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01/05/1987-CC-Minutes-Regular317. Mayor Armstrong also advised Rose Shuffield that Council was in agreement with her, that her duties as Court Clerk be given to one of the girls in the office, since she will be ft taking new added responsibilities. -- Meeting adjourned. xt r r' it<y ecr.etary feces &JOV MINUTES: City Council Meeting (TapE.d) January 5, 1987 MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Nel Armstrong, Carolyn Adkins, Wendall-Thomas Jerry Jenkins, Danny Spindle, Freddy Inman OTHERS PRESENT: Carroll McNeill, Nelva Higgs, Steve Shutt Rose Shuffield 1. Meeting was called to order. Mayor- Armstrong gave the invocation and led the pledge to the flag. 2. Minutes of -.the last council meeting_.(December 15, 1986 and December 22, 1986) were approved. , 3. Mayor Armstrong asked if anyone had any questions on disbursements Item 414 was questioned, Mesquite Sharpening, 9 chainsaws. Item 0 was also ques u oneda Shaw Fgtzipment Co. $6709.24 Mayor Armstrong asked if we had bid tn.e job. The City Manager replied that it was not. Mayor Armstrong stated that we had to be cautious about paying for jobs over $5,000.00 without getting bids. Discussion followed. City Secretary was asked to check t=he minutes prior to April 1984 to fins] out when the particular equipment was purchased. Jerry Jenkins made the motion and Wendall Thomas seconded it. Citizen -Input - none D. Item 95 - Discussion to name Steve Shutt to Chair the Utility Team for the Sanger Industrial Team and NeT Armstrong to chair the tax team. 6. Discussion and action. was taken to approve 1987 Holiday season. The following Holidays were approved: New Year's Day Thursday, Jan 1, 1987 Martin Luther King Day Monday, Jan 19, 1987 Good Friday Friday, April 17, 1987 Memorial Day Monday, May 25, 1987 Independence Day Friday, July 3, 1987 (July 4th - Sat.) Labor Day Monday, Sept %, 1987 Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov 26, 1987 Extra Holiday Friday, Nov 27, 1987 Christmas Eve Thursday, Dec 24, 1987 Christmas Day Friday, Dec 25, 1987 Motion was made by -Jerry Jenkins and seconded by Carolyn Adkins. Wendall Thomas abstaining., 318. 7. Consider work order for change on Hillcrest Drive. Mayor Armstrong stated she had advised the City Manager that -he needed -Council action to approve work order change on -a contract and he did not have the authority to do that unless Council had acted on the matter. Discussion followed. Motion was made to approve the change on the work order. Freddy Inman made the motion and Wendall Thomas Seconded the motion. 8. Council adopted the resolution regarding the contract between Texas Department of Community Affairs and the City of Sanger. Mayor Armstrong advised that. this was just a formality. that the City of Sanger had to comply with Texas Department of Community Affairs. concerning $5,000.00 that has been appropriated into the budget. Mayor Armstrong advised that all Council would have to do was approve and adopt the resolution. Gerald Jenkins made the motion and was seconded by Danny Spindle 9 . he City Manager adti-ised t;oUncil that each: o�z of the = - c ounc i l members -and the mayor had to complete and file a report of the campaign 'before January 15, 19877. 10. Other Such Matters: a. Gerald Jenkins asked if there was a reason',they did not get Sanger F,lectric monthly reports, and Mayor Armstrong stated she received hers. b. Wendall Thomas asked about the salary for the Sewer Department. He stated that the records indicated that 25% of the budget was.snen.t but that the department showed that 3 2 ; of 'the Budget TAas spent on salaries. The City Secretary was asked to check on this matter. c. Carolyn Adkins stated that the City had budgeted for an additional employee and asked why we could not follow up on the matter. Gerald Jenkins asked the City Secretary what the status was in the office. City Secretary advised the council of the need of an additional employee and advised of how the office girls had been working late at night and two of the girls Robin Parker and Debbie Longoria had worked the previous weekend to get the bills balanced and taxes receipted. The City Secretary asked if it would be possible to hire the needed employee on a temporary basis and when the computers were purchased a decision would be made as to whether the extra employee would still be needed. Discussions followed. Mayor Armstrong stated she had no objections for the need to hire an extra employee. Council advised Rose Shuffield to hire someone to assist in the office. d. Mayor Armstrong advised that it was not in the agenda tc take action for the City reappointment of the City Judge, however she talked to Judge Coker and because of the state law he could not accept the position. The item was asked to be put on the next council agenda.