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CCMtg11-29-93WSMinMayor Paul L estrand Deputy Mayor Ron Sargent xald K Acting City Administrato[ raldinerD ambr i, city clerk Richard S. Taylor, Jr., Acting City Attorney 1. Mayor Lovestrand called a work session to order at '1.00 p.m. 2. DISCUSS NON-E%CLUSIVE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE. Mayor Lovestrand explained that the c ial solid waste c expires o ember 3 aid that the expected i aof $1] tcbe scaled downward JO/50& and e entually vthee loss Quid be a uch a a0& a ecyclinq t aid he believed thismw s good, cept P budget,~eand somes budget adjustments wou therefore, have to be made. explained t t due t the State law requiring recycling of a ials as apossible, and a cipated r short f allsbecauseaofrthis, the anticipated r of $175 OOOnw not ealistic figure and said that Mr. McNutt estimated the City was looking at a shortage of $110,000. Taylor said he w asked foe a definitive a whether franchise fees Goulds be charged to eecyclert ana said, [n his charged. aid his idea would be to suspend the franchise £ee totally and echarge e vidual t unt of road x for upkeep and repadi rs to thercity astreetsn a inq t itv eoula reoo~er costs ,ncarrea,[i. ., aemi~iscraci ~e cows t et~.~ Taylor and both believed Du ld take close [nat[on to seerwhato then legal implications of such a tax would beam this w of law and perhaps a models city rwho shassaldready gone athr g th p bl cold he followed. e further suggested a opinion be o d from the Attorney General. She also suggested that lanquage be i serted i ~ the franchise that would enable the City to later impose the franchise fee •f the determination is made that it is legal. '. Mayor L and asketl if i go forwartl with the solid w nchisenn and hold moff son nthe eecycling and the Commrssronsagreed that waswtheir desire. Mayor L and asked i fished to leave the solid rite franchise 2o8, Celimi Hate wthe fee omprom ise. ved witha regard t whether i s fair t arge t solidsw eehaulers a arge recyclers va as thecconsensus of the Commission to chargeca 10& franchise feet w The Commission recessed from ].5] to 8.02 P.M. 3. REVISIT THE 1993/1994 EUUGET. Mayor Lovestrand said Mr. Korman said he would like to work with Mayor L and briefly updated t ith respect t discussions with C e Henley and Mr 1Ra bun, wCOUnty M Hager, which the City a my for help with the c my di<ch. He said the c my h askedChow much m ary a istance the City ould offer.o explained that the Cnunty has sc up with a alternative proposal. nsteatl of a open ditch between O and Columbus Harboue they a asking that t o pipes be r tilled under 0 rstreet u ing public right of way. wFUrther, saidsi may eethe cost to $80,000, plus labor, o up to S2oo,o00. Mayor Lovestcand suggested t Hey from the v uck be placed i and fore this project. ted rtha< n ne<ary commitment away mad by city representatives during this ar scussron. esponse to Mayor Lovestrand, Mr. McNutt s d he a cipated $500,000 carry forward from the 92/93 budget. Howev aid this Discussion c espect t ity c ingency Fund and a id lby et rof t 1Cyear h cipated t the MC ty tcoultl have eappdroximately r53a1 million atlolla rs in the contingency Fund. It w the c of the C reduce the 9J/94 budget by $ilO,oDD ~nthesa of revenues anticipated to be lost by seduction in franchise of ees. ing t e list of take home vehicles Dthere w s discussions r ovldf City i r the employees personal i e be liablew if a employeerw sedriving a personal esponding to a City e ergencya ing said hadedistributed a report t the C regardingnthe take- and asked the C order to get understanding of the policy mm aid the rcoudld cut the number of take-home vehicles in half, if the Commission desired. The list of take icl es wed and it w the of the c thewtake-home vehicles wou ldsbe as followsucommencing at the beginning of January, 1994. Administration - Sedan vehicle would no longer be a take home vehicle. Would be used a.. a carpool car for city sFaff. arks and A eation Department - Sedan vehicle will n onger e home vehicle, the Department op ick-up ucksawi Sla be used by the D ector as the take-home V If this i not workable, the1City Administrator and thehParks and Recreation Director will work out a solution. Department - n hoioe to £iveCe e following Rw idll r in as take-homes vehicles: tility Vehicle - Chiefma Sedan Vehicle - Assistant Chief Sedan V isle - ergeant of Tra£f is Sedan Vehicle - ergeant of C.I.D. Sedan Vehicle - K 9 Officer Public works - Reduce n - ehicl es to three. mhe following will remain as takeanomen~ehioles: ick-up T uck -will be shared by Utility Plant Supervisor and utility Plant operator f -call duty. eeper - call n StreetDBeeper - On call. The C agreed that a tal of t of the vehicles no longer used as take-home vehicles would be used as carpool vehicles. a. DISCUSS PROPOSED PURCHASE OF (4) POLICE VEHICLES. Chief M ing advised that he w s decreasing the pDlice fleet by vehicles this year, explained that they Pave gone t years without replacing any c and n w have s vehicles with miles ana fire wicn a miles, o aia the <aes prDOposed to be purchased wouldDnot arrive until Marchsa nd i„g o a sn,ooo oema b aea if purenaaea n xa a the ~ sensus of the Commissions that the Four vehicles be purchased,on Chief Chapman said ne wished t inform the C n that the uck went down yesterday and will he o t forma t five days etherefore the backup engine w s brought back on line. itablew a head gasket and a nole c my pumper i w bei ngvr noteae t the aides of purcnasi ng the new engine and tine re-enassis still eels to be aascussed. 6. Meeting adjourned at 9.00 P.M. ATTEST: ralarne n r ciny clerx