1983/12/14 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

.as 446 1111111.11111 December 14,1983 Hi* OW,THEREFORE,BS IT RESOLVED that the monetary consideration for 11'7,[14 the vacation of Lake Street shall be an amount of one-half the appraised • 10111 value which amount is Twenty Eight Thousand,Seven Hundred Dollars 028,7001 a.that maid amount must be paid to the_City of Everett =•1$1, prior to January 1,1984,and deposited into the Real Property Acquisition Fund. '11i,N111 1 President Pope spoke against payment for this vacation and made a motion to have Wexler pay only costs of paperwork and legal fees. This ',1111111 , motion to amend the reeolution died for lack of a second. Councilman Aldcroft was excused from the meeting at this time. Roll was called with all Councilmen voting yes,except President PoPe, .11,1 t, who voted no,and Councilman Michelson and Aldoroft,who were excused. Motion Carried LOCAL TAXES DISCUSSION Bill Cushman,Finance Director,reported that the Budget c lwd met Monday to review all discretionary sources of income the City has control over and the amount of income generated by each one. They did not come up with any specific changes for 1984. They did look at the impacts on who paid these taxes,etc.and discussed alternative rates. 11' iuncilman Stephenson said the committee also spent time on where reductions could be made. They felt peelale ehould meae eeaee er ,11 possible changes due to serious budget problems and then implement these changes later in 1984 or in 1985 after public input. 1,1 He eaid they also discuss.funding to replace the swimming pool roof and an alternative 5-year funding plan was prbsented. He said it seemed appropriate to proce.with the re-roofing ae soon as possible but money had not been set aside for this at this time,but the committee .11LH did not make any recommendation or come to a consensus on this matter. Councilman Stephenson felt this was a high priority item and should be included in the 1984 budget and recommended that$100,000 be taken from the street overlay fund to begin the work with the balance of the cost on a.6-year plan. He also recommended a$300,000 reduction in utility 114/N4 taxes. He asked Administration and Mr.Cushman to look over the budget and make recommendations where this$300,000 010 0000 from. ,1'1111'1' Mayor Moore said it would be necessary to cut people if the$300,000 1101111 I was taken from the general fund and he would hate to see services affected. Also,he was not in favor of trading the street program for the swim pool roof. 11 1,1111 111. Moved by Councilman anStephenson,seconded by Councilman Overstreet,to f1,01''' allocate$100,000 out of the street overlay fund for the purpose of fincing the swimming pool roof in 1984 and to direct the 1904 Budget 0440 Committee to review discretionary taxes that are available for possible increaaes and that the public hearing processes are followed.in this regard. Councilman Overstreet pointed out that Council had already voted to maximize the real property tax. '114c :