HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 06.26.2012 CC-WThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date with Mayor
George Garver presiding.
Council Present: Council Absent:
Patty Eason, Danny Meigs, Bill Sattler, Tommy All Council Present
Gonzalez, Rachael Jonrowe, Troy Hellmann, Jerry
Hammerlun
Staff Present:
Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager; Robert Fite, Fire Chief; Bridget Chapman, Acting City Attorney;
Jessica Brettle, City Secretary; Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer; Laurie Brewer, Deputy City
Manager;
Minutes
A Social Service and Youth Program Funding Applicant Presentations to Council -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City
Manager
Mayor asked and Brandenburg described the history of the social services and youth funding programs for the
audience. He spoke about the application process and noted the Council will determining the actual allocation in
August. He noted $400,000 is potentially being requested and added the Council received copies of all of the
application documents. He thanked all of the organizations for their contributions to the community. Mayor laid
out the parameters for the process and said each speaker will be allocated three minutes to discuss their
requests with the City Council
Representatives from the following organizations spoke to Council regarding their requests for social service
funding:
Assistance League of Georgetown ($20,000), Bluebonnet Trails Community MHMR ($16,800), Brookwood
Community of Georgetown ($25,000), Faith in Action Caregivers ($20,000), Georgetown Caring Place- The
Caring Place ($50,000), Georgetown Cultural Citizens Memorial Association ($10,000), Georgetown Partners in
Education ($15,000), Getsemani ($5,000), Habitat for Humanity Williamson County ($35,000), Literacy Council
of Williamson County ($4,500), Lone Star Circle of Care ($100,000), Williamson County Crisis Center- Hope
Alliance ($45,000 + $5,000 challenge grant), Williamson Burnet County Opportunities ($6,000 plus in-kind rent
and utilities)
Representatives from the following organizations spoke to Council regarding their requests for youth program
funding:
Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown ($60,000), Georgetown Cultural Citizen Memorial Association ($4,000),
Georgetown Partners in Education ($15,000), Georgetown Project ($25,000), Getsemani Community Center
($6,000), Hill Country Book Festival of Georgetown ($2,000), WC4C- Williamson County Community
Coordinated Child Care ($35,000), Williamson County Historical Museum ($10,000), Williamson Council on
Alcohol and Drugs- Lifesteps ($8,000)
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For complete video and audio of the presentations from the organizations as well as questions from City
Council, please visit the City of Georgetown's GTV website at http://government.georgetown.orgtqty/
Mayor spoke about how, last year, the decisions on the funding allocations were done as a committee of a
whole. He asked if the Council would like to use that method this year as well. Gonzalez said it worked last year
and noted the Council should duplicate what they did last year and continue with that method.
B Emergency Management Update -- Robert Fite, Fire Chief
With a Powerpoint Presentation, Fite said this is the a presentation about the emergency notification task force
and their findings and recommendations regarding the emergency notification system. He introduced two
members of the task force to the City Council. He provided a brief overview of the emergency notification task
force. He said they had two meetings in May. He said, after researching many communities, they found a
consistent outcome that the cities that had the optimum level of protection have four levels of protection: social
media, emergency notification system, an outdoor warning system and public education. He spoke about social
media and public education and how the cost of these methods is minimal. He spoke about the possible
notification process available and the current budget in place. He spoke about how the City can not use reverse
911 through CAPCOG for emergency notifications. He said the City is looking at blackboard connect or a code
red process. He said the notification system for Georgetown would cost up to $20,000. He spoke about the
outdoor warning sirens. He noted he brought in Federal Siren and had them do a study of the warning siren
coverage of the city. He said the City's topography and trees hampers the City's outdoor warning sirens. He said
they did a thirty five page analysis of the current system and what it would take to get the City 100% covered.
He said the City would need to have 22 potential locations for sirens. He said he will narrow these down to the
core City locations and will present these same findings to the ESD in July to try and partner with them. He
said, if the City was to fund this entire program, it is $471,000. He said they are looking to scale this down to the
core City area and ask the ESD to partner with the City. He said there are grants available for this type of
system. He said the actual software and computer components can be a part of the public safety complex. He
said if he is to take 16 of the sites and they partner with the ESD on eight of them, they are looking at a cost of
up to $200,000 to get the City completely covered. He said he is looking for guidance on whether or not to move
forward with this plan and try to solve this by 2014. He said he thinks the City can fix this with minimal impact
and noted his game plan is to get this fixed by 2018. Mayor asked and Brandenburg said if Council wants Fite to
move forward with this, staff will come back with a project plan. There were many questions. Hellmann said he
likes the direction Fite is going. Eason said she supports Fite's direction and noted she is glad this is finally
happening. Meigs said he supports moving forward and Sattler agreed. Hammerlun thanked Fite and the
committee for their work on this study. Jonrowe agreed and thanked everyone. She asked and Fite said there is
no maintenance funding for the current system. She asked about the cost of the maintenance on top of the
installation price. She said she thinks this is long overdue.
Meeting recessed to Executive Session under Sections 551.071, 551.072 and 551.074 -- 5:22 PM
Meeting returned to Open Session and adjourned -- 6:10 PM
Appro d
Mayor G rge a er
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Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 06:10 PM.
Secretary . essica Brettle