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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 27 , 1990
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST , 1990 AT 6 : 45 PM WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR PAUL W. SCHRADER
MAYOR PRO-TEM FRANK FRANKOVICH
COUNCILMEMBER RON RITTER
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY
ACTING CITY MANAGER MELVIN MEINECKE
ASSISTANT TO CITY SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WERE COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER AND CITY
SECRETARY , DELORIS ARCHER , RECUPERATING FROM NECK SURGERY.
COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH ARRIVED AT THIS TIME.
**MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF BID
FOR HVAC SYSTEM FOR EAST WING OF CITY HALL TO DOMINION AIR OF A
YORK AIR CONDITIONER AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $9 , 643 . 14 .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH. THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUS .
ROBERT STEEL , SUNWOOD ESTATES RESIDENT , STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT DEFERRED SO ALL RESIDENTS CAN HAVE INPUT
INTO THE REPLATTING AND DRAINAGE PLANS FOR FLOODING AND ALL
RESIDENTS HAVE NOTICE OF THE REPLATTING OF SUBDIVISIONS. MELVIN
MEINECKE , ACTING CITY MANAGER , STATED HE WOULD CHECK OUT THIS
SITUATION AND GET BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE .
MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE COURT CASE OF METROPOLITAN MOVING
AND STORAGE VS . CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD HAS BEEN WON BY THE CITY AND
THE STORAGE COMPANY HAS THIRTY DAYS TO REMOVE ALL EQUIPMENT FROM
THE AREA .
COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH STATED THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
HAS AN UPDATE OF STATE WATER PLAN WHICH IS PUSHING FOR
CONSERVATION OF WATER WHICH WILL SAVE FIFTEEN PERCENT USED TO
STRESS CONVERSATION AND THE BOARD SUGGESTED HIGHER WATER RATES
FOR HIGH WATER USERS .
AT THIS TIME MAYOR SCHRADER OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE
COMMENTS EITHER ORAL OR WRITTEN CONCERNING THE CITY 'S PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR FY 1990/ 1991 .
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MELVIN MEINECKE , ACTING CITY MANAGER READ A PREPARED STATEMENT AS
FOLLOWS :
1 . THE BUDGET SCHEDULE WAS DRAFTED IN APRIL , 1990 .
2 . MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS BEGAN IN APRIL AND
CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS .
3 . AS A RESULT OF THESE MEETINGS , DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE
FORECAST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
1990/1991 WERE PREPARED . DURING THIS TIME THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FORECASTING REVENUES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND
TWO YEARS INTO THE FUTURE .
4 . AFTER ENTERING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION INTO THE COMPUTER
AND DETERMINED WE WERE NOT IN BALANCE , ANOTHER SERIES OF MEETINGS
WERE HELD WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS TO REQUEST FURTHER CUTS AND
EXPENDITURES .
5 . AND THESE CHANGES WERE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM AND
ADDITIONAL SUMMARIES AND SCHEDULES WERE PREPARED , COPIES AND
BALANCE DRAFT BUDGET WAS DELIVERED TO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS JULY
19 , 1990 .
6 . ON MONDAY NIGHT , JULY 16TH THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS
HELD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. AT THIS MEETING , AN OVERVIEW OF
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE WAS PRESENTED .
7 . DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING
MONDAY AND TUESDAY , JULY 23RD AND JULY 24TH .
8 . ON AUGUST 6TH THE DATE , TIME AND PLACE OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING WERE ESTABLISHED DURING THIS MEETING THE PROPOSED
ADVALOREM TAX • REVENUES WERE REDUCED BASED ON RECEIPTS OF THE
CERTIFIED TAX ROLE. EXPENDITURES WERE REDUCED BY LIKE AMOUNT
LEAVING A BALANCED BUDGET. AT THIS MEETING, WE WERE DIRECTED TO
GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND REQUEST FURTHER BUDGET CUTS.
9 . AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING HELD AUGUST 13TH WE PRESENTED
$34 , 811 . 00 IN ADDITIONAL CUTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL . DURING THIS
MEETING $15 , 350 . 00 IN EXPENDITURES WERE ADDED , BACK TO THE BUDGET
RESULTING IN A NET REDUCTION OF $199461 . 00 .
10 . DURING THE AUGUST 20TH MEETING THE EMS INSURANCE BILLING
REVENUE WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE BUDGET . SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ITEMS
WERE ADDED TO THE BUDGET. THESE INCLUDE $30 , 000 . 00 FOR A
DRAINAGE STUDY , $36 , 600 . 00 FOR MOSQUITO SPRAYING AND $34 , 392. 00
FOR WATERLINE ALONG WILDERNESS TRAILS . THESE AND OTHER ADDITIONS
WERE FUNDED BY REDIRECTING FUNDS INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS COUNCIL
PROJECTS . A SPECIAL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING
MONDAY NIGHT , AUGUST 27 . 1990 .
MAYOR SCHRADER STATED MELVIN MEINECKE , ACTING MANAGER , PRESENTED
A BALANCED BUDGET , NO INCREASES IN TAX RATE AND USE SCHEDULES AND
A ZERO BASED BUDGET WAS USED BY DEPARTMENT HEADS. MAYOR SCHRADER
RECOGNIZE PERSONS WHO ASSISTED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS - ANNETTE
BRAND , FORMER CITY MANAGER ; MELVIN MEINECKE , ACTING CITY MANAGER ;
ROGER ROECKER , FINANCE DIRECTOR ; LYNN BUCHER , TODD YEAGER AND ALL
OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ; ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND COMMITTEES .
MAYOR SCHRADER WENT ON TO RECAP FURTHER ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
FROM THE BUDGET .
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MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 7 : 45 PM.
90AR PAUL W. SCHRADER
ATTEST :
VSIS"TANT
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TO CITY CRETARY
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