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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 3 , 1987
MINUTES QF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD" 0� SEPTEMBER 3 , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 5 : 00 PM WITH THE . ,
FOL�OWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE
MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE
COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN �
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
ASSISTANT TO CITY SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER
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� COUNCILMAN HARRELL REPORTED THAT LAST THURSDAY CITY MANAGER ,
� LIBRARIAN AND HIMSELF MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM LEAGUE CITY
� CONCERNING JOINT LIBRARX COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH LEAGUE CITY
m ADVISING THEY WILL $E GOING FOR BIDS IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND IT
COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE YEAR BEFORE FRIENDSWOOD ' S PORTION WOULD BE
CC - DUE .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING PROPOSED 1957/ 1988 BUDGET AND
CONTINUED FINANCING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED
CITY HALL AND STREET PROGRAM WITH CITY MANAGER
PRESENTING CHARTS OUTLINING THESE AREAS .
LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH COUNCIL REVIEWING FUNDS
AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY HALL AND THE STREET PROGRAM AND ALTERNATE
METHODS OF F_UNDING .
CaUNCIL ALSO DISCUSSED THE STEP PROGRAM , COST OF LIVING RAISES
AND MERIT INCREASES WITH THE CITY MANAGER ADVISING $68 , 000 WAS
AVAILABLE FOR STEP INCREASES .
COUNCILMAN JORDAN LEFT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME .
LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH MR . STEPHEN POHL REPRESENTING
CDC REGARDING AUTHORIZATION FOR REFUND OF PROPERTY TAXES TO
CLEARFIELD REALTY .
*�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO AUTHORIZE REFUND OF
$13 , 389 • 86 FOR PROPERTY TA7CES TO CLEARFIELD REALTY AFTER CITY ��/�+��
MANAGER RECEIVES THE CITY ATTORNEY ' S WRITTEN OPINION STATING IT
IS HIS RECOMMENDATION THIS REFUND SHOULD BE MADE .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED . COUNCILMAN
PRIHODA ABSTAINED .
DISCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING THE 1987/ 1988 PROPOSED BIJDGET .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAST REVISION TO THE BUDGET AND ADD rl
$68 , 000 BACK INTO THE BUDGET FOR STEP INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES . ��r ���
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �
COUNCILMAN JORDAN RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME .
A BRIEF RECESS WAS HELD AT THIS TIME .
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A LENGTHY WORK SHOP SESSION WAS HELD AT THIS TIME WITH MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL , MEMBERS OF CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND FRIENDSWOOD
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 8 : 00 PM.
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MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE
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CITY SECRETAR
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