Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-25-10 City Administration Committee Meeting Agenda CITY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Wednesday, August 28, 2010 7:00 PM COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA 1. Chairperson Greeting & Opening Statement 2. Announcements 3. Agenda Review and Amendments 4. Approval of Minutes 5. Statements from the Public 6. Employee Comments 7. Common Council Response 8. Workforce Diversity Committee 9. Safety Committee 10. Youth Bureau 10.1 Request to Amend Personnel Roster – Resolution 11. Department of Public Works 11.1 Request for Funds for Stewart Park Small Pavilion - Resolution 12. Attorney’s Office 12.1 Amendment of City Charter, Section C-33 (Acting Mayor and Alternate Acting Mayor) – Proposed Local Law 12.2 Acquisition of Water Main Easement - Possible Executive Session Discussion; Proposed Resolution (to be provided) 13. Human Resources 13.1 Director’s Report 14. Finance/Controller’s Office 14.1 Controller’s Report 15. Reports 15.1 Mayor’s Report 15.2 Sub-Committee Updates 15.3 Council Members’ Announcements 15.4 Next Month’s Meeting: September 29, 2010 J:\DRedsicker\AGENDAS\City Admin Comm\2010/8/25 CA Agenda.doc 8/25/10 10. Youth Bureau .1 Request to Amend 2010 Youth Bureau Roster WHEREAS, the Ithaca Youth Bureau has requested permission to amend the 2010 personnel roster, decreasing the hours of a currently vacant Recreation Program Leader from 35 hours per week to 30 hours per week effective September 2, 2010, and WHEREAS this change will result in a savings of about $1900.00 during the remainder of 2010 and a savings of about $7600.00 during 2011, and WHEREAS, the proposed reduction of hours reflects an effort on the part of the Recreation Support Services Program and the Ithaca Youth Bureau to assist in cost saving measures during this fiscally challenging time; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That Common Council hereby amends the 2010 Youth Bureau roster as follows: Decrease the hours of one Recreation Program leader from 35 hours per week to 30 hours per week effective September 2, 2010. J:\DRedsicker\AGENDAS\City Admin Comm\2010/8/25 CA Agenda.doc 8/25/10 11. Department of Public Works .1 Request for Funds for Stewart Park Small Pavilion WHEREAS, the small pavilion (Tea House) at Stewart Park is currently in a state of disrepair, and WHEREAS, DPW staff have estimated approximately $4,000 in funds will be needed to perform the following: Material Testing, Construction Materials for Shoring, Independent Evaluation of the Building and Alternative Programs of Demolition, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction and, WHEREAS, the City has established Capital Reserve #11 Parks and Recreation with $200,000, which can be used to provide said funding for the small pavilion at Stewart Park; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, That Common Council hereby authorizes the use of an amount not to exceed $4,000 from Capital Reserve #11 Parks and recreation to provide necessary testing, construction materials and evaluation of the small pavilion at Stewart Park. J:\DRedsicker\AGENDAS\City Admin Comm\2010/8/25 CA Agenda.doc 8/25/10 12. Attorney’s Office .1 Amendment of City Charter, Section C-33 (Acting Mayor and Alternate Acting Mayor) – Proposed Local Law WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Ithaca, in Section C-33, currently provides for the annual election by the Common Council of an Acting Mayor and Alternate Acting Mayor, to act in the Mayor’s stead in the event of her or his absence, incapacity or unavailability; and WHEREAS, the Common Council has determined that, due to the importance of the working relationship and need for continuity of direction between the Mayor and the Acting Mayor or Alternate Acting Mayor, it is most sensible and efficient for the Mayor to select the Acting Mayor and Alternate Acting Mayor, on an annual basis, such that the process is comparable to the Mayor’s selection of the chairpersons of Council’s standing committees (and other, special committees); and WHEREAS, such a change in the selection process for Acting Mayor and Alternate Acting Mayor represents a transfer of the power to make that selection from Common Council to the Mayor, and, as such, is subject to a mandatory referendum, pursuant to Section 23.2.f of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, to be conducted at the next general election (in this case, on November 2, 2010) provided it is not less than 60 days from the adoption hereof, or at a special election not less than 60 days from such adoption; and WHEREAS, the Common Council has determined that certain other improvements should be made to the language of Section C-33 of the City Charter, which changes are set forth below; now therefore Local Law ___-2010 BE IT ENACTED by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca as follows: Section 1: Section C-33 of the Charter of the City of Ithaca is hereby amended (subject to mandatory referendum by the electors of the City) to read as follows. [Language to be deleted is stricken; language to be added is bolded and underlined.] J:\DRedsicker\AGENDAS\City Admin Comm\2010/8/25 CA Agenda.doc 8/25/10 §C-33. Acting Mayor; Alternate Acting Mayor. A. By the time of the first regular Common Council meeting of each year, the Mayor shall appoint a member of the Council to serve (when needed) as Acting Mayor until the next such annual appointment or replacement by the Mayor. In the Mayor’s absence or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Mayor, the Acting Mayor shall preside at meetings where the Mayor would normally preside, if there is no other provision for another officer to preside at that meeting in the Mayor’s absence. In case the event that the Mayor shall be is unable to perform the other duties of the Mayor’s office, in consequence of due to sickness or absence and unavailability, sickness or incapacitation, or resignation, removal or death, or if there shall be a vacancy in the office, at the first meeting in each year or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the Common Council shall appoint one of its members to preside at the meetings, and the presiding officer thus chosen the Acting Mayor shall be vested with all the powers and perform all the duties of the Mayor of the City, - except as provided specified in §C-33A(1), herein – until the Mayor shall resume the duties of the office or the until any vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled for the unexpired term, by election according to law. The Acting Mayor shall not be authorized to make appointments, to remove City officers from their positions or to cast a veto, unless the Mayor is absent or incapacitated for more than 30 days. (1) The Acting Mayor shall not be vested with the voting powers of the Mayor as described in Section C-30, but shall instead exercise the voting rights afforded Council members other than the Mayor. The officer so appointed shall be styled “Acting Mayor” and shall sign all necessary papers with his/ or her name, adding thereto the words “Acting Mayor.” B. The Common Council Mayor may shall in the same manner and for the same term appoint another of its members of the Common Council as Alternate Acting Mayor, to which person shall assume the powers and perform all the duties of the Mayor in the same manner and fashion as the Acting Mayor, whenever the Acting Mayor is required to assume such the powers and duties of the Mayor’s office but is unable to do so in consequence as a result of sickness or absence from the City and unavailability, sickness or incapacitation, or resignation, removal or death. C. In the event of the failure of the Mayor to appoint an Acting Mayor or Alternate Acting Mayor, as provided for above, the Common Council may do so, which appointment(s) shall stand until the first Council meeting of the following year. Section 2. Severability. Severability is intended throughout and within the provisions of this local law. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this local law is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion. J:\DRedsicker\AGENDAS\City Admin Comm\2010/8/25 CA Agenda.doc 8/25/10 Section 3. Mandatory Referendum. This Local Law shall be submitted to a referendum at the next general election, on November 2, 2010. Section 4. Effective Date. This Local Law shall take effect after it is approved by the electorate at the next general election and is subsequently filed in the office of the Secretary of State.