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Ron Silvia James Massey
Mayor Pro Tempore John Happ
Anne Hazen Robert Wareing
City Manager Scott Mears
COLLEGE STATION Thomas E. Brymer Dennis Maloney
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College Station City Council
Special Budget Workshop Meeting
Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 3:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Silvia, Mayor Pro Tem Hazen, Council members
Massey, Mears, Wareing, Maloney
COUNCIL MEMBER ABSENT: John Happ
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Brymer, Assistant City Manager Brown, City Attorney
Cargill Jr., City Secretary Hooks, Director of Public Works Smith, Budget and Strategic
Planning Director Kersten, Director of Development Services Templin, Police Chief Feldman,
Director of Economic Development Foutz, Director of Office Technology and Information
Services Burnside, Communications and Information Manager Shear, Public Communications
and Marketing Assistant Jett, Assistant to the City Manager Alexander, Assistant City Secretary
Casares
Mayor Silvia called the workshop session to order at 3:03 p.m.
Agenda Item No 1 -- Presentation, discussion and possible action on FY 2003 -2003
Proposed Budget.
Budget and Strategic Planning Director Jeff Kersten outlined the various funds to be discussed.
These included the internal service funds, the enterprise funds, the special revenue funds,
insurance funds, equipment replacement funds, and staffs recommendation for funds allocated to
outside service agencies.
The following votes were recorded on the outside service agency funding requests.
Council member Maloney made a motion to approve the request from the Children's Museum of
the Brazos Valley for $30,000. Motion seconded by Council member Wareing, which carried
unanimously, 6 -0.
FOR Silvia, Massey, Maloney, Wareing, Mears, Hazen
kkii0 AGAINST: None
ABSENT: Happ
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Council member Wareing made a motion to direct the City Manager to visit with Ambassador
Pappadeux concerning their request and to develop a strategy. Motion seconded by Council
member Maloney.
Motion carried by a vote of 3 -0 -3 with one absence.
FOR Maloney, Mears, Wareing
AGAINST: None
ABSTAIN: Massey, Hazen, Silvia
ABSENT: Happ
Mayor Pro Tem Hazen moved to approve the request of $5,000 for the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program. Motion seconded by Council member Wareing, which carried unanimously, 6 -0.
Council member Maloney made a motion to approve the request of $16,000 for the African
American National Heritage Society with the committee's recommendation. Motion seconded
by Council member Mears, which carried unanimously, 6 -0.
Council member Maloney made a motion to approve the funding request to allocate $50,000 to
The Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial with the committee's recommendation. Motion seconded
by Council member Massey, which carried unanimously, 6 -0.
FOR Silvia, Massey, Hazen, Mears, Wareing, Maloney
AGAINST: None
ABSENT: Happ
Mayor Pro Tem Hazen made a motion to approve the funding request in the amount of $10,000
to the Dispute Resolution Center. Motion seconded by Council member Maloney, which carried
unanimously, 6 -0.
FOR Silvia, Massey, Hazen, Mears, Wareing, Maloney
AGAINST: None
ABSENT: Happ
Council member Massey made a motion to approve the funding request in the amount of $4,500
to the Bryan- College Station Sister Cities. Motion seconded by Council member Mears, which
carried unanimously, 6 -0.
FOR Silvia, Massey, Hazen, Mears, Wareing, Maloney
AGAINST: None
ABSENT: Happ
Council directed staff to add this request as a line item in the general fund budget for the next
fiscal year
Motion made by Council member Massey to not fund the Mental Health Mental Retardation
Authority of Brazos Valley. Motion seconded by Council member Maloney, which carried by a
vote of 4 -0 -2.
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FOR Silvia, Massey, Maloney, Mears
‘if AGAINST: None
ABSTAIN: Wareing, Hazen
ABSENT: Happ
Charles Cryan reviewed changes to the fiscal and budgetary policies to clarify the language in
various sections. Consideration of these changes will be made when the final budget is adopted.
Agenda Item No 2 -- Presentation, discussion and possible action to call a public hearing
for September 11, 2003 on an ad valorem tax rate for fiscal years 2003 -2004.
No action was taken.
Agenda Item No 3 -- Executive Session will immediately follow the workshop meeting in
the Administrative Conference Room.
No executive session was held.
Agenda Item No 4 -- Final action on Executive Session, if necessary.
No executive session was held.
Agenda Item No 5 -- Final Action on executive session.
‘lie Hearing no objections, the meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS o day of January, 2004.
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Ron Silvia John Happ
Mayor Pro Tempore Winnie Garner
.j James Massey Scott Mears
City Manager Dennis Maloney
COLLEGE STATION Thomas E. Brymer Anne Hazen
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