07/24/1979-CC-Minutes-Special(B) Water leak behind slaughter house needs to be repaired.
(C) Coker was requested to get with Lindon Carr and buy a
fixture to illuminate the flag in the park.
(D) Water leak in front of old Shamrock service station
needs to be fixed.
(E) Water leak North of Middle School in ditch needs to
be fixed.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
MINUTES: Special Called ��leeting
July 24, 1979
PRESENT: Mayor Protein Coker, Cooper, Hampton, Bridges, and Spindle
ABSENT: Mayor Cole
OTHERS PRESENT: City Sec., City Att., Donn Nesbitt, Jack Armstrong,
Jesse Coffey, Wendall Thomas, Billy Barclay, Lynn
Mullin and Ben Campbell
Mayor Protein Coker took charge of the special meeting in lieu
of Mayor Cole's absence.
1. Item No. 1 on the agenda was CATV-Cable T.U. Lynn Mullin
and Ben Campbell with CATU went over the Ordinance that City
Attorney John L. Sullivan had drawn up. Mayor Protem Coker
read just the changes the City Attorney had made in the Ordinance.
They are as follows.
Section 1. Grant of Authority: ...."within 10 days after
the passage hereof, and also subject to, and conditioned upon
the satisfactory basic and previous CATV service to the residents
of City, for the term of (15) years....
CATV had requested a term of 20 years but found no problem
with agreement to the 15 year term.
was a
Section
dded.
1. Grant of Authority Entire second paragraph
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Grantee herein, by its acceptance of this franchise, hereby
agrees to forthwith .make application for all necessary permits
to construct and operate said CATV system in the City, and to
commence construction of said system as soon as possible, and
to proceed with said construction in an expeditious manner,
and to substantially complete said system and have such CATV
system fully operational within City within 12 months from
the date hereof. After said system is place in operation,
and for the life of thisfranchise, Grantee agrees to, and
assumes the duties and obligations to, provide and maintain
satisfactory basic and premium CATV service to the residents
of Sanger, and to comply with all reasonable requests of the
City of Sanger for expansion of service or available channels,
provided that Grantee's compliance with such requests is
reasonably practicable, and can be performed without unreasonable
rate increases. Initial premium CATV service will include
HOME BOX OFFICE, a subsidiary of Life and Time, service in
the categories described in Grantee's application for this
franchise, and may be expanded to include service of Warner
Communications System Star Channel, or other premium pay
TX service as .the same may become available.
This paragraph was the least acceptable change to CATV.
Campbell stated that by spelling out the name specifically
(HBO) would hamper the service on the open market. John L.
Sullivan stated that this was included with CATV's original
request for franchise. John L. ask if CATV had a blanket
contract with Home Box Office. CATV stated yes. CATV
Further requested that the City not tie them down to one
specific supplier but to state HBO or equivalent. They
would like to use Showtime. John L. explained that nothing
in their brochure mentioned Showtime. Ben Campbell stated
they needed flexibility just like any other businessman.
Discussion. Mayor Protem polled the Council. It was agreed
that clarification was needed.
Section 4. Subject to Police Powers of City......
"Grantee shall, at all times, keep its cables and other
appurtenances used for transmitting signals shielded in such
a manner that there will be no interferences with signals
received by private television sets owned by persons not
subscribing to Grantee's service.....Failure on the part
of Grantee to fulfill said conditions shall constitute
grounds for cancellation of this franchise"....
CATV - No problem with this.
Section 9. Payment to City...." (3%) of the annual
gross receipts received by the Grantee for the rendition
of basic and premium television service within the City,
excluding only initial installation charges".....
CATV ask that Hot Check Charges, delinquent charges
and miscellaneous other charges of the type be excluded
from the 3%.
SECTION 12. ASSIGNMENT. _The franchise granted hereunder,
and the rights and privileges conferred thereby, shall not
be assigned to any person, firm, or corporation, without -
prior express written approval of the City Council of the
City of Sanger, Texas, and any assignment or attempted
assignment of this franchise, or any right or privilege
granted hereunder, without such prior express written approval
of the City Council of the City of Sanger shall constitute
grounds, at the option of the City, for cancellation of this
franchise.
CATV
stated there was no problem except financing with
the bank requires stock and assets with the bank. They
want to assign the bank (1st National Bank - Ft. Worth) for
Financing purposes only. John L. stated you can get into
a pyramid situation and wants to see any financing agreement
and understand exactly what the arrangements are. Whatever
Financial agreement CATV has with the bank, have the bank
submit whatever they want for consideration By the Council.
Discussion.
J.P. Hampton requested the Pole Sharing
Agreement be submitted for study and be brought back to
Council the same time Ordinance is.
Benny Bridges suggested to send it back to Committee for
further study. Council agreed. Item to be placed on Agenda
for August 6, 1979.
3. Gateway Subdivision Final Plat - Mayor Protem read the
P & Z minutes and the action taken by them item for item.
On a motion by Bridges and a second by Spindle, it was
voted unanimous to accept Item No. 1 as recommended by the
On a motion by Spindle and a second by Bridges it was
voted unanimous to accept Surmountable Curb, Alternate No. 1
as recommended by P & Z.
Item No. 3 needed no action if No. 2 passed.
On a motion by Hampton and a second by Cooper it was
voted unanimous to not grant the request for the deletion of
reinforcing steel in curb and gutter, but to stay with the
City Ordinance as recommended by P & Z.
All items which the City Engineers advised was needed was
done on the final plab. Jesse Coffey granted under separate
document an easement giving the 72 feet easement as requested
in Item 2 from the City Engineer's letter.
On a motion by Hampton, and a second by Bridges it was
voted unanimous to accept the final plat on the Gateway
Subdivision.
Council went into closed session in order to interview
applicants for the position of City Manager. Four interviews
were conducted. Applicants were: Jack Yates, Howard Thompson,
Lloyd Henderson, and Shelton Cook.
Council reconvened to open session and the City Secretary was
requested to call a special meeting for July 26, 1979 at 6:30
P.M. to discuss Water Pressure, Cost of repair on garbage truck
and interview two more applicants.
With regards to the City's water pressure, Councilman
Bridges requested that Billy Barclay submit to Council a
written comparative water usage report for'78 and'79.
In other action Council agreed to give a merit raise to
Rosalie Sflu ffield. Annual salary to be $7800. Effective
July 30, 1979. Motion was made by Hampton and Cooper second.
Voted unan.
ATTEST:
MINUTES:
PRESENT:
City Council Meeting
July 26, 1979
Bridges, Cooper and Hampton
ABSENT: Mayor Cole, Coker, and Spindle
OTHERS PRESENT: City Secretary, City Attorney, and Sam Little
1. Councilman Bridges presided over the meeting in Mayor Cole's
absence.
The City's water pressure was discussed and after consideration
of the water superintendent's findings that one pump, which the
packing was too tight on, had kicked a breaker and another pump
which had.been switched off, it was agreed by Council that this
item be placed on the next agenda for further discussion and also
the possibility of installing an air conditioner to aid in keeping
the pumps from automatically switching off.
2. The cost of the garbage truck was discussed. Joe Ashcraft's
total cost figure including out-of-town wrecker service is
$959.96. Item will be submitted with disbursements and a
breakdown given. The City's agreement with Ashcraft was discussed.
3. Meeting adjourned to closed session to interview one applicant,
Sam Little of Weatherford, for the position of City Manager.