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<br />regular meeting, september 8, 1975
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<br />page three
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<br />Mr. Breihan moved to delete the position of administrative assistant from the
<br />engineering department (2/3's of salary) and utility fund (1/3 of salary).
<br />Mr. Sutton seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded:
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<br />AYE: Sutton, Breihan
<br />NAY: Craddock, Flores, Hansen, Arredondo, Dibrell.
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<br />The Mayor deelared the motion failed. Mr. Breihan moved to delete the $5,000
<br />expenditure for repairs to building from the shop department. The motion failed
<br />for lack of a second. Mr. Breihan moved to delete the position of Superintendent
<br />of Sanitation. The motion failed for laek of a seeond. Mr. Breihan moved to
<br />delete the $3,000 budgeted for overtime in the parks and bUilding maintenance
<br />department, Mr. Dibrell seconded the motion. On roll eall, the following vote
<br />was recorded:
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<br />AYE: Breihan, Dibrell
<br />NAY: Flores, Hansen, Sutton, Arredondo, Craddock.
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<br />The Mayor deelared the motion failed. Mr. Breihan moved the deletion of $1,200
<br />from the parks and reereation department for telephone service. The motion
<br />died for laek of a second. Mr. Breihan moved to reduce the $10,000 budgeted for
<br />lighting on I.H. 35 to $2,000 and request the Texas Highway Department to provide
<br />'funds for costs ineurred above that amount. The motion died for lack of a second.
<br />The City Manager was instructed to formally request the Texas Highway Department
<br />participate in the costs of the service. Mr. Breihan moved the add two equipment
<br />operator I positions to the street department budget. The motion died for lack of
<br />a second. Mr. Breihan moved to delete $lO,OOO from executive salaries in the
<br />utility fund. After a brief diseussion of the item, the motion was withdrawn.
<br />Mr. Arredondo moved to restore the position of Planning and Zoning Administrator
<br />to the ,budget at a eost of $10,750 in salary plus fringe benefits. Mr. Flores
<br />seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was reeorded:
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<br />AYE: Arredondo, Flores
<br />NAY: Hansen, Sutton, Breihan, Dibrell, Craddoek.
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<br />The Mayor declared the motion failed. Mr. Sutton moved to amend the budget to
<br />show the $150,000 contained in the Community Development Budget for indirect
<br />administrative costs in the general fund revenue account. The motion died for lack
<br />of a second. Henry C. Kyle came before the Council to protest the faet that monies
<br />from federal programs are not contained in the general and utility fund budget.
<br />The City Attorney explained that budgets for revenue sharing and community development
<br />programs must be approved on a different time schedule if the federal guidelines are
<br />to be followed. Charles Stone suggested the Council ratify at this time budgets
<br />earlier approved for revenue sharing and eommunity development. James Broussard
<br />came before the Council to state that there were many in the eommunity who support
<br />the Council and Administration in terms of the budget proposal, and that he felt
<br />citizens who eould not support the proposal should investigate the eity's finaneial
<br />situation and make specifie proposals for cutting the budget. Mr. Arredondo moved
<br />the budget be amended by the addition of $23,500 to the general fund and the ordinanee
<br />levying taxes be amended to provide for a tax rate of $1.30. Mr. Hansen seeonded the
<br />motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded:
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<br />AYE: Arredondo, Dibrell, Craddock, Flores, Hansen
<br />NAY: Sutton, Breihan.
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<br />The Mayor deelared the motion passed. On the original motion to approve the ordinance
<br />approving the budget for 1975-l976, revising the 1974-1975 budget, and levying the
<br />tax rate, the following vote, by roll call, was recorded as follows:
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<br />AYE: Arredondo, Dibrell, Craddoek, Flores, Hansen
<br />NAY: Breihan, Sutton.
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<br />The Mayor deelared the motion passed and the Ordinance Passed, Approved and Adopted.
<br />Mr. Hansen moved the revenue sharing and community development budgets, previously
<br />approved, be ratified. Mr. Arredondo seconded the motion. On roll call, the following
<br />vote was recorded:
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<br />AYE: Craddock, Flores, Hansen, Sutton, Arredondo
<br />NAY: Dibrell
<br />ABSTAIN: Breihan.
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