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COUNCIL CHAMBERS
City of En gl ewoo d , Co l orado
Se pt ember 22, I 9B6
SPEC IAL MEETING:
·1h e City Co 11n c i l of th e Ci ty of Engl ewood , Arapahoe County, Col or ado, me t i n
s pe c ia l se ss ion on Se pt em be r 22 , 1986 , a l 6 :00 p.m. Mayor Oti s , pres iding,
cal l ed the mee ti ng lo ord e r . Th e i nvoca ti on was g i ven by Co un c il Member
lli ~d ay. May or Ol i s l ed lh e pl ed ge o f all egi ance.
M,1y11r Oli s as ked for r oll ca ll; th e fo ll owing were pr e se nt:
Co un c il Membe r s Hi gd ay, Vobe jda, Koz ace k, 8 i 1 o, Br adshaw, Ot i s
Abse nt: Coun c i 1 Member Van Dyke
!he Mayor dec l ar ed a quor um prese nt.
Al so pr es e nt were :
City Mana ger Mcco wn
Ass i s t anl Ci ly Manage r Va r ga s
Ci t y At to rn ey Ol se n
Ci ty Cl e r k Cro w
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COUN C 1 L MEMBER KOZ ACEK MOVED , SEC ONDED BY COUN CIL MEMBER SI LO, TO OPEN THE
PU!l l IC HEAR IN G TO CONSID ER 19 87 GEN ERAL REVENU E SHARING FUND S . The vot e
rP sulled as follow s:
Aye s : Co un c i l Memb er s Higd ay , Vobe jd a, Ko za ce k, Bilo, Br adshaw ,
Oli s
Nays: None
Abse nt : Coun c il Memb e r Van Dyk e
Th e Mayor dec lared th e mo tion carri ed and the publi c hear i ng open .
As;i ~;ant City Manag er Varya s pr es ented information on Gen eral Revenu e
Sha1·'11g , s t a ting t ha t it i s anticipated that the City will r eceive
ap pr oxi ma t e l y $475,000 fo r 1987 ; thi s amount has be e n in clud ed in the Gen e r al
Fun d l o he us ed l o defray so me of th e salary expense s i n the Fi re and Pol ic e
Dep .11 t me n l s. Th e pub l i c hea ring i s t o a ffo r d c itizen s an opp ort unity t o
com.'l'~nl on t he pro pose d use of Genera l Revenue Sharing fund s . fi e furth e r
s l J l ed t hat a poss i bi lity ex i s t s that we will not recei ve fund s under thi s
progra m.
Th e r e wa s no one pre se nt wi shing t o address lhe t op i c.
CO UNC IL MEMBER III GDAY MOVED , SEC ONDED BY COUNCIL MEM BER BRADSH AW , TO CLO SE TH E
PU BLI C II EARING . Th e vot e re s ult ed a s follow s:
Aye s : Cou nc il Memb er s Hi gda y, Vobej da , Kozacek , Bi 1 o , Brad sha,i , Olis
Na ys : None
Engl ewood City Coun c i l , Spe c ial Se s sion
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Ab se nt : Coun c il Memb e r Van Dyke
fhe May or decl ared th e mot i on c losed.
tOU NCll ML MBEll VOll [J DA MOVED , SECONDED BY COUN CIL M[M IJ [R BHAU SHAW, ro OP EN TIil
l'll l!I IC ll [AR ING 10 CO NSIDrR TII [ 1907 PROPOS ED BUO G[T . Th e vot e r es ulted a s
fo l l ow s :
Ayes :
Na ys :
Ab se nt :
lho Mayor dec l ar ed
Co un c il Member s lti gday,
None
Coun c i I Memb e r Van Dyk e
th e mo t. i on ope n .
Vobej da , Kol ac l'k, Bil a , Brad s haw, Ol i s
Ass i s t an t City Man age r Varga s pre se nted a bri e f overview or th e 198 7 Propo sed
li tt dr/e t.. c omm ent in g lha l cop i e s of t he pr opo se d budget arc ava il ab le for r e vi c>i
in th e Cil,v Mana ge r 's offi ce, City Cl erk's off i ce, and I ibrary . The budg e l as
pr,•«•nl cd i s ba s ed on a mi 11 l evy or B.109, and a s a l es la x of 3%; no propo sed
111cr ca s c s in l a p f ee s or c us lomer rate s for e ither t he Wale r or Sewer
l nt.crpr i s c fund s arc in c l ud ed; no increa s e s are c onlcrnpl a l cd in gol f co ur se
rec s , rec reation f ee s or Rec reation al Center rental fees fo r 1987. Th e
prop os ed 19 87 budg e t appropri a te s $63 1,187 of t he Res erv e Fund lo balan ce th e
Ge nera l Fund bud ge t nec e s s itated by expenditure s e xce eding r evenue s . The 1987
proj ec t ed re ve nu es total $18,547 ,105 . The Genera l Fund op erating budget
e xpe ndi tures are e s tima t ed a l Sf9,178 ,292 , an increas e o f 4.2% over th e
r evi sed budg e t f or 1986. The increase i s a ltribulabie tu s alary adj ustment s ,
in f l al i ona ry i nc r e ases for commod i ti cs and conlrac lura l s erv i ce s and capitol
ou tl ay cos t s , as are co s t s for ma int ai ning th e Engl ewoo d Parkw ay and an
i ncrease in pr emiu m cost s t o the City health in s uran ce pl an . Th e Pub l ic
I rn prov emen l Fund, Wa ler [n l er pr i s e Fund, Sewer En lerpr i s c Fund , Go lf Cour se
l und we r e a ll di sc us s ed.
Individu al s addre ss ing Co un cil con cern ing th e 1987 propo s ed budg e t were dul y
:,worn and i nc I uded:
ll i 11 CI ayton, Chairman of th e Revenu e Co mm i l lee, reported on the progre s s of
t he comm ittee and offered so me s hort term s ugge s ti on s for th e 1987 budg e t ,
in c l uding but not l im i ted to a mi ll l ev y in crea s e. Mr. Clayt on reques t ed
Co un c il's approva l for th e co mmittee lo co ntinu e it s s es s ion s for six to nin e
month s to be tt e r address l ong t erm changes in th e budg e tary proce s s.
Dorothy Neuman, Clini cal Progres s Coord inator of Arapahoe llou se, addressed
Co un c il r e l alive lo fund in g for Arapahoe ll ou s e.
l orn Burn s, Chairm an of Eng l ewoo d Housing Auth ority , req ue s ted Cou nc il 's
co ns i de r a tion of t r an s ferring $100,000 from the Pub l ic Im provem e nt Fun d to the.
En g l ewoo d Hou s ing Aut hority for th e con tinu atio n o f th e Re hab ilit atio n
Pr ogr am.
lhc foll owin g citizens expressed appreciation and urg ed Council 's s up port of
th e Englewood Hous i ng Reh a bilitation Program: Vera Montez, 2925 So uth Elali ;
Taffy Emme tt, 2863 Sout h Grant; Mar t y Gilbert, 2795 Sout h Acoma; Bea Lane,
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Englewood Ci t y Council, Special Session
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430 1 So uth Pe nn sy l vania ; J ea n Pa lm er , 32 96 South Sherman; and Edna Ta y l or,
2829 South Cherokee.
Co un c i l Memb e r Van Dyke ent e r ed the meeti ng at 6:45 p.m .
Be lly I . Ac ke r , 3140 South Dela ware, s ugg es ted Cou nc il co ns ider a he ad tax a s
oppo sed lo a mill levy in c r ea se , s taling she f e lt thi s a more equitab l e tax.
CO UN CIi. MEMBER HI GD AV MOVED, SECO NDED BY CO UN CIL MEM BER VOBEJ D/\, TO CLO SE lll E
PUGLIC II EARING . Th e vot e resulted a s fol l ows:
Ay es : Counc i 1 Memb e r s II i gday , Vobejd;i, Koza ce k, 8 i Io, Brad shaw,
Oli s
Nay s: None
Coun c i I Memb e r Van Dyke
the motion ca rri ed and the publi c hea ring c l ose d .
Ab s t a in :
I he Mayor dee 1 a red
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lh,• Mayo r dec lared a recess a t 6:55 p.m .
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11-.e Spec i a l Mee t ing of th e Eng l ewood City Coun c il to co ns id er a Bill for an
Ordinance ri x ing the la x l evy for 198 7 wa s ca ll ed t o order at 7:10 p.m. Ma yo r
Ol i s , pr es iding, as ked for roll call; the followin g we re pre se nt :
Counci l Member s Higday, Van Dyk e, Vob e jda, Koza cek, Bila, Brad shaw,
Oli s .
Ab s e n l: Non e
The Mayo r dec l ared a quorum pre se nt.
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Al so pr ese nt were : City Manager Mc co wn
Assistant City Manager Varga s
City Attorney 01 sen
Direc t or Higb ee, Finance
City Cl erk Crow
Ci ly Manager Mccown exp 1 a i ned in deta i 1 the proposed ordinance, stating tha l
Stat e law requires the mill levy be certified to Arapahoe Cou nty by
Nov emb er 1, 1986. He outlined th e pres ent mill l evy: 5.694 General Fund,
2 .496 Debt Serv i ce Fund, and 5 .000 Englewood Downtown Development Authority.
lhe ordinan ce a s proposed include s mill l evies of 8 .402 General Fund, 2.788
De bt Se rvice Fund , and 5 .00 0 Engle wood Downtown Development Auth or ity. Mr.
McCow n introduc ed information from the City's bond coun sel, Lamm, Edstrnm an d
Brayme r , con ce rning Amendment 4. Di sc ussion ens ued r e lative to amending the
propo sed ordinan ce , raising the mi 11 levy and the manner in which t hat r a i se
would be s plit betw ee n the Ge neral Fund an d the Debt Service Fund . Al so
d i sc uss ed were: rep ercussion s of Amendme,,t 4; the increase of taxe s t ~ th e
av erag e Englewood home which would result fr om the .nill l evy increase ; the
Debt Se rvic e Fund; usa ge of lottery fund s.
At the reque s t of the City Manager, a brief recess wa s ca ll ed to verify
co rrec t mill l evy figures. The meetin g reconvened with roll call:
Engle wo od City Counci l , Special Sess ion
Sep t embe r 22, I 986 -Pag e 4
Present: Coun c ilmemb er s Higday, Van Dyk e , Vob ejda, Ko zacek , Bil o,
Brad shaw , Oli s
Ab sent : Non e
1h r Ma yo r dec l ared a quorum prese nt.
( ,ty Manage r Mcco wn co nfirmed th at a mil l l evy of 3.045 wou l d be r equi r ed to
!11 1 l y f und th e Oebt Servi ce Fund; to balan ce the projec t ed de fi c it of th e
Ge ueral fund , a mill levy o f 8.B47 would be necessary, with th e und ers t and ing
lhal th e l oll ry pa yment of approximate l y SJ 00,000 would al so be funn el ed in to
lhe G ne r al Fund, re sulting i n a to t al mill l evy of 11 .892 .
COU NCIL MfM B[R VO O[JDA MOVED , SEC ONDED BY COUNC I i. MEM O! 11 BII AD SHAW, COUNC I i.
ll 111 NO . 67 , Sf.R l [S OF 1986
OIHI IN ANC[ NO.
Sllll I S OF I 986
BY AUTIIOR ITV
COU NCI L BIL L NO. 67
IN TRODU CED BY COUN CI L MEMBER VOBEJOA
A BIL L FOR
AN ORD IN ANCE FIXING THE TAX LEVY IN MILL S UPON EAC H DOLL AR t,F THE AS SESSED
VALU ATI ON OF All TAXABLE PRO PERTY WITIIIN HI E CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORAD O, FOil
TH E YEAR 1987 ANO [STA OLISH I NG A MILL LEVY FOR THE EN GLE WOOD, CO LORADO,
DO WNTOWN DEVEL OP MENT AUTHOR I TY .
CO UN CIL MEM BER VOB EJDA MOVED , SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADS HAW , TO AMEND
CO UN CIL Bill NO. 67 AS READ TO CHANGE TH E GENERAL FUND LE VY TO 8.847 MI LL S
fRO M 8 .402 MILLS, TO CHANG E THE DEBT SERVICE FUND LEVY TO 3.045 MI LL S FRO M
2.788 MI LLS, RES ULTING IN A TOTAL Mi ll LEV Y OF 11.892 FOR TH [ CI TY OF
l"NGLEWOOO , COLORA DO; TII E STATED MI LL LEVY OF 5.000 FOR THE ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN
ll[VELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO REMAIN TH E SA ME. After statements by Cou nci l
co ncerning t he ir vo ting decisions, th e vote on th e ame ndm ent was as follows:
Aye s: Counci l Mem ber s Higday, Van Dyk e , Vobejda, Koza cek , Si l o,
Brad shaw, Oti s
Nay s: None
l he Mayor dec lared the amen dm ent carr ied . Th e Mayor ca ll ed for th e vot e on
th e origina l mo tion as amend ed. Af 'er further statement s by Cou nc il , lhe vote
wa s as fo llows:
Ay es: Coun c i 1 Member s Hi gday, Van Dyk e , Vobejda, Koza ee k , Bil o,
Brad shaw, Otis
Na ys: None
I he Mayor dee 1 a red t he motion carried and am end ed Coun ci l Bi 11 No. 67 appro ved
on fir st r ead ing.
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COU NCIL MEMBER HIGDAY MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeti ng was adjourned at
8:00 f-_m. . (/ /J
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