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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956 07-31 CC ADJ MIN26 National City, California, July 31, 1956 Adjourned meeting of July 24, 1956 of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Hodge at 7:30 P.M. o'clock. Council members present: Fessman, Hart, Heck, Hodge. Council members absent: Hollingsworth. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS present: Alston, Wagner, Bird, Holgate, Baeder, Gautereaux. The meeting was opened with pledge of allegiance to the Flag, followed by invocation by Rev. Donald E. Fullerton. COMMUNICATION FROM CITY MANAGER BIRD was read regarding the tentative budget for 1956-57. The tax rate under this proposed budget will be $1.55 per one hundred dollar valuation, a four cent decrease from last year, as follows: Park ..23 cents Library .21 ccrta Retirement .:.3 cents General Fund ,88 cents Bond # 6 .015 cents Bond # 8 .084 cents TOTAL $1.55 Salary adjustments have been made, attempting to meet standards of private industry and competing Municipal Agencies. Over and above General Fund operations, there is a necessary increase in Library Fund, also Fcrk Fund. Further, there is now available funds to immediately initiate plans for drainage control, also a swimming pocl. COUNCILWOMAN HOLLI_NGSWORTH present. At this time Mayor Hodge turned the hearing on the budget over to City Manager Bird, who read and explained the tudget in detail. The operating budget for the Library era:: read as follows: Salaries, $37,600.20; Operational. Expenditures, $16,400.00; Outlay, $2,500.00, making a total of 1566,500.20; however this was incorrect as the Operational Expenditures should read, $16,900.00, thereby making a total of .'57,000.20. MRS. JOHN CHADWICK, 1341 E. 5th Street, was present and asked what the comparison is cf the Special Street Fund expenditures which are anticipated fcr the coming year against the amount expended for the past yea_'. CI`.l'Y MANAGER BIRD stated the amount expended last year was $103,657.63, and the amount anticipated to be expended this year is $123,-458.00. The fund is proposed to be used for rehabilitation of streets. MRS. KODISH, 2107 "A" Avenue, was present and inquired about the balance of $16,442.37 in the Special Street Fund, and also asked the City Manager to enumerate what the project numbers represent on the Special Gas Tax Improverrment Fund. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated Project #32 is 24th Street; #47 is McKinley Avenue; #30 is Cleveland Avenue; #51 is 18th Street; #35 is Tidelands Avenue; #58 is maintenance; #59 is for contingencies; Estimated Accrual is the money setfcrth by the allocation of gas tax funds. PRICE AVERY, 441 Highland Avenue, was present and questioned the amount of 48,000.00 `'cr ect.Liated expenditures of construction in the Special Street Fund and asked if there has been any project set up to absorb that amount, and whether it would be for new tiro iects . CITY MANA.W3 .7 .k?) gtatec? it would be a r.ew nro,lect depe neent on t <. City Council. fit: iiVERY l tie understands '-31-56 27 then that there is no specification of any definite project wherein this $88,000.00 might be expended. CITY MANAGER BIRD stated there is no approved project by the Council as yet of where that shall be expended. Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that the Library Fund Summary be corrected to read $57,000.20, and Reserve Contingencies $1,995.61. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hart, Heck, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: None. Moved by Heck, seconded by Fessman, that the budget, as amended by the previous motion, be adopted. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fesssman, Hart (with the exception that under the conditions now existing in the Fire Dept. he would vote for the Dept. receiving a raise, but not Chief Bailey), Heck, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: None. RESOLUTION NO. 6697 was read, adopting the salary schedule for 1956-57 as amended July 31, 1956. Moved by Fessman, seconded by Hollingsworth, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Fessman, Hart (with the ex- ception of Chief Bailey), Heck, Hollingsworth, Hodge. Nays: None. CITY MANAGER BIRD referred to the matter of the improvement of Fifth Street and stated that the Council set August 7th as the date for hearing protests on the Resolution of Intention. It has come to the attention of the Manager's office that some of the people on Fifth Street within the improvement, having received their estimated assessment, state they will not be able to appear on August 7th, and for the Council's consider- ation Mr. Bird suggested that Management be given the author- ization to notify the list of people on Fifth Street embodied in that project, that the hearing will be held, mandatory by law, on August 7th at 2:00 P.M., but it will be postponed to a night meeting so that the people on Fifth Street may have a chance to be heard on the Resolution of Intention. Moved by Hart, seconded by Fessman, that the City Manager's suggestion to have a night meeting be approved. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Moved by Hollingsworth, seconded by Hart, that the meeting be closed. Carried, all the Council present voting aye. Meeting closed at 8:50 P.M. ATTEST:, CITY CLERK �/ . L MAYOR, CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIF. 7-31-56