Finance Committee - 8/16/2017 Page 11
Alderman Caron
| Know that there’s a lot of pieces to this process but we do need that outside source. | don’t think the city is
going to invest in $100,000 and $150,000 machine that’s only needed for a certain amount of time. It’s not like
we’re mowing the regular grass, and a playground, or a park, or something like that. | think the money that it
costs us to do this twice a year | think is important and it keeps the staff to do the daily operations that have to
take place within Parks and Rec. Mr. Caggiano is right. We have always been short staffed. We get more
and more things to do because we add facilities, open spaces as you can see with the rail trails and things like
that. | think this is a good thing and | think it gave a great explanation and a list of those areas that we needed
to have an idea. I’m going to vote for this. Thank you.
Alderman Wilshire
Just a last comment. | know we always ask our departments to do more with less but we ask you do to more
and give you more. So thank you for what you do.
Alderman Siegel
I’d note that even if we owned the piece of equipment given the number of hours it takes to do this, it’s still
cheaper to hire this outside source to get this work done. | think this is a real value for us. It’s a specialized
piece of equipment. The person knows the job. | think it makes sense to do this.
Chairman Cookson
Any additional questions or comments? Superintendent Caggiano do we know how many linear miles this
represents?
Superintendent Caggiano
No.
MOTION CARRIED
RECORD OF EXPENDITURES
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS COMPLIED WITH THE CITY
CHARTER AND ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE RECORD OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD
JULY 28, 2017 TO AUGUST 10, 2017
MOTION CARRIED
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Chairman Cookson
What was your expectation this evening with regard to coming?
Noelle Osborne, Plant Operations Supervisor, Wastewater
My expectation was to come and bring to you an update on the major projects that are going on at Wastewater
and maybe a slight forecasting on the FY18 expenditures.
