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Min 08/31/1999 536 Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building August 31, 1999 Items 1 & 2 The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o'clock a.m., with the following members present: Kay Yeager - Mayor Arthur Bea Williams - Councilors Dan Shine - James Esther, Jr. - Bill Altman - Bud Beaty - James Berzina - City Manager Greg Humbach - City Attorney Lydia Torres - City Clerk Johnny Burns - Absent Mayor Yeager called the meeting to order. Item 3 Zone. A public hearing was held on the amendment of the boundaries for the North Enterprise Mayor declared the public hearing open. Mr. Dave Clark informed that the City received a request from a potential new business for the expansion of the Enterprise Zone, and as a part of that to designate an area as an Industrial park. The proposed site is along Airport Road in a facility formerly known as Food Lion. The potential of a development of an enterprise zone would provide State benefits which include the refunding of sales taxes having to do with materials used in construction, potential abatement of tax increase and the real value of property as they may be expanded in an enterprise zone location, waiver of development fees, and capital improvements that may be necessary to assist in the development of location. Mr. Clark stated that the second step to this process is for the application submitted by the people seeking status as an enterprise zone project to be processed first through Council and then the State. Mayor called for additional comments or questions. There being no one else who wished to be heard Mayor declared the public hearing closed. Item 4a ORDINANCE NO. 82-99 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, DESIGNATING LOTS 1-4, BLOCK 1, FOOD LION AIRPORT ADDITION, AS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Williams that Ordinance No. 82-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor James and carried by the following vote. 537 Item 4a continued Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None item 4b ORDINANCE NO. 83-99 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE BOUNDARY OF THE NORTH ENTERPRISE ZONE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT (TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 2303); PROVIDING TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE AMENDED AREA; REAFFIRMING AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO ACT IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE NOMINATION AND DESIGNATION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED HEREIN AS AN ENTERPRISE ZONE AND REINVESTMENT ZONE (TEXAS TAX CODE, CHAPTER 312); AND FURTHER REAFFIRMING A LIAISON TO ACT ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ENTERPISE ZONE ACT ONCE DESIGNATED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Shine that Ordinance No. 83-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None Item 4c ORDINANCE NO. 84-99 ORDINANCE ANNEXING AN AREA GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE REILLY ROAD AREA; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Williams that Ordinance No. 84-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman. Mr. Dave Clark stated that the City has contemplated annexation of several different areas in the northwest part of the community. There have been two public hearings in each location and a service plan was incorporated and has been reviewed. Council has the option to proceed with the area that is set out or they can reduce the area but not increase it. Mayor asked that speakers limit their comments to five minutes. The following persons spoke against the proposed annexation and expressed concerns about water, sewer, fire and police protection, and the desire to remain in the country. Pamela Miller, 678 Cartwright Jerry Lueck, 309 Cartwright James W. Robinson, 6188 Reilly Road Mayor noted that there was an error in the acreage which should be 3,293 acres. Moved by Councilor Altman that the field notes in Exhibit B be amended to reflect the acreage as 3,293. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. 538 Item 4c continued Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None Motion as amended carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty. Nays: None Item 4d ORDINANCE NO. 85-99 ORDINANCE ANNEXING AN AREA GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE NORTH PLEASANT VALLEY AREA; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Altman that Ordinance No. 85-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None Item 4e ORDINANCE NO. 86-99 ORDINANCE ANNEXING AN AREA GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE FM 367 AREA; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Altman that Ordinance No. 86-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None Item 4f ORDINANCE NO.87-99 ORDINANCE ANNEXING AN AREA GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE CITY VIEW AREA; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Beaty that Ordinance No. 87-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine, Esther, Altman, and Beaty Nays: None 539 City Council recessed at 9:45 a.m. and reconvened at 10:30 a.m. Councilor Shine was not in attendance. Item 5 A work session was held to consider the proposed FY 1999-2000 Budget. Proposed departmental budgets were presented and discussed as well as above current requests. Funding for police mandated salary increase and employee salaries were discussed at length. The City Manager and Directors requested that employees salaries be addressed and set as a priority. Councilor Altman suggested that an adjustment in the amount of $40,000 be made to Legal Department's line item 72170 (Services-Other Professional) because of potential law suits in the future. Item 6a Moved by Councilor Esther to lay the motion concerning the resolution expressing the intent to place a proposal to adopt a property tax rate exceeding the notice on the table. Motion seconded by Councilor Williams and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Esther, Altman and Beaty Nays: None City Council recessed at 5:40 p.m. to reconvene at 5:30 p.m. on September 1, 1999. City Council reconvened at 5:44 p.m. on September 1, 1999. All Council members were in attendance. Work session on the proposed FY 1999-2000 Budget continued. City Council recessed at 9:00 p.m. to reconvene at 5:30 p.m. on September 2, 1999. City Council reconvened at 5:40 p.m. on September 2, 1999. Capital improvements costs and above current requests were discussed. Councilor Shine suggested that a new position of Building Property Manager be considered in the future. Municipal Court's request for a new line item "Teen Court" was discussed at length and Judge Gillen was advised not to include outside agency requests in the budget and that that type of request is processed through the Outside Agency Committee. After a lengthy discussion of whether or not to fund the $9,000, Council agreed to fund it at $9,000. City Manager suggested putting it under Non-Departmental. 540 Council discussed funding for personnel issues and considered several areas of funding. Council consensus was that the 15% Police raise which totals $1,056,000, be funded by raising the tax rate. The tax rate would be increased by 3.62 cents which would raise the tax rate to 54.9038 cents per$100 of assessed property value. Mayor felt that a considerable step needed to be made towards equating the firemen with the policemen over the next two years. Various options were discussed and Council instructed that the following be looked into for possible funding. Total amount needed is $544,512 for the following plan. Fire 2% for Step Plan = $ 138,240 Fire 5 Y2 % Increase = $ 330,000 Non-Civil Service Employees-4 '/2% increase = $ 145,000 Add Steps M, N & O = $ 46,984 Adjustment for Hard to Hire & Retain = $ 118,902 TOTAL: $1,288,512 DEDUCT (Available in General Fund): $ 744,000 BALANCE (Amount needed): $ 544,512 Councilor Altman suggested deferring some items without unnecessarily harming the operation of the City. He mentioned fleet replacement, travel/training, and signal digital controllers as examples. Staff will review the budget and provide Council with some ideas to fund the $544,512. Item 6a RESOLUTION NO. 105-99 RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT TO PLACE A PROPOSAL TO ADOPT A PROPERTY TAX RATE EXCEEDING THE NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING LIMIT; SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING, AND ESTABLISHING THE DATE TO VOTE ON SAME; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Altman to take from the table the motion relating to the resolution expressing the intent to place a proposal to adopt a property tax rate exceeding the notice. Motion seconded by Councilor Burns and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine Esther, Altman, Burns and Beaty Nays: None Moved by Councilor Burns that Resolution No. 105-99 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman. Moved by Councilor Burns that proposed resolution be amended by reflecting a tax rate of 55.1940 cents per$100 of assessed property value. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine Esther, Altman, Burns and Beaty Nays: None Motion as amended carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Williams, Shine Esther, Altman, Burns and Beaty Nays: None 541 The City Council adjourned at 6:45 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this _day of v 1999. , HRA A. JEAGQIb MAYOR ATTEST: t Lydia Torres City Clerk NOTICE OF MEETING Special Called Meeting Of The Mayor And City Council Of The City Of Wichita Falls, Texas To Be Held In The City Council Chambers Of The Memorial Auditorium Beginning On Tuesday, August 31 , 1999, At 8:30 a.m. and Continuing on Wednesday, September 1 , 1999 At 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, September 2, 1999 At 5:30 p.m., If Necessary. City Council: Mayor Kay Yeager - Councilors Arthur Bea Williams, Dan Shine, James Esther, William Altman, Johnny Burns, and Bud Beaty 1 . Call to Order. 2. Invocation: REGULAR AGENDA 3. Public Hearings: a. Public Hearing On The Amendment Of The Boundaries For The North Enterprise Zone. 4. Ordinances: a. Ordinance Designating Lots 1-4, Block 1 , Food Lion Airport Addition, As An Industrial Park. (City Council Bill #194) b. Ordinance Amending The Boundary Of The North Enterprise Zone. (City Council Bill #195) c. Ordinance Annexing An Area Generally Referred To As The Reilly Road Area. (City Council Bill #196) d. Ordinance Annexing An Area Generally Referred To As The North Pleasant Valley Area. (City Council Bill #197) e. Ordinance Annexing An Area Generally Referred To As The FM 367 Area. (City Council Bill #198) f. Ordinance Annexing An Area Generally Referred To As The City View Area. (City Council Bill #199) City Council Agenda Tuesday, August 31, 1999 Page 2 5. Work Session To Consider Proposed FY 1999-2000 Budget 6. Resolutions: a. Resolution Expressing The Intent To Place A Proposal To Adopt A Property Tax Rate Exceeding The Notice And Public Hearing Limit; Scheduling A Public Hearing, And Establishing The Date To Vote On Same. (City Council Bill #200) 7. Recess And Re-convene on Wednesday, September 1 , 1999 At 5:30 p.m. And Thursday, September 2, 1999 At 5:30 p.m., If Necessary. 8. Other Council Matters: a. Discussion Of Items Of Concern To Members Of The City Council. b. Staff/Council Discussion 9. Adjourn. Wheelchair or handicapped accessibility to the meeting is possible by using the handicapped parking spaces, ramp and elevator located off the east parking lot on Sixth Street entrance. Spanish language interpreters, deaf interpreters, Braille copies or any other special needs will be provided to any person requesting a special service with at least 24 hours notice. Please call the City Clerk's Office at 761-7409. CERTIFICATION I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at Memorial Auditorium, Wichita Falls, Texas on the day of , 19 at o'clock (a.m.)(p.m.). City Clerk