Committee Report - Finance - 6-13-12 — File 193411

June 13, 2012 Finance Committee Page 1 of 3 Printed 6/19/2012 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Maryann M. Heuston Chair Absent William A. White Jr. Vice Chair Present John M Connolly Alderman At Large Present Robert C. Trane Ward Seven Alderman Present Thomas F. Taylor Ward Three Alderman Present William M. Roche Ward One Alderman Present Tony Lafuente Ward Four Alderman Present Sean T. O’Donovan Ward Five Alderman Absent Rebekah L. Gewirtz Ward Six Alderman Present Bruce M. Desmond Alderman At Large Present Dennis M. Sullivan Alderman At Large Present Ed Bean Finance Director Present Peter Forcellese, Jr. Treasurer/Collector Present Marc Levye Chief Assessor Present Angela Allen Director of Purchasing Present Kate Ashton Grant Administrator Present Michael Glavin Exec. Director, OSPCD Present Frank Wright City Solicitor Present Karthik Viswanathan Chief Information Officer Present Hayes Morrison OSPCD - Transportation & Infrastructure Present Eddie Nuzzo Supt. of ISD Present Ellen Collins ISD Operations Manager Present The following Aldermen were recused from all discussions of the departments below, as noted: Alderman Roche Police, Constituent Services, DPW - Sanitation Alderman Heuston DPW - Administration Alderman Taylor Animal Control Alderman O’Donovan Fire, Capital Planning Alderman Trane School Department Alderman Desmond: Information Technology Alderman Sullivan Traffic and Parking

Committee of the Whole June 13, 2012 Finance Committee Page 2 of 3 Printed 6/19/2012 FY-13 City Budget The budget requests for the following departments were reviewed at this meeting:  Finance (Treasury, Auditing, Purchasing, Assessing, Grants)  Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development  Law  Information Technology The following requests were made by the committee:  a listing of condo conversions by year (Assessing), (Ald. White)  that summary data/graphs be included in future budget books (Assessing), (Ald. Connolly)  that summary data/graphs be included in future budget books (Grant Management), (Ald. Connolly)  additional information relative to the Zuker Report (ISD), (Ald. Connolly)  a breakdown of the Professional line item expense (ISD), (Ald. White) 193217 - Requesting an appropriation of $13,500 from the Unreserved Fund Balance Account (free cash) to the SPCD Transportation Infrastructure Tree Planting Account to fund the purchase of trees for planting.: Ms. Morrison spoke about this item. RESULT: APPROVED 193219 - Requesting authorization to transfer $12,500 from the DPW Sanitation Rubbish Removal Account to the SPCD Transportation Infrastructure Tree Planting Account to fund the purchase of trees for planting.: Ms. Morrison spoke about this item. RESULT: APPROVED 193221 - Requesting a transfer of $1,500 from the Constituent Services Stationery Account to the Constituent Services Salaries and Wages Temporary Account.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 193276 - Requesting the appropriation of $100,000 from the Capital Stabilization Fund to design improvements to Lincoln Park.:

Committee of the Whole June 13, 2012 Finance Committee Page 3 of 3 Printed 6/19/2012 Ms. Morrison spoke about this item and said that 7 responses have been received from the city's RFP. RESULT: APPROVED