1991-08-22 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTES168 MINUTES OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEAR -
LAND, TEXAS, HELD ON AUGUST 22, 1991, AT 7:00 P. M. IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS
The Hearing was called to order with the following present:
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem/Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
City Manager
Administrative Assistant
Director of Finance
City Secretary
PURPOSE OF THE HEARING:
C. V. Coppinger
D. A. Miller
Benny Frank
Randy Weber
Joy Colson
William Wolff
James De5hazer
Glen Erwin
Janet Eastburn
Pat Jones
PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
1991, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1992
Number of Signatures on Attendance Roster: 22
City Manager Jim DeShazer presented the following letter:
August 22, 1991
The Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers
City Hall
Pearland, Texas
Dear Mayor and Council:
In accordance with Article 8.02 of the Pearland Charter, I am hereby
submitting the Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year 1991-92. Many
hours of effort from both City Staff and the City Council are present-
ed in this Proposed Budget.
We presently anticipate the assessed values in Pearland, set by the
Central Appraisal District, will be $617,887,160. Using this value as
the primary basis for projecting income, the City will be able to
maintain a tax rate of $0.80 per $100 valuation. This tax rate will
enable the City to maintain the current level of services we are
providing the citizens of Pearland.
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Staff levels in the Proposed Budget have been increased. We have
added 19 new positions, as follows: .....,
1 - Engineering Department
7 - Police Department
1 - Communications
1 - Inspections
4 - Streets & Drainage
5 - Water & Sewer
Four employees are being transferred from Sanitation to the General
Fund and nine positions have been omitted from the previous 1990-91
Budget. The net effect of these changes will increase the City Staff
by ten (10) employees. This increase will bring the Staff level 1069
161 full-time employees.
This Proposed Budget provides a salary increase for the employees.
The employees will receive $100 per month increase in salary, begin-
ning October, 1991.
Capital Outlay is required in order to provide the various departments
of the City with the fixed assets needed to keep current and effective
operations. The proposed Capital Outlay for the General Fund is
$424,114, and for Water & Sewer the Capital Outlay is $119,100. These
are further itemized at the end of each department.
In the 1991-92 Fiscal Year, the Sanitation Department will no longer
be an Enterprise Fund. The City has privatized this service. The
minimum Sanitation expenditures will be part of the General Fund.
Major projects for the 1991-92 Budget will be the use of the 1991
Certificates of Obligation. They will be used for a Park Grant,
expanding the Senior Citizens' Building and for Streets and Drainage
work throughout the City.
Primary sources of revenue for the City are property taxes, sales and
use taxes, franchises, charges for permits and licenses, and fines or
forfeitures. The City has had exceptional collection rates over the
past five years. All revenue sources continue to increase due pri-
marily to the City's continuous growth. So far this year (from Janu-
ary 1 through August 19, 1991), we have had 287 new housing starts, as
compared to a total of 404 new housing starts for all of 1990.
The Proposed 1991-92 Budget's revenue and expenditure estimates are
close to what we expect in the coming year. We can make this Budget
work by monitoring expenditures on a very close basis. The Budget is
the single most important document of the City. This financial plan
will be used in making decisions facing the City during the 1991-92
Fiscal Year.
r-- The public is welcome to inspect the 1991-92 City Budget. Copies of
this Budget will be available in the office of the City Secretary and
the Pearland Community Center/Library.
I recommend approval of this Budget as submitted.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ James O. DeShazer
City Manager
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City Manager DeShazer projected each page of the proposed budget on
the screen with explanations of various items.
A question and answer period followed.
ADJOURN
The Hearing adjourned at 9:34 P. M.
MinAtes approved as submitted and/or corrected this day of
A. D., 1991.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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