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Home My WebLink About04/05/1993 rITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MINUTES rITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO APRIL 5--L-l993 The rity Council Study Ses~ion was called to orier by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Kent Davi~, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Vance Edwards, Tony Flasco, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Als) present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Robert Middaugh, Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel, rity Attorney, John Hayes, staff, and interested citizens Elise Brougham arrived at 7 37 p m Item 1 Discussion of Sidewalk Maintenance Ordinance The proposed ordinance was presented by Mr Middaugh and explained by Mr Goebel, discussion was ~eld Consensus was 8-0 to continue the current policy of clearing the sand ani snow from the sidewalks that the rity installed Mr Davis felt that No Parking on Sidewalks should be enforced for large vehicles such as U S West trucks, UPS trucks and Postal Service trucks, other Councilmembers agreed Consensus was 7-1 to obtain the cost of having siiewalks around sc~ools swept and cleaned by either City or contractor and this information be brought back to Council Consensus was 5-3 to request the Mr Middaugh or Mr Goebel to contact the rity of Denver and the rity of Edgewater and evaluate their policy regarding ~now removal from sidewalks and bring the results back to Council Consensus was 7-1 to prioritize the repair of sidewalks that are hazardous, first, by disability (used by disabled persons), second, by trip hazards to be determinei by the Director of Public Works Item 2 Discussion of Newsletter Articles Newsletter was explained by Mr Middaugh and discussion was held Some concerns were as follows Some rouncil Members felt that the newsletter was too lengthy, shoulj be more concise and trimmed down Mrs Broug~am's concerns were - (1) under Revenue/ExpenditJres section, No 1 -Sales/Use Tax, last paragraph should be written more positive indicating that sales tax does have the ability to grow, (2) under rapital Projects Fund section, the first paragraph should also mention drainage projects, (3) under Personnel section, the personnel turnover issue should not be in the newsletter, CITY COUNCIL STUuY SESSION MINUTES APHIL 5, 1993 Page -2- (4) Under the sub-section, What Has The rity Done With Employee Salaries, the dollar amounts showing how much money was put in the budget this year and how much is needej for next year, should be indicated, under Total rity Expenditures, (5) the pie chart should be more descriptive ani show the percentage expended for salaries, (6) put in the cost of the two stage Salary plan, (7) show the operating budget cost under each major department Mr Davis felt that Vehicle Purchases should not be under the rapital Fund, this expenditure should be under the General Fund and should be changed in next year's budget Consensus was 7-1 to revise the pie chart indicating expenditures showing the four major categories of expense, Personnel cost, Supplies, Materials, and rapitol Consensus was 4-4 that vehicle purchases unjer rapitol Fund be shown under SaleslUse Tax chart as new policy in 1993 Budget, Mayor broke tie by voting no There will be no change ronsensus was 3-5 that paragraph five under Fiscal Overview be deleted, paragraph will remain Consensus was 8-0 to have operating budget be consistent with the operating expenses under the City rouncil section Consensus was 4-4 to add the to the last sentence under the City Council section, in part," The rouncil is made up of 8 persons from 4 districts", Mayor broke tie by voting yes The addition will be made Consensus was 6-2 to delete paragraphs ii, 5, & 6 under the Personnel section Consensus was 5-3 to add the cost figures for each year under the two year salary plan under subsection What Has The rity Done With Employees Salaries section Consensus was 7-1 to provide rouncil Members with the figures for the new turnover rate and cost of the new pay plan with the raises ronsensus was 6-2 to add a line indicating the Median income of the rity employees under the Did You Know section Consensus wa~ 8-0 to include the rouncil members' home phone numbers on the list of phone numbers Consensus was 6-2 to include the operating budget expenditure under the MayorlCity Administrator section CITY COUNrIL STUDY SESSION MINUT~S APRIL '5,1993 Page -3- Consensus was 8-0 to make the worjing more positive under the Revenue/Expenditure section, No 1 - Sales/Use Tax, last paragraph Consensus was 3-5 to cut down any wordiness t~at can be found throug~out the entire newsletter Item 3 Di~cussion of Resolution 1341 - transfer of funds within the rity's budget Mr Hayes statej ~is concerns with the Resolution and a~ked rouncil to voice their concerns ron~ensus was 4-4 to lower the spending limit to $1000, Mayor broke tie by voting no Spending limit will remain at $2500 It was requested that Resolution No 1341 by placed on t~e next ~ity Council Agenda to postpone indefinitely Consensus was 5-3 to place on the next City Council Agenda to nake a decision for a new rity Attorney Meeting adjourned at 10 25 p m ;1 ; -' I !~, i i iL ok. _--:_,_~.._.....;'~_........--____~_~_ ._._ _ ~ Wanda Sang, City Clerk I