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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1979-11-05 Regular �63 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL November 5 , 1979 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday, November 5 , 1979 , at 7 : 00 p .m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe City Attorney John Olson Councilman Ed Zeitler City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Loren Wood City Secretary Bobbie Henry Councilman Dale Whittenburg Councilman Tom Lay Councilman Paul Maaz Councilwoman Vickie Black With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business O was transacted: � INVOCATION by Rev. Bill Allan, Church of Christ . � � READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of Regular Meetings of � October 1 and October 15 approved as corrected. Minutes of Q Special Meetings of October 8 and 22 approved as read. ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS 1. Mayor Lowe reported that he has been in contact with Houston regarding surface water sale to Friendswood; he also discussed the matter with Col . Keissling of Clearwoods . It appears that some agreement can be reached with Houston, and that possibly construction of an overhead storage tank may not be necessary at this time. 2 . Councilwoman Black made a brief report on the TML Conference. 3 . The City Secretary reported that Mayor Lowe q�on the men ' s singles and doubles in tennis at the conference, and read a letter from his coubles partner, Jack Murphy of Victoria , commending him on his game . OPENING QF BIDS ON POLICE CARS (4 units) - Mayor Lowe opened and read the following bids : i Each Unit Bud Brown Ford (Ford) �35� 83 86 River Oaks Chrysler/Plymouth(Plymouth) 7572 . 59 Town North Chrysler/Plymouth (Plymouth) 7084 . 01 Norman Friede Chevrolet (Chevrolet) 7986 . 94 A. C. Collins Ford (Ford) �2�g . �4 Texas Chrysler/Plymouth (Plymouth) 7570 . 00 Gulf Coast Dodge (Dodge) 7293 : 17 MOTION: (Lay) To refer the bids to the City Manager for review and recommendation back to Council. �/� Second : Maaz (/� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � OPENING OF BIDS ON GARBAGE TRUCK - Bids were opened and read by the Mayor as follows : Gas Diesel Ford Truck Sales 20 yd. $32 , 664 . 00 $38 , 934. 00 25 yd. 38 ,510 . 00 47 , 569 . 00 Astro Trucks 20 yd. 31, 315 . 36 37 888 . 58 25 yd. 37 , 889 . 11 45 ,143 . 98 Alternate bid : 20 yd. 1979 PakmoH one 3-yard container body $30 ,580 . 25 Davis Truck Co . 20 yds . 33 ,470 . 00 39 ,750 . 00 25 yds . 39 , 300 . 00 48 , 550 . 00 �64 p�� MOTION: (Whittenburg) To refer bids to the City Manager for review and recommendation. Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED BIDS ON REPAIRS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BUILDING - Mr. Morgan reported that no bids had been received and asked permission to extend the bidding time for two weeks . � �I/r/� MOTION : (Lay) To allow two additional weeks for receiving I 6 bids on repairs to the Community Service Building. Second: Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED CONSENT AGENDA #l. Authorizing City Manager to proceed with purchase of dispatch console through HGAC (Criminal Justice purchasing procedure . #2 . Authorization to purchase a storage building for installa- tion at the back of City Hall for the Police Department . #5 . Warrants for payment : General Fund #2559 - Albritton Trucking $ 1 ,987 . 69 2560 - Friendswood Insurance Agency 2 , 334 . 00 2561 - Gulf Division - Ashland Warren 1 ,428 . 00 2562 - Hertz Equipment Rental 579 . 00 2563 - International Disposal 3 , 437 . 23 2564 - International Harvester 6 ,900 . 22 2565 - McVeigh Service Center 1 ,219 . 47 2566 - Morris Office Supply 646 . 43 � 2567 - Mustang Tractor & Equip . 694 . 87 2568 - National Tower Sev. 4 ,295 . 00 � 2569 - TML Group Ins . 3 ,669 . 47 2570 - TML Workers Comp 2 , 363 . 92 2571 - W&A Enterprises 883 . 20 2572 — Wartex Oil 2 , 736 . 56 Water & Sewer Fund 1974 - Albritton Trucking 1 ,410 . 90 1975 - Aqua Chem Laboratories 582 . 00 1976 - CPS 2 ,059 . 83 1977 - Hughes Vacuum Truck Sev. 552 . 50 1978 - Industrial Armature Works 3 ,589 . 60 1979 - Pump & Power Equip. 541. 65 1980 - Shur-Flo , Inc. 750 . 00 1981 - TML Group Ins . 741. 27 C�pital Projects Fund 233 - Municipal Pipe & Fabricating 25 ,469 . 83 234 - Petromas , Inc. 517 . 77 235 - The Rohan Company 655 . 90 236 - 7M Inc . 29 , 959 . 65 Waste Disposal Fund 333 - LEM Construction Co. 356 , 362 . 01 #2 . Action postponed until next week to permit Council to s�.udy specs on commercial garbage collection. #4. Resolution casting city' s votes for County Tax Appraisal District was voted separately on advise of the Attorney. 365 MOTION: (Wood) To approve Items l, 3 , and 5 on the Consent Agenda. Second: Black Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED RESOLUTION #10-79 CASTING THE CITY' S 345 VOTES FOR DR. WELDON KOLB AS BOARD MEMBER FOR THE COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICT. MOTION : (Lay) To adopt Resolution #10-79 as read. A� / Second : Wood `�,Cf / ui� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED l�� ORDINANCE #79/23 - REGULATING DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND PROVIDING FOR COST RECOVERY FOR DOMESTIC SEWER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT - Third and final reading MOTION: (Wood) To adopt Ord. #79/23 on final reading . �l Second : Zeitler �j Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � 0 9 �- STREET REPAIRS OF FLOOD DAMAGE - Because the one bid received on � this work was some 100 , 000 over the cost estimated by the Flood Relief appraisers , Mr. Morgan proposes to advertise again for � bids on this work. Council permission was given. � a� SURFACE WATER - Engineer Tom Roach was present to join in furthe� discussion of purchase of surface water from Houston. He was instructed to approach WC&ID 108 and Clearwood about buying this water from Friendswood. Roach is to report back to Council in two weeks . UTILITY LINES IN SUN PARK was deferred until next meeting. ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn . The meeting was adjourned. City Secretary APPROVED : �—�_o-�-- Ralph L. Lowe , Mayor �