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Lof MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL
MARCH 21, 1991
A public meeting of the Fountain Hills Town Council was convened and called to
order by Mayor John Cutillo at 6:30 p.m. , Thursday, March 21, 1991 , in the
Fountain Hills School District Administration Building located at 14605 N. Del
Cambre Ave. , Fountain Hills, Arizona.
ROLL CALL - Following the pledge to the flag and the invocation by Rev. Steve
Gilbertson of the Fountain Hills Community Church, roll call was taken. Present
for roll call were the following members of the Fountain Hills Town Council:
Mayor John Cutillo, Vice Mayor Frank Clark and Councilmembers Wally Hudson, Mike
Minarsich, Bill O 'Brien, Peg Tibbetts and Charlie Fox. Also present were Town
Manager Paul Nordin, Town Attorney Bill Farrell and Town Clerk Cassie Hansen.
AGENDA ITEM #2 - ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 30TH. 1991.
Mayor Cutillo made a MOTION to accept the meeting minutes of January 30th.
SECONDED by Councilwoman Tibbetts and CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #3 - COMMENTS BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID SCHWEIKERT
Representative Schweikert told the Council that when the Legislature talks about
freezing state shared revenues, they're (at least the JLBC, Joint Legislative
Budget Committee) talking about freezing the 15o share of the income tax that
goes out to shared revenues. He said they were not talking about freezing any
of the dollars from state sales tax. The loss would be approximately $32,233 to
Fountain Hills. He also addressed the Beeline Highway, saying that the current
budget is at 15 million dollars that was supposed to be dropped into the '92-'93
cycle. He said they were setting up meetings right now to try and find out why
some of these earmarked funds are not being spent on the Beeline project.
Representative Schweikert further stated that they were getting some real mixed
signals, ie the Indians saying they are not slowing down the process but ADOT
saying they (the Indians) are slowing down the process. He said that he may be
calling on the Manager and the Council for support downtown in stressing the
importance of the Beeline project.
AGENDA ITEM #4 - REPORT BY COUNCILMAN HUDSON ON THE CHAIRMAN'S CONFERENCE ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Councilman Hudson reported on the conference which took place on March 8, 1991,
held in the Centennial hall in Mesa. He told the Council that the newly elected
Governor gave his first public address and was very well received, especially in
his promise not to solve the state 's budget problems by placing them on the backs
of towns and citites or by taking away state shared revenues. Councilman Hudson
further told the Council that he had had an opportunity to speak to the Governor
one on one out in the hallway, emphasizing to him the role of state shared
revenues in the incorporation of Fountain Hills and its ' future development.
They also discussed the role of some kind of torte reform in Arizona statutes to
assist in getting the runaway cost in auto liability and other types of liability
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insurance under control . Although this was an agenda item for Governor
Symington, he admitted that probably little progress would be made this
legislative year. The Councilman then told of attending the seminar titled
"Government Reorganization". From that seminar, he reported on some of the
"myths" of economic development as well as the necessity of cities and towns
working together, with the county being the enforcement tool and MAG and other
policy maker organizations setting the policy. Councilman Hudson said he thought
the time spent at the conference was fruitful and the message that lingered in
his mind was the great need for improved relationships among the many county
governments and organizations that are all committed to the same goals and basic
results.
AGENDA TTEM#5 — REPORT BY MAYOR CUTILLO ON THE CHAIRMAN'S CONFERENCE ON ECONOMTC
DEVELOPMENT
Mayor Cutillo thanked Councilman Hudson on his report stating that he had done
a very good job of reporting for all of those who had attended and the discussion
was directed to the issue of home rule. Mr. Farrell said that the state and
local government have law making ability, ordinance power. Mr. Farrell further
stated that basically the fifteen counties in Arizona have little or no ordinance
power and that the speakers primarily focused on the fact that economic
development tends to be regional in nature and should not be individual cities
and towns competing against each other because their interests might be
different. But when the regional body has no law making ability then a conflict
comes in because they can only act as a facilitator. The discussion on home rule
referenced legislation that was currently being examined which would allow the
County Board of Supervisors the ability to pass ordinances with the effect of
law.
AGENDA ITEM #6 — TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT
A.a. Update on ADOT's Status on the Beeline Highway
Mr. Nordin agreed with Representative Schweikert 's observations that the
organizational structure of ADOT was quite confusing. He said that Harry Reed,
as the assistant director, is in charge of transportation planning and would bear
ultimate responsibility for the planning for state highways. Mr. Nordin said
that Mr. Reed would be unable to attend April 4th 's meeting but was sending Roger
Herzogg and Dean Lindsey, who have the authority and ability to explain what is
happening on the Beeline Highway planning. Mayor Cutillo made a MOTION to
instruct staff to write a letter of concerns about the future of Beeline Highway
and it 's improvements to the Governor and to whomever else are the powers to be.
SECONDED by Councilman Fox and CARRIED unanimously.
B.b. Appointing the Fountain Hills Economic Development Committee Members
Councilman Hudson made a MOTION that the Council join with the Chamber of
Commerce in their Economic Development Committee and that the Council appoint the
Town Manager and two members of the Council to be on that committee. SECONDED
Vice Mayor Clark. Mayor Cutillo suggested making a motion that included naming
the Town Manager and whoever else was to be appointed and settle it all in one
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motion. Bruce Hansen stated that he felt it was very important that the Council
appoint the Town Manager, the Mayor and one other Councilman because he thought
it was crucial that the Mayor be part of this whether the Mayor was John Cutillo
or someone else. Peter Putterman said that there were members of the Council who
had attended programs sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in the past, a
training program for economic development, and since some of these people were
sitting on the Council, he urged the Council consider this in appointing the
other members of the committee. Councilman Hudson said that it was not always
true that the Mayor was the best person to have and that many communities did not
have their mayor on such committees. He further stated that there may come a
time when the Mayor, while serving on the committee, was no longer the mayor but
it would be desireous to still have him serve on the committee, so, as he pointed
out, it worked both ways. He said you want the people on this committee who are
the most qualified and who have the most time because this type of a project will
involve daytime meetings. Jim Heasley reiterated that it was important, in
serving on this committee, to have the time and availability. He further said
he would endorse, as members, the Town Manager, the Mayor and one other
Councilman. The motion CARRIED unanimously. Councilwoman Tibbetts made a MOTION
to nominate the Mayor, officially as one of the Councilmembers, and Mike
Minarsich. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Clark and CARRIED unanimously.
B.a. Designating Council Attendees for Friday's GPEC Meeting
Councilwoman Tibbetts made a MOTION that the Council and staff appointed members
be designated to attend the meeting. SECONDED by Councilman O'Brien and CARRIED
unanimously.
B.c. Authorizing Staff to Hire a Full Time Town Engineer
Mr. Nordin recommended that, as a first step in initiating the street paving
project, the Council give him the appropriate authorization to hire a full time
staff engineer. He emphasized that the concept is to hire a principle in charge
much the same as an engineering firm for a project like this, if an outside
engineering firm was to be hired. He further reiterated that our own principle
in charge would save money on the project in the long run. Mr. Nordin said other
outside engineering services would be needed from time to time especially in the
area of survey work inspection, soil testing, etc. The Town Manager answered
Councilwoman Tibbetts ' question regarding bond costs by saying that the
engineer 's salary would be part of the bond cost. Vice Mayor Clark reiterated
the soundness of hiring a full time engineer and made a MOTION that staff be
directed to initiate actions to hire a full time town engineer and that the
position 's pay range fall in the range of $52,000 to $65,000 annually. SECONDED
by Councilwoman Tibbetts. Councilman Fox stressed that maybe initially this
person would be spending most: of their time on the road paving project but that
down the line he would be concentrating on alot of other things also. He said
he didn 't want to concentrate solely on his/her qualifications as pertained to
highways. The motion CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #7 — RESOLUTION 1991-09, ESTABLISHING THE ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION
PROTOTYPE MONEY PURCHASE RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST FOR THE TOWN MANAGER;
EXECUTING THE DECLARATION OF TRUST OF THE ICMA RETIREMENT TRUST; PROVIDING FOR
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THE DESIGNATION OF A TRUSTEE AND COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
Mr. Nordin once again stated that his plan would follow the same ratio
contribution guidelines that the Council determined for the rest of the
employees. Mayor Cutillo made a MOTION to accept Resolution 1991-09 as written
and declaring it an emergency. SECONDED by Councilman Minarsich and CARRIED
unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #8 - RESOLUTION 1991-10, ESTABLISHING THE AETNA DEFERRED COMPENSATION
RETIREMENT PLAN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Councilman Fox made a MOTION to accept the resolution, stipulating that the
proper name of the Aetna Company be on the resolution. SECONDED by Councilwoman
Tibbetts. Mr. Farrell explained that setting the vesting schedule as well as the
contribution ratio could be made in a separate motion since some of the variables
would be revisited annually at budget time. The motion CARRIED unanimously.
Councilman Fox then made a MOTION that the vesting schedule for the plan
established under Resolution 1991-10 be set at 0 vesting the first year, 0 the
second, 20, 60 and 100 at a five year full vesting. SECONDED by Vice Mayor
Clark. Mr. Farrell recommended that the motion be amended to include an initial
2 for 1 contribution up to the 6%. Councilman Fox made an AMENDMENT TO THE
MOTION per the Attorney's advice. Mayor Cutillo SECONDED THE AMENDED MOTION.
The AMENDED MOTION CARRIED, six aye votes to one nay vote, Councilman O'Brien
voting nay. The ORIGINAL MOTION CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #9 - CALL TO THE PUBLIC
No one addressed the Council .
AGENDA ITEM #10 - ADJOURNMENT
Councilman Minarsich made a MOTION to adjourn. SECONDED by Vice Mayor Clark and
CARRIED unanimously.
The Council adjourned at 7:50 p.m. TOWN OF F UNTA HILLS
ATTEST: By:
attzda; . / John; Cutillo, Mayor
Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the
minutes of the regular meeting of the Town Council of Fountain Hills held on the
21st day of March, 1991. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and
that a quorum was present.DATED this ID ~- day of April , 1991. C 6.
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Cassie B. Hansen, Town Clerk
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