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06-26-1985 Workshop Meeting e e.. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING June 26, 1985 A Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held on Wednesday, June 26, 1985 in the City Hall Conference Room. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Council Member Henry, Council Member Turville, and Council Member Huff. Council Member Cole was absent. City Manager Saunders was also present. LIONS CLUB City Manager Saunders reported that if there were no Council objec- tions, the Lions Club, in conjunction with the Lake County Sheriff's Department and Coast Guard, would like to conduct a boating safety program using the Eighth Street Pier on Saturday, July 13th. There were no objections to the request. CHESTNUT STREET NO PARKING ZONES City Manager Saunders reported that the City had received complaints concerning the no parking zone on Chestnut Street, between Fifth Street and East Avenue. It was suggested that parking be allowed only on the north side of the street between Fifth Street and East Avenue. City Manager Saunders stated that he saw no problem with this, and would make the change. PROPOSED SANITATION RATES City Manager Saunders presented the proposed sanitation rates to the Council. He indicated that a rate structure of $9.00 per month for single family residences.and $8.50 per month for multi-family resi- dences would insure that the sanitation department could operate inde- pendently for at least three and possibly four years without another rate increase. This rate schedule would continue to provide rear yard pick up on the same schedule presently being used. FUTURE LAND USE DISTRICT MAP City Manager Saunders then discussed the City's Future Land Use District Map and pointed out the areas on our present zoning map that do not con- form with the Future Land Use District Map. The possible future rezoning of some those areas was also discussed. City Manager Saunders recommended that the City should adopt the Future Land Use Map with the Comprehensive Plan at the next Council Meeting. The rezoning of those areas in conflict could be addressed in the near future. It was noted that there were very few conflicting areas in the City. UTILITY BENEFIT FEES City Manager Saunders presented the Council with an updated Utility Benefit Fees Schedule as presented by Probe, Batson and Company. The new figures were calculated based on the guidelines provided by Council. City Manager Saunders further stated that the City was now in a position to write and adopt a Resolution for the new Utility Benefit Fees, and that he would have the document prepared for the July 9, 1985 Council Meeting. An effective date 30 days after adoption was discussed. It was also discussed that meetings had been held with area builders, and they were well aware of the impending increase. FISCAL YEAR 1984-1985 BUDGET The first item addressed under the budget discussions was a cost of living adjustment for City employees to be given on October 1, 1985. After reviewing the consumer price index figures for the first six . e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES WORKSHOP MEETING June 26, 1985 Page -2- months and the projected index for 1985, there was a consensus to use a 5% COLA figure when preparing the preliminary budget. The second item discussed was requests for new employees. City Manager Saunders stated that the Public Works Department had requested one new employee for the Parks Department. The Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund receives all the money collected from cemetery lot sales. The earnings from this fund can be used for upkeep of the cemetery, and at this time the earnings will support the one- half the salary of a new employee. It was recommended that one new employee be hired with half of his salary coming from the cemetery earnings. Half of this employee's time would be spent on cemetery maintenance and the remainder with the Parks Department crew. This would eliminate the City's dependence on work release prisoners from LCI for the Parks Department. The City will continue to use as many good work release personnel as possible, but will be in a posi- tion not to have to depend on them. Keeping good ones has been a problem in the past. An additional employee has also been requested for the Water and Sewer Department. Currently, the City has one employee who checks all lift stations and monitors all our water wells. If we have a major problem with any of our systems, this man has to be pulled from his reqular jOb in order to help out with the problem. Implementation of the new fluor- idation system and the possible construction of new lift stations will justify an additional employee who would be in charge of all lift stations. The current employee would be placed in charge of all the water wells, the fluoridation program and backflow prevention. The third request for an additional employee came from the Police Depart- ment. We now have times in the City when only one officer is on duty to cover the entire City. Absences due to illness or vacations cause one our traffic officer to be pulled from that duty to cover one of the regular shifts. Clermont is reaching a size where it needs more police personnel support at all times for the City. It was the consensus of the Council that all three requests for additional employees were justified and should be included in the preliminary budget. There being no further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m. ~a/~ Robert A. Pool, Mayor Attest: