10 Responses to “City Council: Agenda, June 3 meeting”

1. posted by Chuck at June 1, 2008 9:54 am :
   

   Not sure where person who prepared the agenda is coming up with a Compensation Board approved funding for the Clerk of only $64,800. Unless maybe that’s on top of their approved FY09 Budget:

   Salaries with Estimated Fringe:
   Clerk: $108,317
   ACD: $44,990
   DCII: 2 @ $28,847
   DCI: 2 @ $23,595
   DCI: 3@ $23,077

   They have no state funding for temporary/part-time salary, office expenses, or equipment expenses but, their total approved salary (w/ estimated fringe) budget is $327,404.

2. posted by Chuck at June 1, 2008 9:58 am :
   

   Sidenote - Nothing on the Comp Board’s Docket minutes (April or May) from the Comp. Board about new or additional funding for Clerk.

3. posted by MaryJane at June 1, 2008 11:06 pm :
   

   Would this be the position of the city council clerk who is out on medical leave? If so, would this be the same clerk’s position that will be filled by our city manager during said clerk’s absence? Surely our city manager is not to receive financial compensation for taking on this responsibility and surely that does not account for the uncertainty in the aforementioned budget item … oh, this makes my head hurt.

4. posted by Akin S at June 2, 2008 12:00 am :
   

   Once upon a time in Dirtyburg, the land of the misfits, there was corruption and mismanagement of funds.

   Anybody could have done something about it, and everybody thought that somebody would carry the investigative efficiency report to a fitting and just conclusion.

   Alas, anybody, everybody, and somebody became embroiled in bickering, finger pointing, name calling and divisivenes, thereby making possible the escape of the perpetrators of benign neglect and malignant cronyism. Leaving nobody the wiser of us all.

5. posted by brenda p at June 2, 2008 8:01 am :
   

   On that point… and this would be rhetorical…have folks asked their Council reps if they’ve turned in the paperwork required by the consultants to conduct their analysis (paperwork that was due LAST YEAR)? If the answer is ‘no’, have folks urged their reps to get that paperwork done post haste? To my knowledge, only two of the reps have submit this paperwork.

6. posted by tg4360 at June 2, 2008 8:06 am :
   

   The only clerk mentioned in the minutes is Circuit Court Clerk. It appears that they have to pass a resolution to pass through the state funds that go to that position.

7. posted by John H. at June 2, 2008 8:09 am :
   

   yet we wonder why things never get done here in Petersburg

8. posted by Chuck at June 2, 2008 1:21 pm :
   

   MaryJane,

   This is the Clerk of the Circuit Court, not the Clerk for the City Council. The Comp. Board wouldn’t give State Funds for the Council’s administrative staff - sorry for the confusion.

   Don’t worry though….governmental bookkeeping is enough to make many peoples heads spin.

9. posted by Teresa at June 4, 2008 7:48 am :
   

   For item #1, could I get an explanation of the alphabet soup? I assume they are abbreviations for job titles?

10. posted by Chuck at June 4, 2008 12:29 pm :
    

    Yes, they are job titles

    Clerk = Circuit Court Clerk
    ACD = Assistant Chief Deputy Clerk
    DCI = Deputy Clerk I
    DCII = Deputy Clerk II

    Further information regarding roles and class titles can be found here:
    http://www.scb.virginia.gov/salary_scales/clerk_scale.pdf

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