HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-14 City Administration Committee AgendaCA Meeting
City Administration Committee
DATE: October 15, 2014
TIME: 5:00 pm
LOCATION: 3rd Floor,
City Hall, Council Chambers
AGENDA ITEMS
Item Voting
Item?
Presenter(s) Time
Allotted
Chair, Deb Mohlenhoff
1. Call To Order * Note: We will review the number of 15 Min*
1.1 Agenda Review No cards received at the beginning of each
1.2 Review and Approval of Minutes Yes meeting and adjust time if needed.
Approval of September 2014 Minutes
1.3 Statements from the Public No
1.4 Statements from Employees No
1.5 Council Response No
(6:15 p.m.)
2. Standing Sub-Committee and Staff Reports
3. City Administration, Human Resources, and Policy
3.1 P, B & ED – Acceptance of Public Art Yes Megan Wilson, Planner 5 Min
Commission’s Another 21 Boxes project Grant
3.2 IPD Residence Requirement Discussion No Stephen Smith, Common Council 15 Min
(5:35 p.m.)
4. Finance, Budget, and Appropriations
4.1 Controller – 2014-2015 Civil Service Yes Steve Thayer, Controller 5 Min
Agreement with Ithaca City School District
4.2 Common Council – A Local Law to Override Yes Steve Thayer, Controller 15 Min
The Tax Levy Limit Established in General
Municipal Law (5:55 p.m.)
5. Performance Measures No Kevin Sutherland, Chief of Staff
6. Meeting Wrap-up All 5 Min
6.1 Announcements No
6.2 Review Agenda Items for next meeting No
6.3 Adjourn Yes
(6:00 p.m.)
Committee Charge: The CA committee will:
Review financial and administrative issues pertaining to the City, along with items relating to the City of Ithaca workforce
environment, intergovernmental relations and human resources.
If you have a disability that will require special arrangements to be made in order for you to fully participate in the meeting,
please contact the City Controller’s Office at 607-274-6576 at least 48 hours before the meeting.
3. City Administration, Human Resources, and Policy
3.1 Planning, Building & Economic Development – Acceptance of Public Art Commission’s
Another 21 Boxes project Grant
WHEREAS, the City’s Public Art Commission was awarded a grant through the Community
Arts Partnership’s Grants for Arts Program to fund Another 21 Boxes: An Electrical Box Mural
Project, and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used for artist stipends, supplies, and maps of the project;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Common Council hereby accepts the Grants for Arts Program from the
Community Arts Partnership in the amount of $2,510 and amends the 2014 Department of
Planning, Building, Zoning, & Economic Development authorized budget as follows:
Increase Revenue Account:
A8020-3989 Planning State Aid $2,510
Home & Community
Increase Appropriations Account:
A8020-5435 Planning Contracts $2,510
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4. Finance, Budget, and Appropriations
4.1 2014-2015 Civil Service Agreement with the Ithaca City School District
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 for services in connection with Civil Service matters, for the period July 1, 2014, to June 30,
2015, in an amount of $66,170, payable to the City of Ithaca on or before December 1, 2014.
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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made the day of , 2014, by and between the CITY OF ITHACA, a
municipal corporation of the State of New York, hereinafter referred to as the “City”, party of the
first part, and CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY OF ITHACA, a municipal corporation of the
State of New York, hereinafter referred to as the “School District”, party of the second part.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Board of Education of the School District desires to enter into a contract
with the City for the performance by the City of certain services, to avoid duplication and
unnecessary expense, particularly services in connection with Civil Service matters on behalf of
the School District, pursuant to Section 2503, subparagraph 16, of the New York Education Law,
and
WHEREAS, the total number of classified Civil Service employees on the payrolls of the
City and the City School District for the final payroll period in December 2013 was 873, and
WHEREAS, the actual annual expenditures for the Civil Service Commission of the City
of Ithaca for the 2013 fiscal year of the City was $117,887;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. That for the services rendered and to be rendered by the City for the School
District during the School District fiscal year, which is July 1, 2014, through June
30, 2015, the School District shall pay to the City a lump sum of $66,170 payable
on or before December 1, 2014.
2. In consideration of such payment, the City agrees:
(a) to furnish the School District the part-time services of the Civil Service
Commission of the City of Ithaca and the members of its staff, and the
City Clerk and the members of her staff; and
(b) to handle the records and perform any other necessary Civil Service
services relating to Board of Education employees in the classified
service, including examinations and tests when required.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused these presents to be executed
by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CITY OF ITHACA, NEW YORK
By: ________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________
City Clerk
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
CITY OF ITHACA, NEW YORK
By: ________________________
ATTEST:
________________________
School District Clerk
4. Finance, Budget, and Appropriations
.2 Common Council – A Local Law to Override The Tax Levy Limit Established in General
Municipal Law
Local Law 2014 –
BE IT ENACTED by Common Council of the City of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Legislative Intent
It is the intent of this local law to allow the City of Ithaca to adopt a budget for the fiscal year
commencing January 1, 2015, that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the “tax levy
limit” as defined by General Municipal law §3-c.
Section 2. Authority
This local law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of General Municipal Law §3-c, which
expressly authorizes a local government’s governing body to override the property tax cap for
the coming fiscal year by the adoption of a local law approved by a vote of sixty percent (60%)
of said governing body.
Section 3. Tax Levy Limit Override
The Common Council of the City of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, New York, is hereby
authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2015, that requires a real
property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law §3-c.
Section 4. Severability
If court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or
application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or
unconstitutional, the court’s order or judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder of this local law, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or in its application to the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
or order shall be rendered.
Section 5. Effective Date
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
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