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Home My WebLink About1984/02/21-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1984 9:00 A. M. PRE-COUNCIL ROOM 1) Discussion of Schedule of Events for March 8, 1984 City Council Meeting - Vernell Sturns, Assistant City Manager (5 Min. ) 0 2) Revised Personnel Rules and Regulations (M&C G-5909)- Charlie Shapard, Personnel Director (5 Min. ) 3) Briefing on Budget Goal Setting Workshop - Charles Boswell, Budget Director (5 Min. ) 4) Ordinance Amending Chapter 40 of Code, City of Fort Worth, Providing for Penalties of Theft of Library Materials (M&C G-5907 )- Linda Allmand, Library Director (10 Min. ) ********** Trinity Housing Finance Corporation Meeting 9:45 A.M. * * * * * * * * * * * To add or make revisions, please call the City Manager' s Office, 870-6143, before 3:00 P.M. , Monday, February 20, 1984 The purpose of the Pre-Council Conference held prior to a regular City Council Meeting is to allow the Mayor and Councilmembers to discuss informally items on the agenda and to secure information from the City Manager and the staff. Although the meeting is open to the public, citizens are requested to reserve comments and questions for the subsequent Council meeting so they ,will be a part of the public record. �, W Pre-Council Minutes Amk February 21,1984 Absent Palm l Johnson I F 241984 D E G� aft- v) ow ITEM ED T0: 1) Discussion of Schedule of Events for March 8, 1984 City Council Meeting Stute: Wants Work session right after Council Meeting. (Bolen: That's what staff is recommending.) 2) Revised Personnel Rules and Regulations (M&C G-5909) Williams: If they come to work at 10:30, they get paid for the whole day? (Shapard: Under current policy.) Is there any leeway for employees? (Shapard: None proposed, new policy will pay for hours worked.) Bolen: They can charge the time off due to inclement weather to comp-time or personal leave. Stute: How is this policy different? (Shapard: Amendments can be made without changing the entire manual.) Has the policy been compared to private industry? (Shapard: Some have, derends on the policy, for the most part, no.) 3) Briefing on Budget Goal Setting Workshop Williams: What is the main thrust of this retreat? Why do we have to spend the night? (Boswell: Help staff establish Council's priorities early in the process and meetings will be held early in the morning.) Stute: Do we bring anything? (Boswell: No.) Lancaster: Not even last year's budget? (Boswell: No.) How are we going to go over budget? (Boswell: Consultant will provide most of the guidance.) Stute: Wants to look at the agenda ahead of time to make revisions, if needed.) CB Lancaster: Feels that last year was the first time the Council had any decision in the budget process. Bolen: Retreat to discuss general ideas and concepts, not specifics. OFFICIAL gECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX Pre-Council Minutes Amok VFebruary 21, 1984 Page 2 4) Ordinance Amending Chapter 40 of Code, Providing for Penalties of Theft of Library Materials (MSC G-5907) Bolen: Does the proposed policy reduce the amount of stolen books? (Allmand: Good deterrent.) 5) Proposed Sale of General Obligation Bonds for Sanitary Sewer Projects (I. R. No. 6915) McKinney: (Summarized IR) Bagsby: Wanted to know impact of additional debt service on water and sewer rates. DAI Newkirk: Believe we should sell revenue bonds, and de-authorize these GO's at next CIP election. Lancaster: Wouldn't these bonds be carried on official statements as part of City's general obligation debt? Wants to see 20- year debt service schedule for $55 million sale discussed last week. MCM OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY fT. WORTH, TEX. v. Administrative Action Requeste('- , February 21, 1984 ITEM REFERRED TO: 1) Items Continued -- Demolition of Substandard Structures (M&C C-8228) - 1719 Glenmore - Extended 60 days VS 5101 Wilbarger - Extended 60 days VS 2803 East Vickery - Extended 30 days; all other structures VS approved for demolition. 2) Appointments to Boards/Commissions -- Mayor Bolen appointed Mr. James N. Austin to the Cable Board. RAM:RA 3) Comments/Requests -- None. 4) Zoning -- Z-84-004 - Continued for one week, for Vote only. DAI:RA 5) Citizen Presentations -- Mr. H. Dennis Hopkins addressed the Council regarding the waiver of one-year filing period relative to Z-83--119. (Waiver granted.) DAI 6) Letters from Citizens -- 011ie Westbrook (Claim) WA Alexander T. Johnson, III (Claim) WA Gordon L. Gano (Re: Wilma T. Chance, Claim) WA H. G. Wells (Re: Andrew N. Grubbs, Claim) WA Kathy Knowles, Allstate (Re: Richard L. Harris, Claim) WA William Burk Rosenthal (Claim) WA Lisa Francesca Wisian (Claim) WA Vinita Owens Copeland (Claim) WA Marvin G. Shwiff, Attorney (Re: Danna Morguoff, Claim) WA Rev. Henry Cooper (Re: Council support of Rehab. Farm) VS `Of fl�l�►l `�{.C�D�. � C1�Y SECaES�Y .