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Work Session
AUgust 14, 1986
Plainview Country Club
11:30 a.m.
Minutes
The Plainview City Council met in work session at 11:30 a.m.
for the purpose of reviewing the proposed 1986/1987 budget at the
Plainview Country Club with Mayor Gene Ridlehuber presiding and the
following council members present: Alton Jackson, Don Dickson,
Bobby James, Barbara Dorman, Junior Brown, Terry Clements and Tom
Aday. Staff present were City Manager Jim Jeffers, Director of
Finance Norman Huggins, Chief of Police Roy Osborn, Legal Assistant
David Blackburn, and Fire Chief Joe Ferguson. Members of the press
present were Richard Orr with the Plainview Daily Herald and Kathy
Donahue with KVOP.
City Manager Jeffers lead the council through the budget and
through a general consensus the following changes were to be made
prior to proposed public hearings;
STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
There are approximately $36,459.00 in additional cost for the
completion of the Quincy Street project which were not budgeted. It
was proposed and accepted by general consensus that the additional
expenditures would not be budgeted for and if the city received
reimbursement, based on voluntary assessments, which should be
approximately $40,000.00, than said reimbursements would be
deposited in the street improvement fund to offset the additional
expenditures. The proposed additional expenditures are $5,000.00
for the relocation of Southwestern Public Service electrical
facilities; $10,000.00 for engineering consulting services;
$10,580.00 for laboratory test; and $10,879.00 for contingencies.
CITY COUNCIL
Account 60506 entitled "Business and Transportation" which had
an original appropriation of $15,000.00 was increased to $20,000.00.
A new account was created entitled "contingency" with $10,000.00
appropriated to said account and no expenditures are to be made from
this account without council action in a formal council meeting with
a simple majority ruling. Total expenditures for the city council
were increased from $34,613.00 to $49,416.00.
Councilman Aday did propose that out of town travel be
restricted but no consensus was reached by the council on this
proposal and it is to be placed on a future agenda for additional
discussion.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
The $8,000.00 appropriated in account 60801 legal library is
not to be expended until a staff proposal on the actual expenditures
of those funds is presented to the council for consideration. A
specific request was made to consider continuing the use of legal
libraries within the community and paying a fee for said service.
POLICE DEPARTWR. NT
The $7,090.00 appropriated in account 60527 entitled reserve
officers was deleted from the budget. Total remaining expenditures
in the police department were lowered from $1,48596.00 to
$1,41506.00.
F_~F. RGENCYMEDICAL SERVICES
Personnel services are to have added to it approximately
$15,000.00 for additional salaries for EMS personnel who are to
complete their paramedic training. The pay scale calls for
paramedics to receive an additional $200.00 per month upon
completion of certification.
SWIMMING POOL
After a lengthy discussion concerning the pros and cons of
re-opening the Austin Heights Pool staff was instructed to leave the
budget as is and prepare a cost analysis on the operations of the
16th Street Pool and cost analysis on the proposed operation of the
Austin Heights Pool to be presented to the City Council for review
and a decision before October 1, 1986.
WATER AND SEWER FUND
It was a general consensus of the council that staff was to
prepare a proposal to charge penalty and interest for delinquent
water bills and to "toughen" the collection schedule and procedure.
Staff is to also make proposals concerning the implementation of
service fees for the various services rendered by the Department
which are not directly charged for and to also prepare a proposal to
do away with the "low in" of the water fee schedule.
REVENUE SHARING FUND
It was the general consensus of the city council that the
$12,500.00 allocated to the Plainview Industrial Foundation be
deleted and that the $12,500.00 be placed into a contingency fund to
be allocated at a later date.
There being no further business Mayor Ridlehuber adjourned the
meeting at 3:40 p.m. ~ ~ ~s~,~ -- .... .~i,~c~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 26th day of August, ]986.
ATTEST:
E.V. RIDLEH%~ER, Mayor
~HERYL/OWE~, ~City Secretary