Productivity Committee Minutes 01/19/2000 County Government
Productivity Committee
Meeting Minutes
January 19, 2000, 2:00 P.M.
Members Present: Bill Neal, Wolfgang Schulz, Ed Ferguson, Donald Campbell, Bill Ebben, Charles
Getler, Judith McCaffrey, Janet Vasey, Beverly Edwards and James Gibson
Members Absent: Commissioner Carter, Karl Otto and Sharon Hanlon
Staff: Gary Vincent, Mike McNees
Introduction: Bill Neal opened the January 19, 2000 meeting of the County Government Productivity
Committee (PC) at 2:05 P.M. Gary Vincent introduced Bob Byrne,the Director of Internal Audit, and
Ilonka Washburn, Internal Auditor.
New Business
The committee unanimously passed the minutes of the December 15, 1999 meeting.
A motion was made to nominate Don Campbell as Chairman and Karl Otto as Vice-Chairman. The
motion was passed unanimously. Bill Neal turned the meeting over to Don Campbell.
Gary Vincent distributed the packet of applications for the four vacant positions on the committee. He
stated that the Board of County Commissioner needed the PC's recommendation by Monday, February
21, 2000. A motion was made to recommend Karl Otto and Janet Vasey for reappointment to the
committee and to interview the remaining two applicants. The motion passed unanimously. Charles
Getler and Ed Ferguson agreed to interview the candidates and make their recommendation to the PC at
the next regularly scheduled meeting.
Old Business
The committee began to discuss a way to approach the projects that had been selected for the year. Mike
McNees stated that the transportation issue was the top priority for the County at this point, and that his
staff was working very hard to address the issue. He also stated that he was planning to hire a consultant
to assist the County. He stated that because he was working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible,
and was concerned that the County will be ready to make a decision before the PC could get up to speed
on the issues. The PC requested that they be informed of what the County is doing and be allowed to
comment and make recommendations. Mike McNees stated that he was committed to getting this
problem resolved quickly and effectively and that he welcomed the PC's input.
The PC requested a presentation from the budget staff at the next meeting to explain how capital was
funded and what revenue was available for capital spending. The PC also requested a list of the projects
that were budgeted in FY2000 that were part of the three projects the committee was undertaking. The
committee also requested a presentation from the appropriate transportation staff on the process of getting
a road completed and the status of road projects.
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Comments/Suggestions: The meeting adjourned at 3:25 P.M.
The next meeting will be Monday, February 14th, at 2:00 P.M. in the County Administrator's
Conference Room.
cc: Commissioner Barbara Berry Mike McNees, Acting County Administrator
Commissioner Pamela Mac'Kie Mike Smykowski, Budget Director
Commissioner John Norris
Commissioner Timothy Constantine