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08/04/1986-CC-Minutes-Regular280. 3. Motion was made by Jerry Jenkins to adjourn the special meeting. Carolyn Adkins gave the second. Voted unan. City Secretary MINUTES: MEMBERS PRESENT. MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: City Council Meeting August 4, 1986 Mayor Nel Armstrong, Jerry Jenkins, Danny Spindle, Freddy Inman, and Harvey W. Thomas Carolyn Adkins Steve Shutt, Mary Jo Stover, Richard Brown, Benny Erwin, Jack Gardner, Jim Allison, Katy Ray, Burl and Carmen Bourland, Donna Searle, Bill Park, B. McMurray, Richard Goldstein, Diane Goldstein, Billye Hollingsworth, Charlene Williams,.Ruth Tansey, Sandra Glover, Terry Walthall, Rev. Glen Noblin, John Gustafason 1. Mayor Armstrong called the meeting to order. Reverend Glen Noblin, Minister of the First United Methodist Church, gave the invocation. Mayor Armstrong led the pledge to the flag. 2. The minutes of the July 14th Special_ Called Meeting and July 21st regular meeting were approved as printed. 3. Mayor Armstrong requested staff to designate what vehicles were repaired on all maintenance invoices. The mayor called council's attention to the Centel telephone bill stating it was running way ahead of last year's phone bill. Gave figures. Discussion of other items.. Motion was made by Jerry Jenkins to approve disbursements in the amount of $36,060.46. Freddy Inman gave the second. Voted unan. 4. Citizen Input: (a) The council considered the request for payment of certain medical expenses relai:ing to the death of Mrs. Donna Sear le's border collie dog. In a previous meeting council had requested Mrs. Searle to furnish them with a letter from the veterinarian stating the cause of death of the animal. The cause of death was stated to be from heartworm emboli due to mosquitoes which had bred in the raw sewage caused from a backup in the city's sewer system. Discussion. Motion was made by Jerry Jenkins to approve payment of $562.22 for medical expenses incurred by Mrs.. Donna Searle on Roy: Danny Spindle gave the second. Voted unan. 5. Council discussed problems (service, billing, repairs, etc.) with STAR Cable T.V. company representatives Sandra Glover and Terry Walthal. Mayor Armstrong gave the audience a background of council action regarding STAR. She stated that on February 3rd the city had sent a 90 day notice of cancellation to 0TAR for 281. lack of service. On May llth that action was rescinded because service had again improved. She stated that the city was again being bombarded with complaints because of service problems and the company changing its 800 number. Mrs. Glover stated that two months ago STAR made the decision to discontinue the 800 number due to lagtime on service calls. A handout with the new number on it was given to council and staff. The discontinuance of the 800 number was discussed. City staff complained that this number should have been given to city hall staff since complaints are filed with city staff as well as through the STAR offices. Discussion. Citizens were unable to understand why they had to call long distance for service. Why STAR did not have an office in this area. Terry Walthal explained they would get faster, better service with the direct number. Questions could be answered more efficiently. Office in Argyle because their cable dishes are located there. Harvey Thomas asked how many service men STAR had for this area. Their answer was one man per 1,000 customers. Stated they had 4,000 customers in this area, 400 customers in Sanger. Financial reasons for limited service help. Burl Bourland stated that he had requested cable service to his residential subdivision with 54 proposed homes but had not received any response to his request. Discussion. City staff was instructed to log all complaints and to write a letter to the president of STAR with regards to the problems the city is again experiencing. 6. Mr. John Gustafason, General Manager for -Texas Waste Manage- - ment, responded to complaints regarding refuse pickup. Gustafason stated that some businesses had been overlooked by his drivers because they did not have route sheets. Stated their plans were to provide the route sheets and that the driver would be required to obtain the signature of each customer. Also, the drivers will stop by City Hall twice a day for messages and complaints. Mayor Armstrong requested that more attention be given to the time of day the garbage is picked up in order to provide more consistency. Council requested that Texas Waste employees be requested to empty the litter containers on the square and along main street of town. Apartment dumpsters were discussed. Mr. Gustafason requested that the city encourage the apart- ment owners to furnish more dumpsters to alleviate the overflow of refuse. 7. Mayor Armstrong introduced Commissioner Ruth Tansey to council members and citizens, stating she had been requested to attend the meeting in order to answer questions the council had regarding the Denton City -County Health Department's Budget. Mrs. Tansey stated the county had been in -the process of reorganizing the Health Department in order. to comply with the law. Mrs. Tansey stated she did. not have her file with her but would be glad to try to answer any questions. Mayor Armstrong stated the following questions had been asked previously by the city council. That the city was not notified of the meeting held by the commissioners regarding the budget or they could have been addressed at that time. Questions as follows: (1) Could not understand the large. increase. (2) What additional services would. be provided by the _increase. (3) Under environmental department. the city only uses one part which is inspections of food establishments of which council felt they would be paying for things they would not be using. (4) Question of double taxation. 282. Mrs. Tansey gave a brief overview of the program. She stated the present amounts contributed by the participating cities were arbitrary figures. County could not figure out what they were based on. Stated however, that the cities were being provided the services. She stated the county's budget was under a lot of stress. That in the past they had not felt the impact due to having a fund balance however, that has been used up. Stated they were in the position that they either had to drastically change the structure of the Health Department to just serve those people in the unincorporated areas or contract with the smaller cities for the kind of services they needed. This to be on a per capita basis. Tansey stated that the county had received the same kind of questions from other entities. Stated they were re- examining some areas. Once the court decides exactly what they intend to do the cities will be notified. Mrs. Tansey asked Jim Allison, Attorney for the county, to address the issue to council. Allison stated the statutes had changed in 1983 requiring the reorganization process within one year. Stated that was not done. The old statutes under which thecity-county health department was organized was repealed. No legal basis for the city -county health department but statute did provide for three different methods by which the.health departments could be reorganized. (1) A Health District could be set up which could encompass the entire county or part of the county. (2) The county could organize a Health Department, and (3) The county could organize a Health Unit. He stated the basic difference between a unit and a department was the services offered. The county elected to organize as a department. After looking at the budget realized it had escalated considerably over the past two years. Additional cost in the past had been met by some fund balances that the department had built up over the years. He stated the county options. County put it out to the cities what it would take to run the health department. He stated if they put it on a per capita basis, you must provide the services regardless. Double taxation was addressed. He stated there was no question that it takes taxes to pay for whatever the fees do not meet. Have to be generated by other revenues or taxes. County is late in the budget time and they are try- ing to see what can be scaled down and what fees can be raised to help the entities. Mayor Armstrong asked the council if they had any questions. Jerry Jenkins asked if the owners of the food establishments were charged a fee in addition to the inspection fee charged to the city. Mrs. Tansey stated there was a nominal fee and that's one of the areas that the county is looking at. How these fees compare with other county health departments and see if they can come up with additional revenues through this means that wouldn't be such an impact on the cities. Discussion. Mrs. Tansey stated that restaurants were not charged unless they had a complaint. Discussion. Mayor Armstrong asked if the city did not participate at this time could they get in at a later time. The attorney stated this would be an option of the county. That it needs to be acted on before their budget is approved. Mayor Armstrong expressed her appreciation to Mrs. Tansey and Mr. Allison for coming to the meeting and answering questions for council. 8. Mayor Armstrong declared the public hearing open to consider Zoning Petition Z3-86 for Jack Gardner who was requesting a change in zoning on Lot 4A, Block 41, Original Town Survey from R-1 (Single Family) to LI (Light Industry). No one spoke in opposition to the petition. Mayor Armstrong closed the hearing. 283. Motion was made by Harvey Thomas to approve Zoning Petition Z3-86 for Jack Gardner. Jerry Jenkins gave the second. Voted unan. 9. Council again considered the order authorizing the issuance of certificates of obligation. Discussion. Motion was made by Harvey Thomas to adopt the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of $`700,000 of certificates.of obligation for the City of Sanger. Jerry Jenkins gave the second. Voted unan. 10. Motion was made by Freddy Inman to adopt Ordinance No. 86-15 amending Ordinance 85-26 providing for the inclusion of additional petitions to the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction.. Danny Spindle gave the second. Voted unan. ORDINANCE NO: 66=15 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 85-26 OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PETITIONED EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECT DATE. 11. City staff discussed with council what the policy for street lighting outside the city's electric service area should be. The city manager explained .to council that some of the new subdivisions were not in the city's electric.service areas but have annexed into the city. Those subdivisions are requesting street lights. Clarification was needed to determine who would be responsible for paying the energy cost to those lights, the construction of the poles and placement of the lights. Shutt requested to know if the council wanted the developer to put up the poles and lights or whether this would be done by the city. He stated that - the Denton Coop. would not do the physical installation of the lights. The Coop. would sell the energy to the city at their cost which runs about $4.25 per light. Shutt stated the Snider Addition would need about 20 lights which would cost approximately $850 yearly. He went on to say that the number of lights could be reduced. Council needs to resolve the policy since there is a dense population coming into the city that is outside the electric service area. Richard Brown stated that Bourland's Addition was ready for street lighting. Discussion. Bourland stated he wanted four street lights. Shutt stated that the city had a policy regarding street lights, the distance and placement of the street lights. Usually at an intersection. If individuals request a light in the middle of a block or at the end of a cul-de-sac that individual or group of individuals request- ing the light will pay for that light on their bill. Discussion. Placement and distance for the placement of lights in the Bourland Addition was discussed. Shutt recommended that the developer put the poles in and that the city pay for the,energy charge. Verify the cost form Brazos to Denton Coop. Freddy Inman made a motion. to accept. the administrator's -- recommendation that the developer nut in the poles and the city pay the energy cost. Jerry Jenkins gave the second. Voted unan. 12. Item omitted. 13. Council considered the exempt property area within the old town site with regards to the impact: fee ordinance. Mayor Armstrong stated the item was brought to council's attention at last regular meeting and a map was presented outlining the area considered to be the old town site. Mayor Armstrong reminded council they were to review the map and its boundaries and make any changes or recommenda- tions before the ordinance was amended to include the defined area. With no changes, staff was instructed to draw up the amendment to the Impact Fee Ordinance to define the old town site as shown on the map handout outlined in red. 284. 14. Jerry Don Linn was unable to attend the meeting but requested that he be allowed to purchase 120' of 6" SDR 35 Sewer Pipe at $134.40, 15 yards of sand - $60.00; 15 yards of gravel - $120.00, for a total expenditure of $314.40 to repair a sewer problem at the corner of Peach and 7th Streets. Motion was made by Freddy Inman to approve the expenditure in the amount of $314.40,.and repair the problem on Peach Street. Harvey Thomas gave the second. Voted unan. l5. Item was requested to be placed on the next council agenda until Jerry Don could be present for questions and comments. 16. Mayor Armstrong appointed Margaret Long to the Sanger Park Board to fill the vacancy of Russell Madden. Madden moved over to the Planning and Zoning Board. Mayor Armstrong appointed Leslie Browning to the Sullivan Senior Center Committee to fill the vacancy when Mr. T. A. Melton moved from Sanger. 17. City Manager's Report: (a) Steve advised council that the major portion of the budgetwas ready and would be distributed to them by Wednesday. He requested council set a workshop to discuss the budget. Council set the workshop for Monday, August llth, at 7:00 p.m. 18. Other Such Matters: (a) Thomas stated the city still had a load of sand on the sewer easement which crossed Joe Ashcraft's property. Stated if there were damages the city should settle and get the matter cleared up. Others stated it was layout land. Discussion. Staff will discuss the matter with Ashcraft. 19. Mayor Armstrong convened the meeting into executive session to discuss personnel. 20. Mayor Armstrong reconvened the meeting to open session. No action to be taken as a result of executive session. 21. Motion was made by Spindle to adjourn the meeting. gave the second. Voted unan. 22. No street workshop was held. City Secretary Jenkins