HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 06/27/2001June 27, 2001 Vol. 36, Page 299
1 City of Petaluma, California
2 Minutes of a Continued Special
3 City Council Meeting
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7 Wednesday, June 27, 2001
8 ~ Council Chambers
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10 The Petaluma City Council met at.6:00 P.M. on this date in the Council Chambers.
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12 ROLL CALL
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14 PRESENT: Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson; Council Members Healy, Maguire,
15 Moynihan, O'Brien; Mayor Thompson
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17 ABSENT: Council Member Torliatt
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19 PUBLIC ~CO.MMENT
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23 COUNCIL COMMENT'
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27. UNFINISHED BUSINESS, = - ~-
28 (Confinued`from June 25; 200.1 Council Meeting)
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30 1. ~FY 2001 2002 City Budget (Stouder/Thomas)
31 A. Resolution Approving the Revised Fiscal Year 2000/2001 Budget and
32 _ Adopfing~the~;Fiscal Year 2001/20.02 Budget and Capital Improvement
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34 ~B. Introducfion and.Adoption of Ordinance Appropriating :Funds for the
35 Operation of the City of Petaluma From July 1., 2001 to June 30, 2002 and
36 Declarrg the Urgency Thereof, to Take Effect Immediately.
37 ~C. Resolution Adopting the Appropriation, Limit for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and
38 ~ Making the Annual Election for Adjustment Factors.
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40 Finance Director Bill Thomas explained the purpose of the resolutions and
41 ordinance described in items 1 A; B, and C above.
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43 .Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson thanked Mr. Thomas and the Finance Department
44 staff for their great job pulling the budget together. She thought it was possibly
45 the best budget document the City had ever produced, and she knew many long
46 hours were `involved.
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2 MOTION: Vice Mayor Cader-Thompson moped, seconded by Council
3 Member Maguire to adopt Resolution 2001-126 N.C:S. Approving
4 the Revised Fiscal Year 2000-2001, Budget and Adopting the Fiscal
5 Year 2001-2002 Budget and Capital: Improvement Program.
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7 Council Member Moynihan -asked to discuss a ..number of items in the budget.
8 ~Discus~sion fo low.ed on these topics:
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10 Council Member Moynihan's discomfort with approving a. Five-Year CIP' and
11 Irnplemenfation Plan when Council had not completed their goal-setting
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13 • Council Member Moynihan's request for a detailed Sources and Uses
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15 • Council Member Moynihan's belief that the PCD.C Budget did not tie: into the .
16 Capital Improvement Program.
17 Council Member Moynihan's concerns about a~ccounfing methods used to
18 reflect Transfers.1n10ut.
1.9 • Council Member Maguire's concern that Council Member Moynihan was
20 .asking and :receiving answers to the same questions repeatedly,
21 • Council Member Moynihan's questions about w,hy line items for`-the U.S. Army
22 Corps of Engineers were included in fhe Payran Reach Flood Control and
23 Railroad Bridges: Capital Improvement Projects... . ,
24 Council Member Moynihan's desire to remove funding for possible land
25 acquisition from the V1/ater Recycling Facility ':Project.
26 • Council Member Healy's suggestion that Council` "set an .examp e" of ;budget
27 tightening by limiting their expenditures for Meetings, Seminars and.:
28 Conferences to $1,500 each. ~ ,~
29 Cou ,Heil Member Moynihan's suggestion -that the `D' Street/Petaluma
30 Boulevard South roundabout be removed from this year's; CIP. =~
31 • VVhaf "the next step shou_Id be regarding the Animal Shelter Expansion: should
32 it be re-bid., put off'for on_e fiscal year, sealed back; ,or retie igned.as a new'
33 facility instead of`an expansion/remove of existin.g`facilities.
34 Mayor Thompson's concern that the Community Development .Department is
35 not adequately staffed with plan checkers, and does not have a code
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37 Vice Mayor Caller-Thompson's apology to staff for what ste described' as
38 "Council's shameful and embarrassing lack of,leadersh`ip4in°allowing; one
39 Council Member's financial interests to diefafe they entire budget process."
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41 Council reached the following conclusions: '
M:OTIO.N
RESTATED: 'council MenmberMagure moved; seconded by Healy, to adopt
'Resolution 2001-1'26 N:C.S. Approving the .Revised. Fiscal -Year
2000-2001 Budget-and Adopting the Fiscal Year 200'1-2002.
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Budget and Capital Improvement Program, with the following
changes:
s Water Recycling Facility Project: Remove the amount. included
for possible land acquisition costs.
• Payran Reach Flood Control and Railroad Bridges Projects:.
.Remove the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers line items under
"Sources" as these amounts do not reflect expenditures from
.City funds.
® Place a $1,500 limit on~expend.itures for
Meetings/Seminars/Conferences for each Council Member.
o Discuss the Street. Resurfacing Budget again after Council's
goal:-setting process is completed.
MOTION
PASSED: 5/1%1 {Vice Mayor Caller-Thompson voting "no'; Council Member
Torliatt absent)
MOTION: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded by Healy, to Introduce
and Adopt Ordinance 2118 N.C.S. Appropriating Funds for the
Operation of the City of Petaluma... From July 1, 2001 to June 30,
20.02 and Declaring the Urgency Thereof, to Take Effect
.Immediately.
MOTION
PASSED: 6/0/1 (Council Member Torliatt absent)
MOTION:: Council Member Maguire moved, seconded. by Healy, to adopt
Resolution 2001,-127 N.C.S. Adopting; the Appropriation Limit for
Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and Making the Annual .Election for
Adjustment Factors.
MOTIO.IV
PASSED: 6/0/1 (Council Member Torliatt absent)
ADJOII:RIV
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 P.M.
E. Clar ompson, Mayor
ATTEST:.
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Claire Cooper; Clerk Pro T` m
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