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09/22/95
City Council
Adjourned Regular Meeting
City Hall Conference Room A
760 Parkview Avenue
Redding, California
September 22, 1995 11:00 a.m.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kehoe with the following
Council Members present: P. Anderson, R. Anderson, McGeorge, Murray and
Kehoe.
Also present were City Manager Warren, Assistant City Manager Perry, and
City Attorney Wingate, Director of Public Works Galusha, Director of
Electric Utility Lindley, Electric Utility Operations Manager Ryan,
Electric Utility Engineering Manager Russell, Electric Utility Power
Production Manager Heckenberg, Fire Chief Wagner, Administrative
Services Director Starman, Director of Information Systems Kelley,
Director of Utilities/Customer Service Vokal, Management Assistant to
City Manager Bachman, Personnel Analyst Montgomery, Electric Utility
Rates & Economics Analyst Graves, Senior Electrical Engineer Nichols and
Purchasing Officer Roberts.
Electric Utility Department
(A-050-125)
The Electric Utility Department provided an informational overview of
the following areas:
1) Financial Status - Budget
a) Year end fiscal year 1995 financial condition
b) Year-to-date fiscal year 1996 financial results
c) Power forecasting comparison of 1995 versus 1996
d) Current rate scenario versus 1995 scenario
2) Federal and State legislative activities;
3) Regulatory Activities
a) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
b) Western/Redding
4) Projects
a) Substation projects
b) Transmission projects
c) Generation projects
d) Redding Power Plant
5) Other Electric Utility Activities
6) Electric Utility Legal Issues Status
No action was taken.
Administrative Services
(A-050-015)
The Administrative Services Department provided an informational
overview of the following areas:
1) Finance Department
a) Finance Officer
b) Audit
c) Budget
Director of Administrative Services Starman noted the
following regarding a mission driven budget:
- Requires the City to focus on results and enables the City
Council to concentrate on policy issues
- Provides managers and employees with a powerful incentive
to save money and become more efficient
- Holds managers accountable
- Simplifies the budget document dramatically; makes is more
understandable
- Enables managers to allocate resources better and adjust
to changing priorities
- Simplifies the budget process and saves thousands of hours
of staff time
- Is conducive to long-range financial planning
- Enables senior managers to focus on the dollars
- Downside risks include: City Council and senior managers
give up control over "inputs"; Possibility of "corruption"
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if other internal controls are not maintained; Shifts work
to others in the organization; and Possibility of financial
problems if managers do not manage.
d) Capital Improvement Plan
2) Purchasing
a) Request for Proposals versus bids
b) Bid Bonds
c) Chamber of Commerce Subcommittee
3) Information Systems/Communications
a) Workload
b) User Committee
c) Personal Computer Support
d) CORAL
4) Customer Service
a) Workload
b) Phone System
c) Equipment Needs
d) Printing/Reproduction
5) Personnel/Volunteer Services
a) Health Insurance Task Force
b) Employee Appreciation Lunch
c) Recruitments
d) Labor Relations
e) Pay-for-Performance
6) Risk Management
a) Increased Coordination
b) Liability Program
c) Workers' Compensation Program
d) Safety Incentives
No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at the hour of 1:45 p.m., Mayor Kehoe
declared the meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk