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Home My WebLink About08/03/2015 City Council August 3,2015 MINUTES OF COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION HELD ON AUGUST 3, 2015 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on the 3rd day of August, 2015 at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas,with the following roll call: Joe McCourry Mayor Present Kirk Mikulec Councilmember Present Richard Boyer Councilmember Present Brian R. Wade Councilmember Present David Terre Mayor Pro-Tem 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: 1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: Call to Order—at 6:30 p.m. Invocation—Richard Boyer Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Receive Presentation of Gift from Ring of Hope Boxing Club (Perez)— Joe Perez, Programs Administrator, acknowledged representatives from the Ring of Hope Boxing Club, who presented a gift of appreciation to the City of The Colony —accepted by Mayor McCourry. Proclamation Recognizing Teen Police Academy Graduates (Mayor/Coulon) — Kelly Hunt, Community Resource Officer, introduced the Teen Police Academy members, where Mayor McCourry presented a proclamation to the graduates. Update on Keep The Colony Beautiful August 6th Event (Perez) Joe Perez updated Council on Keep The Colony Beautiful event scheduled for Saturday August 8, 2015. Home Depot awarded a grant of$3000.00 to the City of The Colony that will assist in the rebuild of a fence for a local veteran. Councilmember Terre offered his appreciation to the staff and their continued support and hard work throughout the community. Items of Community Interest: Presentation from the Library Director regarding current and upcoming programs, events, and services improvements. Joan Sveinsson, Library Director, provided current and upcoming programs, events and services improvements to the Council. 1 August 3,2015 2.0 WORK SESSION- The Work Session is for the purpose of exchanging information regarding public business or policy. No action is taken on Work Session items. Citizen input will not be _ _ heard during this portion of the agenda. 2.1 Discuss the current Ordinance regarding the posting of health scores, specifically the Code of Ordinances "Sec. 6-145. — Same — Posting of Grade Cards", and provide direction to staff(Community Image, Perez) Mr. Perez presented to Council the current ordinance regarding the specifics on health inspection scoring and the posting of grade cards, and explained that some local restaurants contacted the City about eliminating the posting requirement. Council provided discussion on the proposed ordinance and agreed that the City is on the right track. Council provided direction to revisit this item at a later date for possible changes to the ordinance regarding the number of times per year a business can request a re-inspection in an effort to improve their score. It was noted this would not occur until an additional sanitarian is hired. 2.2 Discuss Public Information Requests Quarterly Report as presented for Council review (City Secretary,Wilson) No Discussion. 3.0 CITIZEN INPUT- This portion of the meeting is to allow up to five (5) minutes per speaker with a maximum of thirty (30) minutes for items not posted on the current agenda. The council may not discuss these items, but may respond with factual data or policy information, or place the item on a future agenda. Those wishing to speak shall submit a Request Form to the City Secretary. Duane Sanders, appeared in support of the grade cards, but made acknowledgment of receiving a "C" for his business, Texan Brother's BBQ. He disagreed with the established point system for infractions. 4.0 CONSENT AGENDA- The Consent Agenda contains items which are routine in nature and will be acted upon in one motion. Items may be removed from this agenda for separate discussion by a Council member. 4.1. Consider approving Council expenditures for the month of June, 2015 (City Secretary, Wilson) 4.2. Consider approving City Council meeting minutes for July 21, 2015 (Boyer vacation) (City Secretary, Wilson) 4.3. Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract amendment with Halff Associates, Inc. for the review of Development Construction Plans, and approve budget amendment ordinance (Engineering, Scruggs) Motion to approve the above consent agenda items-Schrag;second by Mikulec; motion passed with all ayes. 2 August 3,2015 5.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 5.1. Continue a public hearing from June 16 and July 7, 2015, discuss and consider an ordinance approving a request for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow an electrical substation facility known as the Josey Electrical Substation on 10.445-acres of land located near the northwest corner of Plano Parkway and Windhaven Parkway, approximately 100 feet North of Windhaven Parkway in Planned Development 10 (PD-10) zoning district (Development Services,Joyce) [Mayor McCourry continued the public hearing for items 5.1 and 5.2 on August 3, 2015 at 7:17 p.m. and allowed for public comment.] The following individuals spoke in opposition of the proposed ordinances: Dixon Bunger, Mary Dees, Rosemary Speek, and Tom Sifferman. All were residents of the City of Carrollton. One individual registered in opposition of the proposed ordinances. Once public comments concluded at 7:37 p.m., the following motion was made: Motion to continue these items[5.1 and 5.2]to August 18, 2015- Terre; second by Wade; motion passed with 6 ayes except for Schrag who voted nay. 5.2. Continue a public hearing from June 16 and July 7, 2015, discuss and consider an ordinance approving a request for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow a monopole antenna to be located at the Josey Electrical Substation on 10.445- acres of land located near the northwest corner of Plano Parkway and Windhaven Parkway, approximately 100 feet North of Windhaven Parkway in Planned Development 10 (PD-10) zoning district (Development Services, Joyce) [See public hearing and motion under 5.1] 5.3. Present and discuss the City of The Colony Preliminary Municipal Budget for FY 2015-2016, and consider adopting an ordinance scheduling a public hearing for the proposed budget at 6:30 p.m. on August 18, 2015 (Finance) Tim Miller, Assistant City Manager, presented the FY 2015-2016 Budget to Council. Mr. Miller addressed the Preliminary Public Budget for August 3, 2015 as follows: • Budget Goals • Overall Changes • Tax Rate • Operations & Maintenance • Debt Services • Supplemental Funding • Personnel • Bond Packages • Remaining Items Mr. Miller provided clarification on the proposed request from Mothers Opposing Bullying (MOB) to Council. After a considerable discussion, Council suggested that 3 August 3,2015 staff include the in-kind services in the amount of$2,500 for the MOB event into the budget. There was a brief discussion about the grant application possibly being revised in the future to state grants will be considered for local organizations only. The budget will be discussed further at future meetings. Motion to approve the City of The Colony Preliminary Municipal Budget for FY 2015- 2016, and consider adopting an ordinance scheduling a public hearing for the proposed budget at 6:30 p.m. on August 18, 2015-Schrag;second by Mikulec; motion passed with all ayes. 5.4. Discuss the proposed 2015-2016 Tax Rate not to exceed $.67 and $100 valuation for the taxable value of all property real and personal located within the City of The Colony to be adopted on September 15, 2015 and schedule public hearings on the proposed tax rate to be held August 18 and September 1, 2015 (Finance) Tim Miller, Assistant City Manager, presented to Council the proposed 2015-2016 Tax Rate. Mr. Miller elaborated on a reduced tax chart for the average homeowner for their property taxes. Councilmember Terre presented the idea to reduce the rate an additional 1/4 cent. Motion to approve the proposed 2015-2016 Tax Rate not to exceed $.67 and $100 valuation for the taxable value of all property real and personal located within the City of The Colony to be adopted on September 15, 2015 and schedule public hearings on the proposed tax rate to be held August 18 and September 1, 2015- Wade; second by Schrag; motion passed with all ayes. Executive Session was convened at 8:41 p.m. 6.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION 6.1 A. Council shall convene into a closed executive session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE to seek legal advice from the City Attorney regarding the south side sub-station for Brazos Electric near Windhaven Parkway. B. Council shall convene into a closed executive session pursuant to Section 551.072 of the TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property. Reconvened to Open Session at 9:40 p.m. C. Any action as a result of executive session. Item A. -No action. Item B. -No action And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 9:41 p.m. 4 August 3,2015 APPROVED: r —"sr / ✓ J.- c our y, Mayor ity of The Colony ATTEST: of THTC '/A4),/c-t JA-451--th-i CJ.• ristie Wilson, TRMC �_-- S + 1 City Secretary _ , TEXAS 5