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HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.min.spec.06252002 (2) PITKIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION AGENDA Location: Plaza 1 Conference Room TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2002 (Patti Clapper not Present) V11:00 AM SPECIAL MEETING Eubanks Appeal of Administrative Decision (to be continued to 7/16) /Executive Session 12:30 ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION LUNCH BREAK 1:30 PM 1. Wildfire Ordinance Protocol, Tamara Pregl 2:00 2. Memos of Interest 3. Future Agendas/Agenda Requests BOCC Open Discussion 3:15 BREAK 3:30 4. Airline Service Overview, Bill Tomcich 5:00 PM ADJOURN APPROVED JULY 24,2002 MINUTES PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 25,2002 CALL TO ORDER: The Board came out of Executive Session in order to give staff direction at 12:05 PM. COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioners Mick Ireland, Dorothea Farris, and Shellie Roy and Commissioner Jack Hatfield. COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Patti Clapper was attending a National Association of Regional Counsels in Tucson, Arizona Commissioner Farris moved to continue the Executive Session to 12:30 PM. Commissioner Roy seconded the motion. Motion passed 4 to 0 with Commissioner Clapper absent. Discussion ensued among the board and staff. Commissioner Farris said that it needs to be very clear that Hilary Smith, County Manager has direction to move forward with reductions in force as directed by the board to do so with the positions discussed today. Ms. Smith asked the board if there was direction on the fee issue? Commissioner Ireland said that he thought there was direction to make those fees balance. Ms. Smith and Commissioner Hatfield agreed that they heard that, too. But added Ms. Smith, she did not hear that from a majority of the board. Commissioner Farris voiced her agreement. But,with the caveat that there are some circumstances that need to be differentiated. Tom Oken, Director of Administrative Services, spoke about one other development related fee issue on the list. He said that the background was that the Solid Waste Center is run as an enterprise fund and has been generating a significant profit over and above its replacement costs and over and above paying for the recycling program which is about $500,000.00 a year. He said that our fees right now are generating a surplus. He said that the proposal is to take $250,000.00 of that Solid Waste Center surplus and divert it to the General Fund. He said that BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 25,2002 you don't need any rationale to do that because there aren't any restrictions on the surplus out of the Solid Waste Center operation. Commissioner Farris said that she had two concerns. One, she said, is that we've had in the past the question of can we continue with the recycling effort because it's costly and so on. Second, is the cost of taking care - -the reason, she said, Garfield County doesn't close its dump is because it doesn't want to spend the money to have to do the closing costs. The third issue, she said, was the potential water impact from the recycling and from the dump. She said that you operate something well so that you develop a surplus to protect you for the issues that she just mentioned and then, hey,there's the cookie jar. She said that she has a problem with that. Further discussion developed on the Solid Waste Center operation costs and the recycling program. Ms. Smith informed the board that there would be many discussions on this in the weeks to come. Commissioner Ireland moved to adjourn the Executive Session and Special Meeting at 12:40 PM. Commissioner Roy seconded the motion. Motion passed 4 to 0 with Commissioner Clapper absent. I CbwlMl55 ' 0-re S CAI' ,1ry, a nJ J BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2 SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 25,2002 Respectfully submitted, L e R. can Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners Dorothea Farri Acting-Chairperson of the Board of County Commissioners ww/g/m inutes/2002/06252002 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 3 SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 25,2002