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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council .was held on Tuesday,
December 7, 1993, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the City
Administration Building,: 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PRESENT: Mayor Fred Hanna; Aldermen Kit Williams, Conrad Odom,
Woody Bassett, Fred Vorsanger, Len Edens, Joe Box,
Heather Daniel, and Stephen Miller; City Attorney Jerry
Rose; City Clerk Sherry Thomas; City Treasurer Glyndon
Bunton; Administrative' Services Director Ben Mayes;
Planning Management. Director Alett Little; Public Works
Director Kevin Crosson; members of staff, press, and
audience.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hanna called. the meeting to order with eight aldermen
present.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of items which may be approved
by motion, or contracts and leases which can be approved by
resolution, and .which may be grouped together and approved
simultaneously under a "Consent Agenda":
A.
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Minutes of the November 16, 1993 regular City Council meeting
and the November 30, 1993 special City Council meeting.
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B. A resolution awarding
Petroleum Equipment, in
install an underground
Fayetteville Municipal
budget adjustment.
a contract to the low
an amount not to exceed
storage tank monitoring
Airport, and approval
bidder,.' Ark -O
$39,512.39 to
.system:at the
of a $1,311
RESOLUTION 125-93 AS RECOLJED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
C. A resolution approving a lease agreement with Air Host
Fayetteville, Inc., to provide a restaurant concession at the
airport terminal.
,,',:This is a five year contract with a possible extension option,
a minimum annual guaranteed rent of $20,100 or 6% of gross
revenues. The percentage increases to 7% when the airport
passenger traffic exceeds 250,000 enplanements.
RESOLUTION^126-93 AS RECORDED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
Williams, seconded by Miller, made a motion to approve the Consent
Agenda. Upon roll call, the motion passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
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December 7, 1993
EASEMENT VACATION V93-10
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of an ordinance vacating a 10
foot east -west utility easement at 5750 Kingston Drive as requested
by Charles and Diana Duell. The Planning Commission voted 5-0-0 to
recommend the vacation. The easement vacation is being requested
in order to allow a septic system to be installed.
City Attorney Jerry Rose read the ordinance for the first time.
Odom, seconded by Miller, made a motion to suspend the rules and
place the ordinance on its second reading. Upon roll call, the
motion passed by a vote of 8 to 0, and the City Attorney read the
ordinance for the second time. Miller, seconded by Edens,.made a
motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on its
third and final reading. Upon roll call, the motion passed by a
vote of 8 to 0. The City Attorney read the ordinance for the third
time.
Upon roll call, the ordinance passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
ORDINANCE 3742 APPEARS ON PAGE 67 OF ORDINANCE BOOK XX v//
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CITIZENS COMMUNITY. SERVICE AWARD .
Mayor Hanna stated Community Service Award for the month of
December has been awarded to the employees of IBM for their work
with the Adopt -a -Park Program. Dale Clark, Parks & Recreation
Director, nominated IBM because of all their hard work in picking
up trash, raking leaves, and cleaning up of the parks. Clark
stated IBM has done everything possible plus in their efforts.
They make their clean up days a family affair, bring the whole
family out to clean, and when they are finished, they end the day
with a picnic at the park. Mayor Hanna awarded IBM with a
Certificate of Appreciation from the City.
CITY V. BOWLING SETTLEMENT OFFER
,Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of a resolution accepting a
settlement offer in the eminent domain proceedings filed. by the
City against the heirs of Elvis Kelley for a lighting obstruction
easement in conjunction with the Drake Field Airport Land
Acquisition Project.
City Attorney Rose stated the Council passed an ordinance in May of
1993 authorizing eminent domain proceedings to acquire an easement
required in the Airport's lighting obstruction clearing project.
The condemnation proceedings were necessary because they were
having trouble finding the heirs of Mr. Kelley. .The 2 heirs have
now been located, and this case can be settled for $2,500.
Alderman Williams asked if this would wrap up the condemnation
cases, or were there more.
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December 7, 1993
Kelley Johnson, Assistant Airport Manager, stated there would be
two more presented to the Council at the December 21 meeting.
Williams, seconded by Odoht, made a motion to accept the settlement
offer of $2,500. upon roll call, the motion passed by a vote of 8
to O.
RESOLUTION 127-93 AS RECORDED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
WRIGHT-PENCE V. CITY SETTLEMENT OFFER
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of a resolution accepting a
settlement offer of an appeal filed by the plaintiffs regarding the
proposed Masters Subdivision.
Jim McCord stated he and David Horne represented the landowners who
opposed the subdivision. The plat consisting of 18 lots was
affirmed by this Council. The developers have revised the plat
making a total of 15 lots all of which exceed an acre in size.
This settlement has been agreed to by both the developer and the
opposing property owners. The settlement agreement dismisses the
appeal and also addresses the inadequacies of 24th Street. His
clients have no objection to striking this section if the Council
would like. He asked that it be included in the minutes that the
Council is committed to improving 24th Street before any additional
development is approved on Country Club Hill.
Alderman Daniel asked where the sentence was located.
McCord stated the sentence was in paragraph 6.
Alderman Williams stated he agreed with McCord. He does not mind
giving the Planning Commission his thoughts on this project. He
would also question additional development in this area without the
widening and resurfacing of 24th Street at least up to the first
intersection on top of the hill.
Alderman Miller stated he voted with the minority to support the
Masters Subdivision. But, he also expressed his concerns about the
street and water problems.
Alderman Vorsanger asked if there was any word on this from the
Planning Commission.
Alett Little stated there has not been a Planning Commission
meeting since this offer came up, but she wrote each of the
commissioners and asked for their comments. She stated she did
talk with one commissioner who was opposed to any street provision
in the agreement.
Alderman Odom asked if this had to go back to Plat Review.
December 7, l993U
Little stated it did.
Alderman Williams asked if approving this agreement would bind the
Council in any way.
Rose stated it would carry a great deal of weight and would be a
commitment by the City.
Alderman Vorsanger stated he heard from one Planning Commissioner
who felt strongly that nothing else should be approved on Country
Club Hill before another road is built for additional ingress and,
egress to the area.
Alderman Edens asked why the City Council was being asked to vote'
on this settlement agreement before the Planning Commission met on
it.
Bill Greenhaw, attorney for Wright -Pence, stated the revised plat
is so different, it was re -submitted to the Plat Review Committee
and is now scheduled to go to the Planning Commission.
Alderman Williams stated the Council is only to approve the
dismissal of the suit and will not be ruling on the plat.
McCord stated the landowners have agreed not to oppose the revised
plat if the City is committed to no further development until road
improvements have been made. Everything is contingent upon the
Planning Commission approving the revised plat.•
Little stated the revised plan has been through the Plat Review and
the Subdivision Committee. Their recommendations have been sent to
the Planning Commission without regard to the.settlement offer..
Alderman Daniel asked if there would be no more homes built after
these.
Little stated all platted homes will be allowed to be built. They
have been taken into consideration in the studies that have been
done on the area.
Alderman Williams asked if the Council would be stepping on the
toes of the Planning Commission or would they be arbitrary if they
accept this agreement.
Rose stated the Council has the authority to do this, but you will
be working,with matters normally left to the Planning Commission.
Alderman •Edens stated he :felt the Council would be making an
interim rather than a final decision.
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Alderman Williams stated the Council would be doing this to give
the property owners some comfort or insight into how the City
Council feels.
Mayor Hanna stated the Council is considering this settlement offer
because the developers are appealing where they were denied
approval to develop 53 lots. The Council upheld that Planning
Commission decision. If the Council does not do anything on this
settlement offer, the case will go to court, and a judge will
decide on the 53 lots.
vorsanger, seconded by Williams, made a motion to approve the
settlement offer and take the street requirement sentence out.
Barry Baker, a resident of the area, stated he was glad the
developer and the landowners have come together and agreed to
compromise with this. He believes provision 2 in paragraph 6 in
the agreement needs to be deleted. He stated this agreement has no
legal binding authority. If another developer asks for a plat and
gets denied, there is no legal basis for turning down the
subdivision.
vorsanger, seconded by Bos, restated his motion to accept the
settlement offer with the deletion of subparagraph 2 of section 6.
Alderman Bassett stated he supports this motion with the deletion
of the sentence. He has deep concerns about the road and traffic
problems. He is pleased to see the compromise. He stated he would
be reluctant to approve further development until something has
been done with the road.
Alderman Williams stated he does not have any problems with the
settlement offer as written. He feels the road is overburdened
already.
Alderman Miller stated he would vote against any further
development in the area without the road first being redone.
upon roll call, the settlement offer with the deletion of
subparagraph 2 of section 6 was approved by a vote of 8 to 0.
RESOLUTION 128-93 AS RECORDED IN THE CITY CLERIC'S OFFICE
HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of a resolution authorizing a
temporary permit for a horse drawn carriage to be driven around the
Fayetteville Square in conjunction with the Lights of the Ozarks
during the 1993 Holiday Season.
Mayor Hanna stated this item is to be pulled at the request of the
petitioner.
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK.
December 7, 'flf
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of an ordinance establishing
the Office of City Clerk under the aldermanic form of government.
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City Attorney Rose stated both Sherry Thomas and himself have been
working under the old ordinance. Since the change in the form of
city government, these new ordinances are needed to bring the two
offices into conformity. There will be no change in the jobs being
done by either the Office of the City Clerk or the Legal
Department.
City Attorney Jerry Rose read the ordinance for the first time.
Williams, seconded by Odom, made a motion to suspend the rules and
place the ordinance on its second reading. Upon roll ;call, .the
motion passed by 'a vote of 8 to 0, and the City Attorney read the
ordinance for the second time. Miller, seconded by -Box, made a
motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on its
)third/and final reading. Upon.roll call, the motion passed by.a
vote of 8 to 0. The'City Attorney read the ordinance for the third
time.
Upon.roll call, the ordinance passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
ORDINANCE 3743 APPEARS'ON PAGE 69
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
OF ORDINANCE BOOR xx v ii
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Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of an ordinance establishing-.
a Legal Department under the aldermanic form of government.
City Attorney Jerry Rose read the ordinance for the first time:
Odom, seconded by Miller, made a motion to suspend the rules and
place the ordinance' on its second reading. Upon roll call, the
motion passed by a vote of 8 to 0, and the City Attorney read the
ordinance for the second time. Miller, seconded by Odom, made a
motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on its
third and final reading. Upon roll call, the motion passed by a
vote of 8 to 0. The 'City Attorney read the ordinance for the third
time.
Upon roll call, the ordinance passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
upon roll call, the emergency clause passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
ORDINANCE 3744 APPEARS ON PAGE 71 OF ORDINANCE BOOR .V X Y//
SEWER EASEMENT
Mayor Hanna introduced consideration of an ordinance granting a
sewer easement for property located at 2336 Kantz Lane: as requested
by Fugitt, Inc.
December 7, 1993
City Attorney Rose stated there was a 3 foot overlap of a 1 story
brick home into the sewer line easement. This vacation will only
be for that amount that the house is built over the easement.
City Attorney Jerry Rose read the ordinance for the first time.
Odom, seconded by Vorsanger, made a motion to suspend the rules and
place the ordinance on its second reading. Upon roll call, the
motion passed by a vote of 8 to 0, and the City Attorney read the
ordinance for the second time. Miller, seconded by Odom, made a
motion to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on its
third and final reading. Upon roll call, the motion passed by a
vote of 8 to 0. The City Attorney read the ordinance for the third
time.
Upon roll call, the ordinance passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
Upon roll call, the emergency clause passed by a vote of 8 to 0.
ORDINANCE
3745 APPEARS 014 PAGE 73 OF ORDINANCE BOOK XX V /l
STREET COMMITTEE MEETING
Alderman Daniel stated there would be a Council
meeting on Wednesday, December 15, 1993, at 4:30
Members of the Street Committee are Aldermen
Bassett, Kit Williams, and Heather Daniel.
Street Committee
p.m. in Room 326.
Len Edens, Woody
She also stated a citizens of Rogers told her how much they enjoyed
the light display in Fayetteville.
1994 BUDGET DISCUSSION
Mayor Hanna stated regarding the personnel requests by the Police
Department, staff has reallocated some of the funds in the budget
and found sufficient funding for an additional juvenile officer and
two civilian jailers.
Mayor Hanna stated he has proposed increasing the aldermen's
salaries because of all of the time required for them to put in to
do their jobs. He stated being an alderman is really a part-time
job, and requires at least 20 hours per week. A lot of time is
spent attending meetings and on the phone. Mayor Hanna stated the
aldermen have made his job easier and has helped the citizens. By
increasing the salaries, he hopes aldermen will seek reelection
which will provide some continuity to the Council.
Alderman Bassett stated he was glad there was funding for an
additional juvenile officer. This will give the City two new
juvenile officers. There is a great deal of interest and concern
about all youth. He is pleased staff and the Mayor have found the
money to pay for these. He stated Sgt. Frank Johnson met with the
Juvenile Concerns Committee earlier today and expressed his concern
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about the tons.ofxrequests for investigation by the Department of
Human Services (DHS) that his department simply does not have the
personnel to handle.
Alderman Miller stated he concurs with Alderman Bassett. He was
shown a huge case load by DHS, and they can only work on the most
severe cases. He strongly believes that the sooner you can work
with kids, you will save .money in.the long run and be more
successful with them.
Mayor Hanna stated they had talked about the increase in the number
of employees in the City, and now they will be increasing the
number by 4 more. All of the new people that have been hired are
in the service end of government, and there have been cuts in the
administrative end. The thinks this is what the citizens want. •
Alderman Vorsanger asked where the $71,818 in additional 1994 funds
came from.
Ben Mayes stated this is
expenditures for 1993 which
MayozmHanna stated there is
personnel. If income does
cuts will have to be'made.
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the budgeted excess revenues over
will become 1994'operating revenues.
enough money to handle-theadditional
not meet expectations next year,. then
Alderman Odom stated he appreciates the offer of additional funds
for the aldermen, and asked if he votes forthe budget, will he
also be voting for the pay raise. He is opposed to the raise.and'
does not feel comfortable voting himself an increase.
Mayor Hanna stated he understands that, but he feels the aldermen
deserve an increase.
Alderman Williams stated he f
finding the reductions. He
juvenile area. However, he
aldermen's pay should not be
been happy being an alderman,
increase.
eels the Mayor has done a good.job:in
is also proud' of the work in the
agrees with Alderman Odom that the
changed until the next term. He has
and he does not want or expect a pay
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Alderman Edens stated he agrees. He does not feel any City Council
should give itself a pay raise. He agrees with the Mayor that this
is a time-consuming job, and adequate pay will have to be•paid'.in
order to get good people to run for the council.He has no problem
with voting an increase for the new council that will take office
January 1, 1995. `' If this Council passes a pay increase, the new
council will know what they will be making up front.
Alderman Miller stated he could probably use the raise more than
anyone else -on the Council. But, to echoes Alderman Eden's
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concerns. He is in favor of higher pay to open up the aldermen
jobs to more people.
Mayor Hanna stated he appreciates the comments. He checked into
salaries of other aldermen, and Little Rock pays $1,000 per month.
He feels the aldermen deserve an increase and should set a
precedent by voting themselves an increase. He does not expect a
vote on this question tonight. He stated the Council may want to
vote on this at the December 14 agenda meeting.
Alderman Bassett stated he voted for no pay at all when this issue
first came up back in November of 1992. He stated he would not be
comfortable being paid for this job. However, he has come to
realize that he was in error. In order to open up the aldermen
jobs to as many people as possible, the aldermen have to be paid.
He stated he would not vote to increase his pay, but he would vote
to increase the pay of the next City Council.
Alderman Daniel stated the aldermen are now compensated at a rate
of $350 per month, and she feels that is a very generous amount.
Alderman Bassett stated it does
like other City jobs. However,
be making decisions that affect
take a lot of time to do this job,
it is rewarding and fun as well to
the City's future.
Alderman Vorsanger stated he was proud of his colleagues on this
council, and he knows how hard they work.
Alderman Box asked Chief Watson how long would it be after the
budget was approved before he could get his new people on staff.
Chief Watson stated it takes about 6 months of training, but
through clever scheduling, they will utilize the new officers
waiting for academy training to fill the jailer spots until
additional jailer spots can be funded.
Mayor Hanna stated the 1994 Budget has $2,690,000 budgeted for
street improvements and $1,584,000 for sewer improvements. The
budget does discuss the possibility of a bond issue in 1994 to fund
completion of the 36/42 inch water line. The bonds would be repaid
from water and sewer revenue, and there would be no increase in
rates.
Cyrus Young asked when the next City Council would take over, in
November of January?
Mayor Hanna stated January 1, 1995.
Young asked how much of the budget was discretionary and how much
was not.
December 7, 1993
Ben Mayes stated General Fund expenditures are about $13 million.
These can be spent for any lawful purpose. They are used mostly
for police, fire, parks, etc. So, these would be about the only
discretionary funds in the budget.
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Mayor Hanna stated he read a study about how much state money is
returned to Northwest Arkansas to be used on roads. He is
concerned if Northwest Arkansas and Fayetteville are getting their.
shares. The report stated 23% of the state's money was coming back
to Northwest Arkansas. However, a good portion of that is for the
Highway 71 and Highway 112 projects. .:When you back these special
funds out of the regular gasoline tax money that is supposed to
come back to this area, Northwest Arkansas is only getting -.7% of
thestate funds. So, we are not getting our share. Mayor Hanna
stated he talked about 30 minutes with Governor Tucker about this,
and he hopes more money will be returned to this area.
Young stated this area definitely has more than 7% of the state's
population.
Jeff Ward, 2450 Hampton Court in the Cedarwood Subdivision, stated
there are severe drainage problems in his neighborhood. He
requested some of the remaining $750,000 from the sales tax lawsuit
be used to correct the drainage problems. He stated this project
has been included in' the 1995 budget, but due to the dangerous
water that crosses Country Way and Sheffield Place when there are
heavy rains, he requested this project be done in 1994.
Alderman Edens asked what amount was earmarked for this project in
1995.
Kevin Crosson stated $165,000.
Mayes stated the $750,000 has not yet been allocated to any
project. Staff plans to address this issue within the next..few
weeks.
Alderman Williams stated Stubblefield Road has drainage problems as
well.
Alderman Bassett stated none of the Council disagrees that this is
a problem. However, there are other areas that have problems as
well, and they are trying to allocate the existing funds to address
as many problems as possible.
Mayor Hanna stated these drainage problems really need to
addressed by the Street Committee.
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Martin Smith, a resident on Sheffield Place, stated he fears for
the children in the area when there is such a heavy flow of water.
The City installed a 'railing around the ditch that runs beside his
property in an effort to make it safer. Now, kids sit on ;the
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railing and watch the water flow. He is fearful that one of them
will fall in and drown.
Alderman Edens asked if the fund allocation would be looked at
after the first of the year.
Mayes stated it would. This allocation was not included in the
1994 budget process because they had no way of knowing how much
money would be left from the sales tax suit when the budget process
began.
Alderman Vorsanger stated there was a bad drainage problem at
Greenbriar and Mud Creek as well.
Crosson stated that project is scheduled to be done in the spring
of 1994.
Alderman Bassett stated he was especially concerned about any life-
threatening situations.
Crosson stated that basically exists with all of the drainage
problems, and that has been taken into consideration by staff when
prioritizing the projects.
Mayor Hanna stated he feels the Council should take a tour of all
of these drainage problem areas.
Alderman Miller stated he was going to move cautiously regarding
putting the City into a debt situation when talking about a water
and sewer bond issue. The bond issue is proposed for $8.5 million.
According to page 100 of the budget, the City is already $37
million in debt now, and there is $3.4 million scheduled to be
spent on debt reduction in 1994 of which $2.4 million is interest.
Alderman Miller stated the proposed bond issue would cost about $8-
12 million in interest over a period of time. He would be asking
staff to get the bond issue to the bare minimum amount required.
He feels there should be a special election for the people to vote
on whether or not they want a bond issue.
Alderman Odom stated he agreed with Miller, he too wants to pay-as-
you-go whenever possible. But, in order to get the sewer projects
completed, every other capital project would have to be put on
hold. He really sees no other choice than a bond issue to complete
this mandated sewer work.
Alderman Bassett stated the bonds would be paid back by the water
and sewer revenues and not sales tax. He did not feel it was fair
to characterize this as deficit spending. When people buy a car or
a home, they too have to get a loan and pay back the bank.
Alderman Miller stated he would like to have input from citizens on
this issue.
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Alderman Box stated he sits on,the Water & Sewer Committee, and
they have looked at other options. The only way the City can
complete the federally mandated work is with a bond issue. The
only other funding source would be to raise rates at least 60%, and
he hears a lot of complaints now about the rates.
Mayor Hanna stated $20 million of the debt is on the Northwest
Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority, and that hasnot yet been
resolved -by the court. This Council is basically paying for the
sins of its forefathers. $3.3 million of the debt is for the CEC,
and that is paid from revenues of the CEC. Fayetteville's debt
situation is not bad.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:18 p.m.
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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
A special meeting of the Fayetteville City Council was held on
Tuesday, December 14, 1993, at 4:55 p.m. in Room 326 of the City
Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PRESENT: Mayor Fred Hanna; Aldermen Conrad Odom, Woody Bassett,
Fred Vorsanger, Len Edens, Joe Box, Heather Daniel, and
Kit Williams; City Attorney Jerry Rose; City Clerk Sherry
Thomas; City Treasurer Glyndon Bunton; Administrative
Services Director Ben Mayes; Planning Management Director
Alett Little; Public Works Director Kevin Crosson;
members of staff, press, and audience.
ABSENT: Alderman Stephen Miller
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hanna called the meeting to order with seven aldermen
present.
1994 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
Mayor Hanna introduced a resolution approving the 1994 Budget for
the City of Fayetteville.
Alderman Vorsanger asked what the plan was for salary increases or
the percentage increase for 1994.
Mayor Hanna stated this will be coming before the Council in
February when the pay plan is scheduled to be revised.
Ben Mayes stated there is a new survey being done on the City's pay
plan, the Hay Plan, and staff should have it ready for the second
meeting in January or in February. For budget purposes, there is
a lump sum set aside for salary contingencies to be used when the
pay plan is revised. Non police and fire employees are on a merit
system and receive an evaluation by their supervisors on their
anniversaries. A grade and range is assigned. Police and fire
personnel are on a step system and automatically get an increase on
their anniversary dates.
Alderman Vorsanger asked if the Mayor approved each salary
increase.
Mayes stated he did not.
Alderman Edens asked what happens when an employee tops out on the
pay scale. He also asked who set the salaries of elected
officials, such as City Attorney and City Clerk.
Mayor Hanna stated the aldermen set the salaries for all elected
officials. He stated staff was preparing a recommendation on
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elected officials' salaries and would be presenting that along with
the pay plan revisions early next year.
Mayes stated it is hoped they get a raise every two years when the
pay plan is revised by an updated salary survey..
Mayor Hanna stated he has had a lot to learn about the Hay Plan
since he took office. He feels this is a good plan, and the City
pays a fair salary. He stated the City has to keep competitive in
the area, or trained employees will leave for higher salaries at
local industries.
Alderman Vorsanger stated he would feel more
Mayor approved any unusual salary increases.
Mayor Hanna stated he agreed, and he will
Personnel Director Don Bailey.
Mayes stated an employee's supervisor as well -as Don Bailey
approves each increase.
Alderman Edens stated he felt the budget is a good document, but it
is not poured in concrete. There will be budget adjustments
throughout the year when needed to accomplish particular projects.
Mayor Hanna stated he is pleased the additional employees being
added are in the service areas, such as police and fire, and not in
the administrative end of government. He stated Ben Mayes had
pointed out that the City has-been able to employ these additional
people without raising any taxes or fees.
comfortable if the
discuss this with
Alderman. Odom stated he was glad Alderman Edens brought up the
point that the budget is a planning document, and can be amended
when necessary.
Alderman Daniel stated she feels the budget has been done very
well.
Alderman Williams stated he was glad the City is holding down
administrative costs. He is pleased to be able to add the juvenile
officer and jailers.
Alderman Edens made a motion to approve the 1994 Budget.
Alderman Williams stated he did not feel the $37,000 set aside for
an adjustment to aldermen salaries should not be used in 1994. He
would rather see this money put back into General Fund for regular
expenditures.
Mayes stated it has been placed in General Fund Unreserved Fund
Balance.
December 14, 1993
Mayor Hanna stated he feels it would be a good time to discuss
aldermen salaries and well as salaries of all elected officials
when the pay plan is discussed in the early part of next year. At
that time, the Council can also consider combining the treasurer
and city clerk duties.
Alderman Odom seconded the motion to approve the 1994 budget.
Upon roll call, the motion passed by a vote of 7 to 0.
RESOLUTION 129-93 AS RECORDED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 5:11 p.m.