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October 1, 2013
MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON
OCTOBER 1, 2013
The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order at 7:01 p.m. on the 1st day of October, 2013, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street,
The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Joe McCour y Mayor Present
Kirk Mikulec Councilmember Present
Richard Boyer Councilmember Present
Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present
David Terre Councilmember Present
Perry Schrag Councilmember Present
Joel Marks Mayor Pro-Tem Present 7:15 p.m.
And with six council members present a quorum was established and the following items
were addressed:
1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND
PROCLAMATIONS:
Call to Order
Invocation Jeff Connelly
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
Salute to the Texas Flag
Recognize Planning Department for receiving Certificate of Achievement for
Planning Excellence- Recognition certificate presented to Mike Joyce
Citizen Input- none
Announcement of upcoming civic events and activities '-Presentation from the
Library Director regarding current and upcoming programs, events, and service
improvements; Councilmember Terre spoke about the Homecoming Parade last
week; Councilmember Connelly congratulated cities for keeping their
governments up and running. Mayor McCourry announced that city secretary
Christie Wilson has received the designation of Master Municipal Clerk from the
International Institute of Municipal Clerks. Councilmember Marks reminded
everyone again to empty standing water [mosquitos].
2.0 CONSENT AGENDA
2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held September 17 [Mikulec
WS, SS; Marks WSJ and September 23 [Mikulec], 2013 (City Secretary)
2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for August 2013 (Council)
2.3 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a
contract and issue a purchase order to Team One Integration, LLC, a Sole
Source Vendor, for engineering design work for the SCADA system
upgrades at Office Creek Pump Station (Finance, Cranford)
i These items are strictly public service announcements. No action will be taken and no direction will be given
regarding these items.
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2.4 Consider adopting an ordinance approving a negotiated settlement between
Atmos Cities Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corporation regarding
2013 Annual Rate Review and the adoption of tariffs that reflect a rate
adjustment for natural gas service (Finance, Cranford)
Motion to approve Marks; second by Connelly; motion passed with all ayes.
3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
3.1 Discuss and receive Legislative Update presentation from State
Representative Pat Fallon (Council)
State Representative Pat Fallon reviewed the process and procedures used by the
Legislature during the most recent sessions. He reviewed several Senate and
House bills that were adopted and some that were not. He presented a Resolution
congratulating the city for being ranked number 20 on the Money Magazine 2013
list of Best Places to Live. Councilmembers expressed their appreciation to
Representative Fallon for coming to this meeting and for serving our citizens. It
was noted that his office is located in the Little Elm City Hall.
3.2 Discuss and consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the First
Amendment to Development Agreement between the City of The Colony and
the Residences of Austin Ranch No. 6, Ltd. (Development Services, Joyce)
Mike Joyce explained that the current development agreement calls for the plat to
be filed with Denton County by the end of 2013 for Phase VI. The property is
under contract to be sold following its completion so they are requesting an
extension of the deadline to April 30, 2014.
Motion to approve- Marks; second by Connelly; motion passed with all ayes except for
Schrag who was not present at the dais daring the vote.
Item 3.3 was postponed until after the Executive Session.
Item 3.4 was pulled from the agenda and not discussed.
3.4 Discuss and consider approving an exception to the noise ordinance for the
Top Golf Grand Opening on November 2, 2013 (General Admin,
Shallenburger)
4.0 WORK SESSION
No Work Session items.
Executive Session was convened at 8:02 .m.
5.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION
5.1 A. Council shall convene into a closed executive session pursuant to
Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE to
receive legal advice from the City Attorney, and to deliberate the
appointment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, or dismissal of Planning and
Zoning Commission board members.
October 1, 2013)
Reconvened Open Session 8:35
3.3 Discuss and consider making appointments to fill vacancies on the Planning
and Zoning Commission, the Board of Adjustment, and the Community Image
Advisory Board.
Board of Adjustment
Councilmember Connelly nominated Shawn Rockenbaugh as Alternate #1; all council
voted aye.
Planning and Zoning Commission
Councilmember Terre nominated Janece Pool for Place 3; motion failed with the
following vote: Aye- McCourry, Terre; No- Mikulec, Connelly, Boyer, Schrag, Marks
Councilmember Connelly nominated Detrick Deburr for Place 3; all council voted aye.
Councilmember Mikulec nominated Brian Buffington for Place l; all council voted aye.
Community Image
Councilmember Connelly nominated Win. Dale Brewer for Place 3; all council voted aye
Councilmember Terre nominated Janece Pool for Place 5; all council voted aye.
5.2 A. Any action as a result of executive session regarding the appointment,
evaluation, reassignment, duties or dismissal of Planning and Zoning
Commission board members.
No action.
And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
APPROVED:
Joe McCourf=y, Mayor
City of The Colony '
ATTEST:
, TRMC City Secretary
0-iix Christie Wilson