Minutes 01/19/2011 COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
PRODUCTIVITY COMMITTEE
Minutes — January 19, 2011 2 p.m.
Members Present: Brad Boaz, Doug Fee, Steve Harrison, Leslie Prizant, Vlad
Ryziew, Joe Swaja, Janet Vasey.
Members Excused: Jim Gibson, Cheryl Pavlick and Jim Hoppensteadt. Steve
Harrison announced that John Kerns has resigned from the Productivity
Committee.
BCC Liaison: Commissioners Jim Coletta and Georgia Hiller were in
attendance.
Staff Present: Crystal Kinzel, Clerk's Office; Andrea Marsh, Sheriff's Office;
Tom Wides, Bala Sridhar, Paul Mattausch, George Yilmaz, from Public Utilities;
Nick Casalanguida, Growth Management; Mark Isackson of the County
Manager's Office; Michael Sheffield, Assistant to the County Manager; Barbetta
Hutchinson, Office of Management and Budget.
Others Present: Gina Downs, Richard Federman and John Barlow.
INTRODUCTION:
Call to Order: Steve Harrison noted that a quorum was established and called
the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m.
Approval of the Agenda for January 19, 2011: Joe Swaja motioned to
approve the agenda, Vlad Ryziew seconded and the group unanimously
approved to accept the agenda as written.
Approval of the December 15, 2010 Productivity Committee Meeting
Minutes: Joe Swaja motioned to approve the minutes, Leslie Prizant seconded
and the group unanimously approved.
Approval of the July 19, 2010 Corrected Minutes: Doug Fee motioned to
approve, Joe Swaja seconded and the group voted unanimously to approve as
corrected.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Water & Wastewater Rate & Impact Fee Studies Review: Tom Wides
reviewed five studies with the group. Janet Vasey, as the Sub-committee Chair
for this study, told the group they met with Tom and discussed questions that
had been sent to him via e-mail. She said that the subcommittee felt comfortable
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with the user and impact fee results. She also said that Tom gave them all the
necessary narratives and analysis to be able to follow the study through to the
final numbers. She said that she felt due diligence had been done. She asked
Tom to take another look at the numbers using the new census information and
see how it fits into the trend. Tom said that all the studies had a legal review so
that there would be consistency among all of the studies. Joe Swaja motioned to
accept the report as approved by the subcommittee and the public utilities
studies. Janet Vasey seconded and the group unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Impact Fee Monthly Report: Amy Patterson passed out several reports and
asked the group for their input on what they wanted to see in the reports. The
group asked her to return once a quarter to give updates. Steve Harrison
suggested that she look at the run-off balances once the census numbers come
in.
Proposed Budget Policy: Mark Isackson told the group that the taxable values
published by the state are higher than expected. Taxable values will decrease
by 3% and guidance given to the divisions will take that fact into consideration.
The County Manager will be asking for a 3% budget reduction for the upcoming
fiscal year. He stated that he would like to grow the general fund reserves in FY
12 because they need cash to cover the first three months of the year before tax
dollars come in. He also said that there are some unfunded mandates coming
from the state that need to be watched closely. He told the group that the Office
of Management and Budget is urging all departments to be as fiscally
conservative as possible and asked for ideas from the committee to help in that
goal. Joe Swaja and Brad Boaz agreed with Mark that the County needs to stay
conservative. Steve Harrison suggested that all constitutionals look at the co-
payments for insurance and everyone come together and offer their employees
the same rate.
Mark asked the group to review the Budget Policy for their recommendation at
the next meeting. He said he would send it to the members before the meeting.
Joe Swaja motioned that Steve Harrison put a memo together with the
suggestion that the committee look at the Blue ribbon Committee, Organization
and pay scale of the fire districts and what other counties are offering as far as
incentives go and bring it to the meeting on February 16 for further discussion.
Workplan FY 12: Commissioner Coletta will ask the Board for direction for the
committee and if they would like to include doing a value analysis regarding the
costs of all the fire districts into their work plan for this year. Steve Harrison will
email a draft work plan to Mike Sheffield for discussion at the next meeting.
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Economic Task Force: Diane Flagg will be asked to attend an upcoming
meeting to discuss the progress of the Economic Task Force.
Process Improvement: Mike will invite Kim Grant and Winona Stone to an
upcoming meeting to discuss their progress on process improvements and
efficiency initiatives.
Elections of Chair and Vice-Chair: Vlad Ryziew nominated Janet Vasey for
Chairperson, however, Janet did not accept the nomination. Joe Swaja motioned
for Steve Harrison to remain the Chair and Janet Vasey seconded. The group
voted unanimously in favor. Vlad Ryziew motioned that Jim Gibson become the
Vice-Chair, Brad Boaz seconded and the group voted unanimously in agreement.
Adjournment: Joe Swaja motioned to adjourn the meeting, Brad Boaz
seconded and the group unanimously approved. The meeting was adjourned at
4:32 p.m.
Next Meeting: The next regular meeting of the Productivity Committee Meeting
will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wed. February 16, 2011. This meeting will be held in
the County Manager's Conf. Room in Bldg F, 2nd floor at 3299 Tamiami Trail
East, Suite 202.
Approved by Productivity Chair, Steve Harrison
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