11-07-91PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
SPECIAL MEETING
7 November 1991
Vol. 42
No. 20
APPROVED 25 NOVEMBER 1991
Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville held
in the Municipal Building 7 November 1991 at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order by Council President Schneider.
Present: Council President Schneider, Councilmembers O'Leary,
Noll, Stehura, Collins and Brien.
Councilmember Pierson arrived at 6:40 p.m.
The Council reviewed the public buildings, parking facilities,
traffic control, industrial waste disposal and recycling, water
utility, wastewater utility, capital improvement program and
transit budgets.
The Council requested that the following information be provided to
them:
Councilmember Stehura would like an analysis of the scheduled
ice time used at the ice arena during the peak season.
Councilmember Noll requested a two-year analysis
firefighter call-backs.
Councilmember Brien requested that the administration survey
the firefighters concerning whether they would voluntarily wear a
pager.
The following straw votes were made:
Councilmember Collins moved to reduce debt service by $12,626 to
reflect the surplus from completed construction projects, seconded
by Councilmember Noll and passed unanimously.
Councilmember Collins moved to reduce the finance budget by $4,719
for personnel turnover, seconded by Councilmember Brien and passed
unanimously.
Councilmember Collins moved to increase fund balance applied by
$91,000, seconded by Councilmember Brien and passed unanimously.
Councilmember Noll moved to authorize the police school liaison
program, contingent on the final approval of the school board and
city council, to increase the police department budget by $34.347
and to increase General Fund Revenue by $34.347, seconded by
Councilmember O'Leary and passed by the following vote: Aye:
Council President Schneider, Councilmembers O'Leary, Noll, Collins
and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Pierson and Stehura.
Councilmember Collins moved to reduce the park management budget by
$20,000 for resurfacing of Hyatt Street, seconded by Councilmember
Brien and passed unanimously.
Councilmember Collins moved to increase the ice arena subsidy by
$11,000 for rebuilding compressor no. 1, seconded by Councilmember
Noll and passed unanimously.
Councilmember Brien moved to reduce the finance budget by $2,400
and the public works administration budget by $1,000 for national
conferences, seconded by Councilmember Collins and failed by the
following vote: Aye: Councilmembers O'Leary, Collins and Brien.
Nay: Council President Schneider, Councilmembers Pierson, Noll and
Stehura.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to reduce street cleaning budget by
$10,000 for the chemical weed control program, seconded by
Councilmember Brien and failed by the following vote: Aye:
Council President Schneider, Councilmembers O'Leary and Brien.
Nay: Councilmembers Pierson, Noll, Stehura and Collins.
Councilmember Brien moved to reduce the fire suppression budget by
$1,800 for six pagers and withdrew his motion until further
information is provided by the administration.
Councilmember Brien moved to reduce the Municipal Building budget
by $8,500 for carpeting, seconded by councilmember O'Leary and
passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Schneider,
Councilmembers O'Leary, Noll, Collins and Brien. Nay:
Councilmembers Pierson and Stehura.
Councilmember Stehura moved to adjourn, seconded by Councilmember
Noll and failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Noll,
Stehura and Collins. Nay: Council President Schneider,
Councilmembers O'Leary and Brien. Pass: Councilmember Pierson.
Councilmember Brien moved to reduce the recreation budget by
$16,000 for the hockey box, seconded by Councilmember Stehura and
failed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Schneider,
Councilmembers Stehura and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Pierson,
O'Leary, Noll and Collins.
Councilmember Noll moved to add the clean-sweep program into the
1992 budget and then withdrew her motion, until the exact dollar
amount required is provided by the administration.
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By consensus of the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:25
p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Jean Ann Wulf
City Clerk
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