HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - June 21, 2000 D-03dLODI CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CARNEGIE FORUM, 305 WEST PINE STREET
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2000
7:00 P.M.
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Council Members — Hitchcock, Land, Nakanishi, Pennino and Mann (Mayor)
Absent: Council Members — None
Also Present:
City Manager Flynn, Deputy City Manager Keeter, Public Works Director Prima,
Community Development Director Bartlam, Finance Director McAthie, City
Attorney Hays and Interim City Clerk Taylor
2. INVOCATION
The invocation was given by Pastor Bill Crabtree, Emanuel Lutheran Church
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Mann.
4. AWARDS / PROCLAMATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
a) Mayor Mann introduced Ashley Krueger of the Greater Lodi Area Youth Commission, who
presented the June Teen of the Month award to Jillian Person, a student at Lodi High
School.
b) Molly Jones, representing the Lodi City Swim Club presented Mayor Mann with a check
for $5,000 as payment toward the Swim Club's City loan for renovation of the Tokay High
pool, leaving a balance of $4,000 from an original $24,000 loan.
c) Mr. Antonio Pizano, Executive Director of the San Joaquin Housing Authority, presented
the Housing Authority's 1999 Annual Report and a brief overview of the Authority's current
and future activities and programs. Mr. Pizano thanked Council Member Land for his
participation in the Housing Authority as the representative for the Lodi community.
d) Mayor Mann announced that there has been much discussion lately regarding education
reimbursement, and that it appears there are no specific benefits documented for Council
except salary and PERS retirement. As a result, he and his wife believe that although
there has been no request for him to do so, it is in the interest of the City that the City be
ell>reimbursed. Mayor Mann presented Interim City Clerk Taylor with a letter of explanation
and a check for $5,003.62, and requested that Council designate that this money be used
to help build the Veterans Monument. Further, Mayor Mann requested an item be placed
on the next agenda for discussion of Council benefits in the hope that Council will approve
a policy to guide this and future Councils in authorized benefits.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
In accordance with report and recommendation of the City Manager, Council, on motion of
Council Member Pennino, Hitchcock second, approved the following items hereinafter set forth
(except those otherwise noted):
a) Claims were approved in the amount of $4,178,159.65.
b) The minutes of June 6, 2000 (Special Meeting), June 6, 2000 (Special Meeting) and
June 7, 2000 (Regular Meeting) were approved as written.
c) Adopted Resolution No. 2000-97 authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary
agreements to implement the Lower Sacramento Road Widening Project, and further,
approved plans and specifications and authorized advertisement for bids for the project.
Stephen J. Mann
111 N. Crescent Avenue
Lodi, CA 95240
June 21, 2000
Dear Madam City Clerk:
As you are aware, I have attended courses through St. Mary's College and have
been partially reimbursed by the City for tuition in the amount of $5,003.61, according to
the city Finance Department. I was offered and accepted the reimbursement in good faith
under the impression that this particular benefit, among other benefits, was extended to
Council Members. It has subsequently been discovered that there is no Council
Resolution establishing a benefits policy, with the exception of the Public Employees
Retirement (PERS) program. Moreover, current administrative staff cannot be blamed
for the miscue because they, too, were under the impression that Council Members were
entitled to management benefits. In fact, Council Members, past and present, have
received some level of benefits for at least the past 12 years without a formal Resolution.
Inasmuch as I believed that I was entitled to the tuition reimbursement benefit
based upon what I was told, I have determined that without a Resolution, I cannot accept
the reimbursement. Accordingly, please find attached a check in the amount of
$5,003.61, which represents repayment in full for all tuition reimbursements that I
received relative to the St. Mary's College Degree Program. On the other hand, the
computer classes I took at Delta College several years ago were directly related to my
involvement on the City's Information Technology Committee, and they had nothing to
do with a degree. The City benefited directly from the information I picked up in those
sessions.
I am optimistic that we may now work productively toward rectifying this
misunderstanding so that future elected officials will know precisely which benefits are
available to Council Members and their families. I am hopeful that my fellow Council
Members and I will be able to work cooperatively with staff to establish a policy relative
to Council benefits.
My only request is that the City Council designate the funds to be used for the
construction of the Veteran's Mall.
Mayor
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