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2. Regular Meeting December Ì6, 1996 Page 2 Mr. Guerra moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motion. Mr. Guerra asked if Councilor Staff requested this transfer, and Mr. Gilley advised during the budget process the Reserve Funds stayed in place. The Parks program has been a success, so that is why there is a request for the transfer to the Parks program now. The Council voted unanimously for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency. r- t Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of an Ordinance on ¡ emergency, the caption which was read as follows: ' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996-97 FISCAL YEAR TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SUNSET ACRES UTILITY SYSTEMS ,IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mr. Cox moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of an Ordinance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996-97 FISCAL YEAR TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE KENCON CONSTRUCTORS LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mr. Cox moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Ms. Hughson seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Moore introduced for consideration adoption of an Ordinance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: ¡ , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCI~ OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, : TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996-97 FISCAL YEAR TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDING FOR THE SPEED STEP GRANT PROGRAM; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mr. Hart moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Mihalkanin seconded the motion. Ms. Hughson asked why additional funds are needed, why is this not part of officers' daily duties. Mr. Gilley stated it is part of their duty to enforce traf'fic laws. The STEP program is specifically designed to provide selective traffic enforcement conserted effort to reduce speed in areas identified as high accident locations. This program is a State grant to supplement the City's matching funding to increase enforcement via the use of overtime hours by police officers to hopefully reduce the number of accidents in these high accident locations. Ms. Hughson stated the City has officers working overtime to do this, so does this mean we need more officers. If the program goes away and there are no grant funds, what will then happen. Mr. Gilley stated the City monitors these areas anyway. Mr. Gilley stated we do not have officers working overtime now to work these areas, but if the results of this program are not successful or the program goes away, and these activities still occur, then Staff would recommend to Council, probably during the ¡' budget process, to increase the number of officers. The traffic division was added to the Police Department a couple years ago. ¡ i There may be a need to increase the number of officers identified t__1 simply for that purpose. Chief Kendrick stated our match funding is 31%, and the State continues to offer this to us because of our statistics. Ms. Hughson stated if we are receiving the funding because we have such a big problem, this is not excellent. Chief Kendrick stated the funding is determined first because the problem continues to persist, and we have a performance criteria at each of these sites. Mayor Moore stated it would be better if we did not qualify for the grant at all, and Chief Kendrick agreed. Mr. Cox stated we rated 3.5 on the scale, and Chief Kendrick stated we are rated on accidents and noncompliance. Mayor Moore asked if physical improvements can be made to help control driver behavior, or is it just transportation improvements. Chief Kendrick stated there are some, and he is in favor of the speed bumps as they slow people