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Home My WebLink About1967-09-25 (Special) Meeting Minutes28 SPECIAL MEETING: COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 25, 1967 The City Council of the City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, met in special session Monday, Septem- ber 25, 1967 at 8:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Englewood, Colorado. The following Notice of Call was read by the City Clerk: NOTICE OF CALL BY THE MAYOR FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1967 -8:00 P.M. Notice and call is hereby given of a Special Session of the City Council to be held on Monday, September 2 -5, 1967 at 8:00 P~M. in the Council Chambers of the E~gle wood City Hall for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing on the proposed budget for the year 1968 and taking actions as deemed necessary, and for the purpose of reconsidering the date established for the continuance of the Public Hearing on the transfer of location of the Glass Gottle Liquor Store. /s/ STANLEY H. DIAL City Manager ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE The following persons, all councilmen of the City of Engle- wood, Colorado, do hereby acknowledge receipt of notice of the above special sessions /s/ Tymer Rice /s/ Ray Ludwig /s/ D. G. Fullerton /s/ Geo. H. Allen /s/ Wm. B. Hanson /s/ Louis Parkinson /s/ John C. Kreiling The Mayor asked for roll call. Upon the call of the roll, the following persons were present: Councilmen Fullerton, Hanson, Kreiling, Ludwig, Allen, Parkinson, Rice. Also Present: City Manager Dial Absent: None Assistant City Manager Mack City Attorney Criswell City Clerk Lyon The Mayor declared a quorum present. COUNCILMAN KREILING MOVED, COUNCILMAN FULLERTON SECONDED, THAT THE Pl iBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 1968 BUDGET BE OPENED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Fullerton, Hanson, Kreiling, Ludwig, Parkinson, Rice, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the hearing opened at 8:01 P.M. I I I Mr. George Johnston appeared before the City Council. I Mr. Johnston requested more police protection for the Scenic View area, particularly in regard to traffic. He stated that he believed the Minimum Housing Code was not being enforced as it should be. Mr. Johnston also inquired in regard to the City of Englewood's storm sewer program. I I I I Minutes of September 25, 1967 City Manager Dial presented graphic material on the 1968 Budget and discussed his memorandum concerning the budget which had been sent out with the notice of the meeting: "TO: All Members of the Englewood City Council FROM: Mr. Stanley H. Dial, City Manager DATE·: September 22, 1967 SUBJECT: PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1968 I.C.R.P.C. Participation We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. K. Smith of the Inter-County Regional Planning Commission requesting contri- butions from the City of Englewood for certain Commission activities in 1968. The letter, although dated August 18, 1967, was received too late to formally incorporate in the proposed 1968 Budget. The I.C.R.P.C. has requested $685.90 for a study relating to storm sewers: $1,200.00 for a study of water development for the metropolitan area, and $1,572.00 for other Commission activities in 1968. The Council has approved the storm sewer study request and no further action is required. I do not recommend an approp- riation for the water development study at this time. If, in the future, more metropolitan municipalities indicate a desire to participate in this study, Englewood may wish to participate. Perhaps the City of Englewood should meet the .commission's $1,572.00 request. This sum will assist the Commission in their general, operational activities during the coming year and is not .related to a specific study or program. Since we originally estimated a $15,000.00 disbursement of gasoline taxes collected for the flood from the State and have received $17,800.00 to date, the 1967 and 1968 General Fund carry-over balances will be higher by $2,800.00. We are also looking for a further $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 from this source in late 1967 or early 1968, thereby increasing our carry-over balances further. If the Council should elect to appropriate the $1,572.00, I suggest using the part of the increased State disbursement for this purpose and appropriate same in the Planning and Traffic Regulation Department's Sub-Program 1010-Planning. Personnel Benefits Attached you will find a memorandum from Mr. John Murphy, Personnel Director, regarding a recommendation of the Board of Career Service Commissioners that the City ado.pt a pension program for City employees, effective January 1, 1968. In the light of employee benefits being budgeted by other cities in the Denver area, it appears that we may be "falling behind" unless some measure such as this is provided in 1968. May I call to your attention that $35,000.00 was recommended in the Public Improvement Fund with the suggestion that it might be needed for employee benefits. Assessed Valuation Increase As you will recall from a memorandum dated September 5, 1967, the county Asses•or has indicated a valuation almost two million dollars above the fifty-one million dollars estimated in the proposed 1968 Budget. I suggest that the almost $30,000 in increased property taxes be distributed among the City funds as indicated on the attached green page. Retaining the City's Firemens' Pension Fund mill levy of .503 will insure the receipt of full State matching funds. Diverting the remaining gain of property tax revenue (due to the increased assessed valuation) to the Storm Drainage Account within the Public Improvement Fund, will only provide a storm sewer accumulated appropriation of $87,896.00, because of the expenditure required for the enclosure of Little Dry Creek 29 30 Minutes of September 25, 1967 behind the Chamber of Conunerce building. This accumulated balance can be increased by $3,000.00 by transferring the remaining balance in the appropriation for the South Sherman Street bridge. If the City Council should decide, upon careful analysis, not to proceed with some personnel gain as recommended above by the Board of Career Service Commissioners, the $35,000.00 in the contingency account might be used to supplement the storm drainage account. Respectfully, /s/ Stanley H. Dial STANLEY H. DIAL City Manager SHD/ij Att. CC: Mr. Stephen A. Lyon, Director of Finance Mr. John Criswell, City Attorney" The proposed reduction of ~he mill levy for the Water Fund was discussed by members of the City Council. It was the consensus of Council that an opinion be obtained from Mr. Marc Shivers concerning said reduction. The City Manager discussed a possible pension program for municipal employees and the City of Englewood's pay plan as compared with that of other communities. Mayor Allen stated that, although he is not opposed to a pension program, he believed that 1968 is a bad year for instituting one and that the Board of Career Service Commissioners is late in making this recommendation to the City Council. The City Council discussed the possibility of polling the employees as to their views towards a pension plan. Assistant to the City Manager Mack reported to the City Council on the different types of radios to be purchased by the different departments. COUNCILMAN LUDWIG MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 1968 BUDGET BE CLOSED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Fullerton, Hanson, Kreiling, Ludwig, Allen, Parkinson, Rice. NaysJ None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the Public Hearing closed at 9:40 P.M. COUNCILMAN RICE MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT THE DATE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TRANSFER OF LOCATION OF THE GLASS BOTTLE LIQUOR STORE FROM 3439 SOUTH BROADWAY TO 336 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE BE CHANGED FROM OCTOBER 16, 1967 TO OCTOBER 2, 1967 AT 8:00 P.M. Upon the call of the oll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Fullerton, Hanson, Kreiling, Ludwig, Allen, Parkinson, Rice. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN LUDWIG MOVED, CDUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote re- sulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Fullerton, Hanson, Kre iling", Ludwig, Allen, Parkinson, Rice. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the meeting I I I I