HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Special - 7/22/2003CITY OF LUBBOCK
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 22, 2003
9:00 A. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in special session on the 22nd
day of July, 2003, in Committee Room 103, City Hall, 1625 13th Street, Lubbock,
Texas at 9:00 A. M.
9:39 A. M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Committee Room 103, 1625 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas
Present: Mayor Marc McDougal, Mayor Pro Tern Victor Hernandez, Council
Member Gary O. Boren, Council Member Jim Gilbreath, Council
Member Tom Martin, Council Member Frank W. Morrison and
Council Member T.J. Patterson
Absent: None.
Mayor McDougal called the meeting to order at 9:39 A. M.
Mayor McDougal recognized the Citizen Committee that reviewed the
budget. Those present were Tommy Morris, Grey Lewis, B. J. Garcia,
Jane Anne Stinnett and Joan Ervin.
Mayor McDougal also commended Interim City Manager Tommy
Gonzalez and his staff on the work done on the budget.
( 1.) Discuss City of Lubbock Proposed Operating Budgets for General
and Enterprise Funds, as well as Capital Projects for FY 2003-04.
Staff presented the proposed budget for fiscal year 2003-04 for General
and Enterprise Funds and Capital Projects Budget. A summary overview
by fund was provided to the City Council.
Council Member Martin passed out revisions to the budget. Mayor
McDougal requested that the following items to be considered:
"EXPENDITURES RESTORED OR ADDED TO CITY MANAGER'S
PROPOSED BUDGET" — add in bi-lingual pay in the amount of
$40,000;
"ISSUE NEW C.O. DEBT IN FY04" — add in Traffic light at Erskine
and North Indiana in the amount of $60,000
Guadalupe Neighborhood Railroad Crossing at Ave. P - $75,000. Mayor
McDougal also asked Council to commit to first doing a study and if this
cost is correct, finding the funds in the existing budget to take care of this.
Mayor McDougal then reading the following:
EXPENDITURES RESTORED OR ADDED TO CITY MANAGER'S
PROPOSED BUDGET
RESTORED or ADDED
COST
Restore Two Street Workers
58,400
Restore One Attorney & One Legal Secretary
98,237
Restore In -House Seal Coating
169,484
Restore United Way Campaign Cost
10,000
Restore Parks Replacement of Equipment
96,226
Restore 2 Librarians
82,369
Restore 4 Firefighters to equal 9 for 2in/2out
175,000
Add 5 new police officers for 3 months
75,000
Add Repair to Fire Station # 12 Slab (Cap.
Proj.)
160,000
Add Traffic Signal 98'h and Quaker (Cap.
Proj.)
50,000
Restore Radio Technician
+++++++
Outsource Employee Training as needed
40,000
Restore Bi-lingual Pay
40,000
TOTAL
1,054,716
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+++++++ Paid for by Radio Replacement Fund
ISSUE NEW C.O. DEBT IN FY04
Add Street Lights —
8Pr Ave. P to 127 (Cap. Proj.)
36,000
Add Street Lights —19
Iola to Milwalkee (Cap. Proj.)
36,000
Add Street Lights —
University 82" to 98 (Cap. Proj.)
35,000
Add Street Lights —
Milwaukee 4` to 34` (Cap. Proj.)
76,000
Add Street Lights —
Proj.)
Frankford Loop 289 to Erskine (Cap.
49,000
Traffic Signal — N. Indiana & Erskine
60,000
TOTAL
292,000
REVENUE ADDED TO CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED GENERAL
FUND BUDGET
TRANSFERS
Move Street Cleaning Back to Storm Drainage Fund
347,782
Place Cox Cable Franchise in G.F.
533,307
SUB TOTAL
881,089
Savings From Elimination Box (above)
50,000
Integrated Master Plan (Cap. Proj.) (Use for other Cap.
Proj. above)
225,000
TOTAL
1,156,089
Mayor Pro Tern Hernandez read the following:
EXPENDITURES ELIMINATED FROM CITY
MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET
ELIMINATED
SAVINGS
Budget & Research 2 additional analysts
100,000
Human Resources In -House Training
100,000
Private Haulers Franchise Fee
(150,000)
Charging Employees for Health Insurance
Raising Health Insurance for Retirees
* * * * * * * * * * Absorbed by Insurance Fund
Mayor McDougal asked Council to look at the following items:
1) Assemble a committee to review municipal court and decide if this
work can be moved to the Justice of the Peace's office.
2) Look at re -bidding the Health Insurance
Council Member Gilbreath stated that when the budget vote is taken, he
will recuse from the items on United Way and Solid Waste.
Mayor McDougal stated there was Council consensus to file the budget.
Staff was present to answer any questions. Water, Sewer, Solid Waste and
Storm Drainage Rate Models were also presented.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor McDougal stated: "City Council will hold an Executive
Session today for the purpose of consulting with the City Staff with
respect to electric fund as provided by Subchapter D of Chapter 551
of the Government Code, the Open Meetings Law."
In reference to two eliminated budget positions, Melissa Trevino, Budget
Manager, stated "the budget staff worked very hard in putting the budget
together. Worked a lot of overtime, worked a lot of evenings and early
mornings and it is just pretty devastating to think, especially on No. 3
`eliminate bureaucratic expenses that do not add value to the efficient
operation of city government'. This is kind of a hard pill to swallow. I
do feel like these two employees have gone above and beyond and will be
greatly missed by the organization."
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10:05 A. M. CITY COUNCIL RECESSED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
City Council/City Manager's Conference Room
All council members were present.
(2.) Electric Fund, Carroll McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Gary
Zheng, Chief Operations Officer
12:13 P. M. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED
12:13 P. M. COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, Council
Member Martin made a motion to adjourn.
Read and approved this q day of C��NY , 2005.
ATTEST:
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eVecca Garza, City Secretary '')
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