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11/02/1998-CC-Minutes-RegularMINUTES: City Council November 2, 1998 PRESENT: Mayor Tommy Kincaid, Councilman Jerry Jenkins, Councilman Glenn Ervin, Councilwoman Alice Madden, Councilman Carroll McNeill, Councilman Mike James, OTHERS PRESENT: City Administrator Jack Smith, City Secretary Rose Chavez, Water/Wastewater Superintendent Eddie Branham, Electric Superintendent Jeff Morris, Street Superintendent Chuck Tucker, Chief of Police Benny Erwin, Woodrow Barton, Shelly Ruland, Rick Carter, Doris Garner, Carol Rainey, Robert Gamer, Dale Bryant, 1, Mayor Kincaid called Meeting to order, Councilwoman Madden led the Invocation, and Councilman James led the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. a) Approve Minutes - October 19, 1998 October 26, 1998 - Special Called b) Disbursements Motion was made by Councilman Jenkins to approve Consent Agenda. Seconded by Councilman Ervin. Motion Carried Unanimously. 3. Citizen's Input. 1►GTiT� 4. Consider and Possible Action on Swimming Pool Enclosure Ordinance #10-13-98. THAT CHAPTER 3, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE, TO BE NUMBERED ARTICLE 3,17, WHICH SAID ARTCILE SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: Brief Discussion. Motion made by Councilman James to Adopt Ordinance #10-13-98, with the following change to Section 3.1702 - to add a statement that this Ordinance shall include all existing or future swimming pools. Seconded by Councilman Jenkins, Motion Carried Unanimously. Council agreed to work with residents and allow 30 days to put up a fence. 5. Consider and Possible Action on Landscape Regulation Ordinance #10-14-98 Councilman McNeill suggested they Postpone and send to Beautification Board, Council Agreed, Councilman James indicated he felt the Ordinance was very rigid, and perhaps they should make some changes with the help of the Beautification Board. 6. Consider and Possible Action on Metal Building Ordinance #10-15-98. Discussed possible input from the Planning and Zoning Board. Council agreed to Postpone and place on agenda for the Planning and Zoning Board. 7. Consider and Possible Action on Adoption of Ordinance #10-16-98 Annexation. Abstract 29 of the Rueben Bebee Survey consisting of 90.078 acres, located on I-35 Stemmons Service Rd. North, Discussion. Councilman Jenkins indicated the tendency was to look ahead at the future zoning of the property, but that the Council was only supposed to decide whether or not to annex the land, he indicated that they had held two Public Hearings and that all citizens were opposed to the annexation with the exception of Dale Bryant who wanted to Develop the property. Councilman Jenkins indicated annexing this property would be advantageous to the tax roll, but would not be advantageous to future development and common growth. Motion was made by Councilman Ervin to deny the request for annexation. Seconded by Councilman James. Motion Carried unanimously. 8. Consider and Possible Appointment to the Planning and Zoning Board. Mayor indicated they had received resignation from Richard Derryberry, and that he had made a recommendation to appoint Polly Dwyer. He indicated he had a few more names to consider. Mayor suggested they consider the names and postpone appointment till the next meeting. The names are Polly Dwyer, and Shelly Ruland. Council agreed to postpone. 9. Discuss Possible Committee for Census 2000. City Secretary explained that each time the census is taken, a brochure is sent out for citizens to complete, and return, and that a majority of the time these forms are not completed. She indicated this committee would be there to promote completion of the forms, and would be there for the citizens if they had questions about the forms. City Secretary indicated they would not be going door to door as in the past, the completion of the form will be up to the citizens. Discussion. Councilman Jenkins moved to appoint an eleven (11) member committee to serve as the Complete Count Committee . Seconded by Councilman McNeill, Motion Carried Unanimously, Councilman Jenkins volunteered to serve on this commmittee. 10. Consider and Possible Action on Awarding Material Bids for Electric Department. Discussion. City Administrator indicated they had spoken with all three companies that had bid, and they had all agreed to allow them to purchase only the low bid items from each of the companies. Motion made by Councilman James based on the Electric Superintendent's worksheet to purchase low bid items from each bidder. The bidders were Tech Line, Temple, and Wesco. Seconded by Councilwoman Madden. Motion Carried Unanimously. 11. Any Other Such Matters. a). Councilman Jenkins indicated there was a corner of Keaton Road and Duck Creek Road there was a pipe that sits in the road, it has been hit or run over. He asked the Street Superintendent if anything could be done about it. Chuck Tucker, Street Superintendent, indicated a bus had hit it, and he would look into it. b). City Administrator Jack Smith indicated there was a contest drawing to win free electricity. He drew the winning name - Linda Hewlett for residential, and Computer Tutor for commercial. c). Mayor indicated he had discussed the City Administrators evaluation with the City Secretary, the Council was to look over the evaluation forms, and the evaluation would be done at the next meeting. Discussed evaluation forms. d). Councilman McNeill indicated we needed to have the fire department's proposal on the next agenda. e). Councilman Ervin indicated they needed to decide what to do about the bridge on Willow. f). Mr. Barton indicated there was a cable on the ground on 10th St. that needed to be taken care of. 12. Meeting Adjourned. Tommy ncaid, Mayor ATTEST: Rosalie Chavez, City Secotau e