HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Operations Committee - 05/02/2017Operations Committee
Minutes
Approved June 6, 2017
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Date: May 2, 2017
Time: 4:02 p.m.
Place: Chambers East
Attending: Bill Boyce, Les Thomas and Dana Ralph, Chair
Agenda:
1. Call to Order.
2. Roll Call.
3. Changes to the Agenda.
There were no changes to the agenda.
4. Approval of Check Summary Reports dated 4/1/2017 thru 4/15/2017.
L. Thomas moved to approve the check summary report dated 4/01/2017
thru 4/15/2017. B. Boyce seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
5. Approval of Minutes dated April 18, 2017.
B. Boyce moved to approve the Operations Committee minutes dated April 18,
2017. L. Thomas seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
6. South 212th Way Overlay – Recommend.
Public Works Pavement Management Engineer Joe Araucto asked members to
approve another $300,000 to the already approved $1,000,000 for the
much needed street repair at the 212th Street and 72nd Avenue
intersection. The past winter’s inclement weather accelerated pavement
deterioration on the South 212th Way and South 208th Street corridor and
has had more than 100 pothole repairs.
Members commented that since the James Street repairs this corridor has
created more resident complaints and is much needed.
L. Thomas move to recommend Operations Committee authorize the addition
of $1.4 million out of 2017 B&O revenues for the 212th Street and 72nd
Avenue Intersection repair and the South 212th Way Overlay Project easterly
of SR 167 to be utilized this year. B. Boyce seconded the motion, which
passed 3-0.
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7. Replacement of End-of-Life Imaging and Records System -
Recommend.
Information Technology (IT) Director Mike Carrington and Systems Manager
Curt Ryser asked for approval to move forward the request to replace the
City’s outdated imaging equipment. The current imaging system manages over
2.1 million records with an associated 14.4 million pages and is utilized by all
city departments, therefore due to the age of the system all of the servers
supporting the system are no longer supported operating systems.
Funding for this request has been previously approved in the City’s 2013,
2014, 2015, and 2016 capital budget.
B. Boyce move to recommend Council authorize the Mayor to sign all
necessary documents to enter into agreements with Compulink Management
Center Inc., Cities Digital, Inc., and Microsoft thru SoftwareOne to replace the
existing Oracle IPM and Captivation system with Laserfiche, subject to final
terms and conditions acceptable to the Information Technology Director and
the City Attorney, for a total amount not to exceed $838,100 . L. Thomas
seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
8. Hyper-Converged Infrastructure contract for technical hardware
upgrade - Recommend.
Mr. Carrington and Technical Services Manager James Endicott asked members
to approve the purchase of a system manufactured by Nutanix to replace the
City’s existing end-of-life virtualization infrastructure. Carahsoft Technology
Corporation, the parent company to Nutanix, will provide all necessary
hardware, software, training, and three years of maintenance and support. The
cost is fully funded and budgeted for in IT’s existing project budget.
L. Thomas move to recommend the city council authorize the mayor to sign a
contract with Carahsoft Technology Corporation to purchase a hyper-
convergence infrastructure system at a total cost not to exceed $436,284.80,
subject to final contract terms and conditions acceptable to the IT Director
and City Attorney. B. Boyce seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
9. Consolidating Budget Adjustment Ordinance for Adjustments between
January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2017 - Recommend.
Finance Deputy Director Barbara Lopez asked to approve the technical gross
budget adjustment ordinance reflecting an overall budget increase of
$24,995,150. Of that number, Council has previously approved $19,996,700 in
grants and interlocal agreements and $2,219,840 in carryforward budgets.
Adjustments totaling $2,778,610 that have not yet been approved are:
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$1,490,000 - budget use of $745,000 of accumulated transportation
impact fees as partial funding for the 72nd Avenue project. ($745,000
records transfer of the funding to the project and an additional
$745,000 establishes the project budget to complete the work.)
$652,730 - establishes Parks capital project budgets for levy and
donation revenues received in 2016.
$320,000 - budget use of Facilities fund balance for several department
tenant improvement projects. ($160,000 records transfer of the funding
to the project and an additional $160,000 establishes the project budget
to complete the work.)
$199,110 to appropriately budget the copier lease and usage budget for
departments.
Furthermore, the general fund portion increased by $264,910 for the City’s
liability insurance which was adjusted to better reflect department usage based
on employee hours and five year experience rating for each department.
These expenditures are funded by grants, existing fund balance, or other new
revenues.
L. Thomas moved to recommend Council approve the consolidating budget
adjustment ordinance for adjustments made between January 1, 2017
and March 31, 2017, reflecting an overall budget increase of $24,995,150 .
B. Boyce seconded the motion, which passed 3-0.
10. Director’s Report – Information Only.
Finance Director Aaron BeMiller updated members on the proposed debt
management financial policy. Staff is creating a more robust and higher quality
policy from the one previously adopted in 2014, it will be brought to a council
workshop in July. Some significant changes include:
Debt Issuance: allows for the issuance of general obligation debt of up
to 7.5 percent of the City’s assessed property valuation; all city projects
proposed must have a full analysis; the City will comply with arbitrage
rules; and the capital project under consideration must be included in
the City’s Capital Improvement Plan.
Short-term Debt: defined as a period not to exceed three years; the City
will not issue short-term debt for current operations; may issue
interfund loans rather than issuing outside debt to meet short-term cash
flow needs; all interfund borrowing will bear interest; an ordinance to
adjust Kent City Code 3.40.040 will be brought back to the Operations
committee.
Long-term Debt: defined as great than three years; acceptable uses of
bond proceeds are one-time capital projects that can be capitalized and
depreciated, refunding is also acceptable.
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Professional Services: the finance department shall be responsible for
the solicitation and selection of professional services.
Refunding Debt: is typically done to take advantage of lower interest
rates.
Debt Issuance Process: the finance director, city attorney and bond
counsel shall coordinate their activities and review all debt issuance to
ensure all securities are issued in compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements.
Periodic Review: the policy shall be reviewed periodically by the finance
department and modifications shall be submitted to and approved by
the Council.
13. Adjournment.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:56 p.m. by D. Ralph.
J. Hays
Jennifer Hays
Operations Committee Secretary