Productivity Committee Minutes 10/18/2000 4
COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
PRODUCTIVITY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
October 18,2000
Members Present: Donald Campbell, William Ebben, Edward Ferguson, Charles
Getler, James Gibson, Sharon Hanlon, Karl Otto and Janet Vasey
Members Absent: Commissioner Mac'Kie, Kathleen Curatolo and Peter Lehmann with
two vacant positions
Staff: Winona Stone,Norman Feder, James Mudd and George Yilmaz
Introduction: Donald Campbell, Chairman, opened the October 18, 2000 meeting of
the Productivity Committee at 4:00 P.M.
Minutes: The minutes of the August 30, 2000 meeting were unanimously approved.
Additionally, the Committee accepted the September 11, 2000 Road and Transportation
Subcommittee meeting minutes and the September 13, 2000 work group session notes.
New Business:
A. Membership Vacancies:
The Chairman reported that no responses were received to the advertisement of the
Productivity Committee's two vacant positions resultant from the resignations of Beverly
Edwards and Judith McCaffrey. The vacancies have been re-advertised in the local
newspapers. Winona Stone, Staff Liaison, reported that due to a change in the leadership
of the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), Commissioner Pamela Mac'Kie replaced
Commissioner Carter on the Productivity Committee. The Vice-Chairperson of the BCC
is automatically a member of the Productivity Committee in accordance with Collier
County Code Section 2-907. It was noted that District 4, the district represented by
Commissioner Mac'Kie, currently has no appointed representation on the Productivity
Committee.
B. Transportation:
Don Campbell introduced and welcomed Norman Feder, the County's new
Transportation Division Administrator. Mr. Feder reported his staff is currently working
on many major transportation projects and distributed preliminary cost projections and
construction time frames for several of the projects, a copy of which is attached to the file
copy of these minutes. He reported he is in the process of setting up quality control teams
composed of four department heads and a fiscal representative for accountability and to
monitor progress of the projects. Public Utilities Division staff will have input in the
establishment of project time lines in an effort to coordinate the moving of utilities. Mr.
Page 1 of 2
Y 4
:*
Feder is preparing a ten year (unconstrained financial) plan and will review different
financing issues and develop options and various time frames for the different funding
options. These options will likely be presented to the Board of County Commissioners in
April of 2001. Chairman Campbell requested that Mr. Feder report back to the
Productivity Committee in February or March, prior to his presentation to the BCC. Mr.
Feder welcomed ideas and input from the Committee and stated that he intends to include
updated transportation project time lines and reports on the County's web site.
Chairman Campbell requested Winona Stone provide the Committee with copies of the
Executive Summary authorizing the County to purchase buses.
Old Business:
Public Utilities/ Waste Management: Chairman Campbell welcomed and introduced Jim
Mudd, the County's new Public Utilities Division Administrator.
Mr. Mudd reported that his staff is performing a cause and effect study and that most of
the "new fixes"being implemented by Waste Management are currently in place. In early
December a BCC workshop will be held to obtain directives on whether or not to re-bid
the contract for collections and the future utilization of the Naples landfill. Chairman
Campbell appointed a sub-committee composed of Ed Ferguson and Karl Otto to assist
Mr. Mudd in preparing the report. He reported that he would provide a draft to the
committee. Karl Otto requested to be notified when the workshop date and time are
determined.
Comments/Suggestions:
There was brief discussion regarding the scope of topics authorized for review by the
Committee.
The meeting adjourned at 6:20 P.M.
The next meeting was subsequently rescheduled for Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at
4:00 P.M. in the County Manager's Conference Room on the 2"d floor of the W.
Harmon Turner Building(Bldg. F,Administration Bldg.).
Page 2 of 2