HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-09-24 (Special) Meeting MinutesSPECI AL MEETING:
COU NCI L CHAMBERS
Ci ty of Eng l e wood , Colorad o
September 24 , 1984
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The City Cou ncil of the Ci ty of Englewood , Ar apah oe County,
Co lo r ado , met in s pec i al oess ion on Se ptember 24, 19 84 , at 7:3 0 p .m.
May or Otis , pr esiding , called the meet ing to order.
The i nv ocat io n wa s given by Council Member Higd ay. The pl edge
of allegiance was led by May or Ot is .
Mayo r Oti s asked f or roll c a ll. Upon a c al l of the r oll , th e
follo wing wer e present:
Council Members Higday , Neal , Vobe jda , We is t , Bil e , Bradshai,,,·,
Otis.
Absent : Non e ,
The Mayor d e clar ed a qcorum pr ese nt.
Also presen t were: City Mana ger Mccown
Ass i stant City Man ager Vargas
City Atto rne y Ol s en
De pu t y City Cle r k Owen
Mayo r Oti s stated the purpo se of the 1 985 bud get public hear ing
was to receive cit izen input . Mayo r Otis stated notice of t he hearing
was pub lished in the local newspaper on September 5 , 1984 .
COU tlC IL MEMBER BRI\DSH!\\\' MOVED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON TH
19 85 BUDGET , Council Membe r Bilo seco nded th e motio n . Upon a c all o:
the roll , the \'Ote r p sulted as follows :
Ayes :
Nays:
Council Members Higday , Nee l, Vobejdn , Weist , Bil a ,
Br adsha ...,., Ot is .
None .
The Mayo r declared he motion carri d . I
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S e p tembe r 24, 198 4
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Ci t y Ma na g e r Mccown st a t ed th e proposed 1985 budget wa s
transm i tted t wo we ek s ag o of wh ich a d e tailed re vi ew wa s pl a nned a t t.he
budg e t r et r ea t . Mr . McCown asked Assistant City Manager Vargas t o
pr esen t t he ove r a l l budge t in summary form .
As sistant City Manager Va rgas stated the 1 985 budg e t was be ing
pre sen ted with no t a x inc re a s es . Total expenditur e s were proposed a t
S31,87 9 ,965 and total re v enues at $3 7,528,246 . Mr. Varg a s r eported four
new posi t i o ns we re being p ropo sed, a part time cl e r k t y p i st at th e
Ser v i ce~ter , a deputy c ity clerk , and two custodians f or th e rec reat i o n
c e nte r . Two new progr ams for 1 98 5 wer e a physical fitness pro g ram for
the F ire De p a rtment , and a tree planting program t hr o ug h Par ks and
Recr eation. Mr. Va r ga s f ur the r r e ported a s t ab le co ndi t ion e xi s ted i n
the en t e r pr ise f un d s.
Ass i stant City Manager Varga s e n tered th e f o l l ow i ng r e qu e sts f o r
1 985 fun di ng assis t a nc e :
l. I n te r-F aith Task Fo rc e
2 . Ara pa hoe Me n ta l Hea lth Ce nt e r, I nc
3 . Arapahoe Ho use
4. Ci t y of Engle wood Chambe r of Comme r ce
5 . Leag ue of Women Vo te rs o f Ar apa h oe Co un ty
Ci t y Ma n age r McCo wn entered a Communication fr o t he Pa r ks and
Rec r eati on Commi ss ion r e comme nding a su b s i dy of $100 ,0 00 be gr anted to
t h e South Suburban Pa rk Fou nd at i on f o r const r uc tion of Sout h Pla t te Riv e r
hi ke and b ike tr a il.
Mr . Mc cown f urthe r info r med Council he has re ceived i nqul r ylng
ca ll s on whethe r o r n ot t he Se n ior S u rr ey wo ul d be con tinu e d for 198 5 .
Mr . Mc Cown noted the p r og r am does n o t a p p e ar in t h e 198 5 budg e t .
Mayor Ot is a sk ed if there was a n yo n e in t he au d i en ce wi s hi ng to
speak t o Cou n cil on the 1985 b ud get .
S idney White , 4760 South Jason , appea red before Council . Mr.
Whit e introduced hi mse lf a s one of the o r igin al cl.o tte r members . He
con g ratuiated Cou nc il on th ei r du t i ful performan ce . Mr . White queried
spend in g mo ney fo r a ne w city hall whe n r ecove ry o f the p r esen t bui l d i ng
woul d not provi de f o r a new bu ilding. ~r. White sugg e sted keeping th e
old bu i lding a nd relocating s ome of th e c ity departmen t s to pro vi de mor e
spa ce .
There we re oth e r citizens in the audience to speak .
Ma yor Pr o Tem Br adsha w not ed on page 64 of the Ge ne r al Fund
un der capital outlay for the senior citizen recr eation center , the Malley
Center Trust Fu nd Comm i ttee ha s propo sed th at it bu y thi s item. Ms .
Seplcmbe r 2 4, 1 984
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Br adshaw stated a r ecomme noati on would b e fort h comi n g at ei her t he
Counc il meet ing on October )s t or 15th .
There we re no further comme nts.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL MOVED TO CLO SE TH E PU BLI C HEARING . coun cl l
Membe r Bile s econded t he mo ti o n. Upon a call o f the r oll , th e vote
result ed as follows :
To.y es :
Nays:
Co un cil Membe r s Hi g day , Neal , Vobej do , wis t , Bil e ,
Brad sh a w, Oti s .
None .
The Mayor declar e d th e mo t ion ca r ri ed .
CO UNCIL MEMBE R HIGDAY MO V FD TO OP~N THE PUBL IC HEA R ING
CONCERNING 1985 GEN ERA L RE VE NUE SHARING FUNDS. Council Mem ber Neal
seconded the mo t ion . Up o n a call of the r ol l , t he ,•o L r e sulted as
follows:
Ayes :
Nays :
Counci l Members H1gd ay , Neal , Vobej da , Weis t, Bi l e ,
Br ad sh a w , Ot i s .
None .
The May o r declared th e motion ca rri ed .
Mayor Otis stated notice o f th e hea ring wus publ i sh ed in the
loc a l n ewspaper Sep ember 5 , 1 984 .
As s i stan t Cin Ma nager Vargas stated t he City wou ld probably
receive $625 ,%8 ,n g n ral r evenue sharing fu o.d s in 198 5 . Mr. Vargas
stat ed these mo n i s ar used to o f!set sala rie s in the Police
Depa rtmen t .
Council Merot e r Ne a l 1nq ui r d about the han dicapped requireme~~s
r ecently in corpor a · d in th e r egclat>o n s for use of these funds.
Mr . Va ra as s ta ted s ~ far th e requi r ement s refer to public
no ification whi ~h th P City ha s complied with th rough t he means of
sever a l media .
There ~ere n 0 other comme nts .
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COU NCIL MEMBER H\GDAY MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
Counci l Mem b er Neal seconded th e motion. Upo n a c all of t h e ro ll , the
v~te resulted a s follows:
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Aye s:
Nay s:
Council Members Hig clay, Neal , Vobejda , Weist , Bilo,
Bradshaw, Otis.
None.
The May o r dec lared the mo ti on carr ied .
Ther e was no further discussion which Is pr ohibited by special
meeting status .
CO UNC IL MEM BER H!GDAY MOVED TO ADJOURN.
Mayor Otis adjour ned the meeting without a vote at 7:55 p .m.
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