08-25-1988 (City Council) Minutes 128
CALLED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING - MINUTES
AUGUST 25, 1988
The City of Wylie City Council met in a called session on
Thursday, August 25, 1988 at 6:30 P.M. in the Conference
Room of the City Manager' s Office in 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 John W.
Akin, Council Members Bud Naish, Jim Swartz , Ortie Messenger
and Chris DiTota, City Manager John Pitstick, City Secretary
Carolyn Jones, Finance Director James Johnson, Elaine Mayes
from the Wylie News , and Mr. Pete Forsythe from Brookshires.
Councilman Marvin Blakey was absent.
DISCUSSION WITH BROOKSHIRES: City Manager John Pitstick
stated that Wylie is very interested in getting Brookshires
into this area. Brookshire representatives are looking at
several sites in Wylie. Mr. Forsythe said Brookshires is
looking at the land next to the hospital . There is a
problem with this site as we need to share the entrance and
drive of the hospital and Family Clinic and the Hospital .
Brookshires is trying to work with the hospital in making
this a divided boulevard. The Council and staff told Mr.
Forsythe they would help in any way they could in getting
Brookshires to locate in Wylie.
DISCUSSION OF THE 1988/89 GENERAL FUND BUDGET: Mr. James
Johnson stated in regards to the contracting out of tax
collections, I do not feel this is in the best interest of
the City at this time. Mr . Johnson said he has talked with
the auditors and they have looked at the contract from Mr.
Ken Maun.
Mayor Pro Tem Akin asked if the school was interested. Mr .
Johnson said we need to sit down and talk with the school .
Councilman Messenger said the things that bother him is not
getting timely reports nor the kind of good reports that are
helpful . Councilman Messenger also stated that he thought
this would save money.
Mayor Trimble requested the Council to take the information
that has been given them and review it . If the Council
wanted to request more information, then do so and have Mr .
Maun come to a council meeting.
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City Manager John Pitstick said in regarding the car
allowances , staff is making the following recommendations:
87/88 88/89
$300 .00 City Mgr . $250.00
Car Public Works $250.00
Car Code Enforcement $250 .00
Car Engineer $150.00
Mr . Johnson and Mrs . Jones and other employees to use the
pool car for City business .
Councilman Akin wanted to know if we started the car
allowance after City Manager John Pitstick came. City
Manager John Pitstick said last year, Roy' s truck was
costing a lot in repairs and I start Ron, Don and Ron on car
allowances of $250 .00 and sold their high repair vehicles in
auction.
City Manager John Pitstick stated in regards to the car
phones , the city had five (5) last year, Chief Abbott' s car,
Detective' s car, Don White' s car, Police Sgt. car, the phone
for the City Manager was transferred to Ron Homeyer' s car.
City Manager John Pitstick said staff is recommending three
(3) phones this year, one in Chief Abbott' s car, Don White' s
car and the Detective' s car. There will be three phones
with strict rules, no personal calls, no abuse.
City Manager John Pitstick stated in the financial service
there are five divisions as follows:
Payroll - one person
Utility Billing - four people
Purchasing & Warehouse - two people
Data Processing - one person
Tax Collection - two people
There was some discussion about having a purchasing agent
and a different person in the warehouse. There was
discussion about combining these positions .
City Manager stated by transferring the debt service to
water and sewer budget as requested by the Council , it will
change the tax rate some. This will bring the total
revenues for General Fund to $2 ,465,000 . and the
Expenditures to $2 ,406,000 .
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GENERAL DISCUSSION OF WATER AND SEWER FUND BUDGET: Under
the Administration Department - Dept. No. 501 , Mr. White was
requesting the following under Capital Outlay:
$4 ,500 . re-wiring of PW building
$1,200 . new carpet
$1 ,000. roof repairs
Dept. No. 502 - Water Department the elevated storage tower
is in need of repairs , the tower is showing signs of rust
and has had some leaks . This tower needs to be completely
gone over and the following repairs:
$33 ,215. tank and support column exterior -
sandblasting and new coating
$ 2 ,035. Fluted support column interior
$21 ,857 . Tank and wet riser interior
$ 3,500 . Pirate logo (2) places
If Council had rather, this person will come out and make a
few repairs and give a detail report to us for approximately
$5,000 . This will not take care of all the problems that
could be coming up.
This department also needs shoring equipment in the amount
of $10,000 . This is required by state law if you dig over
five feet. Also needed is a piece of equipment that locates
the lines it has an approximate cost of $3 ,000 . Mr . White
stated he is also asking for a 2 1/2 ton service truck,
approximate cost is $30,000 .
Department 503 - Sewer - The following equipment is being
requested:
Monitoring system $25,000 .
Wench & jim pole $ 2,000 .
Gas indicator (manholes) 900 .
Portable motorized pipe vice 1,500 .
After much discussion on the above a •
er and sewer budgets,
a motion was made to adjourn with 1 in favor .
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