10-02-1989 (City Council) Minutes 451
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
OCTOBER 2, 1989
The City of Wylie City Council met in a called work session
on Monday, October 2, 1989 at 7 :00 P.M. in the Council
Conference Room 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
Pro Tem Bud Naish, Council Members Pat Stemple, Jim Swartz ,
Steve Wright, Ortie Messenger , and John Akin, City Manager
Charles Norwood, and City Secretary Carolyn Jones.
DISCUSSION ON WEEDY LOT ORDINANCE: City Manager Charles
Norwood stated that this ordinance was brought up at the
last meeting regarding the time frame staff has to go
through in order to have a lot taken care of . State statue
says 10 days notice, notifying the property owner of the
grass and weeds prior to any other action being taken. In
1989 we have worked 341 grass and weed complaints, of this,
we have had 275 come into compliance. Over the past three
months , we have had over 200 lots come into compliance.
There are still some lots that have not come in to
compliance as of last Friday. Councilman Akin wanted to
know if Don White' s crews did the mowing and then charges it
to Roy Faires ' s budget . City Manager Charles Norwood said
yes, that is a way of record keeping . The City' s ordinance
says seven days for compliance , where the State says 10
days, I do not feel we can be in conflict with the State
Laws. The city has three ways of handling weedy lots, 1) is
continue as we are now, 2) is can continue giving seven
days, then file compliant with Municipal Court and get it on
the next docket, 3) can have contractors mow after 10 days ,
but we have to budget funds to do this, about $2 ,500 . City
Manager Charles Norwood said he would talk to the Municipal
Judge and get them on the docket as soon as possible . City
Manager requested that Council let him talk with the judge
and begin writing citations . Staff will be sure the judge
has a copy of the violations on each property, so he will
know if this is a one time offense or multi-offenses.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish recessed the work session and convened
Council into Executive Session at 7 :50 P.M. under the
authority of Article 6252-17 V.A.C.S. , Section 2 paragraph
"g" Personnel Matters - interview audit firms for fiscal
year 1988-89 audit .
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Mayor Pro Tem Naish reconvened Council into open session at
9 :15 P.M. There being no other matters for discussion, a
motion was made to adjourn with all in favor .
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