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Home My WebLink About11/13/1995 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 7500 W 29th Avenue, Municipal Building November 13. 1995 The Regular City Council was called to order by Mayor Wilde at 7 00 P m Councilmembers present: Teri Dalbec, Jerry DiTullio, Don Eafanti, Jean Fields, Janelle Shaver, Ken Siler, Tony Solano, and Claudia Worth Also present: City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Treasurer, Jim Malone, City Administrator, Robert Middaugh, City Attorney, Gerald Dahl, Parliamentarian, Mary Bahde, Municipal Court Judge, Randy Davis, Parks Director, Gary Wardle, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst; staff; and interested citizens. OATH OF OFFICE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS Municipal Court Judge, Randy Davis, recognized former Councilmembers Vance Edwards and Rae Jean Behm for their service to the City of Wheat Ridge He then administered the Oath of Office to the eleven elected officials District I Jerry DiTullio Jean Fields District II Tony Solano Ken Siler District III Don Eafanti Janelle Shaver District IV Claudia Worth Teri Dalbec City Clerk, Wanda Sang City Treasurer, Jim Malone Mayor, Dan Wilde Mayor Wilde presented a plaque to Rae Jean Behm He also had a plaque for Vance Edwards, but Mr Edwards was at work. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 13, 1995 Page -2- ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM Motion by Mr DiTullio to elect Jean Fields as Mayor pro tem, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 ELECTION OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT Motion by Mrs Shaver to elect Claudia Worth as Council President; seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 DECISIONS. RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS Motion by Mrs. Worth to add to the Agenda an item regarding appropriations for Council Travel, that would be Agenda Item 2. , seconded by Mrs Dalbec, carried 8-0 Motion by Mrs Worth to add a Resolution for the children of Wheat Ridge, seconded by Mr Eafanti; carried 8-0 Item 1. Consideration of appropriation of up to $5,000 for holiday decorations Motion by Mr Solano to add an additional $5,000 00 to the $3,000 00 already in the budget, to purchase additional holiday decorations (7 ft tall metal reindeer) from Willie (last name not available), this money is to come out of the General Fund, seconded by Mr Siler Mrs Dalbec will vote no because $3,000 have already been appropriated Mr DiTullio offered a friendly amendment to spend only an additional $1,000 this year for lights and to pass on the reindeer This was not accepted by motion-maker because this is the last year that the large reindeer will be available Mrs Dalbec offered a substitute motion to allocate $1,500 this year, which could be used to decorate the Show Wagon or whatever additional type of decorations we need and we can ask if the merchants in the area want to match us up to $2,000, seconded by Mrs Fields, failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Dalbec, Shaver, Fields, and DiTullio voting yes. Mr Solano withdrew his original motion, Council agreed 8-0 Motion by Mr Solano that we allocate an additional $3,000 and withdraw $2,000 from the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival fund, for a total of $5,000 to be spent on the additional reindeer and Christmas lights, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers DiTullio, Fields, and Dalbec voting no CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 13,1995 Page -3- Item 2. Appropriations for Council Travel Mrs Worth explained that she and possibly some other Councilmembers were interested in attending the National League of Cities meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, from November 29 to December 2, 1995 However, the Council travel account ran short and we need to appropriate some money from the General fund into the Travel fund Motion by Mrs Worth that $5,50000 be appropriated from the General Fund Balance To Account #102-702 to pay expenses for City Councilmembers to attend National League of Cities Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, and that the budget be amended accordingly; seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 7-1 with Mr Solano voting no Item 3. Resolution 1496 - dedicating 1996-97 to the future generations of the City of Wheat Ridge This Resolution was introduced by Mrs Worth and read into the record Motion by Mrs Worth for the adoption of Resolution 1496, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8- o CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Mr Middaugh extended his congratulations to the new Councilmembers and welcomed back the re-elected officials ELECTED OFFICIALS' MA TIERS Jean Fields asked if a reception could be held so that Council could meet all the employees Consensus was 8 in favor She asked when the Board and Commission dinner would be held, also asked for a list of all commissions and committees connected to the City of Wheat Ridge Tony Solano thanked the voters of District II for his reelection Ken Siler thanked Tony Solano, his wife, and the people of District II for their help in his reelection CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 13, 1995 Page -4- Don Eafanti asked that singing groups contact him Janelle Shaver thanked the citizens of District III for her election, she asked for update on the annexation application Claudia Worth asked that the following items be discussed at next week's study session Council Rules, Policies for this Council, Carmel properties, and any items that staff might want to add She congratulated the Wheat Ridge band for placing third in Division 4A in the State of Colorado Teri Dalbec moved that the City Administrator, City Clerk, and Election Commission look into a situation where the Post Office did not deliver campaign mail with the Zip Codes Wheat Ridge 80212, 80214 and 80215, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr Eafanti to adjourn, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p m _ J/,( ~ ,L" ,jt Wanda Sang, City Clerk::. APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 27,1995 BY A VOTE OF -L TO--.Jl... {.._ ~ ,_, ,.f" : . ._._' .' " Claudia Worth, Council President