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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 16, 1995
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Mayor Lee Byrd at
Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard.
PRESENT: Lyon, Brooks, McTaggart, & Mayor Byrd
ABSENT: None
Also present were City Manager Paul Bussey, Assistant City Manager
Pamela Antil, Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Director Bret
Bernard, Finance Director Brent Mattingly, Public Works Director
Trent Pulliam and Recreation Administrator Ron Rosenfeld.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Councilwoman Brooks moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart to
approve the agenda. Motion carried.
1995 -96 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET POLICY ISSUES (602)
City Manager Bussey presented the staff report of March 16, 1995
which contained number of policies for Council discussion:
Requests from Non - Profit Agencies, Reinstatement of Lifeguard
Services at Abalone Cove Beach, Use of Recycling Funds, City Hall
Parking Lot Lighting, Transferring City Storm Drains to L.A.
County, Street Sweeping, Additional Software for Computer Network,
Compensation Adjustment for Employees, Improvements to Abalone Cove
Beach and Replacement of Accounting Software.
Council then proceeded to discuss each of these policies and took
the following actions:
Reinstatement of Lifeguard Services at Abalone Cove Beach and
Improvements at Abalone Cove Beach - A short overview of the
items was given by Recreation Administrator Rosenfeld. Speaking in
favor to the recommendations related to improvements and lifeguard
services at Abalone Cove Beach was Recreation & Parks Committee
Chair Christina Bothamley. Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by
Mayor Byrd to budget funds for the proposed improvements and
reinstatement of lifeguard services and also directed staff to
bring back a report regarding the cost of County lifeguard services
in comparison to similar services in the private sector,
information related to the number of people utilizing and swimming
at the beach, revenues raised at the parking lot, and information
related to the maintenance cost of the proposed improvements.
Motion carried.
Requests from Non - Profit Agencies - Assistant City Manager Antil
gave a brief presentation regarding the requests received by the
Community Helpline, Peninsula Seniors, South Bay Free Clinic and
the South Bay Juvenile Diversion Project. Speaking in favor of
increasing the grant to the South Bay Free Clinic from $1,500 to
$2,475 was Brooke McIntyre- Tuley, Clinic Services Director of the
South Bay Free Clinic. Councilwoman Brooks moved, seconded by
Mayor Byrd to budget the same level o f funding for the agencies as
the previous year and to include $10,000 in the budget for agencies
to request additional funds throughout the year if the Council
determines increases are justified at a later date. Motion
carried.
Use of Recycling Funds - Public Works Director Pulliam gave and
overview of the staff recommendation. Councilwoman Brooks moved,
seconded by Mayor Byrd, to adopt the staff recommendation to
eliminate the use of recycling funds graffiti abatement and code
enforcement activities, fund the graffiti abatement and code
enforcement programs with general funds and consider increasing the
level of support to the city -wide beautification program utilizing
recycling funds. Motion carried.
City Fall Parking Lot Lighting - Public Works Director Pulliam
highlighted the reasons the staff recommendation was brought
forward, including the poor lighting of the parking lot and the
requests from employees who work late hours to improve, the lighting
for safety reasons. After a brief discussion of the types of
lights that could be used without disturbing neighbors in the area,
Mayor Byrd moved, seconded by Councilwoman Brooks to include the
funding for such lights in the budget. Motion carried.
Transferring City Storm Drains to L.A. County - After a brief
overview of the item by Public Works Director Pulliam and a short
discussion on the item, Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by
Mayor Byrd to adopt the staff recommendation to include $10,000 in
the budget for consultant costs related to the proposed transfer
and $100,000 in the budget for potential repair of the drains prior
to any transfer. Motion carried.
Street Sweeping - After a short discussion regarding whether it
would be beneficial to sweep the streets more frequently given that
the City does not have parking restrictions on the streets, it was
the consensus of the Council not to increase the frequency of
street sweeping in the 1995 -96 fiscal year.
Additional Software for Computer Network - City Manager Bussey and
Finance Director Mattingly jointly gave an overview of the
recommended software and their uses. Council briefly discussed how
the software proposed would be beneficial to staff in completing
their assigned duties. Mayor Byrd moved, seconded by Councilwoman
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Brooks to include the proposed funds in the budget for the software
purchase as proposed by staff. Motion carried.
Replacement of Accounting Software - After an overview of the
proposed need for the new accounting software by Finance Director
Mattingly and a brief discussion on the item, Councilman McTaggart
moved, seconded by Mayor Byrd to authorize the purchase of the
accounting software from the equipment replacement fund in the
1995 -96 budget and suggested that the software be as standardized
as possible to avoid maintenance and upgrade problems in the
future. Motion carried.
Compensation Adjustment for Employees - No action was taken on this
item pending the submittal of the consultant's compensation study
reports in late April or early May, 1995.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no requests to speak from the public.
Adjournment: At 9:11 P.M. the meeting adjourned on motion of
Councilman McTaggart.
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