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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CA-2011-08-01CITY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Regular Meeting August 31, 2011 Members Present: Alderperson McGonigal, Alderperson Zumoff, Alderperson Mohlenhoff, Alderperson Rooker, Alderperson Clairborne, Mayor Peterson Council Members Present: Alderperson Dotson, Alderperson Myrick Staff Present: Bill Gray (Supt of Public Works), Ed Vallely (Police Chief), Debra Parsons (City Chamberlain), Krin Flaherty (Associate Attorney), Steve Thayer (Controller), Denise Malone (HR Executive Assistant) Others Present: Members of the Public, Members of the Media Chairperson Clairborne called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. 1. Chairperson Greeting & Opening Statement Chairperson Clairborne welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained the evacuation procedures. 2. Announcements. None. 3. Agenda Review and Amendments Chairperson Clairborne mentioned that the Police Department will not give their Diversity Plan Report but will give a report on the incidents and accident that has happened in the City over the last week. 4. Approval of Minutes Alderperson Zumoff made a motion to approve the minutes, with corrections, from the July 27, 2011 meeting of the City Administration Committee. Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhoff. Motion carried 5 -0. 5. Statements from the Public Fay Gougakis, of Downtown Ithaca, talked about the noise at night on the Commons, tinted windows, texting and cell phone use while driving. Ms. Gougakis suggested that local law enforcement agencies come together at a forum to discuss, and find a solution to, the above items. Keyue Yuan, of Ithaca, spoke on his request for a waiver of penalty on his taxes. Mr. Yuan thanked the Committee for hearing his request, explained what happened to his payment and noted that he has always paid his taxes on time in the 14 years that he has owned his property. City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 2 Tomo Shibata, of Ithaca, talked about the unfairness of the procedures as it relates to immigrants running for the Mayoral election. The following people spoke in support of the Committee passing the three resolutions on the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium: Matt Scogacmiglio, Cornell Student and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Jonathan Hill, Junior at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Darcey Laine, Ithaca Resident Laurie Konwinsky, Labor and Religion Coalition of Tompkins County Molly Beckhardt, Sophomore at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Daniel Marshall, Cornell Student and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Marcy Cabello, Junior at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Matthew Tomlinson, Freshman at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Ethan Erickson, Senior at Cornell Sarah Berger, Cornell Student and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Raquel Goneretcky, Freshmen at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Karen Li, Freshman at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Alex Bores, Junior at Cornell Leighann George, Junior at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Steven Wild, Cornell Student and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Colin Foley, Sophomore at Cornell and a member of Comell's Organization for Labor Action Rachael Blumenthal, Senior at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action Melissa Lukasiewicz, Sophomore at Cornell Anna -Lisa Castle, Junior at Cornell and a member of Cornell's Organization for Labor Action 6. Employee Comments. None. 7. Common Council Response Alderpersons Rooker, Myrick and Clairborne thanked everyone for attending the meeting and expressing their support for the City passing the resolutions on the Sweatshop -Free Purchasing Policy. 8. Workforce Diversity Advisory Committee (WDAC) Update. None. 9. Safety Committee Update. None. 10. Regular Reports from Departments Reporting to CA. None. 11. Police Department a. Update on Incidents in Ithaca Chairperson Clairborne asked Police Chief Vallely to give a report to the Committee about the incidents that have happened in the community in the last week and about the car /pedestrian accident. The reasons for this report was because of the concerns that with everything happening City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 3 recently in the community there was little information out in the public and that members of Common Council received calls from people about these events but that they were unaware of these events happening. Police Chief Vallely updated the Committee on the events. The Committee thanked him for his report and asked that Common Council be kept apprised of any updates or public statements. Chairperson Clairborne asked Police Chief Vallely to convey to the officers involved in the shooting on Thursday of the community's concern for their welfare. Chairperson Clairborne reported that there was a meeting on Sunday with neighbors in the immediate Southside area. The meeting was to find out about the information that the Chief just shared as well as a discussion on how to keep the neighborhood from deteriorating. Sergeant Scott Garin and Officer Brad Nelson attended this meeting. They shared information and answered a lot of questions. 12. Mayor's 2012 Budget Updates Budge t: Mayor Peterson and City Controller Thayer have been meeting with each department about their budgets. Some budgets have been returned to departments for revisions. Common Council will receive updates from the Controller. NYCOM: The New State Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) has scheduled a meeting on September 8, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. to talk about the latest information on the property tax cap legislation. Property Tax Cap: The property tax cap is at 2 %; which was lower than the CPI's 2.01 %. Controller Thayer reported that the City is waiting for information from the State that will give more details about the property tax cap legislation. There are some exclusions to the cap, one being the retirement system percentage. For the Employees Retirement System the percentage rate changed from 16.3% to 18.9 %; a 2.6% change. For the Police and Fire Retirement System the percentage rate changed from 21.6% to 25.8 %; 4.2% change. To override the legislation, the City must 1) Make the local property tax cap calculations and submit it to New York State; 2) Pass a local law, by 60% of Common Council vote, that states what the levy limitation is and, 3) Enact the local budget by a simple majority vote. The State will accept the City overriding the legislation and approving the budget on the same day. Health Insurance Rates: The premium equivalent rates will increase by 9.5% for next year. This rate would be higher without the City participating in the Consortium. Had the City not participated with the Consortium, the 2011 health insurance rates would have increased 35 %. 2012 Budget Implications & Labor Issues Subcommittee: The Mayor created this subcommittee that includes members of Senior Staff, the Mayor and Alderperson Clairborne. The purpose of this subcommittee is to talk about short term and long term solutions to the City's fiscal situation. The Committee brainstormed 40 -50 ideas. They chose six categories in which to place the ideas: policies, which fall on Common Council; negotiable items, which falls under union negotiations for contracts; City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 4 revenues or fees; workforce ideas; Administrative approaches to fiscal management; and others. Within these categories, they will look at the lists again to see what are the short term and long term ideas, how to prioritize them within each section and across the sections, and with ideas that they want to pursue, what kind of data would be needed to support ideas. For example, if there were 4 day workweeks, what does it mean? Does it save money? How? Some departments cannot do 4 day work week (e.g. police, fire, etc.) Other things the subcommittee will look at would be the trash and yard waste, charging for special events in the community, etc. Negotiable items have to do with benefits and health care cost. How do we manage them? Workforce ideas have to do with retirement incentives. How many are eligible to retire? What would be the cost benefit ratio for offering a program for people to retire? Administrative ideas would be done by department head or memos /orders from the Mayor of things that just simply have to be done from this point forward to save money. 13. City Chamberlain Request for Waiver of Penalty Moved by Alderperson Rooker. Seconded by Alderperson Zumoff. WHEREAS, Common Council established guidelines for the waiver of penalty on taxes to assist in consistency when considering requests, and WHEREAS, the owner of 940 E. MLK/State Street has requested a waiver and refund of the penalty collected by the City of Ithaca on 2011 City and Tompkins County taxes, and WHEREAS, the circumstances leading to his request do not fit the guidelines allowing waiver of penalty, now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the request to refund paid penalty is denied. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Ayes (2): Mohlenhoff, Rooker Nays (3): Clairborne, McGonigal, Zumoff Motion failed 2 -3. 14. Planning and Development Amendment to Personnel Roster Moved by Alderperson Mohlenhof£ Seconded by Alderperson Zumoff. WHEREAS, the position of Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Planner recently became vacant due to a retirement, and City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 5 WHEREAS, due to fiscal constraints, the Vacancy Review Committee only authorized this position to be filled on a part-time basis, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the workweek of the position of Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Planner is hereby reduced from thirty -five (35) hours /week to twenty (20) hours /week, effective September 6, 2011. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. 15. Common Council City of Ithaca Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles Moved by Alderperson Rooker. Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhoff. WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca endorses efforts to improve working conditions and to eliminate illegal and exploitative employment practices, such as the operation of "sweatshops," and WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca is entrusted with assuring the prudent and economical use of public money in the best interest of the taxpayers and facilitating the acquisition of quality goods at the lowest reasonable cost under the circumstances and to guard against favoritism, improvidence, extravagance, fraud and corruption, and WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca affirms that the manufacture of apparel and textiles in violation of reasonable labor or human rights standards is an improvident, fraudulent, and corrupt practice, and purchase of such goods is not a prudent or economical use of public money, and WHEREAS, informed purchases of apparel and textiles manufactured in compliance with labor and human rights standards helps the City to fulfill its duties to use public money in the best interest of the taxpayer, to acquire quality goods at the lowest responsible cost, and to guard against favoritism, improvidence, extravagance, fraud and corruption, and WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca recognizes that the violation of labor or human rights standards in the garment industry, whether in the United States or internationally, is not "responsible," as that term is intended when applied to the selection of the "lowest responsible bidder" for a contract with the City, and WHEREAS, the State of New York gives local governments the authority to enact local laws, ordinances, regulations and policies not inconsistent with the provisions of the State constitution or any general law, pursuant to which authority the City of Ithaca may reasonably define what constitutes a responsible bidder, and may investigate a bidder's skill, judgment, and integrity in considering whether that bidder is in fact a responsible bidder, and WHEREAS, in its role as a market participant, the City of Ithaca seeks to assure that the integrity of the procurement process is not undermined by contractors or subcontractors who engage in or City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 6 benefit from sweatshop practices, as such contractors are able to underbid responsible contractors who pay fair wages and maintain humane work environments and conditions, which practice places responsible contractors at a competitive disadvantage and may even dissuade them from participating in the City's procurement process, and WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca, as a market participant, also seeks to protect the interests of local residents, workers, and businesses, while respecting internationally- shared concerns about human rights and workers' labor rights, by exercising its home rule powers to establish a sweatshop -free procurement policy statement so as to ensure that textiles and items of apparel (such as uniforms) procured by the City of Ithaca are produced in workplaces free of sweatshop conditions; now therefore be it RESOLVED, That, for the reasons set forth above, the Common Council of the City of Ithaca hereby adopts the following City Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles, and declares its intention to modify existing City policies and ordinances and to take other steps, as needed, to reflect and support the adoption of this position: Effective January 1, 2012, the City of Ithaca and every department and division within the City government shall take all steps within its authority to ensure that, whenever possible, City purchases of apparel or textiles, in excess of $1,000, are from contractors or suppliers confirmed to be "sweatshop- free" — i.e., whose products are confirmed by a credible, independent source to be manufactured or assembled without violating the wage and hour, labor, safety, health, environmental, building, fire, or anti - discrimination laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards that are applicable in the country of manufacture or assembly, or that are contained in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Core International Labour Standards (whichever is stricter). A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. 2. Authorizing of Membership by the City of Ithaca in the Sweat -free Purchasing Consortium Moved by Alderperson Rooker. Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhof£ WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Ithaca has on this date, by resolution, adopted a City Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles, and WHEREAS, in said resolution, the Council declared its intention to modify existing City policies and ordinances and to take other steps, as needed, in order to implement its Sweatshop -Free position, and WHEREAS, the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium is organized for educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the purpose of assisting public officials and others who seek to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not spent on products made in sweatshops; and the Consortium serves as a coordinating body and resource center for public entities and other organizations that share this goal, by sharing information and providing City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 7 a forum for collaboration in improving the economy and efficiency of procurement policies designed to eliminate sweatshop labor from supply chains, and WHEREAS, as a dues paying member of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, the City of Ithaca will utilize and refer to the resources of the Consortium and its other members, to assist prospective bidders that are seeking a contract to supply apparel or textiles to the City, and/or may ask the Consortium to perform a preliminary verification of the bidder's sweatshop -free status; now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Common Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to enroll the City of Ithaca in the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, as a member city, to pay the annual dues therefore, and to participate in the Consortium's annual membership meetings. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. 3. Resolution Amending and Adding an Addendum to the City of Ithaca Purchasing Policy Moved by Alderperson Rooker. Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhof£ WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Ithaca, has, on this date, adopted by resolution a City of Ithaca Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles, and WHEREAS, in said resolution, the Council declared its intention to modify existing City policies and ordinances as needed, in order to implement its Sweatshop -Free position; now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the City of Ithaca Purchasing Policy be amended as follows, effective January 1, 2012: (1) Paragraph 4(F) (entitled "AUTHORIZED LIMITS AND CONTROLS ") of the City of Ithaca Purchasing Policy is hereby amended as follows: F. Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder. The term "responsible" means: financially responsible; accountable; reliable; sufficient resources; skill; 3t1dgeme judgment; integrity; responsive; and moral worth. In deliberating the hponsibility of a bidder, contractor or a subcontractor, all contracting agencies shall give due consideration to any credible evidence or reliable information regarding the guidelines set forth in Chapter 39 of the City Code. (2) The City of Ithaca Purchasing Policy is hereby amended so as to include the following as an Addendum: ADDENDUM: Policy on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles 1. Any purchasing contract for the procurement of apparel or textiles shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including the City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 8 City of Ithaca Purchasing Policy and Chapter 39 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ithaca. 2. To the extent allowed under General Municipal Law, Section 103, the City of Ithaca and its departments shall only purchase apparel or textiles confirmed to be sweat -shop free, as those terms are defined herein, unless: a) The Controller certifies that no confirmed sweatshop -free apparel or textiles are available and that the acquisition of the apparel or textiles sought is essential or time - sensitive, the contracting agency may select a supplier that is not confirmed to be sweatshop -free; or b) The purchase of apparel or textiles is for less than $1,000. 3. For purposes of this Addendum, "sweatshop- free" shall refer to apparel or textiles that are manufactured or assembled without violating laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards regarding wage and hour, labor, safety, health, environmental, building, fire, or anti - discrimination, that are applicable in the country of manufacture or assembly, or that are contained in the ILO Core International Labour Standards (whichever is stricter). 4. Apparel or textiles may be confirmed to be sweatshop -free by: a) Certification or otherwise credible data, information, or reports submitted to the City Controller from the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium or its agency members; b) Certification or otherwise credible data, information, or reports submitted to the City Controller from another comparable independent monitoring organization as selected by the Common Council or its members; or c) Self- certification by affidavit of the supplier or vendor that the apparel or textiles are sweatshop -free, provided that such certification is not contradicted by credible information received by the City Controller. 5. As a member of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, the City will receive information from the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium regarding manufacturers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, or vendors found to have violated human rights or labor standards. The City Controller shall advise Department Heads of violation information from the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium, and Department Heads shall provide such information to all staff in a position to purchase City- required apparel. 6. The City encourages its officials and staff to strive to uphold the standards of the City Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles, in making purchases of work - related apparel. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 9 4. Ordinance Amending Chapter 39 ( "Contracts ") of the Municipal Code of the City of Ithaca Moved by Alderperson Rooker. Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhof£ WHEREAS, by resolution approved on September 7, 2011, the Common Council of the City of Ithaca adopted a City Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles; and WHEREAS, in that resolution, the Council declared its intention to modify existing City policies and ordinances as needed, in order to implement its Sweatshop -Free position; now therefore BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca as follows: ORDINANCE NO. Section 1. Chapter 39 ( "Contracts ") of the Municipal Code of the City of Ithaca is hereby amended as follows: (1) Addition of the following as Subsection 39- 2(A)(12): (12) Noncompliance by any bidder proposing to o supply apparel or textiles (or by any subcontractor or supplier of that bidder) with any of the wage and hour, labor, safety, health, environmental, building, fire, or anti - discrimination laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards of the country of manufacture or assembly, or that are contained in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Core Labour Standards (whichever is stricter). Evidence of such noncompliance may include, but shall not be limited to: (a) citations or other evidence of employment- related violations of said laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards; (b) credible information or reports from the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium or its agency members submitted to the City Controller; (c) credible information from interested third parties submitted to the City Controller; or (d) failure by the bidder or contractor to self- certify its compliance with applicable laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards. (2) Renumbering of the former subsections 39- 2(A)(12) through 39- 2(A)(14), so as to maintain the proper numerical sequence. (3) Insertion of the following new definitions into Section 39 -3, in alphabetical order: APPAREL OR TEXTILES All articles of clothing, cloth or oo�ds, produced by weaving, knitting, or felting, or an_y similar goods. City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 10 SWEATSHOP -FREE Refers to a supplier of apparel or textiles that are manufactured and/or assembled without violating the he wage and hour, labor, safety, health, environmental, building, fire, or anti - discrimination laws, rules, codes, regulations or standards that are applicable in the country of manufacture or assembly, or that are contained in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Core International Labour Standards (whichever is stricter). (4) Insertion of the following [underlined language] into Section 39 -3, in Subsection "A" (definition of "BIDDER, CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR "): A. Any person or business entity submitting a competitive bid for, receiving the award of., or submitted for approval as a subcontractor on a contract by any one of the contracting agencies. A subcontractor on a contract for the purchase of apparel or textiles shall also include any beneficiary of bankruptcy, assignment, transfer, sale of operations, or other successorship intended to evade liability or responsibility for assertions or certifications made in a bid submitted to or contract with the City of Ithaca or a contracting agency. (5) Modification of the definition of "CONTRACT," in Section 39 -3, as follows: CONTRACT Any purchasing, construction., or service contract, including those that are that is required to be let by competitive bid to the lowest reasonable responsible bidder., but not including the individual purchase of employment- related apparel or textiles, e.g. uniforms, by and for individual employees of the City of Ithaca, pursuant to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. (6) Insertion of the following as Section 39 -4: § 39 -4 Administration and Enforcement of Sweatshop -Free Purchasing Policy (A) Pursuant to the Policy Statement on Sweatshop -Free Procurement of Apparel and Textiles, adopted by resolution of the Common Council on September 7, 2011, the City of Ithaca and its contracting agencies shall enter into contracts to purchase or obtain for any 12Mose any pparel or textiles only with those bidders confirmed to be sweatshop -free, as that term is defined in this Chapter, except as set forth in subsection 39 -4 (B), below, and subject to the provisions of subsection (J), below. (B) In the event that the City Controller has certified that no confirmed sweatshop -free bidders of apparel or textiles are available and that the acquisition of the apparel or textiles sought is essential or time - sensitive, the contracting agency may select a bidder that is not confirmed to be sweatshop - free. City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 11 (C) For the purpose of implementing the City's policy, a bidder may be confirmed to be sweatshop -free by either of the following means: (1) Certification as such by the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium or other comparable independent monitoring organization as selected by Common Council: or (2) Self- certification by affidavit of the bidder, provided that such certification is not contradicted by credible information received by the City Controller. (D) The City Controller shall collect and maintain information concerning the City's gpparel and textile contracts that are awarded after the effective date of the enactment of this section, and shall ensure that the following information is available to the public, upon proper request: (1) For each such contract, a statement from the contractor that such apparel or textiles are manufactured in accordance with the sweatshop -free criteria set forth in this chapter; (2) A list of the names and addresses of each subcontractor to be utilized in the performance of each such contract; (3) For each such contract, a list of each manufacturing operation of the contractor and all subcontractors involved in performance of the contract, and the location, address, and telephone number of each such facility; and (4) For each such contract, a statement signed by the contractor showing that it agrees that it will, at the request of the contracting agency, genc , allow independent monitoring of the contractor's or any subcontractor's facilities, to verify compliance with the requirements of this section, and that the contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that its subcontractors comply with the independent monitoring requirements of this subdivision. (E) Upon information and belief that a contractor or subcontractor may be in violation of this section, the City Attorney may take such action as may be gppropriate and provided for by law, rule or contract. In circumstances where a contractor or subcontractor fails to perform in accordance with any or all of the requirements of this section, and there is a continued need for the service, a contracting agency may obtain the required service as specified in the original contract, or any part thereof, by issuing a new solicitation of bids. Administrative charges y be assessed against the breaching contractor by the City. The City may, as appropriate, invoke other sanctions as are available under the contract and applicable law. City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 12 (F) A contractor shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $5,000 upon a determination, made through litigation or arbitration, that a contractor or subcontractor has made a false claim under the provisions of this section, to the contracting agency. (G) Every bid solicitation for supplying apparel and textiles to the Cites contain a statement notifying bidders of the provisions and requirements of this section. Every contract for the supply of textiles and apparels shall contain a provision or provisions detailing �quirements of this section. (H) Any investigation conducted under the provisions of this section by the City Attorney shall not extend to work performed more than two years prior to (i) the filing of a complaint pertinent to any provision of this section; or (ii) the commencement of the investigation, whichever is earlier. (I) This section shall not apply to any contract entered into prior to the effective date of this ordinance, except that renewal, amendment or modification of such contract occurring on or after said effective date shall be subject to the conditions specified in this section. (J) This section shall apply except when federal or state law precludes the City of Ithaca from attaching the procurement conditions herein. Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 3. Effective date. This ordinance shall take on January 1, 2012, and in accordance with law, upon publication of notice as provided in the Ithaca City Charter. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. 16. Human Resources (HR) Department Director's Report. None. 17. Finance /Controller Request to Approve Civil Service Agreement for the Year 2011 -2012 Moved by Alderperson Zumof£ Seconded by Alderperson Mohlenhoff. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Controller be authorized and directed to execute an agreement between the City of Ithaca and the Ithaca City School District for performance by the City Administration Committee Meeting August 31, 2011 Page 13 City for services in connection with Civil Service matters, for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, in an amount of $58,060, payable to the City of Ithaca on or before November 1, 2011. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Passed unanimously. 2. Controller's Report. Controller Thayer reported on the following: Sales Tax (2011): For 2011, the City budget included a 3% increase in sales tax. To date, the City has collected 56% of the budgeted amount or $6,941,000. This is about 2.6% ahead of 2010 activity. Building Permit Revenues: For 2011, the City budgeted $430,000 in building permit revenues. To date, the City has collected 45% or $195,000 of the budgeted amount. This revenue source has been trending downward since 2007 when the City collected $1,500,000 in building permits. Parking Revenues: For 2011, the City included in the budget $2,025,000 in parking revenues. The City is currently on pace to be about $100,000 short of that amount. Overtime: For 2011, the City budget for overtime was $930,000. To date, the City is on pace to exceed that amount. State Auditors: The State Auditors have finished their field work and will present the City with a draft report in the next few months. 18. Reports Mayor's Report. None. 2. Sub - Committee Undates. None. 3. Council Members' Announcements. None. Chairperson Clairborne stated that starting next month the diversity reports will be more regular. These reports are to be interactive presentations with the Committee asking questions and/or providing feedback. In tonight's agenda packet was the Workforce Diversity Plan. Chairperson Clairborne encouraged the Committee to bring this plan to the meetings because this is the document where department heads chose their attribute. 4. Next Month's Meeting: September 28, 2011. 19. Adjournment With no further business and on a motion by Alderperson Mohlenhoff, the meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.