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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1982-04-05 Regular 267 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL , April 5 , 1982 A Special Meeting of the 'Friendswood City Council was held at the Ci�y Hall at 7 : 30 p. m. on Monday , April 5 , 1982 , with the ', following members present : ' Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Attorney John Olson Councilman Todd Stewart City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Ed Zeitler City Secretary Bobbie Henry Councilman Loren Wood Councilman Bob Wicklander With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business was transacted: INVOCATION - Rev. Larry Sykora , First United Methodist Church I � READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of March 15 , approved 1� as corrected. , � ' (' ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR � l. Mayor Whittenburg read a proclamation setting the week of April 5 as City Employees Week and he personally thanked all Iof the employees for a good job during his term in office. i2 . He introduced �alveston County' s new Commissioner Ben Black- ledge , Galveston County Judge Ray Holbrook , and Mayor candidates i Mary Brown and Paul Schrader. The latter two thanked the I citizens for their votes and offered their services to the City during the coming year. RESOLUTION #RS-82 DECLARING RESULTS OF ELECTION AND CALLED RUN-OFF _ ELECTION FOR POSITION #5 - Results of rthe April 3 election were read as follows : , FOR MAYOR: Ralph Lowe 1182 votes Write-in: 1 vote Paul Schrader 824 votes Evelyn Newman Mary Brown 293 votes COUNCIL POSITION #1 Leon Brown 1249 votes , William Taliaferro 848 votes COUNCIL POSITION #3 Evelyn Newman 1139 votes Write-in: 1 vote Ed Zeitler 'Y' �, 922 votes (� ' Fred Nelson j��`•. COUNCIL POSITION #5 Jan Jordan 1014 votes � Write-in: 1 vote Sandra Quinn 657 votes Kent Ballard Louis E. Hackney 461 votes i A run-off election between Jordan and Quinn was called for April 24 � � MOTION: (Wood) To adopt Resolution #RS-82 . , Second: Zeitler � ', Vote Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � i OATH OF OFFICE - Judge Holbrook then administered the Oath of Office to Leon Brown, Evelyn Newman , and Ralph Lowe , and they took � their seats at the Council table . Mayor Lowe then announced that a reception had been prepared at the Library and invited everyone to go there £or refreshments . � During the reception Mayor Lowe introduced representatives from I Galveston County, Brazoria County Drainage District #4 and the Corps , of Engineers who al1 recommitted themselves to supporting and expediting the Corps ' Clear Creek Projeet. , 268 When the Council Meeting reconvened, the following subjects were handled: AUCTION OF SURPLUS CITY EQUIPMENT - Mr. Morgan reported that the three new police cars are now in service , that the original plan was to sell off three of the older. .cars being replaced .due to high maintenance costs , and that Pearland is holding an auction soon and he would like Council permission to offer these cars for sale. �� MOTION: (Stewart) To take the matter under advisement and give the City Manager an answer at Next week' s meeting . Second: Wicklander Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED I iJfEMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT - Mr. Morgan explained �� that no provisions were made in the present budget to cover some ' � $2 , 000 in bills carried over from the last fiscal year, and to repair the roof of the Fire Station which is leaking badly, and some electrical repairs amounting to some $10 , 000 . Mr. Morgan was asked to see if he could find funds to cover these necessary ,.J expenses . �,,� IiVDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - Councilman Wicklander ' r�� reported that the Board has met and have started working on by- laws . i CALLING PUBLIC HEARING ON REZONING - Request from Stuart to I rezone property at the corner of Melody Lane and FM 2351. �"/ /�� MOTION: (Wood) To call a public hearing for April 26 , at 8 : 00 �� .��` p .m. jointly with P&ZC to consider this request . I Second: Wicklander i Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � PUBLIC HEARING ON CHANGE TO SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE - This hearing i was tabled from last month rto be held on April 26 . Mayor Lowe stated that he would like the Cops of Engineers to be present � since this deals with run-off and flooding and their views would be pertinent to the subject. WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for payment : General Fund #8435 - Gal. County Appraisal Dist . $ 5 ,170 . 79 � 8445 - White Mines lp � ggg , �g ; , 8537 - TML Workers Compensation 2 , 999 . 00 8553 - Best Waste Systems 22 , 500 . 00 8554 - Frs . Volunteer Fire Dept . 16 ,183 . 00 Water � Sewer Fund #4220 - Maintenance Engineering 3 , 363 . 98 , 4240 - Tex. New Mexico Power 4 ,113 . 73 Capitol Projects Fund #1057 - Coenco, Inc. 13 , 280 . 78 � 1059 - Underwood, Neuhaus 12 , 966 . 00 , Check #2063 from the Friendswood Fire Truck Fund to the Volunteer Fire Department for $1733 . 69 was put on i hold temporarily. TRIBUTE TO ZEITLER - Mayor Lowe stated that the name of Ed Zeitler ' as an out-going Councilman was not mentioned earlier in the evening and, in view of the fact that Ed has�served the city as Councilman for ten years , he would like the recod to reflect that Zeitler was a very £ine man , he was a good councilman , that the City will � miss Mr. Zeitler and he , as Mayor , wishes the very best for Mr. � Zeitler in the future. Council agreed in his expressions . COUNCILMAN AUTHORIZED TO COUNTER-SIGN CHECKS Mayor Lowe designated Councilman Wicklander to counter-sign checks . with the City Manager, City Secretary, or Finance Officer. This action will be ratified by council action next week. MAYOR PRO-TEM - Councilman Stewart was appointed by Mayor Lowe to � ser�e as Mayor Pro-te��, with the action to be ratified by Council nest week. I I 269 ADJOURNMENT - Motion was made and seconded that the meeting adjourn . The meeting was adjourned. , G��%� � City Secretary �K�/-?�� I APPROVED: I , Mayor 1� , � � � t � �� Q �, ' _ � li i I