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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
September 19 , 1983
A Special Meeting of the F'riendswood City Council was held at
City Hall on Monday , September 19 , 1983 , at 7 ; 00 p .m. with the
_ following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan
' Councilmen : Bruce Branham City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Leon Brown
Bob Wicklander
Evelyn Newman
Jan Jordan
Paul Schrader
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following busi-
o ness was transacted:
�� INVOCATION was given by the Reverend John Cartmill of the
Fr nei ds Chureh.
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m PROCLAMATION - Mayor Lowe read a proclamation honoring Dr.
Q William Thornton as "another Friendswood citizen who has orbited
the earth" and presented it to Astronaut Thornton.
, RESOLUTION N0. R25-83 - Adopting step pay plan for city employees .'
MOTION: ( Schrader) To adopt the pay plan ,as �resented. ��'`/�
Second: Newman 3
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
I RENEWAL OF CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY COUNSELING SERVICE - Jim Woltz ,
� __ Chairman of the Board, recommended renewal of the contract.
MOTION: (Brown) To renew the present contract for one year.
Second: Branham
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
PURCHASE OF VEHICLE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT - The Fire Chief was
present to advise that the vehicle requested would be used by
the duty officer in answering alarms and needs to be of a body
style and weight to carry certain equipment. Insurance from a
recently wrecked Fire Department car will be added to the amount .
eurrently budgeted for a vehicle, thus covering the cost of the
more expensive vehicle to better serve this purpose .
MOTION: (Schrader) To authorize the City Manager to advertise
for bids on a 3/4 ton or ,5/8 ton Suburban-type vehicle for/�
the Fire Department .
Second: Branham �
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
WATER STORAGE SYSTEM - Engineer Malcolm Collins reviewed the specs
he has written for a system which includes . moving the City' s
present water tower to a location in Wedgewood, installation of
� a larger elevated tower within the city proper, and other work
� related to these two projeets . Several revisions to the specs
�,_ were discussed.
MOTION: (Schrader) To authorize the City Manage,^ to advertise
-�ox� bids for new. and use� water tanks subiect rto revisions
as discussed with the City Engineer. ��
Second: Brown ,Q
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �/"�
Opening of bids will be cailed for at 7:00 p .m. October 24 .
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FLOOD PREVENTION MEASURES ON VIRGINIA, RACHAEL & MARY ANN
Public Works Director Melvin Meinecke reported that work has
begun on this project as outlined earlier, and that culvert :
installation, inlet construction, and additional pipe in the
subdivision will be done as soon as weather permits .
STREET RESTORATION ON CLEARVIEW - Malcolm Collins reported his
estimate of cost for installation of an underground drainage �
system and aurbs the full length of Clearview to be $66 , 000 � i
Mr. Morgan was direeted to bring back to Council nex1: week his
recommendation on how the City could best accomplish this work
and how it could be financed.
RATHBURN ROAD - Complaints have been received that this business
in Brazoraa County is using Bellmar Street in Kingspark/Whitehall
as ingress and egress for heavy trucks . Since Bellmar is not
a through street to Brazoria County, such use has been denied by
the City in the past.
Mr. Morgan reported that Mr. Rathburn is in the process of paving
an access road from his business directly in to FM 518 , and has
asked permission to use the Bellmar route until the paving is
complete . This proposal was acceptable to Council .
ANNEXATION - The question of how much area south of FM 528 the
City wants to annex this year was discussed. It was decided that
the Mayor, Mr, Morgan , and Mr. Collins will meet to determine the
areas to be annexed, and Collins will write the metes and bounds
to be included in the annexation documents . Resolution setting .
forth the intent to annex will be considered at the next meeting.
CHECKS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following checks
were approved for payment :
General Fund #2365 - Coenco , Inc. $ 4 ,114 . 00
2366 - L & C Enterprises 4 , 798 . 00
Water & Sewer Fund #1205 - Coenco , Inc. 6 ,031. 00
Capital Projects #1176 - Coenco , Inc. 2z825 , 26
Disbursement Fund #�5069 - Hill ' s Sand Co. 7 , 040 . 00
5048 - Albritton 5 , 326 . 50
5095 & 5096 -, Southwestern Bell Tele . 2 , 504. 87
5067 - GCWDA 20 ,298 . 63
5103 - Texas New Mexico Power 8 ,088 . 88
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjour.n .
The meeting was adjourned.
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