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ccm19661107COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF MUSKEGO MINUTBS OF SPECIAL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 7, 1966, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1967. MAYOR GOTTFRIED CdLLED THE P~EETING To ORDER AT 8:07 P. M. - PRESENT UPON ROLL CALL ALDERBEN BVDISH, JOOST, LENTINI, LINCR, WEAVER, WGLLPIAN AND. WIESELNANN WERE PRESENT. ALSO PRESENT, B. J. BOWYER, CLERK. MAYOR GOTTFRIED EXPLAINED THAT HE THOUGHT IT BKST FOR THE MAYOR TO CHAIR THE NEZTINQ RATHER THAN AN ALDERNAN so THdT EACH ALDERNAN WOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO VOICE HIS OPINION ON ANY DEPdRTNENT BUDGETED ANOUNT, RAISE QUESTIONS, ETC., dND ALSO SUGGESTED THAT QUESTIONS COULD BE dNSWERED BY THE CONUITTEE HEADS. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET SHOWS TOTdL DISBVRSENENTS OF $519,761.30, PROPOSED LEVY OF $37,523.30 OR 97# PER 'THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUATION. $20,000.00 WILL BE dPPROPRIATED FRON SURPLUS FUNDS FROI'I THE 1966 FISCAL YEAR. MAYOR GOTTFRIED ALSO RX- VIEWED HOW THE BUDGET HAD BEEN IPPORTIONED TO EACH DEPARTNENT SUCH AS 428% FOR PUBLIC WORKS, 2% FOR PLANNING, 2% FOR IN- SPECTIONS, ETC. THE 1967 REVENUE STATEMENT WAS REVIEWSD TAKING EACH CATEGORY AT A TINE. QUESTIONS d~.osE AS TO CODE 382, INTEREST ON INVESTNENTS, CODE 314, STREET LIGHTS, AND CODE 385, DOG FEES. IN REVIEWING THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES, QUESTIONS AROSE FROI'I THE ALDERMEN AS TO dCCOVNT 432, TREASVRER (OTXER SALARIES). CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO AKOVNT OF NEEDED HELP FOR THE TREASURER. REGARDING ACCOUNT 450, ASSESSOR, ONE ALDERNAN FELT THAT THE dKOVNT WAS A LITTLE HIGH AND ASKED WHETHER OR NOT A VOTE WOULD BE CAST ON THIS SALARY TONIGXT. THE CHAIR REPLIED THAT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET WOULD BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING, BUT WOULD BE ADOPTED FORKALLY FOLLOWING TEE PUBLIC HEdRxm ON NOVEKPIPER 21, 1966. THE CHAIR ALSO RENINDED THE COUNCIL THAT dNY PORTION OF THE BVDGBT COULD BE AHENDED BY KOTION AT ANY TINE. SONS DISCUSSION FOLLOWED dCCOVNT 534, ADVERTISING dc LEGAL PRINTING, AND ACCOUNT 537, NEWSLETTER AND PRINTING. ONE OF THE ALDERNEN QUESTIONED THE vddLv5 OF THE CITY NEWSLETTER. THE MAYOR EXPLAINED THAT THE NONEY USED IN 1965 FOR THE NEWS- LETTER WdS DONE SO BY SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE COUNCIL, THAT PRESENTLY THERE WERE NO PLANS FOR A GENERAL NEWSLETTER dND IF ONE WERE TO BE PROPOSED, AUTHORIZATION WOULD AGAIN HAVE TO BE GAINED FROW THE COUNCIL. THE ALDERNdN FURTHER ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THE WORD NEWSLETTER COULD BE STRICKEN FROM ACCOUNT 537 AND THE CHAIR dNSWERED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEK. &VESTI~N AROSE AS ~0 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COD.~ 570 AND 504, CITY HALL SUPPLIES AND KAINTENANCE. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AND CONCERN FOLLOWED REGARDING dccovm 600, POLICE DEPT. ONE OF THE ALDERHEN BROUGHT TO ATTENTION THE DATA CONPBLED BY THE SAFETY CO~~HISSI-ON REGARDING j COSTS OF EQUIPMENT, THUS eVESTIONING THE ANOVNT BUDGETED. THE CHAIRHAN STATED THAT THE REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC ADKIN. SERVICE SHOULD REACH THE SAFETY COHNITTEE AND POLEE AND FIRE CONNISSION SOKETIUE DURING THE WIDDLE OF NOVENBER. DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS dROSE OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCOUNT 626, TESS CORNERS FIRE DEPT., AND ACCOUNT 620, MUSKEGO FIRE DEPT. ONE OF THE COMHITTEE HENFIBERS REVIEWED THE INTENDED KAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION PROGRdN OF ONE OVER THE OTHER. OTHER SALARIES UNDER ACCOUNT 652, BUILDI&G INSPECTOR, WAS QUESTIONED, OTHER THAN HONIES RESERVED FOFi. ASSISTANT INSPECTOR. ONE OF THE ALDERFIEN QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR CLERICAL HELP SINCE THAT OFFICE RECENTLY WENT FROtf PART TINE TO FULL TIKE. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED RmdmxNG THE PAGE 2 - COKHON COUNCIL SPEC. MEETING - BUDGET NEED. AT THIS POINT AN ALDERKAN SUGGESTED THAT MONEY BE CHARGED AGAINST THE PLAN COKKISSION FOR CLERICAL HELP AND THE CHAIR STATED THAT IT WAS HIS INTENT TO KEET WITH TEE FINANCE COKKITTEE IKMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE KEETING AND THEY COULD DISCUSS THIS. ,i 6 REGARDING ACCOUNT 670, CITY PLANNING. ALDERKAN LENTINI RE'AD THE BUDGET REPORT RECEIVED FROK THE PLAN COKKISSION. SOKE QUESTION AROSE AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY PAYING 0 FOR DUPLICATED SERVICES, REFERRING TO THE CONTRACTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SINCE THERE WERE FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PLAN COKKISSION, THE CHAIR REQUESTED ALDERMAN LENTINI TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET FURTHER. ALDERMAN LENTINI STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT HE SHOULD ELABORATE FURTHER ON THE REPORT AS HE WAS NOT ON THE PLAN COKKISSION BUDGET COKKITTEE. UNDER ACCOUNT 818, DRAINAGE (HIGHWAY). QUESTION AROSE AS T0$2~,000.00 BUDGETED. A LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED KONIES BUDGETED FOR NAJOR ROAD IKPROVEKENTS (ACCOUNT 814) AND DRAINAGE (ACCOUNT 818). SEVERAL ALDERKEN FELT THAT KORE NONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON KAJOR ROAD IKPROVEKENTS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION CONDITION OF ROADS AROUND LITTLE LAKE MUSKEGO AND ONE OR TWO OTHERS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL THAT THERE HAS l BEEN NO PROVISION FOR THE RE-BUILDING OF RACINE AVE. ONE OTHER ALDERMAN FELT THAT A CITY OF OUR SIZE COULD NOT AFFORD KORE THAN $%,ooo IN A ROAD IKPROVEKENT PROGRAN. DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO THE NEED FOR RAISING ENOUGH MONEY NOW FOR THE ROAD IKPROVEKENT PROGRAK RATHER THAN TO WAIT UNTIL THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS ARE SUCH THAT IT WOULD TAKE KAJOR REPAIRS. AN ALDERKAN EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN BY COKPARING ANOTHER KUNICIPALITY WHO HAD TO BORROW NON&Y FOR THEIR ROAD PROGRAM THUS CHARGIN,G THE PEOPLE FOR INTEREST INCURRED. ANOTHER ALDERHAN SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER ASSESSING PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED ALONG 'THE ROUTE SINCE THEY WOULD BE BENEFITING FROK ANY IMPROVEKENTS. A KEKBBR OF THE FINANCE COKMITTEE REIIINDED THE COUNCIL THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET WAS NOT CUT BY THE FINANCE COKKITTEE, BUT WAS REVIEWED AS IT WAS RECEIVED FRON THE PUBLIC WORKS COKKITTEE. ALDERKAN WIESELKANN KOVED THAT $20,000 BE ADDED TO ACCOUNT 814, KAJOR ROAD IKPROVEKENTS. ALDERnAN LENTINI SECONDED THE KOTION AND UPON ROLL CALL ALDERKEN LENTINI, ' a ~IESELKANN AND WOLLHAN VOTED "?,YE" AND ALDERKEN BUDISH, 1 JOOST, LINCK AND WEAVER VOTED NO" AND THE MOTION LOST. UNDER CITY GARAGE, ACCOUNT 847, BUILDING ADDITION, h AN ALDERKAN QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT THE HOUSING OF SQUAD CARS HAD BEEN CONSIDERED. THE CHAIRKAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS 1 COKNITTEE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A I~ATT.~R FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE COKKISSION RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC WORKS CONKITTEE. THE CHAIRKAN OF THE PUSLIC WORKS COKKITTEE ALSO REVIEVNID THE PRESENT EQUIPKENT AND INTENDED PURCHASES, ACCOUNT 868. THE MUNICIPAL CENTER, ACCOUNT 880, WAS QUESTIONED, I. E. a AKOUNT PRESENTLY IN RESERVE ACCOUNT, HOW KUCH THOUGHT WA5 GIVEN TO THE BUDGETED AKOUNT, ETC. LAST ACCOUNT TO BE CONSIDERED WAS THAT OF THE PARK & RECREATION, ACCOUNT 945, PARK EQUIPKENT. ONE OF THE ALDERKEN QUESTIONED THE $lo,ooo WHICH WAS "PUT BACK IN" FOR EQUIPKENT. ALDERKAN JOOST AND ALSO A KEKBER OF THE PARK & RECREATION BOARD STATED THAT HIS COKKITTEE FELT THAT THEY COULD BETTER ? SERVE THE PARK AREAS WITH PROPER EQUIPKENT. ONE OF THE ALDERKEN ASKED WHERE THE EQUIPKENT WILL BE HOUSED AND ALDER- HAN JOOST SAID THAT IT WILL BE HOUSED AT HORN FIELD AS AN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING IS PLANNED. THE CHAIRKAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COKKITTEE FELT THAT TEE PARK & RECREATION BOARD SHOULD PURCHASE THEIR OWN EQUIPKENT AS THERE HIOHT BE A CONFLICT WHEN BOTH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTNENT AND RECREATION PAGE 3 - CONI¶ON COVNCIL SPEC. I~EETING - BVDGET DEPARTKENT WOULD NEED THE EQVIPKENT. BE ALSO FELT THAT SHARING EQVIPMENT VSVALLY PROPIDED MAINTENANCE PROBLEI'XS AND THAT THE HIGmAY SVPERINTENDENT AND CREW HAD ENOUGH TO DO WITHOVT CONCERNING THEMSELVES ABOUT THE WORK SCHEDVLE OF THE 4 1, RECREATION DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER ALDERXAN AGREED BY SAYING THAT HE TOO FELT THAT THE HIGHWAY DEP~RTNZNT HAD ENOVGH TO DO WITH THEIR OWN WORK. ALDERMAN LENTINI QVESTIONED FOVR ITEM ON THE BUDGET, 933, 943, 945 AND 946. ALDERMAN JOOST REVIEWED THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE CONNITTEE. ALDERNAN LPNTINI EXPRESSED CONCERN AGAIN AS HE STILL HAD QVESTIONS THUS REQUESTING THAT A COPY OF THE BUDGETED ITEMS WITHIN THE ABOVE FOUR CATEGORIES BE HADE AVAILABLE To BIN. ALDERUAN JOOST SAID THAT THIS WOVLD BZ TAKEN CARB OF. ALDERNAN BVDISH HOVED THAT THE TENTATIVE BVDGET OF 1967 BZ ADOPTED.. ALDERKAN JOOST SECONDED THE KOTION AND UPON ROLL CALL THE KOTION CARRIED VNANIl'fOUSLY. A COPY OF TI.IE TENTATIVE 1967 BVDGET SHALL BECONZ A PART OF THESE IIINVTES. ALDERNAN JOOST KOVED FOR ADJOVRNHZNT, ALDERMAN YEAVER SECONDED THE NOTION AND THE NEETING WAS ADJOVRNZD AT 10:45 P.M. RESPECTFVLLY sumnwm, a , BJB: BJS 11-14-66 CITY CLERK