2010-12-10 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MR. ARMOUR: Delete. MS. NICHOLSON: Is it delete or is it a good revenue enhancement? I’m not sure what this actually is about? MR. MATSUDA: Alter? Yeah. MR. ARMOUR: What are the two departments that they’re referring to? MR. MATSUDA: Water Supply and Environmental Management. MS. NICHOLSON: Do we know what this means well enough to do something with it? MS. O’HARA: Yeah. If I could explain. The Department of Water Supply is self funded with its fees. But DEM has fee structures that are set by Code. And no one can waive those except the mayor as I understand that fee process. MS. GARSON: It’s set by Code. The Department of Water Supply has a rate study and through that rate study they set their fees according to what they need for operations and to pay back their debt. MS. O’HARA: So, it would seem that you would be opening yourself up to all kinds of legal ramifications if you gave the option to temporarily adjust those fees. MS. GARSON: There are already laws in place about how to adjust and set the fees. MS. NICHOLSON: Can we delete this one? MS. O’HARA: Off that one. MS. NICHOLSON: Selling the golf course. Is this a Revenue Enhancement? Ken your committee? MR. ARMOUR: E An. MS. O’HARA: We’re going to give it an E? Okay. MS. NICHOLSON: Justification for the phone and auto usage numbers. I didn’t know what this one meant at all. MS. O’HARA: I have no idea either. MS. NICHOLSON: So let’s just take it out. MS. O’HARA: Yeah. MS. NICHOLSON: Retirement, encourage people. We have another one that was A about early retirement. So this goes in . 18