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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/06/1992 CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO APRIL 6, 1992 The City Council Study Session Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwar~s, Vance Edwards, Tony FIasco, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Robert Middaugh, City Attorney, John Hayes, City Treasurer, Jim Malone, staff, and interested citizens Item Finance Committee Progress Report Jean Fields, representing the Citizens Finance Committee, gave a presentation on a tax increase for the remodeling and expansion ot the Wheat Ridge Municipal building and police facility, and the construction of a new recreation center This could be accomplished through a 1/2% tax increase per project, totaling 1%, which would sunset in 6 years She recommended that these projects be placed on the ballot separately, so if one failed, the other project woulrl still be viable The recommended target date for the special election wuuld be September 1, 1992 Jean stated that $3,000,000 can be raised per year with the tax increase Phil Edwards asked for a discussion on sunsetting just half of the tax increase, to allow maintenance and upkeep on both buildings Mayor Winger aske~ whether it would be feasible to have a third question on the ballot stating whether the citizens would approve retaining 1/2% for maintenance of these buildings Mr Shanley asked for a consensus that the rouncil allow the voters of Wheat Ridge to vote on whether or not we should have a total of a 1% sales tax increase The first priority in question form should refer to an expansion of the municipal building The second part of the question should refer to the building of a new recreational center The third question should be a retention of 1/2% at the end of the sixth year In other words, 1% woul d be use:J at one time for expansion of the municpal building When that is completed, then the 1% would be used for the building of the rec center Mr Selstad did not agree, stating that the rity only has one chance to get this passed, and felt it would be better to separate these two projects Mr Shanley t'1ell a'3ked for a new con'3ensus to bring bot'1 options in front of Council during regular session, so that they can vote on it Mrs Brougham asked to a~end the consensus to accept the Finance Committee's report an:J proceed on April 20th when more data will be gathered Mr Shanley reiterated that the consensus simply allows the Council to vote on whether to put both projects together on the ballot or to split them up and whether this option will be put to t'1e voters as soon as possible Consensus was 8-0 in favor CITY COUN~IL STUDY SESSION MINUTES April b, 1992 Page -2- Mr Davis statei t~at he votei for this strictly to bring it to Council He does not endorse it Mr FIasco also asked to have the same statement put in the record for him MaYJr Winger askei for a consenus to have a study session meeting on April 20th to iiscuss the municipal building expansion and to discuss the swimming pool on May 4th Consensus was 6-2 in favor Item 2 Inter-relationship between City Arlministrator and Council Mr Middaugh stated he felt it extremely important that he should have some sort of relationship with Council He explained some concerns ani issues that he has He felt it important that he communicate to staff some of the problems that rouncil faces He felt that ~is role, generally speaking, is to help Council in terms of providing information and support in a timely fashion in orier for Council to get their job done He will be very forthcoming with information, however, some information can not be disclosed publicly Mr Middaugh saii that he will try to inform Council of all things he is involvei with, on a regular basis, and to clue them in to prujects that the City is engaged in One such project is relative to a hazardous waste material facility in the County He also encouragei Council to let him know as soon as possible if there is a problem, and not to wait He said t~at he does not want Council to hear something first from a newspaper or other source but rather, this information shoulrl come from him He stated that he will be the primary staff focus in making presentations to rouncil He will supply a cover memorandum with a recommendation on agenda items, and then it will be up to rouncil to make the decision on what to do witl1 that item Mr Middaugh also statei that ~e would appreciate knowing prior to a council meeting if a councilmember has a question pertaining to that meeting He feels t~at he can give more accurate information if he is notified aheai of time, rather than being askei at the meeting Outside of council meetings, the way to deal with communications and requests, is to use the chain of command that exists In that way, all the right people are informei ani things tend to run more smoothly rouncil certainly shouli feel welcomed to contact the department heads directly, however, the department heads have been informed to fill him in on anything of importance Council asked Mr Middaugh if he can use the form that enables using a written response This form is in triplicate, has been usei in the past, and has proved to be beneficial Mr Middaugh thought this was a good idea and agreed to it CITY (OUN(IL STUDf SESSION MINUTES April 6, 1992 Page -3- Mr~ Broughalo a~k~1 that a policy b~ institut~1 to have a con~i~tency in honoring past m~mbers of the commission~ an~ boar1s Mr Fla~co ~tate1 that simply b~cau~e a per~on ha~ ~p~nt a long time on a boarj or commi~sion, ioe~ not m~an that they nece~sarily have contribute1 more than someone who ha~ ~pent a lesser amount of time on a boar1 or commi~~ion It i~ the quality of that time, not the length of time Mr Shanley agree1 with Mr Fla~co ani ad1e1 that it i~ more of a subjective thing anrl a policy ~houlrl not be in~titute1, as ther~ is no sure rul~ of thumb Mayor Wing~r agree1 M~eting a1journerl at 9 45 P M '1 ~ j - - /1"/1..1-1 (I.." Wan,1a Sang, 4/ City -Cl}r~---