01/29/1979MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUDGETING THE
USE OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING
FUNDS FOR THE YEAR 1979, on
MONDAY, January 29, 1979
CALL TO ORDER: Finance and Insurance Committee Chairman Richard Ward
called the Public Hearing to order, reading the notice
of Public Hearing as published in the newspapers and
granting an opportunity for any person to address
the City Council.
Those Aldermen present were: Koplos, Kehe, Ensign, Brannigan, Birchfield,
Erbach, Sarlo, Meyer, and Seitz. Also present were City Comptroller Blietz,
Administrative Assistant to the Commissioner of Public Works Tozzo,
Fire Chief Gedroic, Police Chief Alfano, City Engineer Bowen, and
Deputy Fire Chief Buckley.
No person from the audience appeared before the
City Council, following Chairman Ward's request.
The City Council, meeting as a Committee of the Whole,
reviewed the proposed uses of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds as proposed
by the Mayor, as follows:
Public Safety - 0 -
Environmental Protection $500,059.00
Public Transportation 167,600.00
_Recreation - 0 -
Special Services for the Aged 52,700.00
General 17,320.00
Public Works 70,000.00
The City Council then reviewed other categories of
the City budget requesting the Mayor to refer the following to the
following committees:
1. Justification for the Senior Citizen Program Coordinator and
Senior Citizen programs referred to Health and Welfare Committee
2. Justification for Museum Director - referred to Library and
Historical Society Committee
3. Examination of costs and activities of Forestry Department -
referred to Beautification and Forestry Committee
4. Justification for request to purchase Catch Basin Cleaner -
referred to Commissioner of Public Works
5. Purchase of new equipment for snow removal totalling $610,000 -
referred to Streets and Traffic Committee along with
investigation into capability of operators
6. Ald. Koplos's request that City purchase equipment for clearing
Cul-de-sacs of snow
7. Explanation of request for Senior Meter Serviceman - referred to
Commissioner of Public Works
Public Hearing on the Federal Revenue Sharing Budget
and the annual budget for the fiscal year ending December 31,1979
adjourned at 10:15 P.M. Ai,
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Bertha Eleanor Rohrbach, City Clerk