03/03/2008-CC-Minutes-RegularMINUTES: City Council Meeting
March 03, 2008
PRESENT: Mayor Joe HIggs, Councilman Robert Patton, Councilman Glenn Ervin,
Councilman Andy Garza, Councilman Thomas Muir, Councilman Mike
Walker
OTHERS
PRESENT: City Manager Mike Brice, City Secretary/Asst. City Manager Rose Chavez
1. Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Higgs called meeting to Order, Councilman Muir led invocation, followed by
Councilman Patton 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
that are brought up during this section.
CONSENT AGENDA
3. a) Approve Minutes February 19, 2008 - Work Session
February 19, 2008 - City Council
b) Disbursements
c) Authorize Staff to Act as the General Contractor and Begin Remodeling of the
New City Hall Building Utilizing the Designated 2007 Bond Funds
d) Authorize Staff to Solicit Requests for Qualifications for Architectural
Engineering Services to Remodel the old Electric Plant Building
e) Authorize Staff to Solicit Requests for Qualifications for the Construction of a
Warehouse Utilizing the Design-Build Method as Outlined in Section 271.119
f) Approve Resolution #R03-06-08 - Show Cause Determining the Current Rates
of Atmos Energy Corporation
g) Approve Resolution # R03-07-08 - Settlement Agreement Between Atmos
Energy Corporation, Mid-Tex Division and Atmos Texas Municipalities
h) Approve Ordinance #03-06-08 - The National Incident Management System
(NIMS)
i) Approve Appointment of Members to the Park Board, Planning and Zoning
Board, 4B Board and the Sanger Cultural Education Facilities Finance
Corporation
Motion was made by Councilman Patton to approve consent agenda as presented.
Seconded by Councilman Muir. Motion carried unanimously.
(Notation to item (i) Approve Appointments: Parks Board-Bob Kroger-Place 7,
Planning and Zoning-Skip Lindholm-Place 7, 4B Board-Jeff Springer, Cultural
Education Facilities-John Springer).
4. Consider any Items Removed from Consent Agenda.
5. Consider and Possible Action for Council to Approve the Mayor not Signing the
Official
Minutes of Record.
City Manager advised there is not a statutory requirement for the Mayor to sign the
minutes and the Charter does not require this to be done. It has been the practice in
the past possibly since we had a Mayor-form of government. The City Attorney’s
recommendation was for the Mayor to continue to sign the minutes until the Council
took action for him to stop. The City Manager and City Secretary are both full-time
positions and it is their responsibility to make sure the minutes are in order.
Motion made by Councilman Walker to start the action to allowing the Mayor not to
sign the official minutes of record and going away from that past practice. Seconded
by Councilman Garza. Motion carried unanimously.
6. Information Items:
Legislative Update
7. Adjournment.
Mayor adjourned the meeting