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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1969-02-18 - CC~ n `~ ~3 b REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 18, 1969 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session in the City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road, on above date at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Siokos in the chair. Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokcs, Smith, Stevens answered the roll call. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the minutes of the regular meeting of February ~4, 1969, be approved as written. Res. 69-7 RESOLUTION N0. 69-7 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Demands COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ALLOWING AND APPROVING THE DEMANDS PRESENTED AND ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THEREFOR." was presented. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Smith, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Res. 6~-8 The Manager presented a report on the annual weed Weed Abatementabatement program and recommended adoption of RESOLUTION N0. 69-8 entitled: "RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ABATE DRY AND DRYING WEEDS ON CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD." It was moved by Councilman Byork, seconded by Councilman Green, that said resolution be adopted. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Siokos, Smith, Stevens. Noes: None. Absent: None. REPORTS AND REQUESTS St. Vincent The request of the St. Vincent de Paul Society for a de Paul Soc. renewal of their permit for salvage collection for 1969 renewal of was presented. It was moved by Councilman Smith, salvage lic. seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the request be granted. Request to A report was presented by the City Manager on the assign con- request of Wayne I.a. Ham, food vending machine cessionaire concessionaire for the Recreation Center and Natatorium, agreement - for assignment of his concessionaire's agreement to Wayne Ham Servomation of Southern California, Inc., Harold A. Steuber, President, pursuant to Section 12 of Wayne L. Ham's agreement with the City. The Manager stated that the necessary assignment of concessionaire's agreement has been prepared by the City Attorney and recommended that the Council authorize the assignment of the present agreement from Wayne L. Ham to Servomation of Southern California Inc., Harold A. Steuber, President. It was moved by Councilman Stevens, seconded by Councilman Green, and carried, that the requested assignment of agreement be approved. Sale of The Manager informed the Council that since the previous Lautrup prop. meeting he has negotiated for the sale of the Lautrup Robert C. property and has received an offer from Mr. and Mrs. Hill Robert C. Hill for purchase of the house and cane and ~~ one-half lots for a total price of $15,000. He said he now believed that the primary value of the property is in the land only and that in considering the Hill offer, the value of the house as opposed to the value of the land must be determined. It was his belief that the Council should discuss the matter with Mr. Hill if his offer is not satisfactory. Mr. Robert C. Hill addressed the Council to state that he believed his offer to be fair, based on the price ~ of other property being offered for sale in the City; that he wanted the house and was open to a counter offer. Various alternatives for disposition of the property were discussed by the Council, including listing it for sale with the realty board. It was the consensus that it would be unacceptable to relocate the house next to~the existing one-story dwellings facing Carlin Avenue, and it would create a problem in disposing of the remaining one and one-half lots next to Bullis Road. In the ensuing informal discussion of price among members of the Council and Mr. Hill, a price of $18,000 for the house and the westerly one and one-half lots was suggested. Mr. Hill's counter-offer of $17,000 was followed by an offer of $17,500 for the house and the westerly one and one-half lots. After being assured by Mr. Hill that the offer was firm, it was moved by Councilman Byork, seconded by Councilman Stevens, .hat the Council accept Mr. Hill's offer of $17,500 for the house and the westerly one and one'=half lots . Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen Byork, Green, Stevens. Noes: Councilmen Siokos, Smith. ~ik~sent : None . The Manager reported on the recent study made of the Chamber of Commerce agreement and budget in which two basic issues were analyzed: 1. The existing liability in the city Promotion and Publicity account involving both over and under-expenditures and, 2. Modifidations of the existing city-chamber agreement to provide for gross budgeting which would be off-set annually by revenues accrued to the chamber from outside sources as a result of city promotion and publicity functions. During the past three years the Chamber has over-expended $1,598.69 on prescribed activities, and the agreement specifically states that no over-expenditures may be made unless approval is granted to balance the over-•expenditure with money made available from under- expended activities. The Chamber of Commerce currently has outstanding liabilities of $1,598.69 and an under- expenditure of $780.23 which must be returned to the City in accordance with the agreement. This amount is being returned to the City currently by means of a deduction from the monthly payment being made to the Chamber. Investigation revealed that the over-expenditures were made on legitimate advertising projects, and the study committee recommended that the total liability be underwritten by the City and that the City continue to withhold the prorated amount to be returned to the City for under-expenditures. Thus the net cost to the City for underwriting the liabilities would be $818.46. Lautrup prop. Sale Robert C. Hill Report and Recommendation Chamber of Commerce agreement & budget 23~ Report on In order to correct the problem of over-expenditures in Chamber of the future, the following amendments to the basic Commerce promotion and publicity agreement were made by the budget committee: 1. That a gross budget be submitted to the Council rather than attempting to prepare a net budget as is presently being done. 2. That at the end of each fiscal year any income received by the Chamber as a result of city promotion and publicity functions will be returned to the City in a lump sum payment. 3. That the City auditor be permitted to check the Chamber general fund accounts to establish that all revenues attributed to City budgeted items are applied to the City fund. 4. That any over-expenditures be corrected immediately by approved redirection of funds from under-expended items. If the over-expenditure is less than $50, written approval may be granted by the City Manager. Tf the amount':exeeeds $50, approval`rnust be granted by the City Council. 5. That quarterly prepayments to the Chamber be initiated rather than the present monthly prorated amount. 6. That any promotion and publicity function which has been in the past, or can be in the future, designed to underwrite a portion of its cost from outside sources, will be continued or initiated. It was recommended by the committee that the City Council give serious consideration to authorizing: 1. The drawing of a warrant in the amount of $1,598.69 to underwrite outstanding Chamber of Commerce liabilities while maintaining present reduced monthly payments, and 2. modification of the existing Chamber of Commerce agreement to incorporate the above suggestions designed to facilitate:.closer control and budgetary accountability. In a brief discussion clarification of auditing procedure was requested and the Council was informed that under the new plan the City auditor would audit the Chamber's city accounts as well as the general Chamber account on a quarterly basis. It was moved by Councilman Byork, seconded by Councilman Stevens, and carried, that the report be accepted. Suggested The Manager reported that pursuant to adoption of employer- Section 3500 et seq. Government Code, which became employee effective January 1, 1969, the League of California relations Cities prepared a model ordinance establishing rules ordinance and regulations for meeting the requirement to "meet and confer in good faith" with employee organizations. He presented for the Council's study copies of the proposed ordinance which he has reviewed and modified in some instances. The ordinance will be submitted to the employee organizations for their opinions and if valid suggestions are presented they may be included in the proposal to the Council. If amendments are to be included, they will be sent to the Council prior to a request for adoption. ~~~ The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned to executive Executive sessio session for the purpose of discussing the ordinance. Following the executive session, the meeting was again called to order. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Members of the City Council welcomed Mr. Jack Cleland who is deputy to County Supervisor Burton Chace, who was present in the audience. Mr. Cleland addressed the Council briefly and expressed his pleasure at being present. Councilman Smith commented on the exce~lent~work accomplished by the Street Department during the past few weeks. It was moved by CouncilmanS~evens,seconded by Councilman Smith, and carried, that the meeting be adjourned. ~~ Ci y C rk, City of Ly wood APPROVED MARCH 4, 1969 Mayor of the City of Lynwood