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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Workshop
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 8, 2017 which were approved by the City
Council on August 15, 2017.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 15th day of August, 2017.
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Rebecca Huerta
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City Council Workshop Session
Tuesday,August 8,2017 9:00 AM Council Chambers
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A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor McComb called the meeting to Order at 9:03 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Present 9- Mayor Joe McComb,Council Member Rudy Garza, Council Member
Paulette Guajardo, Council Member Michael Hunter, Council Member
Debbie Lindsey-Opel,Council Member Ben Molina, Council Member Lucy
Rubio; Council Member Greg Smith,and Council Member Carolyn Vaughn
Council Member Hunter arrived at 9:07 a.m.
C. _BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. Proposed FY 2017 -2018 Budget Workshop- General Fund and
Internal Service Funds
Mayor McComb referred to Item 1.City Manager Margie C: Rose provided
opening remarks regarding the proposed FY 2017-2018 budget workshop
covering the General and Internal Services Funds.
Director of Budget and Strategic Management Eddie Houlihan-presented
information on the following topics related to the General Fund: mission;
number of employees; revenue I general resources;total,expenditures;
projected change in the fund balance;and FY 2018 decision packages.
In response to questions from council members,Mr:Houlihan discussed the
following topics: time line for completion of natatorium renovations;
ownership of the natatorium;communications and planningrelating to
contractual expenditures related to the natatorium and other.projects;that the
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natatorium's hours of operation are shared between Corpus Christi
Independent School District and the City;that the cost of living adjustment,
programmed into the FY 2018 General Fund for Police and Fire,are the result
of contractual obligations set out in their collective bargaining agreements
with the City;the sources of funding for the cost of living adjustment for Police
and Fire; using the funding set aside for the cost of living adjustment for
Police and Fire for other priorities;the listing of contractual obligations as
decision packages;what decision the city council is being asked to make when
items are contractual obligations;the financial unsustainability of monies
dedicated to public safety;the need for Police and Fire to"come to the table"
to address their fiscally unsustainable collective bargaining agreements.
Mr. Houlihan presented an overview and the order of departmental
presentations.
Chief of Police Mike Markel(including Animal Control and Code Enforcement),
Fire Chief Robert Rocha,Director of Solid Waste Lawrence Mikolajczyk,
Director of Parks and Recreation Jay Ellington,and Director of Court
Administration Gilbert Hernandez each presented the following information for
their respective departments: mission and mission elements; key services and
related full-time equivalencies(FTEs);efficiencies achieved in FY 2017 and
planned in FY 2018; number of employees;total revenues;and expenditures.
Following the Code Enforcement portion of Chief Markel's presentation,the
following items were discussed in response to questions from council
members:the status of programs funded by the Crime Control and Prevention
District;funding for additional Police officers;and the impact of Internal
Service allocations.
Following Chief Rocha's presentation,the following items were discussed in
response to questions from council members: consideration to give the Fire
Department some EMS revenues;moving resources from within the Fire
Department to staff Fire Station 18; history of staffing plans for Fire Station 18;
the desire to staff Fire Station 18;that construction of Fire Station 18 should be
completed by about November of 2017; Fire Department staffing levels;the
decisions for which city council is responsible;funding of drag-up pay for Fire
personnel;and a request from certain council members that Chief Rocha
provide the city council with a map showing response times for each fire
station in the City,depicted as circles surrounding each fire station.
Following Mr.Mikolajczyk's presentation,the following items were discussed
in response to questions from council members: the frequency and location of
street sweeping;theremaining life of the landfill;that landfill life is calculated
by volume;the current and historical frequency of bulky trash pickup; and the
reason the Solid Waste Department's debt service is being paid from the Debt
Service Fund versus from the General Fund.
Following Mr.Ellington's presentation,the following items were discussed in
response to questions from council members: the number of FTEs dedicated
to drainage mowing;the duties and staffing levels of Park Operations;the
importance of making the bayfront more beautiful;the adopt-a-park program;
and the amount of General and Operating Fund revenue necessary to support
the proposed expenditures.
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Following Mr.Hernandez'presentation,the following items were discussed in
response to questions from council members: the need to modernize and
streamline the customer queueing process at Municipal Court;the number of
clerks planned for warrant production; computers in city marshals'vehicles;
the use of walk-through metal detectors;Special Revenue Fund sources and
uses; records retention;collection of fines; payment plans and related fees;
court costs set by the state and fines set by a judge,and the percentage of
each that goes to the State of Texas/are retained by the City; a council
member asked for a review of fees assessed by municipal court judges;
utilizing community service in lieu of fines; and the efficiency with which
customer calls are answered.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:13 a.m.
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