City council briefs for July 20, 2000
Thursday, July 20, 2000 | 10:09 a.m.
Agreement made with GSA on land
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday approved an agreement with the General Services Administration to offer land for a new FBI building.
The city will sell the land in its Enterprise Park near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards to a private developer for $1. The GSA will then lease the 80,000-square-foot building from the private developer.
By going through a private developer, the city can recoup tax revenue from the building, estimated to be about $100,000 annually.
The agreement requires the developer to complete the building in 18 months.
Fees to increase by 2.8 percent
The cost for building permits in the city of Las Vegas went up Wednesday.
The City Council approved a 2.8 percent increase in city permit fees -- a move that will increase revenues from the fees by an estimated $280,000 a year. The city takes in more than $10 million annually from building permits.
Goodman names Novick to board
Mayor Oscar Goodman appointed Michael Novick to the city's Audit Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
Novick will replace Constance Lentz on the board. Two other appointments, including committee chairman Bill Martin's seat, will be considered at the Aug. 2 council meeting.
The five-member committee reviews and evaluates reports generated by the city's internal auditor and discusses potential audit assignments.
Bonds to be paid off sooner
A new senior center planned near downtown Las Vegas will be paid for sooner than originally intended.
The city originally planned to sell $8 million in medium-obligation bonds to fund the senior center at the site of the former National Guard armory at Eastern and Stewart avenues.
Those bonds were originally supposed to be paid back in 15 years, but the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recommended the city opt for a 10-year debt service.
Spending
Here is how the Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to spend taxpayer money:
To Boulder Construction Inc. for filtration and chlorine contracts.
For supplementary funding of Clark County Regional Flood Control District projects.
To Class Software Solutions Ltd. for a two-year software contract.
To a variety of vendors for microform and imaging services.
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