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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/23/1993Minutes of an Adjourned Regular Meeting June 23, 1993 Town of Los Altos Hills City Council Meeting Wednesday, June 23, 1993, 3:00 P.M. Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Johnson called the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council to order at 3:05 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Present: Mayor Johnson and Councilmembers Dauber, Hubbard, Siegel and Tryon Absent: None Staff: City Manager Les M. Jones, II, Town Planner Linda Niles, Director of Public Works Jeff Peterson, City Treasurer Louise Parmett, Financial Consultant Janice Bohman and City Clerk Pat Dowd Press: None 2. INTERVIEW AND APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING Fred Montgomery, 27855 Black Mountain Road, commented that he had lived in Town for 26 years and had been involved in planning from a user's point of view. He believed he had an objective viewpoint of planning and wanted to become involved in the Town. He had experience as a management consultant and thought an important part of this was planning. He believed the Town should be thinking about where it wanted to be in 5, 10 and 15 years. Johnson thanked all of the candidates for the Planning Commission and noted for those not appointed to the Commission there were vacancies on other Town Committees. June 23, 1993 Adjourned Regular Meeting MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to appoint David Takamoto to the Planning Commission for a term of four years, effective July 1, 1993. 3. CLOSED SESSION: POTENTIAL LITIGATION: PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(c) The City Council adjourned to a Closed Session for purposes of potential litigation at 3:18 p.m. and reconvened at 4:20 p.m. 4. 1993-94 PROPOSED BUDGET -- STUDY SESSION The City Manager discussed the impact of the State Budget on the Town. It appeared now that the total loss to the Town would be $23,000. Janice Bohman, the Financial Consultant, explained various handouts before Council on fines revenues, preliminary revisions to the proposed budget, enterprise funds and general and construction funds. Tryon suggested setting up a community fund. She supported the allocation of reserve funds to build a community facility. Siegel did not believe this was a good financial climate in which to discuss this; Dauber noted it was not part of the budget before them and Johnson commented it could be discussed at a later date. It was agreed this could be discussed at mid -year budget. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Hubbard and passed unanimously to approve a salary increase of 3% effective July 1, 1993 for all staff positions except for the assistant planner and engineering technician recently approved. The City Manager was directed to prepare a salary resolution. Council made no changes to the budgets for the following departments: City Council, City Clerk, Finance and City Attorney. Council inquired about Councilmembers joining the Town's PERS plan and it was agreed the City Manager would look into this and report back. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: To delete the $3,600 expense for professional services in the City Managers's budget. Tryon asked Council to consider making a contribution to the Childrens' Shelter Capital Project. June 23, 1993 Adjourned Regular Meeting t MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Tryon a+ and passed unaimously to add $1,500 for the Childrens' Shelter Capital Project in the Community Service Budget. Tryon asked for a contribution to Joint Venture - Silicon Valley, a public/private partnership of 1,000 people working together in Silicon Valley. She believed this effort at renewed economic vitality would benefit the residents of the Town. Council agreed to hold this item for a later date and if so desired bring it back for a budget adjustment. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Dauber, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to delete all funds for a community event (S'bring in the Hills) in the Town Committees budget. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Tryon, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to increase other expenses in the Town Committees budget to $1,500. MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF A SECOND: Moved by Dauber to delete funds for a Town Float. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Hubbard, seconded by d Dauber and passed unanimously to approve $500 for the Town Float in the �I Town Committees Budget to cover the cost for a float bed and a tractor rental. Regarding the Town Handbook Project, Council agreed that this should more appropriately be included in the City Manager's budget, not in Town Committees. Tryon requested $45,000 for this project - the same as that budgeted for the Design Guidelines. She believed it was an important document which would benefit the residents of the Town. Siegel did not believe these difficult financial times were appropriate for the distribution of a Town Handbook. Hubbard thought it was a good project but $9.00 per copy was very expensive. Dauber suggested other alternatives be looked at - other bids, other types of brochures, etc. MOTION SECONDED AND FAILED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Dauber and failed by the following roll call vote to include $25,000 in the budget for the Town Handbook project for 5,000 copies of the handbook. AYES: Mayor Pro Tem Dauber and Councilmember Siegel NOES: Mayor Johnson and Councilmembers Hubbard and Tryon f June 23, 1993 i�r Adjourned Regular Meeting imw MOTION SECONDED AND FAILED: Moved by Tryon, seconded by Johnson and failed by the following roll call vote to include $30,000 in the budget for the Town Handbook Project. AYES: Mayor Johnson and Councilmember Tryon NOES: Mayor Pro Tem Dauber and Councilmembers Hubbard and Siegel MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Tryon and failed by the following roll call vote to delete the $12,000 presently shown in the budget for the Town Handbook Project. AYES: Councilmembers Siegel and Tryon NOES: Mayor Johnson and Councilmembers Dauber and Hubbard No action was taken on Dauber's recommendation that the Town Handbook and Design Guidelines Projects be considered as one project. It was agreed that both projects would remain in the budget at this time and would be discussed at a later date. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Dauber and passed unanimously to reduce the Insurance Budget to $35,300 (a $20,000 reduction for equity distribution). 5. PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR 6. ADTOURNMENT There being no further new or old business to discuss, the City Council Meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m. to an Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday, June 29,1993 at 3:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Patricia Dowd City Clerk The minutes of the June 23, 1993 Adjourned Regular City Council Meeting were approved at the July 7, 1993 City Council Meeting. June 23, 1993 Adjourned Regular Meeting