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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1979-03-05 Regular 263 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL March 5 , 1979 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday , March 5 , 1979 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe City Attorney John Olson Councilman Tom Lay City Attorney Bill Olson Councilman Loren Wood City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman R. J. Blanken City Secretary Bobbie Henry Councilman Edward Zeitler With a quorum present , and with Councilmen Whittenburg and Maaz absent , the following business was transacted : INVOCATION- Rev. Roger Patterson , First Baptist Church READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES Q s�- Regular Meeting of February 5 - Approved as corrected � Special Meeting of February 12 - Approved as read � Public Hearing of February 15 - Approved as corrected Regular Meeting of February 19 - Approved as read � Special Meeting of February 26 - Approved as corrected a�, Emergency Meeting of February 27 - Approval delayed pending request of special note by Councilman Wood. OPENING OF BIDS Fire Department Tanker Truck bids were opened and read as follows : Superior Southwest Limited $66 ,153 . 16 (With lo off for COD) Em-Quip , Inc. 66 ,497 . 00 Martin Apparatus 61 ,931 . 00 MOTION : (Lay) To re£er bids to the City Manager and Fire � Department for their study and recommendation. Second : Blanken ry^ Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED Fy � . Backhoe for Water & Sewer Department - Bids read as follows : Hyco Equip , Inc. (John Deere) $12 ,672 . 00 Price : 517 ,172 less trade-in $4 , 500 Alvin Implement & Supply (Case) 14 , 200 . 00 Price : $21 ,900 less $7 ,600 trade-in Lansdown & Moody (Ford) 14 ,000 . 85 Price $18 , 350 . 85 less $4 ,350 trade-in MOTION : (Blanken) To refer bids to rthe City Manager for study and recommendation. �+� Second: Wood / Vorte : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � Paving on Leisure Lane - Single bid received and read : City Pavers Inc . (45 days) $35 ,116 . 15 MOTION: (Blanken) To refer this bid to the City Manager C� for study and recommendation. � Second: Zeitler � Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 264 PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS Cable TV - Mr. Clyde Wilson of MECA (Storer Broadcastin Co . ) requested that the city grant his company a franchise to install cable TV in Friendswood. Sam Vesta, John Cartmill, Jim Elk, Bob Kellum, Fred Krch, Cecil Brown and Dick Venier all spoke against the admittance of Cable TV into the city , stating that they felt the R-rated movies which may be a part of the programming would be detrimental to the moral standards of the community. Several of them requested . thart the issue be presented to the voters on the April 7 ballot . Soccer Field Lighting - Tom Grace , representing the Soccer Association, requested that the Oity install lights on the leased property being used for soceer play and practics , at a cost of approximately $14 ,000 . He was told that since this was not a budgeted item, a study will have to be made to see if funds can be found for such a project . Mr. Morgan was directed to study the matter and report baek to Council next week. � (j�. � � BUSINESS ITEMS � 1. Cable TV on Ballot April 7 - Councilman Wood proposed placing on the ballot "Cable TV with R-rated movie option" for a "yes" or "no" vote. However, following discussion and advice of the City Attorney on legal facets and the fact that only a straw vote , not a binding referendum, would be possible , the following action was taken : �� MOTION : (Wood) To place on the April 7 ballot a "yes" or "no" question , "Do you favor the granting of a cable television franchise for all or any part of the City of Friendswood?" Second : Blanken I Vote : FOR (4) Wood , Blanken , Lay , Lowe AGAINST : Zeitler MOTION CARRIED 2 . Revisions to City Code relative to Council Meetin Days and Time This item deferred until next week when all members can vote . 3 . Salary Increase for City Employees - Councilman Blanken read some figures which would indicate that a 4% increase could be given to all city employees starting March 12 . He moved, however, that the subject be tabled till next week so that all council members would have a vote . Seconded by Councilman Zeitler, the vote was unanimous . ORDINANCES #330/79 - Amending the Subdivision Ordinace as to approval of five or less lots by Planning Commission. MOTION: (Lay) To approve second reading of Ord. #330/ 79 . Second : Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED #331/79 - Amending the Fire Code of the City MOTION : (Wood) To approve second reading of Ord. #331/79 Second: Zeitler Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED #332/79 - An ordinance calling a General Obligation Bond Election in and for the City of Friendswood , Texas . MOTION: (Zeithler) To adopt Ord. #332/79 on one reading. (�.�j��} Second: Wood �`�� Vote : Unanimous For MOTION CARRIED 265 WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - The following warrants were approved by unanimous vote of the Council . (Councilman Blanken abstained from voting on General Fund #1092 to IBM) , GENERAL FUND Check No. 1085 - McVeigh Service Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 865 . 30 Check No. 1086 - Alvin Equipment Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ,597 . 72 Check No . 1087 - Sears Roebuck Contract Sales . . . , . . . . 680 . 00 Check No . 1088 - Conroe Creosoting Company. . . . . . . . . . . 2 ,472 . 60 Check No. 1089 - Motorola, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 . 00 Check No. 1090 - Sturdisteel : . . . . . . . . . 2 ,180 . 00 Check No. 1091 - Rosenberg Library Association. . . . . . . 870 . 67 Check No . 1092 - International Business Machines Corp. 810 . 00 Check No. 1093 - R & I Pipe and Supply Company. . . . . . . 652 . 75 Check No. 1094 - Cal-Western Life Insurance Company. . 3 ,256 . 33 Check No. 1095 - Wartex Oil Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ,499 . 95 WATER & SEVER FUND � Check No. 1448 - Cal-Western Life Insurance Company. . $ 874 . 10 ,��, Check No . 1449 - Bud Brown Ford. . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 789 . 62 Check No. 1450 - Hughes Vacuum Truck Service . . . . . . . . . 520 . 00 � Check No. 1451 - Community Public Service (Alvin) . . . . 2 , 2g3 . 61 �] Check No. 1452 - Coenco , Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ,091 . 00 � CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND Check No. 174 - The Rohan Company. . . . . . . . . . . . $2 , 554 . 33 Check No. 175 - Hill' s Sand Company, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . • . 555 . 75 Check No. 176 - T & T Tapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 , 537 . 50 Check No. 177 - Skr1a, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 , 762 . 85 Check No. 178 - Coenco , Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ,790 . 94 WASTE DISPOSAL FUND Check No. 260 - Engineering-Science , Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ii 129 . 71 Check No . 261 - Engineering-Science , Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ,374 . 62 Check No . 262 - Engineering-Science , Inc . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2 ,781 . 50 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Council met in a closed session to dise- uss pending litigation with the City Attorney. No action resulted. ADJOURNMENT - Motion mad and seconded that the meeting adjorn. The meeting was adjorned. City-��r_.�._,—/.L APPROVED: �� ld--2��--�'-i-�e-z_.-� Mayor(/