EVENDALE POLICE-FINANCE-RECREATION-ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE MINUTES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006
The meeting of the Evendale Council Committee for Police, Finance, Recreation and Administration was called to order at 5:35pm. Council members Albrinck (Chairman) and Lohmeier were present. Councilmember Puthoff was excused absent. The Village CFO, George Snyder, Recreation Director, Dave Nichols and Police Chief, Gary Foust were also present.
I. FINANCE COMITEE--
A. Mr. Snyder provided the committee with an updated financial report. July receipts were $1,131,250. Expenses were $921,772. These expenses did not include any payments on Evendale Commons as Mr. Snyder received no bills in July related to the project. He is, per Council’s request, keeping income and expenses related to Evendale Commons separate. He is still projecting a deficit of approximately $900,000 for 2006. Revenues for 2006 are down from last year, primarily due to the large payments made by GE in 2005 that are not expected in 2006.
B. Mr. Snyder has raised some questions regarding whether the engineering and legal expenses, that are clearly related to the Evendale Commons project, should be charged as overruns to the project and, therefore, appropriately billed to Anchor. He will consult with Solicitor, Tim Burke, for a legal opinion and follow up with this committee with the answer.
C. Mr. Snyder presented to the committee a pamphlet titled “Motor Vehicle Accident Billing Information” from Medicount. This is the same company that is currently billing for ambulance runs with projected Medicount receipts sufficient to purchase a new ambulance at no additional cost to the Village. The current system bills for the ambulance “from accident to hospital”. This new billing would bill “from station to accident” and also be a soft billing, directed to insurance companies, so not to impact individuals. The committee also discussed the impact our billing may have to insurance rates. Councilmember Albrinck confirmed that insurance rates are based on exposure to claims and that insurance
companies incorporate that expectation of payment for these services into their rates already. Mr. Snyder will obtain additional information from Medicount regarding the exact method of billing and the options on how we could design it.
II. Police Department—
A. Police Chief Foust reported that the Evendale Police Department traveled to Lexington, Kentucky on July 29, 2006 and Re-accreditation. This is the 5th consecutive award with each re-accreditation period being for 3 years. The police department also was recognized as being a “Meritorious Accredited Police Department” for being accredited for 15 consecutive years without conditions.
B. Chief Foust also indicated that the Village will be selling 3 replaced police vehicles to the Village of Elmwood Place for $200 each. Elmwood had contacted Chief Foust to express their desperation for vehicles and the Mayor and Chief Foust thought it best to sell the vehicles based on their need.
C. Chief Foust has been accepting applications for the position of Police Officer. 123 applications were handed out, with 75 returned. Of the 75, 10 are African American, 8 white female and 2 other minority. This is a significant increase from the last hiring in 2001 when we had 1 African American and 4 white female applicants. The application deadline is August 4, 2006 and the written exam is scheduled for August 26.
III. Recreation—
A. Mr. Nichols clarified the policy on non-resident business membership to the Rec. These memberships are on a first come first served basis and there is no priority given to business members in subsequent years. Currently 75 business members are available. There were only a few on the waiting list for the pool and fitness center this year and this number appears to be appropriate.
B. There is no expectation that golf fees or any other fees will be increasing next year. The Recreation Dept continues to monitor fees based on several criteria related to level of individual vs. group activity and benefit.
There being no further items to come before the committee and upon motion made by Councilmember Doug Lohmeier, seconded by Jeff Albrinck, the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 PM.
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J Jeffrey Albrinck, Chairman
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