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Session 1903 - Study <br />December 6, 2003 <br /> <br />Plan for the City, but the Plan Commission, by law, approves the plan - not the <br />City Council. <br /> <br />Ms. Welsch reviewed an Ad Hoc Committee proposal that she had developed, <br />which was originally copied to Mr. Ollendorff, Ms. Colquitt, Mr. Wagner and Mr. <br />Munkel. Mr. Sharpe spoke in favor of the proposal. Since Councilmembers did <br />not have time to thoroughly review her proposal, as they had just been delivered <br />to the full Council that morning, she noted that she would discuss it with her <br />colleagues at another time. <br /> <br />After discussion, the sense of the Council agreed upon the following: the need <br />for the IDA to meet annually, and for the LCRA and TIF to meet quarterly, as a <br />minimum; the intention to combine the LCRA with the IDA, if it legal; the need to <br />advise the Plan Commission that a new Comprehensive Plan is needed in 2004; <br />to allow these three boards to be more pro-active in the planning portion of <br />economic development issues; the need for the Plan Commission and the City <br />Council to meet jointly half-way through planning for the new Comprehensive <br />Plan; the need to notify City Council members of IDA, LCRA and TIF meetings; <br />and the need to make timely and appropriate appointments to these groups. <br /> <br />A.qenda Item #3 - Recreation Proqrams and Fees <br /> <br />Mr. Ollendorff asked the Council Members for a general assessment of current <br />fee levels for City recreation programs. <br /> <br />Discussion led the sense of the Council to agree that, generally, they are very <br />Iow to Iow; they do not approach the "break even" point and are lower than fees <br />charged by other area recreation programs. Mr. Ollendorff will make sure that <br />Council's thoughts on this matter are given to the Parks staff as they continue to <br />study this issue. <br /> <br />A.qenda Item #4 - Travel Budqet <br /> <br />Mr. Lieberman noted that of the $22,000 budgeted for travel for both the City <br />Council and the City Clerk, the entire amount was used by Councilmembers only, <br />leading him to conclude the amount should be increased to 0.10 per cent of the <br />budget, resulting in an amount of $27,400 to pay for travel for Councilmembers <br />and the City Clerk. <br /> <br />Councilmembers acknowledged the need for guidelines and principles to govern <br />the amount budgeted for travel, but determined to consider exact amounts next <br />May when the budget is determined. <br /> <br />A,qenda Item #5 - Bulletin Board Policy for Use <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />