HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/11/1997 City Council MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
HELD ON
AUGUST 11, 1997
ITEM DESCRIPTION SOURCE STATUS
1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS,
RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS:
Call to Order - The meeting was called to orderWatts
at 6:10 p.m. with four Councilmembers present, a
quorum was established. Councilman John
Dillard arrived at 6:10, Councilman Dave
Kovatch arrived at 6:12 and Councilman David
Stanwick arrive at 7:35.
Pledge of Allegiance Watts
2.0 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES:
3.0 REGULAR AGENDA:
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
RESOLUTIONS:
ORDINANCES:
3.1 Consideration of an ordinance canvassing and Council Passed
declaring the results of an election held on the
9th day of August, 1997 in the City of The Colony
(Ord. No. 97-990)
Motion to approve as written - Longo; second
Kovatch, carried with all members voting Aye.
4.0 CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed below are
considered to be routine by the City CoUncil and'
will be enacted with one motion. There will be
no separate discussion of an item unless~ a
Councilmember requests it, at which time it will
be removed from the Consent Agenda and
considered separately.
Bid Awards -
Resolutions -
Ordinances -
5.0 OLD BUSINESS:
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6.0 DISCUSSION ITEMS:
6.1 Work Session to discuss the agenda items for the
August 18, 1997 meeting.
6.2 Items to be on the August 18, 1997 agenda were
discussed. The Solid Waste Committee
recommended awarding the contract for recycling
to CWD. Contract will be on the agenda for
action. There was a lengthy discussion regarding
the Solid Waste Services agreement with IESI.
Minor amendments were recommended, which
will be on the August 18, 1997 agenda for action.
Work Session to discuss the 1997-98 Budget
Options for financing of 3 water towers were
discussed. More study will be done on this
matter. With the failure of the bond issue on
August 9, 1997, there is $777,250 in debt service
in the General Fund and Utility Fund
(combined). The council does not want to use
that money at this time to fund any other
equipment or projects.
Budget Issues as follows will be kept:
Pay for Performance (3%,4%,5%)-$243,793.;
10% increase hospitalization cut to 8% -$40,000.;
6 police cars - $120,000.; Economic Dev. Dir. -
$78,112.; Electric cost increase - $20,000; Legal,
contractual, professional cost increase - $60,000;
Misc. other expenses - $26,812.
Mr. Lambert will hire the Economic Dev. Dir.
on a contract basis and proposes to discontinue if
the sales tax election in January 1998 does not
pass. The council wishes to keep the person in
place for a full year.
Budget issues as follows will be cut:
TMRS increase 5% to 6% - $51,019; 25 to 20
year retirement - $13,330.
Council issues as follows will be included:
Volunteer firefighter - $25,000; covered buildings
and parking - $50,000 more info to follow;
Microfilming, etc. of city plans - $20,000;
Adjustments to salaries to be reviewed by the
Personnel Committee for recommendation.
Other items discussed were swift water
equipment - $1050. will be purchased in 1996-97
budget; ADA requirements for fields is in the
operating budget; Special Events committee -
Councilman Avey requested a committee be
formed to help bring events to the city. After the
committee is formed and plan is brought forward
a budget may be allocated; Denton County
Mental Health and Mental Retardation requested
funding - there will be none this year.
7.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Motion to adjourn - Longo; second Avey, carried with all members voting Aye.
With no further business to address, Mayor Watts adjourned the meeting at 10:00
p.m.
APPROVED:
Mary Blair Yqattsi~]Mayor
ATFEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC
City Secretary