10/19/1981-CC-Minutes-Regular(c.) Council agreed it would be 0. K. for
Lloyd to sell some old cast iron pipe
which was replaced recently. There
is approximately 330' of 6" pipe.
15 joints of 21' and 1 joint of 17' .
Lloyd stated he would like council to
consider trading in the street sweeper
for a broom and dust pan. Council felt
they wanted to keep the sweeper but to
use it primarily on'Boli.var Street.
Lloyd ask Council if they would be willing
to sell the old motor grader. Council -
greed and told Lloyd to advertise for bids.
(d.) Anew drainage improvement map on the HUD
project has been received.
(e.) Council received the letter of resignation
from Municipal Judge Mervin Waage to be
effective October 31, 1981.
(f.) The City received a letter from the City
of Denton informing the city that a rate
increase in ambulance service would be
considered by the Denton City Council on
October 6, 1981. If the rate increase
passes, it will increase the City of
Sanger's participation from $2500. to
$6375 annually.
(g.) Cooper requested Lloyd to check the trees
for the park.
Thomas wanted to see how much the city was
losing in the Sewer and Sanitation Depart-
ment and bring them up to pay their way.
Meeting adjourned.
ATTEST:
MINUTES: City Council
October 19, 1981
PRESENT: Mayor Pro-Tem Cooper, Bridges, Spindle, Thomas
and Nesbitt
ABSENT: Mayor Cole
OTHERS
PRESENT: Lloyd Henderson, Mary Jo Stover, Lindon Carr,
J. P. Hampton, and Anne I:yle.
Mayor Protein Cooper presided over the meeting in the
absence of Mayor Cole.
1. The Minutes of the October 5th meeting were approved
as printed.
2. After discussion of items 3, 62 32, and 35 it was
agreed the city should purchase more bulk items..
Motion was made by Nesbitt to approve disburse-
ments in the amount of $4,426.34. Benny Bridges
gave the second. Voted unan.
3. Benny Bridges questioned Lindon on Item 2 of the
Capital Statement. He questioned why the excess
charge was made to Benny Parrent. Lindon felt
-- it was due to split billing but agreed to check
and find out and let Lloyd know.
Motion was made by Donn Nesbitt to approve Sanger
Electric Capital Improvements for August, 1981.
Benny Bridges gave the second. Voted unan.
4. Consider Increase in meter deposits for Sanger
Electric - Lindon Carr met with council to recommend
an increase in meter deposits. The proposed increases
are as follows:
RESIDENTIAL DEPOSITS
Homeowner -All Electric
Homeowner -Conventional
Current
$ 50.00
25.00
Renter -All Electric House
Renter Convenuional House
Renter All -Electric Apartment
Renter -Conventional Apartment
Renter -Mobile House or Trailer
COMMERCIAL DEPOSITS
Small Business (100 amp
or less)
Large Business, Industrial
(100 amp or more) Charge
per connected amp
When homeowner customer has
for twelve (12) consecutive
having service disconnected
and without having more tha
which a bill was delinquent,
not delinquent in payment o
Electric System will refund
60.00
35.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Current
$ 50.00
.50
Proposed
50.00
125.00
75.00
125.00
110.00
110.00
Proposed
100.00
n t
paid bills for service
billings without
for nonpayment of bill
wo (2) occasions in
and when customer is
f current bill, Sanger
the deposit.
Council was given a comparison sheet which included
Owner, Renter, and Commercial Customers in Conven-
tional homes, rent houses, or apartment, all elec-
tric houses or apartments and small and large
businesses and showed the loss to the system for
the period 7-31-80 to 7-31-81. Total amount
after customer deposits were applied was $7,383.94.
Lindon felt the new rates would re -coup enough money
to pay 9010 of the purchase power that it cost to
supply those customers who were delinquent.
Bridges asked Lindon how our rates compared with
other cities. Lindon stated it was our city and
Sanger Electric is trying to re -coup the loss.
No comparisons have been made with other cities
on this. Discussion It was noted that Sanger
competes with Denton County Coop. Their deposit
is 2/6 of an annual bill when they have a history
on a service. Sanger will be below them in some
instances. Lindon stated he wanted to point out
to council the system was definitely losing money.
Cour_cilman Nesbitt felt the city would be nenalizing
more people than doing good.
Cooper wanted to know if there was anyway to collect.
Carr stated it was very difficult to collect. The
city can get a judgement which is costly. If the
customer moves back into town and tries to get on
the system again the delinquent bill must be paid
first.
Discussion regarding legalities of not issuing a
tax certificate when utilities were owed was
discussed. City to check with John L. and get
an opinion regarding this.
Donn Nesbitt made the motion to table the deposit
rate increase for further study. Motion died
for lack of a second.
Lloyd advised Council that this had been well
thought out by Lindon before it was presented.
That it would be helpful now if Council gave
him their input and thinking.
Motion was made by Nesbitt to table the increase
in meter deposits until the November Z. 1981
meeting for further study. Bridges gave the
second. Voted unan.
5. Billing for Bolivar Water Corporation - Lloyd
told Council that he had been doing some work
regarding this but had not completed his figures.
The City has some 1,000 accounts and Bolivar
Water has 1100. It takes 20 hours for the city
to run a complete billing. The billing clerk
is paid $4.97 per hour which would total $99.40
for the 20 hour period. The people in Computer
business that services the city say a charge of
$50.00 per hour should be assessed for Computer
time alone (not including man hours). The City
would not make enough to pay for a full time
employees salary. The city could possibly get
some help from the HUD funds. Bolivar Water is
now paying .35( per card. It will be hard to
compete with a time-share computer service.
Discussion.
Motion
was made by Nesbitt to delay action until
the November 2nd meeting.
Thomas gave the second. Voted unan.
6. Brazos Rate Increase - Lloyd explained to Council
there was nothing on this item to vote on or to
decide on. He briefed council on the meeting
held in Weatherford regarding the increase re-
quest. Seven cities are involved and it was the
feeling of most that an expert was needed to
advise the group if the rate increase was justi-
fiable. The City of Weatherford agreed to take
the lead and inquire about the cost of hiring
a consultant.
Lloyd stated that Mayor Cole had ask Lindon what
kind of rate increase the City of Sanger would
have to pass on to the customer, but Lindon does
not have enough information at this time to make
the study.
It was noted that cooperatives are being charged
differently than cities.
7. Council did not go into executive session but did
consider a new Community Development Director.
Lloyd advised Council that he and Mayor Cole had
talked with John White about the C. D. Director's
position. Lloyd stated that White was familiar
with the program and that he had made White aware
- that our grant was a three year program with
appropriations on a yearly basis. White is pre-
sently with the City of Pilot Point as City Admin-
istrator. If Council approved him tonight he
could submit his resignation to his council
tonight and give them a 30 day notice.
Motion was made by Donn Nesbitt to accept the
recommendation of the City Manager and hire
John White as the new Community Development
Director. Bridges gave the second. Voted unan.
8. Other such matters:
(a.) Lloyd requested Council to call
a Special Called Meeting for
November 9, 1981 to open bids
on the HUD Water Improvements
Program and award bid for Codi-
fication of the cities ordinances
which is in conjunction with the
HUD grant. It was agreed.
(b.) Question was asked if Lone Star
Gas was required to repair the
city streets where they have
made repairs on their lines.
It was also noted there are gas
bubbles on Hughes and loth by the
elementary school which needs some
attention. Lloyd stated that when
the repairs were complete that he
and Bill Thogmartin would make the
inspection together and Lone Star
would be charged when necessary.
Lloyd will check the leak at loth
and Hughes.
(c.) Cooper requested that Sidney get
some of the speeding stopped on
5th Street. Sidney agreed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p. m.
ATTEST: