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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
3800 UNIVERSITY BLVD.
6:00 P.M.
The City Council convened in Special Session in the Bill Watson Conference Room
(3800 University Blvd.) on September 8, 2003, with the following members present:
Mayor Ballanfant presiding, Council Members Segal, Farley, Fogler and Woods. The
City Manager, City Secretary, City Attorney, Assistant City Manager/Public Works
Director, Finance Director, Parks and Recreation Director, and Police Chief were also
present.
The notice for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Texas Government Code,
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Chapter 551, on the 5 day of September 2003 at 3:10 p.m.
City finances, facilities, programs and the 2004 Budget.
Matters related to city finances, facilities, programs and the 2004 Budget including
revenues and expenditures for current and future years for all funds, and capital
improvements and related programs and expenditures, including recreation facilities and
other park projects, police and public works facilities, street lighting, sidewalks, drainage
and flood control, animal recreation facility, traffic and parking and other public
improvements.
The City Council and Staff discussed the proposed 2004 budget for the Finance and
Administration, Parks and Recreation and Public Works Departments. Increases in health
care, employee benefits, the Recreation Center and the senior?s transportation service and
liability were also addressed.
The City Council requested that $15,000 be budgeted for a part-time City employee
driver for the senior residents and that the amount for the boards and committees for
senior services remain at $1,500.
Boards, commissions, etc.
Matters related to Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces (including Zoning
& Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Building & Standards
Commission, Parks & Recreation Board, Senior Services Board, Recycling & Solid
Waste Reduction Board, Public Safety Board, and the Friends of West University Parks
Fund, a non-profit corporation) including possible restructuring, abolition, consolidation,
governing documents, other changes and related matters.
City Council Regular Session, September 8, 2003
Council Member Segal commented that members of the review team for the Parks and
Recreation ordinance met and a report would be given at the next meeting.
The Council requested that members of the municipal court participate in the interview
process with the volunteers for the Boards and Commissions.
The City Council also discussed changing the zoning ordinance to allow the Council to
appoint the Chairperson of the Zoning and Planning Commission and the Zoning Board
of Adjustment.
A motion was made by Council Member Segal, seconded by Council Member Fogler, to
direct the Zoning and Planning Commission to consider changing the zoning ordinance to
authorize the Council to appoint the Chair of the Zoning and Planning Commission and
the Zoning Board of Adjustment and issue the report to the Council on Saturday,
September 13, 2003.
Adjournment.
With no further business to come before the City Council at this time, a motion was made
by Council Member Fogler, seconded by Council Member Farley, to adjourn. The
Council meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m.
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