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Home My WebLink About1995-06-21 Special Meeting AGENDA CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1995 AT 6:00 P.M. TRAINING ROOM CENTRAL FIRE STATION 601 BOYD DRIVE ; DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 5:30 P.M. ; CALL TO ORDER 1 . City Council to conduct a workshop relative to the 1995-96 budget and take any necessary action. i ADJOURNMENT � IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY � THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT (817) 481-0392 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE ' TO ASSIST YOUR NEEDS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551 .001 et seq, ACTS OF THE 1993 TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WORKSHOP AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JUNE, 1995 AT 5:00 P.M. . � Lin a Huff City Secretary � � � I STATE OF TEXAS � I COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE � � ' The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Special Session on this the ' ' 21 st day of June, 1995 at 6:00 p.m. at the Central Fire Station Training Room, 601 , Boyd Drive, with the following members present to-wit: i i William D. Tate Mayor ; Ted R. Ware Mayor Pro Tem i Sharron Spencer Council Member � C. Shane Wilbanks Council Member ' I Gil Traverse Council Member , � Jerry L. Pittman Council Member � Clydene Johnson Council Member i jconstituting a quorum, with the following members of the City Staff: Trent Petty City Manager Roger Nelson Assistant City Manager Linda Huff City Secretary Larry Koonce Finance Director : CALL TO ORDER � Mayor Tate called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. � INVOCATION ' , r Tem Ware delivered the Invocation. Mayor P o � ITEM 1 BUDGET WORKSHOP, FISCAL YEAR 1996 City Manager Trent Petty presented the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 1996 with : ! the statement that the budget reflects a continuation of the City's current tax rate of $.425 per S 100.00 valuation. He noted that traffic and drainage are the two areas ' of greatest infrastructure concerns in Grapevine and that the proposed budget contains capital projects to relieve traffic congestion at Wall Street and Northwest Hi hwa a s well as an o verall traffic anal sis. Economic development continues in 9 Y , Y the City with Staff anticipating a six percent (6%) increase in sales taxes for FY96 due to the opening of major restaurants, retail outlets and the commercial development under construction and in the planning stages. Grapevine continues in , its efforts to protect its historic past with the continuing renovation of and , 06/21/95 preservation of the historic buildings in the City. Included in FY96 is funding to begin >. revitalization efforts in the Historic Original Township Section of Grapevine. Also included in the proposed budget is funding for a pay plan adjustment that will maintain the employees at the fiftieth percentile (50%) market salary level through (1) a 3% merit increase and (2) a range adjustment of 3%. It was noted that no large increases in the cost of health insurance are anticipated in FY96. Assistant City Manager Roger Nelson presented an overview of the Utility Fund stating that the proposed budget includes a 16% increase to water and wastewater rates. The excessive rainfall experienced in the past four to five years has compromised the financial integrity of the Utility Fund to the point that the increase in rates is unavoidable. Even though the monthly impact of the increase to the customers will be 55.67 per month on the average bill (10,000 gallons of water and 6,400 gallons of wastewater), Grapevine's water rates remain the lowest in the area with the total bill going from the lowest to the third lowest. Presentation of the budget continued with the Assistant City Manager briefly ; reviewing the following funds: General, Lake Enterprise, Fleet, Convention & Visitors Bureau, Heritage Foundation, Insurance Fund, Permanent Capital Maintenance, Debt Service and Internal Capital Lease. During discussion of the General Fund, it was ' noted that proposed revenues are 519,550,037.00 with proposed expenditures of $18,268,701 .00 which results in revenues over expenditures in the amount of S 1 ,281 ,336.00. City Manager Petty led the City Council in discussion of the proposed increased service levels with the consensus of the City Council that all those proposed be considered for the budget with the unfunded needs to be reconsidered at a later date. Mr. Petty stated with the proposed increased service levels, Staff projects a contribution to fund balance in excess of $746,000.00. Following the budget presentation, it was the consensus of the City Council to cancel ` the budget workshop scheduled for Thursday, June 22, 1995. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Pro Tem Ware, seconded by Council Member Pittman, offered a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Traverse, Pittman & Johnson Nays: None � � PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 18th day of �u�y , 1995. � 2 06/21/95 ; APPROVED: I' William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: i • Lind Huff , City Secretary , i � � '. 3