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11/07/2016-CC-Minutes-RegularCITY OF SANGER, TEXAS MINUTES: CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 7, 2016, 7:00 PM COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Thomas Muir, Councilman Lee Allison, Councilman David Clark, Councilman Bill Boutwell, and Councilman Allen Chick, Councilman Gary Bilyeu All Council Members present constituting a quorum. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Mike Brice City Manager, Cheryl Price City Secretary, Alina Ciocan Director of Economic and Community Development 1. Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Muir called the meeting to order at 7:13 p.m. Councilman Allison led the Invocation followed by Councilman Boutwell leading the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Citizens Input: (Citizens are allowed 3 minutes to speak. The City Council is unable to respond or to discuss any issues brought up during this section). Joan Peoples, 719 Chaparral was recognized and spoke about her concerns regarding the smell coming from the wastewater treatment plant. James Frank Jones, 3087 Belz Road was recognized and advised that the power company put in a new pole and left piles of dirt and rocks in the ditch in front of his house. Larry Peoples, 719 Chaparral was recognized and spoke about his concerns regarding the smell coming from the wastewater treatment plant. Joe Falls, 4489 McReynolds Road and 747 Willow Street was recognized and spoke about the history of purchasing his property, why he did it, noted that he is still trying to help Sanger. He voiced his concerns regarding the issues of the sewer treatment plan. He mentioned the agenda item on tonight’s agenda, that he is wants to take his property out of the City and put it back into the County. 3. CONSENT AGENDA a) Approval of Minutes: October 17, 2016 Work Session October 17, 2016 – Regular City Council Meeting b) Disbursements 4. Consider any Items Removed From Consent Agenda. A Motion was made by Councilman Allison, to pull from the Consent Agenda: Item a) Approval of the Minutes. Regular City Council Minutes. Motion was seconded by Councilman Bilyeu. Motion carried unanimously (5-0). A Motion was made by Councilman Boutwell to approve the remaining Consent Agenda, Items a) Approval of the Minutes October 17, 2016 Work Session; and, b) Disbursements. The Motion carried unanimously (5-0). Discussion regarding the minutes ensued. Councilman Allison noted that Mike Riley was not at the meeting and to correct the minutes by removing the statement “Mike Riley who was present at the meeting”. He also questioned the statement made by Joe Falls, “Joe Falls stood up and commented that he is in favor of the pipeline and not in favor of the stream restoration project and that he wanted to see the water stay in the pond.” Councilman Chick suggested striking the sentence. Discussion ensued and it was noted that City Secretary Price would transcribe the statements made by Joe Falls and provide them to the City Council for review. Joe Falls stated he would like to have what he said in the minutes. A Motion was made by Councilman Allison to table approval of the minutes. The Motion was seconded by Councilman Bilyeu. The Motion carried unanimously (5-0). REGULAR AGENDA 5. Consider, Discuss and Possibly Act on Denying a Request to De-annex Approximately 257 Acres From the City Limits of the City of Sanger, Texas. Mr. Mike Whitten, Attorney, Whitten and Whitten was recognized and noted he had written a letter to the Council today and is representing Joe and Patty Falls with regard to their petition to dis-annex approximately 257 acres of their property located on McReynolds Road. He requested putting off this item for three weeks to a month so he has sufficient time to research the matter or if it can possibly be resolved without litigation. A Motion was made by Councilman Clark to take no action on the agenda item. The Motion was seconded by Councilman Boutwell. There was some discussion as to the date of the document Joe Falls turned in requesting to de-annex the property. It was noted there was no date on the document. Mike Brice noted he received it from Joe Iliff last week and was not sure when Joe Falls provided the document. The Motion carried unanimously (5-0) 6. INFORMATION ITEMS a) None 7. ADJOURN. There being no further business, Mayor Muir adjourned the meeting at 7:44 p.m.