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MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL
HELD ON
JANUARY 7, 2002
The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at
7:00 p.m. on the 7th day of January 2002, at City Hall with the following roll call:
Bernetta Henville-Shannon Mayor Present
John Gordon Councilmember Present
Lewis Jue Councilmember Present
David Stanwick Councilmember Present
A1 Garcia Councilmember Present
John Dillard Councilmember Present
Dave Kovatch Councilmember Absent (arrived at 7:10 p.m.)
and with six present, a quorum was established and the following items were addressed:
I 1.0 I ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS:
Call to Order
Invocation - Councilmember John Dillard
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
Salute to the Texas Flag
Presentation of National Night Out Award - Officer Mark Phillips presented the Mayor
with the award from National Night Out. He gave the statistics of the event in The Colony since
1996. This year The Colony ranked 22 of the top 50 in the nation.
Mayoral Comments - Mayor Henville-Shannon reminded citizens to vote in the
upcoming charter election to be held February 2, 2002.
1.1 Citizen Input
]2.0 ~ CONSENT AGENDA
2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meeting held December 10
and 17, 2001 (Hicks)
Mayor Henville-Shannon pulled this item so she could abstain on December 17, 2001 minutes.
Motion to approve the December 10, 2001 minutes as written - Stanwick; second Kovatch
carried with all ayes.
Motion to approve the December 17, 2001 minutes as written - Kovatch; second Gordon,
carried with all ayes except the mayor who abstained.
2.2 Consideration of acceptance of resignations from Cathy Wood from the Planning
and Zoning Commission and from Allen Harris from the Telecommunications
Board (Hicks)
Councilmember Kovatch noted that Mr. Harris had sent a message stating he would like
to rescind his resignation. Councilmember Kovatch suggested that council take no action on Mr.
Harris' resignation.
Motion to accept the resignation of Cathy Wood - Kovatch. Motion died for lack of
second.
Motion to accept the resignation of Cathy }Vood and Allen Harris - Stanwick; second
Dillard carried with the following vote:
Aye - Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard
No - Kovatch
Abstain - Gordon, Henville-Shannon
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2.3 Consideration of approval of a Resolution authorizing Interlocal agreement with
Denton County for the provision of Library Services in the 2001-2002 year
(Sveinsson)
Motion to approve as presented - Kovatch; second - Dillard carried with all ayes.
2.4 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to Groves Electrical Service, Inc. for
the purchase of one 200 kW Generator in the amount of $36,475.00 and approval of
an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Leverich/Sparkman)
Motion to approve as presented - Kovatch; second - Dillard carried with all ayes.
2.5 Consideration of adoption of the Municipal Cable Channel Policies (Cheatham)
Motion to approve as presented - Kovatch; second- Dillard carried with all ayes.
2.6 Consideration of approval of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by
amending Chapter 12, by adding Article VIII relating to registration of retail
electrical providers (Sparkman)
Councilmember Dillard expressed his opposition to this item. He asked if a homeowner
will be left "holding the bag" if the license of a provider is revoked for some reason. Mr.
Sparkman advised that the city would merely monitor the providers and be sure they are
registered with the PUC. He said this would allow us to keep track of those companies providing
service to our citizens.
Councilmember Stanwick noted that our franchise agreement is only with TXU; therefore
we need this ordinance in place to allow some method of tracking other providers
Motion to approve as presented - Gordon; second Stanwick carried with all ayes,
except Councibnember Dillard who voted no.
APPROVED:
Bernetta Henville-Shannon, Mayor
ATTEST: ~ ~
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary