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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19640615 512 _._.,.�.._..__.._. .__. Regular Meeting, June 15, 1964 i' Mayor John G. Christy in the Chair. Prayer was offered by Mayor Christy. Prayer. jIPresent: Debo, Haake, Hawes, Jobe, Kliegel, Scrivner, Skain and Roll Call. Willcoxon. 8 ',. Absent: Hogg and Riner, absent with leave. 2 i A quorum was declared present. r--------- t; The following corrections were made to the minutes of June 1, 1964 Approval of ( meeting: Minutes. }, Mr. Haake corrected the adoption of the Planning and Zoning 'I Commission report to read "received and filed" . Mr. Hawes made the following correction: Page 505, the motion for the , adoption of the Police Board Report was made by Mr. Scrivner instead ,, of Mr. Hawes. `: The Minutes were approved as corrected. ---------- :; The following communication was received from Mayor Christy: Appointment To the Council of the City of Jefferson: of City I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consent and approvalJanitor. ' the following appointment to office: ` Arneshia Wynn, 601 Chestnut, Jefferson City, Missouri, City Janitor for a term of two years or until his successor is duly . appointed or qualified. Respectfully submitted, /s/ John G. Christy, Mayor" On motion of Dr. Skain, the appointment was approved. The motion passed. A request was received from Bill and Marie Hemmel, 806 Mulberry St. , Planning & to rezone property located on the southwest corner of West High and Zoning Broadway Streets from Zone, "D" Multiple Dwelling to Zone "I" Llght Commission. Industry. On motion of Mr. Scrivner, the request was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission . 'i The Motion passed. r-- �I {! The annual report of the Jefferson City Park Board was presented Jefferson Cit to the Council. On motion of Mr. Debo, the report was held over Park Board. tfor further study. Report '; The Motion passed. t ---------- tMr. McEvers, representing the Governor Hotel spoke in regard to Bill No. 14. C Bill No. 14, setting a night rate for parking at the Municipal Night Rate !; Parking Garage, and urged the Council to give it a trial period for !! from 30 to 90 days. Municipal �! r-----r Parking f Garage 11 Mr. Perry Hudspeth told the Council that he had purchased a piece Fence at of property adjacent to the City owned rock quarry from Jordan and Rock Kolb. They had informed him that the City would erect a fence at Quarry. the top of the cliff of which there is about a 75 foot drop . He feels that the hazard belongs to the City. On motion of Mr. : Scrivner, the matter was referred to the Director of Public Works and the City Attorney. " The Motion passed. �f of/3 M. Filling Mr. Haake stated that Mr. Jim Cox, representative of the Filling Station Station Operators extended his appreciation to the Council for Operators allowing him to appear at this meeting, but that he was unable to Association. appear at this time. He will present his proposed Ordinance at a later date. ---------- Finance The following report was presented by Mr. Debo, Chairman of the Committee Finance Committee: Report. Mister Mayor, the Finance Committee has approved a General Revenue Budget totaling $849,975.37 for the next fiscal year. This is a REALISTIC BUDGET. It is only $2,601.77 under your .. suggested budget submitted several months ago. As Chairman of the Finance Committee, I congratulate you and our Fiscal Officer, Joe Abernathy, for the excellent blueprint from;! which we worked. I also congratulate the members of the Council who ; worked diligently on this budget -- often past the nidnight hour -- I all of our City Officials and many City employees who contributed so much. With only three exceptions , this budget reflects your request for 10 percent wage increase -- or better -- across the board for all appointed City employees. And these three competent workers en joyed wage increases only recently in recongition of their efforts and for additional duties they assumed. I believe you will find, Mister Mayor, that the Finance Committee has made allowances for every budget request you made. In addition, the Committee recommends in this budget that: One: The annual salary of our Police Chief be raised from $6,000 to $7,200, effective immediately after the April, 1965, City Election As you know under Missouri Law an elected Official' s salary cannot be increased until after he has undergone an election . This salary will bring our Chief of Police much closer to wages paid his oounter- part in nearby and similar communities . Two: The salaries of the Fire Chief, Street Commissioner and Acting City Engineer by increased to $7,000 each annually. This is 41 $1,500 raise for our Fire Chief -- the largest increase made in thi6 budget. It is $400 more than you recommended and now puts our Fire Chief in a comparable situation with his counterparts in Fulton, Mexico, Boonville and similar communities. Twenty-five percent of the Acting City Engineer' s $7 ,000 salary will be paid from Sewer Service Funds since he now devotes at least this much of his time -M and probably more -- to our sewer program. The Engineering Firm on this project said Mr. McGovern 's time is a legitimate construction i cost and will approve the 25 per cent request. We have added some ! additional duties to our Street Commissioner which I will discuss later. The Committee is convinced the jobs of Fire Chief, Street Commissioner and City Engineer are comparable in responAibility and in skill. By meticuluous study and careful pruning, the Committee also had found funds to: -- Improve Southwest Boulevard from Swift' s Highway northward to near the base of the hill. An amount totaling $8,000 has been added to the Street Department budget to permit a two-inch asphalt topping to be added to this street in the area described. -- Buy, equip and operate an additional Police Car. This will afford better police patrols of our City giving additional protection to our Citizens . -- Buy a used truck, equip it with an insecticide spraying machine and enough chemicals to effectively reduce the mosquito population in our City. While under the control of our Health Officer this machine will be housed and maintained by the Street Department ; It also will be up to our Street Commissioner to adjust hours of his present force so this truck can be operated with no additional wage costs to the City. Cry. I am most happy to report to you that the Welfare Department' s ! budget has been expanded to $16,580 to provide a medical clinic for indigent persons. We know this is not enough for a full 12 months , operation . But the Committee feels this is an expression of faith ;ion the City' s part, and it ' s hopeful County officials also will ;; provide funds for this Clinic. With the suspension of the intern school at Still Hospital on July 1, 1964, and with no one employed ' as a City Physician, the Committee felt this is a matter of extreme 1urgency. The Committee is especially grateful to Dr. Skain, our 11Fifth Ward Councilman, who provided a way to proceed in this crisis, There is $6,320 more in this budget for Street lighting than was originally recommended. This will permit the replacement of approximately 285 of our 1,000 lumen incandescent street lights -- sometimes called lighting bugs -- with the new, modern 6,800 lumen mercury vapor lights. Or the money could be used to purchase more than 150 of the new mercury vapor lights in areas where there is nol Istreet lighting now. In addition, 70 street lights of the 6,800 y lumen incandescent type which are now operating will be replaced ' with mercury vapor lights. 'i Your Continengency Fund -- for emergencies which befall the ,, City -- has been increased from $25,000 to $26,500 . This Budget is a directive to our Fiscal Officer to begin operations of Central Purchasing. Office supplies for all dity lioffices will be received and issued a e t his department. Requests ijfrom all City offices for supplies during the next fiscal year tot 11aled $9,270, but we have allowed only $8,000 on the recommeridation !( of State Purchasing Agent Roy4tl Cooper. He estimated Central ( Purchasing in this category should effect at least a 15 per cent ( saving in the first year. All Advertising and printing done by any City office will be i haddled by the Fiscal Officer after July 1st . Requests for these items totaled $9,010. but a check of experience this year led the 1ICommittee to believe this could be reduced to $7,500 -- a savings j� of $1,510. Admittedly these are small savings when you look at our over- Iaall budget. But the Committee feels it is a start in the right Indirection and experience should lead to even greater savings of �itaxpayers ' dollars. The Committee found a number of duplicating figures. For ,! instance, in the Fire Department, Engineering Department, Inspection �iDepartment and the Street -- there are appropriations in our present budget in each department for purchase of gasoline. Actually the gasoline is dispensed at the Street Department which has been foot- ing the entire bill although some departments kept meticulous records of the amounts they received. Under this budget, money for the ( gasoline for all of these departments is appropriated to the Street Department and none to the three offices . However, records on the amounts each use will be kept by the Street Department and the Fiscal Officer. The Finance Committee also provided funds to purchase the ? gasoline tank and pump at the Street Department Garage which is ,, owned by an Oil Company. Bids will be taken from various Oil j, Companies soon -- on a six month basis -- to supply fuel at the " Street Department ' s tank. This is another example of Central Purchasing. No additional jobs -- so far as adding to the present ,! complement of City Employees is concerned -- is contemplated in ( this budget. Should annexation occur during this next fiscal year, it is suggested that the City live in this budget until it expires on ti June 30, 1965 . This budget is $81, 748 .37 more than our anticipated receipts for the next 12 months. This compares with a $117,627 .44 deficit budget that was approved for this fiscal year. Based on our experiences in the past 11 months and a close examination of the City' s resources, this Committee believes it is submitting nearly a balanced budget . Here are some examples to support this claim: 1. During the past 11 months, the City Collector has received $722,881. 28 in General Revenue. If the month of June receipts equal' the $71,934.46 that was collected in this month last year -- and there is no indication they will not -- this will make total general revenue collections in the present fiscal year nearly $794,000 . This is nearly $26,000 above the revenue anticipated next:; year -- and there is no indication our economy will decline. 2. During the past 24 months, the City of Jefferson has re- ceived approximately $192,000 as its share of the 5 cent state tax imposed on each gallon of gasoline. This is averaging $96,000 a year with every indication the figure will be nearer $97,000 during;! the coming 12 months . Our anticipated receipts show only $90,000 t expected from this source. 3 . Up to this point the Special Road District has supplied no funds to our City Treasury during this Fiscal year. But at least i $10,000 is anticipated from this source and it could well grow to $15,000 as it has been in provious years because of the sound fiscal shape of the District. At any rate, it seems reasonable to assume the figure will be $15,000 in the next fiscal year for which this budget is written . 4. Our estimated cash surplus on July 1 of this year -- when the next fiscal year begins -- has been set at $270,000. Our City Collector is confident this estimate will be met, and there are indications the surplus may be as high as $3000,000 . Nearly $24,000 in funds are carried on our monthly financial report as a dificit figure in parking lot receipts. Actually, the parking garage has more than a $30,000 surplus. Many Councilmen believe the Parking Garage is endebted to the City' s General RevenuO Fund to the tune of nearly $24,000 and this Committee recommends that a transfer from the Parking Lot' s surplus account be made to the General Revenue Fund. It is argued that a check of the City Books will show General Revenue Moneys were used to finance the Garage when it first became operational because aniticpated pledges from other sources failed to materialize. With all of these factors being considered -- and if closer scrutiny if given to the 11 month receipts on the various sources of revenue, the Committee believes there is some room for optimism on the City' s Financial outlook. This does not neap the City is flushed with money. But for the next 12 months at least we will be able to pay our bills and pro- vide some additional services. The Committee is confident that when the City has passed through the next fiscal year and July 1, 1965 arrives -- there will be at least $270,000 cash surplus -- the identical estimate that was give0 when work started on this budget. As Chairman of the Finance Committee my chief regret is that we have provided no funds to improve streets in the vicinity of the:; . Housing Area in the Morris Edmunds Addition. I am certain this Housing Area will be occupied furing the next fiscal year -- bring- , ing three times the number of persons that formerly occupied this heighborhood. This is bound to create additional traffic problems on Myrtle and Edmonds streets which are sadly in need of work now and cannot carry the present traffic load. If there are additional funds available from any source, I strongly urge that they be employed in this area. Mister Mayor, I move that the Council approve the 1964-65 budge submitted by the Finance Committee. /s/ Robert L. Debo Robert L. Debo Chairman - Finance Committee Mr. Debo moved the adoption of the report . The motion passed. Mr. Debo, Chairman of the Finance Committee presented the following. Annual Annual City Budget to the Council: City �i REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Budget. June 15, 1964 BUDGET, CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI ADMINISTRATION Administrative & Legislative $ 64,461.00 City Clerk 27,497.50 Legal Department 120386.00 City Collector 289000.40 City Assessor 89584.00 if Police Court 79483. 18 Fiscal Officer 201100.00 Sub Total $1680512.08 SAFETY Police Department $2360657.00 Fire Department 153,049 .00 i Inspection Department 41,547 .25 Humane Officer 10,852.25 Civil Defense 1,555.00 Sub Total $4439660.85 Engineering Department $ 360825.00 36,825.00 Street Department 2059680.00 205,680.00 Welfare Department 160580.00 169580.00 Utilities 66,536.44 66,536.44 City Scales 20186.00 2, 186.00 $939,980.37 Estimated Balance, June 30 , 1964 $2709000 .00 Estimated Income, Fiscal Year, 1964-65 8580227 .00 Total $11128 ,227.00 Budget, 1964-65 939,980.37 Total Balance $ 188,246.63 Mr. Debo, explained various accounts and reasons for changes of the : Mayor' s suggested budget. On motion made by Mr. Willcoxon, the $4,000.00 allocated for the mosquito fogging machine in account No. , 114, will also include extra help if necessary. The motion passed. IMr. Debo moved the adoption of the Budget as presented. The motion ; passed. Mr. Willcoxon asked that a standing vote of thanks be given to Mr. Debo, Mr. Abernathy and Mr. Cole for the outstanding work which they had done in preparing the Budget . The Budget for the Parking Garage was amended on motion of Mr. Parking Willcoxon. The printing and office supplies account to be added to Garage the budget of the Fiscal Officer. On motion of Mr. Debo, the budget: Budget. it was approved. The motion passed. r ,Airport Mr. Willcoxon stated that the members of the Airport Commission Budget. had approved the proposed budget. Mr. Willcoxon moved that 10% be added to Bill Asel' s wages and $2,000.00 be added to fix the existing rock runway. On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, the budget was approved as; amended. The motion passed. ---------- Spencer Mr. Debo moved that the bill presented by Spencer Thomas on the Thomas Dunklin Street project be turned over to the City Attorney for Bill - research, to find out if bill should be paid. Dunklin St . The motion passed. Project . ----------- Police Mr. Scrivner, Chairman of the Police Board presented the following Board. report: i " The Police Board has examined and approved the following request. /s/ Forrest Scrivner Chairman ;i Gentlemen : In view of the happenings the past few weeks regarding Section 10 of Ordinance #7190, approved March 5, 1962, "Regulating Taxicabs", it is my wish that the Council instruct the City Attorney to write an Amendment to Section 10, requiring all Taxicab owners, when acquiring Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance, to obtain! the insurance for a minimum length of six months, sending copy of the insurance policy to the Office of the Chief of Police for our files . This would greatly reduce the work load on the City Clerk' s office and the Police Department and assure the patrons of the taxicabs that in case of an accident , they would be covered by insurance. Very truly yours, /s/ Claude E. Short Chief of Police. On motion of Mr. Scrivner, the request was adopted. The motion passed. ---------- Director of Mr. Willcoxon stated that a tour-unit apartment was being built on Public Works the Allen property at Cherry and Capitol. A number of apartments are in the area with only a 4" sewer to serve them, which would probably cause trouble. Mr. Willcoxon moved that the matter be referred to the Director of Public Works and the Plumbing Inspector to correct the situation and report back to the Council as to who should bear the cost. The motion passed. ---------- Street The following report was made by Mr. Willcoxon, Chairman of the Committee Street Committee: 1 Report . June 8, 1964 Dear Mayor Christy: The Street Committee met June 1 1964. Councilmen present were: " Doctor Skain, Ed. Kliegel and Paul Hogg, also Chas . Enloe, Street Commissioner and Ed. Rackers. Motion made by Doctor Skain and seconded by Ed. Kliegel that the i drainage ditch which runs along South Circle be corrected. Motion passed. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Paul W. Hogg Vice Chairman Street Committee. On motion of Mr. Haake, the report was referred back to the Director of Public Works, with power to act . The Motion passed. j� Mr. Willcoxon moved that the Street Commissioner be instructed to Parking install parking meters in the 100 and 200 blocks of East McCarty Meters Street. East ji The motion passed. .,___ McCarty. ______ !� Mr. Haake, Chairman of the Accounts and Claims Committee moved Accounts & that the bills from G & H Electric Co. , and Don Burcks be paid. Claims. i� The motion passed. ---------- Bill No. 15, introduced by Councilmen Klfegel and Debo, entitled: Bill No. 15. "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the Contract with Mayor and City Clerk of; the City to execute a contract with Sterling Sterling Excavation & Erection, Inc. , contractor, Jefferson City, Excavation & Missouri, relating to the construction of a sanitary trunk relief Erection, Inc j� sewer." Read first and second time by title and on motion of Mr. Klfegel, i' the rules were suspended and the Bill was read the third time by title and placed on final passage and was passed by the following vote as Ordinance No. 7524. Ayes: Debo, Haake, Hawes, Jobe, Kliegel, Scrivner, Skain and Willcoxon. }i 8 Nays: None. 0 Absent: Hogg and Riner, absent with leave. 2 J !' Bill No. 16, introduced by Councilmen Hawes and Skain, entitled: Bill No. 16. An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the Contract with Mayor and the Cleick of the City to execute a contract with E. P. E. P. Barnett ,4 Barnett of Jefferson City, Missouri, relating to the improvement of Bald Hill Road between Hobbs Terrace and Peyton Drive in Jefferson City, Missouri," i Read first and second time by title and on motion of Mr. Hawes, the rules were suspended and the Bill was read the third ;i time by title and placed on final passage and was passed by the following vote as Ordinance No. 7525. ' Ayes: Debo, Haake, Hawes, Jobe, Scrivner, Skain and Willcoxon . �. 7 Nays: 'Kliegel. Absent: Hogg and Riner, absent with leave. 2 jMr. Debo moved that "No Parking Signs" be placed in alley between Parkin g & Dix Road and Beck Street and north side of U.S. Highway 50. The Traffic ` matter was referred to the Parkin and Traffic Commission. Parking Commission. Ij ---------- i� On motion of Mr. Debo, the matter of straightening out the Street Director of !' numbers 'of Highway 50 West was referred to the Director of Public Public Works Works. Il! On motion of Mr. Debo, the matter of repairing the alley at rear Street W. Atchison was referred to the Street Committee. Committee. liThe motion passed. Mr. Debo asked that the Street Commissioner make necessary repairs Street ' caused by the recent rains to Pike & Edmonds Streets and filling Commiss- ! holes between Mulberry and Broadway and Ashley and Atchison Streets. ioner. _ _ i �r On motion of Mr. Haake, the matter of new street lights in the 300 Utilities j block of Clay, corner of Clay and West McCarty and replacement of Committee. 1 flight at West Main and Memorial Park was referred to the Utilities :'Committee. JThe motion passed. fi Parking & �Mr. Scrivner moved that the matter of a four-way stop sign at the Traffic ;corner of Lafayette and East High Street be referred to the Commission. !;Parking & Traffic Commission . ! '!The motion passed. ---------- Driveway cut. 'jMr. Haake;explained to the Council that Doyce Cardwell was building Doyce Ida new building at the corner of Fulkerson and West McCarty and Cardwell. ;;would like permission of the Council for two 30 foot driveways cuts 1'on Fulkerson and one 40 foot driveway cut on West McCarty. Mr. f�Willcoxon moved that the request be granted. i�The motion passed. ---------- I Police j;A request was received from Mrs. Consuelo Young in regard to Board. ; vandalism at the University Bookstore, located at northeast iicorner of Lafayette and Dunklin Street. The matter was referred to ; the Police Board. 'liMr. Scrivner requested that the City Marshal put forth every effort !Ito afford police protection. { s li Adjournemnt. `On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, the Council adjourned under the rules. 1� �# E f� ii it I �j ty 1� t�P a �j �y ij ii i i