1989-08-10 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTESMINUMS OF A PUBLIC HEARING HEID BY THE CITY COUNC , OF THE CITY OF PEARI", TEXAS,
ON AUGUST 109 1989, AT 7:30 P. M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY
DRIVE, PF.ARLAND, TEXAS
The Hearing was called to order with the following present:
Mayor
Tom Reid
Councilmember/Mayor Pro Tem William Wolff
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
City Manager
Finance Director
City Secretary
David Smith
James Bost
Richard Tetens
D. A. Miller, Jr.
Ronald J. Wicker
Janet Eastburn
Kay Krouse
NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON ATTENDANCE ROSTER: 22
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1989 AND.ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1990.
City Manager Ron Wicker read the following letter to Council concerning the proposed
Budget:
August 3, 1989
The Honorable Mayor and City Council
City Hall
Pearland, Texas
Dear Mayor and Council:
In accordance with Section 8.02 of the Pearland Charter, I hereby submit the Proposed
Budget for Fiscal Year 1989-90. This Proposed Budget is the result of several
workshops by the City Council and Staff and reflects several changes from the
proposed budget originally submitted on July 11, 1989.
This Budget is based on a tax rate of 82.5¢ with a total evaluation of $576,486,290.
This value is up approximately $14 million more than last year. This increase is a
positive indication of economic growth for the area. Based on a collection of the
1989 sales taxes, we are estimating an additional $100 thousand in sales taxes for
the next fiscal year.
This Proposed Budget includes a salary increase for all employees of $1,200 per year,
or 580 per hour. Some of our employees have gone as long as five years without any
salary increase. This salary adjustment is very important in order to keep the --�
quality of personnel needed to operate a city such as Pearland.
As far as Staff levels are concerned, the Proposed Budget reflects a reduction of
four supervisory and department head level positions. The positions cut are:
A. Police Captain;
B. Water & Sewer Superintendent;
C. Assistant City Manager; and
D. Public Works Director.
The respective duties of these individuals will be assumed by existing personnel. We
are also adding six additional employees to the following departments:
A:, One -Half - Inspector/Building Inspections;
B One Custodian;
C. Two - Police Employees;
D. One - Fire Marshal;
E. One - Park Employee;
F. One -Half - In Animal Shelter.
The only proposed rate increase in this Budget is in the Sanitation Division, where
both the residential garbage collection rate and the commercial rate are increased.
The increase per month amounts to $1.00 per residential customer and 25¢ per cubic
yard for the commercial customer. These increases are necessary to offset the
additional expenses that the City will incur as a result of garbage surcharge fees
imposed by the State Legislature in 1989.
This year we have included more monies for long -needed capital expenditures. Capital
outlay expenditures in the General Fund total $239,363.00 and reflect capital
expenditures for ten of the General Fund departments. Capital outlay funds in the
Water & Sewer budget are $49,500.00 and the proposed Sanitation capital outlay is
$87,370.00. As in the past, we are showing a transfer from the Water & Sewer
Enterprise Fund in the amount of $61,300.00. These transfers are necessary to
reimburse the General Fund for debt service paid for Water & Sewer Bonds and
Sanitation Certificates of Obligation.
Copies of the Proposed Budget will be available in the office of the City Secretary
and the Pearland Community Center/Library.
I would recommend approval of this Budget as submitted.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Ronald J. Wicker, City Manager
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Mr. Wicker projected on the screen the pages covering the highlights of the proposed
budget.
City Manager Ron Wicker responded to the following citizens who had questions or
comments concerning various portions of the proposed budget:
1. Stella Roberts
2. Carlton McComb
3. Margaret Brown
4. Al Lentz
5. Tootie McComb
Following a brief recess, at the request of Council, City Manager Ron Wicker read
from a page of the Financial Audit prepared by Earl Lairson and Company concerning
the fund balance as of September 30, 1988.
COMPLETE TAPE OF HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY.
The Hearing adjourned at 8:58 P. M.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this 1
A. D., 1989.
ATTEST:
City Sec#etary
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