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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1985-04-08 Special �� SPECIAL MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL APRIL 8, 1985 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL WA5 CALLED TO ORDER ON APRIL 8, 1985 AT CITY HALL AT 7 :00 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: . ,, MAYOR RALPH LOWE � COUNCILMAN BRUCE BRANHAM , COUNCILMAN LEON BROWN � COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMAN PAUL SCHRADER COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER CITY MANAGER JIM MORGAN CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE-PONDISH � MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THE SATURDAY ELECTION RA.N SMOOTH WHICH WAS A O CREDIT TO THE CANDIDATES AND THE CITY. MAYOR LOWE REQUESTED ALL d, CANDIDATES NOT IN THE RUN-OFF TO PICK UP THEIR CAMPAIGN 5IGNS. CD MAYOR LOWE REPORTED COUNCILMAN NEWMAN� COUNCILMAN JORDAN AND (,jJ HIMSELF TRAV ELED TO WA5HINGTON LAST WEEK TO W�RK ON A NUMBER OF � PROJECTS AND ASKED COUNCILMAN NEWMAN AND JORDAN TO REPORT ON THE Q MEETINGS ATTENDED. COUNCILMAN NEWMAN REPORTED THEY SaT IN ON MEETINGS WITH GONGRESSMAN JACK BROOKS AND SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN TO DISCUSS RAISING LIMITS ON FHA LOANS IN GALV ESTON COUNTY, MET WITH ACTING SECRETARY OF ARMY REGARDING THE SAFETY VALV E PROJECT ALQNG WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND LEAGUE CITY. COUNCILMAN JORDAN 5TATED THAT COUNCILMAN NEWMAN - HAD CW ERED EU ERYTHING IN HER REPORT. � MAYOR LOWE REPORTED HE HAD SPOKEN TO CONGRESSMAN BROOKS AND ACTING SECRETARY OF ARMY SUGGESTING A METHOD 4F FUNDING, DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED BY THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THRQUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, SUGGESTTNG SOME PRIORITY CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE APPR(7VED BY LOCAL CORP OF ENGINEERS AS HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN APPLICANTS. THE SECT. �F ARMY SEEMED TO BE INTERESTED IN THESE SUGGESTIONS AND MAYBE SOME GOOD WILL COME OUT OF THIS MEETING. COUNCILMAN NEWMAN STATED THAT IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT EACH YEAR CHANNEL 13 KTRK TELEVISION SELECTS OUTSTANDING CITIZENS TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE 1985 JEFFERSON AWARD FOR DISTINGUISED PUBLIC SEI�VICE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THE PERSON WHO RECEIV ES THIS AWARD WILL RECEIV E A BRUNZE MEDALLION FEATURING THE REPLICA QF THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES DONATED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE FRANKLIN MINT AND THEN THE RECIPIENT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FC)R A NATIONAL PRIZE OF $1,000 AND A NATIONAL JEFFERSON AWARD TO BE AWARDED THI5 SUMMER IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN WA5HINGTON, D.C. , SOME OF THE CITIZENS OF FRIENDSWOOD FEELING 5TRONGLY ABOUT A CITIZEN OF FRIENDSW�OD WHO HAS BROUGHT HONOR TO FRIENDSWOOD THRU HER WORK ON PATRIOTISM, L(7VE OF COUNTRY AND THE CHILDREN, THEY NOMINATED LAURIE WHITEHEAD FOR THIS HONOR. COUNCILMAN NEWMAN ANNOUNCED THAT LAURIE RECEIV ED NOTICE THIS AFTERNOON SHE HAS BEEN CH�SEN AS A RECIPIENT FOR THE I JEFFERSON AWARD. MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THE NEW OFFICERS OF THE FRIENDSWOOD V OLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE KEN CAMP, PRESIDENT, GINNY HACKNEY, VICE- PRESIDENT, R�BBIE WILLIAMS, SECRETARY, LISA CAMP, TREASURER, MARK CLARK, FIRE CHIEF, JOHN SKIDMORE, FIRST ASSISTANT, CLINT HACIiNEY, SECOND ASSISTANT, ROBERY MCKAY, AMBULANCE CHIEF, GREG KUNKLE, FIRST ASSISTANT AND CHAD SMITH, SECOND ASSISTANT. MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THE FIR� DEPARTMENT HAD RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 400 CALL5 AND THE AMBULANCE HAD RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 600 CALLS LAST YEAR. .._,.,,,�.._.,m__..._ --_ �__..._,a._._ .___.___�..__ �A�IL 8, 1985 COUNCILMAN SCHRADER THANKED THE CITIZENS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HE HAD WORKED WITH DURING HIS TERM AS COUNCILMAN. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 21, MINUTES OF JANUARY 24, 1985 WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED, MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETSNG OF FEBRUARY 4, 1985 WERE APPRCN ED AS AMENDED. CHECK5 WERE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION AS FOLLOWS: � GENERAL FUND 6408-F.I .S.D. $2,524.39 ' 6431-GULF COAST LIMESTONE 5,225.52 CHECKS WERE APPRO�VED FOR PAYMENT UNANIMOUSLY. DEXTER JOYNER AND ALTA CARBONE PRESENTED AN UPDATE ON THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES WITH 42 TO 46 CLAIMS FILED. MR. JOYNER REPORTED HE HAS PLACED A CLERK IN MS. CARBONES OFFICE WHICH SHOULD EXPEDITE COLLECTION ON DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS. MR. JOYNER WILL APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR UPDATES ON COLLECTION. COUNCIL CONVENED IN EXECUTIV E SESSION UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW ARTICLE 6252-17 , TEXAS V ERNONS CIVIL STATUTES, SECTION (e) LEGAL. COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN. COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER ASKED THAT THE AGENDA ITEMS ON EXTENSION OF OBD ZONE EAST FROM CASTLEWOOD TO COWART CREEK AND NEGOTIATION FOR OPTION ON PROPERTY ADJOINING PROPOSED CITY HALL COMPLEX BE POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. MAYOR LOWE READ THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTIQN RESULTS OF THE CITY OFFICERS ELECTION HELD ON APRIL 6, 19$5 WITH THE RESULTS BEING: POSITION #2 ROBERT "BOB" WICKLANDER 932 WRITE-INS 11 POSITION #4 EUGENE LOPEZ 290 HARVEY JAMES MELCHER 221 PHYLLIS J. LEE 767 WRITE-INS 1 POSITION #6 JIM HARRELL 482 JOE D. PRIHODA 621 DAVID O'FARRELL 215 �� **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN SCHRADER TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R85-9 DECLARING THE RETURNS OF AN ELECTION HELD ON THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL, 1985, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCILMAN FOR POSITION #2, A COUNCILMAN FOR POSITION #4 AND A COUNCILMAN FOR POSITION #6 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRANHAM. MOTION APPRW ED UNANIMOUSLY. **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPR(7VE RESOLUTION R85- / 85 10 CALLING A RUN OFF ELECTION FOR POSITION #6 TO BE HELD ON APRIL 27 , 1985 . SECONDED BY C�UNCILMAN SCHRADER. MOTION APPRORTED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR LOWE ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO PHYLLIS ,LEE ELECTED TO COUNCIL POSITON POSITION #4 AND PRESENTED HER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. MAYOR LOWE PRESENTED COUNCILMAN PAUL SCHRADER WITH A PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION FOR HTS SERVICES TO THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD. .._...,............-�- -�-�-------�__ APRIL 8, 1985 309 MAYOR LOWE ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO BOB WICKLANDER ELECTED TO C�UNCIL POSTT�N #2 AND PRESENTED H2M WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. A BRIEF RECEPTION WAS HELD TO HONOR THE �UTGOING COUNCILMAN AND THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEN. MAYOR L�WE READ A LETTER OF THANKS FOR REN(7VATIONS TO JONES , HANGAR FROM THE COUNTRY CLOGGERS AND BUCK DANCERS. BENNY BAKER �' PRESENTED AN UPDATE ON THE COMPLETED RENCJVATIONS. I MIKE MONTZ APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO REQUE$T THE CITY LOOK INTO UPDATING OF ORDINANCE 224, WEED CONTROL. COUNCIL REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO RESEARCH THIS ORDINANCE AND MARE RECOMMENDATTON AS TO A PENALTY AND ADMINISTRATIV E COST. COUNCILMAN JORDAN DTSCUS5ED WITH COUNCIL CHARTER REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEE BONDS AND EXPRESSED CONCERN THE AMOUNTS BONDED MAY NO LONGER BE ADEQUATE. COUNCILMAN JORDAN AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL RESEARCH THIS MATTER AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. � CITY MANAGER JIM MORGAN INFORMED COUNCIL THAT NATIONAL FIRE � SAFETY COUNCIL HAV E MADE PLANS THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHAL TO C,� SOLICIT FUNDS FROM THE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR A FIRE W SAFETY PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. � **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO REQUEST AN �f� _, Q AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR EXTENSION OF COMPLETION OF FLOOD 7 8� CONTROL STUDY OF CHIGGAR AND COWART CREEK TO JUNE 4, 1985 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BROWN. MOTION APPROV ED UNANIMOUSLY. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING FORMAT OF NEW UTILITY BILLS WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN. **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE THE G� fv� ' ESTABLTSHMENT OF CITY POLICY FOR PAYMENT OF UTILITIES BY LOCK ` 6 BOX. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE. MOTION APPRGVED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN JORDAN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THE EMPLOYMENT OF A FIRM TO PERFORM A WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY. PROPOSALS HAV E ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED WITH QUOTES RANGING FROM $3,000 TO $4,000, COUNCIL REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUEST EXAMPLES OF STUDYS ALREADY COMPLETED FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCILMAN JORDAN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL BANK COLLATERAL PROCEDURES FOR SECURITIES PLEDGED AND EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH THE ADMINISTRATIV E PROCEDURES BEING USED AT THIS TIME. THE CITY MANAGER IS TO CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE AND TO REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. **MOTION WAS MADE BY COIJNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPR(7VE RESOLUTION R85- o 11, ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL MOTTO OF THE CITY AS "SHARING AND b g 6� CARING. " SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING REPORT ON RECONCILIATION OF MONIES AVAILABLE IN THE CITY BUDGET THE LAST 6 MONTHS AND RECAP OF EXPENDITURES AND INCOME THE FIR5T 6 MONTHS WITH COUNCIL � REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PRCIVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS � REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING. **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPROiVE AN / g� p�r, AGREEMENT WITH EXXON FOR PIPELINE ADJUSTMENT ON FM-528. �� 0 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BROWN. MOTION APPRCJVED UNANIMOUSLY. CITY MANAGER JIM MORGAN REPORTED THE PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING ON SUNSET WOULD BE APRIL 10 AT 10 : 00 AM WITH THE CONTRACTORS. �.........«�. __....._...__.._�.�..�. ._.�...,...�..�..... 310 ' AFRIL 8� 1985 MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 9:35 PM. ' �. MAYOR RA PH L. LOWE A E . D L RIS MCK N E-PONDIS CITY SECRET RY . G? ,. 5 ;'.':{:.. � . . ,, ..., . � 1 ,. ��t�� ', r{� ,- �1�ti�� . � �, � � � �', �,,., . .. r, � , t: �i � '�'� � � ,, ,i.� , , , , ,, - . „ ,. , , i � . .� . . , „� ,