03-10-1981 (City Council) Minutes CITY COUNCIL MEETING .•.
MARCH 10, 1981
7:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor John W. Akin. A quorum was
present and notice of the meeting had been posted for the time and
manner required by law. Those in attendance were Mayor John W. Akin,
Mayor Pro Tem Roy Hall , Council members Don Hughes , William Martin,
Harold Eavenson and Rowland Kreymer, Police Chief Royce Abbott, City
Manager Lee Vickers, City Secretary Gail Wallace, Robert Squires,
Geline Dodd, Reta Allen, William Berry, Shirley Berry, LaVelle Randolph,
Kathy Randolph, Bill Condron, TP&L, Jim Rankin, Lone Star Gas and
W. G. Housewright.
Mayor Akin gave the invocation.
Mayor Akin welcomed the guests and recognized those present who were
running for council positions. To those candidates he gave a brief
overview of the current projects underway by the City, i .e. , hospital ,
Wylie Community Park, street work on Mardi Gras, Hilltop and Memorial .
He also expressed his desires for the future of the City including
obtaining a new municipal complex which would include City Hall , Police
Department and the Library.
Following a brief discussion by the Council members, the minutes from
the last meeting and the accounts payable were approved by a motion
from William Martin, seconded by Roy Hall with all in favor.
Mr. Bill Condron from Texas Power and Light expressed the need for
a rate increase due to 12% inflation. After a brief discussion between
the Council and Mr. Condron, the Council passed a resolution to suspend
all decisions relating to the requested increase pending the final ruling
of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The motion was made by
Roy Hall , seconded by Don Hughes, with all in favor.
Mr. Jim Rankin with Lone Star Gas requested amendment to the Lone Star
Gas franchise with the City of Wylie. Lone Star Gas will be responsible
for the service lines from the point of connection of main to point of
connection to meter. Their contract with the customer will be to replace
bad lines at no cost to customer, from the main to the point of connection.
City Manager rewrote the franchise to delete the portion of Section 9
of the franchise regarding any exclusions. The new franchise will not
take effect for 60 days after acceptance by Lone Star Gas. The
franchise ordinance was approved by the Council with motion made by
William Martin, seconded by Rowland Kreymer, with all in favor.
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The City Manager advised the Council that Texas Health Department
, 1 is requiring City to secure comprehensive soils analysis at sanitary
landfill and requested authority to retain Hogan & Rasor to supervise
this work. On motion by Roy Hall , seconded by Harold Eavenson, the
Council authorized the engineering soils analysis to be performed.
City Manager requested authorization to submit request for amendment
to Wylie Community Park Federal Grant-In-Aid in order to negotiate
with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for additional money. The
fencing, lighting and concrete work was $106,480. over budget. The
Council was in agreement that Mr. Vickers should proceed with the
request.
The departmental reports were discussed at length. Mayor Akin
complimented Police Chief Abbott on the professional report Liz Gray
turned out. He also asked Chief Abbott to get bids to paint the
Pontiac and the 79 Ford white like the other police cars.
It was agreed that the Mayor would host a ground breaking ceremony
for the new Wylie Community Park. The tentative date was set for �/
Saturday, March 28, at 10:00 AM. � ,� fj,, m #& /9
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned into work
session.
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John W. Akin, Mayor
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