HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 04.11.2005 CC-RThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the
above date with Mayor Gary Nelon presiding.
Council Present; !Council Absent:
Doug Smith, Patty Eason, Gabe Sansing, Henry !!All Council Present
Carr, John Kirby, Farley Snell, Ben Oliver
Paul E. Bradenburg, City Manager, Trish Carls, City Attorney, Shirley Rinn, Deputy City Secretary, Randy
Morrow, Community Services Director, Kimberly Garrett, Assistant Director for Recreation, Jill Kellum,
Administrative Assistant, Kevin Russell, Human Resource Director, Christi Sponsel, HR Generalist, Micki
Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration, Jim Briggs, Assistant City Manager for Utility
Operations, Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer, Glenn Dishong, Water Services Manager,
David Morgan, Police Chief, Kevin Stofle, Assistant Chief of Police, Anthony Lincoln, Fire Chief, Russell
Lawhon, Firefighter, Cory Tchida, Police Officer, Numerous Fire and Police Personnel, Terri Calhoun,
Clay Shell, Assistant Fire Chief
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Item B was discussed prior to Item A
A Presentation regarding update of City of Georgetown employee compensation philosophy, target markets,
market position -- Kevin Russell, Human Resources Director
Kevin Russell addressed the Council and told them that this was a follow up to his last workshop
presentation regarding compensation philosophy. He told Council that this workshop would address the
costs attached to our philosophies. He said that the idea is to attract and retain competent employees
through market sensitive pay and benefits and also through rewards based on individual and team
performance ideally to achieve the City's business goals. He went on to discuss the City's turnover rate and
the reasons why employees were leaving and where they were going to. There was some specific
discussion regarding turnover in the Police Department and the reasons why the City was having difficulty
in not only retaining employees, but filling vacant positions, especially on the Public Safety side. Russell
told the Council that according to the statistics, the City is currently declining in its efforts to attract qualified
applicants for its positions. There was also discussion regarding the perception that Georgetown was
becoming a "training ground" for outlying areas. There was also discussion regarding the Civil Service
status of our public safety employees and how that impacts our ability to attract and retain employees.
Russell also told Council that theElectric Department was another department that was losing employees to
communities south of Georgetown.
There was further discussion regarding the philosophy of rewarding employees relative to market and which
market will the City should compare itself to. Russell told the Council that the current target is 100% of
Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Temple. There was in depth discussion regarding what we needed to do to
narrow our market to compare to 100% of Round Rock and in doing so what would the costs be and
whether or not those costs would be prohibitive. Russell told the Council that it would cost the City $794,000
to be 100% of market for Fire and Police and $894,389 for non-public safety side. There was additional
discussion whether or not this cost included benefits and merit bonuses. They also talked about whether or
not the City should look at this issue as a whole or by individual department. There was further discussion
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regarding the
City's attei.,pt to address
Public
Safety pay a couple of yea.. igo and how it appears that we
are still falling
behind despite the City's
efforts
to keep up.
Russell told Council that staff was looking for direction in three areas: 1) What the percentage of market
the Pay Structure should be established, 2) What our Market should be; and 3) What our lead/lag policy
should be.
B Joint Meeting with Parks & Recreation Board on Park and Recreation Planning
Randy Morrow introduced the Parks & Recreation Board to the Council. The Board provided a PowerPoint
Presentation regarding Capital Improvement Projects and general budget needs for the Parks & Recreation
Department for 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08. There was additional discussion regarding future budget
concerns, including the cemetery and whether or not the City wants to continue to offer this service and the
need to find additional acreage to accomplish this service if it is a priority, as well as discussion regarding
the future need for staffing for the Recreation Center and Community Center Expansions, the planned
picnic shelter by the Playscape (to be built in-house), whether River Ridge Park could get new equipment
and the need for a park in Berry Creek. Morrow told the Council that there are funds in the budget each
year to replace playground equipment in our parks. He also clarified for Council that all of our pools are on
a filtration system. There was additional discussion regarding the need for a Dog Park and the costs
accomplish it, including land, parking, landscaping, staffing issues, shelter, drinking fountains, clean up, etc.
Kimberly Garrett addressed the Council regarding the City's Parkland Dedication Ordinance. She told
Council that the Parks & Recreation Board last revised the Parkland Dedications Ordinance in 2001. She
told the Council that the Staff and the Parks & Recreation Board are planning to recommend several
changes to the Ordinance, including an increase in the parkland dedication fee that will be evenly split
between zones and regional park development, the initiation of a parkland development fee to insure that
the land gets developed as parkland, and/or both.
There was discussion as to whether or not Homeowner's Associations could be formed to take over the
maintenance of subdivision parks. Garrett told the Council that was something that the Parks Board could
look at when it was revising the Ordinance. There was also further discussion regarding splitting the fees
between the Zone Fund and a Regional Fund, which could help acquire funds for the required Garey Park
matching funds. There was further discussion regarding an Affordable Housing concern if the fees are
increased, fees or memberships to help with the maintenance of dog parks, and the current philosophy of
the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and the staff. Garret also gave the Council an overview of current
construction projects that are taking place around the City, and it was also clarified to Council that under the
current ordinance, private greenspace (i.e. private golf courses) cannot be used for parkland dedication.
Recessed to Executive Session at 5:45pm
Executive Session
In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes,
Annotated, the items listed below will be discussed in closed session and are subject to action in the
regular session that follows.
C Sec.551.071: Consultation with Attorney
- Pending or Threatened Litigation
- Discussion and Possible Action relating to TCEQ Notice of Violation;TPDES Permit No. 10489-003; TCEQ Docket No.
2004 -1746 -MWD -E
- Discussion and Possible Action relating to TCEQ Perchlorate Investigation for Williamson County per March 2005 Site
Update from TCEQ
- Discussion and possible action regarding LCRA wholesale power supply contract
- Legal Advice Regarding Agenda Items and other Matters
D Sec.551.072 Deliberation on Real Property
- Discussion and possible action regarding acquisition of property for downtown parking
- Discussion and possible action regarding proposed Highway 29/Rivery connector roads
- Discussion and possible action regarding Austin Avenue widening
- Discussion and possible action concerning the purchase of right of way and easements for improvements to SH29 West
and CR 265
- Discussion and possible action concerning the acquisition of easements for Wolf Ranch off-site public utility
improvements
E Sec.551.086: Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters
- Discussion and possible action regarding LCRA wholesale power supply contract
Reconvened at 7:30pm
Meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm
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The meeting was adjourned at 07:30 PM.
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