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Home My WebLink About12-21-98COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA DECEMBER 21, 1998 The Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville met in the Mayor's Conference Room in the City-County Building, Jeffersonville, Indiana, at 5:00 P.M. on the 21st day of December, 1998. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Thomas R. Galligan, with Deputy Clerk Barbara Hollis at the desk. Mayor Galligan welcomed all in attendance, asking all those present to stand as Councilperson Williams gave the invocation. Mayor Galligan asked all those present to join him in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The roll was called and those present were Couneilpersons John Perkins, Ron Ellis, Donna M. Frantz, Barbara Wilson, Andrew Williams III, and Vicky Conlin. Absent: Councilperson Peggy Knight Wilder. Mayor Galligan presented Ordinance No. 98-OR-83, An Ordinance Changing The Zoning Map Designation Of A Certain Tract Of Property Located At 4717 Watson-Sellersburg Road From R-1 To B-3 for the third and final reading. Councilperson Perkins made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-83 on the third and final reading, seconded by Council President Conlin, passing unanimously Council President Conlin made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-91, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within Same Department (Local Roads & Streets) on the third and final reading, seconded by Councilperson Frantz, passing unanimously. Council President Conlin made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-92, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within Same Department (Vehicle Maintenance) on the third and final reading, seconded by Councilperson Williams, passing unanimously. Councilperson Wilson made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-93, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within Same Department (Common Council) on the third and final reading, seconded by Councilperson Perkins, passing unanimously. Councilperson Perkins made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-94, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within The Same Department (Building Commission) on the third and final reading, seconded by Council President Conlin, passing unanimously. December 21, 1998 Page 2 of 3 Councilperson Perkins made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-95, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within The Same Department (Mayor) on the third and final reading, seconded by Councilperson Williams, passing unanimously. Councilperson Frantz made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-96, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within Same Department (Local Roads and Streets) on the third and final reading, seconded by Councilperson Williams, passing unanimously. Councilperson Frantz made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-97, An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within Same Department (Personnel) on the third and final reading, seconded by Council President Conlin, passing unanimously. Councilperson Frantz made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-98, An Ordinance Transferring Funds Within Same Department (Police Department) on the third and final reading, seconded by Council President Conlin, passing unanimously. Councilperson Perkins made the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-99, An Ordinance Redefining Health Insurance Benefits For Retirees Of The City Of Jeffersonville on the third and final reading, seconded by CouncilpersonEllis. City of Jeffersonville Agent ofRecord Keith McGraw presented and explained several charts regarding the status of the insurance fund for 1996, 1997, and 1998. The City contribution and the employee contribution have remained flat while the numbers of participants have increased. Council President Conlin spoke with previous Agent of Record Cooper and she would like to study this further. Agent McGraw stated the day could come when there would be more retirees on the plan than active employees. The question of raising the employee contribution was discussed. Attorney Sedwick Galligan stated Clarksville pays $200 per month toward the retirees premiums. Councilperson Perkins looks at this as deferred compensation for those that retire from the City. Deputy Mayor McCauley suggests, if looking at a deferred compensation plan, to look into a plan where costs could be predicted. General discussion followed. The vote to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-99 was tied at 3-3, with Councilperson Conlin, Williams, and Frantz voting nay. Mayor Galligan voted nay with the motion to pass Ordinance No. 98-OR-99 failing. Mayor Galligan would like to take the time to study this and do it correctly. Council President Conlin would like to have a committee to work on this. The committee will include Councilpersons Conlin and Perkins, Firefighters Carter and Decker, and Patrolman Gavin. December 21, 1998 Page 3 of 3 Mayor Galligan presented a claim for a track in the amount of $24,647 that would replace the truck currently driven by John Lewis. Councilperson Conlin asked if there would be funds left to buy the tarps for the trucks. Mayor Galligan answered yes. Council President Conlin made the motion to approve the claim, seconded by Councilperson Williams, passing on a vote of 5-1, with Councilperson Ellis voting nay. Attorney Sedwick Galligan presented and explained Resolution No. 98-R-35,~A Resolution Requesting Adjustments To The City Of Jeffersonville 1999 Budget. Mayor Galligan has received a copy of a letter signed by three councilpersons, requesting the general fund budget be reduced by $300,000. The request for the hydrant billing to be included on the water bills has not been approved. Councilperson Perkins wants to make sure the amount paid for fire hydrants is removed from the general fund if taxpayers are paying for the hydrants. Councilperson Frantz stated it was discussed in workshop to use these funds, if available, for the proposed aquatic center. Mayor Galligan said all need to be on the same page. Following all discussion, Council President Conlin made the motion to pass Resolution No. 98-R-35~seconded by Councilperson Williams, passing unanimously. There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilperson Perkins made the motion to adjourn at 6:25 P.M, seconded by Councilperson Ellis, passing unanimously. ATTEST: /~ CLEI~ 32NrD TREASt]P-dER C.~Hff~KD SPENCER JR. City of Columbus Projected Police/Fire Pension Costs (Old plans) $5.0 $4.0 $3.o $2.o $1 .o $0.0 1994 2005 2015 2000 2010 2020 2025 ~City Share []State Share City of Greenwood Projected Police/Fire Pension Costs (Old plans) $600.0 $500.0 $400.0 ~$300.0 ~$200.0 $100.O $0.0 1994 2005 2015 2025 20OO 2010 2O2O []City Share L~State Share According to it's authors in Congress, Medicare was designed to be "fiscally responsible." Members of Congress and government actuaries attempted to project both cost and revenues into the future. In 1965, the House Ways and Means Committee reported that" Congress has very carefully considered the cost aspects of the proposed insurance system and very strongly believes that the new insurance program should be developed on a conservative basis." Initial cost projections proved to be wildly wrong. For example, federal actuaries projected that a hospital stay would cost $155 per day in 1985 and that Medicare cost would reach $12 billion by 1990. Instead, the cost of a hospital stay reached $600 per day in 1985, and Medicare cost reached $107 billion by 1990., * Hayward & Peterson, "The Medicare Monster", Reason, January 1993. Slide # 1 City of Jeffersonville Health Plan Expenditures 1996 Per Employee / Retiree 4,104 12 4,092I 65 <single 265,980 4,104 547 3,557 I 4 <single 14,230 total cost per employee employee contibution annual cost per employee family> total cost per retiree retiree contibution annual cost per retiree family> 960 3,144I 104 326,976 4,104 2,160 1,944I 11 21,384 Annual Cost for the City Slide #2 annual cost in dollars $ 628,570 # of emps / retirees @ year end 184 annual cost per employee/retiree ~ annual cost as a % of total 83% City of Jeffersonville Health Plan Expenditures 1997 $ $ $ Per Employee / Retiree 4,332 12 total cost per employee employee contibution annual cost per employee 74 <single family> 319,680 4,332 688 3,644 I 5 18,221 total cost per retiree retiree contibution annual cost per retiree $ 960 IS 3,372[ 113 $ 381,036 $ 4,332 $ 2,619 I$ 1,713[ <single family> $ Annual Cost for the City 13 22,267 annual cost in dollars $ 741,204 118% # of emps / retirees ~ year end 205 111% annual cost per employee/retiree ~ 106% annnal cost as a % of total 83% Slide #3 Note: Retiree contribution change in effect 7/1/97 & modified 9/1/97 Slide g4 City of Jeffersonville Health Plan Expenditures 1998 Per Employee / Retiree 4,620 total cost per employee ~~ 12 employee contibution $ 960 4'6081annual cost per employee l$ 3,660[ 80 <single family> 129 368,640 $ 472,140 4,620 total cost per retiree $ 4,620 688 retiree contibution $ 2,619 3,932I annual cost per retiree [$ 2,001 7 <single family> 15 27,525 $ 30,013 Annual Cost for the City annual cost in dollars $ 898,318 121% # of emps / retirees ~ year end231 113% annual cost per employee/retiree ~ 108% annual cost as a % of total 84% Note: Contributions were not changed in 1998