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Home My WebLink About1967 CS 5 Year Plan on Council Agenda ACS 5 Year Plan n Council Agenda Presentation of Mayor D.A. eastern by -pass and for an ex- (Andy) Anderson's "five year tension of University Drive. action plan," a public hearing MAYOR ANDERSON w i 11 on the proposed 1967 -68 Col- appear on a special 30- minute lege Station budget and con- telecast at 5:30 p.m. today on sideration of a kindergarten KBXT -TV to discuss his plan. ordinance head the agenda for He has estimated that the Monday's regular meeting of cost of the recommended im- the College Station City Coun i provements will total $537,000, cil. which he proposes to raise The mayor's plan calls for through a 30 -year bond issue . the construction of a new Col- "No taxes would be involved," lege Station City Hall and a the mayor said. "We are suf- fire station, the acquisition of ficiently solvent to pay the an- a 200 -acre park area and the nual bond premium and under - purchase of right -of -way for take other city improvements." the city's share of the ROW Commenting on the fire sta cost of the State Highway 6 tion, Mayor Anderson said, "It doesn't take much thinking to acknowledge this need. T h e citizens of the city are now paying $10,000 more in insur- ance than they would have to pay if we had the fire sta- *:*_ . -» HE ALSO noted that "rates on insurance. are bound to rise" if College Station doesn't act on the problem. Pointing out that the police', department of nine men is headquartered in a room eight by 13 -feet in size, Mayor An- derson said, "We just do not have adequate space for effi- cient operation" at the city hall. "A citizen cannot, at the present time, even get to the police department at the city hall after 5 p.m." The mayor indicated his rec- ommendation for a 200 -acre park was based on a survey of the community made by the city's park board. Noting that "federal funds are available to acquire and develop such an area in part," Anderson said, "We will not get to develop the park at once, but the city) the facility as rapidly as city finances and federal funds would permit. 'AS A CITY, we are com- mitted to pay our share of the right -of -way cost for the east by -pass which falls within our city," Anderson said. ' Jn ad- dition the city needs to chase right -of -way for the extension of University Drive from State Highway 6 to an interchange at the by- pass." The mayor. urged "all in- terested citizens to attend the meeting" at 7 p.m. Monday when he presents his five -year plan. THE PROPOSED 1967 -68 city budget of $1,025,425 is the first in the city's history to surpass the $1 million mark. It also represents a record in- crease of $164,825 over the 1966 -67 approved budget of $860,600. Other items on the busy agenda include consideration of the kindergarten ordinance. (See CS, Page 8) CS Budget Tops Million For 1967 -68 The proposed 1967 -68 bud- get for the City of College Station surpasses the $1 mil- lion mark for the first time in the city's history and the $164,- 825 increase over last- year's approved budget is also a rec- ord. City Manager Ran Boswell, in releasing the city's financial plan for the next fiscal year, commented that it has already received tentative approval of the city council. A public hearing on the $1,- 025,425 budget will be held at the council's regular 7 p.m. June 26 meeting at the Col- lege Station City Hall. THE REVENUE side of the- budget shows estimated gen- eral fund income at $208,500; utility fund income at $814,- 200, and cemetery fund income at $2,725. Proposed expendi- tures from the funds include: general fund, $397,670; utility, $625,030, and cemetery, $2,725. Jf Boswell predicted $121,500 in tax revenues this next year, up $18,000 over this year, on II an assessed valuation of $18,- 158,480 with a tax rate of $1.50 iais is the same tax rate we've had for 10 years, there has been no change in it," said Boswell. The city manager listed sev- eral areas of increases: Salary adjustments and the addition of two. policemen and a full -time city engineer. $10,000 for right -of -way purchase for a street from Glade Stxeet to State High- way 6. • The park budget has been doubled from $2,500 to $5,000. •Increases in the amounts of water and electricity pur- chased. • $43,000 for interest and sinking fund requirements of i 1967 series utility bonds. Boswell noted that the City of College Station has no gen -I eral obligation bonds outstand -I ing. THE INCREASED cost of running the city will be cov- ered by the normal growth in tax revenues, 1966 -67 revenues of $30,000 over the budget and 1967 -68 utility revenues. No tax increase or increases in cost for any city services are anticipated, according to Bos- well. The $860,600 1966 -67 budget was $100,150 over the $760,450 ' 1965 -66 budget. The increase was the greatest recorded from one year to the next in Col- lege Staion until the approxi- mate $165,000 increase in next year's budget over 1966 -67 was proposed. t city Fathers Ap First �.� Million Budget � The College Station City A budget totalling $1,025,425 • Provided for the establish Council adopted the city's first for 1967 -68 —with about $119,- ment of privately operated $1 million budget in a meet- 000 in property tax income— child care and development .-W irg last night highlighted by was passed unanimously. centers in residential areas, but discussion of Mayor D. A. IN OTHER action, which protected home - owners with a (Andy) Anderson's Five . Year cannot take effect for 90 days, clause which states that no'I Plan for city impr the city: kindergarten can be placed if I a resident within 500 feet of the proposed facility's prop- erty line objects in writing to the city council. Such disputes would be resolved in a public i I I hearing at a regularly sched- uled Council meeting. Five -Year Plan For City Council Is Monday Topic A five -year action plan for Col- lege Station, including construe= tion of a fire station and new city hall, will be presented by Mayor D. A. Anderson at Monday eve- ning's City Council meeting. M a y o r Anderson's proposal calls for action during the next fiscal year, beginning July 1. He said the project can be ac- complished without a tax in- crease. The mayor urged all interested citizens to attend the 7 p.h. meet- ing at city hall. Also on the Monday evening agenda is a recommendation by the mayor to secure engineering consulting service to survey the needs for expansion of sewer fa- cilities. Other agenda items include public hearing on the city's 1967- 68 budget and re- zoning property in the College Hills addition, con- sideration of adoption of the Southern Building Code, a re- port on water needs and consid- eration of a kindergarten and child care ordinance. Mayor Anderson will discuss his five -year plan during a special 30- minute program on KBTV -TV at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. j i • Gave College Station its first construction regulations with the adoption of the Southern Building Code, pres- ently in use by many southern cities. The code will be oper- ated in conjunction with ex- isting electrical and plumbing codes. All future repair and construction is subject to the new regulation. • Voted unanimously to close city offices on Saturdays, with provision for emergency services on both Saturdays and Sundays. The council also acted on three rezoning ordinances, moved to consider the pur- chase of right -of -way from the Missouri Pacific Railroad, post- poned a decision on plans the Wellborn Water Supply Cor- poration has to buy water from the city, and passed a tax levy- ing ordinance.