HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-01-05 City Council Summary MinutesSpecial Meting
January 5, 1976
The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at 7:30 p.m.
in a Special Mteting with Mayor Norton presiding.
Present: Beahra, Berwild; Carey, Comstock,
Eyerly, Norton, Sher, Witherspoon
Absent: Clay
Mayor Norton announced that since this was a Special Meeting, there
would not be any approval of minutes or oral communications.
REFUSE UTILIi'Y aTr F�' TQ_N (Ctfn:59 :5)
Councilman Berwaid, Chairman of the Finance and Public Works Committee,
said the inexorable rise in costs have also affected Palo Alto's refuse
collection services and the contractor who handles this important part
of municipal services. With this in mind, the staff has been negotiating
with the contractor to develop an equitable solution to these problems.
The recommendation that staff has made has unanimously been concurred
in by the Finance and Public Works Committee and appears on the agenda.
Councilman Berwald stated that :e would not make any lengthy comments
except to say that an amendment to the budget is requited to increase
the budget for contract payments by approximately $1.30,000. He felt
that it should be pointed out that revenues to the contractor will
actually be reduced from 80.86 percent, which is the present gross re-
turn, to 80.00 percent, and yet the average homeowner will have to pay
fifty-five cents more per month for the same quality of service. The
city will have approximately $30,000 per year from these increased
revenues and additional revenues from the recent rearrangement of fees
of the sanitary disposal area. He said that the contractor made a
profit this year but only because of the tale of some equipment. If it
were not for the ssle of this equipment, the contractor would have had
a net loss in providing the services. On behalf of the Finance and
Public Works Committee, Councilman Bereald recommended that the Council
approve the resolution.
Counciiv n Witherspoon referred to page three of the Finance and
Public Works Committee minutes of December 16, 1975. She quoted: "Kr.
Harris said the initial ten percent produced in one year will produce
the $29►,000 to repay the capital improvement tuad for the well mitiga-
tion". She asked if this were a commitment or if that money just goes
into the funds to be spent on well mitigation, which she assumed was to
be for the recharging program. She said she was not sure what well
mitigation meant. Staff responded that $20000 was money approved by
Council in November for monitoring itoring the di • i stem in the refuse area.
The $9,000 was appropriated in the last budget, end this rate increase
will put that back into the general fund. This urns not mitigations
this was necessary monitoring to turn this landfill into a sanitary
operation. instead of well mitigation, the report was really meant to
say eonitories wells for water quality.
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MOTION: Councilman Berwald, Chairman of the Finance and Public Works
Committee, introduced the following resolution and moved, seconded by
Norton, its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 5182 entitled "RESOLUTION OF
HE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING
SCHEDULES R-1, R -1 -FA, R-2, R-3 and R-4 OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES RATES AND
CHARGES"
The resolution was adopted on a unanimous vote.
MOTION; Councilman Eerwald, Chairman of the Finance and Public Works
Committee, introduced the following ordinance and moved, seconded by
Norton, its adoption:
ORDINANCE NO, 2397 entitled "RESOLUTION OF
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975-76 TO INCREASE
THE ESTIMATED REVENUE AND CONTRACT SERV ICES
APPROPRIATION IN THE REFUSE UTILITY FUND"
The ordinance was adopted on a unanimous vote.
MOTION: Councilman Ferwald, Chairman of the Finance and Public Works
Committee, moved, seconded by Norton, that Council approve Amendment
N.Q. 2 to the city's refuse collection contract with San Jose Sanitation
Service, Inc„ dba Palo Alto Sanitation Company (PASCO).
The motion passed on a unanimous vote.
JUtIRNMENT 'ICU _E CUT SESSION
The Special Meeting of January 5, 1976 adjourned to executive session
at 7:53 p.m. Vice Mayor Clay arrived at 7:55 p.m.
CouneilmesberL met with City !Manager. George A. S{pet and Personnel
Director Jay Rods in executive session to discuss personnel matters.
The executive session yes Adjourned nt 11:15 p,m.
ATTEST: APPROVE:
City Clark i Mayor 4114141
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