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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/05/2004 City Council-SS January 5, 2004 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON JANUARY 5, 2004 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:20 p.m. on the 5th day of January 2004, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call: John Dillard Mayor Present Allen Hams Councilmember Present Scott Ward Councilmember Present Joe McCourry Councilmember Present Lynda Bayliss Councilmember Present Perry Schrag Councilmember Present Joel Marks Councilmember Present And with seven present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: 1.0 PROCLAMATIONS ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS,: RECOGNITIONS AND Call to Order Invocation - Tony Johnston, Assistant City Manager Pledge o£Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Citizen Input Announcement of upcoming civic events and activities Ken Leverich advised that the intersection o£ Paige Rd. and S. Colony Blvd. would be closed for construction purposes the morning of Tuesday, January 5, 2004 through 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 9, 2004. He further advised that alternate routes have been identified and signs have been put in place. This notice has been placed on the city's website and on our cable channel. 12.0 I CONSENT AGENDA I 2.1 Consider approval of the minutes of the council meetings held December 15, 2003 (Wilson) Motion to approve the minutes as written - Harris; second- l~ard carried with all ayes. 2.2 Consider approval of firefighter and driver engineer promotions (Morrison) Motion to approve the promotions as requested - Harris; second - Ward carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 9, Fire and Protection and Prevention, regarding propane storage (Persaud/Morrison) Motion to approve the ordinance as written -Harris; second - IKard carried with all ayes. 2.4 Consider acceptance and award of bid for annual mowing and clean up and approval of an ordinance authorizing the city manager to sign a contract authorizing same (Sparkman) 1 January 5, 2004 Motion to accept the bids and award as recommended and to approve the ordinance as written - Harris; second - Ward carried with all ayes. 2.5 Consideration of approval of a resolution authorizing a contract with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to accept a grant award of $5,665 for the Library Department (Sveinsson) Motion to approve the resolution as written - Harris; second- Ward carried with all ayes. 2.6 Consider approval of amendments to the Administrative Agreement between the Community Development Corporation (4B) and the city (Nelson) Motion to approve the amendments as presented- Harris; second- Ward carried with all ayes. 2.7 Consideration of an ordinance authorizing the city manager to sign an agreement regarding the Ground Lease for refinancing the Blue Sky Sports Center (Nelson) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Harris; second- Ward carried with all ayes. 2.8 Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 14, Parks and Recreation, dissolving the Parks Advisory Board (Nelson) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Harris; second- Ward carried with all ayes. ~ REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 Discussion and consider a resolution appointing a representative to the Denton County Transportation Authority (Council) Motion to appoint Charles Gura - Harris; second- Bayliss failed with the following vote: Aye- Harris; Bayliss; Schrag No - Ward; Marks; Dillard Abstain - McCourry Motion to appoint Fernando Villareal - Marks; second- Ward carried with all members voting Aye, except Councilmember McCourry who abstained. 3.2 Discussion and consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 12, Municipal Utilities and Services, regarding water and sewer rates (Johnson/Koo) Ms. Koo presented the background for this item, stating that expenditures have outpaced revenues since fiscal year 2001-2002 due to increasing costs of service deliveries and repairing and maintaining aging infrastructure. She stated that without 2 January 5, 2004 increases in revenues, there will be additional draw-down of fund balances in future years which will deplete the available fund balances to less than the acceptable 60 working days. Ms. Koo explained several surveys which staff has done to ensure that the rate recommended is in line with surround cities. Ms. Koo said staff is recommending a 3% increase in the water rates, effective April 1, 2004 and recommended the council implement gradual increases in future years so there will not ever have to be a big increase at one time. Motion to approve the 3% increase as recommended- Harris - McCourry carried with all members voting aye, with the exception of Councilmember Marks who voted no. I 4.0 I EXECUTIVE SESSION ] 7:45 Recess 7:55 Convene into executive session 4.1 City Council shall convene into a closed executive session pursuant to Section 551.071 to consult with the city attorney regarding contract between the City of Frisco, North Texas Municipal Water District and the City of The Colony. 9:11 Convene into open session 4.2 Consideration of any appropriate action to be taken as a result of the Executive Session. No action was taken. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to address the meeting was adjourned at 9:11 p.m. APPROVED: Joia Dillard, Mayor ATTEST: Path A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary 3