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Home My WebLink AboutCCM-06-18-98Cit¥of Carmel AMENDED MEETING NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TItURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 -- 8 A.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE The Carmel City Council will have a special meeting on Thursday, June 18, 1998, at 8 a.m. in Council Chambers, City Hall, One Civic Square. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss salary ordinances (job classification and compensation) and other city business. ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/57D2400 CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 -- 8 A.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE MEMBERS PRESENT: Council President Robert Battreall, Councilors Jim Miller, Norm Rundle and Billy Walker. Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray and Deputy Clerk Rebecca Martin also attended. Councilors Kevin Kirby, Luci Snyder and Ron Carter were absent. Councilor Battreall called the meeting to order at 8 a.m. Councilor Miller moved to introduce Resolution CC-06-18-98-01. establishment of a ~ade and step-based compensation system for city employees. Councilor Rundle seconded. Councilor Miller moved to waive the reading. Councilor Rundle seconded. Councilor Miller stated he was pleased the city had hired a consultant to do the much needed salary study. Councilor Walker agreed that the salary study and development of a grade and step-based compensation system was long overdue. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray stated she was concerned because few city employees, including herself, had seen the guidelines that David M. Griffith & Associates, Ltd. used to define each employee's salary. Human Resources Director Barbara Lamb stated that Griffith would be sharing its guidelines with employees, and that employees would have an opportunity to appeal their step and grade classification. She stated meetings with employees should begin and finish next week. Councilor Miller stated that one of the hardest parts about changing to a grade and step-based compensation system would be working through initial employee discontentment. He also stated that the city was considering working out a merit grading system in the future. Ms. Lamb stated she was confident the department directors within the city supported moving to a step and grade compensation system. Councilor Battreall clarified that no one would get a salary reduction as a result of this study. Councilors discussed the inflation factor used to make the 1999 salary recommendations with Ken Veil of Griffith. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray verified that the budgets being delivered to her office from the departments had the new salary information included in them. Councilor Walker called for the question. Resolution CC-06-18- 98-01 was approved t~-0. The meeting was adjourned at 8:26 a.m. Respe~fully submitted, MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: RE: DATE: Common Council, City of Carmel, Indiana Douglas C. Haney, City Attoj~ Add On To May 18, 1998 Council Agenda May 13, 1998 Dear President Battreall and Council Members, As City Attorney, I have been instructed by the City of Carmel Cable Television Advisory Committee to prepare and send a letter to Time Warner Cable asking it to provide justification for the basic and tier cable television rate increases which became effective January 1, 1998. In order to comply with jurisdictional time limits, this letter must be received by Time Warner Cable no later than May 29, 1998. I prepared this letter for my signature. However, on May 13, 1998, I was informed that the Federal Communications Commission requires this letter to be signed by the "local fi'anchise authority" - - which is the Common Council. Therefore, if this letter is not authorized and executed by the Council at its May 18, 1998 meeting, it can_not be sent out in time to be received by May 29, 1998. Rather than risk jeopardizing the City's right to seek justification for these cable rate increases, I respectfully ask that this letter be added on, considered and executed at your May 18, 1998 meeting. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this regard. DCH/eb Mr. lay L, Satterfield Division president Time Warner Cable 3030 Roosevelt AvenUe Indianapolis, IN 46218 MaY IS, 1998, Re:~Ngfice of Intl Dear Mr. Satterfieid: letter the Common Council of the City of,Carro.'el, Indiana, · By this , ~ local franchise authority, gives notice to Time Warner Cable as follows: e~;FCC ? rm 329,~ at to Fil o ing in its calSa~ity as the l) The local franchise authority has received subscriber, complaints i~ a¢¢ordaii~e with tile Riles of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regardmg a rate increase to the basie:rhnd ~able ~rogramming services tier provided by the Time Warner Cabl~ within 90 d:l~vs of the ~t~*d d*'t,t.- :-- · rst appearing of the subscriber's cable bill; , ~- ' F -:-- --'[* ~m~ increase ~: ' -~ II ' ~ ~, ' ' · . rose authority a rate justification o rY..om the date ofrec~i t ' ' ' cert~ficatmn that it is not subject to rate re~,,~-: . n the appropnate FCC ~o'~ ' p 0flhls letter to ~u,tatloll. ' ~ l, mt or, altematiw, franchise author/ty to file a Compla/nt with the FC effective. Any res onse . C within 18 , ~,m oe noted to the mr,,- e' --:vu uo not file ~ -.'-,-. ~ ~ Ce~onse within the I · ~ny and all correspondence - ~ ' i; ' ] Mr Douglas C. Haney, Es . . ' · Cay Attorne q' Mr. ' ~ City ofCarmYel ' Robert K. Juhnso: Bose, McKi One Civic Square 135 N. Penn} Carmel,/N 46032 Indianapolis S rJNEcIVIcsQU'41~E ("A'q)dE! (NDI'4N,4 460-~ ~17,/57!' : Mr. Jay L. Satterfield May 18, 1998 Page Two Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Ft COMMON COUNCIL O THE CITY OF Acting as thc local franchise authority By: Robert Battreall, PresAdent Carmel;Common Coimcil cc: Mayor James Bminard Terrence L. Brookie, Chair Cannel Cable Television Advisory Committee Enclosure indicate the number of channels dropped: 4) In the event additional information relevant to the filid~g 'of this FC obta ned by the dca franchise authority pdor to the Cor~m. iss On tat< thereon, the iocal franchise authority will immediately noiify the Confi'mission,of such additional information and provide the same to the Comm~ssioh. 5) The Focal franchise authority has filed this complaint ~vilh the Cor~misslon within 180 days of the date the rate increase became effective. N,~me Signature Date Pubhc tODdling for ~his collection is es[~ma ed to overate 45 m u~es aCt ~linn '- .... ~e burden, ~o ~e Federal Communica[~c~s Commrssion ~ecor~s Manageme~: 5ra,;~2. Wasmngton, CC 2055c O~mo~ sen~ ' comole~ed forms to this address. [ THE FORGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED 5Y THE PRWACy ACT OF 1974 P L. g~-~9, DECEMBEr.,2 ~. 1974 J'S.C. - . ,' act upon,the % Form 329 it ing final action CERTIFICATIONS: to By signing this form the local franchise authority certifies the :CC that, to e and belief, the following is true ~nld correct: . . best of [ts knowledg i e local franchise authority has race red subscriber c. omplamLo ~ll' '~"~ ~ · 1) Th , " a rate increase to the cbb[e progra,rnmihg services the Commission s rules regarding ~_ within 90 days ;f the date ¢f the!'increasefirst' tier(s) provided by the cabJe.syst.e.m bill ' ' appearing on the subscdbe¢s caO~e · ; .... '- '---- the caJ~ie sys(~m Cas provided a,,draft · nt w th the requirements CT [nl:~ JgJlJ 11 I 2) Consmte ...... -~ ---,, ,,,,,~ ~'iven a minimum Of 30 days fr,omthat d?te f this Torm BY ceruneu m,=. ,~,,,~ ~ ~ J 1 copy,? . - _',_: .... +~'"'i*" a rate iustification on the appropriate FCC Form ,o,r. give the lOCal 1Tartcl]l:~ ¢~uu ~,~ ~), a~temativeiy, a certhScat, on that it is not sub~ect to rate re~uJatlO · ant with the re uirements of th s form, th~s inTormat~on prowded by the cable 3) Consist q . . ;., ~. . system is attached to and made a part of th~s fihng by the local franc, hlse authonty. If no such attachments are filed with this form, the franchise authority certifies thatlthe Cable ' system operator failed to file the appropriate information:with the local franchise authority within the specified time period, and requests ~h~t the FCC information as submitted.