10-13-1987 (City Council) Minutes 330
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
OCTOBER 13, 1987
7 :00 P. M.
The Wylie City Council met in regular session on Tuesday,
October 13 , 1987 at 7 :00 P.M. in the Community Room. A
quorum was present and notice of the meeting had been posted
in the time and manner required by law. Those present were
Mayor Chuck Trimble, Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Donovan, Council
Members Chris DiTota , Calvin Westerhof , Marvin Blakey, John
Akin, and Kent Crane, City Manager John Pitstick, City
Secretary Carolyn Jones , Finance Director James Johnson,
Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires, Public Works
Superintendent Don White and Chief of Police Royce Abbott.
Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order and Mayor Pro Tem
Donovan gave the invocation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes for September 1st, 17th,
19th, 21st, 22nd, and 25th meetings were submitted for
approval . Motion was made by Councilman Westerhof to
approve the minutes as submitted . --
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan pointed out that the ordinance passed
for the school zones had the wrong times in it. City
Secretary Carolyn Jones said Mr . Watkins, Assist .
Superintendent for Wylie I .S.D. called today and told me he
had given me the wrong times . The new times will be sent to
the city attorney for another ordinance which will be back
to Council on the next agenda.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan seconded the motion made by Councilman
Westerhof to approve the minutes as submitted. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan
- in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman Westerhof
- in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane -
in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion
carried with all in favor.
CONSENT AGENDA: The consent agenda consist of the approval
of new schedule for different board meetings of the City,
approval of the final draw for Speed Fab-Crete Draw #12 in
the amount of $142 ,230 .39 and approval of change order #3
from Speed Fab-Crete for the new Municipal Complex
reflecting a credit to the City in the amount of $10 ,054 .00 .
Mayor Trimble stated that the above items are to be
considered as one item. The Council may move, by motion and
second, to approve or reject all items contained within.
Any Council member may request that an item or items be
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pulled from the Consent Agenda and be considered separately.
If such a request is made, those items will occur in
numerical order immediately following the vote on the
Consent Agenda.
Motion was made by Councilman Westerhof to approve the
consent agenda. Seconded by Councilman Crane. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan
- in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof
- in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane -
in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with al in favor.
APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF 911 SERVICES AND THE NECESSARY
FEES: Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan to approve
the resolution to call for a public hearing on November 10,
1987 to consider implementation of 911 services and the
necessary fees. Seconded by Councilman Crane. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan
- in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof
- in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane -
in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PERMITTED TIME FOR
PLACING REFUSE IN RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PICKUP: Motion was made
by Councilman DiTota to approve the ordinance establishing
permitted time for placing refuse in right-of-way for
pickup. Seconded by Councilman Blakey. The vote was as
follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan -
in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof -
in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane -
in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF BULK REFUSE RECEPTACLES: Motion was made by
Councilman Westerhof to approve the ordinance establishing
minimum standards for the installation of bulk refuse
receptacles. Seconded by Councilman DiTota.
Councilman Crane said last meeting it was discussed about
the distance off road and I was under the impression the pad
would be long enough to get the truck on the pad. Mr. Roy
Faires, Code Enforcement Officer, said the pad is designed
to take the front wheels only. Mr. Faires also stated that
in the last meeting it was discussed about getting the front
wheels off the asphalt streets. The trucks are tearing up
the asphalt . There was a figure on the minimum distance and
after the discussion it was decided to get the truck off the
street and right-of-way and the front wheels on the pad.
Councilman Crane wanted to know if the staff had on the
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books a figure for new construction. Mr. Faires said there
is nothing to constitute the size of pad or lead to pad.
Mayor Trimble called for a vote on the motion to approve the
ordinance. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in
favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin -
in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota
- in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman
Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
KEEPING AND/OR MAINTAINING ANIMALS WITHIN THE CITY OF WYLIE:
Motion was made by Councilman Westerhof to approve the
ordinance establishing minimum requirements for keeping
and/or maintaining animals within the City of Wylie.
Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan. The vote was as follows:
Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor,
Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor ,
Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor,
and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with
all in favor.
PRESENTATION FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF SPS MANN REQUESTING HIS
PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR 1986 TAXES BE WAIVED: The
representative for SPS Mann was not present at the meeting.
PRESENTATION BY MRS. ANNETTE NAISH REQUESTING AN ELECTION
FOR A ROLLBACK ON THE 1987 TAX RATE AND PRESENTING COUNCIL
WITH A PETITION FOR THE ROLLBACK : Mrs . Annette Naish of 512
Rustic Place stated she was here to present to Council a
petition for the rollback of the 1987/88 Tax rate of $.59 .
Carolyn Jones your City Secretary said there are 2 ,628
registered votes within the City Limits of Wylie and we
would need 263 signatures of these votes for this rollback.
I am presenting a petition to you with 781 signatures of
registered voters . Council has 20 days to validate these
signatures. If Council does not do this, the State Property
Tax Board will validate the signatures and call for the
election.
City Secretary Carolyn Jones wanted to correct a statement
that was made. Mrs. Jones said she marked the list of
registered voted as to those who lived within the City, but
as of this date has not counted them or given out any
figures.
Mayor Trimble recessed the open meeting and convened Council
into Executive Session under the Authority of Article 6252-
17 V.A.C.S. , Section 2 paragraph "g" personnel matters -
regarding 87-88 budget at 8 :14 P .M. . --.
Mayor Trimble reconvened the open meeting at 8 :55 P.M.
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ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING
PERSONNEL: Motion was made by Councilman DiTota to direct
City Manager to file an amended budget to offset the
$200,000 .00 deficit from the previous fiscal year and come
back to the City Council and present this amended budget for
approval . Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan
- in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman Westerhof
- in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane -
in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion
carried with all in favor.
APPOINTMENT BY CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO BE PLACED ON
THE BALLOT FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL REVIEW
BOARD: Mayor Trimble called for nominations or volunteers.
Mr. Tim Paschall and Mr . Albert Naish volunteered to be
placed on the ballot . Motion was made by Councilman
Westerhof to place Mr. Paschall and Mr. Naish on the ballot
for the Central Appraisal Review Board. Seconded by
Councilman Blakey. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble
- in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman
Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman
DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor , and
Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all
in favor.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Mayor Trimble welcomed any of the
citizens to come forward at this time. Please state your
name and address and limit your comments to two (2) minutes.
Mrs. Annette Naish 512 Rustic Place wanted to know what the
amended budget means to the tax increase. Mayor Trimble
said nothing, it was using the money in different ways than
the first budget .
COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Councilman Akin apologized to the
citizens for the poor job of explaining the budget to you on
September 22 , 1987 . This is truly a very dark day to our
City. This is the first time in 100 years to have a
rollback. Maybe this could have been avoided if we had let
everyone know what each item was in the budget . I apologize
for this poor job of explaining this budget.
Councilman DiTota said he wanted to thank the citizens that
are participating in the 88 Collin County Bond issues. It
is not to late to get involved in this. I urge the citizens
to come and get involved.
Councilman DiTota also stated that driving down FM544 ,
Murphy has started a clean up campaign and he would like for
staff to look into doing the same for Wylie, and get the
citizens involved.
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City Manager John Pitstick said if anyone was interested in
serving on these committees to please contact Carolyn Jones.
The next meeting for the 88 bond issues is Thursday at
McKinney. We will meet in the parking lot at City Hall and
leave around 6 :30 P.M. for McKinney.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan apologized for missing these last
meetings. I have kept in touch and have been involved . I
will answer any questions anyone may have.
There being no other business, Mayor Trimble called for a
motion to adjourn. A motion was made to adjourn with all in
favor.
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