City Council

City Council — November 18, 2019

>> Welcome to the city of Petersburg City Council meeting your elected officials are mayor Rick kriseman district one chair turn eager days this trick too. Randy Gabbert. Council vice chair Ed might marry. They just 7 Lisa Wheeler Bowman. And district 8 Amy Foster. >> Signatures Berg City Council is in session on Nov. 18th the 2019. Budget cleanup unemployed, Procreation. And we'll start off the meeting today with an indication that will be led by. Vice chair month Mary and then we'll say the pledge of allegiance. The rise at least. Please pray with me. Kelly father we come together to do your we'll hear in the city of St. Petersburg Lord bring us all together to do this important work. Please continue to bless our mayor. Less the City Council. Less so all the city employees especially those that wear the patch are police officers and members of Saint Pete fire rescue. We're continue to bless our city. Our state government. Plus the President And the Congress. Let us all work together Lord to solve the problems that we were elected to do to work on. We pray all these things into this thing. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag, a United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation I got and it is all with the u s is for all. Thank you on or should not. We have an agenda in front of with. >> 2 items of public hearing on the fy 19 year and for 20. The school year budget and a legal line. Are the items on the consent agenda. No Sir so we can skip approval of the consent agenda. Yes, correct, thank you. All Any cards for open forum. We need to prove it but on improving the agenda. Mister Oh, I'm sorry. I wouldn't in a motion to approve the agenda with the 2 business side of this group will thank you that's that. Mister Cook we have a motion a second to approve the agenda. Council members if you please in your votes. Mister Kirk seeing that all council members have voted if you please telling announce the vote. Sure the motion to approve the engine to pass unanimously. Thank you open for Mister Clark do we have any cards as for its you want same thing. All right so we'll move to our first business item in that is d one. An ordinance and acting year and appropriation adjustments Mr. Cork if you would read the ordinance most foreigners number 3, 9, t h or his me an ordinance in ordinance in acting you year in appropriation adjustments for fiscal year 39 but the operating budget and capital improvement program budget an adjustment to the fiscal year, 2020 budget providing and effective date and we do have one card just checked. The cops get your year talk with us. Him welcome thank you. Thank you and good evening chair members of City Council and this evening we have the second reading in public hearing of the fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 budget reconciliation or cleanup ordinance 47 h at the Nov. 7th budget and finance and taxation committee meeting we had a detailed discussion of both the f a fy 20 recommended budget adjustments based on the Oct. 18th preliminary financial kluth and later that evening we had the first reading of the cleanup ordinance that the City Council meeting and between now and Nov. 7th meetings there been a number of adjustments in entries to both revenues and expenditures. This evening I will give a summarized version of the proposed changes from first rating. Looking at an overview of the general fund fy 19 year and this church is the estimated at a 19 year and general fund balance based on the Nov., 7 financial reports. The first hearing revenues have Inc increased by approximately 280,000 estimated expenditures in the general fund increased by 2.4 8 3 million. The majority of the increase due to the payback of cdbg funds for commerce Park and the net result is that the estimated amount added to the fund balance at the end 0.19 is now 5.8 to 4 million compared to our earlier estimate of 8.37 million at first reading a decrease of approximately 2.2 million. And their actions in fy 20 portion of the cleanup for 19 row over request to fly 20 nfi 20 supplemental that will reduce this amount. I'm taking a look at the status of Hurricane Irma reimbursement fly 20. And these amounts stay the same as for first hearing. There 21 projects submitted totaling 8.3 9 million of which 7.5 5 1 million is reimbursable and one more project of about 420,000 united in the near future. And we received a total of 820,000 for 2253,000 was general fund and 467,000 with other funds. I'm moving on to the supplemental appropriations needed to close at f late 19. The appropriations on the side for the general fund total 4 point to 17 million. The amount listed for the first 4 items and the Jamestown gap adjustment police fire rescue said are for budget authority only and all amounts are included in the 267.5 4 7 million and expenditures listed on the prior side. Since first reading the amount for the Police Department decreased by about a 117,000. The advanced the golf course is increased by a 101,000 and fire rescue increased by 7,000. And the pier Jane in Jamestown subsidies amounts and the transfer to debt remained the same. The new line and added since first reading our 298,000 for the Jamestown gap adjustment and 2.2 million for the payback the cdbg funds for commerce Park. The death of James down gap adjustment has a corresponding entry in the Jamestown operating fund and it's an accounting transaction that will have no effect on either fund balance. This slide shows the 5% Corps general fund target of 13.1 6 6 million and the 20% general fund group of funds target of 52.8 9 9 million and the estimated general fund balances at the end for 19. We estimate that the 5% Corps general fund target will be exceeded by over 60 million and the 20% target by 10.8 7 million. And again these estimates do not include about 4.8 9 4 million in f y 20 supplemental preparations are role outs that will be discussed later. Another city funds there was a total of 14 different funds that fy 19 cleanup supplemental appropriations, 70 announce increased slightly since the first reading including Coliseum sunken gardens Marina golf courses in Jamestown and they're also 2 new funds added one is the water equipment replacement fund and this was due to the timing of vehicle purchases and the Jamestown gap adjustment and this is the flip side of the accounting adjustment on the general fund. Under for 19 in certain internal service funds that require increased authority. The amounts listed for the health insurance funds and billing and collections funds have increased slightly since first reading in the other 3 amounts remain the same. In the capital improvement funds are a few items that require the supplemental appropriations but there is no changes since first reading. And at the end of each fiscal year we commit or assign certain amounts within the general fund. These 5 categories were established when Council dot the dfi 20 budget. The operating re appropriations aren't conference amount in the general fund is 3.1 6 4 million. And conferences have been paid for an f a 19 in are included in our 267.5 for 7 expenditure him out that will become actual the net by 20 and this amount decreased by 152,000 since first reading and the other 4 items did not change. A full list of for 19 operating re appropriations is located on section 5 p to 7, 8, of the backup. There's a total of 39 funds that in that entered into a contract or legal commitment to spend funding enough 0.18. But were unable to complete the purchase or did not receive the deliver for 19 and again these expenses were paid for with 19 resources and the become an actual an f y 20. They have already been netted out of the fy 20 fund balances that they will not have a budgetary impact enough like 20. In the general fund again there's 3.1 6 4 million encumbrances to roll over and 119,000 are related to bp funding. I'm moving on to the general fund supplemental appropriations required for f y 20. She was stopped are real story. >> The seat is anybody have questions about the 19 0.9. You're making judgments and the creations and we have questions about that. Deputy mayor I apologize maybe I should have asked you do want to introduce any of this I apologize to you. The questions about the late 19 portion of the presentation. Ok thank you list, ok. Play 20 supplemental appropriation request for both the general fund and other funds are mostly made up of items programs or projects ever budgeted for death when I take in deafening team but due to timing or other circumstances were not purchase or completed before year end. This live near is the fy 19 year inside inches the impact of fy 20 clean up items from the general fund balance. We again the bp funds are separate from the general fund operating and since the first hearing the total rollover quest amount has decreased by 49,000. And is now 3.9 6 1 million and fly 20 supplemental as rescission amount increased by 1 million. I'll highlight. The major changes on the next few sides and the net result is that the estimated amount of the decrease in fund balance fy 20 is now 4.4 0 3 million compared to 3 point or 5 2 million at first reading and if you combine tfi 19 fy 20. together the general fund estimate will now be an increase it to the fund balance of 1.4 million. The transfer of preparation amounts of the general fund has increased since first reading and now totals 1.1 7 3 million and distribution amount is needed to move funds from fly 20 general fund contingency to the Police Department for supervisor salary increases and they're still funds available in fy 20 contingency for Police Department rank and file salary, increases and other unexpected expenditures during the year. The amount requested in the general fund fly 20 supplemental appropriations is 4.8 9 4 million. And this 835,000 is needed to spend down the remaining bp resources. 491,000 is Grant related and supported by Grant revenue. The net impact to the general fund has seen on the previous side is a reduction of 4.4 0 3 million. Decide summarizes the request by department and the ministrations and there are changes since first reading with a net increase of 951,000 expenditures. The planning and development services economic and workforce development and community service department amounts decreased has some rollover amounts request became expenditures in f one 19 and no longer needed to be rolled over. I'm the only new item to be added since first reading is a million transferred to the revolving energy investment fund for use on energy efficiency and retrofit projects. The detailed information on the f y 20 supplemental appropriations for other funds can be found on section 6 is 6 11 of the back of their total of 16 funds that have requested role of appropriations. Since first reading some of the amounts change slightly for each fund, but otherwise there is no major changes. There were 2 items are added since the first reading in the spread by 20 and the citywide infrastructure capital improvement fund there's a rescission of an undercover an appropriation from the street and road fy 19 project in the amount of 249,000 and a supplemental appropriation the amount of 1 million to the green infrastructure energy fy 20 project. The funding for this project is coming from the street and road project rescission other fund balance from project close out an additional interest earning Avenue. And when added to the 1 million transfer to the new revolving energy investment fund this will allow the city to fund 2 million in green energy efficiency projects without having to borrow the funds. And the lack section we are there's no transfer is required for a flight 22 the arts in public places fund and if there's any questions that is the end of my report. Thank you. Its members questions. About general operating from the appropriations transfers just. So that's a transfer appropriation the plate 20 contingency times to the Fire. Department for salary increases I'm just trying to understand what we're we doing there. So when we built the f y 20 adopted there were unions that had it reached agreement said these are there's since then to fire a Unions and one of the police unions reach agreements or moving the funding now and when the last agreement comes he will be the funding at that time. That's why. I didn't know why we didn't anticipate that I forgot the union agreement came in later. Yes comes from under. Thank you. So so what is that I've got just. General questions. And some of them. When when Council chair Curtis talked about do we have any questions on 0.19 I I make skip back and you know what actually happened. Ok, ok, ok but snow on page for of the back of material. Water costs stabilization. Number there. Of $455,930. And it says a in the explanation that the interest earnings of this fund were higher than the budgeted amount transferred to the water resources operating fund. Can you explain that no more details please. So we built the budget we get an estimate of finance what the interest earnings will be for the fund for the years we build that into our adopted budget, Fred Lynn 19 the interest earnings came in higher so now we're transferring the amount that we actually received over the amount budgeted is that a good thing right be able to transfer more funds over to water. The water resources operating fund. >> And then just and these are just kind of general. Budget questions that that I have a and I don't see them anywhere in the report but after I looked at the back of material. So we had the Roundabout program didn't appear. Some of the pier funding. When the Roundabout was when we decided not to build around about I think that was a million dollar expenditure. Was that in. I was with said in the capital proven. >> That's an incorporated in the overall peer and so it's not reflected here in any way shape or form. You'll recall that the decision was made that we couldn't afford the Roundabout and went with the gateway know the project in in its entirety reflects the avoided cost of not doing the The Roundabout ok. All right. So that was one general question I had then the other one was the City Hall repairs. I I know that we've run into some some issues there. And I don't recall us getting like an update and is there any other funding going to be any other supplemental funding request. For for those improvements. I'm pretty sure there's something coming either the first or the second meeting in December were planning to do a report to Council on that project. They can get back to 30 seconds having it got here, ok. And just so I understand on page 9 of the report coming out of contingency but I don't quite understand why we're putting money into that the mayor's office department for the Florida orchestra. I think because it because Wayne after Holt is in the mayor's office. And that's where we would fund those type of contributions to to its additional support for the the Florida orchestra. On page 11 of the report there's there's just a big number on the supplemental appropriations for the cell St. Petersburg cre can you explain like that it's million. It's just he and this isn't a mix of ending resources. Committed get spent. Cancers from previous years. Will be awarded to be committed, but they're on a reimbursement basis and on the work is completed. And then maybe you can answer this question for me airport operating fund it's a smaller amount, but it's $38,000. For once unspent liquidated damages. >> That one's also their wheat with the discipline their preparation near the end of the year to do some projects that of some them. Savings we had in the end a project that we just haven't they haven't got a chance to complete them to the rolling over death by 20. Ok. That that kind of sounds like a legal term to me. It has to do with some it was a comes out of that came before Council that has to do with a project that we ended up I'm a trigger. The term. Was it a grant and some some and matching Grant and it had to do the contractor in us getting money reimbursed project because of the terms of the contract and then we had a plan and how we are going to spend it and some of those projects have been completed yet so this is just rolling it forward so we can complete those projects ok, I'm I'm aware that I'm I'm okay that that was it. Thank you. Thank you. Mister Church. Jonathan says Madonna frenzy. The pink. Thank you for being here. Good evening. They just want to say that I supported the voting energy investment fund and other and initiatives to ensure that this becomes a greener city. More investment in the futures looking. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for coming out. >> On page 11 and that pull her back to the whole church there is just basically funds just rolling over. Spoken for but have been actually spend their correct and they were items we budgeted for an f I 19 and just to get your timing some other circumstances it was that they weren't completed. And they're not encumbered get in the system said this is requesting to actually roll them over. Is that the south side. Siri many kind of jumped out at me too but that's. That's a pretty impressive number that we've accumulated over what 6 years. So that's a total. At the total it yet spent. It's not a total of what we can do it. It collected is even more but yeah it's outperforming all expectations that study was to introduce them. Ok, thanks. Thank you chair and that thank you Liz. I just wanted to get a quick explanation I'm on page 6. The city facilities capital improvement, there's those 2 items One months like they're the same amount it's for the solarium come you know. I'm great and it was this is a project that we have an infrastructure to be determined project for $0.19 for items that come up during the year that we May not have planned for and so one of the items that we had was a need at the sulayem waterproof roofing which is at the tennis court serve or not that the couples are Out and said this is at the timing wise getting it through we put it in clean up because there was no other. City Council meeting that we could get it for that by 19 ok and that is moving funding that kind of got out there. That's kind of the to be determined to a specific project. Perfect ok, yeah it just struck me because it was kind of I identical but not yet I just want to make sure all right thank you know problems as my >> cbgb that up. So so this transfer. Have we have we executed any documents or done anything that says that deals done work we paid it back everything's clear. Everybody's on the same age. This is the day is she a shunt of that case that's so so this transfer funds will result in some written document memorializing that we need it back we and that's 0 doubt and that's the intention. And the eve of question that that's all been that The letter gave a 60 days from the date a letter to to effectuate the repayment and so will meet that go and get the letter have an amount certain in it. It did ok and this is the about certain ok good. It's like to close them. The going in collections to earn $50,000. Official allocations to cover expenditures. This is an increase in the authorization level of the service funds the higher than anticipated credit card fees and bank fees. So I I'm planting a seed that we checked for Mister Rome. So that she's not getting cheated. If we're charging at 2% convenience fee and we're getting charged by the banks of 3 and a half percent. We need that we need to make sure. I want to charge people more. But we shouldn't be losing money on fees. For folks to use cards they're the new chart and just plain stupid. Thank you. Because I know those folks were reported. Generally a lot of revenue. And perhaps perhaps this shouldn't come from council member Rice but since we did have a member of the public. To mention it and thank you so much. I went from folks to know that this revolving energy investment fund. So if you hear the term relief going forward. You know that this is a fund that you We are ceding money into we're taking a million dollars of general fund reserve that's over and above our target threshold. And we're creating this ponder ministrations creating this fund and that fun will be used for projects. That are identified that will result in energy savings lifecycle savings, those kinds of things and the savings will then be used to replenish the fund that's why it's called revolving. So I want the public to understand that this this isn't you know it's sustainable on record snow. It's supposed to replenish itself in to get the ability to to keep it going forward and not have to receive money and really put money into a sale that right perfect know perfectly. Because it's a great idea it. It pays for itself in a in it and in the doors over the long term so. Yes Miss Him an area stop don't really have a question. Well maybe I But Liz I just wanted to confirm. That. At the end of the day. After all of this cleanup. We're still adding 1.4 million. To our general fund that's correct and for the public that might be watching this on tv that's like our cities. It's at the end of the fiscal year for more one point $4 million to the gun. That's correct is as the budget for fy 20 stands now if there's changes that the year could change that if they him make a decision to spend it on other things but as of right now, yes, ok, very very good. That 1.4. Is inclusive of or in addition to a line item or a $500,000 payment to the general. After that that's already part of its 900,000 more than the budget said. It's one 0.4 million more. Then the budget said book ok the world to know that so and so we also put $500,000 and has a budget item that and this is one 0.4 million over and above the 500 correct them that. >> The additional question going back to targets where the funds. We have a 5% and 20%. And target and looked like we were doing really well. And I just wanted your thoughts use a lot of money going into that were really over that how. I mean are we we're in good shape as we go forward like a case to starts to. You know. The economy changes were not able to then this much like we how do we explain or justify having all of that extra money in a fund. >> But the both targets are based on your budgets for 8 years so each year, your budget rose Senate, so it's a percentage so when we go flight 21 if f what you need to pay how much each budget increases that amount is going to go bigger so this will help us meet the future years. So that's kind of is one of the reasons that we can continue I'm trying to build a fine balance but we do look at it we want to make sure we have a nice balance between you know what's too much in and what we need to meet in the 3 to 5 years. It that's different from our reserves. The reserves are included in the 20 minutes that budget of the 5% is the general fund the 20% includes the economic stability fund and a handful of other funds ok got it, thanks. The motion. >> Mister Cook we have a motion of second to approve ordinance 3.98 page. The one on the agenda. Council members of to please enter your votes. Thank you all council members having voted Mister Kirkwood you point out in that House. Sure the motion to approve or deny them the one passes you and thank you Mister Thank you is the key to share all your hard work. He's passed along our gratitude everybody that helped to put this together we appreciate it I will thank you. Jeff is a legal light on an update on some clothes were keepers versus city of St. Petersburg Mr. Packer's here with us today. This patented to see you. Thank you. Mister Chair, a be brief. This is regarding the sun goes waterkeeper see a switch as I'm sure you all know was a lawsuit that is settled on was a consent order that arose out of that. Even though it's settled there was an open issue of attorneys