HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Manager Meeting Summary - May 18 - 31, 2011CITY OF PALM DESERT
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
STAFF REPORT
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John M. Wohlmuth, City Manager
Date: June 9, 2011
Subject: INFORMATIONAL ITEM — CITY MANAGER MEETING SUMMARIES
Following are meetings held with groups, residents, and/or businesses, for the period May 18-
31, 2011.
May 18 MEETING WITH STAFF CONCERNING CITY'S VENDOR LIST
Public Works staff and Finance staff reviewed the vendor list for local
businesses, for duplication of service providers, and for vendors that
have not been utilized for more than a year.
May 19 STAFF MEETING
Bi-Monthly meeting with staff to discuss Council agenda.
MEETING WITH SCE REPRESENTATIVES
Kathy DeRosa and SCE representatives met with staff to give an update
on work completed near Monterey Country Club.
May 20 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION EXPOSITION
Councilman Kroonen and I attended the Cal State San Bernardino Palm
Desert Campus' Environmental Science Education Exposition. The
event featured valley school students' award -winning science fair
projects, along with demonstrations of recent research on environmental
science undertaken by CSUSB faculty.
MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
DATE: June 9, 2011
SUBJECT: Informational Item — City Manager Meeting Summaries
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AQUATIC CENTER POOL FURNITURE
Met with Ryan Stendell and Ruth Ann Moore to review Aquatic Center
furniture styles, colors, and costs. Samples were chosen and sent to
the City to look at and sit on.
May 23 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT MEETING
Weekly department head meeting.
May 24 CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT ALL -EMPLOYEE PRESENTATION
Special Programs, Risk Management, and Public Safety presented
information on programs and aspects of their jobs that were helpful to
other employees.
AUDIT. INVESTMENT & FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
Monthly Investment Committee met to discuss budgets, investments,
Desert Willow, RDA, and Parkview Building.
PDEO NEGOTAITON MEETING
Met with the PDEO Board, received counter proposal, and management
made last best and final offer that was discussed in Council Closed
Session the following day.
May 25 CORPORATION YARD SAFETY MEETING
Attended the Corporation Yard Safety Meeting and answered several
questions from the employees.
May 26 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 27 MEETING WITH MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM
MEETING RE: AQUATIC CENTER WITH ADAM AND AMY SCHMIDT
Adam and Amy Schmidt are the Piranha swim coaches. The coaches
were concerned with the cost to reserve the competition pool. I
MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
DATE: June 9, 2011
SUBJECT: Informational Item —City Manager Meeting Summaries
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responded that the City will review the fee structure at the end of the
summer, and at that time may consider revising the fees.
MEETING WITH STAFF CONCERNING WORLD CUP
Public Works, Landscape, and Special Programs staff met with a
volunteer committee desiring to keep the 2013 Pentathlon in the desert.
May 31 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT MEETING
Weekly department head meeting.
AQUATIC CENTER MEETING
Met with Public Safety staff, Building and Safety staff, City P10, the
Aquatic Center contractor (ASR), and subcontractor (Water Works) to
obtain a completion schedule for the Center. Moved the grand opening
date from June 11 to June 25 and pushed for pool final on June 20 by
the Health Department.
N M. WOHLMUTH
Manager
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