HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-10-1995 City Council Minutes MINUTES
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
TIME: Tuesday, January 10, 1995 - 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: City Hall Administration Meeting Room, 13777 Fruitvale Ave.
TYPE: Adjourned Regular Meeting
Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 - 6:00 p.m.
CONFERENCES WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Agency Negotiator: Mary Egan
Employee Organization: Saratoga Employees Association
Agency Negotiator: City Council
Unrepresented Employee: City Manager
Closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957:
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Title: Assistant to the City Manager
open Session
1. Roll Call
The City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Burger at 9:20
PM. Councilmembers Jacobs, Moran, Tucker, Wolfe and Mayor Burger were
present.
Staff Present: City Manager Peacock
2. Report of the City Clerk on the Posting the Agenda.
The City Clerk reported that the agenda for this meeting was properly
posted on January 6, 1995, the notice of adjournment from the January
4, 1995 meeting was properly posted on January 5, 1995..
3. Resolution amending Resolution 2663 regarding Permanent
Positions in the City Service (increases status of Assistant to
the City Manager from 0.6 to 1.0 full time equivalent on May 1,
1995) (continued from 1/4/94)
The City Council discussed this item with Vice Mayor Jacobs indicating
that he will be voting against passage unless the salary level is
reduced to Close to the level of the current incumbent.
It was moved by Councilmember Wolfe, seconded by Mayor Burger to adopt
the resolution. The motion failed on a vote of 2'-3 with Councilmembers
Tucker and Moran and Vice Mayor Jacobs voting NO.
The City Council then discussed authorizing the City Manager to either
hire a part time Assistant to the City Manager as the city currently
has or to hire a full time non-management person at the same salary as
the incumbent Assistant to the City Manager as an alternative, with the
decision to be left to the City Manager.
It was so moved by Councilmember Tucker, seconded by Vice Mayor Jacobs.
The motion passed 4-1 with Mayor Burger voting NO.
4. Report on Metering of Ramps leading onto Highway 85
The City Manager briefed the City Council on the intent of Caltrans
Operations to change the metering at Saratoga Avenue north bound during
the AM peak hour and the impact it would have on local streets. He
also presented a letter from Captain Wilson of the Sheriff's Department
expressing grave concern over the traffic safety problems such a change
would make in and around the freeway interchange and the possible
increase in cost the city would incur in providing adequate traffic
control services. After discussion the Mayor directed the City Manager
to prepare letters to ,both the Traffic Authority and Caltrans
indicating the City's strong opposition to such a change without
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considering the alternative of activating the freeway to freeway
interchange metering lights as well.
5. Self-Evaluation of Town Hall Meeting held Janua17 7, 1995 and
Regular Meeting of Janual7 4~. 1995
The following comments were made regarding the results of these two
meetings.
a. The next Town Hall meeting is to be scheduled for April 1, 1995.
b. Adding the shading on the clo~ed session items for the attention
of the City Council members on their agendas is a big help,
please have the Deputy City Clerk continue to do this.
c. The City Council would appreciate it is the staff does not place
last minute changes to staff reports, resolutions, etc. before
the City Council at the meetings.
d. Place the political signs is~ue on the February 1, 1995 agenda
for further council discussion. Make certain the members of the
council have the report from the Community DeVelopment Director
on this subject.
e. The only time that council me~ers should be reporting on agency
assignments is if they have actually attended a meeting.
f. Councilmember Moran indicated she may be unable to attend the
next joint. City Council-Planning Commission meeting on February
21st.
g. Place the subject of freeway landscaping plan modifications on
the agenda for the January 18, 1995 meeting instead of the
originally scheduled February' 1, 1995 meeting.
h. Councilmember Tucker is to check with Supervisor Jim Beall
regarding tree planting for the freeway corridor from an urban
forest grant program he has talked about.
i. Council will review the topics discussed at the Town Hall
meeting at its adjourned meeting of January 25, 1995 so as to
give the staff instruction on follow up actions as needed.
j. It was suggested that the P].anning Commission could possibly
benefit from occasionally ~oing a self evaluation of its
meetings from time to time. Staff was asked to pass this on to
the Planning Commission.
6. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:50 PM to 6 PM on January
17, 1995 for a closed session regarding:
1. Meeting with its chief negotiator in negotiations with the
Saratoga Employees Association.
2. Personnel matter with the City Manager as an unrepresented
employee.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry R.
City Clerk