Productivity Committee Minutes 09/17/2008 COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
PRODUCTIVITY COMMITTEE
Minutes — September 17, 2008, 2 p.m.
Members Present: Larry Baytos, John Barlow, Syd Blum, Brad Boaz, Gina Downs,
Doug Fee, Jim Gibson, Steve Harrison, Janet Vasey and Jim VanFleet.
Members Absent: Joe Swaja and Michele Harrison were excused.
BCC Liaison: Commissioner Fiala was in attendance.
Staff Present: Carol Golightly, Sheriff's Office; Dave Stedman, EMS; Jeff Page, EMS;
Michael Sheffield, Assistant to the County Manager; Barbetta Hutchinson, Office of
Management and Budget; Mike Bosi, Comprehensive Planning.
Larry Baytos called the meeting to order at 2:03 p.m.
Approval of the August 17, 2008 Productivity Committee Meeting minutes. Janet Vasey
made a motion to approve the minutes of August 17 and Syd Blum seconded the
motion. The group voted unanimously to approve the minutes.
Acceptance of the August 28, 2008 EMS Subcommittee Meeting Minutes. Syd Blum
motioned to approve and Janet Vasey seconded. The group voted unanimously to
approve the minutes.
Old Business:
EMS Subcommittee Final Report: Janet Vasey reviewed the EMS project that was
completed on September 5th. She told the group there would be only one more set of
minutes from the EMS Subcommittee for the Productivity Committee to accept. The
EMS Report was reviewed section by section with discussion of each. Some of the
areas of discussion were: new revenue sources, adding new EMS units, priority
medical dispatch and recommendations for EMS units in the FY09 budget . Chief Page
was available for questions. Janet motioned to approve and submit the final report to
the Board of County Commissioners. Gina Downs seconded the motion and the group
voted unanimously. Mike Sheffield will see that the approved report is forwarded to
each county commissioner and the county manager before the next budget hearing
scheduled for Oct. 18tH
Biodiesel Discussion. Jim Van Fleet withdrew his motion to follow-through on the
biodiesel project, Larry Baytos seconded and the group unanimously agreed that this
project should not be undertaken by the committee at this time.
New Business:
AUIR Review: Mike Bosi reviewed the calendar for the AUIR process with the group.
He will coordinate sub-committee meetings with Mike Sheffield. Janet Vasey told the
group she would not be able to be chairman of the subcommittee because of medical
reasons, but would do whatever she could.
Term Expirations: Mike Sheffield passed out a list of term appointments and expiration
status. He told the members that they must reapply if their term is expiring.
Adjournment: Gina Downs motioned to adjourn the meeting, Syd Blum seconded and
the group unanimously approved. The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
Next Meeting: The next regular meeting of the Productivity Committee Meeting will be
held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. This meeting will be held in the
County Manager's Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the W. Harmon Turner Building
(Administration Building F).
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Approved y Productivity Chair, Larry Baytos