11-07-1989 (City Council) Minutes 481
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
NOVEMBER 7, 1989
The City of Wylie City Council met in a called meeting on
Tuesday, November 7 , 1989 in the Council Conference Room at
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 Bud Naish, Council Members Steve Wright, Ortie
Messenger, Pat Stemple, and John Akin, City Manager Charles
Norwood, City Secretary Carolyn Jones, Code Enforcement
Officer Roy Faires. Councilman Swartz was absent.
Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order and Councilman
Akin gave the invocation.
APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 88-28 ,
REGARDING 16" CENTERS: Mr. Faires stated the amendment to
Ordinance NO. 88-28 says the building codes specifies
ceiling joists to have 16" centers, this amendment is
request that the wording in Section 3 (d) read as follows :
"All wood ceiling joists shall have a minimum nominal
dimension of 2 inches by 6 inches (unless part of an
Engineer Truss) and they shall have a maximum spacing of 16
inches on centers" . Mr . Faires stated he had not doubt that
other cities are doing this, an it is an improvement to
their existing code. Motion was made by Councilman Akin
to approve the amendment to Ordinance No. 88-28 .
Councilwoman Stemple wanted to know what the reason was for
16" centers. Mr . Faires stated for more nailing room for
sheet rock.
Mr . Kevin St. John state that a ceiling joist is the board
that holds up the ceiling. Wylie is the only city that has
ceiling joists on 16" centers. Spec says it is allowable
for 24" centers for nailing sheet rock.
Councilman Akin said that staff has worked with the other
cities and I feel our code department has researched this
and we should go along with their recommendation.
Councilwoman Stemple said her concern is to not make it so
hard that the builders will not build in Wylie.
Mr . St . John said his business is here in Wylie and he lives
here but he cannot do business here because of this
ordinance.
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Councilman Wright said Mr. St. John contacted a number of
builders in Richardson and they would not build in any city
that has 16" centers instead of 24" centers .
Councilman Messenger asked Mr . Faires in your opinion is it
acceptable to make the rule on 24" VS 16" centers. Mr .
Faires said minimum code requirements are 24" centers. The
city has 16" centers which is better than minimum. It is
whatever the Council wants to do , you are getting a stronger
house on 16" centers than on 24" centers .
Mayor Trimble said there is a motion on the table, but did
council want to give staff instructions on what to do about
gathering more information prior to taking action.
Councilman Akin' s motion to approve amendment to Ordinance
No. 88-28 was seconded by Councilman Wright. The vote was
as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Naish -
abstained, Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman Wright -
in favor, Councilman Messenger - in favor, and Councilwoman
Stemple - abstained. This motion carried with four in favor
and two abstained .
Mayor Trimble said he would like to see if we could get some
more information on this . City Manager Charles Norwood said
Mr. Kevin St . John has asked that this be placed on another �*
agenda in a couple of weeks. Councilman Messenger stated
that the city needed an independent person to be here with
an opinion.
PRESENTATION FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RELATIVE TO
FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Mr . Randy Arp, Chairman
of the Economic Development Committee, stated that the
recently formed Chamber Economic Development Committee is
intended to be a resource for our community and a supporter
of our city. Recently there has been new Economic
Development Legislation identified that could be
advantageous to our community. This provides an opportunity
for individual cities who meet certain qualifications, and
Wylie meets these qualifications, to take to the voters of
the city an opportunity to increase their sales tax for
Economic Development . The Chamber and the Economic
Development Committee is asking the Council to consider
calling an election for this purpose. This resource is
defined in Senate Bill 971 . The Economic Development
Committee can utilize up to 10% of the proceeds for
community promotions. This bill allows the governing body
to set up an Industrial Development Corporation, appoint
five directors to serve at the pleasure of the Council .
It is recommended by this committee that the election be
held at the earliest possible date in January.
Mayor Trimble thanked Mr . Arp for coming and that Council
would move forward on this.
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PROPOSED PERSONNEL POLICY SECTION 1 THRU 4 : Under Section 1
- 1 , Director of Personnel need to change "he" to "he/she"
each time it is written. Under Section 3-3 Termination of
Employment after the first and second paragraph' s add "with
City Manager ' s approval" to the end of each paragraph. The
third paragraph would have "at the City Manager ' s
discretion. Under Section 4-3 A: Pay Increases - add
attendance in the list of considerations for merit increase.
There being no other items for discussion, a motion was made
to adjourn with all in favor.
Chuck Tr mo e, Mayor
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