Weatherford
Weatherford City Council, Sept. 10, 2013: 4 items; Presentation of Director's Outstanding Achievement Award
0 consent items, 4 regular items, 1 public hearing; 2 recorded votes, all unanimous. Written from the minutes.
Presentation of Director's Outstanding Achievement Award. Police Chief Mike Manning presented the award to Officer Harold Roland who retired after more than 20 years of service as a reserve police officer and a part-time police officer. Proclamation recognizing September 17-23 as Constitution Week. Mayor Hooks presented the proclamation to members of the Weatherford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Brief video of former Weatherford resident and portraitist Douglas Chandor painting Winston Churchill's portrait. Danielle Felts, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Special Events, presented this video of Douglas Chandor revealing his portrait of Churchill to Churchill.
Hold a Public Hearing on the proposed ad valorem tax rate of $0.4636 per $100 valuation, including $0.2920 per $100 valuation for operations and maintenance and $0.1716 per $100 valuation for interest and sinking, for the fiscal year (FY) beginning October 1, 2013, and ending September 30, 2014. Chad Janicek, Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB), presented this item stating that this is the second and final Public Hearing. The proposed tax rate is unchanged. Mayor Hooks opened the Public Hearing at 6:49 p.m. As there were no speakers, Mayor Hooks closed the Hearing at 6:50 p.m. Hold a Public Hearing on the FY14 City Manager's Proposed Budget. Mr. Janicek stated that this is the first and only Public Hearing on the proposed FY14 budget. He stated that the budget was originally presented on August 6, 2013 and includes changes made by the Council over the last several weeks. Mayor Hooks opened the Public Hearing at 6:51 p.m. Tim Galbreaith, 412 West Russell, a retiree, spoke in opposition of the proposal to reduce the retiree cost of living adjustment (COLA) from 70 percent of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 50 percent of the CPI. As there were no other speakers, Mayor Hooks closed the Hearing at 6:56 p.m. Hold a Public Hearing on the proposed voluntary annexation of 1.10 acre tract of land being a portion of Block 1, Lockwood Estates, as recorded in Plat Cabinet [...]
Discuss and consider the Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) City Manager's Proposed Budget, including possible changes to the proposal and funding requests from outside agencies. CC 091013 Page 2 of 4 Chad Janicek, Director of OMB, presented this item. He provided a summary of changes to revenue and expenditures since the FY14 budget was proposed on August 6. Council discussed the proposed reduction of the retiree COLA from 70 percent to 50 percent. Mr. Swancy noted that he cannot vote since he draws a retirement from the City. The Council discussed W-2 information for the years 2007 to 2012. Mr. Robinson recused himself from discussing the outside agency General Fund requests. The Council directed staff to include in the budget the following funding: Parker County Committee on Aging - $30,000 Center of Hope - $15,000 Freedom House - $15,000 Because the Council chose to fund only $60,000 for General Fund requests, the other $15,000 will be added back to fund balance bringing it to a total of 122.22 days. Council discussed the requests for Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds and directed staff to include in the budget the following amounts: Doss Heritage and Cultural Center - $13,471 Chamber of Commerce - $114,529 Theatre Off The Square (TOTS) - $0 Texas Opry - $0 Council requested staff consider funding additional signage for Chandor Gardens from HOT funds. Ms. Felts stated [...]
1 resident spoke during citizen comments on non-agenda items; the minutes record the topics. The Ledger counts residents at comment and does not name them.
Receive an update regarding recent utility liens filed against Crescent Care/Golden Life. Sidney Kirk, Assistant Director of Finance, stated that, on August 30, staff received a check from the title company handling the sale of the property. The check totaled $77,979.56 of which $66,054.56 was for utility services and $11,925 for outstanding Accounts Receivable. Staff does not expect to collect the balance of $9,587.51 owed for utilities.
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Sources: City of Weatherford: council minutes, Sept. 10, 2013 (Granicus); Agenda for this meeting (Granicus); Meeting video (Granicus)