COMMITTEE ON BUDGET FEBRUARY 5, 1996

AND APPROPRIATIONS AGENDA 3:00 P.M.

MINUTES: January 29, 1996

I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:

1. Personnel Officer in re: salary increases for managerial employees who are not represented by any collective bargaining agreement. (Agenda Item II 17)

2. Unfinished Business and any other related matters that may come before

1.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Forwarding a package of court-ordered certiorari refunds. [ON FILE] (1/29/96)

2.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Forwarding the 1995 annual dog licensing report. (1/29/96)

3. COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed legislation authorizing two separate easement

Pending further discussion

4.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Acceptance of a gift from the Westchester County Hotel Association to sponsor the County Airport’s opening. (1/29/96)

5.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Acceptance of a gift from PepsiCo to sponsor the County Airport’s opening. (1/29/96)

6. LEGISLATORS LATIMER, ABINANTI, BRONZ, WISHNIE, STEWART-COUSINS AND

YOUNG: Forwarding a copy of their memorandum to the Committees on Budget and Appropriations and Legislation re: Charter Amendment - County Fiscal Year. (1/9/96)

{Also referred to Legislation}

Pending further discussion with Departments of Finance and Budget and the County Attorney

7. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: HON. PAUL FEINER: Re: the privatization effort in

Westchester County government. (1/9/96)

Pending further discussion

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8.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Acceptance of a gift from Abigail Kirsch to sponsor the County Airport’s opening. (1/29/96)

9.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Acceptance of a gift from Mr. and Mrs. John Fareri to be used by the Westchester County Medical Center in its Pediatric ICU and Step-down Units. (1/29/96).

10.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Acceptance of a gift from Bright Fine Art Backgrounds to be used by the Department of Health in its Teen Linkage Programs’ Photography Group. (1/29/96)

11.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed Acts fixing the Tax Distribution Tables and determining the amounts of County taxes to be levied against the various towns and cities. (1/29/96)

12.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed legislation abolishing the Department of Environmental Facilities and transferring the powers and duties to the Department of Public Works. (1/29/96) {Also referred to PW}

13.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed legislation authorizing the County to enter into a thirty-year lease with IBM for space at the County Airport. (1/29/96)

14.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed Resolution endorsing and expressing support for the proposed acquisition by the County of the property commonly referred to as Hudson Hills for the subsequent construction of a public golf course. (1/29/96)

15.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Forwarding the Westchester County Tax Commissioner’s report dated December 20, 1995. (1/29/96)

16.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed legislation authorizing the County to enter into a twenty (20) year lease commencing April 1, 1996 with Pep’e-Fareri One for the lease of the entire building located at 19 Bradhurst Avenue, Hawthorne. (1/29/96)

17.* COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed legislation to provide for salary increases for those managerial employees who are not represented by any collective bargaining unit. (1/29/96)

18.* HON. KATHERINE CARSKY: Forwarding a letter from a member of the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee offering some thoughts on the budget process. (1/29/96)

19.* HON. KATHERINE CARSKY: Forwarding the report of the Citizens’ Budget Advisory Committee. (1/29/96)

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20.* HON. KATHERINE CARSKY: Forwarding a copy of her memorandum to the Board re: Source Tax. (1/29/96)

21.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Proposed Act authorizing the settlement of the lawsuit James Ledes and Mildred Ledes v. the County of Westchester. (1/29/96)

22.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Authorizing the County attorney to institute a third-party action on behalf of the County against Cook Manufacturing in the lawsuit of Robert B. Jersey v. County of Westchester and Dr. Grigory. (1/29/96)

23.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Proposed Act authorizing the institution of legal proceedings for hospital services rendered. (11 cases). (1/29/96)

24.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Proposed Act authorizing the institution of legal proceedings for hospital services rendered. (5 cases).

25.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Proposed Act authorizing the County Attorney to settle the action entitled In the Matter of the application of Norwood E. Jackson, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the County of Westchester and the County of Westchester v. New York State Correctional Services, Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, New York State Division of Parole and Ramon J. Rodriguez, as Chairman of the New York State Division of Parole, Index No. 13072/88. (1/29/96)

26.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: authorizing the County Attorney to settle the lawsuit of Marlene Beck, as Administratrix of the Estate of Harry E. Beck v. Rocco LaFavo, M.D., Cardiac Surgery Group, P.C., John Hallowell, P.A., and the County of Westchester. (1/29/96)

27.* COUNTY ATTORNEY: Proposed Act authorizing the County Attorney to settle the lawsuit of John Sorrentino and Susan Sorrentino, as Administrators of the Estate of John C. Sorrentino, deceased, and John Sorrentino, Individually, and Susan Sorrentino, Individually v. Society of New York Hospital, Arden Hill. (1/29/96)

1. COUNTY EXECUTIVE: Proposed Bond Act Amendment authorizing the issuance

of $2,300,000 in bonds to finance the cost of design and construction of a simulated burn house at the Fire Training Center. (1/9/96)