ORDER-2019-92 : Sewer Enterprise Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2020 in the amount of$8,199,171.51 (Eight Million, One Hundred Ninety-Nine thousand and One Hundred Seventy-One and Fifty One Cents).

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▶ 3:26:06 Speaker 6: that the final order on our agenda tonight is order number two zero one nine dash nine two sewer enterprise operating budget for fiscal year 2020 in the amount of eight million one hundred ninety nine thousand and one hundred seventy one dollars and fifty one cents motion to move forward

▶ 3:26:27 Speaker 6: with no recommendation the motion to move forward and the sewer enterprising operating budget with

▶ 3:26:39 Monica C. Medeiros: no recommendation second second discussion yes thank you and I I would support the no recommendation given the fact that we are we haven't set the rates so that makes sense in that case but I do have some questions in particular again on the salary line the increase in this overall salary line is six point three percent which is higher than some of the percentage increases we've seen in other departments could you explain if there's been staff changes if there's contract negotiations or what no these are all contractually

▶ 3:27:11 Speaker 7: driven changes we've had some personnel change but the positions have not no no

▶ 3:27:22 Speaker 7: additional movement of some percentage no just outside of the executive

▶ 3:27:31 Monica C. Medeiros: assistant 15% of that salary and actually in this discussion and perhaps I'm not sure if we need to do a motion to do this but likewise with the other general operating budget we were able to actually make the salary document a publicly available non password-protected document and since this

▶ 3:27:53 Monica C. Medeiros: meant to do this with the water budget too so I apologize but since this is we've now changed the salaries to not show the individual person's specific name it just shows the title and the salary and the number of positions in that title I'd like to see if we could add that to a publicly available format

▶ 3:28:20 Speaker 6: motion to add that the salary information to the public record Madera's seconded by Alderman's work oh all in favor aye opposed okay and the

▶ 3:28:31 Monica C. Medeiros: postage line I imagine is that the same as we discussed in the previous budget so you just haven't we haven't seen as much billing when we bill we pay half

▶ 3:28:42 Speaker 7: from water half from sewer same methodology to managing both of those

▶ 3:28:50 Monica C. Medeiros: lines and projecting and the same mr. Del Rosso you would just confirm on the

▶ 3:29:00 Monica C. Medeiros: indirect cost same thing oh I'm sorry yes sorry one more motion to add the the two memorandums again, the FY20 Public Works Water and Sewer Budget Presentation Information from the Director of Public Works and the City of Knollers Water and Sewer Indirect Cost Allocation to Services from the City Auditor.

▶ 3:29:21 Speaker 6: Second. Okay, motion to add our two new packets of documents to this order made by Alderman Medeiros, seconded by Alderman Bewtra, all in favor? Aye. Opposed?

▶ 3:29:33 Kate Lipper-Garabedian: One quick question on the I&I and I know we've talked about this before in terms of the different areas, and the spreadsheet includes, or the PowerPoint includes a nice visual that probably looks even better in color for those regions. Is there a map that also has, what am I thinking, a description with labels that sort of tells you where region 15 really is? So we heard that tonight, Swain Pond area, is there some uh a coding system somewhere that the people who are reviewing can understand

▶ 3:30:10 Speaker 7: we can provide something okay a little simpler than what i have in mind but yeah we can provide

▶ 3:30:17 Speaker 6: you with something that would be great and maybe it's just an overlay of that map with the numbers

▶ 3:30:21 Speaker 7: on it yep and a little chat that equates to the that would be great thank you um i believe we do

▶ 3:30:24 Speaker 6: have a motion uh made to rec uh to move this to the full board without a recommendation so that that we can make sure that all the materials are in the record we have a chance to digest and that's been duly seconded all in favor aye aye opposed okay we will move that for without a recommendation to the full board tonight

▶ 3:30:48 Speaker 6: I should you adjourn me by aldermen's work was seconded by vice chair Boyce all in favor aye opposed all right