HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969/09/13 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
ST . LOUIS PAM{ , MINNESOTA
September 13 , 1969
A special meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Thiel at
10 . 15 a . m . to review the annual budget for 1970 .
The following Councilmen were present :
Murray Galinson
James Heltze r
Frank Howard
Leonard Thiel
Robert Reynolds
Richard Koch
Also present were the City Manager , Assistant City Manager , Director of
Finance , City Accountant , and Acting Secretary .
Councilman Graves arrived at 11 : 40 a . m .
Councilman Heltzer moved to delete Item 23A , Travel , Conferences , Schools ,
Mayor and Council budget by $ 2 , 100 and to transfer said amount , $ 2 , 100 , to
Contingency Appropriation. Motion was seconded by Councilman Howard and
carried 6 - 0 . ( Councilman Graves was not present ) .
Councilman Galinson moved that $ 1800 be deleted from Item 23A , Travel ,
Conferences , Schools , Mayor and Council Budget , for 1969 and transferred
to Contingency Appropriation , and that no conferences be attended by Council
members at city expense without prior Council approval . Motion was seconded
by Councilman Koch and approved by a 6 - 0 vote . ( Councilman Graves was not
present ) .
Councilman Howard moved to increase Item 23A , Travel , Conferences , Schools ,
City Manager Budget by $ 1 , 050 to allow the City Manager to attend the National
League of Cities Conference in 1969 and 1970 . Motion seconded by Councilman
Galinson and carried 6 - 0 . ( Councilman Graves was not present ) .
. COuncilman Reynolds moved to transfer $ 2 , 000 from Account #49 , Miscellaneous ,
Law Department Budget , to Account # 13 , Professional and Consultant Ser -
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ces , of the same department . Motion was seconded by Councilman Graves
and carried b unanimous vote . The Council also voted to require the City
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ttorney to receive Council approval prior to attendance of any conferences
and out of city meetings .
COcilman Howard moved to reduce Item 13 , Professional and Consultant
Service $ Planning and Zoning Department Budget , by $ 3s 500 , otb n was
eecOnded by Councilman Galinson but was subsequently withdrawn
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and moved to transfer $ 5 , 000 from Item 13 , Professional
Councilman How Planning and Zoning Department Budget to the
and Consultant Services ,
General Fund . Motion was seconded by Councilman Galinson ,
Unallocated G pass b a 4 - 3 vote with Councilmen Graves , Heltzer ,
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Koch , and Reynolds voting nay .
Councilman Howard moved
450 to Item 23A , Travel , Conferences ,
to add $ ent Budget to allow attendance of
Schools , Planning and Zoning Departrrtain conferences after approval by
Planning Commission Members to certain
Council . Motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and carried by a
unanimous vote .
Councilman Howard moved to decrease by $ 2s 944 . 00 allocation for Cadet
Program , Personal Services , Account 10 , Police Department Budget . Motion
was seconded by Councilman Graves and carried with a unanimous vote .
Councilman Howard moved to transfer $ 6 , 845 in 1970 and $ 3 ,2 02 ? in 1969 from
Temporary Employee allocation , Police Department to Item 9 , public Works ,
Traffic Activity Budget for Traffic Safety Aides . Motion was seconded by
Councilman Galinson and carried with a unanimous vote .
Councilman Reynolds moved to delete radar traffic recorder allocation of
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$ 1 , 000 from Public Works Traffic Activity Budget and to authorize $ 29 li
allocation for purchase of two VASCAR. speed measurement units by Pubblic
Safety - Police Department with the understanding that the present radar unit
in the Police Department be transferred or available to the Public Works
Traffic Activity . Motion was seconded by Councilman Heltzer and carried
6 - 0 . ( Councilman Galinson was not present ) .
Councilman Reynolds moved to increase Personal Services allocation by
$ 8 , 369 in Public Health and m elfare - Health Department Budget for the
addition of one Public Health Sanitarian I , and to reduce by $ 1 , 600 allocation
for Temporary Employees in said de-oartment . Motion was seconded by
Councilman Graves and carried by unanimous vote .
Councilman Galinson moved to request City Manager ' s Staff to prepare
recommendation regarding usage of City Hall facilities by all but official a
city bodies . Motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and carried by
unanimous vote .
Councilman Heltzer moved to increase City Manager ' s annual salary by
$ 5 , 000 . Motion was seconded by Councilman Howard and carried by a
unanimous vote .
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Councilman Galinson moved to remove the position of City Attorney f rc an
the Pay Classification Plan of the City . Motion was seconded by Cove
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Graves and carried by unanimous vote .
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At 5 ; 45 p , M . the meet ing was adjou rned to September 24 , 19b9 at 4 : 00
p . m .
Le rd J . Thiel , ayor
Attest :
Richard Schrad , Actg . Secretary
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