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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/15/2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes~~. ~~~I'1[f Yi Px ea Maws.?kJ, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 11555 W. Civic Center Drive, Marana, Arizona 85653 Council Chambers, June 15, 2010, at or after 7:00 PM Ed Honea, Mayor Herb Kai, Vice Mayor Russell Clanagan, Council Member Patti Comerford, Council Member Carol McGorray, Council Member Jon Post, Council Member Roxanne Ziegler, Council Member REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Honea called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. Town Clerk Bronson called roll. All Council Members were present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/INVOCATION/MOMENT OF SILENCE. Led by Mayor Honea. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Motion to approve moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member Comerford Motion carried unanimously 7-0. CALL TO THE PUBLIC. David Morales spoke regarding Marana being an Edge City. Albert Lannon, Steve Storzer and Melissa Rohlik spoke in opposition to the proposed landfill. Rick Faust, Terri Faust, Linda Storzer, Elizabeth Maxam, David Anway, Tanya Anway, Betty Turner, Pat McElroy, Charles Goddard Jr., and Charles Goddard Sr. all turned in speaker cards in opposition to the landfill but did not wish to speak. PROCLAMATIONS MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS. Council Member Comerford thanked the Mayor for representing the Town of Marana at the Toros game on Sunday. Vice Mayor Kai apologized for his absence during the last half of the June 1St meeting. He said he met with Generation Seven that evening. This organization provides a conduit between tribal governments and non-tribal entities and Vice Mayor Kai would provide Council with the contact information for the group. Council Member Ziegler thanked town members and staff for hosting the Ora Mae Harn `Celebration of Life' event. She also expressed kudos for the upkeep of the town's 1 June 15, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes website. Council Member McGorray expressed her excitement for the continued progress on the Marana Health Center. She was told that the goal is to have the building complete by April 2011. Mayor Honea commended staff for the Ora Mae Harn `Celebration of Life' event. He said that Ms. Harn has been associated with the town since 1985 and that she has made a large impact during those 25 years. Mayor Honea also mentioned his participation in throwing the first pitch at the Toro's game. He also said his daughter was married last weekend. MANAGER'S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS Gilbert Davidson said that the Silverbell Road Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Project has won the 2010 John L. Martin Partnered Project of the Year. He thanked staff for all of their work. Mr. Davidson reminded everyone about the July 4th Star Spangled Spectacular in the Continental Ranch area, with fireworks beginning at 9:00 p.m. There is no formal program but a great viewing location will be available from the new park on Silverbell. The Council Executive Report will be available next Tuesday. Mr. Davidson concluded by reminding everyone about the special session next Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. regarding the proposed rezoning for the landfill specific plan. PRESENTATIONS CONSENT AGENDA Motion to approve moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member Posz Motion carried unanimously 7-0. C 1: Resolution No. 2010-53: Relating to Community Development; approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute an intergovernmental agreement between Pima County, the Cities of South Tucson and Tucson, and the Towns of Oro Valley, Sahuarita, and Marana for Receipt of the American Recovery Act Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program award C 2: Resolution No. 2010-54: Relating to Community Development; approving and authorizing the full execution of an IGA with Pima County for renewal of the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership through June 30, 2013 C 3: Resolution No. 2010-55: Relating to Municipal Court; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute an intergovernmental agreement with Pima County for payment for the incarceration of municipal prisoners C 4: Resolution No. 2010-56: Relating to Bingo Licenses; recommendation to the State Department of Revenue regarding a Class B bingo license application submitted by St. Christopher's Catholic Church located at 12101 Moore Road C 5: Minutes of the June 1, 2010 regular council meeting Minutes reflect change as noted by the Town Clerk. 2 June 15, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes LIQUOR LICENSES L 1: Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the state liquor board regarding special event liquor license applications submitted by the American Diabetes Association onbehalf of Harley-Davidson, 7355 N. I-10 EB Frontage Road for fundraisers to benefit the American Diabetes Association Motion to approve moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member McGorray. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES COUNCIL ACTION A 1: PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2010-57: Relating to Budget; adopting the fiscal year 2010-2011 final budget Erik Montague presented the item. If the budget is adopted tonight, staff will compile a published budget and submit it to Government Finance Officer's Association for consideration of their budget award. Motion to approve moved by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Clanagan. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. A 2: Resolution No. 2010-58: Relating to Personnel; approving a salary schedule for classified employees for fiscal year 2010-2011 Suzanne Machain presented the item. The classified salary schedule reflects no change in salary rates for any of the grades, but does contain a few changes. Recommended for approval are two title changes for existing jobs, a grade re-assignment for one job, and three new classifications. Council Member Clanagan asked if there were salary adjustments for the re-classifications. Ms. Machain responded that if a position is re- classified to a higher range, they receive the. minimum of the new range or a 5% increase, whichever one is most appropriate. Council Member Clanagan asked how these specific titles were the ones to be reclassified. Ms. Machain said that as part of the annual budget process, departments were asked to submit requests for areas or jobs that they felt needed review. As a result of that process, the Human Resources Department studied 13 recommendations and moved forward with the recommendations presented tonight. Motion to approve moved by Vice Mayor Kai, second by Council Member Comerfora~ Motion carried unanimously 7-0. A 3: Resolution No. 2010-59: Relating to Personnel; approving a salary schedule for temporary employees for fiscal year 2010-2011 Suzanne Machain presented this item. This is similar to the last item, except this is only for temporary employees. The only change to this schedule from the last fiscal year is the elimination of one title, Equipment and Logistics Coordinator, which will be obsolete effective July 1. Motion to approve moved by Council Member McGorray, second by Council Member Ziegler. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. 3 June 15, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes A 4: Resolution No. 2010-60: Relating to the Police. Department; approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Town of Marana and the Marana Police Officers' Association relating to wages, hours and working conditions Motion to go into executive session on Item A4 moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member McGorray. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. Council left the dais at 7:38 p.m. Council returned to the dais at 8:18 p.m. Suzanne Machain presented the item. The proposal tonight is a continuance of the current MOU that expires at the end of this month, with some changes. Preliminary discussions started in December. The town offered to bring in a consultant for the MPOA. On December 15th, the MPOA still had not submitted their proposal in accordance with the ordinance. The town received a letter from the MPOA on December 29th asking to negotiate but did not request specifics. MPOA and the town agreed to attend training on January 5th and 6th, but the MPOA declined that training. The town still had not received a proposal at this time. On February 23`~ the town manager received a list of items from the association representatives with a request to begin discussion. On March 9th, Ms. Machain requested proposed language from the MPOA in the proper format and she received a longer list, but it was not in the proper format. Discussions began on March 25th. On May 1St, the parties mutually agreed to extend the due date to May 20th because they had already passed the ordinance deadline of May 1St On May 25th, the town team believed they were close to agreement; however the MPOA declared impasse on all items. Ms. Machain stated that staff met with MPOA 16 times which accounted for over 350 hours in preparation, minute taking, writing, legal review and meeting time. Ms. Machain continued discussing the proposals that were put forth by the MPOA. There were proposals that were not deemed appropriate for discussion with the MOU negotiation. Ms. Machain acknowledged that staff was not going to ignore these issues and asked to have staff address these issues in their proper manner. Because the MPOA declared an impasse on all items, per the ordinance, there is no agreed upon document available. Ms. Machain noted that council could adopt the proposed MOU that the town has submitted, or could do an absent adoption which would allow the MOU to expire. She went on to explain that if the MOU were to expire then all of the provisions associated with the MOU would go away. Staff recommends the proposed MOU for council adoption. Mario Williams, MPOA President, addressed council and acknowledged the statements Ms. Machain made. He expressed the MPOA's concerns to council. He stated that most of their concerns were non-monetary. He also discussed concerns such as seniority, take- home vehicles, step plans, grievance procedures and on-call pay. Council Member Ziegler responded that the MPOA should have attended the classes offered to them. She expressed her concern with how the MPOA did not provide council with a proper document and instead just declared impasse on the entire MOU. She 4 June t 5, 2010 Regular. Council Meeting Minutes reminded Mr. Williams that the entire town has taken a cut, not just the MPOA. Ms. Ziegler asked for the group to please be more organized when presenting. Council Member Comerford acknowledged that with the way the proposed MOU is written, wage negotiations can be re-opened once the economy stabilizes. Council Member Clanagan asked Mr. Williams for the reason or goal in why the impasse was declared. Mr. Williams responded that the reason was so that the town would meet their three non-financial issues. John Stair, Vice President of AZ COPS addressed council expressing support for the MPOA and that AZ COPS will continue to work with the MPOA in the future. Gilbert Davidson concluded the discussion. He recommended for council to approve memorandum of understanding as presented, to direct staff to continue to work on other issues that need be addressed, and to make modifications to the ordinance that structures the MOU, i.e. the Meet and Confer Ordinance. Motion to approve moved by Council Member Clanagan, second by Council Member McGorray. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. A 5: Resolution No. 2010-61: Relating to Mayor and Council; cancelling the July 6, 2010 regular council meeting Jocelyn Bronson presented the item. Staff recommends cancelling the July 6, 2010 regular council meeting as there is a special council meeting scheduled for July 27, 2010. Motion to approve moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member Clanagan. Motion carried unanimously 7-0. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION D 1: Legislative/Intergovernmental Report: Discussion/Direction/Action regarding all pending state and federal legislation and report on recent meetings of other legislative bodies No report EXECUTIVE SESSIONS Motion to go into executive session on Item E2 moved by Council Member Comerford, second by Council Member Posh Motion carried unanimously 7-0. Council Member Clanagan was excused at 9:15 p.m. Council left the dais at 9:15 p.m. Council returned to the dais at 9:41 p.m. E 1: Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03 (A)(3), Council may ask for discussion or consultation for legal advice with the Town Attorney concerning any matter listed on this agenda E 2: Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3),(4) and (7), discussion or consultation for legal advice with the Town's attorneys and discussion and to consider its position and instruct the Town Manager and staff concerning (1) the lawsuit entitled 5 June 15, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes Town of Marana v. Pima County/Pima County v. Marana (consolidated), Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2008-001131, (2) pending legal issues, settlement discussions and contract negotiations relating to the transition of Marana wastewater collection and treatment to the Town of Marana FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn moved by Council Member Post, second by Council Member McGorray. Motion carried unanimously 6-0. Meeting adjourned at 9:42 p.m. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing are the true and correct minutes of the Marana Town Council meeting held on June 15, 2010. I further certify that a rum was present. y1~~ ~I celyn Bronson, Town Clerk 3r>~ cA~~ E QFST. s 6 June 15, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes