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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
I October 13 , 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday , October 13 , 1980 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with
the following members present :
' Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilmen Paul Schrader City Attorney John Olson
Ed Zeitler Acting City Sect. Ruth Henry
Loren Wood
Vickie Black ) Having attended a Planning Commission
Mary Brown ) meeting in Pearland, they arrived
about 9 p.m.
With a quorum present , and with Councilman Maaz absent (He is in
� the hospital for surgery) the following business was transaeted :
I � HL&P RATE INCREASE - Request
' � MOTION : (Wood) To take no action at this time. �j ,
(� Second : Schrader ([��
�[ Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
, � METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR NEW FIRE TRUCK FOR SUNMEADOW STATION - Method
of payment was discussed at some lengt.h with various viewpoints
on interest to be charged based on delivery date and time schedult
for payment. The subject was postponed for morespecific informa-
tion from the bidder later in the meeting regarding the type of
, interest rate on a "no down payment" lease/purchase deal.
, � PURCHASE OF A NEW GARBAGE TRUCK - Mr. Morgan reported that a new
truck will be needed whether or not commercial pick-up is taken
over by outside contractor, and suggested that Council might con-
sider this purchase via certificate of obligation. It was Council
, d�sire to hold this subject until more members of the Council is
present .
NUCLEAR DUMP SITE NEAR ELLINGTON - Dr. Washington , who had
requested permission to talk to Council on this subject , presented
a resolution requesting a Air Control Board to hold a public hearing
on the proposed operation near Ellington Airforce Base . Although
Council did not wish to adopt all of the language in the resolution ,
the following action was taken :
MOTION: (Schrader) To authorize the Mayor to write a letter to the
, Air Quality Board requesting that they hold a hearing in
this area to allow in-put of opinions on this installation.
Second : Wood /
Vote : FOR (3 ) Whittenburg, Wood, Schrader �i�
AGAINST (1) Zeitler MOTION FAILED °'v1,P�
At this point Councilman Brown joined the meeting and the C/E
Martin Equipment representative announced that he had received
, the additional information requested on interest to be paid for
lease-purchase of the fire truck discussed earlier in the meeting.
FIRE _
TRUCK FINANCING The inte o
rest as figured by Martin is 10-1/20
simple interest on the unpaid balance , using a multiplier factor
so >that all payments over the entire life of the contract are equal.
MOTION: (Schrader) To accept the bid of $96 , 387 from Martin
to be paid of over a six year period with 10-1/2% simple ��
interest and no down payment.
Second: Wood �
Vote : FOR ( 3 ) Schrader, Wood, Zeitler
AGAINST (2 ) Whittenburg, Brown MOTION FAILED
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Council Woman Black arrived at meeting.
SEWER RATE STUDY COMMITTEE recommex4ded that sewer charges be
based on the customer' s November/December and January/February
water usage on the following basic rates :
Minimum (6 , 000 gallons ) $14 . 00
All over 6 ,000 gallons 1. 00 per each 1 ,000 gallons
It was �decided that a letter will be sent to each customer ,
explaining this method of charging for sewage traatment . The I
Mayor stated that he would also like for the letter to explain
the 25% reduction done two months ago when the bills were protested; '
and also explain why construction of the Blackhawk Plant was
necessary to this city.
RESOLUTION RE SHORT TERM FINANCING - Mr. Morgan explained that
funds will be needed to finance city activities pending receipt
of tax money, and asked that he be authorized to solicit proposals
for short-term financing (proposed loan of $300 ,000 for 90 days) .
����� MOTION : (Zeitler) To accept the concept of the resolution
but limit the amount to $100 ,000 at one time.
Second : Black
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
POST HURRICAN ALLEN PACKAGE will be discussed at next week' s
meeting.
CITY/FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT - The City Attorney presented a
proposed contract and Mayor Whittenburg appointed Councilman Zeitler ,
Black, and a representative from the Fire Department to be named
by Chief Parker to study the contract and make recommendation back
to Council.
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants
were approved for payment :
PAYMENTS FOR 1979-80 BUDGET
General fund 4877 - International Disposal $ 2 ,291. 59
4878 - C. P. S . 2 , 882 . 18
W&S Fund #2749 - C. P. S . 4 , 612 . 77
Cap. Projects 1050 - Friendswood Bldg. Co. 5 , 715 . 00
PAYMENT FOR 1980-81 BUDGET
Waste Disposal Fund
#�F86 - Engineering Science 29 ,154. 05
487 - Engineering Science 5 ,285 . 04
488 - Engineering Science 12 ,559 . 65
489 - Engineering Science 5 ,196 . 96
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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City Secretary
APPROVED:
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Mayor Dale Whittenbur�—