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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-08-05city council minutesBook 367 Page 176 REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 5, 1996 7:30 P.M. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor Winder. The Mayor requested that everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The Roll of the City Council was called with the following members present: Houchins, Evans, Earl, Langan, and Wells. Absent: Nancolas_ (ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA) Since there were no additions or deletions to the prepared Agenda, it was MOVED by Houchins, SECONDED by Wells to accept the Agenda as distributed. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Houchins, Evans, Earl, Langan, and Wells. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) The Mayor invited anyone in the audience who had a matter they wanted to discuss with the City Council that was not on the prepared Agenda to come forward. Charles Bratton, 3108 Arlington, was recognized by the Mayor. Mr. Bratton introduced his neighbor, Bobbie Downey, and informed Council that he was present to try to help her out. He explained that the Downeys lived next door to him and have built a storage shed that the City has informed them they cannot have there because of stipulations in the City Code. Mr. Bratton distributed a petition that was signed by everyone in the neighborhood supporting the Downeys. He asked the City Council to please give consideration to this request to allow the storage shed to remain. The Council discussed this matter noting that a Building Permit was not requested and there was a sewer line in the easement which was a serious problem. The Mayor stated that he would take the petition and pictures and pursue the issue from an administrative standpoint and see if there were options in the situation. CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar was presented to the Members of the City Council for their consideration as follows: 1. Dispense with the reading of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 15, 1996, and the Special City Council Meeting of July 22, 1996, and approve as written; 2. Accept the minutes of Caldwell Industrial Airport Meeting of July 11, 1996; the Library Board Meeting of May 2, 1996; Caldwell Golf Board Meeting of June 11, 1996; and the Caldwell Senior Citizen Board Meetings of May 21, 1996, and June 17, 1996 and the Special Meeting of June 25, 1996; 3. Accept a right of way deed from Bill Gilbert for a forty foot half right of way on the north side of Linden Street and east side of Chicago Street; 4. Accept a right of way deed from NEB -I Company ;D & B, Inc.) for a 35 foot half right of way on the north half: of Linden Street between the Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago Street; S. Accept a permanent easement from Vernon D. Orr to install signal lights at Blaine and 21st Street; Book 37 Page 177 6. Accept a sewer easement from Shelba A. Blaisdell Family Trust for a 27 foot sewer easement to allow access to the sewer without it's relocation; 7. Pass the following Resolution to approve request from Lorraine Taylor for an extension in time to connect to sewer: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED That the Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, in accordance with procedures outlined in Section 04 -05-07 (1) of the City Code approves of the request of owners of property located at 2223 Cherry Street be granted an extension in the mandatory time to connect to the City sewer system until August 5, 1997; 8. Pass the following Resolution to accept dedication of sewer and water line to the City by Bettie B. Pilote: A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF SEWER AND WATER LINE TO THE CITY BY BETTIE B. PILOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN CITY RESOLUTION NO. 4 -94. BE IT RESOLVED That the City of Caldwell, Idaho, hereby accepts from Bettie B. Pilote the dedication of sewer and water lines lying along the centerline, and easements as described in Exhibit " A " and "B" which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, as if set forth in full and which sewer and water lines include the following appurtenances exclusive of service lines: 1. Sunridge Subdivision Phase I a. 1,022 LF of 8 Sewer Main b. 7 - 48" Manholes c. 676 LF of 8 Water Main d. 2 - 6" Fire Hydrants e. 2 - 6" Gate Valves f. 3 - 8 Gate Valves 2. Sunridge Subdivision Phase II (in easement) a. 1,366 LF of 8" Sewer Main b. 5 - 48" Manholes 3. In Beech Street Right -of -Way a. 178 LF of 8 Sewer b. 21 - 48" Manholes BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that the City of Caldwell, Idaho, hereby accepts from Bettie Pilote the dedication of Sunridge Drive and Joshua Court, and the right -of -way as designated on the Sunridge Subdivision plat, and that the Clerk of the City of Caldwell is hereby directed to submit this Resolution to the County Recorder of Canyon County, Idaho, for recordation and that a copy of said recorded document be forwarded by the City Clerk to the Engineering Department of said City of Caldwell for preservation in an Index of Dedications. 9. Pass the following Resolution to accept dedication of Vallivue sewer, water and well: A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF SEWER AND WATER LINES, A WELL, AND RIGHT - OF -WAY TO THE CITY BY VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN CITY RESOLUTION NO. 4 -94 BE IT RESOLVED That the City of Caldwell, Idaho, hereby accepts from Vallivue School District the dedication of sewer and water lines whose centerline descriptions and easements are described in Appendix "B ". And which the sewer and water lines include the following appurtenances exclusive of Service Lines: Sewer Line - 850' of 18 656 of 15 7082' of 12" PVC pipe and 29 manholes. Water Line - 5445' of 14" PVC pipe, 1 fire hydrant and 2 valves. Book 37 BE IT ALSO RESOLVED That the City of Caldwell, Idaho hereby accepts from Vallivue School District the dedication of a well and well lot whose property description is included in Appendix " and the dedication of a well drain line whose easement is also included in appendix "A ". And which the well and well lot are described as follows; Well - 535' deep complete well including well house, pump, motor, chlorination system and other equipment needed to work in conjunction with the City system.` Well drain line - 750' of 12" PVC pipe. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED That the City of Caldwell, Idaho hereby accepts from Vallivue School District a warranty deed for right -of -way on Homedale Street and Montana Avenue. Said deed and description are included in appendix "C ". The Clerk of the City of Caldwell is hereby directed to submit this Resolution to the County Recorder of Canyon County, Idaho for recordation and that a copy of said recorded document be forwarded by the City Clerk to the Engineering Department of said City of Caldwell for preservation in an index of dedications: Page 178 10. Accept right of way along 16th Avenue between Logan Street and Fillmore Street from the Caldwell School District for proposed sidewalk construction; 11. Accept right of way deed from Tates Rents for new street off of Cleveland Boulevard. MOVED by Earl, SECONDED by Langan to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Earl, Langan, Wells, Houchins, and Evans. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED OLD BUSINESS (AN APPEAL TO OVERTURN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY A ZONE CHANGE FROM 4 -3 (MULTI - FAMILY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) TO C -1 (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH TENTH AVENUE AND FILLMORE STREET TABLED BY COUNCIL ON JULY 15, 1996) Mayor Winder explained that this appeal was tabled by the City Council on July 15th so that a legal opinion could be secured from the City Attorney. In addition, it was defined that it was not an appeal; it was simply an application for a zone change. The Mayor further stated that he would read the information he gathered and pass on to the City Council. Council would still have to proceed with the Fact Finding and Conclusions of Law and make a determination relating to this matter. The information was as follows: The following regards our meeting and public hearing of July 15 in which the City Council tabled consideration of a rezone of property located on the northwest corner of Fillmore and Tenth Avenue. During the interim our City Attorney issued a written opinion regarding the procedures that must be followed to grant a rezone. In this case the applicant, Joetta Fulgenzi, applied for a Special Use Permit or a rezone to C -1 or C -2 for the subject property. During the Public Hearing before the Book 37 Planning and Zoning Commission, Joetta withdrew her application for a Special Use Permit. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to deny the rezone. As a result, Ms. Fulgenzi appealed to the City Council the proposed rezone. An appeal was not necessary as the Planning and Zoning Commission does not have authority to approve or deny a rezone. The Commission's decisions were recommendations only. The City Council heard the matter as an application for a rezone but did not issue a decision due to legal questions which required answers from our City Attorney. Mr. Harris issued his opinion which states the City Council cannot rezone any property that is not in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. In this case, the Comprehensive Plan would require amendment to reflect the community's plan to make this area commercial. Such amendments may be made only once every six months. The last amendment to the Comprehensive Plan was done on March 20, 1996. The next date for such action will be January 1, 1997. We all regret the amount of time and money invested in these proceedings by all parties. The City staff had been informed by me that a rezone could occur now and the Comprehensive Plan changed later; that position was developed and based on input from our City Attorney who has since issued a contrary opinion. It is my recommendation that the City Council reject the application on the grounds that a rezone cannot be accomplished without first amending the Comprehensive Plan. Councilwoman Earl was recognized and said that for Findings of Fact, she would state that both the Idaho State Code and the State Planning Act requires that the zone changes be in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. Also, Section 10- 03 -03(C) of Caldwell Zoning Ordinance requires that the application for a rezone be in accordance with our Comprehensive Plan. In this case, they are not in compliance. Therefore, she would find that our Conclusions should be that since it was not in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan that the application be denied. This applicant or the neighborhood, should they believe or want to pursue this further, would need to apply to the City Planning and Zoning Department for a Comprehensive Plan change along with a zone change. It would be her recommendation that should these applications be forthcoming that not only this one parcel of property be studied, but that the entire area would have to be considered as to the likelihood of it going to a Commercial Zone. MOVED by Earl, SECONDED by Houchins that the City Council deny the application for rezone at this time. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Earl, Langan, wells, Houchins, and Evans. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED Page 179 Mayor Winder informed Ms. Fulgenzi that she could apply for a Comprehensive Plan change for the property and at the same time submit the application for a rezone. He was sorry for having the process take so long. The Mayor further stated that she did have the right to appeal to the District Court within twenty -eight days from the date Book 37 Page 180 the Council's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law were drafted which would be as of today. (BILL NO. 26 - ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF THE FAILURE OF A PARENT TO SUPERVISE A CHILD) Mayor Winder explained that this Bill was to establish the offense of the failure of a parent to supervise a child. This issue has been before the City Council since June of 1996 and has been drafted, revised, redrafted, submitted, and etc. Public meetings were held so people would have an opportunity to meet with the Mayor and Council and present their opinion. He then read the Bill by title only as follows: AN ORDINANCE ENACTED PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE 32 -1301 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE OFFENSE OF THE FAILURE OF A PARENT TO SUPERVISE A CHILD BY DEFINING THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE, DEFINING WHO IS SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION AND WHO IS EXEMPT FROM PROSECUTION, PROVIDING FOR RESTITUTION, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AS WELL AS SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES AND PROVIDING FOR CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS FOR VIOLATION OF ORDERS ENTERED PURSUANT TO THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The Mayor encouraged those who were interested in this Bill to get a copy for review. There was no urgency in passing it tonight and they would simply have the first reading tonight if that was Council's judgment. Councilman Houchins stated that Council has spent a lot of time on this item. Since they now have a legal opinion as to the wording, he would MOVE and it was SECONDED by Evans that this be considered the first reading of Bill No. 26. Councilman Wells noted that there was one section in the Idaho Code, 20- 520(3), regarding restitution that he would suggest that the City Attorney review. After discussion, it was agreed that he would bring a copy of that portion of the State Code to the Mayor who would send it on to the Attorney for his opinion. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Houchins, Evans, Earl, Langan, and Wells. Those voting no: no. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. NEW BUSINESS MOTION CARRIED (REPORT FROM THE TOWNSITE COMMITTEE REGARDING THEIR ACTIVITIES) Vivian McKay, Vice - Chairman of the Caldwell Townsite Committee, was recognized by the Mayor. Ms. McKay explained that the Committee basically wanted to get copies to the Mayor and Council of the petition to form the Business Improvement District. They needed to secure 510 of the approximately 200 business owners. When they complete this phase, they will be coming back to the City Council for their approval. At this time, they simply wanted to get the paperwork to Council so they could review the process and give the Committee their blessing. Ms. McKay explained that many volunteers have been working on this B.T.D. Petition. The Committee was an entity by itself and basically all of the Directors were volunteers., They were hoping to improve downtown Caldwell and that was their goal with the B.I.D. The business owners would be voting on how the money should be spent, Book 37 Mayor Winder asked Ms. McKay how this B.I.D. would terminate. Ms. McKay explained that the Petition now states that the S.I.D. would continue indefinitely. There has been some comments on this particular statement and they will discuss it with the Attorney. Councilman Houchins commented that he was basically in favor of the project. However, speaking as a businessman in the downtown area, he had several things that bothered him. The first was that they were asking people to sign a petition with an indefinite period of time and no cut off date. Another question was what percentage of the money collected would be spent on administration_ Ms. McKay stated that after preparing the petition, they realized there should have been a definite time set. Councilman Houchins suggested that they amend the Petition and redo the signatures before going forward. Ms. McKay stated that administrative fees would be very limited due to the fact that there were many volunteers. However, they would need someone to maintain the Depot a few hours a day to answer the phone and do some typing. The Mayor stated that he was pleased that they were progressing toward developing a Business Improvement District. (DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE ONE PERCENT INITIATIVE) The Mayor stated that this issue was being talked about all over the State by various groups and organizations. The first One Percent Initiative was passed back in 1978 and went into effect in 1979 and was modified over the - years to the point where it had little resemblance to the original Initiative. The backers of this Initiative have been saying to the Legislature from the very beginning that they wanted some kind of property tax reform. Mayor Winder distributed a memo to the Council Members explaining the effect of this Initiative which he reviewed as follows: The so- called 1% Initiative will be on the election ballot, November 5, 1996. That Initiative if approved by the voters would be effective on January 1, 1997, unless the court system were to determine the Initiative to be unconstitutional or the Legislature would not implement it as written. Should the Initiative be approved by the voters and be implemented as written, certain conclusions are evident. First, only 10 of the taxable value of real property could be collected by all taxing districts. Second, all funding of public school maintenance and operations and existing school debt payments will be shifted to the State. Based on the State budget for 1995, this would have shifted $228,000,000 from property tax to other revenue sources, income tax, sales tax, etc. Third, fire, police and emergency medical services shall be maintained at level equal to or greater than the level in effect on October 1, 1996. Fourth, after factoring in new revenue resulting from growth, funding for other less essential services shall be reduced in order to comply with this requirement. Fifth, special taxes in excess of the 1% limitation may be adopted by a 2/3 vote of those voting in an election called for that purpose. The City of Caldwell has analyzed the effects of this proposal if approved by the people and implemented as written. Page 181 Book 37 Page 182 Property tax revenue available to the City will decrease by about $1,000,000; $700,000 of those dollars will decrease services available from the General Fund. Those services included in the General Fund are Police and Fire which must be maintained at levels of service in effect on October 1, 1996; City Council„ Mayor, Administrative, Accounting (Treasurer) , Legal, City Clerk, Building Inspections, Parks, Recreation„ Forestry, Planning and Zoning, and Caldwell Events Center. Funds budgeted during the current fiscal year 1996 for each category: No. of Personnel City Council & Mayor $ 106,000 Administration 75,000 Accounting /Purchasing 238,000 Legal 98,000 City Clerk 86,000 Building Inspection 99,000 Parks 424,000 Recreation 264,000 Forestry 36,000 Planning and Zoning 137,000 Caldwell Events Center 268,000 Police 1,915,000 Fire 1,328,000 The City will be required to Fire at levels in effect on October in fiscal year 1995. That leaves other services. 7 2 7 1/2 1 1 1/2 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 3 3 + maintain Police and 1, 1996, $3,243,000 $1,831,000 for all After subtracting the $700,000 from the $1,831,-000, the City will have $1,131,000 to provide all the other services. The City is required by Idaho State Code to have a Mayor and Council. We could operate with four (4) members of the Council as Nampa and many other cities do. That would require a City Election, but would save $10,444 annually if adopted. In addition, the City is required to have a City Clerk, Legal Counsel, and Treasurer. The current budget has $528,000 allocated for Mayor, Council, City Clerk, City Attorney, and City Treasurer - Finance Director. That leaves $603,000 to be allocated among the remaining General Fund services. Which services are you willing to reduce or do without? The City Council will make that decision. It is clear that several employees will lose their jobs and services to the public will be reduced accordingly. The City of Caldwell supports the position in opposition to the to Initiative adopted by the Association of Idaho Cities. After the Mayor presented his memo, the Council Members briefly discussed the Initiative. Several members of the Council including Councilman Langan and Councilman Evans expressed their opposition to this Initiative. Councilwoman Earl commented how the City would encourage public input especially when approving the budget and also to ask questions about such issues as the One Percent Initiative. (ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 19, 1996) The Finance Director recapped the budget process stating that Budget Workshops were held by Council on July 16, 25, 29, 30, and 31. This gave the public, the Staff, and Council an opportunity to discuss next year's programs, projects and priorities get an idea of what next year's finances look like. Book 37 Mrs. Kiler passed out some handouts to the Members of the Council that she stated addressed some areas that she was requested to incorporate. She explained that one of the handwritten handouts was regarding the ADA information for the parks. Another was a revised summary of the General Fund compared by divisions of last year's budget with this year's budget in general categories. She further commented that the Tentative Budget represents revenues increasing 2.61% from the prior year and expenditures up 4.54% in all funds. The budget reflects no salary increase. The health insurance cost was estimated at $383,000 for the coming year which was down from an estimated $613,000 for the current year. The dental insurance cost was estimated to be $67,800 which was up from an estimated $51,000 this year. Mrs. Kiler explained that she mentioned these two categories because they were the major expenditures of our General Fund budget and employee based budget. In the General Fund alone, the revenues were up 9.02% and expenditures were up 4.3 %. The General Fund includes $50,000 in the new building maintenance division to set aside dollars for major maintenance. This was a new division at the Council's request. The General Fund also includes $50,698 additional dollars for the park's ADA projects. It includes work to be done at Memorial, Luby and J.C. This year the City has spent $22,500 for ADA projects. Again in the General Fund, there was $100,000 estimated revenue from the new one percent Idaho Power Franchise fee. It was not appropriated as part of contingency in the General Fund. As was discussed in the workshops, the Event Center Fund reflects business as usual. Revenues were up in all of the property tax supported funds. The Director further stated that the next handout has the revenues and expenditures for the entire City's budget. The revenues were broken out by source and by fund and expenditures displayed by function. The total estimated expenditures for next year were 19.5 million and revenues 19.5 million which includes the use of fund balance or retained earnings of 2.3 million. After Mrs. Kiler's summary, the Council President on behalf of the Council thanked the Finance Director and Finance Committee for the many hours of work that has gone into developing this budget. Mayor Winder stated that the procedure for tonight was for the Council to adopt the Tentative Budget. That amount was the maximum amount that can be budgeted by the City Council for the fiscal year 1997. The amount could be lowered, but not raised as a result of the Public Hearing on the 19th. If the Hearing indicates that they move forward on the budget, the Budget will be formally adopted on the first Council Meeting in September. Copies of the proposed budget were available at City Hall for anyone to review. The Tentative Budget for the fiscal year 1997 was as follows: FUND Page 183 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 Actual Budgeted Proposed Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures General Fund Caldwell Events Ctr. Fund Library Fund Street Fund Airport Fund Recreation Fund Liability Ins Fund Cemetery Fund 5,105,981 0 482,427 1,307,050 170,737 247,378 78,289 176,310 5,470,385 268,315 645,093 2,446,725 862,659 263,884 501,280 195,454 5,705,779 291,207 678,786 2,728,419 292,863 266,676 540,500 194,581 Book 37 Page 184 Cemetery Capital Imp Fund 28 20 50 Cemetery Perp Care Fund 329 20,300 26,500 ICDBG- Incubator Project 0 50,000 50,000 H.U.D. Fund (Remaining) 548,499 72,392 143,705 Debt Service Fund 294,344 313,536 380,323 Capital Imp Fund 149,912 148,358 170,200 Golf Fund 448,327 789,811 756,756 Water Fund 1,087,869 1,669,933 1,911,868 Sewer Fund 1,367,341 2,758,610 3,337,651 Sanitation Fund 1,373,455 1,378,900 1,441,431 Street Lighting Fund 128,307 157,938 163,844 Employee Health Ins Fund 399,469 613,105 383,518 Employee Dental Ins Fund 62,760 58,100 67,800 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 13,428,812 18,684,908 19,532,457 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 Actual Non- Budgeted Non- Proposed Non - Property Tax Property Tax Property Tax FUND Revenue Revenue Revenue General Fund 2,709,943 2,647,311 2,895.127 Caldwell Events Ctr Fund 0 176,000 189,500 Library Fund 421,087 366,761 382,362 Street Fund 1,299,502 1,974,647 1,254,906 Airport Fund 183,597 759,275 175,636 Recreation Fund 153,630 159,647 146,552 Liability Ins Fund 28,896 26,000 25,000 Cemetery Fund 96,980 110,967 117,001 Cemetery Capital Imp Fund 10,702 7,500 8,300 Cemetery Perp Care Fund 46,332 30,000 44,000 ICDBG- Incubator Project 0 50,000 50,000 H.U.D. Fund (Remaining) 520,077 9,300 10,800 Debt Service Fund 322,071 416,039 421,692 Capital Imp Fund 64,739 37,565 62,622 Golf Fund 644,761 604,500 629,350 Water Fund 1,295,071 1,201,036 1,254,718 Sewer Fund 2,220,715 2,188,015 2,427,121 Sanitation Fund 1,371,260 1,397,400 1,454,748 Street Lighting Fund 154,302 156,100 162,420 Employee Health Ins Fund 533,476 664,600 395,680 Employee Dental Ins Fund 59,437 63,100 79,772 TOTAL OTHER REVENUE 12,136,578 13,045,763 13,187,307 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 Actual Budgeted Proposed Property Tax Property Tax Property Tax Revenue Revenue Revenue FUND General Fund 2,252,251 2,586,588 2,810,652 Library Fund 257,002 275,703 297,774 Street Fund 465,762 446,182 481,900 Airport Fund 38,867 40,295 43,521 Recreation Fund 153,308 161,528 117,459 Liability Ins Fund 131,619 0 0 Cemetery Fund 41,107 42,480 45,881 Capital Imp Fund 157,595 120,000 169,606 TOTAL Property Tax 3,497,511 3,672,776 3,966,793 Revenue SUBTOTAL All Revenue 15,634,089 16,718,539 17,154,100 Use of Fund Balance or Retained Earnings _ 1,966,369 2,378,357 TOTAL All Revenue 15,634,089 18,684,908 19,532,457 Book 37 MOVED by Earl, SECONDED by Langan that the Tentative Budget for the fiscal year 1997 be approved as presented by the Finance Director. The Council briefly discussed the budget further during the course of the conversation, it was noted that the motion should include establishing the Public Hearing for August 19th, 1997. Councilwoman Earl stated that she would amend her motion to include that the Public Hearing on the Budget would be held at the Regular City Council Meeting on August 19, 1996. The second, Councilman Langan, agreed to the amendment to the motion. The Mayor repeated the amended motion: That the Tentative Budget for the fiscal year 1997 be approved as presented by the Finance Director and the Public Hearing be held during the Regular City Council Meeting at 7:30 p.m on August 19, 1997. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Earl, Langan, Wells, Houchins, and Evans. Those voting no. none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED Councilwoman Earl reminded Council that there was another workshop the next Thursday, the 8th of August at 7:00 p.m. which was also open to the public. Page 185 (ACCEPT THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR L.I.D. 96 -3 AND SET THE PROTEST HEARING) The City Engineer informed the Mayor and City Council that this was the time set for the acceptance of the Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 96 -3 and set a protest hearing. Mr. Law stated that he would request that the Public Hearing be set for September 3rd rather than August 19th. MOVED by Houchins, SECONDED by Earl to accept the Assessment Roll for L.I.D. 96 -3 and set the Protest Hearing for September 3, 1996. Ro11 call vote. Those voting yes: Houchins, Evans, Earl, Langan, and Wells. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED (FINANCIAL REPORT) Councilwoman Earl reported that the Finance Committee has reviewed current accounts payable in the amount of $588, 950.46 for the period ended July 31, 1996, and a net payroll of $118,242.66 for the pay period ended July 20, 1996. MOVED by Earl, SECONDED by Langan that accounts payable in the amount of $588,950.46 represented by check numbers 48477 through 48764 and payroll for the amount of $118,242.66 represented by check numbers 56002 through 56147 be accepted, payment approved, and the vouchers filed in the Office of the City Clerk. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Earl, Langan, Wells, Houchins, and Evans. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED (COMMITTEE REPORTS) The only Committee Report was presented by Councilman Langan. Mr. Langan informed the Mayor and Council that a couple of meetings ago he and Councilman Houchins were Book 37 assigned to look up the City's comp time concerns. With the many workshops on the budget and financial data, they have not completed their report. It would be prepared as soon as the budget was completed. (MAYOR'S COMMENT'S) Mayor 'Winder reported on the following items: The workshops regarding Tenth and Linden intersection were productive and Mr. Law and his Staff did an excellent job of answering the public's concerns; there was nothing new to report with regard to Mr. Bushnell and the golf course; attended the WITCO golf tournament; discussed the handicapped parking at the ballfields with the Park Department; they were working with Avid Aircraft on a proposal to revise their lease; a survey determined that the public would prefer having the County Fair at the Caldwell site; he held another meeting with the employees and planned to continue to do so; the Aquifer Study has been funded for the first year, but the City expected to be asked to help with the funding later on; the American Legion Tournament was going on; he met with Ada County Legislators to discuss city issues; expressed his gratitude to the Finance Director and the Finance Committee and members of the Council for their many hours working on the budget; and the next Regular Council Meeting would be held on August 19th. (ADJOURMEN'T ) MOVED by Evans, SECONDED by Earl that since there was no more business, the Meeting be adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Evans, Earl, Langan, Wells, and Earl. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Nancolas. MOTION CARRIED APPROVED AS written. THIS 3rd DAY OF September 1996. Fm .m ��o T 0 Co l son r o nci�erson Councilperson ATTEST: Councilperson Councilperson Councilperson Page ]86 /- City Cler