Fiscal Committee Meeting

MINUTES Monday, July 18, 2011 Fiscal Committee * 5:50 PM Carnegie Town Hall 235 West 10th Street Members Present: Vernon Brown, Sue Aguilar, Greg Jamison , and Dean Karsky Members Absent: None Staff Present: Debra A. Owen, City Clerk/Chief of Council Operations and Jamie L. Palmer, CMC, Assistant City Clerk Guests: Tracy Turbak, Chad Huwe, Dean Borchardt, Scott Russ, Don Kearney, Mike Cooper, Cheryl Rath, Kenny Anderson Jr., Jeanne Gerken, Jonathan Ellis, Rich Oksol, Dave Pfeifle, Michelle Erpenbach, Jim Entenman, and Rex Rolfing. Committee Chair Brown called the meeting to order at 5:50 p.m. A motion was made by Council Member Sue Aguilar and seconded by Council Member Dean Karsky to approve the minutes. Brown called for a voice vote on that motion and all members voted yes. Motion Passed. Brown said that the first order of business is to decide which draft the committee desires to work from and on a threshold amount. Karsky recommended that the language be "state bid limits" instead of setting specific dollar amount. Owen said that there are some contracts that aren't subject to state bid law limits. Discussion followed. The consensus of the group was ordinance version 3.3 which states a $25,000 threshold amount. Brown asked Debra to explain the additional change he asked her to make. Owen said