11-10-1981 (City Council) Minutes CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 10, 1981
7:00 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem William Martin.
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 Pro Tem William Martin, Council members Harold Eavenson,
Bill Berry, Reta Allen and Geline Dodd. Also present were City
Manager Lee Vickers, City Secretary Gail Wallace, Police Chief
Royce Abbott and the following citizens: Rhea Downing, Don
Kreymer, Harold Spence and Rev. Glyn Rives of the First United
Methodist Church.
Invocation was given by William Martin.
The minutes of the last meeting and the accounts payable were
approved with motion made by Geline Dodd, seconded by Bill Berry,
all in favor.
No bids were received for the sale of the old elevated water tank.
The Council decided to hold any further action concerning the tank
until more information could be gathered regarding its disposition.
Reta Allen made a motion to recess the meeting for approximately
one hour to attend the North Texas Firemen and Fire Marshals'
pumper races. Motion was seconded by Harold Eavenson will all in
favor.
The meeting was reconvened by Mayor Akin with motion made by
William Martin, seconded by Harold Eavenson, all in favor.
Rhea Downing made a presentation to the Council regarding the dis-
position of the old annex at First United Methodist Church. The
Trustees of the Church want to destroy the building since they
have been informed by the Fire Marshal that it is a fire hazard.
Mrs. Downing feels the building should be restored and preserved
for historical purposes as it dates back to 1925.
The Mayor expressed his support of the idea and informed Mrs. Downing
the City was in the process of appointing an ad hoc committee. This
committee will be responsible for organizing a Wylie Heritage Society,
a private, non-profit organization.
Individuals nominated to the ad hoc committee were: C. Truett Smith,
Cecil Hackler, Rhea Downing, Agnes Dempsey, Kathleen Moore, Phyllis
Johnson, Leeton Hillis and Verna Douglas.
City Manager Vickers recommended that the Council ask the Park &
Recreation Board to consider moving the annex to the new Park site.
The matter could be considered at their meeting of November 17, 1981.
With motion made by Harold Eavenson, seconded by Geline Dodd, all
in- favor the Council moved to turn the matter over to the Park &
Recreation Board as to the location of the annex.
The nominees to the ad hoc committee were accepted with motion
made by William Martin, seconded by Reta Allen, all in favor. It
was also noted these individuals would be responsible for creating
the Wylie Heritage Society.
The Lone Star Gas Rate Ordinance was adopted with motion made by
Harold Eavenson, seconded by Geline Dodd, all in favor. The rates
will become effective with the November billing.
Harold Eavenson moved that the City of Wylie should cast its 19
votes for Jack Faubion on McKinney to serve on the Board of Collin
County Appraisal Agency. The motion was seconded by Bill Berry,
all in favor.
A resolution assessing a 15% collection cost in addition to penalty
and interest on collection of delinquent taxes was approved with
motion by Harold Eavenson, seconded by Reta Allen, all in favor.
The Electrical Board, at its meeting of November 3, 1981, requested
Council consider a policy requiring an examination be taken and
passed by homeowners who desire to take out homeowners electrical
permits. Bill Berry moved that the Council adopt this policy. —.
Motion was seconded by Geline Dodd, all in favor.
City Manager requested authorization from the Council to purchase
various equipment for the municipal garage, including a fire hose,
water department diaphragm pump and a ductile iron pipe cutter.
The money was budgeted in the 1981-82 budget. The purchase of these
items was approved with motion made by Harold Eavenson, seconded by
Bill Berry, all in favor.
The pro rata costs of the new lift station to be installed east of
the cemetery was discussed by Harold Spence and Don Kreymer. Mr.
Spence reiterated his offer to pay $10,000 toward the costs of
constructing a new station. Don Kreymer did not feel he should
pay anything. Council recommended a fair solution would be to
charge $138.50 per lot versus the original decision to assess $600.
per acre, since Mr. Tibbals has some acreage which cannot be developed.
Council also recommended the property be restricted to single family.
Council tabled decision on the matter until the December Council
meeting.
The final report of the Comprehensive Community Plan was tabled
for a joint meeting of the Council and Planning & Zoning Commission
on November 19, 1981.
Chief Abbott advised the Council of the need to purchase new uniforms
for all P.D. personnel . He recommended light gray shirts with dark
gray pants. Council tabled a decision until the meeting of November
19 and asked that a uniform be modeled at that time.
" " Departmental reports were received.
Councilman Martin made a motion to recess into Executive Session in
accordance with Article 6252-17, subsection 2G, to discuss personnel
matters. Councilman Eavenson seconded, all in favor.
During the executive session, the City Council discussed several
personnel problems, together with the need to appoint a Municipal
Judge. Mayor Akin called the Council back into public session and
the matters were discussed at some length. On motion by Mr. Bill
Berry, seconded by Mrs. Geline Dodd, it was voted unanimously to of-
fer the position of Municipal Judge to Ms. Camille Elliott of
Garland, with the retainer to remain at $150.00 per month.
The City Manager requested clarification of the personnel policy
related to the number of official City holidays each year. The
Mayor advised that six holidays are recognized each year and
suggested that a seventh day be allowed on an employee's birthday.
Mr. Eavenson suggested that it might be well to allow the seventh
holiday to be at the employee's discretion, but with the approval
of his or her supervisor. Mr. Berry and Mrs. Dodd agreed with
this suggestion. After a brief discussion, it was evident that
there was unanimous support for the following policy, which was
adopted by consensus: there shall be six official City holidays
as in the past, but each employee may have a personal holiday of
his or her choice, conditioned upon approval of this holiday by
the appropriate supervisor or department head.
Next, a personnel policy concerning pay for employees who are
absent for extended periods of time because of illness or non-work
related injury was discussed. Mr. Martin recommended that employees
be allowed to use all of their sick leave and vacation leave, after
which they would be allowed thirty days at full pay. Mr. Berry
suggested that the second month be allowed at one-half pay and the
third month be without pay, but with continued insurance coverage
with the premium to be paid by the City. At the end of three
months after the employee had exhausted their sick leave and vaca-
tion leave, the employee would be separated from the City. Res-
ponsibility for converting insurance coverage would be that of
the employee. There was general agreement with this policy
suggestion, and Mr. Berry so moved. Mrs. Allen seconded the motion
which was approved unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:20 p.m.
John W. Akin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Gal all e, City Secretary