HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/05/2010 City Council-WSOctober 5, 20 10 Work Session
MINUTES OF PRE-COUNCIL WORK SESSION
HELD ON OCTOBER 5, 2010
The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on
the 5th day of October 2010, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Joe McCourry
Allen Harris
Richard Boyer
Jeff Connelly
Kirk Mikulec
Perry Schrag
Joel Marks
Mayor
Councilmember
Councilmember
Mayor Pro-Tem
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present (arrived 6:35 p.m.)
Present
Absent
And with four council members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
A. Call to Order
B. Discuss possible endorsement of Gadsden flag (Schrag 8/17/10) Councilmember Schrag
summarized the historical significance of the flag and added that he is not seeking an
"endorsement but wants to discuss the city flying the flag on the 4th of July. Other council
members present were not in favor of the city doing this.
C. Discuss possible name change for the city (Schrag 8/17/10) Councilmember Schrag stated
his reasons for bringing forth this discussion. Other council members present were not in
favor of pursuing this.
D. Council to receive report on street and sidewalk repair request process and
prioritization method (Marks 9/21/10) MayorMcCourry stated thatsince Councilmember
Marks is absent this item will be postponed until the next meeting.
E. Council to receive information from the city attorney on the charter election process
and discuss how to proceed with evaluating proposed charter amendments. City
Attorney Jeff Moore reviewed the legal process for amending a city's charter, including
timeline. Mayor McCourry reviewed the process the committee used for prioritizing the
proposed twelve amendments. He added that council can change the number or the
amendments prior to finalization. Discussion of the proposed amendments will be included
on future work session agendas.
F. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions
regarding the October 5th regular agenda items as follows:
2.1 Consider approval of minutes of council meetings held September 21, 2010 [Schrag
October 5, 2010 Work Session
absent] (City Secretary)
2.2 Consider approving a resolution designating The Colony Courier-Leader as the
official newspaper of the city for legal publications for fiscal year 2010-2011 (City
Secretary)
2.3 Second reading and consider approving an ordinance amending the Code of
Ordinances regarding proposed changes to Chapter 6 (Buildings, Construction and related
activities) and Chapter 10 (Health and Sanitation); changes include moving all of Chapter 10
into Chapter 6 and adding sections of the International Property Maintenance Code
(Planning, SI10-0002)
2.4 Second reading and consider approving an ordinance amending the Code of
Ordinances, Appendix A Zoning, Section 10 (Use of Land and Buildings) and Chapter 6,
Article VI Food and Food Establishments relating to the use of temporary or permanent
seasonal snow cone establishments (Planning, SI10-0006)
3.1 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute
construction services contract for the widening of North Colony Boulevard (Engineering)
Councilmember Connelly indicated in the future he would like all bidders' submittals
included in the agenda packet. He also confirmed that TxDOT and Denton County will also
reimburse for landscaping and irrigation.
G. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. Councilmember
Connelly requested the first meeting in November be moved to Monday due to Tuesday being
Election Day. He also suggested that there may be some confusion as to what the pre-council
session is and suggested the community be provided some education on the matter. City
Manager Troy Powell said he would include it in his next update. Councilmember Boyer
confirmed that the construction update will be included for every other work session. The city
manager confirmed the next time will be at the next meeting.
H. Adjourn
And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
APPROVED:
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City of The Colony
ATTEST:
Christie Wilson, TRMC, CMC
City Secretary
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