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CITY OF THE COLONY
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
The SPECIAL SESSION of the CITY COUNCIL of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at
7:00 P.M. on the 27th day of September, 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 Absent (personal)
A quorum was established and the following items were addressed:
ITEM DESCRIPTION SOURCE STATUS
1.3 Discussion of purchasing procedures
Bob Sparkman, Purchasing Agent, gave a brief overview Council
of the City's procedures for obtaining vendors. He and John
Hill, City Attorney, advised Council of the new law effective
9/1/99 stating that local preference can now be given if the
bid is within 3% of the lowest non-local vendor's bid,
however, awarding the bid to the local vendor must also offer
economic benefits to the city. This new law does not apply to
services, only products. Councilmember Stanwick suggested
obtaining information from the comptroller's office in order
to invite vendors to complete an application to be added to the
City's approved vendor list. Councilmember Jue suggested
also running an ad in the local newspaper to solicit vendors.
John Hill added that procedures and/or resolutions should
include reference to the new law and the 3% limit.
Consensus was to address this item again at the 10/18 Council
meeting.
Recess - 7:30 p.m.
1.4 EXECUTIVE SESSION as authorized by Section 551.072 Council
of the Government Code:
A. Consultation regarding a real estate sales contract
between the City of The Colony and JNC Properties,
LLC
Reconvene- 8:10 p.m.
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1.5 Consideration of any appropriate action to be taken as a resul! Council --
of the executive session - None
1.1 Discussion of 1999 Thoroughfare Bond Program
Abel Saldafia, City Engineer, distributed revised maps and
lists of prioritized streets. Hal Jones, Hunter Associates,
explained the proposed projects. Discussion followed
regarding costs of proposed repairs.
Councilmember Garcia expressed his concern regarding
the intersection of North Colony Blvd. and Main St. He
would like to have the two eastbound lanes on North Colony
be able to turn south onto Main St. Mr. Saldafia advised that
the radius was incorrect and any solution was dependent on
TXDOT.
Doug Hartman, First Southwest Company, presented
options for funding. His suggestion was to visit bond
agencies to improve bond rating prior to issuance of bonds.
Consensus of Council was to issue $3 million prior to the end
of this year and an additional $3 million after the first ofnexl
year. Mr. Hartman advised that Council would need to pass
a resolution (Notice of Intent) as soon as possible. The total
of $6 million should take care of the most critical streel
repairs.
1.2 Discussion of procedures for council meetings and agenda Council
preparation
Mayor Manning read through the proposed procedures and
with Council's input made changes as necessary.
With no further business to address, Mayor Manning adjourned the meeting at 10:10 p.m.
A~I~OVED:
"William W. Manning, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ruth"ann Devlih~ Deepl~ty City Secretai'y
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