Min - City Council - 1991 - 06/19 - WorkshopALLEN CITY COUNCIL
BUDGET WORKSHOP
JUNE 19, 1991
Present:
Joe Farmer, Mayor (Arrived at 10:15 p.m.)
Council Members •
Kevin Lilly
Mickey Christakos
David Bishop
Mike Nichols
Steve Terrell
Gary Edstrom, Mayor Pro Tem
City Staff•
Jon McCarty, City Manager
Michael Stanger, Assistant to the City Manager
Charlotte Smith, Finance Director
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present (Agenda Item I)
With a quorum of the Councilmembers present, the budget workshop session of the
Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Edstrom at 7:12 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 19, 1991, in the Conference Room of the Allen Municipal Annex, One
Butler Circle, Allen, Texas.
Budget Workshop (Agenda Item II)
Charlotte Smith, Finance Director, reviewed the budget document with the Council.
The budget calendar indicates the City Manager will deliver the budget to the City Council
on July 31, 1991. The annual budget retreat will be held August 9-11, and the budget will
be adopted the first Council Meeting in September, which will be September 5, 1991. Ms.
Smith reviewed the general fund revenues and expenditures and debt service
requirements. She also recapped the water and sewer fund revenues and expenses.
City Manager, Jon McCarty, reviewed with the Council the balance anticipated as of
1011191. He also discussed the ad valorem value in the City of Allen, the proposed budget
straight line, the proposed revenues, the shortfalls, the new program costs and four tax
rate options. Those options are for the tax rate to remain the same, for the tax rate to be
0%, 3%, or 8% effective tax rate. The task of the Council this evening was to indicate (1)
new programs that must be included in the budget, (2) new programs that cannot be
included in the budget, and (3) guidance on the tax rate. Other budget issues to be
considered: (1) employee salary adjustment, (2) increase fees, (3) general fund reserve,
(4) bond sale, (5) program cuts.
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Michael Stanger, Assistant to the City Manager, discussed with the Council goals and
objectives with new programs. The City Council ranked these items for staff
consideration. The most favorable strategic new programs which are a "must see" item
include:
(1.0) Full Utilization & Development of Employee Potential
(4.0) Fire/Ambulance Service Enhancement
Highly favored strategic new programs included:
(3.0) Fire Station #3
(7.0) Customer Relations
The least favored strategic new programs include the following:
(10.0) Vehicle/Equipment Maintenance
(11.0) Technology
(17.0) Park Land Acquisition and Development
(23.0) Enhanced Library Reference Services
All other goals fall in the middle ground.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO COUNCIL (Agenda Item III)
There were no items of interest to the Council.
Adiourn (Agenda Item IV)
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Christakos and seconded by
Councilmember Nichols, the Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed
to adjourn the budget workshop of the Allen City Council at 11:58 p.m., on
Wednesday, June 19, 1991. The motion carried.
These minutes approved on the 18th day of July, 1991.
APPROVED:
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JbFarmer, MAYOR
ATTEST: L
JuOY Mo on, CITY SECRETARY