08-28-72 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28 1972 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING (CONTINUED) agreement that the money would not be used this year for that purpose so that the money could be used for matching funds in the Northeast Code Enforcement project. Councilman Miller objected strongly to this and said that the Council was not aware of it. Mr. Richardson said there was a gentlemen's agreement on this. Mr. Nemeth asked if the agreement with the Park Department was ironclad and Mr. Richardson said that Mr. Laven, President of the previous Council, had written a letter of intent about the matter. It was the feeling of the Council that they would not be bound by any such agreement made by a previous Council. The question was called and the motion failed. Councilman Nemeth moved to amend the Park Department budget as follows: Reduce Labor to $754,631, Overtime to $95,000, 251 Repair of Buildings & Structures to $8,500, 252 Repairs of Equipment to $9,500, 261 Other Contractual Services to $71,815, 321 Gasoline to $15,000, 322 Oil to $1,700, 324 Other Garage and Motor Supplies to $4,000, 371 Chemicals; Spray Materials and Fertilizer to $17,500, 374 Other Supplies to $7,250, 43 Repair Parts to $11,750, 442 General Park Materials to $21,000, 711 Buildings, Structures & Improvements to $1,500, 712 Other Structures to $1,500, and 726 Other Equipment to $22,430. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Nemeth moved to amend 62 Social Security to $69,074, 63 Retirement to $122,800 and 64 Group Insurance to $23,353, seconded by Councilman Taylor and carried. Councilman Kopczynski made a motion to amend the Park Department budget, 261 Other Contractual Services to $51,815 and delay spending the $20,000 for the new floor in LaSalle Center until a more thorough study could be made of the problem. Councilman Horvath seconded the motion. The motion failed, Councilman Nemeth moved to amend the Police Pension Fund budget to reduce 2212 Postage to $200, Z213 Traveling Expense to $150, 2214 Medical and Surgical to 0, 2361 Records, Stationery and Printing to $200, and Z72 Equipment to $100. Councilman Horvath seconded the motion. Councilman Taylor moved to amend the motion to reduce 2212 Postage to $250, 2213 Traveling Expense to $150, 2214 Medical and Surgical to 0, 2361 Records, Stationery and Printing to $200 and Z72 Equipment to $100. Councilman Miller seconded the motion to amend. Motion carried. Councilman Nemeth moved to amend the Department of Redevelopment budget to reduce 212 Postage to $150, 213 Traveling Expense to 0, 214 Telephone and Telegraph to $600, 321 Gasoline to $400, 324 Other Garage and Motor Supplies to $200 and 363 Other Office Supplies to $250 and 722 Motor Equipment to 0. Councilman Miller seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Miller moved to amend the Human Relations and FEPC budget to strike 211 Freight, Ex- press= -and Drayage, amend 62 Social Security to $1984 and 63 Retirement to $4294. Councilman Serge seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Kopczynski made a motion to amend the Human Relations and FEPC budget to reduce 212 Postage to $250, 213 Traveling Expense to $325, 215 Transportation Allowance to $500, 23 Instruction to $1500, 241 Printing other than Office Supplies to $650 and 252 Repairs of Equipment to $45. Councilman Horvath seconded the motion. The motion failed. Councilman Horvath made a motion to amend the Human Relations and FEPC budget by delet- ing Field Worker II at $9862. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion failed, Councilman Miller made a motion to amend the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund budget by elim- inating 72 Properties $150,000, this amount to go into the operating balance of the fund. Councilman Kopczynski seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Nemeth made a motion to recess until 6:30 p.m. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion and the meeting recessed at 5:05 a.m. The Committee of the Whole meeting reconvened at 6:30 p.m., Chairman Newburn presiding. Mr. Newburn said that Mr. Joseph Grazi of the United Way had asked for time to address the Council. Mr. Grazi read a letter from Mr. Vern Fladeland asking that the Human Relations and Fair Employ- ment Practices Commission be maintained and strengthened and that the proposed budget for that department be approved. City Controller James Barcome read the amended budget line by line and the proposed tax levies as follows: General Fund 3.216 General Sinking Fund 0.06 Park Maintenance Fund 0.64 Park District Fund 0.10 Street Department 0.15 Firemen's Pension Fund 0.37 Policemen's Pension Fund 0.27 Hospital Fund 0.03 Art Association Fund 0.01 Redevelopment Bond Fund 0.17 Redevelopment Fund 0.03 Building Demolition, Repair and Contingent Fund 0.14 Human Relations and FEPC 0.02 Cumulative Sewer Building and Sinking Fund 0.25 Junk Vehicle Fund 0.00 Miss Virginia Guthrie said that the Civic Planning Association commends the Council for the re- ductions made in the proposed budget. She said that it is a good start but that her organization will continue to work for reductions through the State Tax Board Hearings. She thanked the Council for making an item -by -item study of the budget and said that much hard work had gone into the decisions on the reductions made. Councilman Nemeth moved for a short recess, seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried and the meeting recessed at 7:45 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 8:40 p.m. Councilman Nemeth made a motion that the budget ordinance be amended to reflect the computations as°read:byt.hhe"Cty Controller. Councilman Miller seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Nemeth moved that the Motor Vehicle Highway budget be amended to reduce MVH 423 ,Emulsion to $58,831 and MVH 425 Bituminous Materials to $55,331. This would change the Materials Total to $275,662 and the Grand Total to $1,229,015. Councilman Miller seconded the motion and it carried.