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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/31/1999 City Council 007,~4o 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. 0072 - , 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