07-12-2011 (City Council) Minutes Wylie City Council
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Minutes
Wylie City Council Meeting
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 — 6:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex— Council Chambers
300 Country Club Road, Bldg. 100
Wylie, TX 75098
CALL TO ORDER
Announce the presence of a Quorum.
Mayor Eric Hogue called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. City Council members present
included: Mayor Pro Tern Red Byboth, Councilwoman Kathy Spillyards, Councilwoman Diane
Culver, Councilman Rick White, Councilman David Goss, and Councilman Bennie Jones.
Staff present were: City Manager, Mindy Manson; Assistant City Manager, Jeff Butters; Police
Chief, John Duscio; Fire Chief, Randy Corbin; Finance Director, Linda Bantz; Planning Director,
Renae' 011ie; Public Services Director, Mike Sferra; Library Director, Rachel Orozco; City
Engineer, Chris Hoisted; Wylie Economic Development Director, Sam Satterwhite; Human
Resources Manager, Lynn Fagerstrom; City Secretary, Carole Ehrlich; Public Information Officer,
Craig Kelly, and various support staff.
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Fire Chief Corbin gave the invocation and Boy Scout Troop#302 led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PRESENTATION
• Heat Awareness Month/July
Mayor Hogue presented a proclamation declaring the Month of July as "Heat Awareness
Month." Chief Corbin asked all citizens to be vigilant for signs of heat exhaustion, drink plenty of
liquids, and never leave small children and animals in vehicles or outdoors for any period of time
in this extreme heat.
CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Residents may address Council regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their
name and address. Council requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, Council is not
allowed to converse, deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation.
Ken Lovett, residing at 806 Memorial Drive, Wylie, addressed council with concerns regarding a
new Wylie business called Purple Haze.
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Matthew Butschek, residing at 1755 FM 1378, Wylie, addressed council with concerns about the
new concession stand to be built at Community Park and the type of food they would be selling.
DeDe Burke, residing at 1301 Aspen Lane, Wylie, addressed council thanking staff and council
for their assistance during the July Jubilee Event sponsored by the Wylie Downtown Merchants
Association on July gth
Sam Satterwhite, Wylie Economic Develop Corporation Executive Director, addressed council
stating that the WEDC project on Martinez Road has been completed. He stated that there was
not one time that the contractor was not able to smoothly complete permitting and inspections
for the project. He thanked the Fire Department, City Engineer, and Building Inspections
Department for working seamlessly with the contractor to complete the project.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by
one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed
from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.
A. Consider, and act upon, approval of the Minutes of the June 28, 2011 Regular
Meeting of the Wylie City Council. (C. Ehrlich, City Secretary)
B. Consider,and place on file,the Monthly Revenue and Expense Report for the Wylie
Economic Development Corporation as of May 31, 2011. (S. Satterwhite, Executive
Director, WEDC)
C. Consider, and act upon, Wylie is H.O.P.E. vendor registration to sell crafts at the
Olde City Park September 17, 2011 (or November 12, rain date) for Wylie Rodeo
Weekend to fundraise for Wylie is H.O.P.E. (R. Diaz, Parks & Recreation
Superintendant)
D. Consider, and act upon, Wylie Women's League vendor registration to host the
Wylie Women's League Fall Festival to sell crafts in Olde City Park on October 22,
2011 (or November 5th rain date), to fundraise for WWL scholarships. (R. Diaz,
Parks & Recreation Superintendent)
Council Action
A motion was made by Councilman White, seconded by Councilwoman Spillyards to approve
the consent agenda as presented. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
1. Consider, and act upon the acceptance of the resignation of Jeremy Jordan and the
appointment of a new member to the Planning and Zoning Commission for the
unexpired term of July 2011 to July 2012. (R. 011ie, Planning Director) ..-.
Council Discussion
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Mayor Hogue asked the 2011 Interview Panel if they had any suggestions regarding a replacement for
Mr. Jordan on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilwoman Culver stated that she would like to
see Matthew Kirk appointed to replace Mr. Jordan.
Council Action
A motion was made by Councilwoman Culver, seconded by Councilman Jones to accept the
resignation of Jeremy Jordan and to appoint Matthew Kirk to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for the unexpired term of July 2011 to July 2012. A vote was taken and the motion
passed 7-0.
Mayor Hogue convened into Executive Session reading the exception below at 6:40 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Recess into Closed Session in compliance with Section 551.001, et.seq. Texas Government Code, to wit:
§§ 551.087 —Economic Development Negotiations (SB1851)
• Clark Street Development Discussion (S. Satterwhite, WEDC Executive
Director)
Mayor Hogue reconvened into Open Session at 7:05 p.m.
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RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION
There was not action taken as a result of Executive Session.
WORK SESSION
• CWD Green Initiatives
Assistant City Manager Butters explained that CWD was now in the business of recycling. He
presented a proposal for two events by CWD to take place on City property for one full day,
twice per year to collect hazardous waste from utility users. He explained that the proposal
included a slight increase in sewer rates. CWD was proposing to charge 15 cents per month for
each customer in year one, 30 cents in year two, and 40 cents in year three. The services would
include: household hazardous waste„elegIrvics, household metal appliances, automotive tires,
and document shredding. The "posed would be called the "X-treme Green Event."
Community Waste Disposal repr s tj,y J'*, weeney explained that the proposal included
the three steps to ease customers the • nal rate. He stated that the events had been
scheduled for other communities and, ,• . - y successful. Each city provided the location
in which to hold the event. 4.
Assistant City Manager j--+- • . -nded, due to administrative staff time involved with
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each rate increase, that Iti r *'`. e( at 40 cents in year one and continue at that rate. He
noted that the current rates° , ', 1.30 per month which was lower than all surrounding cities.
He noted solid waste rates had not been raised since 2006.
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He asked for council direction regarding the proposed services stating that many citizens had
requested the city provide the hazardous waste removal service since the termination of Clean
up -Green up two years ago.
Direction from council was to move forward with the proposed services to bring back to council
at a later date.
• 2011-2012 Budget Overview
City Manager Manson reviewed the proposed budget for FY 2011-2012 with the Wylie City
Council. She presented the General Fund including some requests made by individual
departments for the next fiscal year. She noted that cuts were still required prior to final
presentation in September due to the $1.2 million shortage in revenues to expenditures. Manson
reviewed the General Fund, Utility Fund, the 4B Sales Tax Fund, Recreation Center Fund and
other special revenue funds.
Manson explained that as part of the budget she was recommending some form of salary
increase, perhaps in the form of a onetime "lump sum" payment to each employee in lieu of the
step plan. She noted that salaries had not been increased for two years. She also reported the
recommendation, if possible, to slightly reduce the overall tax rate in the coming year. She
explained that once the final certified values were received from the appraisal districts, staff
would have a better idea of overall revenues to base recommendations upon.
Council members asked City Manager Manson to review the possibility to provide options for
drop-off/child care for older children (ages 7-12 years) at the Recreation Center.
Mayor Pro Tem Byboth left the meeting at 8:50 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business before the Wylie City Council, a motion was made by Councilman
White, seconded by Councilman Jones to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 p.m. A vote was taken
and the motion passed 6-0 with Mayor Pro Tern Byboth absent.
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