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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Regul ar Session
December 7, 1987
The r eg ular meeting of th e Engle wood City Counc i l wa s ca 11 ed to order by Mayor
Oti s 7:30 p .m.
2. Invocation
The invocat ion wa s gi ven by Cou nci l Member Vobejda.
3. Pledge of Allegi ance
The Pl edge of Allegiance wa s l ed by May or Oti s.
4. Roll Call
Present :
Ab sent:
A quorum was pre se nt .
Al so prese nt :
5 . Minutes
.Council Memb ers Van Dyk e, Vobej da, Kozac ek , Bil a,
Brad shaw, Oti s
Council Membe r Higday
City Man ager Mcc own
Ci t y Attorn ey DeWitt
Assi stant City Manag er Varga s
City Cl erk Cr ow
Executive Director Hin so n, Urba n Renewal
Au '·hori ty
Director Kuh,., Pa rks and Recreation
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 17 , 1987.
Ay es: Council Member s Van Dy ke , Vob ejda, Kozace k , Bil o , Oti s
Na ys : None
Abstain: Co un cil Mem ber Bradshaw
Ab se nt: Co un ci l Mem ber Higday
Moti on carried .
Englew ood City Council Minute s
Decem ber 7 , 1987 -Pag e 2
6 . Pre-scheduled Visitors
(a) Walt Tomooka, 143 Wes l i'o wer s Circ l e, Liltl e lon , s po ke sperson for I
th e Greate r [ngl ewood Cha mber of Co mm erce, di s cusscd lh e r e so I ul ion approved
by t he Cham ber regarding the RTO /Urban Ma ss Transil SW Corriclor. Cou ncil Mem -
ber 8 i I o look excc pl io n to lh e Cha mber 's pos i lion co nce rn i 11 (1 lhc SW Cor ridor ,
s lautng Lo lose lhc SW Corr idor wou ld neg ativ ely impacl lh c Cil.y of Englewood
~nd we co uld lo se the feder al fundi ng if cornmu ni ty supp orl i s not forthcom ing
f or t he SW Corr i dor . Co unc i l Member Bi l o s l a Led he co uld not su pp or t the
re solul 1011 of the Chamber . Counci l Member Koz acek fell th ere was va l i d ily to
s ome of lh e p, i nt s in t he r es olution , but felt the Sa nta F1• Cor ridor shoul d be
co mp l eted . Co unc il Member Van C·•kc co ncur r ed lhal there 1<cr c val id points in
lh e re soluti on but sta t ed tha t the citizens, Co un ci l , bu : inessmen, etc ., all
have lo be mo re edu cated on t he SW Corri dor . She wa s n,,1 in a position lo
s up port oppos iti on lo lh e SW Corridor . Co un c il Memb er Uraa ,haw co mmente d l hal
she t hought t he rc~o l ulio n wa s mor e in oppo sil i~n to llou sc Dill 1249 than t o
lhc corrid or . ~ne s tal ed lha l for l hc benc fit of Engl cwo od, the SW Corridor
is needed and should be s uppor ted. Mr. McCo wn exp l ained the conflict be twe en
lhc SW an d SE Corrid ors . Mr. Tomooka r espo nd ed by llaimi ng th e ridership
would not sup po rt th e SW Corridor, that th er e wa s not enough population . He
s lrP s,c t Lhal House Bil l 1249 is a pac ka ge dea l and if approve d by the legis -
a\,re, .e will hav e t o "l i ve with it an d pay for i t ." li e s tress ed tha t it i s
s ... ~on ",t lo look for the mo s t viabl e co r r ido r. Council Member Kozacek
"1!.llrated that ;f the Chamb er wi shed to oppo se llou ~e Bill 12 49 for f undin g
r a.:so11 s , he would then support s uch a re solu•.ion .
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK, TO RECEIVE THE RESOLU-
TION FROM THE GREATER ENGLEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Mot ion
Aye s : Council Memb ers Van Dyk e, Vobej da, Kozac ek, Bil o,
Nay s :
Ab s tain :
Absent :
carr ied.
Bradsha11, Oti s
Non e
Non e
Council Member Hi gday
7 . Non -sched uled Visitors
(a) Gary Ka sso n , 4434 So,:th Pearl, Pre s id ent of the Englewood Police
Bc,icf il Assoc i ation , qu est ion ed Counci l regarding Robert s Rul es of Order pro -
c~dur es as tli ey perla i n to the rei ntroduction and re con si deration of Council
Bill No. 67 (Career Scr ·lice System). It was explai ned to Gffirer Kasson that
the City Co uncil's autho r ity wa s derived from the Charter and the Code ; also
l hat Council had adopted it s uw n Rule s of Order and Procedur e ba sed upon that
aulhorily . Officer Ka sson was as sured that the importance o f th is particular
issue ha d not reen l os t amo ngs t this Co uncil.
(b ) Richarct Hi nson, 1B09 South Kear ney Street , Denv er, Execu tive Direc -
tor of Urba n Renewa l Au t hority, addressed Co unc i l on behalf of the Authority
concer ni ng the nee d for add il i ona l funding r eq uired for the Downtown Re-
dcve l opmen t Pro ject. He r equested Co unc i l to app r ove a mo tion directing s taff
Englewood City Council Hi nutes
December 7, 1987 -Page 3
lo work with th e Urban Renewal Author i t y's s taff to prese nt for Co un cil's con -
si de r ation on December 21, 198 7 , a Us e Ta x Reve nu e Bo nd I ss ue under a guaranty
of a nolc si gned by lhe Urb an Renew al Au lhority . He exp 1 a i ned that th er e
would be no outl ay of fund s by e ithe r lh e Cily or lhe Authority for se ven
year s , t here would be an opporlun i ty to re fu nd l hc outs tanding Ur ba n Renew a 1
Au thority bond s c l iminating the de bt earl y on lh e ass umption t hat the rev enue s
in c rea sed abov e projections. Di sc us s ion ens ued and i l was s ugg ested lhal
ot her alternative s be ex plored before making thi s dec i s ion.
COUNCIL HEHBER VAN DYKE HOVED, COUNCIL HEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, TO RECEIVE
THE REQUEST OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
Ayes: Cou nc il Memb ers Van Dy ke , Vobejda, Kozatek, 8 i l o,
Brad s haw , Oli s
Nay s: None
Abstain : None
Ab se nt : Cou nc i 1 Member H igda y
Motion carr ied .
llc f erring lo Ag enda Item 7(a) abov e, Co uncil Member Kozatek called for a point
r,f order regard ing th e r eco ns id er ation of Council Bill No. 67, s tating that
,,a,ed on th e Rul es of Ord er and Procedure s, adopt ed by Counci l On Se ptemb er 4 ,
198 4 , Se ct ion I • Reco nsideration, st ipu1ates that a motion to r econsider mu s t
he n•ad e by on e of t he pr eva iling si de. Therefo r e•, Council Mem ber Higday ha d
no rig ht to move to reco ns ider . Il e furth,i r stated that Sec tion M -Tie Vot es,
s tipul at es t hat in case of a t ie in vo t es on any proposa l , th e propo sa l shall
he con s idered l os t. City Man ager McC own ex plained tha t the pr eviou s City At-
to rn ey had give n t hi s Co uncil an op inion , about a diffc r .nt but s im ilar mat -
ter, th at "any member coul d bring up any i ss ue at any lime ." A co py of the
opi nion was request ed.
8 . Co11111unications arod Proclamations
(a) and (b) Letter s from Chester Hallagin , s tating he did not wish to
see k reap pointme nt as a member of the Board Jf Adju s tm ent and Appe al s , and
from Gerald Samp son , s tating he d id not wi sh to se ek r eappoi ntment as a member
of th e Publi c Lib r ary Board , were d iscussed .
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER BILO SECONDED,
ACK NOWLEDGE BOTH LETTERS WITH A NOTE OF THANKS .
Ay es : Coun ci l Membe r s Van Dyk e , Vobejda,
Bradshaw, Otis
Nay s: None
Ab s tain: None
Ab se nt : Council Member Hi gday
Motion ca rr ied.
9. Consent Agenda
TO RECEIVE AND
Kozacek, Si lo ,
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEHBE P. KnlACEK SECONDED, TO APPROVE
CONSEIH AGENDA ITEMS 9 (a) THROUGH (j).
Eng lewo od City ~o unc11 Minute s
Decem be r 7 , 1987 -Page 4
(a) Minut es of t he Bo ard of Career Servi ce Commi s s i on er s mee t i ng of
Septem ber 9, I 98 7 .
(b) Minute s of th e Hou s i ng Au thori t y meet ing of Septe'm ber 30, 198 7 .
(c) Minut es of th e Down town Develo pm ent Authority mee t i ng of Oct ober
14, 1987 .
(d) Mi nu te s of th e Park s and Recre at i on Commi ss ion meeti ng of October
15, 198 7.
(e ) Mi nu t es of t he Li qu or Lice ns in g Au t hority mee ting of Oc t ober 21,
198 7 .
(f) Minut es of th e Publi c Li brary Arl vi sory Boa r d mee ting of Nov emb er
10, 1987 .
(g ) Minute s of t he Pl an ni ng and Zo ning Commi s sion mee ting of Novemb e r
10 , 198 7.
(h) Ord i nance No . 65, Se ri es of 19 87 , approving th e 1988 Agreem ent for
Library Se r vices be tw ee n t he Engl ewood Publi c l'i brary and the
Ara pah oe Libr ary Di s tri ct.
(i ) Ord i ran ce No. 66, Se rie s of 1987, a pproving th e ann ex ation of prop -
erty in Suppl ement #35 fo r Par ce l "C" l o l he South Ar apahoe Sanita -
tion Di stri c t Connector's Agr eement .
(j ) Ordinance No . 67, Series of 1987 , appro ·d ng lh e exc lu s ion of th e
prop erty de scribed in Supplem ent H3 4 for Par ce l "B" from the South
Arapaho e Sanitation Di f,tri c t.
Aye s :
Nay s:
Abstain :
Absent :
Motion carried .
ID . Public Hearing
Counc i 1 Memb ers Van Dyke , Vollejda, Ko zace k, Bil o ,
Bradshaw, Oti s
Non e
None
Council Member Higda y
No publi c hearing wa s sc heduled .
11. Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions
(a) A r ecommendation from the Water and Sewer Board to adopt a bill for
an ord in ance approvin g th e propo se d r evi se d Standard Conne ct or 's Agr eem ent was
con s id ered .
CO UN CIL BILL NO . 78, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, WAS READ BY TITLE :
A BI LL FOR AN ORD I NANCE APPR OVING A CONNECTO R'S AGREEMENT FOR ALL OUTS IDE
SANITATION DISTRICTS TO USE HIE WA STEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEW OOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEM BER VOBEJOA SECONDED TD APPROVE
COUNCIL BILL NO. 78, SERIES OF 1987 .
Aye s: Council Member s Van Dyk e , Vobejda, Kozacek, Bile,
Bradshaw , Oti s
Nays : None
Abstain : None
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Absent : Cou nci l Member Higday
Motion carr ied.
(b) City Mana ger Mccow n prese nt ed a recomme ndation from the Park s and
Rec reation Commissio n l o adopt a r eso lution es tabli shing annual fees for th e
Englewood Muni c ipal Golf Course. li e confirmed th at th e Park s and Recreation
Comm i ss ion ha d rev i ewed all fee sc hed ul es f or the re cr eation program and were
re commending th e go lf cour se fee s be increased as se t forth in the propos ed
re sol ution.
RE SOL UTION NO . 38
SlR J(S OF 1987
A R[SU UT ION ES 'An i.I SHING ANNll AL FEES FOR TII E ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL GOLF COUR SE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADS l'.Al-1 110,ED, COUNCIL MEMBER BILO SECONDED, TO APPROVE
RES OLUTION NO. 38 , SCP. I E OF 1987. Cou nc i1 Membe r Bi 1 o comme nted Lha l he
would s uppo r l th is rcs ul u'. ,r• but that he wanted t he comments wh ic h had been
made al t.he s 'udy sessio n fnrward ed lo the app ropriate Board and department .
Co un c il Memb e (•, •1 ~~'" concurr ed, s taling the 'per hour ' costs n~e d to be
con s idered; !,i.e al u sugg ested a change in the philosophy of cos ts recov~r ;.
Ayes: Coun ci l Membe r s Van Dyk e, Vobejd a , Kozacek , Bi 1 ~,
Bradshaw, Olis
Nay~: Non e
Abstain: None
Ab sent: Council Member lligday
Motion carried.
(c) Th e recomm endation from th e City Manager's office to adopt resolu-
tions r &'ncerning a 2% wage increase for man agerial, supervisory and confiden -
tia l em~l oy,ir s for 1988 was presented for considerati on .
RESOLU TION NO . 39
SER IES OF 1987
A RES OLUTION FOR A COMPENSATION PLAN SYSTEM FOR GEN ERAL SER VICES MANAGERS OF
TliE C !TY OF ENGL ~WOOD, COLORADO .
COUNCIL MEMBE r YILO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, APPROVAL OF
RESOLUTION NO. J ,, SERIES OF 1987 . Council Memb er Bilo stated he wa s seeking
su pport of t hi s resolution; how ever, he s tre ssed th at the employees should
reali ze tha t City Cou ncil will be scrutini zing compensation plan s and posi ·
tion s for the coming year(s), Coun c il Mem ber Kozacek expressed hi s disap-
pointment that the manageri al/supervi s ory/confidential group did not volun -
tarily reject a pay increa se as a11 examp l e to the employee s' un ions . He
stated he was not totally in ag reement with the 2% wage i ncre ase for thi s
gro up of employe es ; however, he further stated that based on th e fact this
gro up of employees were on a salary ba s is and di d not draw overtime though it
occ asionally was required, he would s upport the resolution with the unde r·
standing that th e benefits under the compensation p 1 an might be recon si dered
depe ndin g upon th e budget.
Ay es: Counc i 1 Membe rs Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozac ek, Bil o,
Eng I cwood C 1 ty Council M1 nute s
Decem ber 7 , 1987 • Page 6
Nay s:
Abstain:
Ab sent :
Mot i on carrief.
Rl SOLUT ION NO . 40
SEl!I ES OF 1987
Bradshaw, Otis
Non e
None
Coun ci l Member Higday
A RES OLUTION FOR A COMPEN S.~T I ON PLAN SY STEM FOR MANAG ER IAL AND SUP ERVISORY
[MPI.OY EES OF TII E POLICE DEPARH1£NT OF THE CIT Y OF ENG LEWOOD .
COUNCI L MEMBER 81 LO MOVED , COU NCJ L MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, APPROVAL OF
RES OLUTION NO. 40, SERIES OF Hr7 . lt wa s slated th at the same comme nts made
by Counci l Me mber s Oil o an d i:ozace k co ncern ing Res o l ul ion No. 39 ap pl ied to
l hi s Reso l ution.
Ayes:
Nay s:
Abstain :
Abs ent:
Molion carried.
RESOL UTION NO . 41
SER I ES OF 1987
Cou nc : 1 Members Van Dyk e, Vobejda , Kozacek , Oil o,
Bradsha w, Otis
Non e
Non e
Council Member Hi gd ay
A RESOLUT IO N FOR A CO MPENS AT IO N PL AN SYSTEM FOR MANAGERIA L AND SUPERVI SORY
EMPLOYEE S OF THE FIRE DEPARTME NT OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD .
COUNCIL MEMBER BILD MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, APPROVAL OF
RESOLUTION NO. 41, SERIES OF 1987. Again, it was sta ted t ha t the same com -
me nt s made by Coun cil Members Bil o and Kozacek co ncerni ng Re so lu tion No . 39
applied lo t h i s Res olution .
Aye s: Counc i1 Memb ers Van Dy ke, Vob ejda , Kozacek, Bil o ,
Brad shaw , Olis
Nay s:
Abslain :
Ab sent:
Molion carried .
RESG LUTION NO . 42
SER I ES OF 1987
Non e
None
Counc I l Member Higday
A RESOLUTION FOR A CO MPEN SATION PLAN SYSTEM FOR CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES OF THE
C !TY OF ENGLEWOOD .
COUNCIL MEMBER BILD MOVED, COUNCIL HEHBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, APPROVAL OF
RESOLUTION NO. 42, SERI ES OF 1987.
Ayes : Council Memb ers Van Dyke, Vobej da , Kozacek, Bila,
Bradshaw , Otis
Nays : None
Abstain : Non e
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Ab Hn\: Cou nci l Member II i~day
Mo tion car ried . Counci l Mem ber Bil o s t at ed he app reciated the efforts and th e
work of th e mana geri al , supervi sory and confid ential employ ees. He stat ed he
hope s th e eco nomic si tuation improv es 50 th at it ma y no t be ne cessary for
Cou nci l t o tak e so me of t he dra s tic me asures whic h ha ve bee n co nside red .
(d) A re solution es tabl is hing annu al sa l ari es for Co un c il app oi ntees,
ce rtain s taff of t he City At torney 's offi ce , Mu ni c ipal C1urt Judg e and Associ -
ate Judg es for th e ca l e ndar year 1988 was rn ns i dered.
RES OLUTION NO . ',J
SER IES OF 19?./
A ll ESO LUTI ON ESTABLI S,'.,',f. ANNUA L SALAll!E S FuP ,II E CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORN EY,
ASS I STA NT CI TY ATTURNEYS , PARALE GA L, MUNI CIPA L CO URT JUDGE ANO ASSOC IATE
JUDGE S FOR THE CA LENDAR YE.'~ 1988 .
COUNCIL HEMBER VAN DY L i'!OVED, COUNCIL H!",ER BRAD SHAW SECONDED, FOR APPROVAL
OF RESOLUTION NO. 43, SE ~:e:s OF 198 7, wm . :ni: SALARIES TO INCLUDE A 2% WAGE
INCREASE AS FOLLOWS:
CITY MANAGER $69,360
CITY ATTORNEY $60,180
MUNICIPA L COURT JUD GE $52,380
ASSJs;·, . .,,, CITY ATTORHE ', $20,856
ASSIST ,i ,T CIH ATTORNEY PROSECUTOR $33,915
PARALEGAL $31,273
THE SALARY OF THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1988 SHALL REMAIN AT
$250 PER DAY . Befo re the vote wa s taken it was .:onfirmed that the Asso ci ate
Judge s wou ld not r ece ive a 2% increa se . Co uncil Member Kozacek commented tha t
al any time the City Co un c il de ems i t necessary due to financi al hardships or
dec rea sed r even ues , the foregoing wa ge increa ses cou ld be withdrawn or
c hang ed.
Ayes: Council Member s Van Dyke, Vobejd a , Bilo, Brad shaw ,
Qt i s
Nay s : Counc i 1 Member Kozacek
Abs tain: None
Ab se nt: Co uncil Memb er Higday
Motion car ried. Counc i 1 Memb e r Koza ce k s t aled he voted in opp os iti on as he
d i d not fee l the 2% pay increa se wa s ju s tified for the manag eria l staff .
12. City Manager's Report
Mr. Mcc own advised Counc ii that the 1 e a se for the miniature go 1f course
should be ready fo r consi de ration at th e December 21 s t mee t i ng .
13. City Attorney's Report
Mr. DeWi tt presented the following handouts for Council's information :
(a ) L,,;,,s uit of Dav i d A. Rh oads
(b) Law s uit of Jerrald and Jeraldyne Hei nri chs
(c) Liabil ity of City for failure to ext ingui sh fire s outsid e city
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(d) Le ase information on Trolley Square King Sooper s property .
14. Gen era 1 Discussion
(a) Ma yor 's Choi ce
Mayor Oti s did not have any matters to bri ng before Council .
(b) Coun ci l Mem ber 's Choice
There were no addit io nal matters to consider .
15 . Adjournment
COUNCIL HEHBER BRADSHAW MOVED TC ADJOURN . Th e me e t 1 ng adj ourn ed at 9 : 05 p . m.