02-09-1988 (City Council) Minutes 401
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
FEBRUARY 9, 1988
The City Council of the City of Wylie met in regular session
on Tuesday, February 9 , 1988 at 7 : 00 P .M. in the Council
Chambers of the Municipal Complex . A quorum was present and
notice of the meeting had been posted in the time and manner
required by law. Those present were Mayor Pro Tem Sandra
Donovan, Council Members John Akin, Chris DiTota, Kent
Crane, and Marvin Blakey, City Manager John Pitstick, City
Secretary Carolyn Jones, Finance Director James Johnson,
Public Works Superintendent Don White, Assist. Engineer Ron
Homeyer . Mayor Chuck Trimble and Councilman Westerhof were
absent.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan called the meeting to order and
Councilman Blakey gave the invocation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mayor Pro Tem Donovan corrected the
January 26th minutes to reflect more of the detail given on
the letter from First Southwest Company. Mayor Pro Tem
Donovan stated that in the minutes of January 30th, the
citizens were referring to the copy machines not coffee
machines.
Motion was made by Councilman Ditota approve the minutes
with the above corrections. Seconded by Councilman Blakey.
The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor,
Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor ,
Councilman Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in
favor . This motion carried with all in favor .
ACCEPTANCE OF LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM JAMES GRIFFIN FROM
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS: Mr . Griffin terms expires
in July, 1988 . Motion as made by Councilman Akin to accept
the resignation of James Griffin from the Zoning Board of
Adjustments. Seconded by Councilman Blakey. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman
Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman
Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This
motion carried with all in favor.
APPOINTMENT TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS: This
appointment is to complete the unexpired term of Mr .
Griffin, which expires in July, 1988 . Councilman Crane
would like to see another notice run in the paper for
citizens wishing to serve on the different boards of the
City. Motion was made by Councilman Crane to table until
such notice had been run in the paper . Seconded by
Councilman DiTota. The vote was as follow: Mayor Pro Tem
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Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman
DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane - in favor, and
Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all
in favor .
APPROVAL OF THE CALL FOR ELECTION AND THE ELECTION ORDER FOR
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PLACE 2 , PLACE 4 , AND PLACE 6 FOR THE
MAY 7 , 1988 ELECTION: These notices call for the election
on May 7th to be held at the First United Methodist Church
from 7 : 00 A.M. to 7 :00 P.M. and for absentee voting from
April 18th through May 3rd and also increases the work staff
to one judge, one alternate judge and five clerks. This
will make it possible for the judge and three clerks to
count and still leave the alternate judge and two clerks to
work the voting station. Motion was made by Councilman
DiTota to approve the call for election and the election
order for Mayor and City Council Place 2 , Place 4 and Place
6 . Seconded by Councilman Crane. The vote was as follows:
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in
favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in
favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO 1987-88 AMENDED BUDGET: This
amended budget is reflecting the tax rate of $ .50 .
Councilman Akin wanted to know about the 51 positions that
the city has. In June 29 , 1987 Mr . Johnson sent Council a
letter stating there were 73 full time positions, 12 part
time and 5 seasonal positions. On the payroll of June 23rd,
we had 67 full time employees, 11 part time and 5 seasonal
employees, which would make 83 positions and we have cut 20
something off and I was trying to get my math in there.
Finance Director James Johnson said seasonal is crossing
guards , 9 of the 11 employees were the ambulance relief
positions. Councilman DiTota wanted to know the status of
the volunteer program. City Manager John Pitstick said the
first priority is the library and we met last night with the
library board and formed the volunteer committee and
established this volunteer program. There is a joint
meeting with the Park Board to go over the budget and work
with this board on setting up a volunteer program for the
parks. The police department has put on some reserve
officer to help during this last week. Also , the Library
Board would like one of the Council members to work on the
volunteer committee.
Councilman Akin said that Arlington has cut back on their
budget and I feel we need to look at this and be sure we
don' t need more cuts. City Manager John Pitstick said
percentage wise, Arlington maybe cutting 50 people, but they
have approximately 1200 in their budget, and the City of
Wylie has already cut 40% of our staffing. If the revenues
do not come in, then the staff will be back to Council .
The staff hopes we do not need to cut anymore but we will
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stay on this and if it looks like more cuts are needed , I
will come back to the Council at that time. j
Motion was made by Councilman DiTota to approve the amended
budget reflecting the tax rate of $ .50 . Seconded by
Councilman Blakey. The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem
Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman
DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor , and
Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all
in favor .
APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY FOR WESTGATE
PHASE 1 : This property is located between FM 544 and
Highway 78 . This plat has been before Council , but the
developer has had to move the alignment of the street and
therefore needs approval for construction again. Motion was
made by Councilman Akin to approve the Westgate Phase 1
Final Plat for Construction only. Seconded by Councilman
Crane. The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in
favor, Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in
favor , Councilman Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey -
in favor . This motion carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY FOR WESTGATE
PHASE II : This property is located between FM 544 and
Highway 78 . This plat has also been before Council but has
to come back due to the realignment of the street.
Councilman Crane wanted to know why the realignment. Code
Enforcement Officer Roy Faires said it was due to the buried
installation, and it was felt that this would not support a
street . Councilman Crane then wanted to know if the City
had received something from EBA. Assist . Engineer Ron
Homeyer said no, the owners have been talking with them.
Councilman Crane wanted to know if there was any concern
with the water going through this material . Mr. Homeyer
said no, because they have moved completely away from this
material . The motion was seconded by Councilman Blakey.
The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor,
Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor ,
Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in
favor . This motion carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF REPLAT OF KELLERS 1ST ADDITION, LOT R-1 AND R-2 ,
BLOCK 3 : Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires stated that
this is the property between Jackson Street and Birmingham
Street and was replatted some time back for a Savings and
Loan. These plans have changed and Mr . Kreymer wanted to
build his office on a portion of this and therefore it needs
to be replatted again. Motion was made by Councilman Akin
to approve the replatting of Kellers 1st addition, Lot R-1
and R-2 Block 3 . Seconded by Councilman Crane.
Councilman Crane wanted to know if the perimeter street
fees have been collected . Assist. Engineer Ron Homeyer said
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he thought these were collected the first time through, but
he would check on it. Councilman Crane than asked
Councilman Akin if he would amend his motion to reflect
approval if all fees had been paid.
Councilman Akin amended his motion to stated approval of the
replat if all fees including the perimeter street fees had
been paid. Seconded by Councilman Crane. The vote was as
follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin
- in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane -
in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
DISCUSSION OF 9-1-1- SYSTEM UPDATE: City Manager John
Pitstick state that the contract with GTE has been approved
and work has begun on the 9-1-1 system. The system has been
installed but there are three things that need to be
addressed and taken care of . One is the incorrect addresses
in parts of the City, such as Highway 78 should be North or
South instead of East , West, North and South. There are
about 100 houses that need address corrections. The staff
is working on sending out letters to these people. Second,
GTE needs at least one month to test the system out , March
should be the testing month and go on line with 9-1-1 as of
April 1st . Third is staff would like to go ahead and mail
out these letters to all the property needing corrections .
In addition to the above, Council needs to looks at a formal
name for Highway 78 ( Garland has called it Lavon Drive) .
GTE has not been the hold up, we just need to get these
addresses corrected in order for the 9-1-1 system to work
correctly. Councilman Akin wanted to know how the ambulance
will find the addresses. City Manager John Pitstick said we
need to have an ordinance stating size and where to put the
house numbers . Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires said the
City has an ordinance for this. City Manager John Pitstick
stated that we did need to remember that this was for inside
the City Limits. Councilman DiTota said we should involve
the Schools and help educate the children on how to use this
system.
APPROVAL OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MARCH 7 - 11 AS TEXAS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK: Mayor Pro Tem Donovan read the
proclamation for record. Motion was made by Councilman
Blakey to approve the proclamation. Seconded by Councilman
DiTota. The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Donovan -
in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in
favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey -
in favor . This motion carried with all in favor.
APPROVAL OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 20TH AS TAMMY
BLANN DAY: Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said the last report on
Mrs. Blann is she has begin to make some progress. Mrs.
Blann has begin showing signs of her body accepting the
liver transplant and we would hope all prayers and thoughts
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would go in that direction and she would continue to
improve. . Mayor Pro Tem Donovan read the proclamation into
the record. Motion was made by Councilman Crane to approve
the proclamation. Seconded by Councilman Blakey. The vote
was as follows: Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor,
Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor .
Councilman Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in
favor . This motion carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 84-12 AMENDING PERMIT
FEES: City Manager John Pitstick said there is a change
from current ordinance for permits over $1 million dollars.
The City is one of the highest in the metroplex for charging
of this size permits. Staff is recommending to go from
$3 .00 to $2 .00 per each additional $1,000 over one Million
dollars or fraction thereof . Motion was made by Councilman
DiTota to approve the amendment to ordinance 84-12 .
Seconded by Councilman Akin. The vote was as follows :
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - 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 Pro Tem Donovan invited any
citizens wishing to speak to come forward at this time, but
to keep their comments to within two minutes.
June Baugh, 604 S. Jackson, my concern is the way citizens
have been lowered on the tax rate, there has been no
improvements, three police have been fired. I guess that is
the way of cutting the bills, where is our protection. I
would like to see some improvements for the people.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Councilman Crane stated that we spent
$30 ,000 on asphalt , Finance Director James Johnson said for
street repairs. Councilman Crane said was this what was
paid for Williams Street. Mr . Johnsons said that Williams
Street was 50% participation from the School and was not
very much money. Mr . Don White, Public Works
Superintendent , said the total cost was $4500 .00 and half
was reimbursed . Councilman Crane said he thought we were
getting 100% back from the school . Mr . Johnson said we
received 50% and that is what was agreed on. Mr . Johnson
also stated that this street would not with stand a lot of
traffic.
Councilman DiTota wanted to know about the park agreement
with WSA. City Manager John Pitstick said that council was
having a joint meeting with the Park Board on Thursday, Feb.
llth at 7 :00 P .M. to work on this agreement .
Councilman Akin said there was one complaint on road South
of Birmingham, we were going to put up barricades to keep
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Birmingham from going into South Ballard. What has happened •.�
to this . Councilman Akin also said this was the first
meeting in our new building and I am for one very proud of
this beautiful complex . This is our first building in 102
years.
City Manager John Pitstick said the Library Board had an
excellence meeting with Elizabeth Crabbs . She gave us a
good outline for a program for volunteers. Library Board
would like a Council Member to serve on the volunteer
committee. Councilman Blakey volunteered to serve on the
volunteer committee.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan invited Mrs . Baugh to come and talk
with the City Manager or one of the Council Members and see
where the dollars have gone. We have a lot of areas that
need work. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan reminded everyone of open
house at the new complex was February 27th from 10 :00 A.M.
to 2:00 P .M.
There being no other business, a motion was made to adjourn
with all in favor.
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