' s
Conference Room in City Hall at 6 : 30 P .M. on February 16 , 1981 .
Council Member Dowie presiding.
On Roll Call : Roehr, Wilharm, Bowers , Dowie
The request of the Waterloo Fire Department to promote Eugene D. Fortune , from
Captain Specialist to the rank of Fire Marshall was discussed . Tom Pierce ,
President of Local 66 , spoke in favor of this request and that the union does
not oppose it. There was much general discussion regarding whether the duties
and responsibilities of the Fire Marshall qualified the position as being equal
in pay to the division chiefs . It was pointed out that many other cities in
the state with the position of Fire Marshall are classified as Assistant Chiefs .
Jim Rodemeyer, Assistant Personnel Director , stated that the Personnel Office ' s
main objection to the proposal is that since it is a position covered by union
contract , they could be faced with dealing with other such proposals of chang-
ing individual ' s salary or classification outside the collective settlement .
This precedent setting situation could be dangerous . Since this matter involves
many issues , it was moved by Bowers , seconded by Roehr to defer the issue for
two weeks to allow time for the Personnel Office to check with the PER Board on
how the position of Fire Marshall could be removed from the bargaining unit .
The motion carried.
It was moved by Wilharm, seconded by Bowers to approve the Systems Manager from
the Police Department to attend a school for the Criminal Justice Information
System. (The total cost ($400 . 00) will be reimbursed by the Crime Commission) .
The motion carried.
Virgil Graybill , Motor Vehicle Parking Facilities Manager , asked to be able to
solicit bids for a utility tractor for use by the department in snow removal .
He explained that this was a budgeted item in this year ' s budget and funds
remain for this equipment . It was moved by Bowers , seconded by Roehr to allow
Mr. Graybill to solicit bids . The motion carried.
It was moved by Roehr , seconded by Wilharm to approve the following bills :
DEPARTMENT P .O. # VENDOR AMOUNT
Central Garage 4712 Swaney Equipment $ 624. 53
4787 Firestone 816 .48
4791 Goodyear 636 . 75
4792 446 . 00
Police 4724 Display , Inc . 360 . 00
4816 Data General 400 . 00
Sign & Traffic 4856 McKlveen & Sons 2 ,000 . 00
The motion carried.
With no further business before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at
6 : 55 P .M.
Larry P . Burger
City Clerk