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Home My WebLink About1967-12-28 MinutesSpecial T.J.Keuth; ' Rep. NIpresent. Times also present. Purpose of meeting. Waiver of Notice of Special Meeting. ' Authori Negotiat Franchise Taxes of The Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in special session on Mhursday, December 28, 1967, in the Directors Room in the City Administration Building at 7:30 P. M. Present: City Manager Gerald G. Fox, City Clerk George J. Davis, City Attorney Hugh Kincaid, and Directors: Kerlin, McFerran, Melton, and Trumbo. Absent: Directors: Swartz, Christie, and Dunn. The Mayor reported that the purpose of the meeting wasto discuss the 1968 Budget for all City Department except the Water & Sewer Department, and to discuss a revision of the Wage and Classification Plan for the City Employees, and He further reportedthat all of the Directors had been notified of the special meeting in person, atthe last regular meeting of the Directors on Monday, December 18, 1967, and by U. S. Mail, but Directors Swartz, Christie, and Dunn were unable to attend, however they had wgived notice of the Special Meeting. WAIVER OF NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING. FAYETTEVILLE CITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Comes now the undersigned, being duly.elected, qualified, and acting membersoof the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and specifically waives notice of a special meeting of the Fayetteville Board of Directors to be held in the Directors Room of the City Administration Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., on December 28, 1967. Dated this., 28th day of December , 1967. w After a long discussion regarding the Franchise Taxes for the Utility Companies, Director McFerran moved to authorize the City Manager to proceed with negotiations as follows: Street Rental Charges A. To subMit following proposals to Southwestern Electric Power Company, Arkansas Western Gas Company a Ozark Rural Electric Company to be accepted by the firms and then accepted by the City through resolutio as an amendment to the existing franchise contracts or extensions of such: 1. To levy a 3% street rental charge of the company's gross receipts derived from the sale of electric power or gas to domestic and commercial customers within the city limits, to be annual levy due and payable quarterly not later than 30 days after expiration of each quarter. 2. Such levy to commence on January 1; 1968 and to be in effect through the year 1977, in other words. Cor a ten year period. Such levy shall remain in effect after this date unless the city, at least 60 days prior to the expiration of this term, gitres written notice of its intention to change this levy or otherwise terminate the contract. 3. And, if the utility or utilities desire to attempt to pass on, then the City would defer the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to consider this request. B. We would proceed in this matter with the involved firms in the hope of Pesolving prior to January 1. But if this is not possible, it would be the cityR:s desire to reach a determination so that such levies could become effective as of Januaryl, 1968. C. Southwestern Bell Telephmne Company be put on notice that the City intends to increase the annual franchise tax to $25,000 annually as of January 1, 1968 payable by March 1 annually, upon finAlization proposed increased levies upon Southwestern Electric Power Company, Ozark Rural Electric Company, and Arkansas Western Gas CompanyA. The motion was seconded by Director Melton and passed unanimously. Wage Plan The City Manager presented a revised eAge plan for the City Employees for approval by the Directors. Revised After a brei£ discussion, Director Kerlin moved that the revised Wage Plan for the City Employees be approved as recommended by the City Manager. The motion was seconded by Director McFerran and passed unanimously, The Revised Wage Plan was spread on the minutes and reads as follows: WAGE PLAN GENERAL Class IX 375 385 395 $340 355 365 375 395 425 445 460 480 Starting 6 Months 12 Months Class I $260 $270 $280 Class II $270 280 290 Class III $280 290 300 Class IV ' $290 300 310 C lass v $300 310 . 320 .Class VI $335 345 355 Class VII $350 360 370 Class VIII $360 370 380 Class IX 375 385 395 $340 355 365 375 395 425 445 460 480 r2i8 a SS X WAGE PLAN( CONTINUED) Class IX i Starting 6 Months 12 Months Top of Range 405 415 425 505 Class XI 420 430 440 520 Class XII To be Determined By City Manager and City Board. 1-5 $340 355 365 375 395 425 445 460 480 505 520 WAGE PLAN RANGES - SENIORITY INCREASES YEARS 6 8 9 10 11 12 $3 1416 17 18 19 20 !98 301 304 907 310 913 316 919 322 325 928 331 334 997& 340 1 u 1 1 i 17 421 425 429 433 L17 441 12 516 The City Manager WAGE PLAN proposed certain changes in the Public Works, Sanitation, MERIT INCREASES Replacement A B C D Class I $290 $300 310 $325 Class II 300 310 325 340 Class III 310 322 335 350 Class IV 322 335 347 360 Class V 332 345 360 375 Class VI 365 380 395 410 Class VII 385 400 415 430 Class VIII 395 410 425 440 Class IX 410 425 440 460 Class X 440 455 470 485 glass XI 455 470 485 500 Class XII To Be Determined By City Manager and City Board, 1-5 $340 355 365 375 395 425 445 460 480 505 520 WAGE PLAN RANGES - SENIORITY INCREASES YEARS 6 8 9 10 11 12 $3 1416 17 18 19 20 !98 301 304 907 310 913 316 919 322 325 928 331 334 997& 340 1 u 1 1 i 17 421 425 429 433 L17 441 12 516 The City Manager presented memo #89 in which he proposed certain changes in the Public Works, Sanitation, and Replacement Fund of the preliminary budget which are as follows: II. Public Works Fund A. Revenues - From your original Revenue Detail page of the preliminary budget, it is proposed to ii crease proposed revenues from $460,250 to $462,000. County Road tax and Turnback increased $1,000 each, and construction- Other Departments reduced by $250. B. Expenditures - It is proposed to raise expenditures from your original expenditures from your original expenditure detail page from $460,200 to $464,000 as follows: 1 3 Increases Eliminate Clothing 1. Salary adjustments $$92000 2. Street Lighting " " " '•" " " " " " 25;660 3. Traffic Signal Irfstallation & Mainten. 6,000 4. Social Security 250 $40,910 Rgductions 1. Eliminate two added men P. Eliminate Clothing 3. Reduce Replacement Fund Transfer 4. Eliminate Front End Loadder 5. Eliminate Trailer 6. Eliminate Radio 7. Eliminate Miscellaneous Cap, Purchase Net Increase $ 5,500 1,200 6,000 19,A0o 4,500 500 500 $37,200 L21.700 . C. From a beginning unappropriated balance of $19,500, at the end of 1968, $17,500 would remain as an unappropriated surplus. D.. Shop - Expenditures would increase by $1,800 primarily from salary adjustments. Revenues come from departmental changes. III: Sanitation Fund A. .Revenue- An increase of $2,000 proposed from original proposed figure to $267,000. In sanitation Account. B. Expenditures- With Animal Shelter Account included, proposed to raise to $267,000 from $258,300. Increases - 1. Salary Adjustments $9,500 2. Social Security 400 $92900 Reductions 1. Clothing $10200 Net Increase $8,700 C.. Under this proposal, fund would end ,year with same deficit that it began this ,year. Replacement Fund A. Revenues - It is proposed to decrease proposed preliminary budget revenues by $6,000 by reducing Street Fund transfers by $6,000. B. Expenditures - It is proposed to reduce expenditures by $11,000. This is accomplished by replacing two five cubic yards+ dump trucks with five cubic yard instead of ten cubic yard dump trocks. Director Melton moved to approve the changes of the preliminary budget for the Public Works, Sanitation, and Replacement Fund as recommended by the City Manager, The motion was seconded by Director McFerran and passed unanimously. The City Manager recommended some changes in the preliminary budget of the General Fund as follows: I. General Fund Using Series "B" Resources and Disbursements and Revenue pages of your origin&& preliminary budget papers, the following changes are recommended: A. An increase of $906 in 1967 Revenues to make total of $610,000. A decrease of $888 in expenditures for 1967 to make total of $6189000. Net effect of these changes is to give an unappropriated balance at the close of the 1967 fiscal year dB $40,174. B. Proposed 1968 revenues from Series "B" page are reduced to $690,500 from $6$5,450. In the franchise taxes section, you will recall that electric franchlbe taxes were proposed to be raised to 3% and gas franchise to 27J$ during 1968. It is now proposed to raise both Gas and Electric franchise taxes to 3% beginning January 1, 1968 and telephone to a flat -$25,000. This adds $2,000 to franchise tax revenues for gas from Series "B" Revenue page. Another $1,300 is added by increasing Municippl Turnback account. A reduction of $8,250 is caused by returning 30% of parking meter revenue to Street Fund. This causes a net reduction of $4,950 from the amount proposed on the "B" revenue page. No other increases in prese revenues, except swimming pool changes, nor additional sources of revenue are proposed for 1968, C. Your original preliminary budget expenditure figure was $698,543. It is proposed to reduce this figure to $691,500: This is -accomplished as follows: Reductions - 1. Transfer of street lighting $25012 2. Transfer of Traffic Sindis 5000 3. Decrease in Fire Vehicle Mainten." 10000 4. Eliminate Clothing 250 5. Eliminate park truck 2 2O 34,112 With the estimated revenues for 1968 to be $662,000 and expenditures as outlined above to be $691,500, he recommended further reductions in the preliminary budget as follows: Reduce 1. 3 additional patrolman $10,700 2. 3 additional firemen 120000 3. Clothing allowance for above 500 4. Completion of planning program 3,000 r230 et raac U. 118 T.J IKeith, N,W jTimes Rep' also present. Authorize purchase of gasoline,etc s on gas, ,and Keros 5. Used fourth ambulance 2,�3.00 Total reductions $28,500 Total expenditures after reductions .......................$663,000 He also recommended the following increases: 1. Salary Adjustments $26,800 2, Social Security 12 $27,112 Net Reductions 7.000 D. There would-be no".other reduction proposed in the level of service proposed in the.original budget for General Fund, E. With this budget, there would be an unappropvkated balance of $39,000 at the end of 1968, Director McFerran moved to approve the General Fund Budget with the changes in the preliminary budget as recommended by the City Manager, , The motion was seconded by Director Kerlin and passed unanimously. Director Kerlin moved to postpone the regular meeting of the Board of birectors to January 2, 1968, due to the Regular meeting night being on a holiday. The motion was seconded by Director Melton and passed unanimously. There being no further business, Director Kerlin moved to adjourn. The motion was seconddiby Director Melton and passed unanimously, whereupon the Mayor deZ3aied the adjourned, r c ATTEST GEORGE JV DAWS, CITY CLERK The Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, met in regular session on Tuesday, January at 7:30 P, M. Present: City Manager Gerald G. Fox, City Clerk George J. Davis, City Attorney Hugh Kincaid,•and Director Kerlin,'McFerran, Melton, Christie, Trumbo, and Dunn. Absent: Director Sylvia Swartz, The minutes of the regular meeting on Monday, December 18, 1967, and of the special meeting on Thursday, December 28, 1967, copies of which had previously been mailed to each of the Directors, were approved as written. The City Manager reported that bids had been received and tabulated for the purchase of gasoline, oil, an kerosene for the first six months of the year of 19680(Ending June 30, 1968) and he recommended that the low bid be accepted on all three items. Director Melton moved to accept the recommendation of the City Manager and to authorize the purchase of the three items as follows: Gasoline to be purchased from the Lion Oil Co. @ Regular $,199 per gallon and Premium ® $.215 Per Diesel Ebel to be " " " Continental Oil Co. @ $.114 per gallon Kerosenb� Is " " " " Stout Petroleum Co. G $.125 per gallon. The motion was seconded by Director Kerlin and passed unanimously. COPY OF THE TABULATED BIDS ON GASOLINE. DIESEL AND KEROSENE, ne. Mobil Lion Sunray Stout Cities Continental Oil Co. Oil DX Texaco Petroleum Service Oil Co. Gasoline Regular $.2030 $.199 $.210 $.2105 $.2097 $.207 $.210 Premium *2230 o215 240 12405 .2397 9222 .230 Diesel .1255 .120 .116 .126 .119 •121 .114 Kerosene .1560 .127• 156 .136 .125 .129 .131. For Contract Period Ending June 30, 1968 . , 1968, I: 1 1