11-10-1986 (City Council) Minutes 3 7
CALLED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING - MINUTES
NOVEMBER 10, 1986
8:00 P. M.
The Wylie City Council were to meet in a called session on
Monday, November 10 , 1986 at 8 :00 P . M. in the Wylie
Community Room. Notice of the meeting had been posted for
the time and in the manner required by law. Those present
were Mayor Pro Tem Joe Fulgham, City Manager Gus Pappas,
City Secretary Carolyn Jones, City Attorney Larry Jackson,
the Wylie News and approximately 40 citizens.
Those absent were Councilwoman Sandra Donovan, Councilman
Chuck Trimble and Councilman Cal Westerhof .
Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham said obviously there is not a quorum
and there will be no meeting tonight. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham
stated to the citizens that were present that on Monday,
Nov . 3rd, Councilwoman Donovan notified the City Secretary
of her request for a public hearing, which she wanted on
November 18th. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham said he called
Councilman Westerhof on Tuesday about setting the date for
the public hearing on Monday, November 10th at 8 : 00 P. M. ,
and Councilman Westerhof agreed. I begin to try and
contact Councilman Trimble, and was told each time he was
out of the office. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham said he left a
message on Mr . Trimble' s home recorder and never received a
return call from Mr . Trimble. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham said he
then called Mr . Larry Jackson and that he only needed a
majority of the three council members for this meeting to be
called for November 10th. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham said he
also talked with Mr. Don Hughes about making this meeting.
Mr. Trimble finally called me on Thursday, and he said
Monday, November 10th was ok by him for this public hearing.
Letters and agenda ' s went out informing the council members
of what I had attempted to do to put together a public
hearing for Nov. 10 , 1986. Tonight just as I was getting
out of my car, Mr . Donovan gave me the following letter :
Nov. 10, 1986
"Dear Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham:
We the undersigned council members have each received a
letter stating a public hearing is set for November
10th at 8 :00 P. M. to consider the recall petition.
We have been advised that the law required council to
set the date for such a public hearing . Since we three
represent the only remaining members of the city
council we cannot understand why we were not asked as a
council to call a public hearing. None of us are
willing to participate in a possibly illegal meeting
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and we are hereby notifying you that we have no
intention of attending a public hearing until the
entire council receives proper notice under the Texas
Open Meetings Law of a council meeting for the purpose
of selecting a date and calling a public hearing.
For your information the date of November 18th at 7 : 00
P. M. is acceptable for all of us to hold a public
hearing .
Sincerely,
Place 1 Chuck Trimble
Place 2 Cal Westerhof
Place 6 Sandra Donovan"
This letter is in the same manner in which I called this
meeting tonight. Having the public hearing on November
18th, will make the election day Dec. 20th.
Larry Jackson, City Attorney, said this will postpone the
election until sometime after the December 6th election.
The remarks in the letter about this being illegal is not
true. This is a legal meeting.
Since there was not a quorum, the citizens were told there
would be no meeting. -- .
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