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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/25/1968 - Adjourned Regular MeetingIndex Water Rates Board & Com - mission Appoint- ments 0- CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 21 - Page 337 Minutes of ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCI ; Date of Meeting: June 25, 1968 Time of Meeting: 7:30 P. M. Z o y m p m oZC-pam Place of Meeting: Council Chambers ^ z ^ = z Roll Call: Present x X x x x Absent x ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION: 1. Proposed Ordinance No. 1264, being, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 14. 12. 010, 14.12. 040, 14. 12. 090, 14.12. 120, AND 14.12. 140 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, AND REPEALING SECTIONS 14.12. 020, AND 14.12. 110 OF SAID CODE, RELATING TO WATER RATES AND CHARGES, was presented. Ordinance No. 1264 was introduced and set for public Motion x hearing on July 8, 1968. Roll Call: Ayes xI x xxx Absent x CONTINUED BUSINESS: 1. The following appointments, as recommended by the Motion x Committee for Appointment of Commissioners, were Ayes X x x x approved for four -year terms effective July 1, 1968. Absent x Technical Oil Advisory Committee Hans J. Lorenz - reappointment Board of Library Trustees Dr. Thomas Blakely Civil Service Board Alvin Guy Kellam - reappointment Jay Moseley Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission Hall Seely Planning Commission Don Adkinson Curt Dosh - reappointment The outgoing Commissioners and Board Members were highly commended for their outstanding service to the City and Certificates of Appreciation are to be pre- pared in recognition of such service. pay, 337 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 21 - Page 338 Index June 25, 1968. P, 2. A memorandum was presented from the Public Works WTening Director regarding widening of Pacific Coast Highway @ BBC adjacent to Balboa Bay Club, Phase II 1968 -69 (C- 1174). Phase II The plans and specifications were approved, and the City Clerk was authorized to advertise for bids to be opened at 10:00 A. M. on July 17, 1968. RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION: Judicial 1. Resolution No. 6806, urging support of Senate Con - Selection stitutional Amendment No. 2 known as California Merit Judicial Merit Plan, was adopted after the reading of Plan the resolution was waived by unanimous consent of the Council. Vessel 2. Resolution No. 6807, declaring opposition to requiring vessel operator identification permits, was adopted OFI&tor after the reading of the resolution was waived by Ide fi- unanimous consent of the Council. cation Permits 3. Resolution No. 6808, opposing the formation of a new Santa Ana Heights Water District, was adopted after LafCo Hrg the reading of the resolution was waived by unanimous Santa Ana consent of the Council. Hgts Wate District CURRENT BUSINESS: 1. Consideration was given to salary matters. Salary Councilman Gruber made a motion that the salary Survey adjustments recommended in the 1968 Griffenhagen- Kroeger study for department heads and all subordinate; be approved, with the exception that department head salaries remain in their present range subject to sub - sequent blanket increases; an increase be added in the salary plan to provide that each department head salary be subject to individual review and appropriate adjustment at any such time in the future as that posit- ion may be vacated by the present incumbent; and that the incumbent in the position of General Services inspector retain his present salary and that no blanket adjustments be given to that position until such time as the salary coincides with that recommended in the Griffenhagen - Kroeger study, which motion was with- drawn in part and Councilman Gruber reworded the motion. A discussion was had. The salary adjustments recommended in the 1968 Griffenhagen - Kroeger study for department heads and all subordinates were approved. page 338 Motion Ayes Absent Motion Roll Call Ayes Absent Motion Roll Call Ayes Absent Motion Roll Call Ayes Absent Motion Ayes Absent COUNCILMEN CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 21 - Page 339 Index June 25, 1968 It was directed that department head salaries remain Motion in their present range subject to subsequent blanket Ayes increases and that a clause be added in the salary Absent plan to provide that each department head salary be subject to individual review and appropriate adjust- ment at any such time in the future that that position may be vacated by the incumbent. A one -range salary adjustment for position of License Motion Supervisor, as recommended by the City Manager, Ayes was approved. Absent The range for Assistant Police Chief was maintained Motion at range 46. Ayes Absent The present salary was retained for the incumbent Motion in the position of General Services Inspector with the Ayes • provision that no blanket adjustments be given to the Absent incumbent until such time as the salary coincides with that given in the 1968 Griffenhagen - Kroeger study. A 5% blanket increase, as recommended in the Motion Griffenhagen - Kroeger study, was approved. Ayes Absent Table of The City Manager was authorized to prepare a list of Authoriza classes with assignments to salary ranges and a Motion. tion Table of Authorization reflecting the new rates and Ayes the new plan for compensating all municipal employees Absent effective June 29, 1968 for adoption at the July 8 meeting. City The recommendation in the 1968 Griffenhagen - Kroeger Manager study authorizing the City Manager to have discretion- Motion ary authority in setting salaries for department heads Ayes • was disapproved Absent COUNCILMEN The following resolutions were adopted after the reading Motion of the resolutions was waived by unanimous consent of Roll Call: the Council: Ayes Absent City (a) Resolution No. 6809 fixing the salary of the Manager City Manager at $24, 000 per year. City (b) Resolution No. 6810 fixing the salary of the Attorney City Attorney at $20, 500 per year. City (c) Resolution No. 6811 fixing the salary of the Clerk City Clerk at $9, 600 per year. ®® Page 339 x x x x x x x x x x x x x X x X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x X x x x x Bu( 196 I L CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 21 - Page 340 Z q Y G> P Z Z� p Y m P m III[�PY T.inP %R 1QkA Z X1 09 HEARINGS: Iget Mayor Marshall opened the continued public hearing in 3-69 connection with the Preliminary Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year 1968 -69. Mayor Marshall inquired if anyone present desired to be heard. . Roger Hardacre, Chairman of the Board of Library Trustees, spoke from the audience and requested additional monies for the purchase of library books. A letter from the Balboa Peninsula Point Association Motion dated June 21 stating its position on the proposed Budget Ayes x x x x x was ordered filed. Absent x Additions to the Budget were discussed. Win Hall, Don Elder, R. S. Patterson, John Shea and Margaret Hall spoke from the audience. The following items were added to the Budget, as Motion indicated: Ayes x x x x x Absent x (a) City Clerk - Object No. 2016, $1, 500 for records management consultant. (b) Police - Activity No. 2090 -2, $60 for one executive swivel chair to be exchanged for City Manager's present chair. (c) Marine Safety - Object No. 2816, $375 for contract for maintenance of swimming line buoys off of Corona del Mar. (d) Libraries - Object No. 7033, $2, 000 for purchase of library books. (e) Building Excise Tax Fund - $2750 for addition to Corona del Mar (2iddition for furniture ,knd.Qther items). A discussion was had regarding items to be deleted from the Budget. (a) The utility boat, Object No. 91 -4, was deleted from Motion the Police Department Budget. Ayes x x x x x Absent x (b) The Council agreed to remove the portable public address unit and instant camera from the City Manager's Budget, and the Public Personnel Seminar on A. D. P. and a steno chair from the Personnel Budget. Page 340 X1 09 Index �J 40 7 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH COUNCILMEN Volume 21 - Page 341 June 25, 1968 (c) The electric endorser was retained in the Motion Finance Budget. Ayes Absent I©,©PI® (d) , Councilman Gruber made a motion to retain a Motion 1/2 ton pickup truck and mobile radio in the Ayes Purchasing and Warehousing Budget, which motion Noes failed. Abstain x Absent (e) Historical pictures of past Councilmen were Motion removed from the Nondepartmental Budget. Ayes Abstain x Absent (f) A TV camera and video recorder were removed Motion from the Police Department Budget. Ayes Noes Abstain Absent (g) All items in the Fire Department Budget were Motion retained. Ayes Abstain Absent (h) All items in the Marine Safety Budget were retained!. Motion Ayes Abstain Absent (i) The typewriter shelves in the Building Department Budget were retained. (j) Councilman Gruber made a motion to approve all items in the Public Works - Administrative and Engineering Budget, which motion failed. (k) One new sedan was eliminated from the Public Works - Administrative and Engineering Budget (1) The construction of:catch basins in Riverside Drive at Pacific Coast Highway and the construction of a carpenter shop at the City Yard were deleted from the General Fund - Capital Improvements Budget. page 341 Motion X Ayes x Abstain x Absent x Motion Ayes Noes x x Abstain x Absent 1 x Motion I xl cixI Ayes x x x Noes x Abstain x Absent x Motion x Ayes xx xx x Absent x 1Z Index • I� L June 25, 1968 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Volume 21 - Page 342 (m) A station wagon and spray rig were retained in the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Budget. A contemplated tax rate was discussed, and it was the consensus of the Council that the Budget be passed on an estimated 1. Z25 tax rate. Mayor Marshall asked if anyone desired to be heard. Jack Barnett, Executive Manager of the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, complimented the Council and expressed appreciation of the problems they had to meet in balancing the Budget. The Council expressed appreciation to City Manager Harvey Hurlburt for an excellent job in preparing a very precise and descriptive Budget. Mayor Marshall closed the public hearing with the unanimous consent of the Council. Resolution No. 6812, adopting the Budget for 1968 -69 fiscal year in the amount of $9, 427, 510. 00, was adopted after the reading of the resolution was waived by unani: mous consent of the Council. The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 P.M. 0 WN T14 1 MEMOIR 731 K011 Page 342 COUNCILMEN Motion Aye s Abstain Absent Motion Roll Call: Ayes x x x Absent x Motion Ayes x x x Absent x x x x X x X