04-12-1988 (City Council) Minutes 451
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
APRIL 12, 1988
The City Council of the City of Wylie met in regular session
on Tuesday, April 12 , 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 Chuck Trimble,
Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Donovan, Council Members John Akin,
Calvin Westerhof , Chris DiTota, and Marvin Blakey, City
Manager John Pitstick , City Secretary Carolyn Jones , Finance
Director James Johnson, Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires,
Assist . Engineer Ron Homeyer , Chief of Police Royce Abbot,
and Public Works Superintendent Don White. Councilman Kent
Crane arrived late.
Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order and Councilman
Westerhof gave the invocation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH AND MARCH 22ND MEETINGS:
There being no additions or corrections to the March 10th
and March 22nd minutes , a motion was made by Councilman
DiTota to approve as submitted. 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, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO SGT . JOHNNY HOLLEY BY LIFELINE
AMBULANCE SERVICE: This is the first award of this kind
that Lifeline has presented. This award is for outstanding
duty for control of an accident and fine skills as a police
officer and EMT. Lifeline representative presented Sgt.
Holley with a plaque for his services above and beyond the
call of duty.
AUTHORIZATION TO SEEK BIDS ON BACK HOE AND MOTOR GRADER,
FUNDED UNDER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: Councilman Akin
wanted to know if this was part of the $400 ,000 on the
refinancing. City Manger John Pitstick said yes . Motion
was made by Councilman DiTota to grant authorization to seek
bids on back hoe and motor grader . 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 , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion
carried with all in favor .
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APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF WYLIE AND LIFELINE ..,.
AMBULANCE - ADDING DISPATCHING SERVICES AND LEASE SPACE AT
MUNICIPAL COMPLEX: City Manager John Pitstick said this is
to update the contract with Lifeline, set a basic lease
agreement and also sets up our police department to dispatch
for Lifeline. City Manager John Pitstick also said from
staff standpoint, Lifeline would do it all but they are
willing to pay for 1/2 of one dispatcher. Our main concern
is the 9-1-1 emergency and not being able to dispatch the
ambulance in a timely manner. Councilman Akin wanted to
know if there would be another person needed . City Manager
John Pitstick said no, there is a records clerk and she will
handle all non-emergency calls.
Councilman Westerhof said first of all he is happy to have
Lifeline and their service. I have worked for a dispatch
company and ran an advance ambulance service. I do not want
the police department to dispatch. Lifeline will have to
use our radio frequency. Ambulance has three (3) things to
do in logging calls, before the ambulance is dispatched. I
have concern in the radio being jammed up with these calls
and not getting other emergency calls through. Our contract
with Lifeline says they will response to an emergency call
within eight (8) minutes. I feel we are going backward
instead of forward. I feel it is an overload on our
dispatch. Councilman Westerhof said he believes that the
City Dispatchers an handle it, but just feels it is an
overload we should not undertake.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said when we take the ambulance calls
from County, it will increase these calls .
Councilman DiTota wanted to know what brought the
dispatching into the contract . City Manager John Pitstick
said because if it was emergency calls, our dispatcher take
9-1-1 calls, then would have to call or transfer to another
dispatch office. Councilman DiTota wanted to know who makes
the decision of who needs the ambulance and dispatches it.
City Manager John Pitstick said it would be the
responsibility our dispatcher .
Councilman Westerhof said there is no problem with them
having our frequency, but it is going to bog down our
system.
City Manager John Pitstick called Larry Gilley, one of the
City' s dispatchers, to the front and asked him if there
would be a problem with emergency calls. Mr. Gilley said
no, we need them all on one frequency.
Councilman Westerhof said 9-1-1 call comes in, you dispatch
Police, Fire and Ambulance, you log in when they get your
call and when they leave their station, if hospital can' t
take them, then you log in when they leave the hospital for
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another hospital . That could be as many as seven (7 ) calls
for one emergency, what if you get another emergency call .
Mr. Gilley said it would be a strain, but the City has taken
on 9-1-1 and it says we take all emergency traffic.
Councilman Westerhof said yes, but if all you have to do is
call Lifeline then you don' t have all the other logs to keep
up with. Councilman Westerhof said the way this agreement
is written, I am 100o against it .
Councilman Akin said he would like to table this and bring
it back later .
A motion was made to table this item and bring it back to
the next meeting. Seconded by Councilman Blakey.
Councilman DiTota wanted to know on item no. 11, Ordinance
for prank calls on 9-1-1 , how would Lifeline handle this.
City Manager John Pitstick said they couldn' t.
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, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor to table the item.
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 1988 STREET PROGRAM -
RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY STREETS WITH ASSESSMENT TO PROPERTY
OWNERS: City Manager John Pitstick said that staff sent out
a survey to everyone in the City, 85% of the people said we
have bad streets and need to do something about them. Staff
is talking about borrowing $600 ,000 . to do a street program.
Staff has twelve (12) streets on our priority list. Staff
has talked about going in and doing the base work ourselves
and them having someone put in the asphalt overlay. Staff
has instructed the engineers to design these streets to last
for at least 20 years . Staff has also looked at concrete
streets. Callie Court, Birmingham, Brown, Stone and Ballard
Streets look as if they can be done with this $600 ,000 . ,
some of you received letters about Kreymer Lane. Kreymer
Lane was added just incase the bides come in under this
$600,000 . amount and then we will add Kreymer Lane. Using
the assessments for the street program, why should everyone
pay is one of the questions we keep hearing . One third is
being paid for by everyone in taxes, the other two thirds
are being paid for by the property owners on each side of
the street. The next step is to hire an appraiser to go
out and appraise these properties. Then come back with
another public hearing for assessing these properties.
Tonight we want to hear from you, let us know what your
concerns are.
Councilman Westerhof wanted to know what the estimated cost
for Birmingham are. Mr . Ron Homeyer, Assist. Engineer , said
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$18 .00 square yard. Councilman Westerhof said a person told
him that a Company said they could do it for $24 .00 foot in
concrete.
Councilman Akin wanted to know if the streets chosen had the
counter put on them. City Manager John Pitstick said the
traffic received , condition, safety factor of each street
was looked at and also if we could get assessments back on
them.
Councilman Akin said that has always been a key factor, is
to use seed money and do streets that we can get some
recovery from so we can keep rolling this over and doing
streets.
Councilman DiTota wanted to know if there could be an option
of curb and gutter with concrete street as well as the curb
and gutter with asphalt streets. Some of the problems we
will have is the shoulders wearing out without the curb and
gutter .
Councilman Blakey wanted to know the conditions of the water
and sewer lines under these streets.
Mayor Trimble open the public hearing and requested those
wishing to speak to come forward and state their name and
address for the record.
Mel Delaney - said he has been in Wylie since 1967 , this is
a far cry from when all the city offices use to be in a
building across from the Post Office. I am proud of what
Wylie is becoming, when I have come in for development, I
was told that I would have to put money up for concrete
streets or put in the streets . When the old High School
(Know Middle School) opened the drive way was in asphalt , it
has been redone several times. Lets do this right and put
in concrete streets. Do these developers have to pay. City
Manager John Pitstick said yes, they do . Mr. Delaney said
he has not seen an asphalt street that would last 20 years.
I really hope S. Ballard will be done right . Councilman
Akin said that the perimeter street fees had been paid for
the Thrist Property and for Southplace Subdivison and this
money would go toward the reconstruction of S. Ballard.
Also that some of the property along S. Ballard is outside
the City limits and there would be no reimbusement.
Councilman Akin said if we did do the street in concrete do
you think some of the people would contribute. Mr. Delaney
said he would go door to door and ask each one of them to
contribute.
Mr . Dick Heischman of 310 Callie Court, this is on the
corner of Callie Court and Kreymer Lane. What is the hand
out and how does this work. Why do the numbers not match.
City Manager John Pitstick said Callie Court is 20% cost to
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property owners, and Kreymer Lane will only be done if the
bids come in low enough to add Kreymer to the list . Mr .
Heischman said Kreymer Lane has a lot of heavy equipment and
trucks coming through all the time, asphalt will not hold up
with this kind of traffic. City Manager John Pitstick said
the main problem is our streets do not have a good base.
This is what we are looking at is getting a good base.
Mr . Mike Cummings said Geotec Firm is to take sample cores
and determine what is there in the base so we will know what
has to be done to get a good base. Take the report and on
the recycle, add to what is there and make a base that will
have a 20 year life span , with a maintenance program.
Mayor Trimble wanted to know when you recycle concrete
street can you just put an overlay on them. Mr . Cummings
said yes, if there are no bad sections, then you have to dig
out the bad sections and remove them and lay a completely
new section.
Councilman DiTota wanted to know if the base on the
shoulders will fall apart without curbs . Mr . Cummings said
if it is a 20 ft. asphalt street, we will come in and put 2
ft. extra on the edge and treat it.
City Manager John Pitstick said there have been several
calls from people on Kreymer Lane, in Wyndham Estates , they
were developed prior to the perimeter street fees. I have
been told that the builder will pick up the fees for Kreymer
Lane, along the side for Wyndham Estates.
Mrs . Barbara Dudley of 305 Callie Court , wanted to know if
Kreymer Lane was not redone about this time last year . I am
in objection to paying for Kreymer Lane when my house faces
Callie Court. City Manager John Pitstick said it was done
by County and they put in an overlay only. Mrs. Dudley said
this street will not hold up with all the trucks. On Callie
Court where did the 18 ft . road come from. Mrs. Dudley
said if we are going to do this lets do it right. We have
duly trucks and horse trailers that are on this street .
Mr. Tommy Schulz 803/805 Birmingham, if you are on the
corner are you charged for both sides . Mayor Trimble said
yes. Mr. Schulz said if you come in and have to knock out
trees, there is a possibility the value will go down . Will
this policy be the policy from now on. City Manager John
Pitstick said it is the policy of this Council . Councilman
Akin said it has been the policy since 1968 for 1/3 by City
and 1/3 by property owners on each side of the street .
Mr. Ortie Messenger 504 Rustic Place, this is a big decision
and all the streets need it . There was a lady on Butler
that said the trucks have torn up the roads. Maybe we
should look at concrete but it seems the price range is
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great. Can we get prices on concrete, comparing apples to
apples . Concrete has no maintenance, am I right . City
Manager John Pitstick said concrete has to have the cracks
sealed. There will have to be prevented maintenance on all
types of streets.
Councilman Akin said the price of the concrete did not take
care of taking up the old street prior to putting in the new
street. Councilman Akin said if the base is done correctly,
then overlay and it should hold up.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know what happened to Shiloh
Baptist Church. We agreed to do 1/2 cost of running the
sewer lines. Mayor Trimble said we agreed they were a
priority. City Manager John Pitstick said we were going to
do the engineering and they would do the work. Mayor Pro
Tem Donovan said in looking at the minutes that were just
approved, we said we would do it . Mayor Trimble said we did
not agree to do the work.
Councilman Westerhof said I was left with the understanding
that the representative from the Shiloh Baptist Church said
they has allocated an X amount of dollars to be used for
this project , whether it be their own septic service or
tying into the City' s service. They also agreed that our
City Engineer would draw up the plans for their contractor
and if the plans fell within their price range they would go
ahead and use it to connect up to our system. Mayor
Trimble also said their contractor said they would do it for
$6 ,000 .
There being no other questions or comments, Mayor Trimble
closed the public hearing.
APPROVAL OF 1988 STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM: City
Manager John Pitstick stated that staff recommends to let
the engineers do the design work and go out for bids on six
(6) streets and see what the prices are when they come in.
Staff will work from there on recommending five (5) or six
(6) streets for reconstruction this year . Mr . Mike Cummings
of Cummings and Pewitt, said that the set up for Birmingham
and Stone was curb and gutter with asphalt or concrete, the
other streets are set up for no curb and gutter , concrete or
asphalt . To do concrete with curb and gutter on all street
would take underground drainage in most cases . Motion was
made by Councilman DiTota to approve the street program and
authorize staff to go out for bids . Seconded by Councilman
Akin. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor,
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - against, Councilman Akin - in favor,
Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota - in
favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion
carried with five (5) in favor, and one (1) against.
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PRESENTATION BY COLLIN COUNTY ON THE ALIGNMENT OF SANDEN
BLVD: Mr . Dennis Burns of Collin County stated that at the
last City Council meeting he gave four alignments for Sanden
Blvd . Council then asked me to come back with a combination
of Scheme B & D for this alignment. Scheme E ties Sanden
Blvd. from FM 544 to Hwy. 78 , near the proposed bridge, goes
through the flood plain. Cost is approximately 2. 4 Million
and is for six (6) lanes .
Councilman Akin said the Commissioners Court has said they
have money for three (3) lanes . Mr . Burns said yes , but
design is for the full six (6) lanes.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know if the City or Council
obtains the right-of-ways. Mr . Burns said the City does,
but if there is a problem the County will try and help .
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said one property has not had the
right people contacted about the easement needed for the
West side of Sanden Blvd. City Manager John Pitstick said
the three lanes are going in on the East side, no property
needed from the B. C. Wood family right now.
APPROVAL OF THE ALIGNMENT OF SANDEN BLVD: Motion was made
by Councilman Akin to approve Scheme E for the alignment of
Sanden Blvd. Seconded by Councilman DiTota. 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 .
Mayor Trimble recognized Mr. Bart Peddicord, who is the
volunteer coordinator for "Clean Up Wylie - Week of April
16th thru 23rd" . Mr . Peddicord said he was asking the youth
groups of all the Churches , plus groups from the school to
participate in cleaning up Wylie. The City will furnish the
trash bags that day and we will meet at the old police
station at 9 :00 A.M. and go from there. I would like the
support of all the citizens during this week to help wih
this clean up campaign .
APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR LEASE OF ROOM NOS. 184 & 185 IN
THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX TO THE WYLIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
Councilman Akin wanted to know how many square feet. City
Manager John Pitstick said he was not for sure, Mr . Roy
Faires said around 875 sq. ft . Councilman Akin wanted to
know if there was a factor on the cost of utilities . City
Manager John Pitstick said he did have it but not with him
at the time.
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City Manager John Pitstick said the Chamber of Commerce is
looking for a meeting room for talking with new people about
coming into Wylie. Staff feels this would be a benefit for
expanding our tax base. Staff recommends a year to year
lease.
Councilman Akin said that was for information, he is a
strong supporter of the Chamber of Commerce and I think the
minutes will reflect back in 1977 I wrestled with the
Council at that time to make room for them over on 114 N.
Ballard Street. I realize that the City and Chamber of
Commerce should work very closely together . It is with
great pleasure since I made the motion back in 1977 for
their first place, that I make the motion to go ahead and
give them this place. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof .
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 A RESOLUTION GIVING NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE
CITY OF WYLIE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF
OBLIGATION AND ALL OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED
THERETO: City Manager John Pitstick said this was the
official notice of giving intent to issue City of Wylie ...
combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation. Mr .
David Medanich suggested to Council to change the date from
May 12 to May 24th. This would be a regular Council meeting
night and would give them a little more time to be ready.
Mayor Trimble asked what are the prospects. Mr . Medanich
said that Wylie has a BAA rating and we need to go to the
rating agencies and show our plan of repayment. The
investors are looking at Texas as a whole right now.
Councilman DiTota said is the rating going down because of
Wylie or Texas economy. Mr. Medanich said a lot of both,
the Texas economy and the rollback. Mr . Medanich said they
had not down graded Wylie yet, but there is a very strong
possibility they will . Wylie is not in the position they
would like to be in.
Councilman Akin said still we are below the $5 .00, isn' t
that usually the criteria, the auditors said we were in good
shape there.
City Manager John Pitstick said our concerns are that the
quicker we can go out for bids for the streets the better
bids we are going to get. The second issue is that we are
going to see a hard road if we have to get these rated. We
are going to have to make a good presentation in order to
keep our good rating.
Motion was made by Councilman Akin to approve the resolution
giving notice of intent to issue City of Wylie Combination
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Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation and to change the
date to May 24th. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof . 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 FOR DIALING 9-1-1 WHEN NO EMERGENCY
EXISTS : City Manager John Pitstick said this ordinance has
been passed by the City of Dallas, it is to allow us to
enforce penalty against prank calls on the 9-1-1 system.
Motion was made by Councilman Westerhof to approve the
ordinance for dialing 9-1-1 when no emergency exists.
Seconded by Councilman DiTota. 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 RESOLUTION FOR AMBULANCE SUBSIDY TO BE PRESENTED
TO COMMISSIONER COURT IN COLLIN COUNTY: City Manager John
Pitstick said this is a resolution that has been taken
around to several cities for support and is to be taken to
Commissioners Court. Staff recommends approval of this
Resolution to be taken to Commissioners Court renaming the
Wylie Ambulance District to Southeast Ambulance District and
reallocating the funds .
Councilman Akin said why are we involved in this, if the
other cities are involved. The first paragraph says that
all cities over 5 ,000 population shall receive no funding ,
for someone who has spent several years trying to get
funding for our local ambulances, and seeing this done away
with, and know the City of Wylie is going to subsidize the
ambulance service. I have a problem with this. The people
in the County use the city' s parks, police, fire, etc. and
yet the City has to pay.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said the Mayor of Lucas and herself
took the Resolution around to other cities . We are not
getting more money but if County does this is will lower the
City' s subsidy.
City Manager John Pitstick said when we handled it, we
received $16 ,000 . and it cost us $50 ,000 plus to operate
this service. If the other cities will do this and County
grants it, our subsidy will go down.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan stated she is wanting to ask for
subsidy for our City since Lifeline is based here.
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Councilman Akin said he has fought this battle for years.
We supply the library, police, and fire to people in the
County and the Cities have to pay for the Ambulance.
Councilman Akin said the other cities want it then let them
do it, and leave our City out of it .
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan made a motion to approve the
Resolution for Ambulance Subsidy and changing the district
name to Southeast Ambulance District to be presented to
Commissioners Court.
Councilman Crane wanted to know if staff endorses this.
City Manager John Pitstick said yes, who ever has this area
it is not being adequately served nor does it have enough
subsidy. We are not mentioning Lifeline, County knows we
are not covering this area anymore.
Councilman Akin stated that Lifeline and the County needed
to get together and to leave the City out of it.
Mayor Trimble said that is what the Resolution is doing.
Councilman Akin said he had talked to some of the people and
they could not believe it, we are giving away what we have,
plus the fact that our taxpayers are going to have to pay
this area .
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said we have already given this up,
and we are trying to get us more money, not in the form of
subsidy but in the form of what the subsidy Wylie' s budget
has to pay Lifeline. It is not what we are going to get
from the County but what we are going to have to pay out
for Lifelines services in Wylie.
Councilman Westerhof said he had some real serious concerns
about this . I think it is a crying shame that the County
only gives $16,000 . for this whole area. I think compared
to what the McKinney area gets it is ridiculous and it is
almost to the point of being laughable. We as a council
made the motion and passed that we are no longer in it and I
fully realize that we have to subsidize Lifeline. I believe
that next year it is $40,000 at the maximum or less. I
really think if Lifelines approaches Commissioners Court and
is able to obtain double that amount, I do not think
personally that our subsidy is going down below that
$40,000 . I will be totally shocked if it does .
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said we have talked with Lifeline in
no way has any type of contract or anything been written.
The fact that if Lifeline goes before the Commissioners ...
Court it is one profit organization coming before them and
if a resolution comes in from twelve cities sitting in
Collin County, your policy is bad, you have $90 ,000 versus
$16,00 . for the square miles you are covering . We are
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asking them to go by the population that is being covered
instead of a flat rate. We are only asking the
Commissioners Court to take a closer look at what they have
done in regards to being more equal in what they can do.
Councilman Westerhof said that per capita is not a fair way
of doing this.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said that is they way they are doing
it now.
Councilman Akin said it used to be by miles and distances.
Councilman Westerhof said it was much easier on the
equipment to run it in the City instead of having to take
off and run 20 miles through the country. I just do not
want to see us get involved . Fully realize that if the
County ups their subsidy, the amount of money that the City
of Wylie told Lifeline that we would subsidize them up to
and not to exceed this $40 ,000 , that is for the City of
Wylie only and has nothing to do with outside the City.
Councilman Akin said use to be that everyone in the County
that had a Funeral Home had an Ambulance service. One time
we had about 10 or 15 ambulance services in this County, but
it kept on falling back until it finally got down to us and
Plano and maybe one other ambulance service. The County
has the responsibility for the areas outside the Cities and
it irritates me that we are doing everything for them, why
would they ever come into our City when we are doing
everything for them.
Councilman Blakey said if he remembers correctly, when we
talked with Lifeline, part of their reason of coming into
Wylie and offering us the prices they did was because they
had prospects of being able to service other areas and part
of Dallas County.
Councilman Westerhof said he believes that Lifeline should
go out to these cities and market their business.
Councilman Akin wanted to know what they are getting from
Sachse. City Manager John Pitstick said nothing, that is
our point they are servicing other areas and not getting
anything for it.
Councilman Blakey said if they can service other areas , then
that could reduce our subsidy.
Mayor Trimble said he did not know what the other cities
have done, if we are the only City to vote it down, it will
send the wrong message . We want to be careful there, if we
are the biggest of that group saying we do not support it,
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them we are saying there is something wrong. I do not think -••
there is anything wrong .
Councilman Akin said we are the only one excluded from this,
right .
Mayor Trimble also said if we are the base station, we are
apt to get more traffic into our hospital . We want both the
ambulance and hospital to be very successful .
Councilman Crane said he respects John Akin' s long history
and Cal Westerhof experience in this. I have to lean on
their judgement.
Councilman Blakey said when we were taking bids, we were
glad to get someone to take this, if we can help them, I am
in favor of it .
Councilman Akin said he did not see where there is any
insurance of getting our subsidy lowered .
Councilman Blakey said they are already here, logic tells me
that if they can get more from the County then it will lower
the City' s subsidy in the future.
City Manager John Pitstick said in dealing with them as we
come back next year and we know that they are getting
$50 ,000 . from the County, then we have a heavier stick to
deal with Lifeline in lowering our subsidy. In our contract
they have to show us their books and what they are getting
and where it is going .
Councilman Akin said they have all kinds of books, what are
we doing , which set will they bring.
Mrs . Janice Murry of Lifeline, I have to laugh about the
books, I only have one set as I do not have time to keep up
with more than that. It has been hard work, we are
beginning to get to know you and the other citizens . I am
more than willing to go to Collin County, as of yet we are
not getting the $16 ,000 . I quite frankly need help, I need
to know that I have the support of the different cities
behind us and know that that is what the people want . What
I have been told is that the ambulance service for
Farmersville, Nevada, etc. is out of McKinney and the
response time is bad. These people are having to wait 30
minutes for help, I do not believe this is what the people
want. When it comes time to renew our contract with Wylie,
if what it takes is to say we will reduce it for us to get
some help from you then we will do that. We are not asking
that you go twist anyones arm, we are just asking that you �±
let it be know that you would like for the money to be
allocated more fairly than what they are doing it now. If
you want to see my books , I will be more than glad to let
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you see them. I would like to say that I hope you will
continue to back us and we will back the City.
Councilman Akin wanted to know if Mrs . Murry had come here
with the expectation of being able to do this or what you
can get for the City of Wylie. Mrs . Murry said for City of
Wylie and if we can make money and pay our employees and
make a little money, then we are happy.
Councilman Akin said he wanted to apologize for the remarks
about her books , he said he was not referring to her, he has
spent many years before the Public Utility Commission and
that was when we use to go before then, it was a joke about
which set of books they would take. There was no reference
meant toward you.
Mayor Trimble stated that there was a motion on the table to
approve this Resolution made by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan, is
there a second. This motion was seconded by Councilman
Blakey. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor ,
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - against,
Councilman Westerhof - against, Councilman DiTota - in
favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey -
in favor . This motion carried with five (5) in favor , and
two (2) against.
APPROVAL OF APPRAISER FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM:
Staff recommends Lane and Lane of McKinney. After the
appraisals are complete, we will come back with a public
hearing to let everyone know what the appraisals are. Mr.
Johnson, Finance Director , said one of the considerations
was that Lane and Lane has done some appraisals in Wylie
before. The project should not be in excess of $9 .500 .
Councilman DiTota wanted to know if staff was satisfied with
them. Mr . Johnson said yes .
A motion was made by Councilman DiTota to approve Lane and
Lane of McKinney to do the appraisals for the street
reconstruction program. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof .
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 invited anyone wishing
to address the Council to come forward at this time, but to
keep their comments to within two minutes and to state their
name and address for the record.
Mrs. Lois Swartz , 506 W. Jefferson, on the street
reconstruction, are side walks included . Mr . Ron Homeyer,
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Assist. Engineer, said on Birmingham, Stone and S. Ballard
down to Westwind Meadows . This is around the Middle School
area . Councilman Akin said we have a side walk ordinance,
but the older areas were developed prior to the ordinance.
Councilman Crane said it is true that there is money put
aside for some of this area especially around this area of
Middle School .
Mr . William Vick, 680 Jock Lane, the intersection of FM544
and Hwy. 78 , people are being ticketed there for using the
shoulder for a turn lane. Councilman Akin said the Highway
Department is waiting on the Council to pass an ordinance
for no driving on the shoulders and then they will put up
signs.
City Manager John Pitstick said several months ago we tried
to enforce this but now we are trying to work with the
Highway Department to get turning lanes.
Mr. Vick also stated that people come home at 5:00 P.M. and
let their dogs out, it would be nice if Animal Control
worked a split shift so this problem could be taken care of.
Please take this into consideration for the safety of our
children. City Manager John Pitstick said if after hours
you can call the Police Department and they will call Animal
Control out .
Mr . Vick said to have these problems from coming forward we
should work on getting the dogs picked up and get control of
this problem.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Councilman Akin asked about the
barricade in the street on East Oak. City Manager John
Pitstick said one problem is the water line runs in the
street, the heavy equipment has caused a problem trying to
compact the ground and they break the water line. Staff is
trying to get the ground dried out from all the breaks and
then will try again to compact it and complete their job.
Councilman Akin said the downtown area is looking bad again
and also wanted an up date on the matching fund from the
State in the beautification program. Mr . Don White said it
is with the Highway Department. I have sent them several
letters and they still have all the paper work.
Councilman Akin spoke about the article of historical
mention of the old water well and that he appreciated it.
Councilman Akin also stated that in Feb. 1986 the Council
took action to restore the books and also to order a
historical plaque for all the passed Mayors. These are
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important to have, action has been taken but nothing has
been done.
Councilman DiTota asked Mr .Faires about grass and weeds,
didn' t Council adjust the ordinance to 12" height . Do you
have a plan of action that you go out on these each year.
Mr . Faires said time permitting, we do go back over them.
Over the last 8 weeks it has been impossible.
City Manager John Pitstick said this Saturday , we have an
auction, we want everyone to come out . It is Saturday,
April 16th at 2 :30 P.M. at the old Police Station. Next
week is the Spring Clean-up program. Councilman Akin
wanted to know if the cross ties were the ones donated, I
would hate to be getting rid of these.
City Manager John Pitstick said he appreciated the support
and cooperation given him over the last few weeks by his
staff .
Mayor Trimble said he wanted to remind everyone about the
Collin County Public Officials meeting in McKinney on April
28th, need to tell Carolyn if you are going to go.
Councilman Crane needed to ask John if any work has been
done on the sign ordinance that we discussed . City Manager
John Pitstick said we have looked at it and I think the
major issue is portable signs and we are looking at some
changes to bring forward . Councilman Crane said the concern
of that meeting was that we are enforcing parts of the
ordinance that are invalid and parts that was not written
the way we are enforcing them. I feel we have a whole
section of our ordinance that is not enforceable or usable
because of the discrepancies in the ordinance.
Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know if someone could make
covers for the arms of the chairs and cut out the counter
top so the chairs will not get torn .
Mayor Trimble recessed the open meeting and convened Council
into Executive Session at 10:05 P .M. under the authority of
Article 6252-17 V.A.C.S. , Section 2 paragraph "e"
Consultation with City Attorney on matters of Litigation and
paragraph "g" personnel matters - Performance Review of City
Manger .
Mayor Trimble reconvened the Council into open session at
11:46 P.M. , there being no action from executive session a
motion was made to adjourn with all in favor .
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