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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/09/16-Agenda-Pre-Council� a PRE-COUNCIL MEETING PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER SEPTEMBER 16, 1986 8:45 A.M. ABSENT: Councilman Louis Zapata ITEMS 1. Mr. Bill Munn, Assistant Director of the Tarrant County 9-1-1 Emergency District spoke to Council about the 9-1-1 Budget and presented them with a brief update on the status of the project. Mr. Munn stated that everything is going according to schedule. Communication services will be turned on during the month of August 1987 and there will not be a rate increase. Concerns now lie with the physical installation of equipment. The largest ongoing project, according to Mr. Munn, is the data base. Mr. Munn mentioned that in the month of December, he will go out to the cities with the preliminary data base. He also mentioned that during the month of August 1987, he will begin working on the Public Education Project. The Public Education Project is a plan which is aimed at alerting the public of 9-1-1. Tarrant County 9-1-1 has a staff which consist of 4 full-time positions, 2 temporary full-time employees and 1 part- time intern. The largest item of 9-1-1, according to Mr. Munn, is salaries. Public Education areas of expenses lie with printing and advertising cost. Within the Public Education area, according to Mr. Munn, there will be sponsored competition in universities amongst students in Public Relation to use the 9-1- 1. The has a budget of $ 2.5 million in cut-off costs with the bulk of the amount being based on the number of lines in Tarrant County. There are approximately 40 sites for this assistance around Tarrant County. Councilman Bagsby questioned the hiring process of the staff members and was interested in knowing whether Affirmative Action Laws were considered during the recruitment process. Mr. Munn stated that Affirmative Action Laws were not considered. The recruitment process was planned by two of the board members and with the assistance of the County- Mr. Harman stated that maybe Mr. Munn should consider getting some assistance from Mr. Charlie Shapard, Personnel Director, in relations to the recruitment process. Councilman Williams posed the question as to whether or not the number of board members could be increased from five so as to accommodate a minority member. Mr. Bob Terrell, Assistant City Manager, replied by saying that the State law structured the board and for any such changes to occur, it must be at r�+ R�poan discretion of the State. CITY SECRET ARY FT, 1t��RTN, IEX• 2. Mr. Charles Boswell, Director of the Office of Management Services spoke briefly on the decisions that were made in regards to the budget. Mr. Boswell presented Council with two options to look at when adopting the budget. One option which would lower the tax rate and another which would maintain the tax rate. 3. Mr. Ramon Guajardo, Assistant City Manager, spoke to Council about a Revised Home Improvement Loan(HIL) and Emergency Grant Program(EGP) for low and moderate income families. Mr. Guajardo stated that because of the decrease in CDBG funds allocated from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a plan should be devised to require the repayment of the bulk of these funds to the City. Mr. Guajardo mentioned that if the plan is implemented, the City would recapture $900,000 from the amount of loans given out this year. Changes that were mentioned included: 1) EGP - $500 or less under category 0 or 1 will require no payments to be made and no lien will be filed; between $500 and $3000 a lien will be filed with monthly payments being $10 and 2) HIL - under category 0, not less than $10 monthly will have to be payed and a lien will be filed, under category 1 , monthly payment would be $25 and under category 2, monthly payments would be $65. Councilman Lancaster question the impact such actions would have on the administrative costs. Mr. Guajardo stated that the program would not impact on administrative costs. The largest expense, according to Mr. Guajardo would come from coupon book which will be sold for $16 a book. Councilman Bagsby voiced a concern for poverty level individuals having to repay loans. Because of his concern, Mr. Bagsby requested that M&C C-9856 be delayed for two weeks. 5. Mrs. Nancy Amos, Assistant Director of the Department of Transportation/ Public Works, informed Council of the awarding of the Transit System Management Services Contract to McDonald Transit Firm. According to Mrs. Amos, the contract was awarded for a bid of $184,800. nn " 0ffiti 1. RECD,. C1T1( SE����RPV