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Home My WebLink About1986-08-20 Workshop I � � � # � � 3 € Cg t � EMERGENCY AGENDA CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 , 1986 AT 6 : 00 P.M. GRAPEVINE CONCOURSE - 3800 FAIRWAY DRIVE I . CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION: Council Member Jim Glynn III . DINNER Dinner to be served to the members of the City Council and Administrative City Staff. IV. WORKSHOP City Council to conduct a workshop discussion relative to the 1986-87 proposed budget and take any necessary action. V. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND/OR DISCUSSION VI . ADJOURNMENT THIS EMERGENCY AGENDA WAS PREPARED BECAUSE IMMEDIATE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO INSURE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF GRAPE- VINE, TEXAS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227 , ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING EMERGENCY AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 19TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1986 AT 9 : 30 A.M. � � Cit Secretary � � � � � � � � � � i i , � � STATE OF TEXAS � COUNTY OF TARRANP i CITY OF GRAPEVINE , { The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Special Session on " ' this the 20th day of August, 1986 at 6:00 p.m. in the Grapevine Concourse, � 3800 Fairway Drive, with the following me.mbers present to-wit: � Tan Pow�ers Mayor � Ted R. Ware Mayor Pro Tem ( Jim Glynn Council Member � Sharron Spencer council Member � C. Shane Wilbanks Council member � Lynn R. Niedermeier Council member 1 � j constituting a quonun, with Council Member Ron Dyer absent, with the following � mP.mbers of the City Staff: ' Dennis E. Dawson City Manager j Kelvin Knauf Assistant City Manager ¢. , William L. White Finance Director ; Karen Spasuz City Secretary � CALL 'I�0 ORDER I � � Mayor Pocaers called the meeting to order following the dinner meal. ; I INVOCATION �: ; R ? The Invocation was delivered by Council Member Jim Glynn. � Wt�RKSHOP, PROPOSID 1986-87 BUDGET �� The Wa er & ewer t S Enterprise Fund was first under consideration. Detailed ; expexiditures for Water Distribution, Water Production, Utility Billing, and �' Sewer operations were reviewed. Expansion of the sewer treatment plant, coupled with Environmental Protection Agency and State regulations, necessitated 24-hour monitoring of the plant, for which equipnent and personnel were funded for half of the 86-87 fiscal year. ' Consideration of the Golf Course Enterprise Fund followed. It was noted that ; ' no rate increase was rec�nded by Staff for the 86-87 year. Proposed ; '� expenditures for the Pro Shop and Golf Maintenance operations were reviewed. � � It was noted that repaving of the parking lot at the golf course/Concourse �' ! facility was budgeted totally in the Golf Course Fund (approximately $42,000) . � Potential future improvemPalts to the course were briefly mentioned, as well as � ' the possibility of expanding to 36 holes. Staff was directed to provide � �� possible rate increase figures. �� Proposed revenues and expenditures for the Convention & Visitors Bureau Fund � were then reviewed in detail. Reductions to the proposed budget were noted. � Projected Hotel/Motel Occupancy T� receipts w�ere addressed, and expenditures � f r ' i a ' n C n 1 Aff ir and the Main Street Pro'ect o Ac�►un str tio , o course, Cu tural a s, � � w�ere studied. Much of the ensuing discussion centered around the Concourse � facility and haw it could best be utilized by the City. � I,y Following this presentation, proposed reductions in the General Fund depart- ; mental requests were noted. The new proposal estimated $1.17 million in � reductions, for a net decrease in the tax rate of 5.34 cents. Concerns of the � ° Council w�re noted for Staff consideration to include budget funds for items ` � such as playground equiFsnent for Cannon Elementary, Pickering Park, and Oak � Grove Park, $23,000 for the Chamber of Commerce, money for City � � beautification, and possible intern in the City Manager's office. The � possibility of and benefits of adopting 10-year retirement vesting for City � employees was also addressed. � J � The next budget workshop was scheduled for Tuesday, August 26, 1986 at 7:00 � p.m. at City Hall. � � EE � � , � �` � �; � �. 8/20/86 �_ ADJOUF;NML`NT � A motion to adjourn the meeting was then made by Mayor Pro Tem Ware. Council �ex Niedermeier offered a secand tQ the mation, which prevailed by fihe ensuing vote: Ayes . Powers, Ware, Glynn, Spencer, Wilbanks, & Niedermeier Nays . None Absent: Dyer PASSID AND APPROVED BY '1'HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITX OF C'�RAPEVINE, TEX�.S on this the 2nd day af Set�fiar�ber, 1986. APPROVID: ; �� "�/''2"! ' � ��r � � AZ'I:�'ST: � ! E �S ^ w A � " W✓`/V� � ` Clt SeCreta�y a . � � � � � c � � a ; ? � � t i ; � ! S i � � �f 3 � i � � f � 5 € _ � i � $ 5 �j � £d � 3 �y3 ) � 3 3 % � � � � � j � � a � � � � 4 � � � � � ; � � i � (�, 0 � ? � 9