HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/21/1988CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
November 21, 1988
5:30 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Sharon Juon, Director of INRCOG, shared with the Council some of
the activities which INRCOG is responsible for. Juon stated that
the focus of INRCOG is for the smaller cities. Sharon stated
that $22,952 per year has been the budgeted and allotted amount
of money that the City of Waterloo has donated for activity
involvement with INRCOG since 1973. Juon stated that presently
INRCOG is operating at a $65,000 deficit for the current year.
Juon stated that the future for INRCOG was to be the parent
organization for RTC, provide better services to the small
communities in issues such as circuit riders, and also provide
more services to communities such as the City of Waterloo.
Mayor McKinley stated that INRCOG has been a vital part of the
metro area's Plan 2000 that is presently being developed in the
area.
Juon stated that they are presently looking at a possible
increase in the fee structure for the communities and would hope
that the community of Waterloo would be supportive in future
endeavors of the INRCOG organization.
Police Chief Roger Shook proposed to the Council a fee schedule
and structure for monitoring the alarm systems that are presently
connected to the Police Department's communication center. Shook
stated that presently the Police Department monitors
approximately 350 burglar alarms on a 24 hour basis, seven days
a week. Shook asked that the Council be supportive of his
proposed fee schedule of $5 per month for each alarm user being
connected to the communication center. Shook stated that if the
$5 per month charge is generated, it would increase his revenues
in his budget by approximately $22,000 a year. Shook presented
comparable fee structures for some surrounding communities such
as Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Sioux City.
No vote was taken on this issue, but it was recommended that it
appear on the December 12 Council meeting as an amendment to the
existing City Ordinance controlling alarm systems.
With no further business before the Council Work Session, the
meeting was adjourned.
Larry P. Burger
Clerk/Auditor