Special Board of Aldermen 06-21-2021 Page 34
Mr. Richardson So really the budget book is showing on that Wages Full Time line is before the award of
the contract. Is that correct?
Mr. Griffin
The $12.5 is before the award. The $1.1 is a combination of two fiscal years.
Mr. Richardson So once that has been awarded what would this percentage increase be for this year?
Mr. Griffin
For Fiscal ’22?
Mr. Richardson Yeah.
Mr. Griffin
Subject to check it might be 3.5%.
Mr. Richardson So there was a 4% last year.
Mr. Griffin
Close to 4.
Mr. Richardson When | took a look at the contract to be awarded, is like a 4 year contract. Total of 17%
over that period of time.
Chairman Dowd
Time is up.
Mr. Richardson That’s outrageous.
Fred Teeboom 24 Cheyenne. | have a question, | think | know the answer for the Fire Chief. You don’t
have to get up. You mentioned overtime, let’s say for example you have a half a million in overtime, you are
giving people vaccinations and the Federal Government gives all that money back. Meanwhile you got paid
overtime with the City’s Budget. What happens to the money Mr. Mayor that the Federal Government
reimburses the Fire Department?
Mr. Griffin
So Mr. Chairman to the extent — John Griffin CFO — to the extent we are able to get reimbursed, this budget
once we are confident that FEMA and other funding sources will reimburse us, we reduce this particular
expense. It wouldn’t reduce the budget it would reduce the actual expenditures.
Mr. Teeboom Wouldn’t you count that as revenue, so wouldn’t the foul up the budget. The Fire Department
the budget changes from year to year. Sometimes | go back to previous year’s budget and | find the report
has changed slightly. Wouldn’t you take a reimbursement from the Federal Government as a revenue.
Mr. Griffin
When we make the filing for the FEMA reimbursements we have to provide all the backup documentation.
What you are suggesting is do you keep that excess cost in the budget and take in revenue so on the tax
