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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-07-09 Finance Committee Minutes FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES July 9, 2018 @ 5:15 pm Councilors in Attendance: Tremble, Weston, Supica, Nealley Staff in Attendance: Cyr, Conlow, Caruso, Nicklas, Little, Rudzinski, Collins, Wardwell, Theriault, Hathaway 1. Bids/Purchasing a. Dock 13 Parking Expansion – Airport – B.R. Newhouse - $58,490 Motion made and seconded to award contract to B.R. Newhouse, motion passed unanimously. b. Request to Sole Source Decorative Streetlights – Public Services – Gilman Electric Motion made and seconded to designate Gilman Electric as sole source provider of decorative streetlights, motion passed unanimously. c. Paving Program – Public Services – Lane Construction Corporation - $1,329,250 Motion made and seconded to recommend award of contract to Lane Construction to the City Council, motion passed unanimously. thth d. Ohio 14 Street and Union 14 Street Intersection Improvements – Engineering – A.D. Electric, Inc - $483,068 Motion made and seconded to recommend award of contract to A.D. Electric to the City Council, motion passed unanimously. e. Maine Avenue/Hammond St Widening – Engineering – CA Strout & Sons - $98,380 Motion made and seconded to approve the execution of a contract with CA Strout & Sons, motion passed unanimously. f. Order, Authorizing Contract Amendment with Republic Parking for On Street Parking Enforcement This order will authorize the execution of a contract amendment with Republic Parking to transition to a license plate reader system for on-street parking enforcement operated and managed by Republic Parking. This was reviewed and approved during the FY 2019 budget process. The anticipated start date is October 1, 2018. Motion was made and seconded to recommend the Order for passage to the City Council, motion passed unanimously. g. Authorizing Execution of Contract with InforME for Credit Card Processing Services During the FY 2019, budget process the Council approved changing credit card processing services. With the InforME service, all users will be assessed a fee for use of a credit card, which eliminated the credit card processing fees paid by the City. Staff was seeking approval to execute the required documents. Motion made and seconded to authorize execution of the contract, motion passed unanimously. 2. Stormwater Billing of Impervious Surface Discussion At a recent Council meeting, a property owner asked about the City’s practice of rounding impervious surface for stormwater utility billing to the nearest thousand. Staff reviewed the history of the stormwater utility, whereby the intent was to establish a minimum to represent the average single family home, in addition, the first 1,000 feet of surface are in essence exempt. The fee per additional 1,000 is small at $2.75, which has a minimal fiscal impact to the ratepayer. The administrative burden with tracking and updating the billable surface area at a lesser level, would result in increased administrative costs, which would likely translate to the need for a higher rate. Therefore, the recommendation was made from the beginning to round to the nearest 1,000 feet above the minimum. The Committee was appreciative of the background information and supportive of the City’s Ordinance and it was determined no further action was required. Meeting adjourned at 5:38 pm