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February 21,2005
MINUTES OF REGUALR SESSION OF COUNCIL
HELD ON
I FEBRUARY 21, 2005
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 21st day of February 2005, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The
Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
John Dillard Mayor Present
Allen Harris Councilmember Present
Scott Ward Councilmember Present
Joe McCourry Mayor Pro-tem Present
Lynda Bayliss Councilmember Present
Perry Schrag Councilmember Present
Joel Marks Councilmember Present
And with seven council members present a quorum was established and the following
items were addressed:
11.0 I ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND I
PROCLAMATIONS:
Call to Order
Invocation - Perry Schrag
I Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
Salute to the Texas Flag
Citizen Input- Tony Seiler voiced his concern over how the civic center operation
and maintenance costs being covered. He said if outside interest groups use the
facility and contribute funds toward O&M, if the center were to be bought from
the city at a future date, then the monies contributed by outside interest groups
could be paid back. He also commented that no groups have committed any
funding for O&M. Mayor Dillard advised Mr. Seiler that the city manager will
reply to his comments by mail.
13.0 I REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS I
3.1 Discuss and consider approval of a resolution authorizing the city manager
to sign contracts for pre-construction services with guaranteed maximum
price, and for bid and construction services of Civic Centre project (Nelson)
Pam Nelson, Director of Community Services, advised the Council that both
companies being considered were present and that references for both are good.
Councilmember Harris stated he believed both companies were competent, the
difference being past municipal experience. Based on that, he believes the better
choice is AUI Contractors. Councilmember Schrag stated he would like to wait
I until the preliminary budget meeting In March to make a decision.
Councilmember McCourry advised both companies are very qualified but prefers
CORE Construction.
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Councilmember Harris made the following motion:
Motion to allow the city manager to proceed with contract negotiations with
AUf Contractors for the CMAR (Construction Management At Risk)
construction representative for the civic center project- Harris; second by
Marks.
Mayor Dillard then stated, " A vote for this would be a vote to award the contract and the
negations to the city manager for AU!."
Motion passed with the following vote:
Ayes- Dillard, Harris, Bayliss, Marks
Nos- Ward, McCourry, Schrag
And with no further business to address the meeting was adjourned at 7: 1 0 p.m.
APPROVED:
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J Dillard, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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