Min - City Council - 1981 - 09/01 - Special CalledALLEN CITY COUNCIL
Called - Special Session
September 1, 1981
Mickey Pierson, Mayor
Council Members:
Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem
Jim McClure
H. R. Daugherty
Glenn Andrew
Richard L. Chumbley
Absent•
Ward Paxton
City Staff•
Jon McCarty, City Manager
Marty Hendrix, City Secretary
The Called - Special Session of the Allen City Council was
called to order by Mayor Pierson at 7:31 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 1, 1981, at Rountree Elementary School, 800 E. Main Street.
Fire Prevention/Civil
Defense Budget Presentation
Mayor Pierson advised the Council that Bob Acker, Fire Marshall,
had not been able to make his budget presentation at the Council's
Budget Retreat due to being called away for a personal emergency.
Therefore, Mr. Acker would proceed with his presentation at this time.
Bob Acker, Fire Marshall, presented to the Council the proposed
budgets for Fire Prevention and Civil Defense.
As part of the presentation on the Civil Defense Budget,
Mr. Acker presented ideas for the implementation of the City's
access channel on cable television. Those ideas consisted of
setting up various types of programs and formats to provide messages
to the residents of Allen, setting up a procedure for editing and
approval of what is to appear on cable television, input of data
into the access channel, and review of input data to insure correctness.
The City Council discussed with Mr. Acker the contract labor
amount shown under Fire Prevention, cost of radios and monitors in
the Civil Defense Budget and briefly discussed the implementation
of the access channel for cable television.
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Fire Prevention/Civil
Defense Budget Presentation
Mr. Acker also presented a transparency of the civil defense
siren locations and the radius areas they now serve. He advised
the Council that in the next budget year they might expect the need
for additional sirens due to the way Allen is expanding.
The Council discussed with Mr. Acker the cost of additional
sirens and the various sizesand types.
There was no action taken on this item.
Public Hearing: FY 1981 - 82
Proposed Budget (Agenda Item I)
Mayor Pierson provided a brief budget overview of expenditure
estimates by departments of the FY 1981 - 82 Proposed Budget for
the City of Allen, including the new proposed additional personnel
by department.
Mayor Pierson opened the Public Hearing.
Mr. Wayne Armand, 600 Spring Willow, spoke before the Council
in opposition to various aspects of the proposed budget and asked
questions regarding other areas.
Mr. Jack Sidebotton, 597 High Trail, asked several questions
regarding various areas of the proposed budget.
Mayor Pierson closed the Public Hearing.
There was no action taken on this item.
Public Hearing: Revenue Sharing Funds -
FY 1981 - 82 Proposed Budget (Agenda Item II)
City Manager Jon McCarty provided those present with back-
ground information on federal revenue sharing funds, procedures
involved in obtaining the funds, and how the funds are expended.
He presented a transparency showing the proposed Revenue Sharing
Budget for FY 1981 - 82 and reviewed each expenditure shown.
Mayor Pierson advised that a "Proposed Use Hearing" had been
held on July 16, 1981, at which time requests for funds were
received from the Chamber of Commerce and the Senior Citizens.
The Council had considered their requests and had appropriated
some funds accordingly.
Mayor Pierson opened the Public Hearing.
No one appeared to speak either for or against the Revenue
Sharing Proposed Budget for FY 1981 - 82.
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Public Hearing: Revenue Sharing Funds -
(continued) FY 1981 - 82 Proposed Budget (Agenda Item II)
The Council discussed briefly how the payments of revenue
sharing funds were received by the City, the formula to determine
the amount of funds the City received, and whether there was a
possibility that these funds might be eliminated by the Federal
Government.
Mayor Pierson closed the Public Hearing.
There was no action taken on this item.
In further discussion, Mayor Pierson presented briefly a
transparency of a chart showing the number of fire calls and
ambulance calls made by the Volunteer Fire Department.
The Council reviewed briefly the existing fire equipment
and pointed out that an additional Suburban Vehicle would be
purchased by the City in the near future as a back-up unit.
With no further discussion, a motion was made by Councilman
Andrew and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer to adjourn the Called -
Special Session at 8:50 p.m. and to convene into Executive Session.
The Council voted 6 - 0 in favor of the motion.
In accordance with Article 6252-17 (Open Meeting Law), V.A.T.C.S.,
Section 2(g), the Council convened into Executive Session at 9:00 p.m.
to discuss matters pertaining to personnel.
The Executive Session was adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
These minutes approved on the 17th day of September ,
1981.
Mickey Pierson, MAYOR
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