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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - June 29, 1970 - CCAZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1970 8:00 p.m. The City Council of the City of Azusa met in adjourned regular session at the above time and place. Mayor Jens J. Solem called the meeting to order. Call to Order Present at Roll Call: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Roll Call Clark, Solem ' Also Present: Acting City Administrator Sandwick, Account- ing Director Cooney, City Clerk Klarr. The Council held discussion with regard to the decision Counc.decision at the last meeting to increase the Treasurer's salary. to further incr.Treas. Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Snyder salary to and unanimously carried by roll call that the Treasurer's $650 salary be further increased to $650 per month. The Acting City Administrator informed the Council that Actg.City there will be an increase in the Blue Cross InsLrance Adm.stated amounting to $1.13 per employee, per month, to be paid by an incr.in the City. He stated that this increase was already Cty's Health included in the budget request. Ins.at $1.13 empl.to be Moved by Councilman Rubio, seconded by Councilman Decker paid by City and unanimously carried by roll call to approve the in- (Approved) crease in premium while continuing to look into other insurance plans. The Acting City Administrator reported that the Ways and AB 908 Means Committee of the State Legislature will be consider- to be ing AB 908, on July 7, 1970, at 9:30 a.m. in Sacramento. considered It was noted that at least two Councilmen, and the City in Sacramento Administrator will be in attendance at the Committee hear- by Councilman Clark ing. and unanimously carried by roll The Acting City Administrator presented for review by the to approve the renewal Council the complement and salary schedule to be exhibited of the four insurance policies, on the Resolution to adopt them for 1970-71. July 1, 1970. The Acting City Administrator presented the Resolution Res -#5749 for adopting the 1970-71 budget. adopting 1970-71 Councilman Rubio offered the Resolution entitled: Budget A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADOPTING THE BUDGET & APPROVING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY OF AZUSA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1970 AND ENDING JUNE 303 1971. Moved by Councilman Rubio, seconded by Councilman Snyder and unanimously carried by roll call that further reading be waived. Moved by Councilman Rubio, seconded by Councilman Snyder that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and 'adopted by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None and numbered Resolution 5749. The Council held discussion with regard to the increase of Approve premiums on the renewal of four (4) insurance policies. renewal of 4 ins. policies Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Clark due 7/1/70 and unanimously carried by roll call to approve the renewal of the four insurance policies, due July 1, 1970. AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, JUNE 293 1970 Page 2 The City Clerk presented the Resolution for adopting the Res.#5750 Complement and Salary schedule and read the Resolution in re:Complement full. Councilman Rubio offered for adoption the Resolution entitled: 'A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 4693 RELATING TO THE TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AND COMPENSATION IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, EFFECTIVE JUNE 21, 1970. Moved by Councilman Rubio, seconded by Councilman Decker that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None and numbered Resolution 5750. The City Clerk presented the Resolution increasing the Res. #5751 rubbish rates from $1.50 to $2.00 per month, and read the re:increase Resolution in full. in rubbish rates Councilman Clark offered for adoption the Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA FIXING A FEE FOR THE COLLECTION OF RUBBISH AND GARBAGE. Moved by Councilman Clark, seconded by Councilman Snyder that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None and numbered Resolution 5751. The City Clerk presented a Resolution amending the water rate schedule to increase water revenue by $40,000. Councilman Snyder offered the Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 4543, RESOLUTION NO. 5191 AND RESOLUTION NO. 5598, FIXING AND ESTABLISHING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AND AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREOF. Moved by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Clark and unanimously carried that further reading be waived. Moved by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Clark that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: 'AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None and numbered Resolution 5752. The City Clerk presented the Resolution which would appoint Appt.of new Mr. George Wakefield as Assistant City Attorney. C.Atty. tabled to After discussion, it was 8/3/70 Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Clark that the prior motion of the Council at its adjourned meeting of June 24, 1970, with regard to approving the recommendation of the City Attorney to appoint Mr. Wake- field, be recinded. AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, JUNE 293 1970 Page 3 Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Clark and unanimously carried to table the matter of the appointment of a new City Attorney until the August 3, 1970 meeting of Council. The City Clerk presented a Resolution which would amend Res.#5753 the Personnel Rules and Regulations by increasing the pay amend Pers. 'back of sick leave under certain conditions from 25% to R & R re: 30% and add the condition of death of the employee after pay back of attaining permanent status. sick leave Councilman Decker offered the Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 3914 PERTAINING TO PAYMENT FOR ACCUMU- LATED SICK LEAVE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Snyder and unanimously carried that further reading be waived. Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Snyder that the Resolution be adopted. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None and numbered Resolution 5753 The City Clerk presented an Ordinance which would increase lst rdg.Ord. the compensation for the City Treasurer to $650 per month. incr.C.Treas. 'salary to Councilman Clark offered for introductory first reading an $650/mo. Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COMPENSA- TION OF THE CITY TREASURER. Moved by Councilman Clark, seconded by Councilman Decker and unanimously carried by roll call that further reading be waived. The City Clerk presented an Ordinance which would increase 1st rdg.Ord. the compensation of the City Clerk to $1,000 per month incr.C.Clk's. salary to Councilman Decker offered for introductory first reading $13000/mo. an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COMPENSA- TION OF THE CITY CLERK. Moved by Councilman Decker, seconded by Councilman Rubio and unanimously carried by roll call that further reading be waived. At the invitation of Councilman Rubio, Mr Samuel Norris, Presentation Manager of the SGV Municipal Data Systems, appeared 1�efore re: MDS Council to make a presentation with regard to MDS. He ex- plained that MDS is a joint power Data System, involving thirteen (13) cities. At this time it is in the process of being developed, and it is financed as follows: The Partner Cities pay 350,000 The Carnegie Institute $200,000 The Soft Glare Contracting Co. $1005000 RCA Corporation $100,000 AZUSA AUDITORIUM AZUSA, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1970 The Board of Directors is constituted of Councilman delegates from the partner cities. The Computor used is an RCA Spectra 7045, with 200 K core and disk files. The system will be a shared time system, 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, with 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday. ' They proposed the following systems to be available for user cities: Financial Police Statistics General Information Management Planning Utility Billing User would be on-line with terminals. Billings, pay- checks, etc. would be printed out at the site of the computer, and delivered to the user. Mr. Norris was not able to give firm figures for the cost to the City, were it to join the system. The following were figures presented as guide lines for expenses. $253000 to $30,000 to buy into the system, (which can be paid over several years). Annual cost between $40,000 to $50,000. Terminal cost $200 per month rental, ' including telephone line connections,for each terminal. Print out material for the City would be extra. He was unaware of what the additional cost would be for utility billing with power utilities, and billing the utilities on a monthly basis. He also recommended one trained computer person remain with the City. He pointed out that the system does not presently have a power utility billing program, however, one is being developed for the City of Pasadena; and user rights would be purchased,for the program, from that City. He further indicated that the system would not be fully functional until a year from now. After discussion Council thanked Mr. Norris for his presentation. No action taken by Council. Moved by Councilman Clark, seconded by Councilman Snyder and unanimously carried to adjourn. Page 4 Time of adjournment: 10:49 p.m. Adjourn City r Next Resolution No. 5754 Next Ordinance No. 994