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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
July 16 , 1979
A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held on
Monday, July 16 , 1979 , art 7 : 30 p .m. in the City Hal1 with the
following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilman Loren Wood City Attorney John Olson
Councilman Dale Whittenburg City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Councilman To� Lay
Councilman Vickie Black
With a quorum present , and with Councilmen Zeitler and Maaz
absent , the following business was transacted :
INVOCATION - Rev. Tom Heigel , New Life Assembly of God Church
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�- READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting
� of July 2 , approved as corrected. Minutes of a Special Meeting
� of July 9 , approved as read.
� ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR - Mayor Lowe called
c� attention to the course being offered by San Jacinto College on
"Practical Solutions to Community Problems . "
REPORTS
l. Engineering Science representatives Davis Ford and Dave Guggemos
made a complete progress report on the Blackhawk plant and
answered questions posed by the Council.
2 • Councilwoman Black reported on a meeting with the SurFace
Water Consortium, stating that Houston has now offered to
sell water to these entities at 40% per 1000 gallons .
3 . Councilman Whittenburg said that the committee to study the
dispatching situation has met and organized , and will meet
again tomorrow night to begin studying the problem.
CLOS�D EXECUTIVE SESSION - Following rthis session attended by Mr.
Herman Little, attorney for WC&ID #108 , the Mayor asked that Mr.
Ralph Somers and Mr. Milton Windler who both worked on the agree-
ment between #108 and the City, be invited to meet with the Council
at their next meeting on July 23 .
INSTALLATION OF STORM .DRAIN FACILITIES AT CASTLEWOOD BRIDGE SITE -
On suggesti- on from the Drainage Board, City Engineer Malcolm Collins
has reviewed the installation and, by letter to Mr. Morgan, has
discussed what has been done to this point , and what the Drainage
Board says the practice has been in the past where a storm sewer
goes in to the creek. Although Collins indicated that he felt the
present installation is satisfactory, he did not make recommendation
as to which method he felt was more desirable. He will be asked to
make a firm recommendation on the best method to use.
SELECTION OF AN AUDITOR FOR THE 1978-7g ANNUAL AUDIT 3�-��
MOTION ; (Lay) To accept the recommendation of the Finance Officer
and engage Lairson , Young & Fitch with the understanding
that adjustment to their charges will be made if time ��/�,
required to do the audit is reduced due to more efficient 'lJ
records this year. �
Second: Whittenburg Q
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CA.RRIED �
(.Councilman Wood was called from the meeting at this point for a
personal emergency)
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BUDGET CALENDAR
�(.�b��� MOTION: (Lay) To call a public hearing on the Revenue Sharing
Budget for August 6 , 1979 , and on the City Operating
Budget for August 13 , 1979 .
Second : Whittenburg
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
� APPOINTMENT TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT - The death of George
1 Rummel caused a vacancy in Position 4 on the Bo�md.
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��/A� MOTION : (Black) To appoint Alternate Member Andy Knight to
� fill the unexpired term of Rummel on the Board .
Second : Whittenburg
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
ORDINANCES
#79/16 Increase in Garbage Rates - Second reading
MOTION: (.Lay) To approve second reading of Ord. #79/16 .
Second : Blaek
Vote : Unanimous .FOR MOTION CARRIED
#79/17 - Increase in Water Rates - Second reading
MOTION ; (Lay) To approve second reading of Ord. #79/17 .
Second: Black
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
#79/18 - Cable TV Franchise Ordinance (Revised) - First reading
MOTION: (Lay) To approve first reading of Ord. #79/18 .
Second: Black
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants
were approved for payment :
General Fund #1896 - Galves.ton County Health Fund $ 680 . 41
1897 - Texas Industrial Sev. 520 . 02
1898 - Houston Galveston Area Council 2 , 971 . 36
1899 - Alpha Enterprises , Inc. 1, 375 . 00
1900 - Factory Sales, Uniform Co. 636 . 70
W&S Fund 1723 - Infinite Interests 729 . 80
1724 - Shur-Flo 880 . 00
Cap. Projects 217 - Utility Supply 1 , 756 . 95
W&S Const. 154 - Petromas Inc . 600 . 00
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
APPROVED:
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Mayor alph L.' Lo .�?Uye —