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Home My WebLink About02/09/2004 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO February 9. 2004 The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Cerveny at 7 00 P m Councilmembers present: Jerry DiTullio, Karen Berry, Dean Gokey, Wanda Sang, Karen Adams Mike Stites, Lena Rotola, and Larry Schulz. Also present: City Clerk, Pamela Anderson, City Manager, Randy Young, City Attorney, Gerald Dahl, Director of Public Works Tim Paranto, staff; and interested citizens. A moment of silence was observed to honor former Police Chief, Ed Pinson APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF January 26,2004 Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve the Minutes of January 26, 2004, seconded by Mr Gokey; carried 8-0 PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Crisis Intervention Team Program Honoring Chief Jack Hurst; Deputy Chief Joseph Cassa, Sergeant Kevin Armstrong, Raymond Slaughter, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, and Heather Cameron, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Senator Moe Keller, representing the National Alliance for the Mentally III, commended the Police Department for their support and dedication and thanked the City of Wheat Ridge for their leadership regarding this issue Presentation of a plaque to former Councilman David Schneider by District III Council Members Karen Adams and Mike Stites in recognition of his distinguished service to the City of Wheat Ridge as a former Council Member in District III CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK Bill Dilger, 2650 Harlan Street, testified on behalf of H B 1209, which deals with the condemnation of private property and also Urban Renewal. There is also a companion bill 1203 which will be coming up shortly There is a disease going around in Municipalities in Colorado, which is the belief that taking a person's private property and converting it to another use, is not abusive, but is a good thing for the community This bill will take away your ability to seize people's property under the guise of Urban Renewal He strongly suggested that Council consider the fact that the moral issue of a person working hard, having a business for 50 years, only to see it being taken away, because something better in it's place would look better, is not the answer CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 9, 2004 Page -2- Wally Pulliam, 6622 Salvia Court, Arvada, introduced himself as a Republican Candidate for County Commissioner from District 1 in Jefferson County Item 1. Consent Agenda. A. Approval of Purchase of Pool Chemicals from C E M Sales and Service B Award City Hall HVAC Control Modifications Project. C Reschedule Council Study Session from February 16 to February 17, 2004 Consent Agenda was introduced and read by Mrs. Adams Mr Gokey asked to pull Item B Motion by Mrs Adams for approval of Item A. and Item C of the Consent Agenda, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr Gokey to award ITB-04-005, City Hall HVAC Control Modifications to Westland Construction, Littleton, CO in the amount of $196,168 00 He further moved that an auxiliary amount of $49,042 00 be established to accommodate any additional work service beyond the specified portion He further moved that all costs associated with this contract be paid from account number 30-610-800-811 and that these funds be encumbered for the length of the project in accordance with Ordinance #787, 1989 Series, seconded by Mrs Rotola Tim Paranto, Director of Public Works, presented the history of the HVAC system in City Hall Due to budget constraints, the work is proposed to be done in 3 Phases Phase 1 improvements include design, replacing the control system, making minor duct changes and cleaning the ducts With new controls the airflow would go to the right locations during the right times in the day The engineers recommend that we place another small air conditioning unit in the ceiling in the computer room Some piping for the Solar System needs to be removed We have been out of compliance that we don't have a backflow preventer on the entry pipe into the building and need to add that. The contingency amount is much larger than usual in case we encounter problems along the way and don't want to stop the work to get additional funding Motion by Mr Gokey to amend the motion to direct the office of the City Manager to update Council in the weekly Manager's Memorandum on expenditures exceeding the amount of the contract; seconded by Mr Schulz; carried 8-0 Original Motion as amended carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 9, 2004 Page -3- DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 2. Appointment to Wheat Ridge Housing Authority Motion by Mr DiTullio to ratify the appointment of Katherine Nuanes, District III, to the Wheat Ridge Housing Authority, term to expire March 2, 2007, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Item 3. Revision to the Council Rules of Order and Procedures regarding elimination of term limits for Council President and Mayor pro tem. Motion by Mrs Sang to amend the Mayor pro tem section of the Council Rules of Order and Procedure The rule is stated thus. B Mayor pro tem 1 At the first or second business meeting in November of each year, the Council shall elect, by a majority vote, a Council President and a Mayor pro tem, who shall each serve until their successor is elected Council President and Mayor pro tem will be elected by motion only seconded by Mr DiTullio Motion by Mr Gokey to strike the motion language "will be elected by motion only" to read "will be elected by secret ballot", seconded by Mrs Rotola carried 8-0 Motion as amended carried 7-1 with Mrs Rotola voting no ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Mayor Cerveny announced that people who did not receive the City's newsletter, or had misplaced theirs, could get another copy either at City Hall, the Rec Center or Senior Center She encouraged people to read it. There will be 6 issues in 2004 City Clerk, Pam Anderson, announced that Council would interview Board and Commission applicants at the February 17 Study Session and appointments would be made March 8 Mike Stites stated that Districts III and IV started a new deal, called "The Wheat Ridge Challenge" What they are trying to do is promote business in Wheat Ridge, promote sales tax revenue If you buy in Wheat Ridge, the sales tax revenue goes to Wheat Ridge - CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 9, 2004 Page -4- Dean Gokey commented on tensions in his district regarding an events center whose overflow parking spills into the surrounding neighborhood Wanda Sang agreed with Mr Gokey's comments and feels that it is imperative that a mediator be brought in to negotiate between the business and the neighbors Jerry DiTullio wanted to send out his best wishes to get well soon to Kevin Robb and Bill Donaldson who have been ill recently Meeting adjourned at 8 02 P m. I - I 0iw.[~(<( L ~[L---'- --Pamela Y Anderson City Clerk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCILON FEBURARY 23, 2004 BY A VOTE OF ~ to o ,/ 1 \, I - .J)(:", LC, ~~/ ,. Wanda Sang, Councir"President The preceding Minutes were prepared according to ~47 of Robert's Rules of Order, i e they contain a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members Tape recordings and video recordings of the meetings are available for listening or viewing in the City Clerk's Office, as well as copies of Ordinances and Resolutions