May 19 2012
The Budget Advisory & Financial Planning Committee will meet again Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:00 p.m. Emergency Operations Center, in the Police Department at 403 Highland Avenue. No recordings or broadcasts of the meeting will be available. Those interested in hearing or observing the proceedings must attend the meeting.
The agenda includes:
- Discuss impacts of pension/health benefits and potential recommendation
- Review and discuss five year projections regarding general fund revenue, expenditures and transfers including assumptions, risk factors and potential upsides
- Discussion regarding the Committee’s report to City Council
May 19 2012
PUSD eyes Alan Harvey Theatre improvements -
The Piedmont Unified School District Board will begin its May 23 meeting with a closed Session at 6:30 p.m. on negotiations with Association of Piedmont Teachers (APT) and California State Employee Association (CSEA), Chapter 60.
- a presentation of a check from Beach Parents Organization (BPO) for the Beach Project
- *Seismic Safety Bond Program Budget update,
- review of concept for Alan Harvey Theatre improvements by volunteer Designer Mark Becker, designer of Havens School
- review of Project/Program priorities for Seismic Safety Bond Program Funds and recommendation for allocation of funds for high priority, time-sensitive projects
- report on Governor’s May Budget update
- acceptance of a gift towards elimination of furlough days
For the full agenda and staff reports click here.
If you wish to receive an electronic version of future Board meeting agendas, submit your request with an email address to: sspiker@piedmont.k12.ca.us.
May 19 2012
Bird callers from the 47th Annual Bird Calling Contest held on May 4, 2012 will appear on CBS Channel 5 The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 starting at 11:30 p.m. All contestants were from Piedmont High School and Millennium High School.
The winners are:
- 1st Place – Greater Prairie Chicken – Cameron Anderson, Tlalli Moya Smith, Sheli Schacker
- 2nd Place – Green Heron – Fenua Ibabao
- 3rd Place – California Quail – Wes Dunlap, Lawrence Ma, William Meredith
May 18 2012
City Council also to discuss litigation in closed session -
The City Council is scheduled to approve management employee contracts for the City Clerk/Management Information Systems Manager, Director of Finance, Fire Chief, Chief of Police, Director of Public Works, and Director of Recreation on May 21. As with other recent contracts, lower cost pension plans will be established for new (but not existing) employees in these positions.
The Council will also consider spending up to $24,000 for recruiting a new Police Chief to replace Chief John Hunt, who has announced his retirement on June 22, 2012. Of three recruitment proposals received, the City Administrator recommends enlisting the highest cost proposal by Bob Murray & Associates due to their expertise and experience in recruiting for similar positions.
In closed session, pending and potential litigation regarding Blair Park will be considered, as well as undergrounding litigation against Robert Gray Associates and Harris & Associates.
The open session will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 120 Vista Avenue on May 21, 2012. Click here for full agenda and staff reports.
May 18 2012
The status of the Piedmont Avenue Library will be discussed at a meeting on May 29 at 7 p.m., Piedmont Gardens, 110 41st Street in the 5th Floor Community Room. Council member Jane Bruner and the Associate Director of the Oakland Public Library, Gerry Garzon, will be providing an update on the possible relocation of the library.
May 18 2012
On May 31, the City will hold its annual volunteer reception to honor the following individuals who served in 2011 on City committees or commissions or provided other volunteer service to the City.
David Brown
Randolph Deutsch
Michael Gardner
Ryan Gilbert
Tamra Hege
Steven Hollis
Bill Hosler
Anne-Marie Lamarche
Eric Lindquist
Raymond Marshall
Robert McBain
Kurtland Peria
Michael Rancer
Jack Summerfield
Clark Thiel
Steven Weiner
Gregory Young
May 17 2012
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Budget to be Considered by City Council
The Piedmont City Council will consider the 2012-13 City Budget at three separate meetings. The first meeting is a Special Meeting work session that will be held in the Police Department Emergency Operations Center EOC on Saturday, May 19, 2012 beginning at 9:00 a.m. No broadcasting via KCOM or the internet is planned. Interested persons must be present to hear the discussions. > Click to read more…
May 11 2012
3 Meetings to Deliberate Budget Choices -
Click to visit the 2012-2013 Proposed Budget for the City of Piedmont. The City Council will begin its discussion of the 2012-13 budget at a Saturday work session, on May 19, 2012 beginning at 9:00 a.m in the Police Department EOC.
The second and third budget discussions will include public hearings on June 4 and June 18, 2012. There will also be discussion on the levy of the Municipal Services Tax and the Sewer Tax. > Click to read more…
May 11 2012
Piedmont’s Actuarial Consultant attended the May 8 meeting of the Budget Advisory and Financial Planning Committee (BAFPC). For the first two hours of the meeting, actuary Marilyn Oliver of Bartel Associates, LLC answered the committee’s questions about Piedmont’s employee pension plans so that they could evaluate
May 11 2012
Two Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) studies released in December 2011 and February 2012 paint a sobering picture of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). “Actuaries and pension boards make assumptions about future investment returns and pension costs. Unfortunately, they’ve been wrong. They have overestimated investment earnings, underestimated pension costs and retroactively added benefits without proper funding. As a result, pension systems across California have huge unfunded liabilities.” > Click to read more…
