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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/11/1987 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ringer, Councilmen Boughton Jones, Brown, Gardner, McIlhaney COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilman Haddox STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Cole, City Secretary Jones, Assistant City Manager Ragland, Deputy Finance Director Schroeder, Utilities Office Manager Piwonka, City Engineer Pullen, Traffic Engineer Black, Assistant Director Parks and Recreation Cisneros, Public Information Office Calliham, Council Coordinator Hooks STUDENT GOV'T LIAISON: Kevin Buchman VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. Agenda Item No. 1 - Approval of the minutes of the City Council Workshop Meeting, May 27, 1987 and City Council Regular Meeting, May 28, 1987. Councilman Boughton corrected page 3 of the regular meeting minutes by adding a sentence to the third paragraph, "Councilman Boughton seconded the motion". Councilman Boughton moved approval of the minutes as corrected. Councilman McIlhaney seconded the motion which was approved unanimously, 6-0. A~enda Item No. 2 - Discussion and consideration of approval of proposed budget for the Hotel/Motel Fund. Deputy Finance Director Schroeder presented this item. He passed to each council member financial reports from all entities and 06234 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 Page 2 outside organizations who submitted requests. Mr. Schroeder re- viewed the hotel/motel fund summary sheet. The $600,000 revenue is based on the current room tax of 6%. He explained the fol- lowing disbursements: 1) Community Center Requests, $141,877. 2) Parks Requests, $42,000. 3) Organizations: B/CS Athletic Federation, $7,500., Fireworks Display, $3,500., B/CS Chamber of Commerce, $217,000., Arts Council, $90,000., Easterwood Airport, $75,000. Mr. Schroeder pointed out that the amounts funded to outside organizations in last year's budget was the same level of funding used in this year's budget proposal. Lane Stephenson of the Bryan/College Station Athletic Federation came forward to answer questions from the Council. He stated that the B/CS Federation request is $10,000 funding, but the organization will appreciate whatever can be allotted. Mayor Ringer explained that the Lions Club Fireworks Display was previously sponsored by the College Station Recreation Council and at that time the City contributed to the College Station Recreation Council. When the city developed its own Parks and Recreation Department, they in turn took over many activities of the Recreation Council. Now, the city directly funds the fire- works display. Don Martell, Vice President of the Convention and Visitor's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Council. He discussed the room nights and visitors statistics which are encouraging indicators of the success of the Chamber's efforts. He noted that James Franze has been chosen as Convention Sales Manager. Also, Mr. Jack Speer currently serves as Executive Vice President. The Chamber of Commerce is requesting funds in the amount of $217,000. Ms. Ruth Clearfield, President of the Brazos Valley Arts Council, explained reasons for their request of $100,000. She stated that the Parks Department has requested that the Arts Council help to incorporate arts and crafts for the children's summer camps. She stated that plans for 1987-88 include the pub- lication of a brochure promoting all arts council member groups to be used by the Chamber to attract business and industry, and the formation of a Chamber of Commerce/Arts Alliance Committee to generate citizen and business involvement in community arts. Ms. Clearfield introduced Carla Harlika who teaches arts at the Cgllege Hills Elementary School. Ms. Harlika showed several pictures designed by her students. "'06235 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 Page 3 Jim Ferguson, representing the University on behalf of the Easterwood Airport, addressed the Council. He stated that their request for funding is $100,000. He noted that the University hopes to have a grand opening in the summer of 1989 for the new terminal building. Parten Wakefield of the Brazos Valley Museum came forward to re- quest $12,500. to be used toward the expansion of the Museum located at the Brazos Center. Tony Cisneros, Assistant Director of the Parks Department, stated that the additional money requested but not funded for "Christmas in the Park" related to equipment replacement and new construc- tion; "Christmas in the Park" will continue as presented in past years. Councilman Brown asked Mr. Schroeder to explain the conservative- ness of the hotel/motel projected revenues of $600,000. Mr. Schroeder noted that the most recent quarter tax collection re- port showed revenues of $615,000. Councilman McIlhaney asked if any uncollected taxes due to bankruptcy was included in the fund balance. Mr. Schroeder replied negatively. Councilman Brown moved to approve the hotel/motel fund budget as submitted, and, at the end of six months to reconsider the re- quests not funded. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which carried unanimous- ly, 6-0, with Councilman Haddox absent. Agenda Item No. 3 - Consideration of an ordinance providing for implementation of water and sewer rate increase and implementa- tion of Case 2-A electric rate proposal. Councilman McIlhaney asked staff if anyone received calls re- garding the rate increases. Ms. Piwonka stated that she had not received any calls. Councilman Boughton moved approval of the proposed rate ordinance including a 10% increase for water, 16% increase for sewer and a decrease of 1.3% for electric. Councilman Brown seconded the motion which was approved by a vote of 5-1, with Councilman Haddox absent. FOR: Ringer, Boughton, Brown, Jones, McIlhaney AGAINST: Gardner 062 6 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 Page 4 Agenda Item No. 4 - Consideration of an ordinance adopting Traffic Control Device Inventory Schedule II, III, and IV. City Engineer Pullen stated that this item will update the list of 1980 and an inventory has been made to update all signs. A current list will be filed in the City Secretary's office. Kevin Buchman asked Mr. Pullen of the status of the old signs. Mr. Pullen replied that the old signs are salvageable. Mr. Pullen noted that $950.00 of materials were returned during the "Don't Mess with Taxes" program. Councilman McIlhaney moved to approve Ordinance No. 1711 amending Chapter 10, Section 2.C, 2.D, and 2.E of the Code of Ordinances updating the city inventory of stop and yield signs. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which was approved unan- imously, 6-0. Agenda Item No. 5 - Hear Visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 6 - Closed session to discuss pending litigation and personnel. The council moved to closed session at 7:40 p.m. Agenda Item No. 7 - Action on closed session. Councilman McIlhane¥ moved to appoint Judy Arnold as Vice- Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Board. Councilman Brown seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 6-0. Councilman Brown moved to appoint three members to the College Station Economic Development Foundation for three year terms beginning 7/87. Eddie Schultz, 7/90, Ken Shaw, 7/90, Terri Tongco, 7/90. Councilman McIlhaney seconded the motion which was approved unan- imously, 6-0. 06237 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 PaGe 5 Councilman McIlhaney moved to request that the ColleGe Station Economic Development Foundation amend their by-laws to increase the number of members to nine, with the additional member's term to expire in 1989. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which carried unanimous- ly, 6-0. A~enda Item No. 8 - Adjourn. Mayor RinGer adjourned the meetinG at 9:20 p.m. APPROVE D: Lak-r-y' ~~, M~or ATTEST: Dian Jones,~ Secretary 06238 GUEST REGISTER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987 7:00 P.M. 15. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 16. 32. 00623