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07-18-1991 Workshop Meeting• CITYOF CLERMONT 1VIINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING JULY 18, 1991 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Thursday, July 18, 1991, in the City Hall Conference Room. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tem Turville, Council Member Cole, Council Member Norquist and Council Member Rupee. Other City Officials present were City Manager Saunders and Finance Director Van Zile. Joan Woods of the "Leesburg Daily Commercial" was also present. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MEETING UPDATE City Manager Saunders updated the Council on Tuesday's Meeting with the Department of Community Affairs in Tallahassee concerning the City's Comprehensive Plan. The Council was informed that the issue of the Conservation Area was still not settled, and that the City Manager had been working with Planning Director Harker to develop some appropriate language for the floodplain areas, as discussed at a previous workshop. After some further discussion, it was the consensus of Council to continue discussion of the conservation and floodplain areas at the next Workshop. 1991 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET City Manager Saunders explained that the Department Heads had worked very closely with Finance Director Van Zile and him to submit budget requests including only necessary items. PERSONNEL RELATED INCREASES Each Council Member was given a summary of personnel related increases to the budget, which included the dollar figures for each fund calculated based upon a 2$ cost of living adjustment in the preliminary budget. Also included were merit increases of 0 - 30 range for Department Heads as has been the custom in the past and for longevity increases. After considerable discussion, it was the consensus of Council to leave the proposed figures in the budget at this time. POLICE DEPARTMENT SALARIES The next item discussed was the Police Department salaries. It was reported that the starting salary for officers was approximately $2,000 less than the average starting salary in other parts of Central Florida and Lake County. The City Council agreed that the City should adjust the starting salary for Police Officers. After considerable discussion concerning other possible adjustments for existing officers that would be affected by the increase in the base pay, it was the consensus of the Council that Finance Director Van Zile and the City Manager should present to the Council at the next Budget Workshop options with associated dollar impacts on the proposed budget. • CITY OF CLERMONT 1VgINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING JULY 18, 1991 PAGE -2- CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUESTS Each Council was then given a copy of the summary of Capital Outlay requests for all departments. After review of the items requested by the Department Heads and those items subsequently included in the budget by the City Manager; the only revision suggested by the Council was a decrease in the amount for the Jaycee Beach sand project from $10,000 to $5,000 in anticipation that there will be some volunteers to help with the project. FIRE PAY STATUS The next item discussed was fire pay. City Manager Saunders reminded the Council that this issue was discussed last year and no adjustments were made. The City Manager indicated that currently the volunteers are being paid $15 per drill and $7 per fire call. It was reported that the County, including the South Lake Fire District, pay their volunteers $10 per fire call and nothing for drills. After considerable discussion of the fire pay, it was the consensus of Council to include in the preliminary budget $11 per fire call for the volunteer firemen and to the leave the drill pay at $15. There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Attest: s Van Z' C' y Clerk Robert A. Pool, Mayor