08-23-1982 (City Council) Minutes CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 23, 1982
--� 7:00 P.M.
The Wylie City Council met at 7:00 p.m. on August 23, 1982 in the.
Council Chambers. Mayor Squires presided. A quorum was present and
notice of the meeting had been posted for the time and manner required
by law. Those in attendance were the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem William
Martin, Council members Harold Eavenson, Geline Dodd, and Reta Allen.
Councilman Simmons was not present. Also present were City Manager
Lee Vickers, City Secretary Gail Wallace, Police Chief Abbott, Asst.
Fire Chief Mike Rawlings, Director of Public Works Brian Cowan,
Messrs. Gandy and Hicks from Lone Star Gas, Catherine and Mike
McAnally, Don Kreymer and David Englemann.
Invocation was given by Mayor.
A public hearing was conducted on a request for rate increase by Lone
Star Gas. Mr. Joe Gandy made a presentation to Council regarding the
requested 7.49% increase. Following a brief discussion, Councilman
Martin moved to suspend the rate increase for 120 days by Resolution,
seconded by Councilman Eavenson, all in favor. Mayor Squires advised
that he and Councilman Martin would work with Lone Star Gas to deter-
mine the merits of the requested increase.
K. C. Swayze submitted the only bid for repairing Thomas Street and
paving Wylie Community Park Road and parking lot in the sum of $46,150.
Councilman Martin moved to reject all bids and go out for new bids.
Motion seconded by Councilwoman Dodd, all in favor.
Three bids were received for repainting four City vehicles. The low
bid was received from Joe Tuskin in the amount of $1,800. Council-
woman Dodd moved to accept the low bid, seconded by Councilwoman Allen,
all in favor. It was also the concensus of the Council that the City
logo be put on all City vehicles as soon as the money is available to
do so.
Two bids were received for a radar unit for the Police Department.
MPH Industries bid $2,595 for a model S80K. Kustom Signal bid $2,295
for the Custom KR10. After review by the Police Chief, Councilman
Eavenson moved to accept the low bid from Kustom Signal , seconded by
Councilwoman Allen, all in favor.
K. C. Swayze submitted the only bid for installing curb and gutter
on north side of Butler from Hilltop east to alley and paving repairs
to same section. His bid for curb and gutter is $1,320.00 and for
the paving repairs $1,360.00. Don Kreymer indicated he was prepared
to contribute $600 toward this work. Councilman Eavenson moved to
accept the bids, seconded by Councilwoman Dodd, all in favor.
Councilwoman Dodd made a motion to reappoint the firm of Doll and
Williams as the independent audit firm to audit the City's account.
Motion was seconded by Councilman Eavenson, all in favor.
Purchase of used fire truck. City Manager had been given an unofficial
purchase price of $11,500 for the used fire truck from the City of
Plano. Councilman Martin made a motion to authorize the purchase of
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the fire truck with a limit of $11,500, and to negotiate for the sale
of the fire apparatus on the wrecked fire truck. Motion was seconded
by Councilman Eavenson, all in favor.
Councilwoman Dodd moved to renew the contract with McCreary, Huey and
Veselka for the collection of delinquent taxes, seconded by Councilwoman
Allen, all in favor.
City Manager made a presentation to the Council on the proposed City
Budget. He advised that he was recommending an operation and maintenance
budget of $903,190, contractual obligations of $118,000 and $133,720 for
capital outlay. The total proposed budget is $1,155,000. The budget
included a proposed tax decrease of $.01 and an increase from $6,000 to
$15,000 for senior citizens' homestead tax exemption.
It was the general concensus of the Council to amend the Fire Department
portion of the budget to include purchasing rescue equipment. The
capital outlay portion of the budget will be increased $4,000. (The
purchase price of the rescue equipment is around $8,000; however, the
Fire Department has received donations in the amount of $4,000. )
Major capital outlay items budgeted were materials for sanitary sewer
lift station and water mains, purchase of fire engine, street sweeper,
tractor-mower and purchase of computer.
A public hearing was set for September 14, 1982 at 7:00 p.m. on the ....,
proposed budget.
It was the concensus of the Council that letters be sent to the resi-
dents living on Mardi Gras and Memorial to inform them of the status
of relaying the water lines and repaving of the streets in that area.
Councilman Martin volunteered to act as liaison between the residents
and the Council .
Council discussed starting a community-wide campaign to build a sub-
fire station south of Highway 78. Also the subject of paid firemen
was discussed.
The off-street parking project was clarified by Council . The off-street
parking will be limited to the downtown area only and will progress as
availability of labor and priorities allow.
There being no further business, the meetin a 'our ed.
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