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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/06/1979 City Council 000412 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY OF THE COLONY HELD ON AUGUST 6, 1979 A REGULAR MEETING of the City Council was held at City Hall with the following members present: Richard Turner Mayor William Longo Councilmam Linda A. Adams Councilman Sandra Shearer Councilman Gary Shipman Councilman Chris Fabian Councilman and with no members absent; thus a quorum was established. 1. PUBLIC HEARING ON REVENUE SHARING FUNDS Mayor Turner stated that this item was posted as an emergency item on the agenda, and notice was properly published in "The Colony Courier". Councilman Fabian moved to open this hearing. Seconded by Councilman Shearer, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mr. Hart, City Manager stated that he did plan on the City receiving $1775.00; however, it is not certain until the City receives a Statement of Assurance from Revenue Sharing this month. Mr. Hart recommended that this revenue be used for street lighting. There being no comments for or against this use of Revenue Sharing funds, Councilman Shearer moved that the hearing be closed. Seconded by Councilman Longo, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None At this time, Councilman Longo moved that the proposed Revenue Sharing Funds be allocated for payment of street lighting in Community Development. Seconded by Councilman Fabian, the Motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 3. CONSIDERATION OF ANNEXIATION ORDINANCE Councilman Longo suggested that the Council address agenda items three and five before the scheduled executive session. Mayor Turner read aloud the following captioned Ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF THE COLONY, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDRY LIMITS OF SAID CITY SO AS TO INCLUDE SAID PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY LIMITS AND GRANTING ALL PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND BINDING ALL INHABITANTS BY ALL THE ACTS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS OF SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID ORDINANCE. Councilman Longo moved to approve the above captioned Ordinance on first reading. Councilman Shipman seconded the motion. Prior to voting Councilman Fabian asked if the staff had received a letter regarding the closing of the public roads on this land. Mr. Hart answered yes and read aloud this petition. Councilman Fabian asked that the Council be given copies of this instrument. At this time Mr. and Mrs. J.Y. Eberhart, members of the audience, stated that they O00413 were opposed to the closing of Camey Road. There followed a brief discussion of this road closing and the consequent widening of Paige Road. Joel Larkin, Fox & Jacobs Inc., stated that the widening of Paige Road would start within sixty days. Mayor Turner then called for a vote on the motion on the floor. The motion was carried by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mr. Hart introduced Mr. Keith Baker of Motorola and Mr, Phil Adams representing Southwestern Bell. Addressing the problem, Mr. Hart explained that Denton County Sheriff's Off~ce cannot activate ~the communications systems and the Fire Department Volunteers have not been able to use this system as it was designed to be used. Mr. Adams answered that the phone line was installed on May 11 and that the indication is that everything is within the tol- erences as specified, but that Southwestern Bell will run a check. Mr. Baker of Motorola assured the Council that the time delay would also be checked. At this time, Council- man Shipman introduced Greg Sterner with Harris Communications and a Colony resident and asked that the Council allow him to question the company representatives. Councilman Adams asked if Mr. Sterner would serve as an outside arbi- trator, There followed a lengthy discussion with a final agreement on the following points: 1. City agrees to purchase a new low band antenna to be installed by Motorola. 2. Sterner will provide at no cost a scanner antenna to be installed. 3. The low band system will be returned to as near original effectiveness as possible by Motorolaf., 4. Phone company will retest lines for time loss and frequency shift. 5. Phone company and Motorola engineers will confer on final methods of correction. 6. All parties will be reporting to Mr. Sterner with documentation of all activities performed to correct all present problems and Mr. Sterner will report to the City Council, 1. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Turner announced that the Council would now meet in Executive Session dealing with Personnel as authorized by Article 2652-17 of Vernon's R.C.S. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Upon reconvening in Open Session, Mayor Turner moved to Agenda Item two. Councilman Adams moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Session held July 30, 1979. Seconded by Councilman Shearer, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 4. CONSIDERATION OF CATV CONSULTANT PROPOSAL Mr. Hart briefed the City Council regarding the proposals submitted by Joe M. Nail Assoc,. Inc., regarding review and recommendations on Cable Franchise applications and OO0414 a technical review of the installation of the system. Mr. Greg Sterner agreed that an outside party should review all outside proposals. He further recorm~ended that the City ask for letters of recommendation~ from other cities and a sample of their work for another City. Councilman Shipman directed Mr. Hart to investigate other options, specifically through the Cable TV Info Center out of Washington, D.C. and obtain the information from Mr. Nail for the Council to consider. 6. REVIEW AND STUDY OF THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET FY 1979/80 There followed a lengthy and detailed review of the proposed budget FY 1979/80. The Council was primarily concerned with daytime fire protection for the City. After discussion, Councilman Fabian moved that line item twelve in the fire department budget providing for the hiring of two firemen/ emergency medical technicians be removed. Seconded by Councilman Longo, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 7. OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL Councilman Longo briefed the City Council on a crisis re- location plan for the City. Mr. Hart briefed the Council on the trip to New York for the bond rating. The Council decided that Mayor Pro Tem Shearer would attend this meet- ing as the Council's representative. The Council directed the staff to get the siren down that has been purchased from Carrollton. There being no further action taken by the Council, Council- man Fabian moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Councilman Longo, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 12:40 A,M. AT T STTh J ar~f~l C~/Secretary