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:
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