Min - City Council - 1988 - 08/25 - Special CalledALLEN CITY COUNCIL
CALLED - SPECIAL SESSION
AUGUST 25, 1988
Present:
Joe Farmer, Mayor
Council Members:
Rex Womack
Jerry Wilson, Mayor Pro Tem
Bobby Glass
Jim Wolfe
Jim Pendleton
Gary Edstrom
City Staff:
Jon McCarty, City Manager
Marty Hendrix, City Secretary
With a quorum of the Council Members present, the called - special
session of the Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Farmer at
7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25, 1988, in the Council Chambers of the Allen
Municipal Annex, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas.
Public Hearing on the Proposed
Fiscal Year 1988 - 89 Budget (Agenda Item II)
Mayor Farmer opened the public hearing and advised that the revised
budget document had been distributed to the Council based upon the
discussions that had been held at the Council's budget retreat.
Mayor Farmer requested that the City Manager provide a brief presenta-
tion on the budget as it now stands.
City Manager Jon McCarty spoke before the Council on the revised
budget document and advised of the major reduction in the city's assessed
property values in the amount of $40 million. Mr. McCarty went on to
explain that the city would have to raise the tax rate to 53.880 just to raise
the same amount of funds needed for the maintenance and operations budget
as projected in FY 87 - 88.
Mr. McCarty advised that the funds in the budget for new programs for
FY 88 - 89 consisted of $200,000; funds for the employees' pay plan consisted
of $150,000; funds to operate the new police/courts building and the new
library building was $50,000; and for additional computerization was $50,000.
Mr. McCarty then reviewed the city's water and sewer fund and advised
of the amount to be accumulated in the reserve fund and the funds needed
for debt service. Mr. McCarty reviewed the need to raise the water and
sewer rates after the first of 1989. Mr. McCarty advised of the proposed
projects in this budget and capital outlay items.
Mr. McCarty then advised of the inclusion of the paramedic program and
a new program in the parks and recreation department for the maintain of
existing city park sites.
There was a brief discussion by the Council on the amount of the
projected reserve fund in the FY 88 - 89 budget.
Mayor Pro Tem Wilson spoke before the Council on the work that he and
Councilman Pendleton had been doing regarding the paramedic program and
the information that they had been gathering to bring forth a recommendation
on this program to the Council.
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CALLED - SPECIAL SESSION
AUGUST 25. 1988
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Public Hearing on the Proposed
Fiscal Year 1988 - 89 Budget (cont'd) (Agenda Item II)
With no one wishing to speak before the Council on the proposed budget
for FY 88 - 89, Mayor Farmer closed the public hearing.
Mayor Farmer advised that the next meeting relating to the budget would
be the public hearing on the tax rate scheduled for Tuesday, September 6,
and the regular City Council meeting on Thursday, September 15, at which
time the budget and tax rate will be acted upon by the Council.
Adjourn
(Agenda Item III)
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Wilson and seconded by
Councilman Glass, the Council voted seven (7) for and none (0)
opposed to adjourn the called - special session of the Allen City
Council at 7:16 p.m. on Thursday, August 25, 1988. The motion
carried.
These minutes approved on the 1st day of September, 1988.
APPROVED:
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,roe Farmer, MAYOR
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Marty Hendrix, CM CITY SECRETARY