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Home My WebLink About06 0822 minThe Plai~view City Council met on August 22, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. ~n the City Council Chambe.rs of the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway. The agenda for th s meeting was posled in City Hall at 3:45 p.m. on August 18, 2006. Mayor John C. Anderson presided~ Councilmembers present were: Kelvin Tipton-D strict 1, Cathy Waggoner- District 2 Belinda Pena-Distdct 3, John N. Bertsch-Distdct 4, Ron Trusler-District 5, Wendell I)unlap-Distdct 6 and Roland Nash-District 7. Staff m ar qbers present were: Greg Ingham-City Manager, Leslie Pearce-City Attorney, John Bet y-Director of Public Works, Gary Glass-Fire Chief. Will Mull-Police Ch ef, Dale Simpson-Civil Service Director, Jack Keller-Budget Manager, Kelli Shurbet-Nursing Superviser and Belinda Hinojosa-City Secretary. News Me Guests and Ben Me~yor J~ Counciln Councitm, seconded on the August the Coor~ on Recre Greg Ingi' 2007 is a does not 2007 are budgeted Fund, Wa 2007 is $ 30, 2007 i permits, $ services, ,~ of $9,868, few years. Mr. Inghar · Poi · Fire · EM: · Mur · Pu~ · Str~ City Council :lia Representative: Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald esent: krvizu Danny Glenn, Nell Hardage, V. O. Ortega, Mike Fox, Mark Hodges hn C. Anderson delivered the invocation ~ember Cathy Waggoner led in the Pledge of Allegiance. ;mber Trusler moved to adopt the consent calendar. The motion was duly by Councilmember Dunlap and carried by unanimous vote. Items approved nsent calendar included approval of the minutes of August 8, 2006 and ', 2006; the approval of financial reports; the appointment of V.O. Ortega to linating Board of Economic Development; and approval of the Agreement ~tional Programs with the YMCA. am presented information on the proposed tax increase. He stated 2006- challenging year. City services are basically paid by the citizens; the City eceive any state aid. The total budgeted expenditures for Fiscal Year 2006- $19,931,230 and the total budgeted revenues are $18,237,790. The total ~xpenses for major operating funds (General Fund, Solid Waste Management :er & Sewer Fund, and Debt Service) for fiscal year ending September 30, 8,154,565. The General Fund Revenues for fiscal year ending September s $3,715,110 in property tax, $3,045,000 in sales tax, $45,450 in license and 1,219,230 in franchise tax, $232,230 intergovernmental, $450,980 charges for ~214,100 in fines, $285,000 in interest and $661,240 miscellaneous for a total 340. He stated that sales tax collection has been relatively fiat for the past stated some of the FY 2006-2007 costs for City departments are as follows: se/Emergency Ops- 42 full time employees -$2,708,885 - 36 full time em ployees (Fire & EMS) -$2,015,970 ; -$535,62O icipal Court/Civil Service - 4 full time employees -$231,275 lic Works - 3 full time employees - $242,600 et Dept. Maintenance - 6 full time employees -$679,030 ~linutes August 22, 2006 Page 1 of 5 21 22 · Street Cleaning/Traffic Control - 5 full time employees -$322,020 · Street Lighting/Airport-S192,500 · Parks & Pool - 11 full time employees -$677,990 · Library - 5 full tirhe employees -$344,655 · Main Street- 2 full time employees -$77,880 · Animal Control - 2 full time employees -$110,325 · Community Development - 2 full time employees -$100,330 · Code Enfomement - 3 full time employees -$150,785 · Building Operations-S83,145 · City/County Health - 2 full time employees -$147,790 · Community/Rural Health - 2 f~ II time em ployees -$126,250 Maternal & Child Health - 2 full time employees -$92,255 · Appraisal District -$92,255 Mr. Ingham stated the City had significant operating cost changes in the general fund with energy related costs increasing by $205,655, equipment replacement annual payment increase of $49,540 and personnel costs which includes a 3% cost of living raise for all employees and an additional 2.5% increase for police, fire and E, MS in the amount of $215,080. Mr. Ingham stated [he following are the ,~rojected general fund expenditures for fiscal year ending September 30, 2007: · $2,621,580- Fire/EMS/Civil Service · $2,708,885- Police · $1,022,645- Library/Park/Pool · $1,435,150 - Streets/Public Works · $366,295- Health · $444,585 - Community Service · $913,490-Admin/Legal/Financial · $332,385- Non-Departmental Mr. Ingham presented a chart which included the assessed value/tax rate comparison of Texas cities with populations 20,000 to 25,000. Of the cities listed the average population was 23,329, the average total assessed valuation was $843,150,730 and the average gross tax rate was $0.6586. Plainview is listed at 22,336 population, $703,521,518 total assessed valuation and a proposed tax rate of $0.5349. The proposed tax increase is ~ $0.02000 increase over last year's rate and is under the 2005 rollback rate of $0.553700. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton moved to open the public hearing regarding the proposed tax increase. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Pena and carried by unanimous vote. There was no pu ~)lic comment. Mayor Anderson closed the public hearing at 7:17 p.m. He announced that a second public hearing will be held on September 12, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall and a vote on the tax rate will be held on September 26, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Greg Ingham presented information on the 2006-2007 City of Plainview Budget. The City Council Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 2 of 5 total proi, include~: · R~ · La · Vt Mr. Ingh~ Managen Solid Wa: is $2,636 The proje are $5,7'1 · W~ · Wi ;cted revenue for the Solid Waste Management Fund is $2,626,950. This fund sidential & Commercial Collection- 11 full time employees-$916,625 ~dfill & Non-departmental - 7 full time employees -$1,457,865 ctor Control & Recycling - 3-full time employees -$252,460 m stated the City had significant operating cost changes in the Solid Waste ~ent Fund with energy related costs increasing by $56,140. The projected ;te Management Fund Expenditures for fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 950. It is proposed that refuse collection fees increase by 4%. 2ted Water & Sewer Fund revenues for fiscal year ending September 30, 2007 7,500. This fund includes: tter Production & Distribution - 13 full time employees - $1,827,145 tste Water Treatment & Collection - 8 full time employees - $1,106,895 · Uti ity Accounting & Meter Services - 9 full tim e employees - $503,305 · Non-departmental & Building Operations-$1,463,155 He listed ~,,0,06 CRMWA debt payment of $148,290, electricity (pumping and treatment) $77,000, ~RMWA operating and maintenance $110,000 and personnel at $23 100 as significantoperating cost changes in the Water and Sewer Fund. The projected expenditu 'es in this fund are $6,446,100. Mr. Ingh~ poputatior for 5,000 proposed gallons. The curn gallons $1.55, Tf 25,000 g~ gallons is Mr. Ingha population average fE of Plainvi The prop usage per The propo: m presented a residential water rate comparison of Texas cities with from 20,000 to 25,000. The average population is 23,893, the average fee gallons is $22.52 and the average fee for 10,000 gallons is $35.72. The Iee for the City of Plainview is $18.45 for 5,000 gallons and $26.00 for 10,000 ~t water base rate is $9.25 per month. The cost per 1,000 for the first 25,000 $1.40 and the cost per thousand for al water used over 25,000 gallons is e proposed base rate is $10.90 per month. The cost per 1,000 for the first lions is $1.51 and the cost per thousand for all water used over 25,000 1.67. presented a residential sewer rate comparison for Texas cities with 20,000 to 25,000. The average fee for 5,000 gallons is $21.43 and the e for 10,000 gallons is $33.87. The proposed FY 2006-2007 fee for the City tv is $15.25 for 5,000 gallons and $22.25 for 10,000 gallons. sed wastewater rate base rate would increase from $7.80 to $8.25. The 1,000 gallons would increase from $1.30 to ~;1.40. ;ed tapping fee schedule would be as follows: 3/4" meter $550.00 1" meter $610.00 23 City Council Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 3 of 5 24 1 ~" meter $925.00 2" meter $1,075.00 Over 2" Calculated by City overhead costs Engineer for materials and all Councilmember Dunlap moved to open a public hearing regarding 2006-2007 City of Plainview Budget. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Tipton and carried by unanimous vote. Thers was no public comment. Mayor Anderson closed the public hearing at 7:30 p,m. He announced that a second public hearing on the budget will be held September 12, 2006 at City Hall and a vote on the budget will be held on September 26, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Mayor Pro Tem Kelvin Tipton announced that Mayor Anderson and Councilmember Bertsch have declared a conflict of interest regarding the award of bids on the bank depository contract and will not participate in the discussion or vote on the matter. Mr. lngham stated the City's depository contract expires at the end of Se ptember. The City has hired Ben Arvizu to took at and solicit bids. He introduced Mr. Arvizu. Benjamin Arvizu of Dallas stated his company has for the past 26 years provided thts service for 100 Texas cities. Pursuant to Section 105 of the Local Government Code the City went out for bids for the City's depository contract. The City received several good applications from American State Bank, Hale County State Bank, State National Bank and Wells Fargo. On July 17th he had a bidder's conference which was attended by American State Bank. Hale County State Bank and Wells Fargo. He stated they looked at various items on the bids such as cost of banking services, which Wells Fargo, Hale County State Bank and American State Bank showed -0- for costs of banking services. State National Bank showed $34,184 for banking services. They also looked at interest rate proposals as follows: Wells Fargo 5.25% Fed Funds Rate; Hale County State Bank 5.06% Fed Funds Rate less 19 basis points; American State Bank 4.89% 90 day T-bill less 5 basis points; and State National Bank 0.85% Bank Rate. Mr. Arvizu stated all banks are highly qualified to be the depository for the City. He stated the Wells Fargo bid is the most advantageous bid and it is his recommendation that the City contract with Wells Fargo for a term of three years with a 2 year option for renewal. Mayor Pro Tem Tipton asked for public comment. There was no public comment. Councilmember Trusler moved to accept Wells Fargo as the City's depository. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Pena. Mayor Pro Tem Tipton, Councilmembers Waggoner, Pena, Trusler, Dunlap and Nash voted "for" the motion. Mayor Anderson and Councilmember Bertsch abstained due to a conflict of interest. The motion carried. Danny Glenn with American State Bank thanked the City for the opportunity to serve the Mike Fox with Wells Fargo thanked Mr, Arvizu for his hard work and said he looked City Council Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 4 of 5 forward 11 Jack K( Repairs; Buildinc Compa~ as follo~ TPO roc Compan is his re( amoun[ Companl Mayor A~ Councilrr award th. Tipton ar Kelli ShuJ presenteC 2007, wit Services working with the City. er, Budget Manager presented information on the award of bids for to underlying decking and fascia and soffit at the Financial Services · Two bids were received as follows: $21,896 from Hamilton Acoustical ! for repairs to underlying decking and fascia and soffit plus two options 's: Option 1 - $15,388 from Hamilton Roofing Corn party for installing ting and coping caps or Option 2 - $18,503 from Hamilton Roofing / for installing 24 gauge metal roof system and coping caps. He stated it ;ommendation to award the bid to Hamilton Acoustical Company in the Df $21 896 with Option I in the amount of $15,388 to Hamilton Roofing ~derson asked for public comment. There was no public comment. ember Dunlap moved to accept the recommendation of Mr. Keller and ; bid with Option I The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember d carried by unanimous vote. bet, Nursing Supervisor for the Plainview/Hale County Health Department for consideration to authorize the Mayor to sign grant No. ?560006391 - 1 the Texas Department of State Health Services, Regional and Local 3ection/Local Public Health Systems in the amount of $63,082.00 for the period b~ginning 9/1/06 thru 8/31/07. She stated this contract covers the daily operation,, of the Health Department and does not include immunizations. The Contract is for a term of one year. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was no public comment. Councilm~ mber Nash moved to authorize the Mayor to sign the grant with the Texas Departme it of State Health Serv ces, Regional and Local Services Section/Local Public Health Sy Councilm~ There beir Belinda Hi City Secre stems in the amount of $63,082.00. The motion was duly seconded by mber Tipton and carried by unanimous vote. g no further business, Mayor Anderson adjourned the meeting at 7:56 p.m. ~ojosa :ary 25 City Council Minutes August 22, 2006 Page 5 of 5