HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/09/1979 (2) Final_ Committee Meeting
April 9, 1979
Mayor's Conference Room
City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa
The Finance Committee of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in the Mayor's Con-
ference Room in City Hall at 6:30 P.M. on April 9, 1979.
Council Member Getty, Chairman, presiding.
On roll call, present: Dowie, Getty, Roehr and Wilharm.
Chairman Getty called the meeting to order and asked Human Rights Director
Furgerson to report on three-year renewal lease at increased rental rate per
uunth.
Human Rights Director Furgerson reported in October, 1978 the Human Rights
Commission voted to renew the office space rental for three year period and
the lease was the same but the monthly rent was increased. A year ago she
had anticipated an increase upon lease renewal and had included an estimated
increase in F.Y. 1979 budget, however she is $10.00 per month short for six
months, which she is meeting by closer spending on other items in her budget.
The Human Rights staff has four employees, including the Director, but
Title VII has eight and will be adding one more and said Commission provides
the office space for them.
Chairman Getty thanked B. J. Furgerson for her report and called for other
business.
Mayor Rooff reported the City Attorney has advised that the Council could not
meet in a closed executive session on salaries for department heads and non-
union employees and that last week the City Attorney thought the Finance Com-
mittee was talking about collective bargaining employees.
City Attorney Hultman stated under Section 20.17, employee collective bargain-
ing organizations, paragraph 3, closed executive sessions could be held as
provided therein; however, open sessions had to be held on other salary dis-
cussions; but, if the closed session was necessary to evaluate the professional
competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge
is being considered, to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's
reputation, that individual could request a closed session.
A discussion followed and Chairman Getty stated the Finance Committee has now
received legal opinion that it could not hold a closed executive session to
discuss salaries. The question was asked when salary resolution had to be
adopted and published and Clerk Gibbs stated no later than first payroll in
July, 1979 which would be F.Y.1980 budget.
Council Member Bowers, Chairman of Public Buildings and Grounds Committee,
asked for in the vicinity of $5,000 to clean up the building and was told to
get a price and bring to the Finance Committee.
Finance Director Campbell reported the office supply contract with Matt Parrott
& Co. would be up for renewal soon. Discussed was time taken by various depart-
ments to do paper work, giving business all to one firm, taking bids, etc.
Chairman Getty called for additional business, there was none, and called the
meeting closed.
Katherine Gibbs,
City Clerk