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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1985.06.05CITY OF BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING JUNE 5, I985 Vice Mayor, Victor Mangini, convened the Study Session of the City Council on the above date in Conference Room B in City Hall at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP' BARTON' MNGINI, PAGLIARO ABSENT : !1AY0R I"IARTIN STAFF ARGYRES, BECKER, BERGSING, COLEMAN, ESCOFFIER, PALMER, QUADRI' KIRKUP, PRESENT: TOWNS, WAGNER REVIEW PROPO V'ice-Chairman Mangini turned the meeting over to Budget Chairman Amstrup, for review of the proposed budget. Fe deral Revenue Shari nq SED 1985-86 BUDGET AND CAPITAL ]MPROVEMENT PROGRAM 26L agreed Career not be ormi ng 0r ects for uests were ent: 00; Human , $r,000; $2,350;al fundingral Revenue Th by e first item discussed was the Federa the council that the request from l,Je nter for ct Reach I i ngamer, $300;in the I nue Sharing Requests. It was Crime Program, the Conmun i ty g Arts Lighting Proiect would ue Sharing Funding, The Perf e and too far in the future f ton reviewed her list of proj discussion, the fol lowing req unding by the Federal Governm endence of the Disabled, $2,2 00; San Mateo Women's Shelter chool Publ ic Address System, plar Center, $l ,000. The tot budget was $13,350 from Fede I Reve Ti p-- form i n Reven o l arg an Bar unci I n Mateo Per deration of ed to be to Counci I wom Education Center, and the Sa included this year for consi Arts Center request was view consideration at this time. Ce oje Bur tva a1 proposed fundi ng for '1985-86 proposed for 'l985-86 su bj ect Easter Seal Society, $2,000; Investment, Inc., $l,500; Pr Suicide Prevent ion, $l ,000; t uj b . After co to app rova loff I ndep , $2,0 High S and PoPARCA Very Special Arts Fesi to be recommended for aPProv Shar i ng, Community Promoti on cerni ng the Commun i ty nd Conventi on Bureau and hen di scussed the issue ustai n ing. Karen Key dicated that there is no firm date, but they will continue to try to become self- pporting. The counci l then indicated approval of the Tourist and Convention dget as proposed. Dep artmental Requests Th Pr $r Budget Chairman Amstrup began a department by budget using the overview material on pages 5- councjl budget, council indicated that the tra funds for the Commissioners' Dinner and Youth e council reviewed the City Manager's recommendation omotion Budget which included $200,000 for the Touri s 5,000 for the Chamber of Commerce budget. The counci when the Chamber of Commerce budget would become sei 985-86 c0ntaIt f-sof in SU bu department review of the ProPosed 7 in the document. In reviewing the vel conferences and meetings include and Government Day. Counci lman Pagl iaro i ndi cated tha budget i ncl uded a comp would be used. The ma this discussion. The Pl anni ng and PersonneI Government Bu il d ings' tenance projects propo is becoming somewhat t car" for City Ha'i 1 and indicated support for budgets were al so revi Po j ice Budget he wished an explanation on why the City Manager's 0ffice ter for word processing and an explanation as to how this ority of the counci'l indjcated support for the item after udgets of the City Clerk, Finance Department were all reviewed and accepted by council. ,C Und forl'sbudget, Councilman Amstrup indicated support sed for City Ha1 I and indicated that City Hal ired. Councj lman Pagl iaro questioned the nee asked as to how it was used. After discussi this item. The Retirement, Insurance, Electi ewed and accepted. df oI' ons ity Attorney, er the the main- appearance or a "poo1 the cou nc i l and Non-department vehft sp icles for replacement and he c ity. Chief Palmer roposed were accePted. Councilman Pagliaro questioned the number of po1 ice asked for an explana[ion of the replacement po'l icy o reviewed the policy with council and the replacement ! i li IIIl 262 Fire Dep artment Budqet Counc'i lman Mangini then reviewed the Fire Department budget and indicated that he recommends this budget to the council. He did indicate that the Fire Chief would be working on consolidating the incident report in a summary format. Councilman Pagliaro questioned the computer for the Fire Department and its cost of use; but afier explanation, this was accepted by the maiority of the council. Bu i 1di ng Insp ection Budqet and Additional Position The Building Inspection budget and additional position were accepted by counci l. Parking Enforcement Councjlman Pagliaro indicated that he felt an additional parking enforcement officer would be desirable. Councilwoman Barton indicated that she wished to wait to review the total parking issue before considering such a request. Budget Chairman Amstrup indicated that sufficient funds in the contingency reserve would be available for this request if later approved by council. C ivi l Defense Councilman Mangini indicated that the name should possibly be changed to "Disaster Preparedness" and this budget was accepted. Engineering Deplq!1lent The Engineering Department budget, which inc'luded three additional positions, was accepted by the council. Councilman Pagl iaro questioned the need for the three computers in this department. After an explanation by the Public l,Jorks Director, this was accepted. Street and Storm Drain Maintenance Councilwoman Barton questioned the amount of sidewalk repair and street repair indicated in the work load statistics. The Publ ic Works Director indicated that these amounts are done by city crews andthe majority of the work is performed by outside contract which is included in the Capital Improvement budget. The council continued and approved the Street Light and Electrjcal budget, the Sewer Maintenance budget, the [,lastewater Treatment Plant and Equipment Maintenance budget. Dump Opqra:lio1 Councilman Amstrup indicated that this budget included the city-wide cleanup and possibly we should consider it to be more often than once a year when we have additional experience. LibrqraBglgq! Councilwoman Barton indicated her support for the budget and the new positions proposed. Councilman Pagliaro questioned whether the book budget was large enough. The City Librarian indicated that there was sufficient money to puchase new books and that the main constraint was space and staff time for processing. Councilman Pagl iaro requested that the Library Board of Trustees study the long-term needs of the L i brary. Recreation De artment Councilman Pagliaro reviewed the Recreation Department budget and indicated support for the increase in senior discounts from Burl ingame residents from fifty percent to seventy-five percent. He then reviewed with the recreation director the proposed $5,000 for tennis court lights at Washington Park which was accepted by the Council. Councilman Pagi iaro questioned whether any additional funds for soccer 'l ighting at Bayside Park was part of the budget. The response was that there were no funds for this proposed for .1985-86 and that this should be considered at a future time when the expansion of Bayside Park is addressed. 263 Park Department The Park Budget was reviewed and Councilman Pagliaro questioned the Park concerning the $8,000 for a computer in this department. It was indicat approximaiely half of these funds weie for personnel costs for data inpu new computer as part of the Street-Tree Inventory Project. Di rector ed thatt'i nto the tlater 0ffice/Water operation and Water Maintenance Counci l then reviewed the Water 0ffice/Water 0peration and Water Maintenance Budget and indicated that they were all acceptable. The City Ma nageLi nd i cated that a rate increase for water would be necessary due to capital improvements in.futureyears. Budget Chairman Amstrup then reviewed the City Manager's cover letter for the budget concerning the need to spend more council and staff time on external relations to protect the city's interest. He felt that this is something that we wi'l I needs to address in the future. Capital Improvement Program Following basis the i nd i cated recommende v iewed. C Bayfront D assumes si suggested Program, t Amstrup in a proj ect dation, th returned t Cou nc i lman cated that unci lman Pagl i aro ve lopment Fee , he hat e ci i cat he departmental budget, the council reviewed on a proiect by project apitai Improvement Program as proposed. Budget Chairman Amstrup hat fjrst the Bayfront Development Fee memo from the City Manager which a fifty percent increase in Bayfront Development Fees should be re- t Ct d 0 e Xt h d dicated that while he supported an increase in theIt that the increase should go from a base which ty percent payment to one that would be on 'in fe by pr e cou toftysedt ojec ncil und the proposed deficit in the Fiv hould possibly look at raising our hat he would like to see a review ot basis and indicated that'is the body who sets the a higher amount. He also e-year Cap itaI Improvement hotel tax. Budget Cha i rmanf the Five-Year Program on although this is staff's recommen- final priorities. The councjl then e Capi ta1 Improvement Program. ning sidewalk replacement and indi- this i tem. o a pro Paglia he sup ject by project review of th ro questioned item l9 concer ported addi tional funds for The Public Works Director reviewed the amount of work done in the iast couple of years concerning this item. In discussing the amount of Capital lmprovement Funds necessary for Water and Sewer Funds in the future and the need to raise the rates to adequately cover this, Councilwoman Barton expressed an opinion that water and sewer rates should remain the same, if possible. Councilman Pagiiaro questioned the Fire Chief concerning the need for replacement of three fire engines one year. After discussing the matter with the Chief, the council was s that this was a necessary expenditure. Councilman Pagliaro indicated th al I ati sath e lo oth pita the disto get opt cuss th bject t and Ca ion of 'ln fi ed e would ng- is I budget like to see the council meet on a Saturday morning session to term need for the Capita'l Improvement Program. Council did no request. This completed the council review of the proposed bud Improvement Program. The final public hearing and proposed adwill be considered at the June 'l7, 'l985 counci l meeting. PROPOSED ]NCREASE, BAYFRONT DEYEIQI!4] III The City Councjl had previously discussed this matter in conjunction with the above review and the council agreed that we should pursue a fifty percent increase in the Bayfront Development Fee as proposed by the City Manager at this time. Staffwill prepare the necessary reso'lutions for official council consideration. ADJOURNMENT Judi th A. Ma I fatti City Clerk The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 p.m. I