04-24-1990 (City Council) Minutes 92
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
APRIL 24, 1990
The City of Wylie City Council met in regular session on
Tuesday, April 24, 1990 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 Pro Tem Bud
Naish, Council Members John Akin, Jim Swartz , Steve Wright
and Pat Stemple, City Manager Charles Norwood, City
Secretary Carolyn Jones, Finance Director James Johnson.
Mayor Chuck Trimble and Councilman Ortie Messenger were
absent .
Mayor Pro Tem Naish called the meeting to order and welcomed
everyone. Mayor Pro Tem Naish called on Councilman Akin to
give the invocation and Councilman Swartz to lead the Pledge
of Allegiance.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish stated that item no. 2, presentation of
plaque to Mr . Bob Wallace-Jones has been pulled, since he
had to leave for Japan today. Also items no. 10 & 11 ,
public hearing and zoning approval of Lots 13 , 14 , & 15,
Block 3 Brown & Burns has been pulled from the agenda at the
request of the Birmingham Land Board.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 10,
1990 : There being no corrections or addition, a motion was
made by Councilman Akin to approve as submitted . Seconded
by Councilman Swartz . The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro
Tem Naish - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman
Swartz - in favor , Councilman Wright - in favor , and
Councilwoman Stemple - in favor. This motion carried with
all in favor .
APPROVAL OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PET WEEK - MAY 6 -
12, 1990 : A motion was made by Councilman Wright to approve
the proclamation for National Pet Week, May 6 - 12 , 1990 .
Seconded by Councilwoman Stemple. The vote was as follows:
Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor, Councilman AKin - in favor,
Councilman Swartz - in favor, Councilman Wright - in favor,
and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor . This motion carried
with all in favor .
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ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION OF CHERI ALBIN FROM THE PARK AND
RECREATION BOARD: Councilman Wright stated that he had
talked with Mrs . Albin and felt that she would reconsider
and stay on the Park Board . Councilman Wright said that
Mrs . Albin had submitted her resignation due to her
expecting a child, since the birth of the child, she feels
she can again give time to the Park Board. A motion was
made by Councilman Wright to table the acceptance of Cheri
Albin resignation. Seconded by Councilman Swartz . The vote
was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor , Councilman
Akin - in favor, Councilman Swartz - in favor , Councilman
Wright - in favor , and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor .
This motion carried with all in favor to table.
APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO THE WYLIE DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS : Councilman Akin made the
motion to appoint the five members to the Wylie Development
Corporation Board of Directors . Seconded by Councilman
Swartz . Mayor Pro Tem Naish read the following as the five
members to this board: Randy Arp, Jim Smith, Raymond
Cooper , Bart Peddicord and John Yeager with an alternate
member being James Blakey. The vote was as follows :
Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor ,
Councilman Swartz - in favor , Councilman Wright - in favor ,
and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor . This motion carried
with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
ROWLETT AND THE CITY OF WYLIE: This Interlocal Agreement
will give a more efficient use of manpower and equipment for
both cities and furnish assistance to each other . City
Manager Charles Norwood said this is an agreement between
Rowlett and Wylie, for the use of street equipment and
manpower in both cities. This is a joint agreement and
staff recommends approval .
A motion was made by Councilman Akin to approve the
interlocal agreement between the City of Rowlett and the
City of Wylie. Seconded by Councilwoman Stemple.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish wanted to know if Rowlett was using our
equipment and it came back with problems, who would be
responsible . City Manager Charles Norwood said our
employees will go with the equipment, but if it does happen,
it will be our responsibility to repair our own equipment .
Councilman Swartz ask if we had an employee that could
operate the Bomag . City Manager Charles Norwood said we
don' t have an expert, but we do have operators .
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Mayor Pro Tem Naish called for a vote on the above motion.
The vote was as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor ,
Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Swartz - in favor,
Councilman Wright - in favor, and Councilwoman Stemple - in
favor . This motion carried with all in favor.
CONSENT AGENDA: The Consent Agenda consists of the
following : Three Dedication Deeds from Estelle Kreymer, Bill
Kreymer and Beatrice D. Smith for R-O-W on Brown Street;
payment requests from Nortex Tank Site Project from
Electrical Generation Technology in the amount of $2 ,400.00;
from Jones & Neuse, Inc. for engineering fees/landfill in
the amount of $320 .69; from Hunter & Assoc. for Muddy Creek
drainage basin line in the amount of $1 , 357 . 10; from Charles
Shipley, Shipley & Inhofe for legal services on landfill
litigation in the amount of $4 ,602 .38; and from Pate & Pate
Enterprises, Inc. for Sanitary Sewer Improvements Draw No. 1
in the amount of $24 ,521 . 60. Motion was made by
Councilman Wright to approve the items on the consent
agenda . Seconded by Councilman Swartz . The vote was as
follows : Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor , Councilman Akin -
in favor, Councilman Swartz - in favor, Councilman Wright -
in favor , and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor .
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPLICATION FROM TU ELECTRIC
REQUESTING A RATE INCREASE: Mayor Pro Tem Naish opened the
public hearing and asked those wishing to speak on this
subject to come forward and state their name and address for
the record.
Mr . Randy Arp, District Customer Service Supervisor in the
Garland District for Texas Utilities, stated the summary of
TU rate request -- on January 16th of this year we filed a
proposed rate relief package with the Public Utility
Commission of Texas and all incorporated cities that we
serve. TU Electric is seeking to raise the rates 10 .2% and
if this request is granted the electricy cost to the
consumers will return to about the 1984 level . Unit One of
the Commanche Peak Nutueal Power Plant has received a full
power linces and is expected to provide full power for peak
electricty demand this summer. This 10.2% increase is
primilary needed to offset the cost of bring Unit One on
line. Unit One went into full commerical power operation at
3 :30 P.M. today. The plant will provide the much needed
capacity for a growing service area of now more than
2 ,000 ,000 customers. It is requested that the Council pass
this ordinance tonight that is before you. If you have any
questions, I will be glad to answer than for you.
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Councilman Wright stated that at the beginning of this
proposal for a rate increase, I felt it necessary to have
someone other than the Public Utility Commission to research
this matter , but after reviewing other statements from other
cities, I feel I can pass this ordinance tonight because I
know other parties are looking into this rate case.
There being no other comments or questions, Mayor Pro Tem
Naish closed the public hearing.
APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING RATE SCHEDULES AND
SERVICE REGULATIONS FOR TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, THEREFOR, PROVIDING CONDITIONS
UNDER WHICH SUCH RATE SCHEDULES AND SERVICE REGULATIONS MAY
BE CHANGED, MODIFIED, AMENDED OR WITHDRAWN, FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS
PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY: A motion was made by Councilman
Akin to approve the ordinance approving rate schedules and
service regulations for Texas Utilities Electric Company as
stated above. Seconded by Councilman Swartz . The vote was
as follows : Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor , Councilman Akin
- in favor , Councilman Swartz - in favor , Councilman Wright
- in favor , and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor . This
motion carried with all in favor .
APPROVAL OF PARK MASTER PLAN: Mrs. Joanie Zeeb, Chairperson
for the Parks and Recreation Board, gave a brief review of
the Park Master Plan. This is set up for a five year plan,
but will probably take longer than that. It is a starting
point for the Park Board. These plans include a swimming
pool and tennis courts, dressing up the picnic area and play
ground, extending the parking area and also extending Pirate
Drive from High School into the Park, will also add baseball
fields , football and soccer fields. Mrs . Zeeb stated that
she has been talking with school officials regarding the use
of the school land for part of these soccer fields.
Councilman Akin said it looked as if the park area is
getting a little crowded and you could use more land.
Councilman Akin also stated that staff needed to look at
Southplace, as they are in bankruptcy and we might be able
to acquire some of this land.
Councilwoman Stemple said she would like to see a ten (10)
year plan as some of these items are very expensive.
Councilman Swartz said it will be ten (10) years before this
can be done and the Park Board is aware of this . They want
to go ahead and do what they can at this time.
Councilman Akin wanted to know if there was money available
in the Park Grant Fund. City Manager Charles Norwood said
yes, there is money in the fund and we need to adopt this
plan and start to work on plans for submitting a request for
a grant.
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Mrs . Zeeb said the citizens will be getting a survey in
their water bills requesting the priority of what they would
like to see in our Park.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish said we have talked to the School about
going in with the City to build a pool . Councilman Swartz
said that one thing that we need to look at is we do not
offer one thing for our kids to keep them off the streets.
Councilman Swartz said anything we can do to give them
something to do and keep them out of trouble is good.
A motion was made by Councilman Wright to approve the Park
Master Plan. Seconded by Councilman Akin. The vote was as
follows : Mayor Pro Tem Naish - in favor, Councilman Akin -
in favor , Councilman Swartz - in favor , Councilman Wright -
in favor, and Councilwoman Stemple - in favor. This motion
carried with all in favor.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Mayor Pro Tem Naish requested those
wishing to address the Council to come forward at this time,
state their name and address for the record and to keep
their comments to within five minutes. There were no
speakers at this time.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Councilman Swartz said out in the park
there are three new trees, two were purchased with monies
from the Recycling Program and one was donated to the Park.
This program is beginning to start up again.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish said there is a person who will put out
smaller bins and other containers for glass. City Manager
Charles Norwood said when this person gets back in town , he
is going to call me and we will get this set up.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish said that Council had asked BFI if they
could do this recycling at curb pick up. Mr . Johnson said
BFI has not gotten back with us .
Councilman Akin said run an ad in the paper to donate
unwanted trees for our parks , we did this once before and
had several trees donated to us.
Councilman Swartz wanted to know if there was a possibility
of working with the National Guard to clean out ditches.
City Manager Charles Norwood said the person he needs to
talk to is out of town, but will call me when he gets back.
Councilman Wright said in voluntary annexations, there are 9
that do not have water and sewer. Staff needs to look into
what the cost will be for getting water and sewer to these --,
properties.
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Mayor Pro Tem Naish said the following bond ratings were
listed in the paper and we need to clearify what they are
for and what we are paying for them;
1980 Bonds - $400,000 - Water and Sewer Bonds for water
tower
Mr . Johnson said those bonds have principle coupons, first
15 years are interest only payments with no principle
payments. The advantage is to delay the principle payments,
and the disadvantage is your paying more interest .
1988 Bonds - 2 Million NTMWD Sewer Bonds
Mr . Johnson said it is contractual obligation . Bonds issued
by NTMWD in State of Texas name and approved by voters in
1986 . It is an indirect debt . Interest rates was one of
the reason for NTMWD to get the bonds but also the inability
for the City to pay. NTMWD has done this in prior years for
the City.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish said that 2 million were issued on March
28 , 1988 . Mr . Johnson said yes, refinancing of $400,000 . in
order to receive a lower rate of interest.
1988 $1 ,275,000 Landfill - Mayor Pro Tem Naish said
$150 ,000 for landfill closure, $492 ,000 for Engineering Cost
and $633,000 . for Street Reconstruction Program.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish also said in 1990 there were 3 .5 million
in Certificate of Obligations, why CO instead of bonds.
City Manager Charles Norwood said the need for getting the
money. Bonds take several weeks to set up and call and
election. We had a short time to do this in and no choice
as we had a State Enforcement Order issued to us.
Councilman Akin asked if staff didn' t feel like the citizens
should have a say . City Manager Charles Norwood said we
held a public hearing and it is advertised in the paper.
People can draw up a petition and stop the issuance of CO,
if they so choose.
Councilman Swartz said the thing had gone on so long that it
had to be taken care of .
Mayor Pro Tem Naish recessed the open meeting to convene
Council into work session in the Council Conference Room.
Mayor Pro Tem Naish called the work session to order and
stated the first item for discussion is the Personnel
Regulations, Section 5-7 Workers Compensation and Section
10 , Substance Abuse Policy . City Secretary Carolyn Jones,
stated that the workers compensation section had been
changed in order to help with control . If a person is
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seriously injured , we want to take care of that person, but
on the other hand we do not want to be abused from some of
the employees. Any injury is given six months, after that
time there will be a review and decision by the City Manager
for extension of time. This new policy also pays the
difference between the employees regular salary and what
Workers Compensation is paying . The Substance Abuse
Policy has been taken from another city and modified to fit
our needs . It also has a section for random testing , the
City has not done this, but we will have the option in the
future if we feel it is necessary. This policy also covers
testing for drugs if a department head or supervisor has
reason to believe an employee is reporting to work under the
influence of alcohol or illegal drugs, or abusing legal
drugs
If Council has no objections, the revised Personnel
Regulations will be on the next agenda for adoption.
PROPOSALS FROM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: Mr . Larry Allen
stated in checking the surrounding cities, there are very
few volunteer fire departments covered under an additional
workers compensation policy. Mr . Steve Bisbee stated that
he has received several proposals for additional insurance
for the fire department. The lowest proposals is for
approximately $2 ,840.00 per month. It covers the loss of
life, sight and hearing plus injury. It will also pay
$300 .00 per week if a fireman is off work due to injury
while on duty for the volunteer fire department. Benefits
are paid after taking into consideration the $100 .00 per
week from workers compensation and other insurance if they
injured person has other coverage. This policy was based on
30 volunteer fire men.
Council requested this be on the next agenda for approval .
There being no other matters for discussion , a motion was
made to adjourn with all in favor .
/48 Bu N ish, Mayor Pro Tem
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