07/21/2008-CC-Agenda Packet-RegularAGENDA
CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008
7:00 P.M.
201 BOLIVAR
1. Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, 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: June 7, 2008 -City Council
June 8, 2008 - Budget Workshop
b) Disbursements
c) Interconnection Agreement Between the City of Sanger and Brazos Electric Power
System
d) Approve Second Amendment to Lease Agreement with AT&T Mobility
4. Consider any Items Removed from Consent Agenda.
5. Information Items:
a) Memo from City Manager
b) City of Sanger Financial Report
c) City of Sanger Investment Report
d) Monthly Library Report
e) Legislative Update
6. Executive Session: Pursuant to Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code,
Subchapter D, 551.074 Deliberation Regarding Personnel Matters
(a) Review City Manager Performance and Consider Changes to Employment Contract
7. Reconvene: Into Regular Session and Consider Action, if any, on Items Discussed in
Executive Session.
8. Adjournment.
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on the
bulletin board, at the City Hall of the City of Sanger, Texas, a place convenient and readily
accessibly the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the following date and
time: SA -VC4 0 If
g is adj
Rosalie Chavez, City S
City of Sanger, Texas
and shall remain posted until
This notice was removed from the official bulletin board on
by
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for
accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact
the City Secretary's office at (940) 45&7930 for further information.
MINUTES: CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 79 2008
PRESENT: Councilman Glenn Ervin, Councilman Patton, Councilman Any Garza,
Councilman Mike Walker, Councilman Thomas Muir
MEMBERS
ABSENT: Mayor Joe Higgs
OTHERS
PRESENT: City Manager Mike Brice, City Secretary/Asst. City Manager Rose Chavez
1. Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Pro-Tem Ervin called meeting to order, Councilman Muir led the 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.
None
CONSENT AGENDA
3. a) Approve Minutes: June 16, 2008 -Work Session
June 16, 2008 - City Council
b) Disbursements
c) Authorize Staff to Act as General Contractor on Remodel of Electric
Department Building
d) Reappoint Board Members, Municipal Clerk, Municipal Judge, Alternate Judge
and Prosecuting Attorney
e) Appoint Beverly Howard to the 4B Board.
Brief discussion concerning item (c) followed. Staff has been in negotiations with an
architect on the estimated cost for this project. The City Manager estimated the cost of
the project would be $250,000 to $300,000. The work to be done is mostly cosmetic, and
there will not be much engineering required. City Manager advised to keep the cost
down on the project, he was requesting that Council authorize staff to be the general
contractor for this project. The City does not use city employees to do this work;
subcontractors are hired. It does take time away from Rob Woods, City Engineer and
Dewayne Douhitt, the Building Inspector; however, the City Manager advised the
building inspections have slowed down. The City tries to use local contractors as much
as possible. The old metal section will be gutted, and that area will be used for storage
of city vehicles. Discussion continued regarding the plans for renovation for the
building.
City Manager indicated that item (d) is the annual reappointment of all the members
and also the appointment of Beverly Howard to replace Glenn Ervin on the 4B Board.
This will leave one opening for the Library Board and one opening for an alternate on
the Board of Adjustments.
Brief discussion and clarification concerning certain items in the disbursement report.
Motion made by Councilman Walker to accept consent agenda as is. Seconded by
Councilman Muir. Motion carried unanimously.
4. Consider any Items Removed from Consent Agenda.
None
5. Consider and Possible Action on a Preliminary Plat for the Forrest Addition, Lot 4 and
5 being 17.039 Acres Located in the Reuben Bebee Survey, Abstract 29, Located in the
City of Sanger's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction.
City Manager advised this is a Preliminary Plat for the entire property, and the next
item on the agenda is the final plat on a portion of this property.
Discussion concerning the elevations for the flood plain. There were corrections noted
to the plat.
City Manager advised the Planning &Zoning Commission approved this unanimously.
Motion made by Councilman Patton to approve the Preliminary Plat for the Forrest
Addition, Lot 4 and 5 being 17.039 acres, located in the Reuben Bebee Survey, Abstract
29, located in the City of Sanger's ETJ. Seconded by Councilman Garza. Motion
carried unanimously.
6. Consider and Possible Action on a Final Plat for the Forrest Addition, Lot 4 and 5 being
10.586 Acres Located in the Reuben Bebee Survey, Abstract 29, Located in the City of
Sanger's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction.
Motion made by Councilman Muir to approve the final plat for the Forrest Addition, Lot
4 and 5 10.586 acres located in the Reuben Bebee Survey, Abstract 299 located in the
City of Sanger Extra Territorial Jurisdiction. Seconded by Councilman Patton. Motion
carried unanimously.
7. Information Items:
a) Surplus Items
City Manager advised there is a list of surplus vehicles that have been approved
for disposal and one vehicle that has been approved for auction due to the cost of
repairs and maintenance. Discussed that the Fire Department still had two
additional brush units for operations and it will not impact services.
A review of the .grants received were discussed. The City received a grant for
$25,000 that will be used to replace the command vehicle.
b) Summary of New City Hall Expenses
Discussion concerning the overall expenses for the City Hall project. City
Manager indicated the Council did not approve a certain amount for expenses.
He advised that the cost to complete the project is estimated around $150,000.00
to $165,000.00,
8. Adjou, nment.
Mayor Pro Tem declared meeting adjourned.
MINUTES: CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
JULY 79 2008
PRESENT: Councilman Glenn Ervin, Councilman Patton, Councilman Any Garza,
Councilman Mike Walker, Councilman Thomas Muir
MEMBERS
ABSENT: Mayor Joe Higgs
OTHERS
PRESENT: City Manager Mike Brice, City Secretary/Asst. City Manager Rose Chavez
1. Call Meeting to Order.
Glenn Ervin, Mayor Pro-Tem called meeting to order.
2. Review and Discussion of 2009 Budget and Tax Rate.
City Manager addressed Council with an overview of the budget. He emphasized that
there have been some major changes in the budget. The most important reason for
having the workshop is to get the Council's input on the budget. The General Fund and
the Enterprise Fund budgets are both in balance.
City Manager advised that on the time line for the budget calendar, it might be
necessary to change the August 4meeting for a later date due to the calculation of the
effective tax rate by the County Tax Office. A brief discussion concerning the debt
portion that is obligated by the tax rate. In this budget, debt portion will be higher than
last year.
The power point presentation covered the budget highlights as follows: expanded and
standardized line items to be able to track expenses, true electric cost in all the
departments, fuel cost increases in all departments, in personnel there will not be any
full time employees, one additional contract medic, a proposed 3% COLA, and a
proposed merit increase benchmark of 3%. City Manager gave an explanation on the
process of the merit increase. He continued with an explanation concerning step
increases in the Electric Department that are based on training and certifications. The
Electric Department will continue to proceed in this manner until those employees
each the required steps.
The City Manager gave a brief explanation of his SWOT Analysis. He encouraged
Council to read the budget message. Lengthy discussion concerning revenues and the
need for an operating reserve. City Manager discussed the important points in the
budget as follows: revenues are estimates and a conservative approach was used due
to the economy, if there is a revenue shortfall then expenditures are cut, set costs are
unchangeable and includes our bonds and lease payments. The automated costs can't
be controlled and includes life insurance, workers' compensation, health insurance, and
property insurance. The current costs are what it takes to maintain current service
levels and what is left is used for capital improvements, increased personnel benefits or
increased service levels.
The budget review continued regarding percentage of gross revenues by departments
for the services provided.
Discussion concerning the Enterprise Revenues versus costs to operate.
An overview of the economic development funds 4A and 413. City Manager discussed
the transfer from each fund to the General Fund of $25,000 to cover advertising and
administrative costs.
Lengthy discussion continued with an overview of all the departmental expenses and
organizational changes in the General Fund.
3. Adjournment.
Mayor Pro-Tem adjourned the meeting.
7/14/2008 3:52 PM REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER PAGE: 1
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VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 10 CITY COUNCIL BANK: SB99
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENr)OR NAME ITEM # G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK# AMOUNT
9: 400 FRANKLIN LEGAL PUBLISHI
I-2001386 001-10-5420 CONTRACTUAL S CODE OF ORD, LIVE PUBLISH 000000 175.00
DEPARTMENT 10 CITY COUNCIL TOTAL: 175.00
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VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
001
GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
15
ADMINISTRATION
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
91 ,980
GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089
001-15-5310
R & M BUILDIN EXT. CITY HALL
000000
15.00
99-16800
NICHOLS
OF TEXAS
I-200807141034
001-15-5420
CONTRACTUAL S GENERAL LEGAL SERVICE
000000
351.38
99-19160
WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-15-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
000000
4.01
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DEPARTMENT 15 ADMINISTRATION
----------------- ---------------- ------------------
TOTAL:
-.......-----
370.39
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VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 18 ENGINEERING
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
PAGE: 3
VENDOR NAME ITEM # G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK#
9_ a80 GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089 001-18-5310 R & M BUILDIN EXT. CITY HALL 000000
99-19160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE FROG
I-200807141032 001-18-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM 000000
DEPARTMENT 18 ENGINEERING TOTAL:
AMOUNT
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VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 20 POLICE
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
PAGE: 4
BANK: SB99
VENDOR NAME ITEM # G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK#
9_ ,690 CITY OF DENTON
I-200807081027 001-20-5311 R & M EQUIPME TRUNK MOUNT ANTENNA 2CARS 000000
99-02190 RADIO SHACK
I-200807101029
99-08770 CPI OFFICE PRODUCTS
I-2035389-0
I-2035389-0
I-2035389-0
I-2035389-0
99-19160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-20-6010
001-20-5210
001-20-5210
001-20-5210
001-20-5210
001-20-5175
COMPUTER EQUI MADDOG 18X TRIPLE FORMAT 000000
OFFICE
SUPPLI
FOLDERS/INK
CART./BLUE
PA
000000
OFFICE
SUPPLI
FOLDERS/INK
CART./BLUE
PA
000000
OFFICE
SUPPLI
FOLDERS/INK
CART./BLUE
PA
000000
OFFICE
SUPPLI
FOLDERS/INK
CART./BLUE
PA
000000
EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM 000000
DEPARTMENT 20 POLICE TOTAL:
AMOUNT
86.00
99.99
11.46
74.85
3.99
11.72
34.71
322.72
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VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
22 ANIMAL CONTROL
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME ITEM #
G/L
ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
9_ 330
4T HEATING & AIR
I-2339
001-22-5310
R & M BUILDIN
REPAIR BLOWER MOTOR
000000
334.00
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-22-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
2.67
I-200807141032
001-22-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
2.67
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DEPARTMENT 22
ANIMAL CONTROL
TOTAL:
339.34
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VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
24 FIRE DEPARTMENT
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
91
MARTIN APPARATUS
.470
I-3002978 / 3002961
001-24-5325
R & M MOTOR V
PUMP TEST
000000
520.00
99-13570
PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER
I-1454200in
001-24-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
SAFETY GOGGLES/HELMENTS
000000
163.96
I-1454200in
001-24-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
shipping
000000
28.73
99-16900
GST PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPL
I-7/2/2008
001-24-5255
WEARING APPAR
UNIFORMS
000000
32.63
99-18960
AMERI STEEL
I-7452
001-24-5310
R & M BUILDIN
INSIDE CORNERS/END CAPS/
000000
166.54
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-24-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
10.68
99-19300
FIRST STRIKE TECHNOLOGI
I-869
001-24-6055
FIRE FIGHTING
HEAVY ATTACK NOZLE
000000
884.95
I-869
001-24-6055
FIRE FIGHTING
BLITZ ATTACK NOZZLE
000000
924.95
I-869
001-24-6055
FIRE FIGHTING
SHIPPING
000000
23.30
99-19390
PAUL CONWAY SHEILDS
I-0236289-in
001-24-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
SHEILDS & BRACLETS
000000
206.50
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DEPARTMENT 24
FIRE DEPARTMENT
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TOTAL:
2,962.24
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FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 25 AMBULANCE
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR NAME ITEM #
---------------------
9S. ,600 MOORE MEDICAL CORP.
I-14210608
99-16240 SCHAD & PULTE
I-172264
99-19160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE: 7
BANK: SB99
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
001-25-5440
MEDICAL SERVI MEDICAL SUPPLIES
000000
344.03
001-25-5440
MEDICAL SERVI OXYGEN CYLINDERS
000000
20.00
001-25-5175
EAP (EMPOYER EAP PROGRAM
000000
40.05
DEPARTMENT 25 AMBULANCE
TOTAL:
404.08
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VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
PAGE: 8
DEPARTMENT: 26
MUNICIPAL COURT
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENT`)R
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
99 _.,160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-26-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
000000
5.34
99-19260
TYLER
TECHNOLOGIES
I-67016 / 67015
001-26-5420
CONTRACTUAL S COURT/WEB FEES/UB INQUIRY
000000
125.00
DEPARTMENT 26 MUNICIPAL COURT
TOTAL:
130.34
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FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
PAGE: 9
DEPARTMENT:
28
ENFORCEMENT/INSPECTION
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VED7`)R
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
99 .j 980
GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089
001-28-5310
R & M BUILDIN
EXT. CITY HALL
000000
30.00
99-11730
ICC
I-1014143-IN
001-28-5210
OFFICE SUPPLI
ADA GUIDE
000000
58.00
I-1014143-IN
001-28-5220
POSTAGE
SHIPPING & HANDLING
000000
9.00
99-19160
WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROS
I-200807141032
001-28-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
8.01
99-19370
SANGER
LAVIN CARE
I-101
001-28-5420
CONTRACTUAL S
MOWING @ 819 CARMEN SRT
000000
175.00
DEPARTMENT 28
ENFORCEMENT/INSPECTION
TOTAL:
280.01
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99
FUND
001
GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
30
STREETS
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VEDT�'R
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECKi{
AMOUNT
95 _.,050
CONLEY
SAND & GRAVEL
I-8278
001-30-5370
STREETS
1 1/2 FLEX BASE 20 YARDS
000000
21375,00
99-00790
COUNTY
BUILDERS SUPPLY,
I-10020426/10020779
001-30-5375
MINOR EQUIPME
OPEN PO WEEK 6/23-6/27
000000
11.64
99-01300
JAGOE-PUBLIC
CO., INC.
I-100978
001-30-5370
STREETS
TONS OF HMAC PICK UP
000000
4,884.76
99-19160
WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-30-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
2.67
DEPARTMENT 30 STREETS TOTAL: 7,274.07
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FUND
DEPARTMENT:
001 GENERAL FUND
32 PARKS
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENP_nR
NAME ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
9S j90
CITY OF DENTON
I-20884
001-32-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
REG BLACK GARBAGE
BAGS
000000
372.90
I-20884
001-32-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
55GAL CLEAR
GARBAGE BAGS
000000
228.15
99-00790
COUNTY BUILDERS SUPPLY,
I-28/84/82/83/70/964
001-32-5250
MINOR TOOLS
OPEN PO WEEK
6/23-6/27
000000
130.37
99-08460
DELL COMPUTERS, LLP
I-XCPK16J11
001-32-5223
CHEMICAL SUPP
330 OPTIPLEX
COMPUTER
000000
699.00
99-11220
COLLEGIATE PACIFIC
I-92752782
001-32-5343
BALL FIELD MA
ENDURO HOSE
REEL
000000
349.99
I-92752782
001-32-5343
BALL FIELD MA
CLEAR FIELD
HOSE
000000
399.99
I-92752782
001-32-5343
BALL FIELD MA
FREIGHT
000000
120.00
99-12710
PETTIT MACHINERY, INC
I-p27027/p27763
001-32-5325
R & M MOTOR V
NUT/AUTOCUT
HEAD/CHAIN
000000
219.83
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-32-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
24.03
DEPARTMENT 32
PARKS
TOTAL:
21544.26
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FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 34 POOL
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR NAME ITEM # G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
9: 160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032 001-34-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT 34 POOL
PAGE: 12
BANK: SB99
CHECK# AMOUNT
000000 32.04
TOTAL: 32.04
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FUND 001
DEPARTMENT: 36
GENERAL FUND
FLEET SERVICES
BANK: SB99
BUDGET TO USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENr':)R NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
CHECKit AMOUNT
9S 550 ATMOS
I-200807141033
001-36-5515 ELECTRIC & GA UTILITY GAS
000000 4.72
99-19160 WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
001-36-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
000000 2.67
DEPARTMENT 36 FLEET SERVICES TOTAL: 7.39
7/14/2008 3:52 PM
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VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 001 GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT: 40 SULLIVAN CENTER
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VED'" 1R NAME ITEM #
99 _j330 4T HEATING & AIR
I-200807091028
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
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001-40-5310
PAGE: 14
BANK: SB99
DESCRIPTION CHECK# AMOUNT
R & M BUILDIN REPLACE 45MFD 370 VAC RUN 000000 154.00
DEPARTMENT 90 SULLIVAN CENTER TOTAL: 159.00
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FUND
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GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
42
LIBRARY
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VEP^^R
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
99 ,760
BRODART
CO
I-b138878
001-42-6050
BOOKS
I-b138878
001-42-6050
BOOKS
I-b138878
001-42-6050
BOOKS
I-b138878
001-42-6050
BOOKS
I-b138878
001-42-6050
BOOKS
I-b138978
001-42-6050
BOOKS
99-19160
WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROG
PAGE: 15
BANK: SB99
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
LEGAL GUIDE START SML BUS
000000
30.44
HIGH IMPACT RESUME
000000
17.36
RESUME/APPLICATION/LETTER
000000
15.62
BUSINESS PLANS WIN DOLLAR
000000
7.73
GUN DIGEST HANDBOOK
000000
39.11
29 BOOKS
000000
20.82
I-200807141032 001-42-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER EAP
PROGRAM
000000
10.68
DEPARTMENT 42
LIBRARY
TOTAL:
141.76
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VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
001
GENERAL FUND
DEPARTMENT:
46
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
9S 880
COOPER'S
COPIES
I-80720
001-46-5210 OFFICE SUPPLI 3 COPIES ECON, DEVP BOOKS
000000
89.35
DEPARTMENT 46 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TOTAL:
89935
VENDOR SET 001 GENERAL FUND
TOTAL:
15,243.33
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FUND
008
ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT:
10
CITY COUNCIL
BANK: SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
-' ------------------------------------------------------------
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK# AMOUNT
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9S .400
FRANKLIN
LEGAL PUBLISHI
I-2001386
008-10-5420 CONTRACTUAL S CODE OF ORD, LIVE PUBLISH 000000 175.00
DEPARTMENT 10 CITY COUNCIL TOTAL: 175.00
----------------------------------------------- -....... ---------------------------------
7/14/2008
3:52 PM
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE:
18
PACKET:
01632 cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
008 ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT:
15 ADMINISTRATION
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9S ,980
GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089
008-15-5310
R & M BUILDIN
EXT, CITY HALL
000000
15.00
99-16800
NICHOLS OF TEXAS
I-200807141034
008-15-5420
CONTRACTUAL S
GENERAL LEGAL SERVICE
000000
351.37
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
008-15-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
4.00
DEPARTMENT 15 ADMINISTRATION TOTAL: 370.37
7/14/2008 3:52 PM REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PACKET: 01632 cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 008 ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT: 18 ENGINEERING
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENMOR NAME ITEM # G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
9S _s980 GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089 008-18-5310 R & M BUILDIN EXT. CITY HALL
99-19160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
PAGE: 19
BANK: SB99
CHECK# AMOUNT
000000 15.00
I-200807141032 008-18-5175 NAP (EMPLOYER EAP
PROGRAM
000000
1.33
DEPARTMENT 18
ENGINEERING
TOTAL:
16.33
7/14/2008
3:52 PM
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER PAGE: 20
PACKET:
01632
cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
DEPARTMENT:
008
19
ENTERPRISE FUND
DATA PROCESSING
BANK: SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VF"qR
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK# AMOUNT
99 d980
GODI EXTERMINATING
I-1129089
008-19-5310 R & M BUILDIN EXT. CITY HALL 000000 30.00
99-11170 RICOH, INC.
I-402806464 008-19-5315
99-19160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
7
-200807191032 008-19-5175
99-19260 TYLER TECHNOLOGIES
I-67016 / 67015 008-19-5315
I-67291 008-19-5315
R & M MACHINE COPIER MAINT.
EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
R
&
M
MACHINE
COURT/S9EB FEES/UB
INQUIRY
R
&
M
MACHINE
ANNUAL MAINT FOR
PO SYSTE
000000 88.79
000000 13.35
000000 110.00
000000 1,063.00
DEPARTMENT 19 DATA PROCESSING TOTAL: 1,305.19
7/14/2008
3:52
PM
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE: 21
PACKET:
01632
cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
DEPARTMENT:
008
36
ENTERPRISE FUND
FLEET SERVICES
BANK: SB99
BUDGET TO
USE:
CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VEr'nOR
NAME
ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
CHECK# AMOUNT
9 �550
ATMOS
I-200807141033
008-36-5515 ELECTRIC & GA UTILITY GAS
000000 4.72
99-19160
WORKERS
ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
008-36-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER PAP PROGRAM
000000 2.67
DEPARTMENT 36 FLEET SERVICES TOTAL: 7.39
7/14/2008
3:52 PM
REGULAR
DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE:
22
PACKET:
01632 cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET:
99
FUND
008 ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT:
50 WATER
BANK:
SB99
BUDGET TO
USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR
NAME ITEM N
G/L
ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
9 �600
US METERING & TECHNOLOG
I-111967
008-50-5372
WATER METER & 12 60W INTERGR METERS
000000
3,910.80
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
008-50-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM
000000
16.02
DEPARTMENT 50 WATER
TOTAL:
31926.82
7/14/2008 3:52 PM
PACKET: 01632 cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 008 ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT: 54 WASTE WATER TREATMENT
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
VENDOR NAME ITEM #
9_ �160 WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE: 23
BANK: SB99
G/L ACCOUNT NAME DESCRIPTION CHECK# AMOUNT
008-54-5175 EAP (EMPLOYER EAP PROGRAM 000000 8.01
DEPARTMENT 54 WASTE WATER TREATMENT TOTAL: 8.01
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7/14/2008 3:52 PM
PACKET: 01632 cc packet 7/21/08
VENDOR SET: 99
FUND 008 ENTERPRISE FUND
DEPARTMENT: 58 ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
BUDGET TO USE: CB -CURRENT BUDGET
REGULAR DEPARTMENT PAYMENT REGISTER
PAGE: 24
VED�nOR
NAME ITEM #
G/L ACCOUNT NAME
DESCRIPTION
CHECK#
AMOUNT
9s _690
TECHLINE, INC.
I-1437435
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
50' STEEL POLES
000000
3,720.00
I-1437759 & 1437774
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
150W HPS BULBS/4'FLORESCE
000000
410.40
I-1437759 & 1437774
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
150W HPS BULBS/4'FLORESCE
000000
152.50
I-1437767/68/61/69/6
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
MATERIALS TO STOCK
000000
3,337.60
I-1437767/68/61/69/6
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
MATERIALS TO STOCK
000000
30.00
I-14381080 / 1438179
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
100 #6 INDUSTRIAL SLEEVES
000000
39.00
I-14381080 / 1438179
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
50 BLUE 3/4/X66' TAPE
000000
102.50
I-1438178
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
5 150W HPS GLOVES
000000
49.50
I-1438181
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
2000' #2 OH TRIPLEX
000000
1,280.00
I-1438211
008-58-6020
IMPROVEMENTS
1000' 4/0 UG TRIPLEX WIRE
000000
lr600.00
I-3034136
008-58-5250
MINOR TOOLS
FREIGHT
000000
5.84
I-3034136-0-THRU 04
008-58-5250
MINOR TOOLS
GLOVE TESTER
000000
153.70
I-3034136-0-THRU 04
008-58-5250
MINOR TOOLS
MAG. BLANKET HOLDERS
000000
125.10
I-3034136-0-THRU 04
008-58-5250
MINOR TOOLS
FR TENT 8X8
000000
745.00
I-3034136-0-THRU 04
008-58-5250
MINOR TOOLS
LOAD P/U TOOL 12' LONG
000000
564.00
99-13970
HUMBERTO PEREZ
I-13152
008-58-5420
CONTRACTUAL S
TREE TRIMMING
000000
900.00
99-17380
THE GLOVE GUY
I-1015
008-58-5260
SAFETY EQUIPM
6 WORK GLOVES
000000
76.80
99-19160
WORKERS ASSISTANCE PROG
I-200807141032
008-58-5175
EAP (EMPLOYER
EAP PROGRAM
000000
24.03
DEPARTMENT 58
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
TOTAL:
13,315,97
VENDOR SET 008 ENTERPRISE FUND
TOTAL:
19,125.03
REPORT
GRAND TOTAL:
34,368.36
CITY OF SANGER
FISCAL IrEiMpt,
Provosed Expenditure Amount
Encumbered Amount
i 01111IIHE ■MENE■
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY OF ITEM
This agreement was approved by Council at a prior meeting; however, Brazos made our corrections as noted in
the previous agreement plus they also corrected an issue regarding operational control of the distribution
breakers that serve the City feeders. In part 10 of the facility schedule there was a mention of cost as stated in
Section 5.3 and there was not a 5.3 in the agreement so it was removed.
STAFF OPTIONS & RECOMMENDATION
Recommends approval
List of Supporting Documents/ExhibitsAttached: nor Action/Review by Council, Boards, Commissions or Other
Agencies:
Message Page 1 of 4
Rose Chavez
From: David Albers [dalbers@brazoselectric.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:22 AM
To: Rose Chavez
Cc: mbrice@sangertexas.org.; Johnny York
Subject: RE: Interconnection Agreement between the City of Sanger and Brazos Electric
Rose,
I really hate to do this but it appears I have found some errors in the interconnect agreement you had signed.
What I have done is edited the original document to include your changes and added some new changes of our
own. Briefly, we wanted to correct an issue regarding operational control of the distribution breakers that serve the
City's feeders. Brazos does not operate distribution breakers in these instances and there has been some
confusion in the past about this so we wanted to correct the language in the document. In part 10 of the Facility
Schedule there was a mention of a cost as stated in Section 5.3 but there is no 5.3 in the agreement so this
needed to be removed as well. You will seem my changes are tracked in one document. I have provided you 2
versions of this draft, one showing the changes and a 'clean' draft for execution if the changes are acceptable.
If the changes are acceptable please execute 2 copies of the `clean' document this time so that this will provide
us both with an original signed copy once we are done. I'm sorry for the inconvenience but I feel it is necessary in
this case. Let me know if you have any questions.
From: David Albers
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:17 AM
To: 'Rose Chavez'
Subject: RE: Interconnection Agreement between the City of Sanger and Brazos Electric
Great! Thank you for the information. We'll send you an executed copy back shortly.
From: Rose Chavez[mailto:rchavez@sangertexas.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:45 AM
To: David Albers
Subject: RE: Interconnection Agreement between the City of Sanger and Brazos Electric
David, there were three changes, page 8 and 9 change Administrator to City Manager and on page 10 correct
Administrator to City Manager and we changed the name from Jack Smith to Mike Brice.
Let me know if you need additional information.
City of Sanger
P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
940-458-7930
940-458-4180 (fax)
-----Original Message -----
From: David Albers [mailto:dalbers@brazoselectric.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:42 AM
To: Rose Chavez
Subject: RE: Interconnection Agreement between the City of Sanger and Brazos Electric
f;osc;,
7/2/2008
Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY Of SANGER
AND
BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.
This Interconnection Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this _day of
2008, ("Effective Agreement Date") by the City of Sanger, a Texas Home Rule
municipal corporation of the State of Texas ("City") and Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc. ("Brazos Electric"), a cooperative corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Texas, each hereinafter sometimes referred to individually as "Party"
or both referred to collectively as the "Parties". In consideration of the mutual covenants
set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms shall have the meanings as set forth below, except as otherwise
specified in the Agreement. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms as found in the ERCOT
Protocols, the ERCOT Operating Guides, or the PUCT Substantive Rules, as applicable:
1.1 "Distribution System" shall mean an electrical system operating below
60,000 volts (60KV), when measured phaseAo-phase.
1.2 "Effective Service Date" shall mean each date ascribed thereto in Exhibit
A for the applicable Facility Schedule under this Agreement for a Point of
Interconnection.
1.3 "ERGOT" shall mean the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or its
successor in function.
1.4 "ERGOT Operating Guides" shall mean those operating guides
promulgated by ERGOT relating to practices to be followed in the
operation of the interconnected systems of the member utilities of
ERCOT, in effect and as amended from time to time, and any successor
guides or rules of ERCOT applicable to the same subject matter.
1.5 "ERGOT Protocols" shall mean the documents adopted by ERGOT,
including any attachments or referenced exhibits, in effect and as amended
from time to time that contain the scheduling, operating, planning,
reliability, settlement policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, standards,
and criteria of ERGOT, and any successor rules of ERCOT applicable to
the same subject matter.
1.6 "Facility Schedule" shall specify for each Point of Interconnection the
facilities to be provided by the Parties, the ownership thereof, the nominal
voltage at the interconnection, the method of metering, the operating and
maintenance responsibilities of each Party with respect to each Point of
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Interconnection, and such other terms and conditions as are deemed
mutually agreeable by the Parties.
1.7 "Good Utility Practice" shall mean any of the practices, methods and
acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility
industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods
and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts
known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to
accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good
business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice
is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the
exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or
acts generally accepted in the region. Good Utility Practice shall include,
but not be limited to, conformance with the applicable and consistently
applied reliability criteria, standards and operating guides of ERCOT and
the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or successor
organization(s).
1.8 "Operational Control" shall mean the day to day operational
responsibilities and duties of a Distribution Service Provider in ERCOT.
1.9 "Point(s) of Interconnection" shall mean the interconnection locations)
specified on Exhibit A hereto and the attached Facility Schedules where
the Parties interconnect their facilities.
1.10 "PUCT" shall mean the Public Utility Commission of Texas or its
successor in function.
1.11 "PUCT Substantive Rule(s)" shall mean Substantive Rules as
promulgated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUCT"), in
effect and as amended from time to time, and any successor rules of the
PUCT applicable to this Agreement.
1.12 "TCOS" are costs incurred by an electric utility, amunicipally-owned
utility, or an electric cooperative to own, operate, and maintain facilities
for the transmission of electricity which operates at or above 60,000
(60KV) volts when measured phase -to phase.
1.13 "Telemetry" shall have the meaning set forth in the ERCOT Operating
Guides.
1.14 "Transmission System" shall mean an electrical system operating at
60,000 volts (60K� or above, when measured phase -to -phase.
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Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
ARTICLE 2. ESTABLISHMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
OF POINTS OF INTERCONNECTION
2.1 The Parties agree to interconnect their facilities at the Points of
Interconnection in accordance with the terms and conditions, specified on
Exhibit A hereto and the attached Facility Schedules.
2.2 Subject to Section 8.1, this Agreement becomes effective on the Effective
Agreement Date of this Agreement and shall continue in full force
thereafter from year-to-year until terminated by mutual agreement or by
either Party upon at least three (3) years prior written notice. Upon
termination of this Agreement, each Party shall discontinue the use of the
facilities of the other and shall disconnect the Point(s) of Interconnection.
Any TCOS recovery obligations in this Agreement shall survive
termination of this Agreement until such obligations are fulfilled in
accordance to the provisions in the applicable Facility Schedule.
2.3 This Agreement maybe amended only upon mutual agreement by the
Parties, which amendment will not be effective until reduced to writing
and executed by both Parties. From time to time, a Point of
Interconnection may be added, changed, modified, or deleted from this
Agreement as mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties and/or as
ordered by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction thereof.
2A Either Party may request the other Party to upgrade or modify its terminal
facilities at a Point of Interconnection in accordance with the other Party's
standard design of equipment and practice, provided that the upgrade or
modification is consistent with Good Utility Practice and, if applicable,
approved by the Regional Planning Group of ERCOT. The requesting
Party shall provide the responsive Party a minimum of at least three (3)
years notice of the upgrade or modification of its terminal facilities at a
Point of Interconnection. A shorter notice term is acceptable but only by
mutual acceptance of both Parties. Such request shall not be unreasonably
denied.
2.5 The responsibilities of the Parties for the costs associated with the
establishment of each Point of Interconnection shall be as specified in the
applicable Facility Schedule. Both Parties agree that each Point of
Interconnection will be established and maintained in conformance with
the ERCOT Operating Guides and Protocols.
2.6 Unless otherwise provided in a Facility Schedule, each Party shall, at each
Point of Interconnection, at its own risk and expense, design, install, or
cause the design and installation of the transmission or distribution
facilities (including all apparatus and necessary protective devices) on its
side of the Point of Interconnection, so as to reasonably minimize the
likelihood of voltage and frequency abnormalities, originating in the
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Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
system of one Party, from affecting or impairing the system of the other
Party, or other systems to which the system of such Parry is
interconnected. The Parties agree to cause their systems to be constructed
in accordance with specifications at least equal to those provided by the
National Electrical Safety Code, approved by the American National
Standards Institute, in effect at the time of construction.
2.7 Unidirectional or bi-directional operation for each Point of Interconnection
shall be specified on the applicable Facility Schedule.
2.8 This Agreement, including all attached Exhibits and Facility Schedules,
which are expressly made a part hereof for all purposes, constitutes the
entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with regard to the
interconnection of the facilities of the Parties at the Points of
Interconnection expressly provided for in this Agreement. The Parties are
not bound by or liable for any statement, representation, promise,
inducement, understanding, or undertaking of any kind or nature (whether
written or oral) with regard to the subject matter hereof not set forth or
provided for herein. This Agreement replaces all prior agreements and
undertakings, oral or written, between the Parties with regard to the
subject matter hereof, and all such agreements and undertakings are
agreed by the Parties to no longer be of any force or effect. It is expressly
acknowledged that the Parties may have other agreements covering other
services not expressly provided for herein, which agreements are
unaffected by this Agreement.
2.9 This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action by such Party, has been duly executed and delivered by such Party,
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of such Party
enforceable against such Parry in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE 3. SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
3.1 Each Party will, at its own cost and expense, operate, maintain, repair, and
inspect, and shall be fully responsible for liabilities related to the
transmission and distribution lines and related facilities which it now or
hereafter may own located at or connected to each Point of
Interconnection, unless otherwise specified on the applicable Facility
Schedule.
3.2 Maintenance by either Party that will cause a deviation from normal
power and energy flow at a Point of Interconnection will be scheduled at a
mutually agreeable time. Emergency operations shall be in accordance
with the applicable provisions in the ERCOT Operating Guides. No
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Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
changes will be made in the normal operation of a Point of interconnection
without the mutual agreement of the Parties.
3.3 The Parties will review, coordinate, and exchange equipment
specifications and protective relaying information and settings that affect
the establishment of and interconnected operations of the Points of
Interconnections. Each Party will coordinate the protective devices of the
lines and facilities it owns and operates at each Point of Interconnection.
3.4 Each Party covenants and agrees to design, install, maintain, and operate,
or cause the design, installation, maintenance, and operation of, its
Transmission System and Distribution System and related facilities so as
to reasonably minimize the likelihood of a disturbance, originating in the
system of one Party, affecting or impairing the system of the other Party,
or other systems with which the Party is interconnected.
3.5 Each Party will provide the reactive requirements for its own system as
ruled by the PUCT or in accordance with the ERCOT Operating Guides
and ERCOT Protocols.
3.6 The operation of either Party's facilities shall not cause a synchronous
interconnection between ERCOT and any other transmission facilities
operated outside of ERCOT. Any such interconnection will give either
Party the right to immediately disconnect the effected Point(s) of
Interconnection until such interconnection is removed.
ARTICLE 4. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EQITIPMENT REMOVAL AND
INSTALLATION
4.1 Each Party shall permit duly authorized representatives and employees of
the other Party to enter upon its premises for the purpose of inspecting,
testing, repairing, renewing or exchanging any or all of the equipment
owned by such other Party that is located on such premises or for the
purpose of performing any work necessary in the performance of this
Agreement.
4.2 During periods of emergency conditions declared by the ERCOT or as
necessary to restore customer service, either Party may operate equipment
that is normally operated by the other Party, provided that authorization to
do so must first be received from the Party that normally operates the
equipment, such authorization not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
It shall be considered reasonable for the Party that normally operates such
equipment to deny such a request by the other Party if the withholding
Party will provide such operation within the time frame called for in the
circumstances. Such operations by the other Party will be at no cost to the
owner or normal operator of the equipment.
Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
4.3 Any and all equipment placed on the premises of a Party shall be and
remain the property of the Party providing such equipment regardless of
the mode and manner of annexation or attachment to real property, unless
otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties.
ARTICLE 5. OTHER SERVICES
5.1 This Agreement is applicable only to the interconnection of the facilities
of the Parties at the Points of Interconnection and does not obligate the
Parties to provide, or entitle the Parties to receive, any service not
expressly provided for herein. Each Parry is responsible for making the
arrangements necessary for it to receive any other service that it may
desire from the other Party or any third parry.
5.2 Each Facility Schedule shall indicate whether any other tariffs, services or
rates apply at each Point of Interconnection.
ARTICLE 6. INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 The provisions of PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202, or its successor in
function, in effect and as amended from time to time throughout the term
of this Agreement, shall govern the liabilities of each Party, including any
liabilities for damages in the event of any act beyond such Party's control,
and the obligation of each Party to indemnify the other in the event of
losses resulting from negligence or other fault in the design, construction
or operation of their respective facilities.
6.2 Except as set forth herein, there is no warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose, and any and all implied warranties are
disclaimed.
ARTICLE 7. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
7.1 This Agreement is not intended to and does not create any rights,
remedies, or benefits whatsoever in favor of any persons or entities other
than the Parties to this Agreement. A Party's rights under this Agreement
may not be assigned, except to persons who are wholly owned subsidiaries
of the Parry, the parent corporation of the Parry or are controlled by the
same parent corporation, without the prior written consent of the other
Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
Party; provided, however, Brazos Electric may, without the prior consent
of City, assign, transfer, mortgage or pledge this Agreement to create a
security interest for the benefit of the United States of America acting
through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service. The rights and
obligations of this Agreement are solely for the use and benefit of, and
shall be binding upon, the Parties, their successors4n4nterest and, where
permitted, their assigns.
7.2 This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to create an
association, joint venture or partnership between the Parties, nor to impose
any partnership obligations or liability on either Parry. Furthermore,
neither Parry shall have any right, power, or authority to enter into any
agreement or undertaking for or on behalf of, to act as or be an agent or
representative of, or to otherwise bind the other Party.
ARTICLE 8. GOVERNING LAW AND REGULATION
8.1 This Agreement was executed in the State of Texas and must in all
respects be governed by, interpreted, construed, and enforced in
accordance with the laws thereof, without regard to conflicts of law
principles, except as to matters exclusively controlled by the Constitution
and statutes of the United States of America. This Agreement is subject to
all valid, applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and rules
and regulations of duly constituted regulatory authorities having
jurisdiction. This Agreement and all obligations hereunder, are expressly
conditioned upon obtaining approval, authorization, or acceptance by the
Rural Utilities Services ("RUS") or any governing body, as required.
8.2 In the event a Court of competent jurisdiction declares any part of this
Agreement invalid, the remainder of said Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and shall constitute a binding agreement between the
Parties.
' 1 1 _ :_ �� 1 __ 177�1 D7►� �141 D111.7 �I
9.1 Neither Party shall be considered in default with respect to any obligation
hereunder, other than the payment of money, if prevented from fulfilling
such obligation by reason of any cause beyond its reasonable control
including, but not limited to, outages or interruptions due to weather,
accidents, equipment failures or threat of failure, strikes, civil unrest,
injunctions or order of governmental authority having jurisdiction. If
performance by either Parry has been prevented by such event, the
affected Party shall promptly and diligently attempt to remove the cause of
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its failure to perform, except that neither Brazos Electric nor City shall be
obligated to agree to any quick settlement of any strike or labor
disturbance, which, in the affected Parry's opinion, may be inadvisable or
detrimental, or to appeal from any administrative or judicial ruling.
9.2 Should either of the Parties hereto violate any material provisions of this
Agreement, the other Party shall give written notice to the violating Party
specifying the violation. Upon actual receipt of the Notice of Violation,
such Party shall have one hundred eighty (180) days to correct such
violation. In the event such violation of this Agreement is not corrected
by the expiration of said one hundred eighty (180) days, this Agreement,
subject to the applicable regulations of any jurisdictional regulatory
authority, may be terminated by giving no less than sixty (60) days written
notice of the Intention To Terminate, but no other remedy or remedies,
available under the law, for such violation shall be limited in any way
because of this provision or the exercise of the right conferred hereunder.
9.3 The failure of a Party to this Agreement to insist, on any occasion, upon
strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not be
considered to waive the obligations, rights, or duties imposed upon the
Parties.
ARTICLE 10. NOTICES
10.1 Notices of an administrative nature, including but not limited to a notice of
termination, a request for amendment, a change to a Point of
Interconnection, or a request for a new Point of Interconnection shall be
forwarded to the designees listed below for each Party and shall be
deemed to have been duly delivered if hand delivered or sent by United
States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.
If to City:
City of Sanger
Attn: City Manager
P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
If to Brazos Electric:
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Attn: Manager — System Planning
P.O. Box 2585
Waco, Texas 76702-2585
The above listed names, titles, and addresses of either Party may be
changed upon written notification to the other Party.
10.2 Invoices for sums due hereunder will be rendered by City to Brazos
Electric or by Brazos Electric to City as follows:
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If by City to Brazos Electric:
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Attn: Accounting Dept.
P.O. Box 2585
Waco, Texas 76702-2585
If by Brazos Electric to City:
City of Sanger
Attn: City Manager
P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
10.3 Billing and payments will be in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule
25.202 or its successor in function. Interest will accrue on any unpaid
amount, calculated in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or
its successor in function. When payments are made by mail, invoices are
considered as having been paid on the date that payment is received. Any
payments made by the Parties under this Agreement must be made in
immediately available funds with sufficient information to identify the
source and application of the funds, or to such other bank account so
directed in writing.
10.4 Bills not paid when due shall accrue interest on the unpaid balance from
the due date until payment is received at the interest rate provided in
PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or its successor in function.
10.5 If any portion of an invoice is in dispute, the disputed amount shall be paid
by the disputing Party into an interest bearing account at a rate in
accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or its successor in
function until the dispute is resolved according to the reasonable
satisfaction of both Parties. Within thirty (30) days of the payment of a
disputed invoice, the disputing Party will give the other Party written
notice of its dispute with the facts supporting the dispute. Each Party shall
act in good faith to promptly resolve any such dispute. Adjustments in
payments will be made as mutually agreed to by the Parties. Each Party
agrees to make available to the other Party such system data as may be
necessary to determine any factors for billing under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The disputing Party shall remain obligated
to pay any portion of an invoice not in dispute.
10.6 Neither Party shall have the right to initiate a challenge of any invoice
rendered hereunder in a court of law or equity, arbitration, administrative
proceeding, tribunal, or any other authority after a period of twenty-four
(24) months from the date such invoice was first rendered.
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ARTICLE 119 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.1 All present or future federal, state, municipal, or other lawful taxes (other
than federal income taxes, except where such federal income tax is
applicable to a contribution in aid of construction) applicable by reason of
any service performed by City for Brazos Electric, or any compensation
paid to City by Brazos Electric, hereunder must be paid by Brazos
Electric. City is a tax-exempt entity and will provide its tax exemption
number. Brazos Electric shall be responsible for all property taxes
assessed on facilities that such Parry owns.
11.2 The descriptive headings of the various articles and sections of this
Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are
to be afforded no significance in the interpretation or construction of this
Agreement.
11.3 Facsimile copies of operational correspondence, other than notices
including signatures thereon shall constitute original
required hereunder,
copies thereof and shall be as binding on the Parties hereto as the original.
11.4 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which is deemed an original but all constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their
respective duly authorized representatives.
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. City of Sanger
By:
Clifton B. Karnei
By:
Title: Executive Vice President & Title:
General Manager
Date: Date:
Mike Brice
City Manager
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Exhibit A
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Voltage
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Date
Minimum
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9
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Facility Schedule No. 1
for
Sanger North
1. Name: Sanger North 13.2KV Points) of Interconnection
2. Location: This unidirectional Points) of Interconnection will be in Brazos Electric's Sanger
North Substation ("Delivery Substation") where the City's 13.2KV distribution lines contact
Brazos Electric's dead-end insulator assembly on Brazos Electric's distribution structures in the
Delivery Substation, The Delivery Substation is located west of the intersection of Interstate
Highway I-35 and FM Road 455 in the City of Sanger in Denton County, Texas, and under and
adjacent to Brazos Electric's existing 138KV transmission line between Rector Road and Spring
Substation (reference attached vicinity map drawing 697S Sheet G1A)
3. Delivery Voltase: 13.2KV (unidirectional)
4. Meterina: All metering equipment provided herein will be in accordance with the applicable
requirements of the ERCOT Operating Guides and ERCOT Protocols, or its successor in function.
Metering equipment will be located on the low -side of the Delivery Substation and compensated
for losses to the high -side terminals of the main transformer.
5. Normally closed (check onel: X Yes / No
6. One line diagram attached (check onel: X Yes / _ No (Drawing 697R sheet FS)
7. Facilities to be furnished and owned by City:
(a) Load feeder distribution lines and termination of same distribution lines on Brazos
Electric's structures in the Delivery Substation.
(b) Rights -of -way for distribution lines owned by the City.
8. fie," to be furnished and owned by Brazos Electric:
(a) Dead-end 138KV structures in Delivery Substation to terminate Brazos Electric's Rector
Road to Spring 138KV transmission line.
(b) One three-phase 138KV line drop loop splitting disconnect switch mounted on or near
dead-end structures in the Delivery Substation.
(C) Two three-phase 138KV line disconnect switches mounted on or near the dead-end
structures in the Delivery Substation.
(d) One 138KV circuit-switcher on the high -side of the main transformer in the Delivery
Substation.
(e) One high speed single-phase ground switch connected on the source side of the 138KV
circuit-switcher.
(f) Three 138KV lightning arresters mounted between the circuit-switcher and main
transformer in the Delivery Substation.
(g) Delivery Substation main transformer (13843.2KV) with regulation and associated
protective relaying.
(h) Low -side bus work with 13.2KV distribution bays including breakers at the Delivery
Substation.
(i) All hardware, bus work, distribution arresters, conduit, cable, grounding, foundations,
earthwork, and fencing for the Delivery Substation.
(j) Property to accommodate the Delivery Substation facilities.
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(k) Three potential and three current metering accuracy instrument transformers connected to
the low -side bus of the Delivery Substation.
(1) Metering Equipment and SCADA equipment at the Delivery Substation with
communication facilities for SCADA to Brazos Electric's System Control Center in
Waco, Texas.
9. Operation and Maintenance: Each Party will be responsible for the operation and maintenance
of the facilities it owns at this Point of Interconnection and in accordance with the other terms and
conditions stated in this Agreement except for the Operational Control of the distribution breakers
located in the Delivery Substation that connect electrically to the City's load distribution feeders.
Operational Control of these devices shall be the responsibility of the City. Maintenance of these
devices shall be performed by Brazos Electric. The City shall have access into the Delivery
Substation for the purpose of operating facilities in accordance with this Facility Schedule. The
Delivery Substation control house, and the gate to the Delivery Substation will be double -locked
with the locks of both Parties.
10. Cost Responsibility: Each Party will be fully responsible for the liabilities related to the facilities
it owns. Each Party will be responsible for all costs it incurs in connection with the establishment
of this Point of Interconnection.
11. Supplemental terms and conditions:
(a) When this Agreement was executed, the City was purchasing from Brazos Electric
wholesale electric service, including capacity, energy, transmission, distribution and
ancillary services, pursuant to the Wholesale Power Supply Contract between Brazos
Electric and the City. This Agreement will supersede that portion of the Wholesale
Power Supply Contract between Brazos Electric and the City related to interconnected
electrical facilities for delivery points.
(b) Brazos Electric will provide, and City will pay for, distribution substation service for this
Point of Interconnection. This service consist of Brazos Electric providing
transformation of electric power and energy from one of Brazos Electric's standard
transmission voltages (60 KV or higher) to one of Brazos Electric's standard voltages
below 60 KV including substation distribution bays. This service is provided, and the
charges for this service is determined, in accordance with Brazos Electric's Wholesale
Distribution Service Tariff (Rate WDS) or its successor (together with all riders
applicable thereto), as it may from time to time be changed by Brazos Electric's Board of
Directors or governing body. The Contract Demand for this Point of Interconnection is
specified in Exhibit A of this Agreement
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INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY Of SANGER
AND
BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.
This Interconnection Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this _day of
2008, ("Effective Agreement Date") by the City of Sanger, a Texas Home Rule
municipal corporation of the State of Texas ("City") and Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc. ("Brazos Electric"), a cooperative corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Texas, each hereinafter sometimes referred to individually as "Party"
or both referred to collectively as the "Parties". In consideration of the mutual covenants
set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms shall have the meanings as set forth below, except as otherwise
specified in the Agreement. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms as found in the ERCOT
Protocols the ERCOT Operating Guides or the PUCT Substantive Rules, as applicable:
1.1 "Distribution System" shall mean an electrical system operating below
60,000 volts (60KV), when measured phaseAo-phase.
1.2 "Effective Service Date" shall mean each date ascribed thereto in Exhibit
A for the applicable Facility Schedule under this Agreement for a Point of
Interconnection.
1.3 "ERGOT" shall mean the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or its
successor in function.
1.4 "ERGOT Operating Guides" shall mean those operating guides
promulgated by ERGOT relating to practices to be followed in the
operation of the interconnected systems of the member utilities of
ERCOT, in effect and as amended from time to time, and any successor
guides or rules of ERCOT applicable to the same subject matter.
1.5 "ERGOT Protocols" shall mean the documents adopted by ERGOT,
including any attachments or referenced exhibits, in effect and as amended
from time to time that contain the scheduling, operating, planning,
reliability, settlement policies, rules, guidelines, procedures, standards,
and criteria of ERCOT, and any successor rules of ERCOT applicable to
the same subject matter.
1.6 "Facility Schedule" shall specify for each Point of Interconnection the
facilities to be provided by the Parties, the ownership thereof, the nominal
voltage at the interconnection, the method of metering, the operating and
maintenance responsibilities of each Party with respect to each Point of
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Interconnection, and such other terms and conditions as are deemed
mutually agreeable by the Parties.
13 "Good Utility Practice" shall mean any of the practices, methods and
acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric utility
industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods
and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts
known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to
accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good
business practices, reliability, safety and expedition. Good Utility Practice
is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the
exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or
acts generally accepted in the region. Good Utility Practice shall include,
but not be limited to, conformance with the applicable and consistently
applied reliability criteria, standards and operating guides of ERCOT and
the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or successor
organization(s).
1.8 "Operational Control" shall mean the day to da�perational
responsibilities and duties of a Distribution Service Provider in ERCOT.
1.9 "Point(s) of Interconnection" shall mean the interconnection locations)
specified on Exhibit A hereto and the attached Facility Schedules where
the Parties interconnect their facilities.
1.10 "PUCT" shall mean the Public Utility Commission of Texas or its
successor in function.
1.11 "PUCT Substantive Rule(s)" shall mean Substantive Rules as
promulgated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("PUCT"), in
effect and as amended from time to time, and any successor rules of the
PUCT applicable to this Agreement.
1.12, "TCOS" are costs incurred by an electric utility, a municipally -owned
utility, or an electric cooperative to own, operate, and maintain facilities
for the transmission of electricity which operates at or above 60,000
(60KV) volts when measured phase -to phase.
1.13 "Telemetry" shall have the meaning set forth in the ERCOT Operating
1.14 "Transmission System" shall mean an electrical
60,000 volts (60K� or above, when
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ARTICLE 2. ESTABLISHMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
OF POINTS OF INTERCONNECTION
2.1 The Parties agree to interconnect their facilities at the Points of
Interconnection in accordance with the terms and conditions, specified on
Exhibit A hereto and the attached Facility Schedules.
2.2 Subject to Section 8.1, this Agreement becomes effective on the Effective
Agreement Date of this Agreement and shall continue in full force
thereafter from yearAo-year until terminated by mutual agreement or by
either Party upon at least three (3) years prior written notice. Upon
termination of this Agreement, each Party shall discontinue the use of the
facilities of the other and shall disconnect the Point(s) of Interconnection.
Any TCOS recovery obligations in this Agreement shall survive
termination of this Agreement until such obligations are fulfilled in
accordance to the provisions in the applicable Facility Schedule,
2.3 This Agreement maybe amended only upon mutual agreement by the
Parties, which amendment will not be effective until reduced to writing
and executed by both Parties. From time to time, a Point of
Interconnection may be added, changed, modified, or deleted from this
Agreement as mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties and/or as
ordered by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction thereof.
2.4 Either Party may request the other Party to upgrade or modify its terminal
facilities at a Point of Interconnection in accordance with the her Party's
standard design of equipment and practice, provided that the upgrade or
modification is consistent with Good Utility Practice and, if applicable,
approved by the Regional Planning Group of ERCOT. The requesting
Party shall provide the responsive Party a minimum of at least three (3)
years notice of the upgrade or modification of its terminal facilities at a
Point of Interconnection. A shorter notice term is acceptable but only by
mutual acceptance of both Parties. Such request shall not be unreasonably
denied.
2.5 The responsibilities of the Parties for the costs associated with the
establishment of each Point of Interconnection shall be as specified in the
applicable Facility Schedule. Both Parties agree that each Point of
Interconnection will be established and maintained in conformance with
the ERCOT Operating Guides and Protocols.
2.6 Unless otherwise provided in a Facility Schedule, each Party shall, at each
Point of Interconnection, at its own risk and expense, design, install, or
cause the design and installation of the transmission or distribution
facilities (including all apparatus and necessary protective devices) on its
side of the Point of Interconnection, so as to reasonably minimize the
likelihood of voltage and frequency abnormalities, originating in the
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system of one Party, from affecting or impairing the system of the her
Party, or other systems to which the system of such Party is
interconnected. The Parties agree to cause their systems to be constructed
in accordance with specifications at least equal to those provided by the
National Electrical Safety Code, approved by the American National
Standards Institute, in effect at the time of construction.
2.7 Unidirectional or bi-directional operation for each Point of Interconnection
shall be specified on the applicable Facility Schedule.
2.8 This Agreement, including all attached Exhibits and Facility Schedules,
which are expressly made a part hereof for all purposes, constitutes the
entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with regard to the
interconnection of the facilities of the Parties at the Points of
Interconnection expressly provided for in this Agreement. The Parties are
not bound by or liable for any statement, representation, promise,
inducement, understanding, or undertaking of any kind or nature (whether
written or oral) with regard to the subject matter hereof not set forth or
provided for herein. This Agreement replaces all prior agreements and
undertakings, oral or written, between the Parties with regard to the
subject matter hereof, and all such agreements and undertakings are
agreed by the Parties to no longer be of any force or effect. It is expressly
acknowledged that the Parties may have other agreements covering other
services not expressly provided for herein, which agreements are
unaffected by this Agreement.
2.9 This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action by such Party, has been duly executed and delivered by such Party,
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of such Party
enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE 3. SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
3.1 Each Party will, at its own cost and expense, operate, maintain, repair, and
inspect, and shall be fully responsible for liabilities related to the
transmission and distribution lines and related facilities which it now or
hereafter may own located at or connected to each Point of
Interconnection, unless otherwise specified on the applicable Facility
Schedule.
3.2 Maintenance by either Party that will cause a deviation from normal
power and energy flow at a Point of Interconnection will be scheduled at a
mutually agreeable time. Emergency operations shall be in accordance
with the applicable provisions in the ERCOT Operating Guides. No
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changes will be made in the normal operation of a Point of Interconnection
without the mutual agreement of the Parties.
3.3 The Parties will review, coordinate, and exchange equipment
specifications and protective relaying information and settings that affect
the establishment of and interconnected operations of the Points of
Interconnections. Each Party will coordinate the protective devices of the
lines and facilities it owns and operates at each Point of Interconnection.
3,4 Each Party covenants and agrees to design, install, maintain, and operate,
or cause the design, installation, maintenance, and operation of, its
Transmission System and Distribution System and related facilities so as
to reasonably minimize the likelihood of a disturbance, originating in the
system of one Party, affecting or impairing the system of the other Party,
or other systems with which the Party is interconnected.
3.5 Each Party will provide the reactive requirements for its own system as
ruled by the PUCT or in accordance with the ERCOT Operating Guides
and ERCOT Protocols,
3.6 The operation of either Party's facilities shall not cause a synchronous
interconnection between ERCOT and any other transmission facilities
operated outside of ERCOT. Any such interconnection will give either
Party the right to immediately disconnect the effected Point(s) of
Interconnection until such interconnection is removed.
ARTICLE 4. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EQUIPMENT REMOVAL AND
INSTALLATION
4.1 Each Party shall permit duly authorized representatives and employees of
the other Party to enter upon its premises for the purpose of inspecting,
testing, repairing, renewing or exchanging any or all of the equipment
owned by such other Party that is located on such premises or for the
purpose of performing any work necessary in the performance of this
Agreement.
4.2 During periods of emergency conditions declared by the ERCOT or as
necessary to restore customer service, either Party may operate equipment
that is normally operated by the other Party, provided that authorization to
do so must first be received from the Party that normally operates the
equipment, such authorization not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
It shall be considered reasonable for the Party that normally operates such
equipment to deny such a request by the other Party if the withholding
Party will provide such operation within the time frame called for in the
circumstances. Such operations by the other Party will be at no cost to the
owner or normal operator of the equipment.
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4.3 Any and all equipment placed on the premises of a Party shall be and
remain the property of the Parry providing such equipment regardless of
the mode and manner of annexation or attachment to real property, unless
otherwise mutually agreed to in writing by the Parties.
ARTICLE 5.OTHER SERVICES
5.1 This Agreement is applicable only to the interconnection of the facilities
of the Parties at the Points of Interconnection and does not obligate the
Parties to provide, or entitle the Parties to receive, any service not
expressly provided for herein. Each Party is responsible for making the
arrangements necessary for it to receive any other service that it may
desire from the other Party or any third party.
5.2 Each Facility Schedule shall indicate whether any other tariffs, services or
rates apply at each Point of Interconnection.
ARTICLE 6. INDEMNITICATION
6.1 The provisions of PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202, or its successor in
function, in effect and as amended from time to time throughout the term
of this Agreement, shall govern the liabilities of each Party, including any
liabilities for damages in the event of any act beyond such Party's control,
and the obligation of each Party to indemnify the other in the event of
losses resulting from negligence or other fault in the design, construction
or operation of their respective facilities.
6.2 Except as set forth herein, there is no warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose, and any and all implied warranties are
disclaimed.
ARTICLE 7. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
'7.1 This Agreement is not intended to and does not create any rights,
remedies, or benefits whatsoever in favor of any persons or entities other
than the Parties to this Agreement. A Party's rights under this Agreement
may not be assigned, except to persons who are wholly owned subsidiaries
of the Party, the parent corporation of the Party or are controlled by the
same parent corporation, without the prior written consent of the other
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Party; provided, however, Brazos Electric may, without the prior consent
of City, assign, transfer, mortgage or pledge this Agreement to create a
security interest for the benefit of the United States of America acting
through the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service. The rights and
obligations of this Agreement are solely for the use and benefit of, and
shall be binding upon, the Parties, their successors-mminterest and, where
permitted, their assigns.
7.2 This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to create an
association, joint venture or partnership between the Parties, nor to impose
any partnership obligations or liability on either Party. Furthermore,
neither Party shall have any right, power, or authority to enter into any
agreement or undertaking for or on behalf of, to act as or be an agent or
representative of, or to otherwise bind the other Party.
ARTICLE 8. GOVERNING LAW AND REGULATION
8.1 This Agreement was executed in the State of Texas and must in all
respects be governed by, interpreted, construed, and enforced in
accordance with the laws thereof, without regard to conflicts of law
principles, except as to matters exclusively controlled by the Constitution
and statutes of the United States of America. This Agreement is subject to
all valid, applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and rules
and regulations of duly constituted regulatory authorities having
jurisdiction. This Agreement and all obligations hereunder, are expressly
conditioned upon obtaining approval, authorization, or acceptance by the
Rural Utilities Services C RUS") or any governing body, as required.
8.2 In the event a Court of competent jurisdiction declares any part of this
Agreement invalid, the remainder of said Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and shall constitute a binding agreement between the
Parties.
ARTICLE 9. DEFAULT AND FORCE MAJEURE
9.1 Neither Party shall be considered in default with respect to any obligation
hereunder, other than the payment of money, if prevented from fulfilling
such obligation by reason of any cause beyond its reasonable control
including, but not limited to, outages or interruptions due to weather,
accidents, equipment failures or threat of failure, strikes, civil unrest,
injunctions or order of governmental authority having jurisdiction. If
performance by either Party has been prevented by such event, the
affected Party shall promptly and diligently attempt to remove the cause of
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its failure to perform, except that neither Brazos Electric nor City shall be
obligated to agree to any quick settlement of any strike or labor
disturbance, which, in the affected Parry's opinion, may be inadvisable or
detrimental, or to appeal from any administrative or judicial ruling.
9.2 Should either of the Parties hereto violate any material provisions of this
Agreement, the other Party shall give written notice to the violating Party
specifying the violation. Upon actual receipt of the Notice of Violation,
such Party shall have one hundred eighty (180) days to correct such
violation. In the event such violation of this Agreement is not corrected
by the expiration of said one hundred eighty (180) days, this Agreement,
subject to the applicable regulations of any jurisdictional regulatory
authority, may be terminated by giving no less than sixty (60) days written
notice of the Intention To Terminate, but no other remedy or remedies,
available under the law, for such violation shall be limited in any way
because of this provision or the exercise of the right conferred hereunder.
9.3 The failure of a Party to this Agreement to insist, on any occasion, upon
strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not be
considered to waive the obligations, rights, or duties imposed upon the
Parties.
ARTICLE 10. NOTICES
10.1 Notices of an administrative nature, including but not limited to a notice of
termination, a request for amendment, a change to a Point of
Interconnection, or a request for a new Point of Interconnection shall be
forwarded to the designees listed below for each Party and shall be
deemed to have been duly delivered if hand delivered or sent by United
States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.
If to City:
City of Sanger
Attu: City Mana.�er_
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P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
If to Brazos Electric:
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Attn: Manager — System Planning
P.O. Box 2585
Waco, Texas 76702-2585
The above listed names, titles, and addresses of either Party may be
changed upon written notification to the other Party.
10.2 Invoices for sums due hereunder will be rendered by City to Brazos
Electric or by Brazos Electric to City as follows:
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If by City to Brazos Electric:
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Attn: Accounting Dept.
P.O. Box 2585
Waco, Texas 76702-2585
If by Brazos Electric to City:
City of Sanger
Attn: City Manager = � �eieted: Administrator
P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
10.3 Billing and payments will be in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule
25.202 or its successor in function. Interest will accrue on any unpaid
amount, calculated in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or
its successor in function. When payments are made by mail, invoices are
considered as having been paid on the date that payment is received. Any
payments made by the Parties under this Agreement must be made in
immediately available funds with sufficient information to identify the
source and application of the funds, or to such other bank account so
directed in writing.
10.4 Bills not paid when due shall accrue interest on the unpaid balance from
the due date until payment is received at the interest rate provided in
PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or its successor in function.
10.5 If any portion of an invoice is in dispute, the disputed amount shall be paid
by the disputing Party into an interest bearing account at a rate in
accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule 25.202 or its successor in
function until the dispute is resolved according to the reasonable
satisfaction of both Parties. Within thirty (30) days of the payment of a
disputed invoice, the disputing Party will give the other Party written
notice of its dispute with the facts supporting the dispute. Each Party shall
act in good faith to promptly resolve any such dispute. Adjustments in
payments will be made as mutually agreed to by the Parties. Each Party
agrees to make available to the other Party such system data as may be
necessary to determine any factors for billing under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The disputing Party shall remain obligated
to pay any portion of an invoice not in dispute.
10.6 Neither Party shall hav8 the right to initiate a challenge of any invoice
rendered hereunder in a court of law or equity, arbitration, administrative
proceeding, tribunal, or any other authority after a period of twenty-four
(24) months from the date such invoice was first rendered.
Brazos/Sanger Interconnection
ARTICLE ll. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
11.1 All present or future federal, state, municipal, or other lawful taxes (other
than federal income taxes, except where such federal income tax is
applicable to a contribution in aid of construction) applicable by reason of
any service performed by City for Brazos Electric, or any compensation
paid to City by Brazos Electric, hereunder must be paid by Brazos
Electric. City is a tax-exempt entity and will provide its tax exemption
number. Brazos Electric shall be responsible for all property taxes
assessed on facilities that such Party owns.
11.2 The descriptive headings of the various articles and sections of this
Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are
to be afforded no significance in the interpretation or construction of this
Agreement.
11.3 Facsimile copies of operational correspondence, other than notices
required hereunder, including signatures thereon shall constitute original
copies thereof and shall be as binding on the Parties hereto as the original.
11.4 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which is deemed an original but all constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their
respective duly authorized representatives.
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
By:
Clifton B. Karnei
Title: Executive Vice President &
General Manager
Date:
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City of Sanger
By:
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Mike Brice ,
Title: City
Date:
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Braws/Sanger Interconnection
Brazos Electric / City Interconnection Agreement
Exhibit A
Facility
Schedule
Number
Point of Interconnection
Voltage
KV
Effective
Service
Date
Minimum
Monthly
Demand
Service
to be
Provided
Service
Provider
1
Sanger North Substation
112
7/1/1997
145000 KW
Distribution
Substation Service
Brazos
Electric
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
* Where applicable, the Minimum Monthly Demand will be used in a� associated rates or tariffs to
calculate charges,
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Facility Schedule No. 1
for
Sanger North
1. Name. Sanger North 13.2KV Points) of Interconnection
2. Location: This unidirectional Point(s) of Interconnection will be in Brazos Electric's Sanger
North Substation ("Delivery Substation") where the City's 13.2KV distribution lines contact
Brazos Electric's dead-end insulator assembly on Brazos Electric's distribution structures in the
Delivery Substation. The Delivery Substation is located west of the intersection of Interstate
Highway I-35 and FM Road 455 in the City of Sanger in Denton County, Texas, and under and
adjacent to Brazos Electric's existing 138KV transmission line between Rector Road and Spring
Substation (reference attached vicinity map drawing 697S Sheet GIk)
3. Delivery Voltaee: 13.2KV (unidirectional)
4. MeterinE: All metering equipment provided herein will be in accordance with the applicable
requirements of the ERCOT Operating Guides and ERCOT Protocols, or its successor in function.
Metering equipment will be located on the low -side of the Delivery Substation and compensated
for losses to the high -side terminals of the main transformer.
5. Normally closed (check onel: _X_ Yes / No
6. One line diauram attached (check onel: X_ Yes / _ No (Drawing 697R sheet FS)
7. Facilities to be furnished and owned by City:
(a) Load feeder distribution lines and termination of same distribution lines on Brazos
Electric's structures in the Delivery Substation.
(b) Rights -of -way for distribution lines owned by the City.
8. Facilities to be furnished and owned by Brazos Electric$
(a) Dead-end 138KV structures in Delivery Substation to terminate Brazos Electric's Rector
Road to Spring 138KV transmission line.
(b) One three-phase 138KV line drop loop splitting disconnect switch mounted on or near
dead-end structures in the Delivery Substation.
(c) Two tbree-phase 138KV line disconnect switches mounted on or near the dead-end
structures in the Delivery Substation.
(d) One 138KV circuit-switcher on the high -side of the main transformer in the Delivery
Substation
(e) One high speed single-phase ground switch connected on the source side of the 138KV
circuit-switcher.
(f) Three 138KV lightning arresters mounted between the circuit-switcher and main
transformer in the Delivery Substation
(g) Delivery Substation main transformer (13843.2KV) with regulation and associated
protective relaying.
(h) Low -side bus work with 13.2KV distribution bays including breakers at the Delivery
Substation
(i) All hardware, bus work, distribution arresters, conduit, cable, grounding, foundations,
earthwork, and fencing for the Delivery Substation.
(j) Property to accommodate the Delivery Substation facilities.
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(k) Three potential and three current metering accuracy instrument transformers connected to
the low -side bus of the Delivery Substation.
(1) Metering Equipment and SCADA equipment at the Delivery Substation with
communication facilities for SCADA to Brazos Electric's System Control Center in
Waco, Texas.
9. Operation and Maintenance: Each Party will be responsible for the operation and maintenance
of the facilities it owns at this Point of Interconnection and in accordance with the other terms and
conditions stated in this Agreement except for the Operational Control of the distribution breakers
10.
11.
located un the Delivem Substation that connect electrically to the Ciiv's load distribution feeders.
Operational Control of these devices shall be the responsibilih* of the City. Maintenance of these
devices shall be performed by Brazos Electric...,The City shall have access into the Delivery
Substation for the purpose of operating facilities in accordance with this Facility Schedule. The
Delivery Substation control house and the gate to the Delivery Substation will be double -locked
wide the locks of bosh Parties.
Cost Responsibility: Each Party will be fully responsible for the liabilities related to the facilities
it owns. Each Party Avill be responsible for all costs it incurs in connection with the establislunent
of this Point of Intercotmection,
Supplemental terms and conditions:
(a) When this Agreement was executed, the City was purchasing from Brazos Electric
wholesale electric service, including capacity, energy, transmission, distribution and
ancillary services, pursuant to the Wholesale Power Supply Contract between Brazos
Electric and the City. This Agreement will supersede that portion of the Wholesale
Power Supply Contract between Brazos Electric and the City related to interconnected
electrical facilities for delivery points.
(b) Brazos Electric will provide, and City will pay for, distnbution substation service for this
Point of Interconnection. This service consist of Brazos Electric providing
transformation of electric power and energy from one of Brazos Electric's standard
transmission voltages (60 KV or higher) to one of Brazos Electric's standard voltages
below 60 KV including substation distribution bays. This service is provided, and the
charges for this service is determined, in accordance with Brazos Electric's Wholesale
Distribution Service Tariff (Rate WDS) or its successor (together with all riders
applicable thereto), as it may from time to time be changed by Brazos Electric's Board of
Directors or governing body. The Contract Demand for this Point of Interconnection is
specified in Exhibit A of this Agreement
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Interwnnection is delivered at 13.2KV,
the City will be responsible for costs
associated with Distribution Substation
Service as stated in Section 5.3 of this
agreement.
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COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
AGENDA TYPE ❑ Regular ❑ Special ❑ Consent Reviewed by Finance
❑ Workshop ❑ Executive ❑ Public Hearing Reviewed by Legal
❑ Yes
❑ Not Applicable
❑ Yes
❑ Not Applicable
Council Meeting Date: July 21, 2008 Submitted By: Mike Brice
City Manager Reviewed/Approval Initials �'-- Date
ACTION REQUESTED: ❑ORDINANCE # ❑ RESOLUTION ❑ APPROVAL
❑ CHANGE ORDER Q AGREEMENT ❑ APPROVAL OF BID ❑ AWARD OF CONTRACT
❑ CONSENSUS ❑ REAPPOINTMENTS
AGENDA CAPTION
Approve Lease Amendment with AT&T Mobility.
MONINI
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
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FISCAL YEAR:
PRIOR
YEAR
CURRENT
YEAR
FUTURE
YEARS
TOTALS
Proposed Expenditure Amount
Encumbered Amount
BALANCE
FUND(S) TO BE USED: General ❑$ Utility ❑ $ Special ❑ $
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY OF ITEM
STAFF OPTIONS & RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval.
List of Supporting Documents/Exhibits Attached:
Memo
Prior Action/Review by Council, Boards, Commissions or Other
Agencies:
,A
%: Mayor and Council __-----
From: Mike Brice, City Manager
Date: 7/15/2008
Re: AT&T lease
AT&T Mobility would like to amend the lease on the Acker water tower to install new equipment As
part of the negotiation on this amendment AT&T has settled a back rent dispute with us and paid us
over $47,000 in back rent. They have also acknowledged that the current rent is $1035 per month.
The new equipment is required to meet Federal E911 standards.
Staff recommends approval of the amendment.
Thank You for Your consideration of this Matter.
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JUL-15-2008 07146A FROM:CRAFTON COMMUNICATIO 9729109002 T0:194045e4leo P.2
Cell Site No. DX3308/FA# 10078026
Market: Central Region/North Texas
Address: 303 N. Acker, Sanger, Texas
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT ("Amendment"),
dated as of the latter of the signature dates below, is by and between The City of Sanger,
a Texas municipality, having a mailing address of 201 Bolivar, Sanger, Texas 76266
(hereinafter referred to as "Landlord") and AT&T Mobility Texas LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, successor to Metroplex Telephone Company, a Texas general partnership,
d/b/a AT&T Wireless Services, having a mailing address of 5405 Windward Parkway,
Alpharetta, GA 30004 (hereinafter referred to as "Tenant").
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant entered into an Option to Lease and Water
Tower Lease Agreement dated January 15, 1998; First Amendment to Lease Agreement
dated June 24, 1999, whereby Landlord leased to Tenant certain Premises, therein
described, that are a portion of the Property located at 303 N. Acker, Sanger, Texas
(collectively the "Lease"); and
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to (1) allow for the
removal of existing antennas and installation of new antennas and necessary related
equipment; and (2) amend the Lease to extend the term of the Lease.
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to modify the notice
section thereof; and
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to permit Tenant to
add, modify and/or replace equipment in order to be in compliance with any current or
future federal, state or local mandated application, including but not limited to emergency
911 communication services; and
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant, in their mutual interest, wish to amend the
Lease as set forth below accordingly.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
Landlord and Tenant agree as follows.
1. Equipment. Landlord consents to the removal of the twelve (12) existing
antennas and the installation of six (6) EMS antennas, model MB72RR80VDPALQ/-R,
reserving the right to six (6) additional like antennas in the future (any additional
antennas will require amendment to the Lease); six (6) additional Ericsson amplifiers,
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model KRY 112 75/1; and, associated cables and equipment on the Landlord's water
tower located at 303 N. Acker to facilitate Tenant's transmission of communications.
2. In addition to the Renewal Terms presently set forth in the Lease, the
Agreement will automatically renew for two (2) separate consecutive additional periods
of five years each upon the same terms and conditions of the Lease, unless Tenant
notifies Landlord in writing of Tenant's intention not to renew the Lease at least sixty
(60) days prior to the expiration of the existing term
3. Notices. Section 14. of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following.
NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and communications hereunder will be given
by first class certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by a nationally
recognized overnight courier, postage prepaid, to be effective when properly sent and
received, refused or returned undelivered. Notices will be addressed to the parties as
followss
if to Tenant: AT&T Mobility Texas LLC (for certified mail)
Attn: Network Real Estate Administration
Re: Cell Site #DA3308; Cell Site Name: Sanger; Fixed Asset #. 10078026
PO Box 1630, Alpharetta, GA 30009
AT&T Mobility Texas i:,l:C (for overnight mail)
Attn: Network Real Estate Administration
Re: Cell Site #DA3308; Cell Site Name: Sanger; Fixed Asset #. 10078026
12555 Cingular Way, Alpharetta, GA 30004
if to Landlord: City of Sanger
PO Box 17293 Sanger, Texas 76266
Either party hereto may change the place for the giving of notice to it by thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the other as provided herein.
4. Landlord and Tenant agree that the current monthly rent is $1,035.00.
5. Emergency 911 Service. In the future, without the payment of additional rent
and at a location mutually acceptable to Landlord and Tenant, Landlord agrees that
Tenant may add, modify and/or replace equipment in order to be in compliance with any
current or future federal, state or local mandated application, including but not limited to
emergency 911 communication services.
6. Other Terms and Conditions Remain. In the event of any inconsistencies
between the Lease and this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall control.
Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Lease otherwise is unmodified and
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remains in full force and effect. Each reference in the Lease to itself shall be deemed also
to refer to this Amendment.
7. Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the same meanings as defined in the Agreement.
iN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their properly authorized
representatives to execute and seal this Amendment on the dates set forth below.
LANDLORD:
City of Sanger
By:
Name.
Title:
Date:
TENANT:
AT&T Mobility Texas LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company,
by AT&T Mobility Corporation, its
Manager
By:
Name: Kevin J. Haynes
Title: Executive Director, North
Texas Network Operations
Date:
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO FOLLOW NEXT PAGE)
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JUL-15-2008 07047R FROM:CRRFTON COMMUNICRTIO 9729109002 T0:19404584180 P.5
[LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Kevin J.
Haynes, Executive Director, North Texas Network Operations of AT&T MOBILITY TEXAS
.LC, a Delaware limited liability company, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the
said AT&T Mobility Texas LLC, and that he executed the same as the act of such Limited
Liability Company for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity
therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this day of
, 2008.
Notary Public in and for the State of Texas
My Commission .Expires
LESSOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Texas , on this day personally appeared ,known to
me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same for and as the act of the CITY
OF SANGER, TEXAS, a municipality, of the State of Texas, Denton County, Texas, and as
the thereof, and for the purposes and consideration therein expressed
and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY 1�AND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this day of
2008.
Notary Public in and for the Stale of Texas
My Commission Expires
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eh
To: Mayor and Council
From: Mike Brice, City Manager
Date: 7/15/2008
Re: Annual Review
I wanted to update you on what we have accomplished during the Last year, what we are currently
working on, and what is planned for the future. Some of the accomplishments you are already aware
of, others are more transparent. During the first six months we focused on internal changes. Over the
last six months we have began to focus on external issues such as infrastructure improvements, and
quality of life improvements.
In the last year there has been a tremendous change in the culture, values and focus of City
government. I want to commend all of the employees for their acceptance and support of these
changes. Without their support many of the changes would never take effect. I also want to thank all of
you for your support as well.
In the last year we have:
✓ Hired a Development Services Directorwho is a certified planner.
✓ Restructured the organization and moved street, parks, water and wastewater under a public
works director.
✓ Revised the subdivision regulations saving $56,000 in consulting fees.
✓ Acted as general contractor on New City Hall saving around $30,000 to $50,000 in Contractor
fees.
✓ Signed interlocal agreement with Denton County for resurfacing Railroad and Utility Road
saving approximately $100,000.
✓ Developed a merit pay system that ties raises to performance.
✓ Conducted a comprehensive market analysis of employee pay and established a pay grade
schedule internally saving approximately $25,000 in consulting fees.
✓ Assumed Economic Development duties saving over $80,000 in salary and benefits.
✓ Completed a major revision of the budget and budget process to make it more transparent and
understandable.
✓ Implemented an Employee Assistance Program.
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✓ Implemented the FUELMAN program for better accountability and internal control.
✓ Implemented the CODE RED alert system.
✓ Negotiated a development agreement with Tomlin Investments.
✓ Revised and updated the Personnel Manual.
✓ Split Streets and Parks Departments without adding employees.
✓ Moved one underutilized secretary from Public Works to fill a critical need at the Police
Department.
✓ Hired a full time inspector to speed up inspections and increase enforcement.
✓ Implemented a new purchasing procedure for better tracking and accountability.
✓ Implemented a new policy on utility bill extensions and late fee waivers to ensure consistency.
✓ Implemented a new travel and training policy establishing better internal controls.
✓ Revised numerous internal processes to provide tighter internal controls and more
transparency to the public.
✓ Taken a close look at expenditures and eliminated some unneeded expenditures.
✓ Enhanced leadership training for both current and new supervisors.
✓ Revised and updated several ordinances.
Ongoing:
✓ Construction of new city facilities.
✓ Revision of the zoning ordinance.
✓ Negotiations with developers on industrial and commercial prospects.
✓ Construction and operation of a new wastewater plant.
✓ Various construction projects.
✓ Implementation of written administrative procedures for clarity and consistency of operations.
✓ Training and development of supervisory personnel.
What's Next:
✓ A comprehensive parks plan.
✓ A study of the need for infrastructure impact fees for water, wastewater, roads and drainage.
✓ Construction of new utility infrastructure.
✓ A review of current utility rates.
✓ Develop a Strategic Plan to map out priorities for the next 3-5 years.
I appreciate the opportunity you have given me as well as your ongoing support. I believe we are off to
a good start and that we have accomplished a great deal in the fast year. We are on track to
accomplish even more in the future. I believe that Sanger has a very bright future and I am proud to be
a part of that future.
I have enclosed a review form for you to fill out on my performance over the last year. Please provide
me with an honest appraisal and feedback on how I can improve. I know this is difficult to do at times
but I cannot improve if I do not know where I am not meeting your expectations. I think you all know
me well enough to know you are not going to hurt my feelings and that I will not take anything you say
personally. Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SANGER AND MICHAEL BRICE
FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF SANGER
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 21S` day July 2008, by and between the City
of Sanger, Texas, a home rule municipal corporation, hereinafter called "Employer" and Michael
Brice, hereinafter called "Employee" both of whom understand as follows:
WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ the services of said Michael Brice as City Manager of the
City of Sanger, as provided by Article IV, Section 4.01 of the City Charter, and
WJFIEREAS, it is the desire of the governing body, hereinafter called "City Council" to provide
certain benefits to establish certain conditions of employment and to set working conditions of said
Employee; and
WHEREAS, Employee desires employment as City Manager of said City of Sanger; and
WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that Employee is, or will become a member of the
International City/County Management Association (ICIVIA), and the Texas City Management
Association (TCMA) and that Employee is subject to the Code of Ethics of these organizations.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties agree
as follows:
Section 1 -Duties
Employer hereby agrees to employ said Michael Brice as Employee of said Employer to perform the
functions and duties specified in said Article IV, Section 4.01 for City manager of the Sanger City
Charter and applicable provisions of the City Code and to perform other legally permissable and
proper duties and functions as the City Council shall from time to time assign.
Section 2 -Term
A. Employee agrees to remain in the exclusive employ of Employer during the term of this
agreement, and agrees not to become employed by any other employer until said termination as
hereinafter provided, except as provided in Section 9 of this agreement.
B. In the event written notice is not given by either party to this agreement to the other thirty (30)
days prior to the termination as hereinafter provided, this agreement shall be extended on the same
terms and conditions as herein provided, annually, without further action.
C. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right of the City
Council to terminate the services of Employee at any time, subject only to the provisions set forth
in Section 3 of this agreement.
D. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right %J the
Employee to resign at any time from this position with Employer, subject only to the provisions set
forth in Section 4 of this agreement.
Section 3 -Termination and Relocation Expenses
A. In the event Employee is terminated by the City Council during the term of this agreement and
during such time that Employee is willing and able to perform the duties under this agreement, then
in that event Employer agrees to pay Employee a lump sum cash payment equal to 180 days of his
then aggregate salary and benefits as compensation for the expense of his relocation described as
Follows:
Employee shall also be compensated for earned sick leave, vacation, holidays and other accrued
benefits to date, pursuant to the City of Sanger employee manual.
In the event Employee is terminated because of conviction of a felony or crime of moral turpitude,
then, in that event, Employer shall be obligated to pay for all accrued benefits herein above
described, but shall only be obligated to pay salary up to and including the date of termination.
B. In the event Employer at any time during the term of this agreement reduces the salary,
compensation, or other financial benefits of Employee in a greater percentage than an applicable
across-the-board reduction of all employees of Employer, or in the event Employer refuses,
following written notice, to comply with any other provisions benefitting Employee herein, or the
Employee resigns following a suggestion, whether formal or informal, by the City Council that he
resigns, or the Employer declines to renew the Employee's contract then, in that event Employee
may, at his option, be deemed "terminated" at the date of such reduction or such refusal to comply
within the meaning and context of the herein relocation expense provision.
Section 4 -Resignation
In the event Employee voluntarily resigns his position with Employer during the term of this
agreement, then Employee shall give Employer 30 days notice in advance, unless the parties agree
otherwise in writing. In this event, the relocation expense provisions of Section 3 will not apply.
Section 5 -Disability
If Employee is permanently disabled or otherwise unable to perform his duties because of sickness,
accident, injury, mental incapacity or health for a period of four successive weeks beyond any
accrued sick leave and leave available under the Family Medical Leave Act, if any, Employer shall
have the option to terminate this agreement, subject to the relocation expense requirements of
Section 3, Paragraph A.
Section 6 - Salary
Employer agrees to pay Employee for his services rendered pursuant hereto, an annual base salary
of $95,400.00 payable in installments at the same time as other managerial employees of the
Employer are paid. In addition, Employer agrees to increase said base salary and/or benefits of
Employee in such amounts and to such extent as the City Council may determine that is desirable
to do so on the basis of annual salary review as a part of the annual performance evaluation process
and at any other time the City Council deems appropriate.
Section 7 -Performance Evaluation
A. The City Council shall review and evaluate the performance of the Employee following the sixth
month of employment and at least once annually thereafter. Such review and evaluation shall be in
accordance with specific criteria developed jointly by Employer and Employee, and in accordance
to the provisions of the Sanger City Code and Personnel Policies. Said criteria may be added to or
deleted from as the City Council from time to time determine, in consultation with the Employee.
Further, the Mayor of the City of Sanger shall provide the employee with a summary written
statement of the findings of the City Council and provide an adequate opportunity for the Employee
to discuss his evaluation with the City Council.
B. Annually, the City Council and Employee shall define such goals and performance obj ectives that
they determine necessary for the proper operation of the City of Sanger and in the attainment of the
City Council's policy objectives and shall further establish a relative priority among those generally
be attainable within the time limitations as specified and the annual operating and capital budgets
and appropriations provided.
C. In effecting the provisions of this section, the City Council and Employee mutually agree to abide
by the provisions of applicable law.
Section 8 -Work Hours
It is recognized that Employee must devote a great deal of time outside the normal office hours to
the business of the Employer, and to that end, Employee will be allowed to take time off as he shall
deem appropriate during said normal office hours.
Section 9 -Outside Activities
Employee shall not spend more than 10 hours per week in teaching, consulting or other non
Employer connected business without the prior approval of the City Council. Employee's outside
activities shall not interfere or conflict with any duties or responsibilities required under this
agreement including the number of hours.
Section 10 -Automobile and Cell Phone Expenses
Employee's duties will require that he uses his personally owned vehicle for Employer business.
Employer has recognized this by agreeing to pay to Employee $500.00 per month to reimburse
Employee for the business use of his vehicle. Employee shall be responsible for paying for liability,
property damage, comprehensive insurance and for the purchase, operation, maintenance, repair and
regular replacement of said automobile. Employer will also reimburse Employee for business use
of his personal cell phone by paying $50.00 per month to Employee.
Section 11- Vacation, Sick and Military Leave
A. Employee shall accrue and have credited to his personal account, vacation and sick leave at the
same rate as other general employees of the Employer. Said vacation and sick leave shall be subject
to provisions as outlined in Section 3 of this agreement, upon termination of Employee. In addition,
if Employee voluntarily resigns as described in Section 4 of this agreement, Employer agrees to
compensate Employee for all accrued vacation and sick leave up to and including the final date of
employment. Employer agrees to credit Employee with 60 hours of vacation leave at time of
employment.
B. Employee shall be entitled to military reserve pursuant to Federal or State law and City of Sanger
policies.
Section 12 -Health and Life Insurance
Employer agrees to provide hospitalization, surgical and comprehensive medical insurance and life
insurance for the Employee equal to that provided to all other employees of the City and to pay the
premiums thereon on the same basis as for other employees of the Employer.
Section 13 -Retirement
Employer shall provide and pay for Employee's participation in the retirement plan of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System in a manner and rate consistent with all other employees of the City
of Sanger.
In addition, Employer shall agree to execute all necessary agreements provided by ICMA for
Employer's continued participation in said ICMA deferred compensation plan and to transfer
ownership to succeeding employers upon Employee's resignation or termination.
Section 14 -Dues and Subscriptions
Employer agrees to budget and pay for professional dues and subscriptions of Employee necessary
for his continuation and full participation in national, regional, state and local associations and
organizations necessary and desirable for his continued professional participation, growth and
advancement and for the good of the Employer. Said dues and subscriptions shall include but not
be limited to, Texas City Management Association, International City/County Management
Association and their regional and local affiliate organizations.
Section 15 -Professional Development
A. Employer hereby agrees to budget for and to pay for travel and subsistence expenses of Employee
for professional and official travel, meetings and occasions adequate to continue professional
development of Employee and to adequately pursue necessary official functions for Employer,
including but not limited to the TCMA annual conference, the National League of Cities, the Texas
Municipal League and such other national, regional, state and local government groups and
committees thereof which the Employee serves as a member. Participation in said professional
development activities shall be considered a part of the Employee's work related duties and
Employee shall not be required to use accrued leave for such participation.
B. Employer also agrees to budget for and to pay for travel and subsistence expenses of Employee
for short courses, institutes and seminars that are necessary for his professional development and for
the good of the Employer.
Section 16 -Civic IV
Employer recognizes the desirability of representation in and before local civic and other
organizations, and Employee is authorized to become a member of a local civic club of his choice,
for which Employer shall pay all expenses. Employee shall report to the Employer on each
membership that he has taken out at an Employer's expense.
Section 1'7 -Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, Employer shall defend, save harmless and indemnify Employee
against any tort, professional liability claim or demand or other legal action, whether groundless or
otherwise arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring in the good faith performance of
Employee's duties as Employee, unless arising from Employee's willful misconduct or intentional
tort. Employer will compromise and settle any claim or suit and pay the amount of any settlement
or judgement rendered thereon, provided however, that any settlement shall be subject to the review
and approval by Employee.
Section 18 -Bonding
Employer shall bear the full cost of any fidelity or other bonds required of the Employee under law
or ordinance by virtue of his employment.
Section 19 -Residency
Employee will be expected to relocate to a place of residence within the corporate limits of Sanger
within a reasonable period of time after employment and should continue to reside in the City during
his employment with the City. In consideration of the expense associated with this relocation, the
City will pay the Employee the amount of $3,000.00 for the costs of moving the Employee's family
and personal possessions to Sanger.
Section 20 -Other Terms and Conditions of Employment
A. The City Council, in consultation with the Employee, shall fix any such other terms and
conditions of employment as it may determine from time to time, relating to the performance of
Employee, provided such terms and conditions are not inconsistent or in conflict with the provision
of this agreement, the Charter, Texas Local Government Code or other applicable law.
B. All provisions of the City of Sanger Code of Ordinances, and regulations and rules of the
Employer relating to vacation and sick leaves and retirement and pension system contributions,
holidays, and other benefits and working conditions as they now exist or hereafter may be amended,
shall also apply to Employee as they would to other employees of Employer, in addition to said
benefits enumerated specifically for the benefit of Employee except as provided herein.
Section 21- Notices
Notices pursuant to this agreement shall be given by deposit in the custody of the United States
Postal Service, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(1) EMPLOYER:
(2) EMPLOYEE:
Joe Higgs
Mayor
City of Sanger
P.O. Box 1729
Sanger, Texas 76266
Michael Brice
814 N. Tej as Drive
Sanger, Texas 76266
Alternatively, notices required pursuant to this agreement may be personally served in the same
manner as is applicable to civil judicial practice. Notice shall be deemed given as the date of
personal service or as of the date of deposit of such written notice in the course of transmission in
the United States Postal Service.
Section 22 -General Provisions
A. The text herein shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties and shall supercede all
prior written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
B. This agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of heirs at law and executors of
Employee. This agreement is not assignable.
C. This agreement shall become effective commencing August 4, 2008.
D. If any provision, or any portion thereof, contained in this agreement is held unconstitutional,
invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this agreement, or portion thereof, shall be deemed
severable, shall not be affected, and shall remain in full force and effect.
E. This agreement may only be amended by a written instrument by both parties IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the City of Sanger, Texas, has caused this agreement to be signed and executed in its
behalf by it's Mayor, Joe Higgs, and duly attested by it's City Secretary and the Employee has signed
and executed this agreement, both in duplicate, the day and year first written above.
ATTEST:
Rosalie Chavez, City Secretary
Joe Higgs, Mayor
Michael Brice, Employee
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SANGER AND MICHAEL BRICE
FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
THIS AMENDMENT is made and entered into this 4t'' day February 2008, by and between
the City of Sanger, Texas, a home rule municipal corporation, hereinafter called "Employer,"
and Michael Brice, hereinafter called "Employee," both of whom understand as follows:
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, following an Executive Session held on February 4, 2008, the City Council
agreed to amend onl�Section 3 Al as follows:
In the event Employee is terminated by the City Council during the term of this agreement and
during such time that Employee is willing and able to perform the duties under this agreement,
then in that event Employer agrees to pay Employee a lump sum cash payment equal to 180
days of his then aggregate salary and benefits as compensation for the expenses of his
relocation, described as follows:
Employee shall also be compensated for earned sick leave, vacation, holidays, and other
accrued benefits to date, pursuant to the City of Sanger employee manual.
In the event Employee is terminated because of conviction of a felony or crime of moral
turpitude, then, in that event, Employer shall only be obligated to pay salary up to and
including the date of termination.
No other amendments have been made to the original contract. This amendment shall
become effective on February 4, 2008.
0
Rosalie Chavez
City Secretary
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Michael Brice
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SANGER AND MICHAEL BRICE
FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF BANGER
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: ii j
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into thi day of V G� / ,�007, by and between the
City of Sanger Texas, a home rule municipal corporation, hereinalled "Employer," and
Michael Brice, hereinafter called "Employee", both of whom understand as follows:
WiTNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ the services of said Michael Brice as City Manager, of
$ie City of Sanger, as provided by Article IV Section 4.01 of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the governing body, hereinafter called "City Council," to provide
certain benefits, to establish certain conditions of employment, and to set working conditions of
said Employee; and
WHEREAS, Employee desires employment as City Manager of said City of Sanger; and
WHEREAS, the parties aclmowledge that Employee is, or will become, a member of the
International City/County Management Association (ICMA), and the Texas City Management
Association (TCMA) and that Employee is subject to the Codes of Ethics of these organizations;
NOW TI�REFORE, inconsideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties agree
as follows:
Section 1: Duties
Employer hereby agrees to employ said Michael Brice as Employee of said Employer to perform
the fmctions and duties specified in said Article IV Section 4.01 for City Manager of the Sanger
City Charter and applicable provisions of the City Code and to perform other legallypermissible
and proper duties and functions as the City Council shall from time to time assign.
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Section 2: Term
A. Employee agrees to remain in the exclusive employ of Employer during the term of this
agreement, and agrees not to become employed by any other employer until said termination as
hereinafter provided, except as provided in Section 9 of this agreement
B. In the event written notice is not given by either party to this agreement to the other thirty (30)
days prior to the termination as hereinafter provided, this agreement shall be extended on the
same terms and conditions as herein provided, annually, without further action.
C. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right of the City
Council to terminate the services of Employee at any time, subject only to the provisions set forth
in Section 3 of this agreement.
D. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with the right of the
Employee to resign at any time from this position with Employer, subject only to the provisions
set forth in Section 4 of this agreement
Section 3: Termination and Relocation Expense
A. In the event Employee is terminated by the City Council during the term of this agreement and
during such time that Employee is willing and able to perform the duties under this agreement, t;
then in that event Employer agrees to pay Employee a lump sum cash payment equal toX days
of his then aggregate salary and benefits as compensation for the expense of his relocation,
described as follows:
Employee shall also be compensated for earned sick leave, vacation, holidays, and other accrued
benefits to date, pursuant to the City of Sanger employee manual.
In the event Employee is temvnated because of conviction of a felony or crime of moral
turpitude, then, in that event, Employer shall only be obligated to pay for all accrued benefits
hereinabove described, but shall only be obligated to pay salary up to and including the date of
termination.
B. In the event Employer at any time during the term of this agreement reduces the salary,
compensation, or other financial benefits of Employee in a greater percentage than an applicable
across-the-board reduction of all employees of Employer, or in the event Employer refuses,
fMowing written notice, to comply with any other provisions benefiting Employee herein, or the
Employee resigns following a suggestion, whether formal or informal, by the City Council that he
resign, or the employer declines to renew the employees contract then, in that event Employee
may, at his option, be deemed to be "terminated" at the date of such reduction or such refusal to
comply within the meaning and context of the herein relocation expense provision.
Section 4: Resignation
In the event Employee voluntarily resigns his position with Employer during the term of this
agreement, then Employee shall give Employer 30 days notice in advance, unless the parties
agree otherwise in writing. In this event, the relocation expense provisions of Section 3 will not
apply.
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Section 5: Disability
If Employee is permanently disabled or is otherwise unable to perform his duties because of
sickness, accident, injury, mental incapacity or health for a period of four successive weeks
beyond any accrued sick leave and leave available under the Family Medical Leave Act, if any,
Employer shall have the option to terminate this agreement, subject to the relocation expense
requirements of Section 3, Paragraph A
Section 6: Salary
Employer agrees to pay Employee for his services rendered pursuant hereto, an annual base
salary of$9&( payable in installments at the same time as other managerial employees of the
Employer are paid. In addition, Employer agrees to increase said base salary and/or benefits of
Employee in such amounts and to such extent as the City Council may determine that is desirable
to do so on the basis of annual salary review as a part of the annual performance evaluation
process and at any other time the City Council deems appropriate.
Section 7: Performance Evaluation
A. The City Council shall review and evaluate the performance of the Employee following the
sixth month of employment and at least once annually thereafter. Such review and evaluation
shall be in accordance with specific criteria developed jointly by Employer and Employee, and in
accordance to the provisions of the Sanger City Code and Personnel Policies. Said criteria may be
added to or deleted from as the City Council may from time to time determine, in consultation
with the Employee. Further, the Mayor of the City of Sanger shall provide the employee with a
summary written statement of the findings of the City Council and provide an adequate
opportunity for the Employee to discuss his evaluation with the City Council.
B. Annually, the City Council and Employee shall define such goals and performance objectives
that they determine necessary for the proper operation of the City of Sanger and in the attainment
of the City Council's policy objectives and shall further establish a relative priority among those
various goals and objectives, said goals and objectives to be reduced to writing. They shall
generally be attainable within the time limitations as specified and the annual operating and
capital budgets and appropriations provided.
C. In effecting the provisions of this Section, the City Council and Employee mutually agree to
abide by the provisions of applicable law.
Section S: Work Hours
It is recognized that Employee must devote a great deal of time outside the normal office hours to
the business of the Employer, and to that end Employee will be allowed to take time off as he
shall deem appropriate during said normal office hours.
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Deleted:
Section 9: Outside Activities
Employee shall not spend more than 10 hours per week in teaching, consulting or other non
Employer -connected business without the prior approval of the City Council. Employee's
outside activities shall not interfere or conflict with any duties or responsibilities required under
this agreement including the number of hours.
Section 10: Automobile and Cell Phone Expenses 5. � C
Employee's dories will require that he use his personally owned vehicle for Employer business.
Employer has recognized this by agreeing to pay to Employee $406 per month to reimburse
Employee for the business use of his vehicle. Employee shall be responsible for paying for
liability, property damage, and comprehensive insurance, and for the purchase, operation,
maintenance, repair, and regular replacement of said automobile. Employer will also reimburse
Employee for business use of his personal cell phone by paying $,3Sper month to Employee.
Section 11: Vacation, Sick, and Military Leave Q
A Employee shall accrue and have credited to his personal account, vacation and sick leave at the
same rate as other general employees of the Employer. Said vacation and sick leave shall be
subject to provisions as outlined in Section 3 of this agreement, upon termination of Employee. In
addition, if Employee voluntarily resigns as described in Section 4 of this agreement, Employer
agrees to compensate employee for all accrued vacation and sick leave up to and including the
final date of employment. Employer agrees to credit Employee with 60 hours of vacation leave at
time of employment.
B. Employee shall be entitled to military reserve leave pursuant to Federal or State law and City
of Sanger policies.
Section 12: Health, and Life Insurance
Employer agrees to provide hospitalization, surgical, and comprehensive medical insurance and
life insurance for Employee equal to that provided all other employees of the City, and to pay the
premiums thereon on the same basis as for other employees of Employer.
Section 13: Retirement
Employer shall provide and pay for Employee's participation in the retirement plan of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System in a manner and rate consistent with all other employees of the
City of Sanger.
In addition, Employer shall agree to execute all necessary agreements provided by ICMA for
Employer's continued participation in said ICMA deferred compensation plan and to transfer
ownership to succeeding employers upon Employee's resignation or termination,
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Section 14: Dues and Subscriptions
Employer agrees w budget and to pay for professional dues and subscriptions of Employee
necessary for his continuation and full participation in national, regional, state, and local
associations and organizations necessary and desirable for his continued professional
participation, growth, and advancement, and for the good of the Employer. Said dues and
subscriptions shall include, but not be limited to, Texas City Management Association,
International City/County Management Association, and their regional and local affiliate
organizations.
Section 15: Professional Development
A. Employer hereby agree to budget for and to pay for travel and subsistence expenses of
Employee for professional and official travel, meetings, and occasions adequate to continue
professional development of Employee and to adequately pursue necessary official functions for
Employer, including but not limited to the TCMA Annual Conference, the National League of
Cities, the Texas Municipal League, and such other national, regional, state, and local
government groups and committees thereof which the Employee serves as a member.
Participation in said professional development activities shall be considered a part of the
Employee's work related duties and Employee shall not be required to use accrued leave for such
participation
B. Employer also agrees to budget for and to pay for travel and subsistence expenses of
Employee for short courses, institutes, and seminars that are necessary for his professional
development and for the good of the Employer.
Section 16: Civic Club Membership
Employer recognizes the desirability of representation in and before local civic and other
organizations, and Employee is authorized to become a member of a local civic club of his
choice, for which Employer shall pay all expenses. Employee shall report to the Employer on
each membership that he has taken out at Employer's expense.
Section 17: Indemnification
To the ea -tent permitted by law, Employer shall defend, save harniless, and indemnify Employee
against any tort, professional liability claim or demand or other legal action, whether groundless
or otherwise, arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring in the good faith performance of
Employee's duties as Employee, unless arising from Employee's willful misconduct or intentional
tort. Employer will compromise and settle any claim or suit and pay the amount of any
settlement or judgement rendered thereon, provided however, that any settlement shall be subject
to the review and approval by Employee.
Section 18: Bonding
Employer shall bear the full cost of any fidelity or other bonds required of the Employee under
law or ordinance by virtue of his employment.
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Section 19: Residency
Employee will be expected to relocate to a place of residence within the corporate limits of
Sanger within a reasonable period of time after employment and should continue to reside in the
City during his employment with the City. In consideration of the expense associated with this
relocation, the City will pay the Employeelhe amount of $3000.00 for theposts of moving the
Employee's family and personal possessions to Sanger.
Section 20: Other Terms and Conditions of Employment
Deleted: up b
Deleted: direct
Deleted: Employee will provide
detailed receipts to document this
reimbursement.
A. The City Council, in consultation with.the Employee, shall fix any such other terms and
conditions of employment, as it may determine from time to time, relating to the performance of
Employee, provided such terms and conditions are not inconsistent or in conflict with the
provision of this agreement, the Charter, the Texas Local Government Code or other applicable (Deleted:, the
law.
B. All provisions of the City of Sanger Code of Ordinances, and regulations and rules of the
Employer relating to vacation and sick leave, retirement and pension system contributions,
holidays, and other benefits and working conditions as they now exist or hereafter may be
amended, shall also apply to Employee as they would to other employees of Employer, in
addition to said benefits enumerated specifically for the benefit of Employee except as provided
herein.
Section 21: Notices
Notices pursuant to this agreement shall be given by deposit in the custody of the United States
Postal Service, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
(1) EMPLOYER: Joe Higgs
Mayor
City of Sanger
201 Bolivar St.
Sanger, Texas 76266
(2) EMPLOYEE: Michael Brice
Home address (Employee will notify the Mayor
�
I q � in writing of official address)
Alternatively, notices required pursuant to this agreement may be personally served in the same
manner as is applicable to civil judicial practice. Notice shall be deemed given as of the date of
personal service or as of the date of deposit of such written notice in the course of transmission in
the United States Postal Service,
Section 22: General Provisions
A. The text herein shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties and shall supersede ali
prior written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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B. This agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of heirs at law and executors of
Employee. This agreement is not assignable.
C. This agreement all become effective commencing u st 6.2007. Deleted:
D. If any provision, or any portion thereof, contained in this agreement is held unconstitutional,
invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this agreement, or portion thereof, shall be deemed
severable, shall not be affected, and shall remain in full force and effect.
E. This agreement may only be amended by a written instrument executed by both parties.
N WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Sanger, Texas, has caused this agreement to be signed and
executed in its behalf by its Mayor, Joe Higgs, and duly attested to by its City Secretary, and the
Employee has signed and executed this agreement, both in duplicate, the day and year first
written above.
i e --
Vlayor
n
Michael Brice -
Employee
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001-GENERAL FUND
REVENUE SUMMARY
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
BUDGET
CURRENT
PERIOD
ACTUAL BUDGET
CHARGES FOR SERVICES 33,600.00 3,345.00 25,647.13 76.33
SOLID WASTE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SWIMMING POOL 7,500.00 51285.96 51238.98 69.85
TAXES, PENALTIES & INTERE 2,150,000.00 261233.20 2,104,555.60 97.89
HOTEL TAX 141000.00 0.00 10,518.29 75.13
STATE SALES TAX 510,000.00 38,677.46 370r253.95 72.60
MIXED DRINK TAX 21000.00 0.00 2,940.24 147.01
BUILDING PERMITS 100,000000 81720.00 561521.00 56.52
HEALTH PERMITS 22,575.00 0.00 14,790.00 65.51
LICENSES 3,000.00 400.00 21195.00 73.17
MUNICIPAL COURT 152,570.00 21,303.58 122,984.82 80.61
FRANCHISE FEES 299,000.00 92,662.07 257,110.70 85.99
LIBRARY 251869.00 504.63 38,989.45 150.72
FIRE 435,000.00 33,610.40 216,283988 49.72
INTEREST 38,000.00 13,442.91 119,651.28 314.87
SANITATION TRANSFERS 4981000.00 48,043.71 418,271.93 83.99
CARRY OVER BOND FUNDS 3,988,333.00 0.00 552,438.61 13.85
MISCELLANEOUS 1381800.00 41683.78 140,165.83 100.98
BUr �T TRANSFER 274,557.00 0.00 175,307.00 63.85
*** TOTAL REVENUES *** 8,692,804.00 296,912.70 4,633,863.69 53.31
EXPENDITURE SUMMARY
00-GRANT & SAVINGS EXP. 0.00 19,030.00 23,663.34 0.00
Ol-CIP BOND EXPENSES 3,988,333.00 23,002.82 553,245.80 13.87
10-MAYOR AND COUNCIL 53,149.00 109.89 61,899.20 116.46
15-ADMINISTRATION 222,383.00 131786.31 145,333.17 65.42
18-ENGINEERING 97,780.00 71395.05 69,673.80 72.22
20-POLICE 8591712.00 102,951.78 702,984.72 81.93
22-ANIMAL CONTROL 681192.00 4,256.03 42,557.30 62.41
24-FIRE 334,426.00 21,125.57 262,927.43 79.84
25-AMBULANCE 222,045.00 18,676.83 2011197.60 90.63
26-MUNICIPAL COURT 142,906.00 14,226.78 107,089.96 75.32
27-CUSTODIAL 16,543.00 11389.87 11,356.46 68.65
28-ENFORCEMENT/INSPECTION 185,835.00 11,587.76 123,655.36 66.60
30-STREETS 2781703.00 24,574.73 1801609.19 66.75
32-PARKS 442,496.00 37,277.92 294,489.07 67.17
34-POOL 491311.00 10,150.41 16,822.52 34.52
36-FLEET SERVICES 871172.00 16,085.95 63,101.08 75.29
40-SULLIVAN CENTER 81350.00 145.47 6,553.72 78.49
42-T,IBRARY 161,728.00 11,151.39 112,090.23 70.51
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001-GENERAL FUND
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44-COMMUNITY CENTER
48-MAIN STREET
46-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
60-TAX SERVICES
62-HEALTH SERVICES
64-AMBULANCE SERVICES
66-SOLID WASTE
70-DEBT SERVICE
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
BUDGET
----------------------------------
6,
900.00
0.00
183,276.00
21,580.00
81
400.
00
0.00
440,000.00
813,584.00
*** TOTAL EXPENDITURES *** 8,692,804.00
** REVENUES OVER(UNDER) EXPENDITURES ** 0.00
274,557.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
CURRENT Y-T-D o OF
PERIOD ACTUAL BUDGET
-------------------------------------
143.21 21223.91 32.23
0.00 0.00 0.00
22.90 68,906.24 37.60
5,092.87 17,732.28 82.17
0.00 8,275.00 98.51
0.00 0.00 0.00
41,115.12 357,156.38 81.17
3,888.11 196,864911 24.20
387,186.77 3,630,407.87 41.99
90,274.07) 1,003,455.82 0.00
0.00
175,307.00
63.85
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) ( 274,557.00) 0.00 ( 175,307.00) 63.85
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001-GENERAL FUND
RE 7ES
! REVENUES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: DUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
CURRENT
BUDGET
---------------------------------------------------
PERIOD
ACTUAL
BUDGET
CHARGES
FOR SERVICES
00-4120
COMMUNITY CTR. FEES
6,000.00
00-4130
VARIANCES & PLATS
22,500.00
00-4140
COMMUNITY CENTER DEPOSITS
1/000000
00-4150
DOG POUND FEES
4,100.00
TOTAL
CHARGES FOR SERVICES
33,600.00
'' SOLID WASTE
00-4190
SOLID
WASTE COLLECTIONS (TRFS)
TOTAL
SOLID
WASTE
SWIMMING POOL
00-4210 SWIMMING POOL INCOME
rp ''AL SWIMMING POOL
TAXES, PENALTIES & INTERE
00-4310 PROPERTY TAX
00-4321 PENALTY & INTEREST
TOTAL TAXES, PENALTIES & INTERE
HOTEL TAX
00-4410 HOTEL MOTEL TAX
TOTAL HOTEL TAX
STATE SALES TAX
00-4425 STATE SALES TAX
TOTAL STATE SALES TAX
0.00
0.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
2,130,000.00
20,000.00
2,150,000.00
14,000.00
14,000.00
510,000.00
510,000.00
350.00
3,360.00
3,000.00
18,379.63
( 400.00)
957.50
395.00
2,950.00
3,345.00
25,647.13
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
5,285.96
5,238.98
5,285.96
5,238.98
22,390.10
2,078,814.82
3,843.10
25,740.78
26,233.20
2,104,555.60
0.00
0.00
38,677.46
38,677.46
10,518.29
10,518.29
370,253.95
370,253.95
56.00
81.69
95.75
aG
69.85
69.85
97.60
128.70
97.89
72.60
72.60
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
001-GENERAL FUND
RE; JES
-------------------------------------
MIXED DRINK TAX
00-4450 MIXED DRINK TAX
TOTAL MIXED DRINK TAX
BUILDING PERMITS
00-4510 BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL BUILDING PERMITS
HEALTH PERMITS
00-4520
HEALTH
PERMITS
TOTAL
HEALTH
PERMITS
LICENSES
00-4530 ELECTRICAL LICENSES
00-4540 PLUMBING LICENSE FEES
00-4545 FIRE ALARM/FIRE SPRINKLER
00- 50 AC & MECHANICAL LICENSE FEES
00 "55 IRRIGATION & BACKFLOW LICENSE
TOTAL LICENSES
MUNICIPAL COURT
00-4600
DEFAULT/COURT
00-4601
RESTITUTION FEE-LOCAL-RSTL
00-4602
RESTITUTION FEE-STATE-RSTS
00-4603
JUDICIAL FEE-COUNTY-JFCT
00-4604
JUDICIAL FEE -CITY
00-4605
TEEN COURT
00-4606
EXPUNCTION FEE-EXPUNG
00-4607
STATE TRAFFIC FEE
00-4608
CONSOLIDATED COURT COST04
00-4609
STATE JURY FEE-SJRF
00-4610
CONSOLIDATED COURT COSTS
00-4611
CJP - POLICE
00-4612
LEMI COURT COST
00-4613
LEOA COURT COSTS
00-4614
JUVENIL CRIME & DELINQUENCY
00-4615
CHILD SAFETY COURT COST
00-4616
SECURITY FEES
00-4617
INSURANCE & DISMISSAL FEES
00-4619
JCPT
00-d620
DAP DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT CURRENT Y-T-D
BUDGET PERIOD ACTUAL
------------------------------------------------
2,000.00
2,000.00
100,000.00
100,000.00
22,575.00
221575.00
0.00
0.00
8,720.00
8,720.00
0.00
0.00
2,940.24
2,940.24
56,521.00
56,5
21.00
14,790.00
14,790.00
1,000.00 100.00 640.00
1,000.00 100.00 810.00
0.00 0.00 100.00
1,000.00 50.00 395.00
0.00 150.00 250.00
3,000.00
400.00
2,195.00
OF
BUDGET
147.01
56.52
56.52
h5.51
b5.51
64.00
81.00
0.00
39.50
0.00
73.17
10,000.00 230.00 7,822.00 78.22
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 587.29 1,224.21 0.00
0.00 66.71 710.06 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2,000.00 2,175.27 2/290994 114.55
4,000.00 41567.97 31458.73 86.47
1/000600 444.79 537.79 53.78
0.00 34.00 ( 34.20) 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 68.80 75.78 0.00
1/000900 0.00 71043.74 704.37
11200.00 277.00 11575.32 131.28
2,000.00 80.00 540.00 27.00
0.00 4.00 ( 4.02) 0.00
34,500.00 3,099.00 24,267.91 70.34
7-14-2008 04*55 PM
001-GENERAL FUND
RE JES
00-4624
TECHNOLOGY FEE COURT
00-4625
FINES
00-4626
IMPOUND FEES
00-4627
WARRANT FEES - FTA
00-4628
ARREST FEES
00-4630
LEOSE-POLICE
00-4631
FUGITIVE APPRENHENSION
00-4632
TIME PAYMENT FEES
00-4633
CTVOC - POLICE
00-4636
CORR.MANGT.INSTIT.CJCF
00-4637
TRAFFIC CODE
00-4640
DEF.DRIVING. DDC (COURT)
00-4642
CASH BONDS COURT
00-4643
TIME PAYMENT LOCAL
00-4644
SEATBELT SAFETY
00-4645
MUNICIPAL SERVICE BUREAU
00-4646
TIME PAYMENT STATE
00-4647
BEER & WINE PERMIT FEES
00-4648
INDIGENT DEFENSIVE FD.
TOTAL
MUNICIPAL COURT
FFL
RISE
FEES
00-4650
FRANCHISE
00-4660
FRANCHISE
00-4670
FRANCHISE
00-4680
FRANCHISE
00-4685
FRANCHISE
00-4690
FRANCHISE
TOTAL
FRANCHISE
FEES-ATMOS ENERGY
FEES/EMBARG
FEES-COSERVE DCEC
FEES-CEBRIDGE
FEES EF
FEE/IESI DUMPSTERS
FEES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
BUDGET
CURRENT
PERIOD ACTUAL
------------------------------
OF
BUDGET
1,500.00 459.73 2,856.50 190.43
73/000000 61511.00 51,256.98 70.22
550.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
71500.00 589.70 81843.80 117.92
61820.00 574.67 41086.87 59.92
0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00
0.00 10.00 ( 10.05) 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 30.00 ( 30.18) 0.00
0.00 1.00 ( 1.51) 0.00
21600.00 217.80 11391.10 53.50
21000.00 180.00 930.00 46.50
1,200.00 0.00 303.00 25.25
1,700.00 234.08 1,874.61 110.27
0.00 0.00 ( 100.00) 0.00
0.00 417.48 1,146.68 0.00
0.00 234.10 ( 294974) 0.00
0.00 0.00 430.00 0.00
0.00 209.19 793.00 0.00
152,570.00
40,000.00
17,000.00
80,000.00
121000.00
150/000400
0.00
299,000.00
21,303.58
4,616.48
0.00
0.00
0.00
87,090.14
955.45
92,662.07
122,984.82
45,126.95
11,157.97
59,259.94
11,498.42
127,090914
2,977.28
257,110.70
112.82
65.64
74.07
95.82
84.73
O.00
tSS. yy
00-4710 LIBRARY - DENTON CO. INT/LOCAL 17,369.00 0.00 16,000.00 92.12
00-4715 LIBRARY GRANT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4720 MISC. INCOME LIBRARY 8,500.00 504.63 22,989.45 270.46
TOTAL LIBRARY 25,869.00 504.63 38,989.45 150.72
FIRE
00-4740 FIRE-DENTON CO. INT/LOCAL 10,000000 0.00 10,000.00 100.00
00-4750 FIRE RUNS/ REIMB.AMB. DENTON 175,000.00 12,870.00 144,306.54 82.46
00-4760 F.I.R.E. INSURANCE BILLING 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4765 FIRE - GRANT FUNDING 0.00 10,500.00 10,500600 0.00
00-4770 INTERMEDIX REVENUE(AMB) 250,000.0O 10,240940 51,477.34 20.59
00-4780 TDHCA STATE GRANT FUNDS" 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL FIRE 435,000.00 33,610.40 216,283.88 49.72
299,000.00
21,303.58
4,616.48
0.00
0.00
0.00
87,090.14
955.45
92,662.07
122,984.82
45,126.95
11,157.97
59,259.94
11,498.42
127,090914
2,977.28
257,110.70
112.82
65.64
74.07
95.82
84.73
O.00
tSS. yy
00-4710 LIBRARY - DENTON CO. INT/LOCAL 17,369.00 0.00 16,000.00 92.12
00-4715 LIBRARY GRANT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4720 MISC. INCOME LIBRARY 8,500.00 504.63 22,989.45 270.46
TOTAL LIBRARY 25,869.00 504.63 38,989.45 150.72
FIRE
00-4740 FIRE-DENTON CO. INT/LOCAL 10,000000 0.00 10,000.00 100.00
00-4750 FIRE RUNS/ REIMB.AMB. DENTON 175,000.00 12,870.00 144,306.54 82.46
00-4760 F.I.R.E. INSURANCE BILLING 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4765 FIRE - GRANT FUNDING 0.00 10,500.00 10,500600 0.00
00-4770 INTERMEDIX REVENUE(AMB) 250,000.0O 10,240940 51,477.34 20.59
00-4780 TDHCA STATE GRANT FUNDS" 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL FIRE 435,000.00 33,610.40 216,283.88 49.72
7-14-2008 04*55 PM
001-GENERAL FUND
RE 'i JES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH,
CURRENT
BUDGET
CURRENT
PERIOD
2008
Y-T-D o OF
ACTUAL BUDGET
INTEREST
00-4800 INTEREST INC. G.F. 28,000.00 12,685.46 113,934.59 406.91
00-4801 INT. INCOME DEBT SERVICE 10,000.00 757.45 51716.69 57.17
TOTAL INTEREST 38,000.00 13,442.91 119,651.28 314.87
SANITATION TRANSFERS
00-4891 SANITATION TRANSFER FR ENT.FDS 498,000.00 48,043.71 418,271993 83.99
TOTAL SANITATION TRANSFERS 498,000.00 48,043.71 418,271.93 83.99
CARRY OVER BOND FUNDS
00-4901 2006 CARRY OVER BOND FDS 3,500,000.00 0.00 272,994.70 7.80
00-4902 07 CARRY OVER BOND FD. PWKS 488,333.00 0.00 279,443.91 57.22
TOTAL CARRY OVER BOND FUNDS 31988,333.00 0.00 552,438.61 13.85
MISCELLANEOUS
00-4910 MISC. INC. G.F. 20,000.00 31683.78 83,120.69 415.60
00-0111 BEAUTIFICATION BOARD 61800.00 0.00 790.50 11.63
0012 OVER AND UNDER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4913 FEMA DISATER FUNDS 0.00 0.00 9,218.35 0.00
00-4914 TDHCA GRANT FUNDS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4915 TDCA SECTION VII HOUSING ASST. 2,000.00 0.00 11080.00 54.00
00-4920 SANGER ISD/RESOURCE OFFICER 30,000.00 0.00 32,456.29 108.19
00-4930 RETURN CHECK FEES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4940 PARK DONATIONS/GRANT FDS 0.00 1,000.00 1/000000 0.00
00-4950 LOAN PROCEEDS FOR POLICE BLDG 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4960 BOND PROCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4980 DUE FROM ENT. FD PAYROLL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4985 TRANSFERS FROM 4A/4B 80,000900 0.00 12,500.00 15.63
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS 138,800.00 41683.78 140,165.83 100.98
BUDGET TRANSFER
00-4990 BUDGET TRANSFER FROM ENT FUND 274,557.00 0.00 174,557.00 63.58
00-4991 TRANSFERS FROM MM, SGS. 0.00 0.00 750.00 0.00
TOTAL BUDGET TRANSFER 274,557.00 0.00 175,307.00 63.85
*** TOTAL REVENUES *** 8,692,804.00 2961912.70 41633,863.69 53.31
7-14-2008 04655 PM
001-GENERAL FUND
00-F=RANT & SAVINGS EXP.
DE, rMENT EXPENDITURES
50-CHECK CHARGES
00-5000 CHECK CHARGES
TOTAL 50-CHECK CHARGES
74-NON DEPARMENTAL
00-7445 SANGER HISTORICAL EXP.
00-7460 GRANT WORKS- (SAFE ROUTE)
TOTAL 74-NON DEPARMENTAL
75-GRANT AND SVGS EXPENSE
00-7520
TX DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION
00-7530
PROPERTY PURCHASE/CARLAW
00-7535
AMBULANCE & FIRE TRK EXPENSE
00-7540
GRANT EXPENDITURES
00-7545
EVA BRUCE PROP. TAXES
00-7550
HOME GRANT EXPENDITURES
00-
60
G.F.EQUIP. REPL SVGS EXP.
00
of
MISC EXP. TECHONOGY FD
00-7562
HOTEL MOTEL SVGS. ACCT. EXP
00-7565
LIBRARY MM EXPENSES
00-7570
PARK EXPENSES & (GRANT EXP)
00-7585
BEAUTIFICATION BOARD SVGS EXP
TOTAL
75-GRANT AND SVGS EXPENSE
C I T Y O F S A N G E R
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
BUDGET
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
CURRENT
PERIOD
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
ACTUAL BUDGET
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 149.74 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 31733.60 0.00
0.00 0.00 750.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
41633.34 0.00
*** DEPARTMENT TOTAL *** 0.00 0.00 4,633.34 0.00
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
001-GENERAL FUND
O1-rIP BOND EXPENSES
DE f( PMENT EXPENDITURES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
CURRENT
Y-T-D
o OF
BUDGET
PERIOD
ACTUAL
BUDGET
i
74-NON DEPARMENTAL
01-7460 2006 CIP BOND EXPENSE
01-7470 2007 BOND EXP PWKS FACILITY
TOTAL 74-NON DEPARMENTAL
*** DEPARTMENT TOTAL ***
3,500,000.00
488,333.00
3,988,333.00
3,988,333.00
0.00
23,002.82
23,002.82
23,002.82
--------------
--------------
335,949.70
9.60
217,296.10
44.50
553,245.80
13.87
553,245.80 13.87
---------- ------
---------- ------
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
41 -4A CORPORATION
i
CURRENT CURRENT Y-T-D % OF
BUDGET PERIOD ACTUAL BUDGET
REVENUE SUMMARY
i
i
4A REVENUES
*** TOTAL REVENUES ***
EXPENDITURE SUMMARY
75-4A EXPENSES
*** TOTAL EXPENDITURES ***
186.200.00
186,200.00
121,500.00
121,500.00
** REVENUES OVER(UNDER) EXPENDITURES ** 64,700.00
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
0.00
0.00
0.00
20,582.71 193,107.52
20,582.71 193,107.52 103.71
10,000409 90,036.49 74.10
10,000.09 90,036.49 74.10
10,582.62 103,071.03 159.31
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
41 -4A CORPORATION
RE JES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
CURRENT
Y-T-D
% OF
BUDGET
PERIOD
ACTUAL
BUDGET
REVENUES
4A REVENUES
00-4000 LOAN PROCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4425 STATE SALES TAX 2221000.0O 19,475.99 184,760918 83.23
00-4800 INTEREST INCOME 4,200.00 1,106.72 8,347.34 198.75
00-4940 DONATIONS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4950 PRIOR YEAR INCOME 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4985 TRANSFERS OUT FR 4A TO GF ( 40,000.0O) 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 4A REVENUES 186,200.00 20,582.71 193,107.52 103.71
' *** TOTAL REVENUES *** 186,200.00 20,582.71 193,107.52 103.71
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
41 -4A CORPORATION
75-4A EXPENSES
DE TMENT EXPENDITURES
CURRENT CURRENT
BUDGET PERIOD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
52-SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
75-5200
CHECK CHARGES
75-5205
FOOD
75-5210
OFFICE SUPPLIES
75-5215
TRAVEL & REGISTRATIONS
75-5220
DUES
75-5225
PUBLICATIONS/SUBSCRIPTIONS
75-5235
DUES & REGISTRATION
75-5240
TRAVEL
TOTAL
52-SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
0.00
0.00
200.00
750.00
250.00
200.00
0.00
0.00
1,400.00
0.00
0.00
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.09
ACTUAL BUDGET
-----------------
0.00
0.00
31.49
0.00
5.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
36.49
0.00
0.00
15.75
0.00
2.00
0.00
0.00
n
nn
ram
54-CONTRACT SERVICES
75-5410 INSURANCE 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
75-5420 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
75-5425 LEGAL FEES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 54-CONTRACT SERVICES 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65'JJECTS
75-6500 PROJECTS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
75-6505 LOAN PAYMENTS/20066800 120,000.00 10,000.00 90,000.00 75.00
TOTAL 65-PROJECTS 120,000.00 10,000.00 90,000000 75.00
*** DEPARTMENT TOTAL *** 121,500.00 10,000609 90,036.49 74.10
*** TOTAL EXPENDITURES *** 121,500.00 10,000009 90,036.49 74.10
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
------------------------------
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
*** END OF REPORT ***
7-14-2008 04455 PM
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
42 -4B CORPORATION
CURRENT CURRENT Y-T-D % OF
BUDGET PERIOD ACTUAL BUDGET
'' REVENUE SUMMARY
4B REVENUES
*** TOTAL REVENUES ***
'' EXPENDITURE SUMMARY
76-4B EXPENSES
*** TOTAL EXPENDITURES ***
439,399.00
22,592.04 361,418.64 82.25
439,399.00 22,592.04
----------------------------
226, 649. 00
226,649.00
--------------
--------------
** REVENUES OVER(UNDER) EXPENDITURES ** 212,750.00
"! TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
225,399.00
0.00
225,399.00)
29,977.89
29,977.89
( 7,385.85)
0.00
0.00
0.00
361,418.64 82.25
---------- ------
---------- ------
2151490.58 95.08
215,490.58 95.08
---------- ------
---------- ------
145,928.06 68.59
157,876.84
70.04
0.00
0.00
( 157,876.84)
70.04
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
42 -4B CORPORATION
RE I JES
REVENUES
4B REVENUES
C ITY OF SANGER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
CURRENT
Y-T-D
% OF
BUDGET
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERIOD
ACTUAL
BUDGET
00-4425 STATE SALES TAX 222,000.00 19,338.74 184,622.93 83.16
00-4800 INTEREST INCOME 32,000.00 3,253.30 28,918.87 90.37
00-4940 DONATIONS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4950 TRANSFER PRIOR YEAR INCOME 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
00-4985 TRANFERS OUT TO 4B/PARK EXP ( 40,000.00) 0.00 ( 10,000000) 25.00
00-4990 TRANSFERS FROM RESERVES 225,399.00 0.00 157,876.84 70.04
TOTAL 4B REVENUES 439,399.00 22,592.04 361,418.64 82.25
*** TOTAL REVENUES *** 439,399.00 22,592.04 361,418.64 82.25
7-14-2008 04:55 PM
42 -4B CORPORATION
76-49 EXPENSES
DE TMENT EXPENDITURES
C I T Y O F S A N G E R
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AS OF: JUNE 30TH, 2008
CURRENT
CURRENT
Y-T-D
% OF
BUDGET
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERIOD
ACTUAL
BUDGET
52-SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
76-5200 CHECK CHARGES
76-5210 OFFICE SUPPLIES
76-5215 TRAVEL & REGISTRATIONS
76-5220 DUES
76-5225 PUBLICATIONS/SUBSCRIPTIONS
76-5235 DUES & REGISTRATION
76-5240 TRAVEL
TOTAL 52-SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS
54-CONTRACT SERVICES
76-5410 INSURANCE
76-5420 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
76-5450 ENGINEERING FEES
TOTAL 54-CONTRACT SERVICES
65- ""OJECTS
76'' JO PROJECTS
TOTAL 65-PROJECTS
*** DEPARTMENT TOTAL ***
*** TOTAL EXPENDITURES ***
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
------------------------------
00-4990 TRANSFERS FROM RESERVES
TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
*** END OF REPORT ***
0.00 0.00 0.00
200.00 0.00 62.80
500.00 0.00 0.00
250.00 0.00 5.00
200.00 0.00 723.49
0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00
1,150.00
0.00
791.29
0.00
31.40
0.00
2.00
361.75
0.00
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
225,399.00 29,977.89 214,699.29 95.25
225,399.00 29,977.89 214,699.29 95.25
226,649.00 29,977.89 215,490.58 95.08
226,649.00 29,977.89 215,490.58 95.08
225,399.00 0.00 157,876.84 70.04
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SANGER PUBLIC LIBRARY
MONTHLY REPORT
JUNE 2008
Submitted by Victoria Elieson
HIGHLIGHTS:
Thirteen teenagers participated in the first ever Gaming Tournament at the library.
Super Mario Smash Brothers Melee (on the Game Cube) was the game. Most people
seemed to enjoy it, but they also gave suggestions for improvement. Some of those who
attended were experienced tournament entrants, and they helped the Library Director
with some basic setup. Several adults and kids expressed interest in a tournament for their
age -group.
ADMINISTRATION:
Learned to post pictures on the website.
There are no collection numbers for last June on the statistics page of this report.
At that time we were still struggling with new library automation software and had not
yet learned how to force it to deliver the numbers we needed. It is still a tedious process.
New population figures out from NTCOG caused a revision of the funding
proposal to Denton County. Sanger will probably receive $17,800 from the county next
year, compared to $18,000 this year.
Meeting attended: Denton County Library Advisory Board, 6/19, Justin
COLLECTION: Began putting new barcodes on the entire collection in anticipation of
joining a shared automation system with other libraries.
PROGRAMS:
Adult programs included two Knitting/Crochet classes on Saturday and a
Scrapbooking class on Sunday.
An Art Class for elementary school students was held every Monday.
The Summer Reading Club theme is "Jubilee" to celebrate 50 years of state
sponsored summer reading programs. Storytimes were held regularly on Tuesday for
Elementary children and on Wednesday for Preschoolers. In addition three Tuesday
programs were presented for the ESL students from the School District. Cora Hamer is
presenting the Summer Programs this year. During the week that the theme was
"Cowboys" she invited a Cowboy singer and asked Pam Stephens to bring her horse.
Three special programs were held. At the first Wednesday Storytime, the
Reading Club kicked off with Dinomania, a program with puppets, songs and stories. At
another special Storytime program, Lilly of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse visited. The best
attended program was presented by the clowns from Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey
Circus. They encouraged kids to earn a circus ticket by reading this summer.
In addition to the Circus Ticket, kids can earn an ice cream cone, a donut, two
hamburgers, an apple (or orange), a kite and a free book in the Summer Reading Club.
Adults and teens can earn a book, a key chain and an insulated food carrier in
their own Reading Club.
JUNE 2008 STATISTICS
2007 2008
BORROWER CARDS
Last Month 3538 3707
New Cards 110 95
Cards reactivated 18 23
TOTAL 3666 3825
• _ • ►'.
Nonfiction 558 440
Fiction 1135 .. 811
Junior Fiction 368 333
Children's Books 1069 938
Leased Books 223 236
Interlibrary Loan 15 25
Spanish Materials 27 24
Audio Books 116 130
Music CDs 35 39
Video Materials 1007 845
Equipment 0 4
TOTAL CIRCULATION 4553 3825
INTERNET USERS 858 851
PROGRAMS
Children's Programs 20 17
Children Attending 344 392
Adults Attending 106 119
Other Programs 2 4
Number Attending 10 34
VOLUNTEERS
Number of Adults 7 8
Number of Juniors 1 4
Number of Hours 50 77
C�Z�I>l���lrL�L
Books 15355
Leased Books data not available 182
Paperback Fiction ,due to change in 2438
Audio Books software 609
Music CDs 408
CD-ROM 200
Videocassettes 906
DVD 478
Microfilm 75
Equipment 4
TOTAL COLLECTION 20655
REVENUE
Fines $215.75 $277.65
Copies $108.65 $101.55
ILL Postage $28.56 $31.86
New Cards $3.00
Lost Materials $2.80
TOTAL $355.96 $413.86
First Ever Gaming
Tournament
,,-r .
Think you're good at Super Mario Smash Brothers? Think you're
`;he;best at Super Mario Smash Brothers? Find out if you're right at
'the'FIRST EVER Gamitig Tournament at the Library on Saturday,
-.June 7.. Starting at 11:00 a.m., a double elimination tournament will
. detemune the victor. Plus it will just be a lot of fun (not to mention
there will be pizza).
This tournament is only open to people age 12 to age 17. An-
other tournament wIlt be held on July S, and the season tlnale will be
on August 2. Put on your game face and come on out. Sanger Public
Library. Saturday, June 7.
U.F.O.'s are now gathering at
the Sanger Public Library
By Lynne S. Smiland
U.F.O: s are now gathering at Sanger Public Library, SO1 Bolivar, on the
2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, from 2-S p.m. Unidentified Flying
Objects? No, UnFinished craft Objects ---you know, the afghan or cross-
stitchsampler, maybe started during that last pregnancy in an optimistic burst
of enthusiasm, that is now somewhere in the back of a closet. Or maybe
somebody showed you how to get started knitting acorner-to-corner dish-
cloth, like the knitting class at the library recently learned, but you got stuck
somehow and need help to get unstuck.
Throughout the summer, crafters may bring any unfinished craft projects
to the library, whether crochet, knitting, quilting, cross-stitch, and work on
them in the company and expertise of other crafters. By sharing knowledge
and skills, participants can enrich others and themselves, as well as get some
of those pesky unfinished projects completed. Crafters with no incomplete
projects, if any such people exist, or with no desire to finish up something
started way back when, are welcome to bring something new to begin.
Upcoming meetings to work on those UnFinsshed craft Objects include
June 28th, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th and August 23rd, from 2-S p.m.,
in the Sanger Public Library meeting room. Feel free to bring snacks, fin-
ished projects to be admired, and favorite patterns to share. Donations of
leftover supplies are gratefully accepted, for either the craft group or for the
library's Storytime activities.
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criticism of the effective rate will be discussed further in a future edition of the TML
Legislative Update.
The various committees looking at property taxes will continue to meet over the summer.
The TML staff will monitor each hearing.
tTY TAX C01
(Editor's note: for many years, some state officials and various interest groups have been
trying to convince Texans that property tax appraisals are increasing because local
officials (including city officials) exert pressure on appraisal district boards and staffs to
hike appraisals so that local tax revenue will increase. In reality, the opposite is true:
ate officials pressure appraisal districts to increase apprai
stsals so that state
expenditures will be lower. The following column tells the story.)
By Rick Casey, Houston Chronicle, June 21
Reprinted with permission of the Houston Chronicle
It looks like another record year
protesting their
tax appraisals, sc
for the number of Harris County property owners
it's hardly surprising that conspiracy theories are
The most popular one seems to be that our appraisals are going up because greedy local
politicians are pressuring the Harris County Appraisal District to juice the figures.
That lets those greedy politicians hold the current tax rate or even reduce it by a small
amount while actually grabbing more cash from our checking accounts.
As it happens, the conspiracists are right that the technocrats at the appraisal district are
under pressure to raise the taxable value of your home or business property.
But it's not coming from the local school board or county commission or city council.
It's coming from State Comptroller Susan Combs.
A jury-rigged system
This should mess with the minds of conspiracy theorists. Combs isn't a socialist. She's a
Republican. She professes to dislike taxes as much as any Republican.
And her office doesn't even get any of the money that comes from her pressuring the
appraisal districts.
The reason she does it is that the law requires her to do so.
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It's a necessary component of the jury-rigged system we have for funding our schools.
If you own a home you are painfully aware of the fact that your school property tax is by
far the biggest bite of local taxes.
The Supreme Court of Texas, all also Republicans under their robes, has ruled that the
state has to supplement a good chunk of school funding.
Second-guessing guessers
Otherwise children who chose to be born to parents who couldn't afford to move into
wealthy school districts would have much less money applied to their schooling than
children who were smart enough to be born to affluent parents.
So the Supreme Court said the state has to give local school districts what they need to
educate their children with some reasonable approximation of fair funding. Some of that
help comes from state funds, some from taking from rich districts and giving to the poor
(thus the "Robin Hood" nickname).
Part of the formula for doing that is a determination of how much taxable wealth there is
in a school district per pupil. The state's job is to make up the difference between
districts that have a lot of property wealth and those that have very little.
But if some of the districts are low balling their valuations of taxable property, then
they'll get more than their fair share of help from the state. Or if they are rich districts,
they'll give less than their fair share to help poorer districts.
So the law requires Comptroller Combs to second-guess every appraisal district in the
state. And if she find the appraisals to be too low in a district for several years in a row,
that district can lose millions in state funding.
Houston ISD finds itself in that position. Its board voted this week to sue Combs if her
office doesn't revise its finding that the district's valuations have not been in compliance.
Part of the problem is that every appraisal district in the state is itself guessing in regard
to much of the property it is appraising.
This is especially true with very expensive houses and with virtually all commercial
property.
The reason is that Texas is one of only five states that doesn't require that sales prices of
real estate be reported to the state.
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Appraisal gaps
The government knows what you earn. It knows what you paid for your car and your
clothes. But in Texas it doesn't know what you paid for your house or your business
property.
Because the middle class lives mainly in neighborhoods where all the houses are similar,
appraisal districts are able to do a good job at guessing at the values. Studies show the
houses tend to sell for close to their appraised values.
But very expensive houses and commercial properties almost always sell for considerably
more than the amount listed on the tax rolls.
The gap was illustrated earlier this week when Dallas officials told a state Senate hearing
they want to change the law to require price disclosure on real estate sales.
Support for the change swelled in Dallas after the city found itself having to pay about
$42 million for a piece of commercial property listed on the tax rolls asbeing worth $7.3
million.
The change won't happen, though. The people who are paying more than their share are
afraid to tell the state how much they paid for fear their appraisal will go from, say,
$220,000 to $240,000.
Meanwhile, the businesses and the very wealthy are underpaying in amounts that justify
hiring the best lobbyists money can buy.
H.B. 1656, passed during the 2007 legislative session, requires cities over 20,000 in
population to regulate the installation of irrigation systems (such as yard sprinkler
systems) through a city permitting program carried out in compliance with rules set out
by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The TCEQ adopted these
rules on June 8, and they were published in the Texas Register on June 20. The TML
staff is working with the TCEQ to create a model ordinance that cities may adopt to help
implement this new program. The model ordinance should be available at the end of
July. If you have any questions about this issue, please contact Lauren Crawford in the
TML Legal Department at (512) 231-7400 or luren ,tml.org.
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u
CON
On May 30, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) published newly adopted
changes to its financial assistance rules, in compliance with the omnibus water bills
passed during the 2007 legislative session. Starting in 2010, any city that receives
fmancial assistance from the TWDB will be required to update the Board annually on
progress made toward the city's water conservation plan as filed with the TWDB and the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). These changes are part of the
comprehensive modifications made to water conservation plan requirements and water
conservation in general during the 2007 legislative session. If you have any questions
about this issue, please contact Lauren Crawford in the T IL Legal Department at (512)
2314400 or lauren( kw,org.
L TAX
The City of San Antonio was recently successful in certifying a class action lawsuit
against various Web -based hotel -booking companies. On May 28, the judge of the U.S.
District Court in San Antonio issued an opinion in City of San Antonio vs. Hotels. com, et
al, that Web -based hotel companies have been paying city hotel occupancy taxes on the
"wholesale" price of rooms (the price at which the rooms are obtained from the hotel),
but not paying taxes on the "retail" price of the room (the price paid by the customer).
Doing so appears to be a violation of most municipal hotel occupancy tax ordinances.
The court's opinion is not final on the merits of the lawsuit, but does hold that San
Antonio has made enough of a showing to allow a class action comprising 175 similarly -
situated cities to move forward. The class action suit is of the "opt -out" variety, meaning
that each of the 175 cities is automatically a participant unless it acts to withdraw. Cities
interested in the class action lawsuit will wish to have their city attorney consider the
court's opinion, which can be read here: bft://www.tnl.orOcizal pdf/unsealed
nqM2jgn!ji The opinion also lists the 175 cities currently in the class on pp.
23-24. City attorneys or other interested city officials may contact Steve Wolens, San
ntonio' As attorney for the lawsuit, at (214) 389-5300.
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' S OFFICE
In 2007, the Texas Legislature passed S.B. 74, a bill that created an "address
confidentiality program" to be administered by the Texas attorney general. The bill is
intended to protect the identity of victims of certain crimes. Victims of family violence,
stalking, and sexual assault, if they are eligible for program, may register for an
anonymous address that will appear on voter and school registration cards, driver's
licenses, and most government records.
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More information on the program, including recently adopted rulemaking by the attorney
general, can be found at the attorney general's Web site:
http://www.oap,.state.tx.us/victims/acp.shtml.
E FRAM 1113E O:
A recent federal court ruling upholds a federal agency rulemaking that was opposed by
cities across the nation. But the decision is not likely to be detrimental to Texas cities.
On March 5, 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order
based on the premise that local franchising authorities (typically cities) are unreasonably
refusing to grant cable franchises. The order preempted various franchising requirements
of cities around the country. This first FCC order did not, as some had feared, affect the
Texas cable -franchising statute enacted in 2005 (commonly referred to as Senate Bill 5).
The order was directed primarily at municipal barriers to entry for new providers of video
service, barriers that no longer exist in Texas. However, this first order noted that some
of its conclusions "also appear germane to existing franchisees."
Under Senate Bill 5, existing franchisees (generally incumbent cable providers) are
bound to their existing agreements until those agreements expire. The FCC sought
additional comments on the implementation of the order, and a second order was issued
on November 6, 2007. The second order extends some of the findings from the first
order to incumbent cable providers, and thus may affect cities with cable franchise
agreements grandfathered under Senate Bill 5.
The .National League of Cities (NLC) and other national local government groups
brought suit to challenge the FCC's authority to issue the first order.
The Decision
On June 27, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion. The court held
that the adoption of the federal Telecommunications Act (Act) and all the subsequent
amendments to the Act created a system of "deliberately structured dualism" under which
local governments and the FCC regulate cable service. Under the system, the FCC is
authorized to regulate the technical provision of service and has explicit authority to issue
the order.
The conclusion is viewed as a defeat for most areas of the country but won't generally
change the state of the law for cities operating under Senate Bill 5. In addition, the court
upheld the FCC's conclusion that it cannot void existing franchises. Rather, a cable
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provider has the burden to prove, under the facts and circumstances of each situation, that
the new rules should apply to its franchise agreement. This last conclusion is somewhat
ambiguous, and only time will tell if or how cable providers in Texas will seek to enforce
the orders.
NLC has requested a rehearing of the second order at a That rehearing request is
pending, and NLC is currently deciding how to proceed on both orders. The TML staff
will continue to monitor the implementation of the orders and keep our members
informed.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES IMPACT FEE OPINION
The Texas attorney general recently issued an opinion, GA-0637, regarding: (1) which
fees constitute "impact fees;" and (2) whether a school district may agree to pay impact
fees in light of several laws and a previous attorney general opinion.
Chapter 395 of the Local Government Code, the impact fee statute, clearly defines what
constitutes an "impact fee." The League, in its written comments on the opinion request,
argued that whether any particular fee is an impact fee requires an examination of the fee
and what it is used for. In other words, the answer to the question involves an
examination of the facts, and the attorney general is prohibited from reviewing facts in
the opinion process. The opinion noted that fact issues cannot be resolved in an opinion,
and the attorney general refused to make any conclusions regarding that portion of the
request.
The request also asked for clarification of S.B. 883, a 2007 bill that exempts school
districts from paying impact fees unless the school district's board of trustees agrees to
do so. A prior law, Section 11.168 of the Education Code, provides that a school district
"may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of school district... resources
for... improvements to real property not owned... by the district."
A previous attorney general opinion, CIA -0496 (2006), construed Section 11.168 relative
to Local Government Code Chapter 395. At the time the opinion was released, the law
required a school district to pay impact fees. The issue in GA-0496 was whether a school
district was prohibited under Section 11.168 from paying impact fees because the
expenditure would indirectly involve the use of school resources to improve real property
not owned by the district. GA-0496 concluded that cities imposed impact fees at that
time, and there was no "agreement" to pay them. That opinion confirmed that cities at
that time could continue to collect impact fees from school districts.
The crux of the latest opinion request was this: Does the older provision prohibiting
schools from agreeing to use their resources for offsite improvements trump the ability of
a school district board of trustees to agree to pay under S.B. 883?
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GA-0637 (the most recent opinion) concluded that such an interpretation would violate
rules of statutory construction and that all of the statutory provisions can be harmonized.
Essentially, the opinion concludes that a school district board of trustees may agree to
pay municipal impact fees if it so desires.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
ANNOUNCES NEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
GRANT
The Governor's Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) recently notified cities of
new Department of Homeland Security grants. The Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has just announced a new grant to improve emergency management and
preparedness capabilities by supporting emergency operations centers (EOC). The EOC
grant program allows for up to $1,000,000 for a construction project and up to $250,000
for renovation projects for EOCs. The grant has a 75-percent federal and 25-percent
local cost share, cash or in -kind, match requirement.
The grant guidance and application process may be obtained on the Internet using the
following linke hiip://www.fema.g.ov/jzovemment/wrant/index.shbn. The application for
this grant is not as simple as other grant applications, and the process outlined in the EOC
Grant Guidance must be followed exactly. Th6 application for the grant must be sent
electronically to the GDEM no later than July 21, 200$.
LA
POLL
The Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) has launched an online initiative to
gather input from rural Texans across the state regarding policy recommendations and
ideas to improve quality of life in rural communities. The agency is asking rural Texans
to contribute ideas and suggestions online at:
htI ://www.orca.state.tx,us/index.-phy/HQm.e/Poligy±Recommendation.
)RCA
is particularly interested in four key focus areas: economic development,
community development, health care, and housing. ORCA will offer these comments to
the Texas Legislature at the beginning of the upcoming legislative session.
The agency is charged with the task of identifying and prioritizing policy issues and
concerns affecting rural communities in the state in consultation with rural community
leaders, locally elected officials, state elected and appointed officials, academic and
industry experts, and an interagency work group. It is also charged with making
recommendations to the legislature to address the concerns affecting rural communities.
ORCA works to strengthen rural communities and assist them with community and
economic development and health care by serving as the central source for rural
programs, services, and activities so that governmental resources are delivered efficiently
and with the best possible results for the state's rural residents.
As the state agency dedicated solely to rural Texas, ORCA makes the broad resources of
state government more accessible to rural communities. ORCA was created by the 77th
Legislature to ensure a continuing focus on rural issues, monitor governmental actions
affecting rural Texas, research problems and recommend solutions, and administer rural -
focused state and federal resources. For more information, visit ORCA online at
www.orca. state.tx.us.
CONGRESS CONSIDERS IMPORT
BOND RATING` BILL
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is considering an important bill, H.R.
6308, that would require bond rating agencies to use the same standards for rating
municipal bonds as they do for other bonds. The current system of separate municipal
bond ratings unfairly penalizes safe municipal bonds relative to more risky corporate
bonds.
Between 1970 and 2000, cities issued 14,800 general obligation bonds without a default.
Yet many cities receive bond ratings that would inaccurately indicate a greater failure
rate than similarly rated corporate bonds. These misleading ratings cost cities --and
taxpayers --billions in increased borrowing costs.
City officials may wish to contact their Texas representatives on the House Financial
Services Committee to indicate their support for fair and equal municipal bond ratings.
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa
2864 West Trenton Road
Edinburg, TX 78539
Phone: (956) 682-5545
Fax: (956) 682-0141
Rep. Al Green
3003 South Loop West, Suite 460
Houston, TX 77054
Phone: (713) 383-9234
Fax: (713) 383-9202
Rep. Ron Paul
122 West Way, Suite 301
Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
107 South St. Marys Street
Beeville, Texas 78102
Phone. (361) 3584400
Fax: (361) 3588407
601 25�' Street, Suite 216
Galveston, Texas 77550
Phone: (979) 285-0231
Rep. Jeb Hensarling
5510 Abrams Road, Suite 243
Dallas, Texas 75231
Phone: (214) 349-9996
Fax: (214) 349-0738
Rep. Randy Neugebauer
611 University Ave., Suite #220
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Phone: (806) 7634611
Fax: (806) 767-9168
Phone: (409) 766-7013
703 East Corsicana Street
Athens, Texas 75751
Phone. (903) 6754288
Fax: (903) 6754351
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Abilene, Texas 79602
Phone: (325) 675-9779
Fax: (325) 675-5038
Rep. Kenny Marchant
9901 East Valley Ranch Parkway, Suite 3035
Irving, TX 75063
Phone: (972) 556-0162
Fax: (972) 409-9704
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