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Home My WebLink About12/01/69 December l, 1969 The Statutory Budget Hearing of the City Council of the City of Bremerton was held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at lO:O0 o'clock A.M., P.S.T., on December l, 1969, with Nayor Jarstad presiding. Also attending were the following: Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman~ City Clerk Yeadon, and City Auditor Vaa. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jarstad. Commissioner Clark noted the following proposed changes to the 1970 Prelimin- ':ary Budget: PAGE NO. I'£EM NO. ITEM ~ DEPART~ENT INCREASE DECREASE 25 2.01 Office Expense Engineering 2o0.00 ,. 25 2.11 Vehicle Expense Engineering 300.00 25 2.23 Radio Expense Engineering lO0.O0 ~. 25 2.31 Bonds & Insurance Engineering lO0.O0 26 2.42 Street Lighting Engineering 2,800.00 26 2.61 Professional Services Engineering 16,000.00 '~ ll 6.03 Engineering Services General Receipts 8,000.00 ? 26 3.31 Field Supplies Engineering 50.00 26 CO-1 Field & Office Equip. E~gineering 400.00 20 2.31 Bonds & Insurance Comm. of Finance 33.00 l0 4.01 Interest Earned General Receipts 10,500.00 l0 3.0lA Parking Tickets General Receipts 5,000.00 l0 4.03 Garbage Contract General Receipts 1,O00.O0 9 1.O1 Property Tax General Receipts 42,800.00 31 1.04A Fire Pension Contribution General Nisc. 23,110.00 31 1.04B Police Pension Contrib. General Misc. 23,910.00 l0 2.22 Electrical Permits General Receipts 1,200.00 December 1, 1969--Cont'd. PAGE NO. ITEM NO. IT~,~ NAS~ DEPARTMENT INCREASE DECREASE ~ 5.05 Liquor Profits General Receipts 2~774.00 ll 5.04 Liquor Excise Tax General Receipts 1~506.00 42 5.03 Gas Tax Street Receipts 2,792.00 ll 5~06 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax General Receipts 2,170.00 ll 5.08 Share of State Approp. General Receipts 2,830.00 14 2.01 Publications Planning 200.00 17 4.14 All Others Municipal Court 50.00 21 4.11 Travel Treasurer 150,00 27 2.11 Auto Expense Building Dept~ lO0.O0 28 CO Office Furniture & Equip. Building Dept. 300.00 31 2.31 Bonds & Insurance General Nisc, 25.00 31 2.6lA Special Services General Misc. 1,O00.O0 12 8.46A Reimbursed Expenditures General Receipts 2~000,00 31 4.12 Reimbursed Expenditures General Misc. 2,000,00 32 2.79 Historical Society Rent General Nisc, 600.00 32 2.73 Health Pool General Misc, 5,351.00 32 2.78 Matching Urban Art. Bd. Fd. General Misc. 26,300.00 41 NONE Cum. Res. Gen. Munic. Purp. Trans. Approp. Gen. 50,000.00 12 NONE Cash on tIand l-l-70 General Receipts 17,782;00 43 Salaries Clerk-Dispatcher Street 576,00 14 Salaries Clerk-Steno ~ Time Planning 162,00 25 Salaries Clerk-Steno ~ Time Engineering 162.00 14 Salaries Graphics Illustrator Planning 6,750.00 35 C0-4-7 Radios & Accessories Police 850.00 35 Salaries Sergeant - Traffic Cycle POlice 180.00 35 Salaries Co~munlcations Clerk Police 5,880.00 63 4.02 Income Rentals Wharf Receipts 351.00 63 NONE Cash on Hand l-l-70 Wharf Receipts 351.00 9 1.O1 Property General Receipts 8,210.00 31 1.06 Health Program General ~isc. 10,320.00 70 l0 Health Program Water Office 6,240.00 66 1.06 Health Program Garage V20.O0 12 8.35 Service to Water-Sewer General Receipts 4~000,00 68 UONE Cash on Hand l-l-70 Water Receipts 32,000.00 65 NONE Cash on Hand l-l-70 Garage Receipts 6,000.00 21 Salaries Treasurer Treasurer 570.00 25 Salaries City Engineer Engineering 1,860.00 43 Salaries Assistant Superintendent Street 120,00 VV Salaries Supervisor - Plants Sewage-Disposal 180.00 + Authorization of ~ increase for all Clerical Personnel, increase for all Others except Uniformed Personnel, and lO~°~ increase for all Unifonued Personnel (Police & Fire) 9 1-11 Add. Rev. from Present & Projected Tax Sources General ~,iisc. 50,000.00 (The above item of income was listed in order to make the budget balance and will como from either additional appropriations which may be given to the City from the 1970 Legislature, additional taxing authority given to cities by the 1970 Legisla- ture (County-wide Sales Tax), or an increase in present BuSiness & Occupation Tax and Utility Taxes.) Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. Jarstad to approve the adoption of said changes to the Preliminary Budget. Under discussion: Commissioner Schoneman stated that he could not accept the 6% increase offered to those employees' salaries who are other than Uniformed or Clerical Personnel. Co~nissioner Clark stated that since the ap- proval of a health plan has been included, the raises would actually amount to ap- proximately 8%. Commissioner Schoneman stated that he wants 8~% together with the medical plan to be given to the personnel now being offered 6%. The motion was then put to a vote: ~ or Jarstad voted "yes", Commissioner Clark vote-~--W~es'', and Commissioner Schoneman voted "no". Cormnissioner Clark then amended his motion to include the following item: Page 36, Salaries, C~ rk-Typist in the Fir-~partment - NEW ITEM - Increase of ~5,016.00. The motion was seconded by Mayor Jarstad. Mayor Jarstad voted "yes", Commis- sioner Clark voted "yes", and Commissioner Schoneman voted "no". Motion by Mr. Clark and Mr. JarStad to recess the meeting until 2:00 o'clock P.i~. this date, carried unanimously. A ! PROVED ~ OLENN K. JAI{S'£AD,~YOR D.C.~EADO , .,'~ December l, 1969 The Recessed Statutory Budget Hearing of the City. Council of the City of Bremerton was reconvened in the Council Chambers of the CityHall on December l, 1969, at 2:00 o'cloCk P.M., P.S.T., with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also attending were the following: Commissioner Clark, Commissioner Schoneman, City Clerk Yeadon, City Auditor Vaa, Water Superintendent Htunble,'Office Engineer Thornburgh, Build- ing Inspector Irish, Plumbing Inspector Briggs, and Bremerton City Employees' President Leonard Clark. The meeting was called to order by Eayor Jarstad. Cormmissioner Clark stated that the purpose of this meeting is to fulfill the requirements of law which gives an opportunity For any member of the public to ex- press opinions or objections. Bremerton City ~uployees' Association President, Leonard Clark, stated that the feeling of the Bremerton City Employees is that they have. been discriminated against because of the differential in wage'increases between the uniformed and non-unifolEed personnel. He statsdthat it looks as though the Council has taken from one group to give to another. He stated further that the cost of living has risen the s~me for eve~r~one and therefore the increases should be the same for all. lie added that if the 10)~ increase for Uniformed Personnel has been offered in or- der to bring them up to the standard ~s set forth by their wage survey of other Jao~u. ngton cities, then the City Employees feel that they are entitled to be brought up to the standard as set forth in the survey they compiled. He stressed too the importance of the Public Works employees and added that many have gone to school and spent their o~ time and money in an effort to increase their knowledge of their jobs and to benefit the city. Commissioner Clark stated that in no way was the Council trying to discrimin- ate against any departments in the city, but that the surveys compiled by the Uni- formed Personnel and the City Employees showed that a larger difference existed between the Uniformed Personnel in Bremerton and other Washington cities than that of the Non-Uniformed Personnel. He then encouraged the City ~nployees (or any interested citizen) to study the surveys which would confirm this. He stated also that because of the approval of the City Employees' health plan (which would ount to ~)10.O0 per person), the increase is nearly 8% for those now being offered 6~. Commissioner Schonem~n asked City Auditor Vaa for a dollar figure of how much it would cost the citY if it were to allow an additional ~ increase to all tho~e now bein~ offered 6~. City Auditor Vaa stated that based on an average wage of ~ii600.O0 to ~650.00 per month, an additional 2% would cost the city approximate- ly ~i,17,000.O0 per year. Commissioner Schoneman inquired about the possibility of using funds from the Cumulative Reserve for General Municipal Purposes for the purpose of increasing the salaries as stated. Commissioner Clark informed him that this fund cannot be used for any purpose other than for'which it is scheduled and wt~ch comes under the categories of Capital.Equipment, Acquisition of Land, and Planning. Commis- sioner Clark stated that $12,000.00 from this fund has been appropriated for Capital Equipment which represents a large decrease. The basis of Commissioner Schoneman's intention for an increase was that over ~120,O00 was in the mill for 1970 for Capital Outlay and that this amount could have been reduced and used for ~.~unicipal Purposes and could therefore go for salaries and wages. Euch discussion followed. Commissioner Schoneman stated that this is the third time in recent years that the City has given 10% salary ~ncrea~es to the Uniformed Personnel while the Non-Uniformed Personnel are given 4% to 6% increases, and the gap is getting wider each year. He too expressed the importance of the Public Works departments and urged the City Commissioners to reconsider giving them ~he additional 2% they re- quested even if it meant decreasing the proposed amount of the Uniformed Personnel to Commissioner Clark stated that, while it would be legal for the city to take funds from the Cumulative Reserve for General Municipal Purposes Fund to use for salaries, it would be a violation against the budget process. Mayor Jarstad stated that ~120,000.00 of this fund has been programed already for matching funds for various programs in the city. After much discussion, Leonard Clark stated that it was his feeling that if sufficient salary increases weren't given this year, the City ~nployees would most likely join a Union in order that a mediator could be employed for the purpose of arbitration. He stated that most employees would be satisfied with an even lesser raise providing the Uniformed Persornuel received the same. The main contention is that of differential in increases. This matter was discussed more extensively. December 1, 1969--Cont'd. There being no further business, Commissioner Clark moved to recess the hearing until 8:30 A.M., December 2, 1969; seconded by Mayo.~arstad; and car- ried unanimously. APPHOVED ~. c. ~DON, sR., o~Y CLERK