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12/15/2014-CC-Minutes-RegularMINUTES: CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 15, 2014 PRESENT:Mayor Thomas Muir,Councilman Billy Ezell, Councilman Russell Martin, Councilman Scott Stephens,Councilman Gary Bilyeu and Councilman Allen Chick OTHERS PRESENT:Mike Brice City Manager,Tami Taber City Secretary, Sam Alexander, Kelli Alexander,Joe Falls, David Clark, Norm Bulaich, Cloy Richards and Meghann Piercy 1.Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Muir called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.Councilman Chick led the Invocation followed by Councilman Ezell 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). Joe Falls, 4489 McReynolds Road, distributed photos to the City Council to review and will speak about them when item #5 comes up. Sam Alexander, 3219 McReynolds Road,stated that McReynolds Road is getting huge holes and is worried about wrecks. He felt that asphalt needs to be put down to fill up the holes and wanted to know when the reconstruction project would begin. City Manager advised that the reconstruction would begin as soon as the City gets all the needed easements and right of ways. CONSENT AGENDA 3.a)Approval of Minutes:December 1, 2014 -Work Session December 1, 2014 -City Council b)Disbursements Councilman Ezell made a motion to approve. Seconded by Councilman Stephens. Motion carried unanimously. 4.Consider any Items Removed From Consent Agenda. REGULAR AGENDA 5.Conduct a Final Public Hearing on the Completion of the 2014 CDBG Project - Replacement of the Sewer Trunk Line Along Willow and Jones Street. Cloy Richards was present from Grant Works to receive input from citizens. Mayor opened the Public Hearing at 7:31 p.m. Joe Falls explained that a verbal agreement was made between Wildstone Construction and himself and that Wildstone had failed. The agreement he made with them was to allow them to bring waste material to his land. He showed pictures of concrete rubble with rebar and he wants Wildstone to cover it. Cloy Richards explained to him that he is not involved in any of that,he just funds the grant money, that he understands Joe Falls issues, but it was a civil matter that did not involve the City. Kelli Alexander asked who hired Wildstone Construction. City Manager advised that the Council did, but Joe Falls and Wildstone got together and made a verbal agreement with each other regarding the debris to be disposed off site. Mayor closed the Public Hearing at 7:57 p.m. 6.Consider, Discuss and Possibly Approve a 2015 Rate Adjustment for Progressive Waste Solutions From $12.46 per Month to $12.58, Effective January 1, 2015. Norm Bulaich with Progressive Waste Solutions thanked the Council for their business and was asking for a consumer price index increase of 1.1%. He also stated that they pick up 7.31 tons per week on the recycling in Sanger. Councilman Stephens made a motion to approve. Seconded by Councilman Martin. Motion made unanimously. 7.Consider, Discuss and Possibly Approve a Sales Contract Between PAC Capital Holdings, LTD Doing Business as PAC Group, LTD and the City of Sanger for the Purchase of 2 Acres Situated in the Tierwester Survey, Abstract 1241, City of Sanger, Located North of FM 455 and East of Keith Drive in the Amount of $175,000. City Manager advised that this is the property for the new well site. The land West of this property that came up at the last meeting as another possible cheaper site,ended up having many issues such as an existing well, an existing septic system, an existing CoServ line that would need to be removed and the access road only has a verbal agreement. Councilman Bilyeu made a motion to approve. Seconded by Councilman Martin. Motion carried unanimously. 8.Consider, Discuss and Possibly Approve Ordinance #12-17-14 -Amending Article 2.000 Building and Construction Fees, Article 3.000 Business Related Fees and Article 4.000 Utility Related Fees of Appendix A "Fee Schedule", Effective January 1, 2015. City Manager stated that it has been 7 years since permit fees have been raised. The new sign permit fee was set at $50 in the ordinance,but that it was up to Council whether it should be $75, which would be equal to Denton and less than Krum, Gainesville and Aubrey. Councilman Martin made a motion to approve with the change to Section 3.900 Sign Permits, from $50.00 to $75.00. Seconded by Councilman Stephens. Motion carried unanimously. 9.Consider, Discuss and Possibly Approve Ordinance #12-18-14 -Amending Chapter 12 Traffic and Vehicles, Article 12.600, Parking Regulations and Article 12.900 From Truck Parking Regulations to On Street Parking Regulations. Councilman Bilyeu made a motion to approve. Seconded by Councilman Ezell. Motion carried unanimously. 10.Take any Necessary or Appropriate Action on Closed Executive Session Matters. Councilman Bilyeu made a motion to approve action taken concerning the City Manager's performance review.Seconded by Councilman Ezell. Motion carried unanimously. 11.INFORMATION ITEMS: a) Library Report (July -September 2014) b) ATMOS Energy Rate Filing Under Docket No. 10170 City Manager asked the Council if he needed to keep the library report in the agenda packet since he is also emailing it to them. Council stated they had no preference. 12.Adjourn. Mayor Muir adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m.