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COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
SEPTEMBER 27, 1971
SPECIAL MEETING:
The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, met in special
session on Monday , September 27 , 1971 , at 8:00 P.M.
The following "Notice of Call " was read by the Deputy City Clerk.
NOTI CE OF CALL BY THE MAYOR
FOR A SPEC IAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
~N DAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1 971
8:00 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, is hereby called to a special
meeting at the City Hall , 3400 South Elati Street, to consider the following agenda:
(1) Public he ar ing to c o n s i der the 1972 Proposed Budget submitted
by the City Manager .
STANIEY H. DI.AL
Ci ty Manager
SHD/ij ACKNOWLE DGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE
The following persons , all Councilmen o f t h e City of Englewood, Colorado, do hereby acknowledge
receipt of Notice of the above specia l session:
/s/ Leo Lentsch
/s/ Howard R. Brown
/s/ D. J. Dhority
/s/ Elmer E. Schwab
/s/ John J. Lay
/s/ Milton E. Senti
/s/ John c. Kreiling
Mayor Schwab , presiding , called the meeting to order and asked for roll call. Upon the
call of the roll, the follo wing were present:
Councilmen Senti , Lentsch , Lay, Kre i ling, Dhor i ty, Brown, Schwab.
Absent: None
The Mayor declared a quo rum present .
Also present were: Assistant City Manager McDivitt
C i ty Attorney Berardini
Deputy City Clerk Herndon
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Mayor Schwab explained that t h e p urpose of the meeting was to hold a public hearing on the
proposed 1972 Budget.
COUNCIU4AN LENTSCH MOVED, COUNCI U4AN DHORITY SECONDED, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
PROPOSED 1972 BUDGET BE OPENED. Upon t h e call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Senti, Lentsch , Lay, Dreil i ng, Dhor i ty, Brown, Schwab.
Nays: None
Absent: None
The Mayor declared the public hearing open e d at 8:05 P.M.
?«Yl'E: A tape recording of t h e publ i c heari ng i s on file with the official records of
the City Clerk of the Se ptember 27, 1971, City Council special meeting.
Assistant City Manager McDivitt came befor e Council to discuss the 1972 proposed budget.
Mr. McDivitt stated that there were no t a x i ncreases for the 1972 budget. He stated that the assessed
valuation is $74,000,000, and that the mil l l e vy f or the Ci ty of Englewood is the third lowest of any
c i ty in the State of Colorado . Assistant Ci ty Manager McD i v i tt discussed with Council the various
sources of income, and stated that the ma jor source of income is the sales tax.
Councilman Kreiling questioned the i ncrease in personal services. Mr. McDivitt discussed
br i efly the proposed training of City employe es to ass i st the Fire Department. He stated that the
volunteer firemen were unable to serve du r ing the day due to their employment. It was felt that the
C i ty would have better control o~er the cro ss -train e d p e r s onn el. Mayor Schwab stated that the City
would receive credit for one full time fi r e man f or every four cross-trained personnel.
Mr. McDivitt stated that 3 per c e nt to 6 per cent of the increase in cormnodities and con-
tractual services was attributed to inf l a t i o n .
Discussion ensued .
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September 27, 1971
COUNCIU4AN LAY MOVED , COUNC ILMAN SEm'I SECONDED, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
1972 BUDGET BE CinSED . Upon the cal l of the roll, the vote resulted as follows:
Ayes : Councilmen Senti , Le ntsch, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab.
Nays: None
Absent: None
The Mayor declared the public hearing closed at 8:50 P.M.
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The City Council discussed briefly t he t r e e limb pick-up position previously taken by
Council. It was the consensus of Counc i l that the Ci ty pick up the broken tree limbs. City Council
action will be taken at a later date .
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Ayes: Councilmen Senti , Le ntsc h, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab.
Nays: None
Absent: None
The Mayor declared the motion carried , and t h e meeting a djourned at 9:00 P.M.
Ex Officio Clerk of the Council
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