Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1982 Page: 2 of 32
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General
Page 2, Thursday, November 4, 1982, South Jetty
At Oct. 28 regular meeting
Council discusses police, finances
An hour long executive ses-
sion concerning the management
of the police department was the
highlight of the Thursday, Oct.
28, Port Aransas City Council
meeting.
Police Chief Don Perkins, who
has been at odds with both the
city administration and various
council members since early
summer, was a guest of the
council for about 15 minutes
during the executive session, the
first such session in several
months.
“During the executive session
we discussed the management of
the police department,” Mayor
Charlie Brown said immediately
after the session, before quickly
adjourning the council meeting.
One council member on his
way home after the meeting
simply said it was an “un-
pleasant* ’ experience.
During the open portion of the
meeting the council discussed a
number of pertinent city issues,
including the financial report for
the 1981-82 fiscal year.
The most pressing problem
with the city’s finances at the
present tim<, are the accounts
payable, according to Manuel
Colomo, the city’s financial
director.
At present the city has several
bills that are 150 days past due.
Colomo indicated that by the
end of December the accounts
payable should be down to 30
days past due.
“The problem was that in the
last part of the 1981-82 fiscal
year we simply didn’t have the
funds to pay the bills,” Colomo
said.
The financial report indicated
a deficit of $20,149 for the
1981-82 fiscal year, in the
General Fund. However, the
1980-81 deficit of $259,980 was
completely absorbed within that
year. General Fund expenditures
for the 1981-82 fiscal year
totaled $1,325,499 while the total
funds available to the General
Fund was $1,565,330, which
totaled with the most recent
deficit balances the fund out.
“The city staff did a good
job,” Councilman Ed Reed, a
certified public accountant, said
after Colomo’s presentation.
“There’s no question about
that,” Councilman Dale Bieten-
dorf added.
Colomo also indicated that the
audit of the city’s financial
records should be completed
soon.
The council also continued its
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discussion of the development of
an Industrial Development Bond
Corporation, which it has dis-
cussed at the last several
meetings.
Dr. Robert Jenkins, developer
of the present Teal Harbor and
proposed Gateway condimin-
iums, has requested the forma-
tion of such a corporation so the
Gateway project may be fi-
nanced with tax free bonds,
which allow lower interest rates.
“It’s a tremendous oppor-
tunity for the city to offer a
project something it would like
to have,” Councilman Ed Reed
said though he did not indicate
that he favored the idea.
As at previous meetings the
council discussion centered a-
round what such a bond cor-
poration could do for the city or
what activities are eligible for
such financing.
The aouncil wo^ld like to use
such financing for a new city
marina, which appears ineligi-
ble, or a new medical clinic and
similar projects.
“It would do some good
things for the city,” Councilman
Rick Tinnin said, though he
didn’t seem to favor the use of
such financing for hotel type
projects.
“I don’t see a real need for it
here on the island,” Councilman
Bob Cariough said.
Mayor Brown finally brought
the discussion, which has
seemed to go in circles at times
during the last few meetings, to
a close by saying, “The issue
before us this evening is
whether we want to do this for
Gateway.”
Jenkins has indicated several
times that he needs an answer
quickly as the bonds will be less
desirable after the first of the
year because of tax law changes.
The council informally decided
at this time to instruct the staff
to draw up the papers for the
formation for such a corporation.
Whether or not Gateway will
receive such helpful financing
will apparently be decided after
the corporation is formed, if it is
formed. No formal vote for the
formation of such a corporation
took place.
Fire service outside of the city
limits, as at the last meeting,
was also a topic of discussion.
City Manager John Burleson
told the council that since the
last meeting he has discussed
the situation with Jack Ponton, a
Mustang Island developer in-
volved in several projects out-
side the city limits.
Ponton apparently indicated
that the Mustang Island Pro-
perty Owners Association, a
group with interests mostly out-
side of the city limits, would
react favorably to the formation
of a Mustang Island fire district.
“They view Port Aransas as
their community,” Burleson
said.
The council decided to meet
with Ponton and other members
of the Mustang Island Property
Owners Association to discuss
the issue in the near future.
“If they expect us to go down
there and put out a 15 stoiy
condominium fire, that is un-
realistic,” Councilman Rick Tin-
nin said indicating that the issue
is far from solved.
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The council also passed its
third and final reading of an
ordinance granting a rate in-
crease to Gulfside Gas.
Director of Planning Joyce
Pulich also made a presentation
to the council concerning the
city’s attempt to annex a portion
of land West of Park Road 53
just north of the Piper Channel.
Pulich said the attempts to
annex the land have been stalled
within the administration of the
city of Corpus Christi.
“Corpus Christi staff has been
really resistant to this,” Mayor
Brown said.
The council then passed a
resolution requesting the Corpus
Christi City Council release their
claims to the property. Brown
explained that this would put the
problem on a “council to
council” basis rather than “staff
to staff.”
City Manager Burleson pre-
sented his plans for a zone type
clean up program to the council.
The plan, called “typical of the
Burleson adminstration,” was
endorsed enthusiastically by all
members of the council.
In addition to its regular
council meeting the council also
conducted a public hearing early
in the evening concerning a
proposed application for a Hous-
ing and Urban Development
grant for community develop-
ment. The city staff wishes to
apply for a $250,000 grant for
street repairs.
City Manager Burleson ex-
plained that street repairs are
not very high on the H.U.D.
program’s priority list but that if
the city does apply there is
always a chance that a grant
might be obtained.
Chamber will
pay for signs
In cooperation with the pre-
sent clean up campaign going on
in the city, the Chamber of
Commerce will pay anyone who
brings in outdated political signs
15 cents for each such sign.
It’s a limited time offer
though, according to Lanette
Nolte, manager of the Chamber
office.
The signs must be brought to
the Chamber office prior to 4:80
p.m. Friday, Nov. 5. Participants
will be paid upon delivery of the
signs.
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