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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CGUNCIL
February 25 , 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
7 : 00 p.m. on Monday, February 25 , 1980 , at City Hall with the
i following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilman Tom Lay City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Councilman Ed Zeitler
Councilman Loren Wood
With a quorum present , and with Councilmen Maaz and Whittenburg,
and Councilwoman Black absent (Black joined the meeting just
before adjournment but was not present for any discussions or
� votes) , the following business was transacted :
�' JOINT ABSENTEE POLLING PLACE WITH DRAINAGE DISTRICT - Paul Thompson
� from the Drainage District requested that the City handle the
� District' s absentee voting this year jointly with the City' s
� absentee voting. After some discussion, it was decided to defer
the question until next week when more of the. Council would be
Q present as well as the City Attorney , who could advise Council on
the matter.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE REPORT - Ken Camp gave a brief
outline of how the committee proposes to set up the Disaster
Plan in ordinance form for adoption by the Council. He will
bring back the complete proposed ordinance when their work is
completed.
� TAX AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOL - The committee appointed to review
the joint taxing set-up , with Bill Thompson as spokesman, feel
that the office is being run economically and efficiently, but
recommends that the Drainage District pay a pro-rata share of
the total cost. Two different formulas have been proposed for
setting the fee for each entity, and the Drainage District is
being approached for their approval of the plan.
LOAN TO COVER PAYMENTS ON SEWER PROJECTS UNTIL FUNDS ARE RECEIVED -
Invoices are due on this pro�ect for 600 ,000 over and above the
amount presently available pending receipt of reimbursement funds
from EPA. Mr. Morgan requested permission to borrow this amount
from the Friendswood Bank at 8 . 7o interest for 30 days .
MOTION: ( Zeitler) To adopt Resolution R4-80 authorizing the �
borrowing of these funds . /��
Second : Lay
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
POLICY REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL ITEMS FOR PERSONNEL -
Mr. Morgan explained that a number of claims have been made for
replacement of boots , guns , etc. , damaged in the line of duty by
employees , and asked Council to set a policy on such replacements .
Morgan was instructed to write a proposed policy he would like to
have enacted and present it to Council for their consideration.
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UNFINISHED ITEMS - The question of reappointment of the Street
& Bridge Committee and an ordinance prohibiting wood shingles were
discussed, but no official action was taken. •
USED CARS ON SERVICE STATION PARKING LOTS - With a proliferation
of used cars for sale on certain station lots , Mr. Morgan was
asked to check the ordinances to see if this is an illegal praetice.
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WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL
MOTION: (Lay) To approve the warrants for payment as follows :
Waste Disposal Fund
#432 - BRH Construction Company $228 , 996 . 00
433 - Engineering Science , Inc. 42 ,491. 76 � ,
434 - LEM Construction Company 330 , 941. 00 '
435 - Texas Sterling Construction and i
E. P. Brady , Inc . 53 , 679 . 23 I
Second : Zeitler
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
TRAFFIC LIGHT AT FM 518 & 528 - A letter was read from the
Highway Department stating that installation of this light is
being held up due to failure on the part of the County to acquire
the necessary right-of-way for. the left-hand turns required.
�`� MOTION: (Wood) To send a resolution to Commissioners Court
urging that this problem be resolved.
Second: Zeitler
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
COUNCILWOMAN BLACK - reported that she met this evening with
the planning commissions from Friendswood and League City
regarding a large proposed subdivision just inside League City.
She said that P&ZC will be asking Council ' s permission to work
with their counterparts in League City to resolve some of the
problems of the two rapidly developing communities .
ADJOURNMENT i
Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The meeting �
was adjourned.
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' City Secretary�
APPROVED
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Mayo Ralph Lowe
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