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RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
Regular Adjourned Meeting
June 29, 1976
The meeting was called to order at 7:37 p.m. at the Palos Verdes Unified School
District Building, 30942 Hawthorne Boulevard, having been adjourned to this time
and place with Affidavit of Posting Notice on file. Roll call was answered as
follows:
PRESENT: Councilmembers Dyda, Ruth, R. Ryan, M. Ryan and Mayor Buerk
ABSENT: None
Also present were City Manager Leonard G. Wood, Administrative Assistant Trish
Eby, Community Services Officer Tom Bandy, Planning Director Sharon Hightower,
Administrative Services Officer George Wunderlin, Public Works Director Dennis
Pikus, and Community Relations Officer Charles Engelbart.
ANNUAL BUDGET Council continued discussion of the funds
FISCAL 1976-77 and expenditures proposed by the City Manager
for fiscal year 1976-77, begun at the meeting
of June 10, 1976.
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS: John McTaggart, 6916 Purpleridge Drive,
Rancho Palos Verdes, requested additional
money for the Planning Commission Conference
budget to enable all members of the Commission to attend the League of California
Cities meeting. Mr. McTaggart also questioned the Environmental Services Depart-
ment fees.
Bob Gruhn, 27772 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, suggested a
reduction in the City's property tax rate and that a request for significant
increases in the services be made to the County.
CHANGE IN AGENDA Item 6 - CETA, and Item 7 - Abalone Cove,
were added to the Agenda for consideration
and inclusion in the Fiscal 1976-77 Budget.
PLANNING COMMISSION It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
CONFERENCE BUDGET Councilwoman Ryan and unanimously carried to
increase the Planning Commission Conference
budget by the amount requested to facilitate all five members attending the League
of California Cities Conference.
PLANNING COMMISSION Councilwoman Ryan moved, with seconding by
MEETING BUDGET Councilman Dyda and unanimously carried, to
keep the Planning Commission meeting budget
the same and have Environmental Services Department return to Council if additional
funds were necessary.
CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET Councilman Dyda moved, with seconding by
Councilman Ruth and unanimously approved to
place $1,000 for City Council intern within
the City Manager's budget.
BUDGET BREAKDOWN Councilman Dyda moved, with seconding by
Councilman Ruth and unanimously carried that
staff be directed to have budget reflect a
breakdown, at least in the text, of specific
items included in broad budget categories.
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT It was moved by Councilman Dyda, seconded by
Mayor Buerk, and unanimously carried, to
direct staff to proceed with efforts to obtain
an FCC radio frequency, but to delete from the budget the $5,000 for communication
equipment.
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COUNCIL CHAMBER Councilman Dyda moved, with seconding by
FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT Councilwoman Ryan, but defeated for lack
of support, that the allocation for council
chamber furniture and equipment be removed
from budget.
ALLOCATION FOR SPECIAL Councilman Ryan moved, with seconding by
ELECTION Councilman Ruth and unanimously carried, to
remove from the Administrative Services
Department budget the $9,000 allocation for
a special election.
Mayor Buerk moved, with seconding by Councilman Ryan, and unanimously carried to
place the aforementioned $9,000 in the Contingency Fund.
CONFERENCE & MEETING BUDGET Mayor Buerk moved, and the motion was unan-
imously carried to cut the Conference and
Meeting budgets by 15% across the board.
Councilman Ruth moved, with seconding by Councilman Dyda and unanimously carried,
to amend the aforementioned motion to place the money so cut in the Contingency
Fund to be used at the City Manager's discretion.
RECESS At 9:30 p.m. Mayor Buerk declared a ten-minute
recess. At 9:50 p.m. the meeting reconvened
with the same members present.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Councilman Dyda moved, with seconding by
Councilman Ryan and unanimously carried to
request the Traffic Committee to review
Tentative Tract #32673 at its July 7 meeting and to make a recommendation on
optimum access to said Tract at that time.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE Councilman Ryan moved, with seconding by
Councilwoman Ryan to appropriate $1,493,750
for General Fund expenditures for Fiscal
Year 1976-77 budget. On roll call:
AYES: M. Ryan, R. Ryan, Dyda, Ruth, Buerk
NOES: None
HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION Councilman Ryan moved, with seconding by
OPERATING BUDGET Councilwoman Ryan, and unanimously carried,
to approve $612,470 for Highway and Trans-
portation operating budget. On roll call:
AYES: M. Ryan, R. Ryan, Dyda, Ruth, Buerk
NOES: None
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Councilwoman Ryan moved, with seconding by
& ACQUISITION BUDGET Councilman Ryan and unanimously carried, to
approve $641,000 for the Capital Improvements
and Acquisition Budget. On roll call:
AYES: M. Ryan, R. Ryan, Dyda, Ruth, Buerk
NOES: None
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BUDGET RESOLUTIONS Councilman Ryan moved, with seconding by
Councilman Ruth, that staff prepare a
detailed budget resolution for the next
Council meeting
CETA PROGRAM An extension of the present CETA program
was discussed and the Mayor was authorized
to sign an agreement extending the current
program to January 30, 1977.
ABALONE COVE Council briefly discussed some of the problems
being encountered at the park and possible
measures that could be used to protect the
area. It was the consensus of the Council to continue the discussion at the next
Council meeting.
ADJOURNMENT At 11:02 p.m. Councilman Dyda moved, with
seconding by Councilman Ryan and unanimously
carried to adjourn the meeting to July 6, 1976
at 7:30 p.m. at the Peninsula Unified School
District Building.
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MAYOR
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK AND
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
By j1. . :_4 I WO.1
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