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12-10-2013 (City Council) Minutes Wylie City Council CITY OF WYLIE r Minutes Wylie City Council Meeting Tuesday, December 10, 2013 — 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 Secretary Carole Ehrlich took roll call with the following City Council members present: Mayor pro tern Rick White, Councilwoman Diane Culver, Councilman Keith Stephens, Councilman Bennie Jones, Councilman Todd Wintters, and Councilman Nathan Scott. Staff present were: City Manager, Mindy Manson; Assistant City Manager, Jeff Butters; Fire Chief, Randy Corbin; City Engineer, Chris Hoisted; Planning Director, Renae 011ie; Finance Director, Linda Bantz; Library Director, Rachel Orozco; City Secretary, Carole Ehrlich; PIO, Craig Kelly, and various support staff. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Fire Chief Randy Corbin gave the invocation and Collin County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 Judge Terry Douglas led the Pledge of Allegiance. PRESENTATIONS • Texas Recreation and Park Society-Communication Award Presentation (R. Diaz, Superintendent) Mayor Hogue presented the Texas Recreation and Park Society-Communication Award to Recreation Superintendent Rob Diaz and member of the staff at the Wylie Recreation Center. Diaz stated that the award was given for outstanding communication in social media. Diaz explained the award is based on creativity, innovation and effectiveness of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and other social sites. The submission was for the "Get Mobbed" promotion staff di during the summer of 2013. It was designed to take participants to the Wylie parks during National Parks Month. Minutes December 10, 2013 Wylie City Council Page 1 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. Paige Yonker, Angie McCrary, Lisa Mellers, and Stacey Dearman addressed council with concerns regarding the Wylie Animal Shelter. Sharon Dowdy addressed council regarding concerns with the new KCS Intermodal Facility. 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 November 12, 2013 Regular Meeting and the November 21, 2013 Special Called Meeting of the Wylie City Council. (C. Ehrlich, City Secretary) B. Consider and place on file,the City of Wylie Monthly Revenue and Expenditure Report for October 31,2013. (L. Bantz, Finance Director) C. Consider and place on file, the City of Wylie Monthly Investment Report for October 31,2013. (L. Bantz, Finance Director) D. Consider and place on file, the WEDC Financial Report for October 31, 2013. (S. Satterwhite, WEDC Executive Director) E. Consider and act upon, Ordinance No. 2013-46, amending Ordinance No. 2013-04 (Comprehensive Fee Ordinance) and Section XII (Municipal Court Fees) of Appendix C (Wylie Comprehensive Fee Schedule) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances. (L. Davis, Court Supervisor) F. Consider and act upon, the approval of the purchase of a 14 passenger bus from Alliance Bus Group Inc. in an estimated amount of $73,046.00 through a cooperative purchasing contract with the HGAC Agreement #BT01-11, and authorizing the City Manager to execute any necessary documents. (G. Hayes, Purchasing Agent) G. Consider and act upon, approval of Resolution No. 2013-28(R) the City Manager of the City of Wylie, Texas, to execute the agreement between the City of Wylie and McCarthy Partners for Right Of Way acquisition services for the reconstruction of Country Club Road from South Parker Road to North Parker Road. (C. Hoisted, City Engineer) H. Consider and act upon, approval of Resolution 2013-29(R) of the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, hereby authorizing the City Manager of the City of Wylie, Texas, to enter into an interlocal cooperative purchasing agreement between the City of Minutes December 10, 2013 Wylie City Council Page 2 Rowlett and the City of Wylie for the use of the City of Rowlett's contracts. (G. Hayes, Purchasing Agent) I. Consider and act upon, Resolution No. 2013-30-(R) of the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, to adopt the use of electronically submitted purchasing bids or proposals in accordance with Texas Local Government Code 252.0415. (G. Hayes, Purchasing Agent) Council Action A motion was made by Councilwoman Culver, seconded by Councilman White to approve the consent agenda as presented. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2013-47 amending Ordinance No. 2013-35 (2013-2014 Budget) for the purpose of distributing funds that were previously budgeted for salary changes to the proper departments and accounts; providing for repealing, savings and severability clauses; and providing for an effective date of this ordinance. (L. Bantz, Finance Director) Executive Summary Finance Director Bantz addressed council stating that during a Work Session on November 21, 2013, the City Council heard a presentation from Waters Consulting regarding the compensation study they performed for the City. After discussion the Council directed staff to proceed with allocating funds that were previously set aside for employee salary adjustments in the 2013-2014 budget to consider the implementation of the recommendations made by the consultant to the fullest extent possible. This is now being brought back for Council consideration in the form of an ordinance amending the 2013-2014 Budget Ordinance as council requested. Council Action A motion was made by Councilman White, seconded by Councilwoman Culver to adopt Ordinance No. 2013-47 amending Ordinance No. 2013-35 (2013-2014 Budget) for the purpose of distributing funds that were previously budgeted for salary changes to the proper departments and accounts; providing for repealing, savings and severability clauses; and providing for an effective date of this ordinance. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. READING OF ORDINANCES Title and caption approved by Council as required by Wylie City Charter,Article III, Section 13-D. City Secretary Ehrlich read the captions to Ordinance No. 2013-46 and 2013-47 into the official record. Minutes December 10, 2013 Wylie City Council Page 3 WORK SESSION • Discussion regarding funding for the Wylie Jubilee Bluegrass on Ballard scheduled for July 5,2014. (C. Kelly, Public Information Officer) Public Information Officer Craig Kelly, joined by Wylie Downtown Merchant Association President Dede Burke, Vice President Jeremy Meier, and Treasurer Bobby Heath, requested $10,000 funding for the 2014 Wylie Jubilee Bluegrass on Ballard schedule for July 5, 2014. Kelly provided a brief recap of the 2013 event and thanked Council for the $5,000 investment in the 2013 event that met the Council's goals of marketing the City of Wylie to the surrounding area and attracting first time visitors. Kelly reported that onsite survey's revealed that more than 50% of attendees visited the historic downtown area for the first time. The Best Western Wylie Inn sold 27 more rooms as compared to the same weekend last year; Ballard Street Café reported a record day; 96 West Winery experienced record sales; and Taste of Home along with many other merchants were experienced brisk sales. The car show had more than 100 entries and the more than 50 Arts and Crafts vendors generated $3,800 for the Art Fund. Kelly said that planning has already begun for the July 5, 2014, event and asked for direction from Council on continuing to build the event and requested $10,000 in funding. He reported that the hotel/motel fund balance currently stood at$109,000 and grows by approximately $5,000 a month. Kelly touted the solid partnership between the Downtown Merchants Association and the City of Wylie saying the events like this are a win for both parties. • Discussion regarding the possibility of implementing a Juvenile Case Manager position. (L. Bantz, Finance Director) Municipal Court Supervisor Lisa Davis addressed council stating that the current employee status of the Wylie Municipal Court is one full time Court Administrator/Supervisor, two full time clerks and one full time Bailiff/Warrant Officer. One part-time Prosecutor and two part-time judges are also on staff. The average number of cases filed per year is 2,500 adult and 200 juvenile cases; Sixty Six percent of the juvenile cases are for non-traffic violations. Justice of the Peace Terry Douglas is retiring as Collin County Precinct 2 Judge which creates a great possibility that current Failure to Attend School cases will now be filed with Wylie Municipal Court. This will add approximately 300 cases to the court docket annually. Davis recommended as a solution, to implement a Juvenile Case Manager position. Davis explained that this position would benefit and prevent children from becoming further involved in the justice system and curb juvenile crime. This is accomplished by acting as a liaison between juvenile defendants and their parents; to assist and monitor progress of juveniles moving through the programs; assure communication between juveniles, parents and the court; assist juveniles in completing state required alcohol and tobacco awareness classes, and serving as Teen Court Coordinator. Pursuant to Article 102.0174 Code of Criminal Procedure the court could add a $5.00 fee to all convictions for providing the Juvenile Case Manager. . Minutes December 10, 2013 Wylie City Council Page 4 L Davis explained that total costs for this position would be $74,445.84 with additional revenues of $44,279.60; making the net cost approximately $30,166.24 annually. Davis noted that the estimates given were conservative. Judge Terry Douglas stated that he could not guarantee that the Wylie ISD would agree to utilize the Wylie Municipal Court for school truancies but had a meeting with ISD staff set for January 20, 2014 to discuss this recommendation. Direction from council was to move forward with an agenda item to implement the position for consideration by council at a future meeting. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION Mayor Hogue reconvened into Regular Session at 7:10 p.m. ADJOURNMENT With no further business before the Wylie City Council, a motion was made by Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilwoman Culver to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 p.m. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. L Eric Hogue, ayo - OF Icy ATTEST: ‘;",* \ 4 `T �f COLOAApp f . A SpNtp fE atc),,: • %lich, Citetary sIIITgF T •A87. s E OF TE' L Minutes December 10, 2013 Wylie City Council Page 5