HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-01-21 Finance Committee MinutesFinance Committee
January 21, 1985 at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes
Present: Councilor Jim Cox, Chairman
Councilor John Gass
Councilor John McCarthy
John Flynn, City Manager
Ted Jellison, Finance Director
Sally Thompson, Community Development
Dave Pellegrino, Purchasing Agent
Bob Miller, City Solicitor
John Frawley, City Engineer
1. Parley Thibodeau.
This item was withdrawn from the Finance Committee agenda
at the request of Mr. Thibodeau.
2. Fill for Dump.
The City Engineer explained that the City is interested in
purchasing excess fill material from the theatre construction
job on StillwaterAvenue to be used as cover material for the
City dump. There is approximately $4,700 remaining in the
current Sanitation Account but this purchase and the additional
amount could tie taken from Contingency. The price would be 50
cents per cubic yard for a total of 16,000 cubic yards. The
Committee' agreed. with the purchase and the staff will come back
to the Committee for final authorization and for the additional
funding required when the fill becomes available.
3. Community Development.
The Committee approved one combingtion: deferred loan and loan
for property at 6o .Chester Place as presented by Sally Thompson.
4. Rental Charge - Use of Council Chambers.
The Committee agreed with the administration's recommendation to
establish a rental charge for $20/day for Council Chambers and
$10/day for First Floor Conference Room use by non -City related
groups and Organizations. A council Order will be prepared for
the City Council's January 28th agenda.
5. Group Life Insurance.
The City Solicitor explained that currently City employees have
a group life insurance policy through the Maine State Retirement
System. There is a nrovision, which is an option, in the law
which allows for additional ine beyond the basic coverage.
If adopted by the Council, itwouldemployees to buy up
to three additional increments of coverage at the same rate paid
for the basic coverage. There would be no expense to the City
except the small administrative expense in,ovocessinq;,andc£orr_-
warding forms to the MSRS office. The Commi$ee recommended
approval and a Council Order will be drawn no for the January 28th
agenda.
6. Bid -'Airport 'Custodial Services.
The Airport Department currently has a contract with Nationwide
for custodial services. The. contract was awarded two Years ago,
and the services
s performed over that time period have not been
adequate. e The Purchasing Agent went out for bid and received
5 proposals, one of which was from Nationwide. Be recommended
rejecting Nationwide's bid due to their past aevicecrecord and
nmteddeiaccepting the lowest responsive bid from Penobscot
Cleaning, Inc., a major local custodial Service. The Committee
accepted the Purchasing Agent's recommendation subject to Airport
Committee approval. Due to conflict of interest, Councilor Cox
did not vote on this item.
]. Bangor's-150th Celebration.
The Committee agreed to meet on Friday, January 25th at 9:00 p.m.
with Tom Needham to discuss Council Order 85-82.
Committee adjourned at 9:15 a.m.