Minutes - 2004 - City Council - 07/06/2004 - Workshop
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Budget Workshop Minutes
July 6, 2004
1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Merrill calls the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: BASTIAN, SEDLACEK, GUERBER, NORDSTROM. All
present. A quorum is present.
3, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4. Mayor introduces the new Facilities Manager, Mick McCurry.
Mick reports on the planting strips on Ranch Drive. General discussion. Council
would like staff to follow up on this project with ACHD and get an approximate
cost for installing the irrigation to the planting strips and fixing the lighting.
5. PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION & DISCUSSION ITEMS:
A. Valley Ride: FY 04/05 dues. Kelli Fairless, Valley Ride, provides an overview
of the past year and the reorganization that is going to be done. The City will be
getting a refund on the money the City paid for the Commuter Bus which did not
last a full year. Discussion on future services. General discussion.
B. Ada County Prosecutor's Office: FY 04/05 contract request. Ax Yewer,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, and Scott Mandy, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney,
Magistrate Division, discusses the work load increase because of the tickets and
citations that are written by the Eagle Deputies. This work load has created one
position in our office. General discussion.
C. Ada County Sheriff s Office: FY 04/05 contract request. Under Sheriff,
Gary Rainey, discusses the services of the Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Discusses the increase of traffic accidents and crime reports in the City. Discusses
the costs of services in neighboring cities. We are recommending adding a
Lieutenant, a Sergeant, a Detective, and a Traffic Deputy. We would like to get
back to Community Policing. The total cost for this increase in staffing is
$1,044,668.58. General discussion.
Discussion on Plan B. This would include skipping the Sergeant and keeping the
other positions. The contract price would be $957,025.24. General discussion.
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Discussion on SRO's in the schools.
Further discussion on the Ada County Sheriff s Office Contract.
D. Jim Birdsall: Update on grant applications and Master Plan for Parks and
Recreation. Discusses the need for a Master Plan for Parks and Recreation.
Discussion on grant programs. Discussion on the Enhancement Grant Program to
obtain grant funds for the pedestrian tunnel under Eagle Road. General
discussion. Council would like to move forward on the Enhancement Grant for
the pedestrian tunnel.
Discussion on the Enhancement Grant Program.
Discussion on the grant applied for on Hill Road Park. We can still go back and
apply for this grant again. General discussion.
Discussion on creation of a Master Plan for Parks.
Mayor calls a recess at 7:40 p.m.
Mayor reconvenes at 7: 50 p.m.
E. Holladay Engineering: Discussion of Hill Road Park water, Park Impact Fees,
Municipal Water Rates, And Western Area of Impact - Water Service. Vern
Brewer discusses the water issues for Hill Road Park. We do not have enough
water shares to get water to the Park. Our recommendation is to move forward
with Eagle Water.
Council Member Sedlacek: I think we should be looking at the wells that have
been abandoned in these subdivisions. General discussion.
Vern Brewer discusses Park Impact Fees and the need to update the fees. There is
a deficit of $4.9M. General discussion. It would take Holladay 3 months to
update the plan. Council concurs to have Holladay Engineering proceed with this
update.
Vern Brewer discusses the City water system and the Contract with United Water
and the proposed rate increases. General discussion. The contract is ready to sign
if nothing has changed in the last four months. Because the rate increase for the
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water system is going to be more than 5% we will need to hold public hearings.
General discussion.
Council adds the United Water Contract to the July 13,2004 City Council meeting
for approval.
Council instruct Holladay Engineering and Staff to move forward with the rate
increase and the public hearing.
Vern Brewer discusses expansion of the City water system into the Western Area
of Impact. General discussion.
F. Eagle Public Library FY 04/05 budget request. Ron Baker, Director.
Ron Baker, Library Director, distributes budget information and survey
information to the Council and discusses the same. General discussion.
G. ACHD funding for Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities Data Collection.
General Council discussion. Council concurs to fund Tier #2 - $2,900.00.
H. Mike Mongelli, Building Official, distributes information to the Council on a
fee increase to our building permit fees and discusses the same.
Discussion on collecting ACHD impact fees.
Discussion on Plan Review, Mechanical Inspector, Electrical and Plumbing
Inspection contracts.
Mike is recommending that Randy and Jean be brought up a pay grade. General
discussion.
I. ACHD - Land Use & Transportation Plan. General Council discussion.
J. General Discussion on proposed FY 04/05 budget.
K. Bill Vaughan, Zoning Administrator, discusses the extension of Idaho Street
and purchasing the road right-of-way from the property owners. General
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discussion. Council authorizes the Zoning Administrator to contact the Baptist
Church to negotiate the purchase price of the road right-of-way.
General Council discussion on miscellaneous budget items.
Bastian moves to amend the Agenda by taking the items we have not
discussed tonight and placing them in the July 13,2004 City Council Meeting
and to add to the Agenda an Executive Session for the discussion of pending
litigation. Seconded by Sedlacek. ALL AYE: MOTION CARRIES...........
Bastian moves to go into Executive Session for the discussion of pending
litigation. Seconded by Sedlacek. ALL AYE: MOTION
CA~ES...............
Council discusses pending litigation.
Council leaves Executive Session at 10:14 p.m.
Nordstrom moves to direct the City Attorney to move forward on a Writ of
Mandate to Ada County regarding our area of impact request. Seconded by
Guerber. ALL AYES: MOTION CA~ES.................
6. ADJOURNMENT: Bastian moves to adjourn. Seconded by Nordstrom.
ALL AYE: MOTION CA~ES....................
Hearing no further business, the Council meeting adjourned at 10: 17 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
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SHARON K. BERGMAN
CITY CLERKfTREASURER
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