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M-6/12/1978 . . . . 371 CITY OF SA~TA MO~ICA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDI~GS June 13, 1978 A regular meetlng of the Santa Monlca Clty Councll was called to order at 7:30 P.~. by Mayor Donna O'Brien SWlnk who led the assemblage in the pledge of alleglance to the United States of Amerlca. Mayor Swink then introduced Reverend Clarence Davls of Calvary Baptist Church who offered the invocation. Roll Call: Present: Mavor Donna O'Brlen SWlnk Mayor Pro Tempore Seymour Cohen Councilmember John J. Bambrick Councllmember Christine Reed Councllmember Perry Scott Councllmember ~athanlel Trives Councilmember Pieter van den Steenhoven City Manager James D. Willlams City Attorney Rlchard Knickerbocker City Clerk Joyce Snlder Absent: }lone Presented at this tlme for approval were the mlnutes of the City Council meetlng held May 23, 1978. Councilmember Trlves moved to approve as mailed the mlnutes of the Council meeting held May 23, 1978. Second by Councilmember Reed. Courrcll Vote: Unanimously approved 7-0 Agenda Item 7-A: Presented at this tlme was a publlC hearlng to review and adopt the Budget of the Clty of Santa Monica for the Flscal Year 1978-79, to allocate Federal Revenue Sharing Funds and to conslder staff I reports dated June 7 and June 8, proposlng adjustments to the recommended! 1978-79 Budget ln order to comply with the requlrements of Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiatlve) which was adopted on June 6, 1978. Council- member Reed moved that public participatlon durlng the publlC hearing be limited to three minutes for each speaker. Second by Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen. After discussion Councilmember Reed's motion failed by the following vote: public heanng to review City Budget Councll Vote: Afflrmative: Councilmember Reed Negative: Councllmembers Bambrick, Cohen, Scott, Trlves, van den Steenhoven, SWlnk i The publlC hearlng was opened at 7:48 P.M. by order of Mayor SWlnk. The ' following persons spoke in regard to the Internal Servlces section of the [Internal budget: Jack Cannlng, John L. Hult. I Semces The fo llo\>iing persons spoke in re gard to the Protective Servi ces section iProtectn'e Services of the budget: J. Ray Gallagher, Wllliam Emanual. The fol101ong persons spoke ln regard to the Cultural and Lelsure Icultural and Leisure , Services sectlon of the budget: Brad Zerbe, Craig Zerbe, ~lanuel CompiI15ky, !Semces ! Dr. Saul D. Larks, Jeannet te E. Myers, Vi rpnia ;.!cShane, E llZabeth Hoag, Herman Cohen, Helen Myerson, Geraldine Kennedy, Robert Murray, Angela 5011, Sld Flelschman, Carolyn Weston, Beverly Arck. /Non-Departmental , The followlng persons spoke in regard to the ~on-Departmental section of ! the budget: Tomle Casey, Bettye Eisenberg, Susan McCorry, John Jurenka, Dr. Saul D. Larks, Sam Porter, Fran Johnson, David M. Durst, Ken Edwardsl Geraldine Kennedy, Beverly Sanborn, Russ Latimer, Helen Wallace, Betsy Hiteshew, Richard Koch. There belng no other requests to speak to the subject, the publlC I hearing :publlc heanng I closed 372 Resolution 5030 I. approvmg Budget for Fiscal Year 1978- 79, as amended I Cl tv Counell conferences, meetmgs and travel expenses cut by onc- half I Cnminal Investlgation! Analyst added to , budg~t . Senior EconOlmc Planner relnstated in budget was closed at 9:17 P.M. by order of ~ayor SWlnk. The Council recessed at 9:18 P.M. and reconvened at 9:30 P.M. wlth all members present. . Councilmember Trives moved to adopt Resolutlon ~o. 5030(CCS) entitled' "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA MO~ICA APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1978-79, AS AME~DED", lnc1uding proposed adjustments to the recommended 1978-79 budget as presented in the staff reports dated June 7 and June 8, 1978, reading by tltle only and walving further readlng thereof. Second by Councllmember van den Steenhoven. Councll revlewed the 1978-79 budget and the followlng motlons were made: Councilmember van den Steenhoven moved a budget amendment to cut City Council conferences, meetlngs and travel expenses by one-half to $4,500. Second by Councilmember Reed. Councll Vote: Unanlmously approved 7-0 Councllmember Scott moved a budget amendment to delete the positlon of , Admlnistratlve Assistant in the Clty ~anager's offlce. The motlon falledl for lack of a second. Councllmember Scott moved a budget amendment to delete the Records ~anagement program from the Clty Clerk's budget. Second by Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen. The motlon failed by the followlng vote: Councll Vote: Affirmative: Councllmembers Cohen, Scott . ~egative: Councilmembers Bambrlck, Reed, Trives, van den Steenhoven, Swink Councilmember Scott moved a budget amendment to delete the entlre Community Development Department budget. The motion falled for lack of a second. Councllmember Scott moved a budget amendment to delete capltal outlay ln the amount of 5100,000 for the Herltage Square Museum. Second by ~ayor Pro Tempore Cohen. After brlef dlScussion, Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen withdrew hlS second, and the motlon failed for lack of a second. Councllmember Scott moved a budget amendment to freeze hirlng ln the Clty except for uniformed personnel and fire fighters. Second by Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen. The motion falled by the following vote: Council Vote: Afflrmatlve: Councilmembers Cohen, Scott ~cgatlve Councllmembers Bambrlck, Reed, Trlves, van den Steenhoven, SWlnk Councllmembcr van den Steenhoven moved a budget amendment to add to the i Pollce Department budget, the posltion of a Crimlnal Investlgation . Analyst at an annual salary of $21,800, WhlCh lS funded by grants. Secondl by Councilmember Trives. The motion was approved by the followlng vote: I . Council Vote: Affirmative: Councilmembers Cohen, Reed, Trives, van den Steenhoven, SWlnk :-.Iegati ve: Councllmembers Bambrlck, Scott Councilmember van den Steenhoven moved a budget amendment to reinstate to the Planning Department budget the position of Senior EconomlC Planner at an annual salary of $15,761 contlngent on future approval of . a fee schedule relatlng to enVironment and soclo-economic impact reports'l Second by Councilmember Reed. The motion was approved by the following , vote: . Councll Vote: Affirmatlve: Councilmembers Bambrlck, Cohen, Reed, Trlves, van den Steenhoven, Swink . Xegatlve: Councllmember Scott Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen moved a budget amendment to retaln in the Finance Department budget capital outlay ln the amount of $2,381 for two Moblle Transcelvers for the Llcense Divlslon. Second bv Councilmember van den Steenhoven. . Councll Vote: Unanimously approved 7-0 Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen moved a budget amendment to reduce to 519,000 the Contractual Services portion of the Admlnistrative Servlces Personnel; budget. Second by Councllmember Scott. After brlef dlScusslon, Mayor I Pro Tempore Cohen wlthdrew hlS motion wlth consent of the second. Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen moved a budget amendment to allocate to the Chamber of Commerce the sum of $52,500. Second by Councllmember Bambrlck[ The motion failed by the following vote: I Council Vote: Afflrmatlve: Councilmembers Bambrlck, Cohen I Xegative: Councllmembers Reed, Scott, Trlves, van den Steenhoven, SWlnk . Mayor Pro Tempore Cohen moved to allocate $195,615 to Soclal SerVlces. Second by Councllmember Reed. Councllmember Bambrick moved to amend the motion to support one-half of the Soclal SerVlces budget of $195,615. Second bv Councllmember Reed. The amendment to the maln motlon failed by the followlng vote: Councll Vote: Afflrmatlve: Councllmembers Bambrick, Reed Kegative: Councllmembers Cohen, Scott, Trlves, van den Steenhoven, Swink The maln motion failed by the following vote: Council Vote Afflrmatlve: Councllmembers Cohen, Reed, Swink ~egatlve: Councllmembers Bambrlck, Scott, Trives, van den Steenhoven Councilmember Reed moved a budget amendment to reinstate $1,150 in the Clty Clerk Admlnlstratlon budget for update of the County Assessor's roll books and tralnlng funds. Second by Councllmember van den Steenhoven. The motlon was approved by the following vote: Council Vote: Afflrmatlve: Councilmembers Bambrick, Cohen, Reed, Trives, van den Steenhoven, SWlnk . Negatlve: Councllmember Scott Councilmember Trlves' motlon to adopt Resolution No. 5030(CCS), approvlng the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 1978-79, as amended, was approved by , the followlng vote: Councll Vote: Unanimously approved 7-0 Item 9-A: Presented at this tlme was a resolutlon revising the basic water serVlce rate. Councilmember van den Steenhoven moved to adopt No. 5031(CCS) entltled: "A RESOLUTIO:.r OF THE CITY COlNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAKTA MONICA REVISIKG THE BASIC RATE FOR KATER SERVICE SUPPLIED BY THE SANTA MONICA WATER DIVISION", thereby lncreasing the water rate by 3.5~ per CUblC feet to 38.5, per 100 CUblC feet of water used, reading by title only and walving further reading thereof. Second by Council- member Trives. . 373 ~~bile Transcelvers retamed in the budget Update of COlmty .Assessor's roll books and tralmng flmds retained in budget Resolution 5031 revlsing the baslC t..rater service rate 374 Council Vote: Unan1mously approved 7-0 The C1ty Counc1l meeting adJourned at 10:45 P.~. on motion of Counc1l- member Reed, second by Counc1lmember van den Steenhoven, the adjournment to be in memory of the follow1ng 1ndlv1duals: On behalf of Councilmember Bambrick, in memory of ~r. George C. Kronenberg, a long-time resident of ~ the commun1ty; and on behalf of Mayor Swink, 1n memory of Mr. Harry Cleaveland, a f1fty-year resident of the community and thirty-year employee of the Santa Monica Post Off1ce, and ~r. Edw1n L. K1rk, long- time resident of the commun1ty. Councilmember van den Steenhoven moved an amendment to the mot1on to send flowers to Mrs. Darlene McNutt at the Santa Monica Hospital, who was hospitalized and unable to be present to speak at a recent Council meeting on the subject of L1ttle League games 1n the City. Council Vote: Unan1mously approved 7-0 ATTEST: APPROVED: I I I A I I ' . ~4t'};>L ~.7~~~ JOY-Cpt Sm ITer C1 ty Clerk hbnL~.l{k<iYl J<p!i Donna O'Brien Swink Mayor ~ ~ ~