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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY , COUNCIL
October 1� , 1981
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
, the City Hall at 7 : 30 p.m. on Monday, October 12 , 1981, with
the following members present:
� Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
, Councilmen: Mary Brown Acting City Secretary Ruth Henry
Todd Stewart
Ed Zeitler
Bob Wicklander
Loren Wood
Paul Schrader
With a � orum present, and with City Secretary Bobbie Henry absent,
the fol�wing business was transacted :
� PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION - Mayor Whittenburg opened
� the hearing on proposed annexation of Clearwood Improvement Distric-t
and 350 acres of land lying south of FM 528 and invited anyone
(� who wished to speak on the subject.
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� Dennis Bergeron of Clearwood posed a number of questions regard-
ing future o£ the area after annexation. Mayor Whittenburg and
Council gave answers to his questions.
Leon Brown of Friendswood Planning Commission and Bill Finger of
the Future Growth Committee both spoke in opposition to the
annexation.
Others addressing the subject were Raymond DePallo, Wedgewood
CFor) ; Charles King , Friendswood (Against) ; Tom Hickey, Friendswood
CAgainst) ; and Annette Mullins, Rledgewood (For) .
The Public Hearing was closed at 8 : 30 p.m.
OATH OF OFFICE FOR LIBRARY BOARD - Mayor Whittenburg administered ` ,� `;
the oath of office to Dr. George Strouhal, new appointee to the ' W
Board, and to Betty Williams and Dr. Harold Raley who have been �;' ``
on the Board but had not taken the oath earlier .
OPENING OF BIDS ON POLICE CARS - Bids were opened and read as
follows:
Gulf Coast Dodge $ 8 , 957 . 90 �' 41�
Greenspoint Dodge 10 , 775 . 00 \�
River Oaks Chrysler 9 , 069 . 00
A. C. Collins Ford 9 , 590 . 35
MOTION: (Schrader) To refer bids to the City Manager for review/ !
and recommendation back to Council .
Second: Wicklander ,�
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED "�
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BEST WASTE SYSTEMS INC . / CITY CONTRACT FOR GARBAGE SERVICE - l��' ' *``
Council reviewed the contract which has been drawn up covering
points of negotiation between the city and bidder.
MOTION: (Zeitler) To authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf �
of the City and the City Secretary to attest the contract � /
as presented between the City and Best Waste Systems , Inc. `�, n
Second: Stewart ��
Vote : FOR C6 ) Zeitler , Stewart, Wood, Brown, Wicklander,
Whittenburg
AGAINST (1) Schrader MOTION CARRIED
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WATER TRUST FUND - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Councilman Schrader
will present a resolution at the next Council meeting endorsing
this proposed constitutional amendment which will appear on the
November 3 ballot. A copy of the resolution will be sent to
Texas Municipal League for consideration by the Resolution
Committee at the Annual Conference in San Antonio.
'. WHISPERING PINES BRIDGE - Commissioner Bass has asked that the
�` City participate in making repairs to this bridge between Harris
� County and Friendswood. A copy of Mr. Bass ' letter has been
�, referred to City Engineer Collins for his review and recommenda-
tion back to Council on his opinion of need for such repairs .
PUBLICITY PROGRAM FOR STREET BOND ELECTION - Underwood-Neuhaus
has proposed to make up a brochure informing citizens of what the
election covers and approximate cost to individual citizens if
these bonds are sold. Council discussed and determined information
to be presented and this will be transmitted to the fiscal agent
for drawing up the brochure.
TML FEEDBACK ASSIGNMENTS - Councilman Wood, in a memo to Council ,
proposed that officials attending the TML conference in San
Antonio make an in-depth report on sessions attended to the entire
Council . He also presented proposal assigning certain attendees
to certain sessions. Mayor Whittenburg stated that he could not
agree with such assignments since he felt the integrity of
individual Council members would prompt them to share with the
entire Council any pertinent information they received at the
conference. (Attach copy of inemo from Wood)
� COST REDUCTION REPORT - Bill Rankin, Executive Assistant to the
;` City Manager , gave Council a re-cap on cost-reduction activities
l� by city 'personnel , and recommended Jimmy Holland as recipient of
the annual award for his development and implementation of a
\ police motorcycle program. Decision was made to give a duplicate --
award to Phyllis Lee , Parks Director, for her cost savings. '
OPEN WORK ITEMS - Council reviewed the list as prepared by I
Councilman Wood and made decision to eliminate a number of the
items .
ORDINANCE N0. 81/22 - CALLING A BOND ELECTION AND PROVIDING
DETAILS RELATING TO SUCH ELECTION.
� `�"�� MOTION: (Wicklander) To adopt Ord. #81/22 on one reading .
Second: Zeitler
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote, the following warrants
were approved for payment:
General Fund #7500 - Texas New Mexico Power S 5, 751 . 43
W & S Fund #3718 - Harris-Galveston Coastal
Subsidence District 4 , 934 . 25
#3729 - Texas New Mexico Power 3 , 132 . 99
Waste Disposal Fund #535 - Engineering Science 21 ,423. 33
#534 - Engineering Science 10 , 249 . 14
CALLING PUBLIC HEARING ON REZONING REQUEST - Property at the
corner of Westfield Road and FM 2351 from R-1 to C-1.
��I�I MOTION: (Brown) To call a joint public hearing with P&ZC
for 7 : 30 p.m. on Thursday, November 5 , on the rezoning
request.
Second: Stewart
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
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ANNOUNCEMENT - John Lewis , local resident, advised Council that
he will be announcing his candidacy soon for U. S . Representative
from this district.
PROPOSAL FOR WARRANT OFFICER - Mayor Whittenburg reported to ) s)! �'
Council that Municipal Court has some $ 20 , 000 in warrants out-
standing for failure to appear, and proposed that some provision
be made for serving these warrants . Suggestions were to use
police officers , paying on a basis of $25 per warrant served ;
also , engaging constables for this service at a flat rate. This
matter will be investigated and placed on the agenda for action
at a later date.
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Ruth Henry, Acting ity Secretary
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� APPROVED:
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'� Mayor
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