08-29-1989 (City Council) Minutes 419
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
AUGUST 29, 1989
The City of Wylie City Council met in a called session on
Tuesday , August 29 , 1989 in the Council Conference Room of
the Municipal Complex at 7 :00 P.M. 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 Bud Naish, Council Members Ortie
Messenger , Pat Stemple, John Akin and Steve Wright (arrived
late due to work) , City Manager Charles Norwood, City
Secretary Carolyn Jones, Code Enforcement Officer Roy
Faires . Councilman Jim Swartz was absent due to illness .
APPROVAL OF A REPLAT FOR LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 , AND 5 OF BLOCK A
STONE GROVE PHASE I : Mr . Roy Faires stated this replat was
before Council once before and the City Attorney advised
that there should have been a public hearing before Planning
and Zoning Commission. The replat combines these five lots
into four lots. Planning and Zoning Commission had very
little discussion and recommends approval of the replat to
_ Council . Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Naish to approve
the replat for Lots 1, 2 , 3, 4, and 5 of Block A, Stone
Grove Phase I . Seconded by Councilman Akin. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Naish -
in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman Wright - in
favor, Councilman Messenger - in favor , and Councilwoman
Stemple - in favor . This motion carried with all in favor .
DISCUSSION OF PRIORITY LIST FOR MID YEAR BUDGET FOR 1989/90 :
Councilman Messenger wanted to put a basketball court on
this list as it will give another recreational item in the
park, it is needed and most of the work can be done by city
crews at very little expense. Also would like to see
another park employee at mid year if that is possible.
Councilman Akin wanted to know if there had been a cost
figure put to these items. Also we have in the past talked
about a summer activity program for the park and use
students from colleges to over see this project. The City
would fund part of this and the school fund part. This
never happened, the City tried to get it started a couple a
years ago, but the school would not go with us.
City Manager Charles Norwood said we had a joint summer
program with the schools from June through July and the
school headed up the program and used their teachers . I
would like to submit this program to Don Whitt.
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Councilwoman Stemple said the City needs a Civic Center and --.
skating rink.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish stated that during the budget session,
we talked about the valves left in the yard at public works
and the need for a fence. Has anything been done on this
project . City Manager Charles Norwood said we have looked
at it, and need a fence and lean-to. Mayor Pro Tem Naish
also asked about the fax machine. City Manager Charles
Norwood said the funds are available to buy it or lease it.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish also wanted to know about the computer
soft ware and running out of space on our present programs.
City Manager Charles Norwood said we have a lot of hardware
and we have to settle with it, we can have someone come in
and look at our programs and see what we can do. City
Manager Charles Norwood said we are cutting over time in
half this year and I am proposing to cut over time by
$30,000 and move this into the Council Reserve. Staff can
come back to Council later in the year and request monies
for these major projects.
City Manager Charles Norwood also stated that the City can
help themselves with the Texas Water Commission by buying a
special 6" pump to bypass the lift station and pump directly
into the force main when we are experiencing problems, this -- .
pump will cost approximately $15,000 . Also need to look at
putting in a telecom meter device in the police department
and it will let us know when there is a sign of a problem
prior to the problem getting out of hand. This cost is
approximately $5,000 . We can do this with some of the over
time money we are putting in the reserve account.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish wanted to know the savings in the budget
by not having the city attorney at the council meetings.
City Manager Charles Norwood stated that he has talked with
the City Attorney and he will only come to meetings when I
call and tell him we want him here, but I do not know at
this time what the savings will be.
Councilman Messenger wanted to get a report on the
delinquent tax collections from the Attorney, have an
executive session and discuss these collections and pending
cases .
Mayor Pro Tem Naish asked about the salary for the mechanic,
he did not want us to loose this person over the salary.
City Manager Charles Norwood said he could look at his
evaluation and maybe move his pay grade up if necessary.
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Mayor Pro Tem Naish said there were several things under
Animal Control - one being the possibility of moving animal
control to police department or code, second is to rebuild
the animal shelter and third change the ordinance back to 7
days prior to taking them to Garland Humane Shelter. City
Manager Charles Norwood said animal control under public
works is not a good ideal , most cities our size have it
under police. In Wylie' s case, I feel we would have better
results to put it under code department.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish stated that Council also requested that
Reserve Officers work as bailiff for court. City Manager
Charles Norwood said he will talk with Chief Gilmore about
doing a survey and see if the reserves would be interested .
Mayor Pro Tem Naish wanted to know how the meetings with the
other cities regarding the warrant officer are going. City
Manager Charles Norwood said the second meeting is scheduled
for September 5th and the other cities were very interested
at the first meeting.
REPORT FROM SHIMEK, JACOBS AND FINKLEA ON THE FIGURES FROM
THE REGIONAL TREATMENT PLANT STUDY: City Manager Charles
Norwood said the information will not be available until
next week. This will be on the next agenda.
There being no other matters of business for discussion, a
motion was made to adjourn with all in f
Chuck Trimble; Mayor
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