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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING CITY OF ROSEMEAD
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ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
MAY 14, 1988 Ry
The Adjourned Meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to
order at 9:09 a.m. in the Conference Room of City Hall, 8838 E.
Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, California.
The Pledge to the Flag was led by Mayor Pro Tem McDonald.
The Invocation was delivered by Councilman Taylor.
ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS:
Present: Councilmen DeCocker, Imperial (arrived at 9:35 a.m.),
Taylor, Mayor Pro Tem McDonald, and Mayor Bruesch
Absent: None
LAW ENFORCEMENT - 4300
Captain Doug McClure was present to explain the increases in the
Law Enforcement budget. The increase would amount to approximately
10%. This would allow for the current level of service in Rosemead
to be maintained and did not reflect an increase in personnel. This
estimate was usually higher than the actual amount that would not be
known until sometime early in 1989.
Mayor Bruesch requested a cost estimate on adding the SANE
(Substance Abuse Narcotics Education) program to the City of
Rosemead.
Captain McClure stated that cost at approximately $45,000 because
of a subsidy provided by the Sheriff's Department.
Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that a request had been
made to the school district to share the cost, should the program be
accepted. If the Council should decide to add this program, it could
be approved at a Council meeting with the funding provided at that
time.
Mayor Bruesch asked that the Sheriff's Department include a
schedule of time spent and type of coverage for each deputy and add
this to the statistics already being provided by the Department to
the City.
Mayor Bruesch had to leave at this point in the proceedings to
present a proclamation in honor of Older Americans Month at the
California Christian Home in Rosemead. Mayor Pro Tem McDonald
presided and the meeting continued.
MOTIi
MCDONALD that
resulted:
Aye:
No:
Absent:
Abstain:
DN BY COUNC
the budget
Councilman
None
Councilman
Councilman
ILMAN DeCOCKER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM
for Law Enforcement be approved. Vote
DeCocker and Mayor Pro Tem McDonald
Imperial and Mayor Bruesch
Taylor
The Mayor Pro Tem declared the motion duly carried and so
ordered.
Councilman Taylor asked the reason for his abstention be recorded
to show that he would prefer waiting until the actual amount of the
budget request is received and that this vote was not to be taken as
a reflection on the service provided by the Sheriff's Department.
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INGLESIDE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - 4200-740
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER that
the Ingleside Mental Health Center budget be approved to continue the
programs currently provided. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen Taylor, DeCocker, and Mayor Pro Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Councilman Imperial and Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
Councilman Imperial arrived at this point.
ROSEMEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - 4200-750
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER that
the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce budget be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker, Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
PUBLIC WORKS - TRAFFIC ENGINEERING - 4510-110, 160
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL
that the Public Works - Traffic Engineering budget be approved. Vote
resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
I. CONSENT CALENDAR
Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that a balanced budget was
being presented with the necessity of using General Fund reserves to
maintain the subsidy for trash services.
Councilman Taylor requested that accounts 4110, 4130, 4180, 4330,
4660, 4700, 4800, 4810, and 4830 be removed and moved the approval on
the remaining accounts.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER that
the accounts not mentioned be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
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Councilman Taylor stated his intention to vote "NO" on the items
he had requested pulled with the reason being that the personnel
increases were not consistent with the Consumer Price Index.
Councilman Taylor requested that future budgets reflect the total
amounts paid to employees rather than the different percentages paid
by several budget categories throughout the entire budget.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER
that accounts 4110, 4130, 4180, 4330, 4660, 4700, 4800, 4810, and
4830 be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
McDonald
No: Councilman Taylor
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, and Mayor Pro Tem
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
Councilman Imperial requested that the council be provided with a
list of all employees by name, their department, and the amount of
their merit increases for the past three years.
Councilman Taylor asked for clarification of the sick leave buy
back and why it was only listed under account number 4800. Mr.
Taylor requested a memo on the initial beginnings of this program.
II. CONSENT CALENDAR
4110-910 Provides for the replacement of the copy machine.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL that
this item be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker, Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
4120-910 Provides for the replacement of the reel-to-reel
recording system with a cassette deck system. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
4130-910 Provides for the upgrading of the cash register.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER that
this item be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
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4180-910 Provides for furniture to be painted.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL that
this item be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker, Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
4240-910 Provides for the replacement of the Buick Electra
automobile and the payments for the Ford Tempo.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER that
this item be approved. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilmen DeCocker,
Tem McDonald
No: None
Absent: Mayor Bruesch
Abstain: None
Imperial, Taylor, and Mayor Pro
The Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion duly carried and so
ordered.
Mayor Bruesch returned to the Conference Room.
4310-910 Provides for the replacement of a Parking Control
officer vehicle with a pickup truck that will be converted to a
right-hand drive.
MOTION BY
COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM
MCDONALD
that this
item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON
ROLL
CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE.
The Mayor
declared
said
motion duly carried and so ordered.
4500
Provides for street improvements and are projects
carried
over from
the
current budget year.
MOTION BY
MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR
that this
item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON
ROLL
CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE.
The Mayor
declared
said
motion duly carried and so ordered.
0-900, 910 Provides for the updating of the zoning maps.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD
that this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
4810-860, 900, 930, 940 Provides for improvements to various
parks and recreation facilities throughout the City, such as vandal
resistant rest room fixtures.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD
that this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
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4820-850, 860, 910 Provides for purchase of furniture, blackout
curtains, and a volleyball stand.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER
that this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
4830-900 Provides for various items for the pools.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD
that this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
4880 Provides for the supplementary funding for those projects
that are primarily funded by various grants.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL that
this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
WYCKOFF ASSOCIATES - 4200-110, 120, 130
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR
that this item be approved. Vote resulted:
UPON ROLL CALL VOTE ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor
declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
Ms. Wyckoff asked for direction from the Council on who would be
producing shows for the cable local access channel; whether the
Council would like Ms. Wyckoff or the Chamber or some other entity to
act as liaison to the Cable company.
Councilman Imperial asked for a staff report concerning the
implementation of the cable local access channel for the City of
Rosemead and the feasibility of having staff, or Wyckoff, or the
Chamber, or some other organization oversee the local access program.
Ms. Wyckoff suggested that a committee could be formed of staff
and various civic organizations to oversee the channel.
Robert Kress, City Attorney, stated that the Council,
constitutionally, could not decide what is or is not seen on this
channel as long as the programming conforms to the laws governing
such material.
Councilman Taylor asked that the report include what the
surrounding communities are doing in regard to the local access
channel.
Mayor Bruesch asked that staff investigate the problems with the
cable company over premium channels and converter boxes.
Councilman Taylor stated, for the record, that Mayor Bruesch had
presented the members of the Council with an unsigned budget document
from the Rosemead Boys and Girls Club. This item had not been placed
on the Agenda and, therefore, no action could be taken on it at this
time. Mr. Taylor requested that the budgets must be signed and
certified by the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club and
returned on the May 24, 1988, City Council Agenda with a cover
letter.
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Mayor Bruesch requested that staff investigate the different
alternatives to handling trash with the appropriate cost analyses.
The council authorized Mayor Bruesch, as representative to the
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), to vote an
abstention (with a vote of confidence from the members of the
Council) on the solid waste proposal due to the lack of an
alternative proposal when the item comes up for vote and to have
those minutes reflect the reason for his abstention.
A five-minute recess was called at 11:15 a.m. The meeting was
reconvened accordingly.
Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, recommended a 5% Cost of Living
Adjustment (COLA) with a 1-5% merit increase for City Employees.
Mayor Bruesch asked that the list of employees showing the
percentage amounts of their merit increases, as well as a copy of an
evaluation form, be provided to the Council.
Councilman Imperial asked that this report reflect the past three
years and include the turnover rate of employees in the city,
specifically in the Parks and Recreation department.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM McDONALD, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DeCOCKER
that the Council approve the recommendation. Vote resulted:
Aye: Councilman DeCocker, Mayor Pro Tem McDonald, and Mayor
Bruesch
No: Councilman Taylor
Absent: None
Abstain: Councilman Imperial
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
Councilman Taylor stated that he was not against any employee in
particular but had objections to a potential 10% inflationary
increase where this option is not available in the private sector.
Councilman Imperial stated that the Federal Government increases
will be less than 5%.
Mayor Bruesch stated his support is due to his belief in the
importance of maintaining qualified staff in the City.
Mayor Pro Tem McDonald stated that this policy allows the City
salaries to approach the average salaries of the surrounding area.
Mayor Bruesch requested that a salary survey be included with the
budget for the next fiscal year.
There being no further action to be taken at this time, the
meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. to May 17, 1988, at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVED: Respectfully submitted:
C' y Clerk
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