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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-10-04 Committee of the Whole MinutesOctober 4, 1982 8:00 p.m. DISCUSSION Foster Golf Links Operation TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE M I N U T E S Tukwila City Hall Council Chambers After the Regular Meeting adjourned, Council President Bohrer called the Committee of the Whole Meeting to order with all Council Members present. Don Williams, Recreation Director, distributed memo dated September 27, 1982. It furnished Council with additional in- formation they had requested on: 1. Private grounds maintenance costs. 2. P.G.A. Golf Pro salaries. 3. Golf Management, Inc. proposal. 37S Mayor Van Dusen said the City should not get involved with the operation of the Pro Shop, Restaurant and the front end of the operation. After discussions with the Public Works Director, he would like to see the City involved in the building and grounds maintenance. If we hire the proper Building Maintenance employee, we will have the expertise and proper supervision. We do not need to hire a full staff; just use the resources we have. There are a number of options the City has to the future operation. Byron Sneva, Public Works Director, agreed that the City has a lot of resources to draw from that apply to operations of the Golf Course and believes it warrants considerable consideration. Councilman Morgan said she is in favor of contracting because history shows that hiring personnel costs more than contracting with experts. She has not seen any long range plan for maintenance of the facility and would hesitate to hire more personnel for short range maintenance. It is complicated to care for a golf course well. It is technical and she would not want to put the City in that kind of business. If we are going into it, look at it as a long range goal. The contract for lease of the golf course should contain some tight language providing for accounting and auditing by someone from City Hall. If we go to bid for a con- tractor, we would hope there is a large field to draw from. The City needs greater control. Mayor Van Dusen said the responsibility for the building is the City's. If the City takes over the course, we would need an ex- pert in greens keeping. He also said that he and the Public Works Director both have building and grounds maintenance experience. Council President Bohrer noted that splitting a contract always creates a problem. If the person operating the restaurant, Pro Shop, etc. is responsible for maintenance, them some of the ele- ments that effect maintenance are under his control. If someone else maintains them, it could be a sticky situation. There are still some capital projects the City has to complete. The process before was to have a simple administrative process. Mr. Williams said the City has a number of choices that could be made. He said the financial picture might play an important part and asked Council to call an Executive Session to discuss it. Councilman Bauch said he has a problem using City people to do grounds maintenance. The salaries and wages, including benefits, are going to cost much more than having a contractor operate it. 8:45 p.m. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL GO INTO AN EXECU- TIVE SESSION. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIED. Council President Bohrer called the meeting back to order. At- torney Woo noted, for the record, that the Executive Session was called pursuant to RCW 42.30.110, to consider the disposition of real estate by lease or sale when publicity would likely cause an increase in price. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE October 4, 1982 Page 2 DISCUSSION Foster Golf Links Operation (cont.) Salary /Grade Schedule EXECUTIVE SESSION 9:25 p.m. Classification Change for Recreation Dir. 10:56 p.m. ADJOURNMENT 10:47 p.m. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.* Council President Bohrer suggested that one of the considerations be the net revenue to the City for a contractor managed operation and also list specific items and /or clauses in the current con- tract that should be changed and in what fashion. *MOTION CARRIED WITH HILL AND BAUCH VOTING NO. Dennis Hidell, Council Analyst, said that during the review on the salary survey, there was noted a significant discrepancy in the exempt (non- union) salary schedule for City employees. He distributed several exhibits to Council and explained their con- tent. The new schedule has been computed at 2.5% increase be- tween each of the steps. The percentage difference between the grades is not the same. Council President Bohrer said when you start at Step 5 and work backward in computing the schedule, you destroy the vertical schedule that was there at the start. Mr. Hidell said there is less impact in doing it this way. Councilman Bauch noted that it was Council that changed the schedule arbitrarily to meet some existing situations. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HILL, THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED TO A LATER DATE.* Council President Bohrer said he would like to see the vertical percentages calculated. *MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY MORGAN, THAT COUNCIL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS A CLASSIFICATION CHANGE FOR THE RECREATION DIRECTOR. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY PHELPS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY HILL, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. Council President J r y Clerk