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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
THAT WAS HELD ON JULY 13 � 1992 AT 7 : 00 p.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY
HALL , 109 WILLOWICK, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING
PRESENT :
� MAYOR EVELYN B. NEWMAN
MAYOR PRO-TEM MEL MEASELES
COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE
COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER FRANK FRANKOVICH
CITY MANAGER RON COX
CITY SECRETARX DELORIS MCKENZIE
ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY.
INVOCATION WAS GTVEN BY RON COX.
MAYOR NEWMAN LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
DISCUSSION WITH HELD WITH BEST WASTE, SYSTEMS REPRESENTATIVES
BOH DRENTH AND KAY EA3TEP REGARDING GARBAGE RATE INCREASE,
APARTMENT RECYCLING AND MERGING GARBAGE AND RECYCLING CONTRACTS
INTO ONE CONTRACT. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING REQUEST BY BEST
WASTE FOR RATE INCREASES IN BOTH GARBAGE COLLECTION AND
RECYCLING . BEST WASTE PROPQSES TO INCREASE REGULAR GARBAGE
COLLECTION FROM $7 . 63/MONTH TO $8 . 43 MONTH WITH A $ . 18/CREDIT TO
THE CUSTOMER FOR LANDFILL AVOIDANCE BECAUSE OF RECYCLING AND
$ . 06/CREDIT TO CUSTOMER FOR LABOR AND EQUIPMENT AVOIDANCE , ALSO
BECAUSE OF RECYCLING. THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING IS
$1 . 00 CUSTOMER EACH MONTH WITH THE CITY PAYING AN ADDITIONAL
$30/TON FOR bEST wASTE TO SEPARATE AND HANDLE THE MATERIAL AFTER
IT IS COLLECTED. tHE FROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF ALL THE MATERIAL
ARE LTSED TO OFFSET THE PER-TON CHARGE . BEST WASTE PROPOSES TO
INCREASE THE RECYCLING FEES TO $1 .78/CiISTOMER AND DECREASE THE
HANDLING FEE TO $15/TON , IF THE NET REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF THE
RECYCLABLES EXCEEDS THE $15/TON FEE, BE5T WASTE PAYS THE CITY .
COUNCILMEMBER MANISON ASKED BEST WASTE TO WORK WITH INDUSTRIES
FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET. AISCUSSION WAS HELD
REGARDING PROVIDING RECYCLING FOR APARTMENTS WITH ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION REQUESTED . CITY MANAGER ADVISED BEST WASTE HAD
ORIGINALLY REQUESTED $$ . u3 IN FOR RESIDENTIAL BUT IS REQUESTED
$8 .76 AT THIS TIME , WITH NEGOTIATION FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT
WILL STAY WITH THE ORIGINAL $8 . �13 . AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION , IT WAS
DETERMINED TO REDUCE THE RECYCLING FEE TO $1 . 30 AND TO LOOK AT
THE $ . 18 CENT LANDFILL COST AND WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT
WORKSHOP MEETING.
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DISCUSSION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE
COLLECTION QF ANIMAL WASTES . COUNCILMEMBER MEASELES PRESENTED
THIS PROPOSAL , PRESENTING EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES FOR COUNCSLS
REVIEW . COUNCILMEMBER MEASELES INTRODUCED JUDY HOWARD WHO HAD
ORIGINALLY INITIATED THE REVIEW OF THIS TYPE OF AN ORDINANCE .
MS . HOWARD EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL HER CONCERNS FOR "PICKING UP"
AFTER HER NEIGHBORS ANIMALS AND ASKED COUNCIL TO ACT FAVORABLE TO
A ORDINANCE REQUIRING COLLECTION OF WASTES. COUNCILMEMBER
MEASELES INDICATED THIS PROPOSAL HAD BEEN REVIEWED BY RUSSELL
WILLIAMS AND MARTY MCWILLIAMS , OUR ANIMINAL CONTROL OFFICER . IT
WAS DETERMINED TO FORWARD THE EXAMPLES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR
REVIEW AND PREPARATION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR CONSIDERATION .
MAYOR NEWMAN RECOGNIZED THE RETIREMENT OF RUSSELL WILLIAMS AND
THAT HIS WIFE JOY WILLIAMS RESIGNED JULY 2uTH . RUSSELL WILL
RETIRE ON MARCH 1 , 199� WITH TWENTY THREE YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE
CITY WITH TWENTY FIVE YEARS RETIREMENT WITH TWO YEARS OF MILITARY
SERVICE .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING POSSIBLE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF
SUNMEADOW COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE . MAYOR NEWMAN REVIEWED THE
HISTORY OF THE GOLF COURSE, STATING THAT IN MARCH A MEETING WAS
HELD WITH THE OWNER , MR . HENLEY , COUNCILMEMBERS NEWMAN ( PRIOR TO
BEING ELECTED MAYOR ) , FRANKOVICH AND STAFF MEMBERS RON COX AND
JON BRANSON . MR . HENLEY EXPRESSED HIS INTEREST IN SELLING THE
COURSE TO THE CITY , IT HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH REPORTED THERE ARE SEVERAL STRUCTURES ,
185 ACRES WITH A WATER WELL FOR IRRIGATION AND THE CLUBHOUSE ,
EMPLOYS TEN TO FIFTEEN PEOPLE DEPENDING ON THE SEASON .
COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH REPORTED THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THE STRUCTURES WOULD BE $20 .00 SQ . FT . FOR REPLACEMENT AND �50 . 00
SQ . FT FOR THE CLUB HOUSE , WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING LOTS AND
DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENTS , THE COST COULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1
MILLION DOLLARS . STAFF PROVIDED INFORMATION REGARDING A
CONSULTANT THAT ANALYZES GOLF COURSES FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS ,
THESE CONSULTANTS DO NOT DESIGN , OWN OR OPERATE GOLF COURSES,
THEY HAVE NO OTHER INTEREST BUT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY TO
PURCHASE A GOLF COURSE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE CITY WOULD
CONTINUE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO
GO FORWARD WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY . �
PRESENTATION BY ROGER ROECKER , DIRECTOR OF FINANCE , ON
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE . MR . ROECKER
REPORTED HE CAME TO THE CITY THREE YEARS AGO AS DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE IN CHARGE OF ACCOUNTING AND ASSOCIATED FUNCTIONS WTTH
UTILITY BILLING AND DATA PROCESSING , AT THAT TIME , THERE WERE 13
EMPLOYEES . APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, MUNICIPAL COURT WAS ADDED
TO FINANCE WITH 2. 5 EMPLOYEES. MR . ROECKER REPORTED THEY ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF PREPARING TO ADVERTISE FOR A HUMAN RESOURCE
PERSON , HAVE REVIEWED JOB DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINED FUNCTION AND
WILL BEGIN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS . MR . ROECKER REPORTED THIS
HUMAN RESOURCE PERSON WILL WORK WITH THE NEW ADA REQUIREMENTS �
ALL PERSONNEL RELATED FUNCTIONS , WORK ON COMPLIANCE WITH OSHA
REQUIREMENTS AND CLEAN AIR ACT WHICH REQUIRES EMPLOYEES WITH OVER
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100 EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS TO PLACE OF BUSINESS .
MR . ROECKER REPORTED THE RESOURCE PERSON WILL REPORT TO HIM AND
WILL WORK AT THE ANNEX . MR . ROECKER REPORTED THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT IS MOVING TO CHANGE THE NAME POSSIBLY TO
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES . MR . ROECKER REPORTED FINANCE AT THIS
TIME CONSISTS OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING , UTILITY BILLING AND
COMPUTER SERVICES , MUNICIPAL COURT AND WILL ADD HUMAN
RESOURCES/RISK MANAGEMENT . MR . ROECKER REPORTED FINANCE ACHIEVED
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE THE LAST FOUR YEARS . MR . ROECKER
REPORTED THAT JOINING TX . �POOL FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES WAS AN
EXCEPTIONAL MOVE . MAYOR NEWMAN THANKED MR . ROECKER AND HIS STAFF
FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB THEY DO FOR THE CITY .
' MAYOR NEWMAN REMINDED COUNCIL OF THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
SCHEDULED FOR JULY 16 AT 7 : 00 PM .
MOTION MADE AND APPROVED FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 9 : 10 PM.
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MAYOR E 'LYN B . NEWMAN
ATTEST :
DELORIS MCKE ZIE ARCHE , CMC
CITY SECRETARY