08-02-1988 (City Council) Minutes 70
CALLED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING - MINUTES
AUGUST 2, 1988
The Wylie City Council met in a called session on Tuesday,
August 2 , 1988 at 6:30 P.M. in the Conference Room of the
City Manager' s Office. A quorum was present and notice of
the meeting had been posted in the time and manner required
by law. Those present were Mayor Pro Tem John Akin, Council
Members Jim Swartz , Ortie Messenger, Bud NAish, Marvin
Blakey and Chris DiTota, City Manager John Pitstick, City
Secretary Carolyn Jones, Finance Director James Johnson,
Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires, Public Works
Superintendent Don White, Personnel Specialist Debbie
Peoples and Chief of Police Royce Abbott . Mayor Chuck
Trimble arrived late.
Mayor Pro Tem Akin called the meeting to order and
Councilman DiTota gave the invocation.
DISCUSSION OF TAX RATE AND PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE: Finance
Director James Johnson stated the following information has
come from Central Appraisal District regarding the City' s
1988 tax roll :
1987 1988
Agricultural Exemption $ 17 ,255,415 . $ 35,574,680 .
Over 65 (1st $30,000 . ) 5 , 870 ,330 . 6 ,455,552 .
Veterans 51 ,500 . 50,500 .
Total Value after
Exemptions $277 ,256 ,442 . $293 ,142 ,666 .
The 1988 certified tax roll of $293 ,142,666 . reflects
agricultural exemptions as double from last year , as the
above figures reflect . The debit service totals $474 ,415 .
for the 1988/89 budget year .
The effective tax rate is $ . 512702 per $100 valuation, with
an increase up to $.629959 before a rollback could be
requested . After some discussion, it was suggested that
Council be given as much time as possible before voting on a
tax rate increase and public hearing date.
PRESENTATION OF 1988/89 BASE BUDGET BY DEPARTMENTS:
City Manager John Pitstick stated that the base budget has
had all the one time expenditure from last year deleted , and
tonight each department head will come before you and give
you what is needed to maintain their base budget.
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CITY COUNCIL: The City Council base budget is $98 , 825 .00 .
Councilman Naish wanted to know why a car allowance and
travel . Mr . James Johnson said the car allowance is
compensation that was set up by the Council in 1985 . Travel
is for TML meetings and Mayor and Council meetings.
Councilman Naish wanted to know what had been spent. City
Manager John Pitstick said $1 ,354 .00 .
CITY MANAGER: The City Manager ' s base budget is $71 ,555. 00 .
There was questions about three retirements, social
security, TMRS retirement , and ICMA retirement . There was
also questions about the city manager ' s car allowance. City
Manager John Pitstick said the retirement plans and the car
allowance was part of my agreement for coming here.
CITY SECRETARY: The City Secretary' s base budget is
$50 ,960 . 00 . There was a questions about the professional
services - county fees . City Secretary Carolyn Jones said
this was a new item that she requested in order to keep up
with the amount of money spent to file plats and ordinances
in McKinney. In the past this money was taken from other
accounts and there was not a way to trace what had been
spent.
CITY ENGINEER: The City Engineer base budget is $69,060 . 00 .
Mr. Homeyer spends a lot of his time acquiring easements and
road right-of-ways. There was some discussion on the amount
of car allowance for the engineer . It was suggested to go
to paying for actual mileage instead of a car allowance.
FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Fire Department ' s base budget is
$25,900 . Mr . Larry Allen said the oldest fire truck will
soon be to old for credit on the key rate. This will need
to be replaced prior to 1992 . Councilman Naish wanted to
know if the fire department had discussed raising funds for
some of this equipment that is needed . City Manager John
Pitstick said that there was money in the public safety
account. I recommend holding on to this and use it for a
down payment toward the new fire truck. The fire department
is requesting the following new equipment:
1250 GPM fire engine cost $173,000 .00
High pressure air bag system cost $ 4 ,000 . 00
12 Air Bottles cost $ 6,000.00
support vehicle cost $ 18 ,000 . 00
rescue boat cost $ 7 ,000 .00
hand held radios (3 ) cost $ 1 , 500 .00
misc. fire hose cost $ 2 ,500 .00
misc. hand tools cost $ 860 .00
automatic garage door openers cost $ 5,000.00
500 sq. ft . addition to station cost $ 15,000 . 00
The following is requested for training of firefighters:
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four firefighters to advanced training $ 2 ,100 . 00
six firefighters to basic training $ 200 .00
two firefighters to rescue school $ 550 .00
two firefighters to convention $ 500.00
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT: The Personnel Department base budget
is $27 ,575 .00. Ms. Debbie Peoples stated that the turn over
rate has been due to lack of training. City Manager John
Pitstick stated that the police officers have to have 40
hours of training per year to keep their certification.
Payroll now takes 75% of Ms . Peoples time with the new
reporting systems that have to be done.
CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT: The Code Enforcement
Department base budget is $85 ,900 .00 . Mr . Roy Faires stated
that his budget has been trimmed another 11% off the 12%
trim at mid year of this current year . City Manager John
Pitstick said one goal is to have brochures to tell people
what is needed for a fence permit, building permit , etc .
Councilman DiTota wanted to know if this department was
getting cooperation with Police Department on code
enforcement to help save some time. Mr . Faires said that
both departments are working together .
LIBRARY: The Library' s base budget is $26 ,750.00 . City
Manager John Pitstick said the required budget for next year
to stay with the NETLS program is $65 ,198 .00 . Let the
budget say at $26,750 .00 and let the staff and the Meadows
Foundation come up with the rest . We did hire the temporary
Library Director and she will be working on the donations to
match the $1 for $1 match with the Meadows Foundation .
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: There are four departments in the
General Fund under Public Works . These departments are as
follows :
Parks Department with a base budget of $17 ,025 .00
Street & Drainage Department with a base budget of
$280 ,225.00
Garage Department with a base budget of $25,125. 00
Animal Control with a base budget of $33 , 715 .00 .
The equipment repairs under garage is for the heavy
equipment , it has to be sent out . The large item under the
Animal Control is for services through the Garland Humane
Society, for taking our animals after the 7- 10 day waiting
period.
POLICE DEPARTMENT: There are four departments which are as ....,
follows :
Administration with a base budget of $74 ,180.00
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Patrol with a base budget of $345,780 .00
Investigation with a base budget of $46 ,200 .00
Communications and Records with a base budget of
$114 ,400 .
City Manager John Pitstick said one concern is to try and
have two (2) officers on the street in a 24 hour day.
Basically under the man power we have now, one officer
during a 12 hour period . Presently there are ten (10)
reserves, not allowed to go out in the car by themselves
until they have 100 hours with one of our officers. At the
present time, one daylight shift has only one man on. There
is one vehicle for patrolling the lake. City Manager John
Pitstick said there are two (2 ) police cars in the base
budget . Chief Abbott stated that the Wylie Women' s League
raised $4 ,000 . and the money is to be used for some
equipment and crime prevention items .
Councilman DiTota wanted to see a maintenance report on all
the patrol vehicles . Chief said he had those figures.
FINANCE: The Finance Department has a base budget of
$190 ,000 . and under this department is the Municipal Court,
which has a base budget of $47 ,775 .00 . Finance Department
takes care of the tax collections also .
City Manager John Pitstick said that for the Saturday
meeting , if Council and Department Heads would meet at City
Hall by 7 :00 A.M. then we would leave for Bonham as soon
after 7 : 00 A.M. as possible.
There being no other matters of discussion, a motion was
made to adjourn with all in favor .
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