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CITY OF T IGARD
P.O. Box 23397
12420 S.W. Main
Tigard,Oregon 97223
May 24, 1978
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a special Council meeting, called by
the Mayor, will be held on May 25, 1978 at 7:30 P14 in Tigard City
Hall, 12420 Sial Main Street, Tigard, Oregon.
The meeting is called for the purpose of consideration of two items:
1. A levy outside the 6% limitation.
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2. Procedure regarding the filling of a vacancy on the City Council. N
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TIGARD CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES, MAY 25, 1978, 7:30 P.M.
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1. ROLL CALL: Present: Mayor Wilbur Bishop; Councilman John Cook, Alan W. Mickelson,
Kenneth Scheckla; Legal Counsel, Joe Bailey; City Administra-
tor, R. R. Barker; Librarian, Irene Ertell; City Recorder,
Doris Hartig; Administrative Aide, Aldace Howard; Program
Coordinator, Claire Mead; Police Lieutenant, Donald Rea;
Clerk III, Loreen Wilson.
2. Mayor Bishop stated the special meeting had been called by the common consent of
Council for two purposes: 1. to consider the budget situation, and 2. to consider
the procedure in filling vacant Council position.
Mayor Bishop stated, regarding the budget, that there seemed to be two alternatives,
1-to resubmit a tax levy measure to the voters for an amount to be determined over
the 6% limitation, or 2-reduce the budget and operate within the 6% limitation.
Councilman Cook noted that in view of the large margin of defeat, his opinion
was that the City should try to go back to the 6%, if possible, to restore
credibility with the citizens and then to resubmit the tax base measure in
November to the voters.
Kenneth Scheckla expressed his thanks to the press for their unbiased coverage
and support of the tax base measure.
City Administrator stated the 78-79 tax base would be $195,832 on July 1, 1978,
and will yield $176,248 for the City m operate on. City Administrator also
stated there seemed to be two alternatives to the budget situation: 1. to rase
revenues (which seemed unlikely), or 2. to cut expenses. Staff presented
possible budget cuts to Council (see attached list). City Administrator also noted
that a new budget, without the new tax base, would have to be 9.17% less than
the 1977-78 budget.
Lengthly discussion followed between Council and staff.
Mayor Bishop noted he would like to analyze the vote and situation and not make
any decisions at this time.
Councilman Mickelson stated citizen comment. was that there seemed to be too many
employees on the City payroll, and that this should be noted in consideration of
the situation.
It was noted by staff that if one position was cut from the budget, any similar
CETA positions would be cut. (i.e. 1 patrolman on City payroll layed off would
mean all three CETA patrolmen would be terminated).
Consensus of Council was to consider further the budget situation at the June 5,
1978 Study Session.
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3. Council discussed the steps that could be taken to fill Councilman Lynn Wakem' s
position.
It was the consensus of Council to leave the position vacant until the November
election and to then appoint the elected candidate to serve at the first meeting
after the election.
4. ADJOURNMENT: 8:40 P.M.
Doris Hartig, City Rel er
ATTEST:
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Wilbur Bishop, Mayor
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