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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNCIL
HELD ON
AUGUST 31, 1999
The SPECIAL SESSION of the CITY COUNCIL of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at
6:30 P.M. on the 31st day of August 1999, at city hall, with the following roll call:
Bill Manning, Mayor Present
John Gordon, Councilmember Present
Lewis Jue, Councilmember Present
David Stanwick, Councilmember Present
Al Garcia, Councilmember Present
John Dillard, Councilmember Present
Jeff Meyers, Councilmember Present
A quorum was established and the following items were addressed:
ITEM DESCRIPTION SOURCE STATUS
1.1 Conduct interviews of various advisory board applicants Council
The council interviewed Lois LeBlanc for The Colony
Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.
1.3 Work Session to discuss the 1999-2000 municipal budget Council
VOLUNTEER CENTER
Tony Johnston and Patti Hicks explained this budget to the
council. The budget for this area had been established earlier
this year for a few months only. This will be the first full year
budget. The volunteer center is run by Sue Walden and is
under the staff direction of Margaret Burkett, Human
Resources Director. Councilmembers want Ms. Burkett to do
an exit survey of volunteers when they leave, and they want
a value assigned to the time volunteered. The council will
review this program in 6 months to see if it is a valuable tool.
EDC
Gene Ramsey presented the budget for both the 4A and 4B
Boards, noting both Boards have approved the budgets for
presentation to the council.
Mr. Ramsey explained the cash flow since the inception ot
these boards. The operating budget is estimated to be
approximately 18% of the revenue, sales tax revenues are
increasing and it is possible the percentage may decrease tc
11-12%.
Mr. Ramsey discussed his enhancements. The 4A
enhancement has been changed from a lap top computer to an
aerial map.
POLICE AND ANIMAL CONTROL
Chief Clark explained that this year Animal Control has
been combined with the Police Department budget instead of
being a separate cost center. Chief Clark discussed various
line items with significant changes, including Building
Maintenance and Fleet Maintenance.
Chief Clark discussed his enhancements. He explained
that the renovation of the existing city hall for use as part of
the police department will be done with some in-house work
and that money has been put into Building Maintenance for
expenses.
1.2 Consideration of making appointments to various advisory Council
boards
Motion to vacate all positions on the 4A board -
Stanwick; second - Meyers, carried with all ayes.
Nominations were made for filling positions on the 4A board
as follows:
Meyers - Steven Sims, Bunker Hill
Stanwick - Lois LeBlanc, Steven Sims, Delaina Hammock,
John Gordon, Chris Kane
Gordon - Al Garcia
Motion to close nominations - Dillard; second - Gordon
carried with all ayes.
Votes were taken as follows:
Gordon - LeBlanc, Sims, Hammock, Garcia, Gordon,
Garcia - Hammock, Gordon, Sims, Norris, Garcia
Jue - Sims, Gordon, Garcia, Hammock, Norris
Stanwick - LeBlanc, Sims Hammock, Gordon, Kane
Dillard - Sims, Hammock, Gordon, Garcia, Kane
Meyers - Gordon, Garcia, Sims, Hammock, Hill
Manning - Sims, Gordon, Garcia, Hill, Norris
The following persons were appointed with the first vote
Steven Sims, John Gordon, A1 Garcia, and Delaina
Hammock.
A second vote was taken as follows to appoint the fifth
member:
Gordon - Lel~lanc; Garcia_- Norris; Jue- Norris; Stanwick -
LeBlanc; Dillard- Norris; Meyers -Norris; Manning-
Norris.
Robert Norris was appointed to the board. Council consensus
was that Mr. Norris's term would expire December 31, 2001.
All other terms will stay as they are.
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Motion to vacate all positions on the 4B board - Dillard;
second - Stanwick, carried with all ayes.
Nominations wcrc made to fill positions on the 4B board as
follows:
Dillard - Sanders, Boyer, Walden, Briggs, King, Kane, Seay.
Stanwick - Wetzel
Meyers - Hill
Votes were taken as follows:
Gordon - Hill, Boyer, Sanders, Kane, King, Briggs, Walden
Garcia - Boyer, Sanders, Kane, King, Briggs, Walden, Seay
Jue - Sanders, Walden, Boyer, Briggs, Kane, King, Hill
Stanwick - Walden, Briggs, King, Kane, Boyer, Hill, Wetzel
Dillard - Sanders, Boyer, Seay, Walden, Briggs, King, Kane
Meyers - Seay, Walden, Briggs, King, Kane, Hill
The following persons were appointed to the 4B board:
Sue Walden, Vicki Briggs, Susan King, Pam Kane, John
Sanders, Richard Boyer, and Charles "Bunker" Hill.
Council consensus that that terms expiring in December of
1999 will now expire in December 2001. The other terms will
remain as they are.
Motion to vacate all positions on the Special Events Board
- Gordon; second - Dillard, carried with all ayes.
Nominations were made to fill positions on the Special Events
Board as follows:
Gordon - Ripperger, Rogers, Harrison, Cooper, Hames,
Murray, Wetzel.
Motion to appoint by acclamation - Stanwick; second -
Jue, carried with all ayes.
Council consensus was that those terms expiring in December
1999 will now expire in December 2001.
With no further business to address, the meeting was
adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
AP~OVED: /
A~ j~. "~¥illiam W. Manning, Mayor'd ~'~
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC/CMC/AAE
City Secretary