1989-11-06 Special MeetingPROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY OF JANESVILLE,
SPECIAL MEETING
6 November 1989
Vol. 40
No. 19
CITY COUNCIL
WISCONSIN
Approved 11-6-89
Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville held in
the Municipal Building 6 November 1989 at 7:03 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Council President Stockwell.
Present: Council President Stockwell, Councilmembers Pierson, Collins,
Pulliam, Stehura, McLean and Schneider.
OLD BUSINESS
1. The Council reviewed the Fire Dept., VOM, Capital Projects, Public
Works Improvements, and Expenditure Summary - Other category budgets.
During the review of these budgets, Councilmembers requested the
following information: 1) Council President Stockwell requested
information on the Firemen's Relief Fund line item. 2) Councilmember
Pierson requested, during the audit of VOM, that the auditors address
owning vs leasing of vehicles in their report. 3) Councilmember
Collins requested information on Refunds and Adjustments line item.
4) Councilmember Pulliam requested a legal opinion on how to delete a
debt service line item for Main Street Bridge.
Councilmember Pierson moved to delete an $11,000 air compressor from
the Fire Department Budget, seconded by Councilmember Collins and
failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmember Pierson. Nay:
Council President Stockwell, Councilmembers Collins, Pulliam, Stehura,
McLean and Schneider.
Councilmember Pulliam moved to delete $110,000 in Capital Projects for
the Traxler parking lot and traffic signals, and then withdrew his
motion.
2. The Council discussed the proposal to investigate an alternative
catalog system as an interim improvement to Janesville Public
Library's automated system. Councilmember Pulliam moved to authorize
the library to further study the costs and benefits of a CD -Rom
catalog system, seconded by Councilmember Pierson and failed by the
following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Pierson and Pulliam. Nay:
Council President Stockwell, Councilmembers Collins, Stehura, McLean
and Schneider.
NEW BUSINESS
No one spoke on "Matters not on the Agenda".
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:50
p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Jean Ann Wulf