11/20/1995-CC-Minutes-Work Sessionf-.
MINUTES: City Council Workshop
November 20, 1995
PRESENT: Mayor Nei Armstrong, Councilman Glenn Ervin, Councilman Joe Bell,
Councilman Tommy Kincaid, Councilman Jack Richardson, Councilwoman
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OTHERS
PRESENT: City Secretary Rosalie Chavez, Al Judkiewicz, Esta Ashcraft, JoAnn Bell &
granddaughter, Sue Trego, Jerry Jenkins
1. Mayor Armstrong called meeting to order.
2. Discuss Texas Waste Management.
Al Judkiewicz gave a brief presentation concerning recycling which was followed by
a brief film. Mr. Judkiewicz stated that on curbside pick up Texas Waste
Management would provide each and every resident with an 18 gallon plastic bin.
The cost for once a week pickup would range from $1.70 to $2.00 per month per
household. If every other week pickup the cost would range from $1.40 to $1.70 per
household per month.
Mr. Judkiewicz did state the contract was for a period of five (5) years.
Discussion continued.
Mayor Armstrong did remind Council that the 2 % rate increase was already
allocated in the rate increase October 1, 1995.
3. Discuss Lakecrest Meadows (Kim Murphy).
Mayor Armstrong advised that Mr. Murphy had requested to meet with each
Council member individually to discuss Lakecrest Meadows. Mayor .Armstrong
indicated she felt she did not have the authority to tell Mr. Murphy he l;could not
meet with Council members individually. When he asked if anyone at the city could
help him set it up she advised him to talk to Cheryl.
Mayor Armstrong discussed briefly with Council what she had told'Mr. Murphy.
She indicated she expressed three concerns concerning the proje, :pue of:the issues
she addressed with Mr. Murphy was Bolivar Water. She also discussed'that she felt
the City at this time could not go in debt to lay that water line. She also advised
Mr. Murphy that city ordinance states the developer lays the line and pays all cost.
If the Council decided to pursue this she recommended Mr. Murphy pay for the cost
of the line.
The third issue was if the City could actually get to Mr. Murphy's property by
method of annexation.
Discussion followed concerning a
4. Discuss Acting City Administrator.
Mayor gave a brief statement concerning her duties as Mayor. She indicated she has
been Mayor 11 1/2 years and has gone through this process twice. She has never
had a Council member question her capability or her commitment to this City. The
City can not have six bosses. She has never considered herself as acting City
Administrator. Mayor indicated that evidently Councilman Ervin and Councilman
Richardson have questioned this issue. She did indicate that if those Council
members feel someone else needs to be appointed at acting City Administrator she
will certainly step aside and has also considered stepping aside as Mayor as well.
Councilman Ervin and Councilman Richardson indicated they had received some
calls concerning the article in the paper in regards to the Mayor serving as Acting
City Administrator.
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Discussion continued
Mayor Armstrong summarized by saying that she does not want to be appointed as
acting City Administrator. She did indicate the 535.00 a month she is paid does not
cover the time she spends at the office or the meetings she attends in her capacity
as Mayor. She is the Mayor not the acting City Administrator.
5. Discuss City Administrator's Job Description.
To be placed at the next Council workshop.
6. Any Other Such Matters.
7. Adjournment.
Nel Armstrong, Mayor
ATTEST
Chavez, City
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