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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995 12 04 City Commission Special Minutes SPECIAL MEETING CITY COMMISSION DECEMBER 4, 1995 The Special Meeting of the City Commission was called to order by Mayor John F. Bush at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: Mayor John F. Bush, present Deputy Mayor John LangeUotti, present City Manager John Govoruhk, present City Attorney Frank Kruppenbacher, present COMMISSIONERS: Larry Conniff, present John Ferring, present Cindy Gennell, absent David McLeod, present Mayor Bush asked for a motion to place on the agenda the contract for the new City Manager. Motion was made by Commissioner Conniff to place on the agenda the contract for the new City Manager. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote: Commissioner Conniff: aye; Commissioner Ferring: aye; Commissioner Langellotti: aye; Commissioner McLeod: aye. Motion passes. Attorney Kruppenbacher gave a copy of the contract to the Mayor and Commission and reviewed the contract with them. Attorney Kruppenbacher said he will clarify section 2 to state the employment agreement will be for a three year term and if the Commission terminates the agreement the Manager will be given six months severance pay unless terminated during the last six months of the agreement. Attorney Kruppenbacher said Section 3 (A) will be revised to "spell out" Section 112.501 of the Florida Statutes. Discussion. Commissioner Ferring stated that if the Manager is terminated during the last six months of the contract, he will only get the severance pay for the remainder of the contract not six months. Commissioner McLeod said in Section 3(C), if the Manager resigns then he will not get the six month benefit. Attorney Kruppenbacher stated he will add that into that section. Attorney Kruppenbacher said with Section 4 - Disability, he is looking into the ADA because ofa mandatory period of family leave if you are incapacitated, we may have to modify this section to match with the ADA, that specific time frame may change to match the Federal Law. Discussion on Section 6 - Performance Evaluation. It was determined that the City Manager will be evaluated each year as all other employees. Discussion on Section 8 - Automobile. It was determined that the City Manager will need to show the City proof of insurance on his automobile if he uses his personal vehicle. Discussion. Special Meeting City Commission December 4, 1995 95-96-05 Page 2 Attorney Kruppenbacher said he will check with Florida League that the City Manager is covered when he is driving his own personal car, doing work for the City. If not then the City will need proof that he is covered under his own insurance. Attorney Kruppenbacher said Section 9 - Health and Life Insurance; has "..and his dependents.." those three words will be deleted. ("and his dependents") The effective coverage will be when the personnel policy states a new employee is able to have the insurance. Attorney Kruppenbacher said in Section 11 - Indemnification; the last sentence will be deleted and that is: "The City will compromise and settle any such claim or suit within the scope of Employee's employment and pay the amount of any settlement or judgement rendered thereon." Attorney Kruppenbacher said in Section 13(D) - Other Terms and Conditions of Employment, he needs to check with the Pension people to be sure you can allow an employee like him to part of the plan and then still fund him the dollars separately. Motion was made by Commissioner Ferring to go forward with the employment agreement subject to the changes that have been noted by the City Attorney and to make approval of this contract for the new incoming City Manager. Seconded by Commissioner Conniff Discussion. Mayor Bush said under Section 15, what date will the new Manager start. Manager Govoruhk said he would like to leave that date open because the first is a holiday and we talked about anywhere from the 2nd to no \ later than the 22nd, but he may come on board on the 15th. Discussion. The motion was amended to state that the new City Manager will start no earlier than January 1 s1. and no later than January 22nd. The motion was amended and the second was amended to state the previous statement of no earlier than Jan. 2nd and no later than Jan. 22nd. Vote: Commissioner Ferring: aye; Commissioner Langellotti: aye; Commissioner McLeod: aye; Commissioner Conniff: aye. Motion passes. Commissioner Langellotti stated that he would like to make a motion to place on the agenda the naming of the Deputy Mayor tonight instead of waiting until the next meeting, because the term ended the end of November. Seconded by Commissioner McLeod. Discussion. Vote: Commissioner Langellotti: aye; Commissioner McLeod: aye; Commissioner Conniff: aye; Commissioner Ferring: aye. Motion passes. Motion was made by Commissioner McLeod to appoint Commissioner John Ferring as Deputy Mayor. Seconded by Commissioner Langellotti. Discussion. Vote: Commissioner McLeod: aye; Commissioner Conniff: aye; Commissioner Ferring: aye; Commissioner Langellotti: aye. Motion passes. Commissioner Ferring thanked his fellow Commissioners for the honor they have attributed to him this year. Presentations of the three finalists for the Group Health/Life Insurance for City Employees: Mayor Bush stated the presentations will go in alphabetical order of the companies. Special Meeting City Commission December 4, 1995 95-96-05 Page 3 John Ketteringham, General Services Director stated that John Hanson is present and is the Risk Officer for the Orange County School Board. Mr. Ketteringham stated that the Commission authorized the Staff on Oct. 4, 1995 to go out for RFP's, we received proposals on Oct. 18, 1995, we broke down into a sub-committee with Mr. Hanson and Steve Vallis, Labor Relations Officer for the City of Orlando and let the sub-committee reduce the number of proposals from 17 down to 6. The overall committee then reduced that down to three, Mr. Hanson looked at the companies in terms of their financial stability, provider network, rate structures, hospitals in different locals and the geographic availability of their medical personnel to our employees and the over all efficiency rating of the companies. The sub-committee narrowed the list down to Blue Cross, CIGNA and CAC United. Commissioner Conniff thanked Mr. Hanson for the tremendous service he performed to our commission and thanked him for all the work that he did. Commissioner Ferring also thanked Mr. Hanson for all his work. Commissioner Ferring asked Mr. Hanson how the companies were eliminated. Mr. Hanson said that the first cut we used was the geographical access or the network. Some of the ones that had a week network in Southwest Volusia and North Seminole area were eliminated, also some were eliminated by price. Discussion. Mr. Ketteringham said at the end of the health issue, he would like to have the Commission entertain the life insurance issue which also has to be awarded with this. Discussion. It was determined that the Commission will hear the life insurance issue at the Dec. 11, 1995 meeting. Mr. John Ibanic, representative from Blue Cross and Blue Shield, gave his presentation to the Commission. The Commission asked questions to Mr. Ibanic. Mayor Bush said the next provider is CAC United. Andrea Hart, Director of Sales and Marketing for CAC United Health Care, gave her presentation to the Commission. The Commission asked questions to Ms. Hart. Mayor Bush said the next provider is CIGNA. Matthew Storey, Margaret Mainser, Elizabeth Serina, Lori Anderson Janie Bartow and Robin Sterns, of CIGNA gave their presentation to the Commission. The Commission asked questions to the group. Discussion. Motion was made by Commissioner Ferring that the City utilize the services of CAC United. Seconded by Commissioner Conniff Discussion. Vote: Commissioner Conniff: aye; Commissioner Ferring: aye; Commissioner Langellotti: nay; Commissioner McLeod: aye. Motion passes. Special Meeting City Commission December 4, 1995 95-96-05 Page 4 Mayor Bush thanked the companies for their presentations and also thanked Mr. Hanson and Mr. Ketteringham for their work. The meeting was adjourned at 9:12 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, ~~~ City Clerk APPROVED: ~~