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08/08/88 SP City Council MinutesJohn "Ed" Kennedy, Jr. Mayor 0 CITY OF e I�/ 6& AU%gJST 3, 1.988 S P E C I A L MEET INC TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF 00UNC1I-Z9 v1BERS CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA 0 Drawer 1997 Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997 There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council Monday, August 8, 1988 at 7:30 P. M. in the Council Chambers at City Hall for the follocaing purpose: TO ADM FISCAL 1988-1989 BUDGET AND, CONDUCT (TI'Hr1R BUSINESS We, the undersigned, nxmbers of the City Council, do hereby affirm We have been properly notified of the calling of this special meeting to be held Monday, AuguE;t 8, 1988 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers at City Fall and consent to the transaction of aie above business and any other business that may properly come before the. City Council. Qt� AMRST: ohn Ed K�erinedy, Jr. Mayor—_ Dor ver Cit e - reasursr Sandy Schindler . G'um-Jerson Cary W. Nystul "! 10. Furlong _ eCity Clare Ha_4 AttaYney I Q33 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE KALISPELL CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD AT 7:30 P.M. M10MM AUGUST 8, 1988 IN THE COUNCIL- CHAMBERS AT CITY " HALL . MAYOR - KENNEDY PRESIDED. SaMDLER, NYSTUL AND FURLONG WERE ABSENT. ALL OTHER COUNCILN MRERS WERE PRESENT. Mayor Kennedy called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. CtNr'INUE BUDGET HEARING Mayor Kennedy reopened the Budget Hearing and asked if anyone wished to speak in regards to the Budget. There were none. SET BWGETS AND LEVIES Resolution #3803 Special Lighting District Assessment Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3803, a resolution levying an assessment for the cost of lighting the Streets and Alleys in the City Special Lighting District for the fiscal. year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3804 Decorative Lighting District Assessment Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3804, a resolution levying an assessment for the cost of lighting the Streets in the Downtown Decorative Lighting District for the fiscal year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3805 Special Maintenance District Assessment Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3805, a resolution levying an assessment for the cost of special maintenance for the purpose of maintaining the Streets and Avenues of the City of Kalispell for the fiscal year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3806 Storm Sewer Maintenance District Assessment Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3806, a resolution levying assessments for the cost of the Storm Sewer Maintenance District for the fiscal year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3807 Special Maintenance District #1 Boundaries Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3807, a resolution to alter the Boundaries of Special Maintenance District No. 1. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3808 Special Lighting District Boundaries Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3808, a resolution to alter the Boundaries of the City Special Lighting District. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried unanimously upon roll call vote. Resolution #3809 Annual Tax Levies Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3809, a resolution making the Annual Tax Levies for the City of Kalispell, Mcntana, for the Fiscal Year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried upon roll call vote with Councilwomn Hafferman voting no. Resolution #3810 Annual Appropriations Councilman Saverud moved passage of Resolution #3810, a resolution setting the Annual Appropriations for the City of Kalispell, Montanal, for the Fiscal Year 1988-89. Councilman Atkinson seconded. Councilmm-an Hafferman spoke against the motion,, stating: "I am voting against this budget motion because the methods used to balance the budget were hastily conceived. The fact that thousands of dollars were lost or won over the weekend with the stroke of the pen would make my point salient, that the budget process should begin in February or March. Cbviously, waiting to receive the actual figures from the county is meaningless, as witnessed by this last minute, late night, process we just went through last week." "The budget submitted to the council was grossly out of balance anyway. Before we cut personnel we should thoroughly investigate having such frills as caWuters, outer software, consumable tools, overtime, schools, travel and books for the law library." 4 4 "People whose positions are to be eliminated should be forewarned of that possibility in a timely manner. The process used to eliminate the positions was also hastily conceived and there's more to that than meets the eye. I would support a motion to approve the budget if it did not cut personnel at this time, and if it contained a requirement that the above mentioned frills be eliminated until the amount of money necessary to balance the budget is found and that the Mayor require the staff to prepare such proposals and submit then to the council within 15 days." Councilman Saverud agreed the budgeting process should start earlier. However he did not agree it was done in a hasty manner. He reviewed the meetings held to work oo the budget. He also agreed the process is cumbersome but didn't agree it could be called hasty. Saverud pointed out that in spite of the I-105 freeze, costs for insurance have increased dramatically, which have cut into what is available for the rest of the budgets, and the willingness of the Department Heads to get by with bare bones budgets has allowed us to balance the budget with very few manpower cuts. Councilman Hopkins supported Saverud's comments. The motion carried upon roll call vote with Councilwoman Hafferman voting no. Mayor Kennedy declared the budget hearing closed. CONSENT AGENDA Approve Minutes - Regular Council Meeting of July 18, 1988 Approve Claims Councilman Gunnerson moved approval of the consent agenda, Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried. ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL F. T. O'Boyle, 161,Fifth Avenue West North, asked the council to stop spending money on truck bypass studies when we are talking about such a tight budget. Louis Ruiz, 406 Ashley Court, said he was very disappointed the council could approve a budget with only 4 favorable votes. He felt this was the most in-portant meeting of the year to be attended. He also felt there were better ways of finding money than eliminating the Public Works Director position which he heard on TV was prcposed to be eliminated. Fred Zauner, 440 Sylvan Drive, also saw the TV news report to eliminate the Public Works Director position and said this is a sbort term gain which in the long run will hurt the city and he urged the council to reconsider. Council President Savervd said the budget just adopted included retaining the position. Zauner also objected to seeing three council people missing from the meeting. Saverud stated Counciltmembers Nystul and Furlong had attended all the budget workshop meetings. Ken Hammer, Public Works Director, said he had seen the news report and there were a lot of things he could say, but wouldn't. He requested, if the city has a problem with him, to came talk him directly. MOR' S REPORTS: Budget"Cannents Mayor Kennedy stated this year was an extremely hard year to prepare the budget and he personally wanted to thank Clerk/Treasurer Don Halver and all the department heads of other staff who worked very hard under very difficult circumstances to come up with a balanced budget. A reduction in the mill levy value plus increases in Health Insurance and Canp Insurance necessitated a reduction in the General Fund Budget of $185,062. He just wanted to say thanks to the department heads and the Council for their hard work. COMMLTTEE REPORTS: CCMMTY DEVELOPA' E/BUILDING REG''ULATION/PARKIM/PUBLIC BUILDINGS - No Report FINANCE/PERSMN EL & PCLICY/INSURANCE - No Report PARKS/PUBLIC LANDS/AL MW1CN/ZONING/AIRPORT - No Report 65 PUBLIC WORKS/PUBLIC SAFETY/WATER & SEWER Handicapped Parking Spaces Councilman Gumnerson reported the committee has approved a handicapped parking space at 286 Fifth Avenue East North and another at 26 Sixth Avenue West. These are temporary locations and will be monitored. Resolution #3811 -- First Alley West Change Order - Insurance Councilman Gunnerson moved the Liability Insurance be increased from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000. Councilman Hopkins seconded and the motion carried upon roll vote with Councilwoman Hafferman opposed. She is opposed to the project. Curb Cut - Weissman's Location on Meridian Road Councilman Gunnerson moved the Curbs be placed as originally recc mended and designed by the Public Works Department. Leo Stoltz, manager of Weism an's Kalispell Store, requested the area at their store be left with an open driveway. He discussed other businesses which didn't have curbs be put in and he said curbs would create unlivable problems with customer access to his business. He invited the council to coarse and review the situation. After additional discussion the motion carried with Ccuncilmembers Atkinson and Hafferman opposed. Curbs & Sidewalks - 4th Street West Councilman Gunnerson moved the ordering in of Curies and Sidewalks om Fourth Street west by JB's Saloon and renxoving this work from the First Alley West Project. Councilman Saverud seconded. Gunnerscn explained the work can be done for less cost if it is not done as part of the First Alley West Project. The property owner will pay for the work. DPW Hammer said the council should decide if conduit for decorative street lights and 0 tree knockouts need to be installed when the sidewalks are dome. The motion carried unanimously. ACTOXXiEDGEMUS, ANOL]NCEMSTES AMID APPOINIMUS Conf irmaticn Dcn Hossack as Assistant Chief of Police Mayor Kennedy read the letter from Chief Clark requesting Don Hossack be confirmed as Assistant Chief of Police. Councilman Saverud so moved, Councilman Atkinson seconded and the motion carried. Confirmaticon- Terry L. Eaton as Firefighter Mayor Kennedy read -the letter frc m Chief Waggener reporting Terry L. Eaton has completed his year of probation and requesting he be comfier to the Position of Firefighter effective July 18, 1988. Councilman Atkinson so moved, Councilman. Gunnerson seconded and the motion carried. ADJOURN With no further business the meeting was adjourned at Approved as presented consent agenda 8/22/88. Don Halver, Clerk/Treasurer 8:35 fan. �l ohm "Ed" Kennedy, Jr., Mayor