Remarks by Craig Berenstein
326 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 14
All right. I'll move the consent agenda. Second.
Julie, can I ask two quick questions or one question and one comment in looking at the annual report notes that that committee was started in 2011? But I am. 99% certain and not that it's critical to reflect, but I thought for certain that committee was started when I was on the City Council back in 2006-2007.
Okay, thank you for that clarification. Then the other comment I have is the information you shared with us does go through generally what their responsibilities are, but it seems more often than not when we're asked to review a fee or permit structure that we're not necessarily, and maybe the committee actually looked at the information, but I think that one of the reasons we have that committee is to preliminarily address a fee structure is an example the stormwater fee that we went through during the budget cycle that I don't recall the fiscal management committee reviewing and approving…
A year prior. items before they come to us. There may be particular items that you don't think necessarily need to, but I would say as a general rule, I would like the fiscal management and public policy committee to look at those similar types of items before they get to us.
Chief, what's the breakdown of the $104,000? How would would you propose to break down between the overtime, the training, and the equipment?
I was curious whether there was a stronger or more significant allocation to equipment and capital items and whether it would offset the capital budget, but for $2,000.
I had an ex by that Resolution awarding the purchase order to mighty life for banquet tables and carts much needed I will say so the the CIP's got an allocation of about six hundred and twenty three thousand dollars if we approve this in the consent agenda for 207, how are we allocating the balance of the 416 assuming my math is right
And do we, so is the 416 that's still available consistent? Is the 207 consistent with where you thought we would be in the CIP?
Nicole, you've had a chance to look at the agreement, work with Mike, and understand the dialogue that we've had?
Vicki, can I ask a question? This actually relates to E as well. So whoever's got E. Question I've got is when we've got a renewal option, we know what the price is going to be or they submit the price. How do we confirm that that's commercially reasonable and whether we should otherwise be getting bids for that commodity?
But we're not obligated to the contract.
But how are we making sure that we've confirmed that number is commercially reasonable?
But there's nothing prohibiting us from checking commercially reasonable numbers. And then if we renew based on both of our agreements, and it's probably a fairly reasonable safe assumption that if they're agreeing to that extension for one more year, that it's likely consistent with where their numbers would be. I just don't think it hurts us to confirm that.
But I don't think you have to go out for bids. All you're doing is some independent research to confirm what the pricing would be. I'd ask Spiro on what that looks like.
So this is a 95-5 split? Yes. Our portion is the 5%? Yes, that pay is 95%. Okay.
Is this on the vote to pull it out or the vote? Is this the vote to pull it out of the consent agenda or the vote on the item?
I don't have a problem approving of this item because it's inviting proposals, but I do think we need to visit about the details of this particular proposal and probably more importantly, Marty, Renee, what I'd like to see is if when we're looking at economic development proposals, and maybe you share this with the ED team, but what I'd like to see is maybe an application process and a scoring process. I don't know what the qualifiers and the quantifiers would necessarily look like, but I'm guessing that we could help put together what a proposal should look like. I know that the proposals,…
First of all, I want to make sure that Teresa is comfortable with every development agreement that we propose that were asked to review and approve. And I think that. The most efficient way to do that is if we have an application process and a quantified and qualified scoring system that evaluates the basis of the project, the need for the project, and where our financial commitment is to support that project. So who evaluates it?
Yeah. But it's also, there's also a 10-year tax, proposed tax deferral or rebate. And that's, I think, before we simply start approving those projects, I think, I'm not on the Economic Development Committee, so I don't get a lot of this detail. I want to know more detail in the projects than just necessarily what we get in this material. And I think an application and I think a proposal A quantified and qualified scoring system would help.
I was able to read the details on this project. I just don't know how the committee and finance and Mike came up with the decision. Sure. to propose the rebate schedule that you did. I understand the project, I understand that it's adjacent to a very significant project that they've worked on, but we're talking about a 10 year, 100% tax rebate for a period of time.
And that material's in what we received. I had a chance to read the homework. What I'm saying is I would like, as I move forward and we look at different projects, that we have an objective analysis. There will be some subjectivity. Rick's right. Because you're looking at the nature and the quality of the project. but there are also quantifiable factors that influence all of these decisions. And I'd like to know how you are working with Mike and Theresa to better understand those, to present those to the Economic Development Committee to then present to us. Okay.
Okay, thank you. That'd be great. Thank you.
The only request I would make, and I've asked before, some of the minutes that we have in front of us are dated back into May and June. I'd like to get those, even if they're posted as draft minutes and haven't been approved by the Board or Commission, I'd still like to get those marked as draft and be able to review those well before October for a May meeting.
Yeah, I appreciate the work that's been done as well. I know this is a very arduous process in looking at how it affects us locally and looking at other communities and their ordinances and trying to adopt something. I'm going to actually ask that we defer this item because Bob's not here and I think Bob has valuable input. I don't know how that affects the moratorium issue or that vote, but...
But whether we, but part of this is to affect the moratorium, isn't it? To trigger that date?