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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 07-03 CC MINBook 64 Page 197 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA JULY 3, 1984 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Mayor Morgan. ROLL CALL Council members present: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent: None. Administrative officials present: Bolint, Campbell, McCabe, McLean, Acting City Zngineer Onley, Post. SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND INVOCATION The meeting was opened with salute to the flag led by City ManLgcr McCabe, followed with invocation by City Manager McCabe. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Clerk reported the minutes of the regular meeting of June 26, 1984 have not yet been distributed, and requested approval of the following correction to the minutes of the regular meeting of June 19, 1984: The motion (Page 183, Para. 5) should be corrected to reflect the full motion; the motion is: "The City Treasurer be instructed to develop policies and guidelines for City investments and report to Council in two weeks, and Council be provided with a weekly update and status report on all City investments every Friday." (The portion underlined was omitted erroneously.) Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, the correction to the minutes of the regular meeting of June 19, 1984 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Dalla, the Resolutions be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,366, "RESOLUTION FIXING COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY." Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 14,366 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,367, "RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL CITY GENERAL PLAN (Case File No. GP-4-84)." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, Resolution No. 14,367 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,368, "Resolution establishing no stopping any time zones on the East side of 'I' Avenue from the curb return South to the first dri`eway and on the South side of 13th Street from 'I' Avenue East a distance of 25 feet." Moved by Waters, seconded by Dalla, Resolution No. 14,368 be adopted. Discussion re further study. Motion and second withdrawn. Further discussion. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Morgan, this be put on next week's agenda. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,369, "RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK AND AUTHORIZING FILING OF NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR FENCING ALONG PARADISE CREEK CHANNEL (ENG. SPEC. NO. 938)." Moved by Waters, seconded by Dalla, Resolution No. 14,369 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. 7/3/84 Book 64 Page 198 Resolution No. 14,370, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE DIVISION." Moved by Cooper, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 14,370 be adopted. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,371, "RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 1984-85 COMPENSATION PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES -FIRE FIGHTERS." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Dalla, Resolution No. 14,371 be adopted. Mayor Morgan said this includes the 2% at 50; he is not in favor of that; there are 7 employees living in the City; he knows they were compared with the other cities in the County and most of these cities have their employees living in the City; this contract will mean that the City will, for 3 years, pay into this retirement, and the families won't get any pay raise during that time; they will be down close to 20%; then we'). ;have to raise t''.e s'+'. 3:- :s up and in the next 3 years, it will run er,:a to wh-kt it did th .s t it A uts the families in a hole; over $2,,C';:) for every employee will go into this retirement and that's not fair to the employees. Councilman Van Deventer said the fire fighters will get a raise the 2n: and 3rd years, besides the retirement issue; any family that doesn't sit down and discuss that item between them before the package is voted on has a problem; it's a good package and th^ firemen are willing to accept it; we're making the right decision. Mayor Morgan said the employees did an excellent job, not for the people of National City, but for the fire fighters; the package was against the people of National City; it's not right to put in something like this that will eat the City up; in years to come we'll pay 2 fire companies, one working anr.' one retired, and it's not fair to work out a deal like this where only 7 of the fire fighters live in National City. Councilman Dalla said we had this same situation a few years ago with the Police Dept.; it ultimately went to court for a number of years, during which time we had a morale problem; ultimately they won their retirement; we boast about how much sales tax we collect and that we are a rich City; recently the Mayor suggested taking $1 million from reserves for a project he would like to pursue, but when it comes to a retirement program that will cost an additional $33,000 a year, we can't afford it; other cities in the County, poorer than National City, have provided this benefit for their employees; the management staff negotiators followed the direction of Council, and that direction was unanimous at the time; they pursued the parameters they were given and came back with an agreement within those parameters; sooner or later we're going to have to pay our people what other cities are paying theirs; if we can afford to take $1 million out of reserves for a project, we can afford to pay $33,000 a year; it would take 30 years for that million dollars to be eaten up with retirements. Mayor Morgan said he didn't think it would work out that way; if they would vote to take out $500,000 and give it to the employees for a one- shot deal, he would be in favor; he proposed we take $1 million out of reserves, leaving us $3,100,000.to put in the Tower; the Manager estimated we would sell $600,400,000; he would propose that we take all that comes in from sales tax and put in for the Tower; unless we make a commitment, we will never have that tower; the Tower will belong to the people of National City; in the future, it will be worth $30-60 million; you can't tie the Police retirement up with the Fire Dept. Councilman Waters said we've told the employees, "Please hold out this year."; employees were told that later on they would get adequate raises, retirement, etc.; we worked hard to generate revenue; the Mayor has said over the years, "I'm going to get this for you, I'm going to get that for you", but when we go to spend that money, the Mayor hesitates to spend it; we should take advantage of the revenue that's coming in and fulfill the things that were said in earlier years. Mayor Morgan said this should have been a flat raise; when you give a percent increase, the lower salaried employees don't get very much. Councilman Waters said he would like to see all City employees get the same type of retirement; it takes all of the employees to run the City and they all work hard; perhaps we can afford it in the future. Discussion. Motion carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays: Morgan. 7/3/84 Book 64 Page 199 Resolution No. 14,372, "RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 1984-85 COMPENSATION PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES -MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Cooper, Resolution No. 14,372 be adopted. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION (FIRST READING) Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, the Ordinance be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Ordinance No. 7/3/84-1, "Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1619 regarding appointment to Committee for Housing and Community Development." NEW BUSINESS The Finance Director's request for RATIFICATION of WARRANT REGISTER NO. 52, dated June 26, 1984, in the amount of $179,984.94 (Warrants Nos. 84284 through 84338), and CERTIFICATION of PAYROLL for the period ending June 15, 1984, in the amount of $251,473.89 was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Dalla, the bills be paid and warrants drawn. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of MICHAEL EDGAR GREENE, arising from an incident on April 13, 1984, and filed with the City Clerk on June 22, 1984 was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this claim be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of MIGUEL CESNEROS, JR. and JESSIE PARRILLA, arising from an incident on March 25, 1984, and filed with the City Clerk on June 21, 1984 was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this claim be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS The letter from the Board of Directors, NATIONAL CITY AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE requesting permission to EXTEND and ENLARGE the LITTLE LEAGUE SCORE SHACK AND STORAGE ROOM was presented. Discussion. Moved by Cooper, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this request, and plans be referred to the Engineering Dept., Public Works and the Building Dept. Carried by unanimous vote. The Engineering Department's request to REPLACE a LETTER OF CREDIT with an IMPROVEMENT BOND, Han Shian, Inc. (The Improvement Bond was accepted with a letter of credit; the owners now wish to replace the letter of credit with an Improvement Bond, thereby releasing the funds; Resolution 14,318 approved the agreement; the Letter of Credit, as accepted by the City, bears the following: "...our borrower may obtain a bond to cover the cost of these public and private improvements. Upon issuance of this...bond, this Irrevocable Letter of Credit will become invalid."; staff recommends the bond be accepted and the City Clerk be directed to attach said bond to the Agreement on file) was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Cooper, in favor of this request. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. The City Clerk's request for DESIGNATION of VOTING DELEGATE for LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Prior to each Annual Conference of the League of California Cities, City Councils and Mayors are requested to name the voting delegate and designated alternate to represent the City at the Business Session; the League requests Voting Delegate and Alternate be designated between July 1 and September 1) was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Waters, Councilman Van Deventer be named Delegate and Councilman Cooper be named Alternate. Carried by unanimous vote. 7/3/84 Book 64 Page 200 OTHER BUSINESS CITY MANAGER City Manager McCabe requested an Executive Session on Personnel on completion of the agenda. CITY ATTORNEY - No report. OTHER STAFF The City Clerk's report on OPENING of SEALED BIDS, 22nd St., Prospcut St. to Euclid Ave., 1911 Act Improvement Project (2 bids were received: Mar -Vic Construction Co., Inc. - $74,003.76; T. B. Penick & Sons, Inc. - $71,713.63) was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Waters, this be filed and referred to staff. Carried by unanimous vote. MAYOR Mayor Morgan 'poke of a man who was building a residence where the driveway was one foot short, who had to pay $25 over the original $200 permit fee, and inquired when that had taken effect. Acting City Engineer Oniey replied the $25 fee was for an excess driveway permit. Mayor Morgan reported he heard rumors that the Police Dept. is looking around for extra space, buildings to rent. City Manager McCabe explained they were doing research only, not proposing to move; they were looking to expand present building and $30,000 was budgeted for temporary location of some officers while remodeling was underway. Mayor Morgan said he voted against certain budget items and he wanted the minutes to reflect the items he voted against; he doesn't want people to think he approved the entire budget. City Manager McCabe assured him the minutes of the Finance Committee would show the vote on each item. CITY COUNCIL Vice Mayor Waters reported the Talent Show at the Lions Club Carnival would be at 7:00 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night. Councilman Cooper reported derelicts were hanging around the rear of H & M Goodies drinking their wine in the open, and doing lewd things; they have also been coming to the park; something should be done about them. City Manager McCabe said he would take care of it. Mayor Morgan called an Executive Session for Personnel at 4:36 p.m. Council reconvened at 4:47 p.m. ROLL CALL Council members present: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Waters, seconded by Cooper, the meeting be adjourned to 7:00 p.m., July 10, 1984. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 4:48 p.m. CITY CLERK The foregoing minutes were approved at the regular meeting of the City Council on July 10, 1984. , Corrections CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 7/3/84