HomeMy WebLinkAbout08 04 1992 Special CMCOUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
August 4, 1992
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Minutes of special meeting held in the city municipal building,
August 4, 1992.
Present: Mayor John O. Cotant, Council members Leroy S. Quick,
Steven M. England, Dean Wood, Public Works Director Steven M.
Smart and Secretary Colleen Wood. Councilman David A. Landon
and Attorney Thomas J. Holmes were excused.
Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor John O. Cotant.
PURPOSE OF MEETING is to discuss a 1992-93 Fiscal Year Budget Town
Meeting.
1992-93 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TOWN MEETING - The concern of the people
at this meeting was that we had Just had a bond passed for a
new jail and that the Schools was pending a bond and that
retired persons or fixed income people just could not stand
for any more increase in there property taxes.
The opening statement from Mayor was explaining to the people
that this was the 5th meeting that we had and that last
time there was 1 person who showed up and he wasn't concern
about taxes he was concern that we were going to Caqse water
again. Ne (the mayor) explained the reason for the increase.
The law w~ll not allow for us to go on the way thing have
been. The remaining was turned to Chief of Police, Jerry
Rowland, and Asst Police Richard Webb.
Jerry said that out of all the letters we send out we received
two phone calls and neither one was on the tax increase.
Jerry, commented that we have had over 800 hours comp-time
already this year. We have lost 3 Office this year and we are
just now being abe to replace them, plus the fact that our
burglary have gone up a lot and Captain Webb as of today has
been able to close all of them (approx 25 or 30).
A lot of these are due to people not locking there cars and
homes.
Question, if the bike patrol was cost effectqve?
The bicycle patrol is one of the best things that we have done
for a long time, however most of the time has been donated at
this time. In a 24 hour period there are times when we have
no officers on duty. Nowever the time is rotated. Was asked
about the reserve program, but because of the liberty
insurance we could not continue with that.
The attorney fee's have gone up because every time an arrest
is make everyone goes out and get and lawyer and that cost
also.
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1992-93 FZSCAL YEAR BUDGET TOWN MEETZNG - (cont.) -
If we don't offer a good starting wage we become a training
base and we need to offer enough so the officer would want to
stay. Dwain Kinghorn explained that due to the for sight of
the fire department in wanting a facility large enough to
house all of the fire equipment that now we are well prepared
to take care off the massive fires that we are dealing with
and even though we don,t want out taxes raised he felt tha~
that is what the police department is trying to get prepared
for, is the future. If the Mayor and council decide they want
to build on to the police department the have to have the tax
dollars to do it I sure that we'll all be better off in the
future.
Vera Armstrong and Dorothy Ward said that they felt that the
percent that they are asking for is just way out of reason for
people on a fixed income.
Referring to the whipping horse next door (pocatello) that is
what is really hurting us. Its not the resident of Chubbuck,
but because we have a sign separating us that why our police
department has to maintain. Our crime rate is about 11th
the state. Crime is third. If we cut personnel then we have
to cut service.
We need to find another way to provide service other than
property taxes. Jerry suggested a local optical tax, with the
Pine Ridge Ma]] located in Chubbuck our community wouldn't
need any more money, but we can,t get our legislature off dead
center to do it but we can.
They Mayor felt we need to get the School taxes out of
the property taxes.
Jerry Rowland feels that whether we are a retired, middle age,
or a young family we're all getting hit the same.
Jerry Rowland explained how thrifty his department is i~:'
buying there oars.
Concern about the amount of increase in crime that Wal-Mart
will bring into the city,
Meeting adjourned at
Colleen Wood, Secretary
9;00 P.M.
/,~ohn O. Cotant, Mayor
CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF CHUBBUCK
Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 50-604, the undersigned Mayor
of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, hereby calls a speclal meeting of
the City Council to be held at the Chubbuck Munioipal Building, at
the hour of 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, the 4th. day of' August, 1992.
The object of the speclal meeting is to: 1 · Conduct a 1992-93
Fiscal Year Budget Town Meeting,
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
TO:
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO.
Pursuant to the call set forth above, notice is hereby given
of a special meeting of the Chubbuck City Council at the t~me and
place, and for the object, recited ~n the call.
Ron C. Conlin
Chubbuck City Clerk
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NOTICE
The undersigned, Mayor and members of the Chubbuck City
Council hereby acknowledge receipt of notice of the special meeting
set fo.r.~ii~h/~l:)ove. / ~
,.'Jo~C~}~c~--)Ootant, Mayor /
Leroy s/Quick,~un~-llmeraber
David A.
.,....,"'St~en M. England,
Landon, Councilmember W. Dean Wood, Councilmember