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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council-Minutes-4/6/1976 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 6, 1976 The regular meeting of the Colleyv111e C1ty Council was called to order by Mayor Pro-Tem Piers Chance at 7:)0 pm Apr11 6, 1976. The Invocation was g1ven by Councilman Dav1d V1ncent. Roll Call: CouncIlman Vlncent, Chance, Thompson, Kainer, and Hanken were present. Mayor Andrews was out of town. C1ty Attorney, W. Knape was present. The minutes of the March 16th Councl1 meet1ng were approved w1th a motion from Councl1man Thompson and be1ng seconded · by Counc11man Ka1ner. All vot1ng for. The m1nutes of the April 1 Special Council Meeting were approved w1th a motlon from CouncIlman Kainer and being seconded by Councilman Hanken,all vot1ng for. A mot10n was made ty CouncIlman Vincent to add to the Agenda for this meet1ng items 1 and 2 under Corrispondenoe, Items ),l),14,15,and 16. This mot10n was seconded by Counol1man Hanl{en all voting for. CORRESPONDENCE: 1. The letter from Mayor Andrews concern1ngr hIs absence this even1ng was read by Counc11man Chance. 2. The letter from Mr. LeGrand concern1ng rumors of his resignation was read by Counc11man Chance. OLD BUSINESS: 1. A motion was made by CouncIlman Kainer for approval of Resolutlon R-76-118, Canvasslng the election, and seconded by Counc11man V1ncent. All vot1ng for. Gregory Foreman being elected for place ), Vlrgl1 Thompson be1ng eleoted for plaoe 4, and Donald Gi~lham be1ng elected for place 5. 2. Clty Attorney Wllbur Knape admlnlstered the Oath of Office to the new Council members. NEW BUSINESS: 1. A motlon was made by Counc11man Thompson that Dav1d Hanken be selected as the new Mayor Pro-Tem. Th1s mot10n was seconded by councIlman Vincent. All members voted for. 2. A Certificate of Apprec1ation was presented by Mayor Pro Tem Hanken to the outgoing Council members Chanoe and Kalner. 3. A ProclamatIon was read concerning Robert W. Bufe and Colleyville's great loss. It noted that the Fire Stat10n to be built on Hall Road shall be known as the R. W. Bufe Stat10n in honor of th1s young mans untIring efforts with our Fire Department. Many of the Colleyvi11e Fire Men attended tonights meet lng . Mlnu+-es Aprl1 6, 1976 Page 2 "- 1 4. Paymen+- #6 +-0 Sheesley and W1n~ers 1n +-he amoun+- of $82,252.97 was approved w1+-h a mo+-lon from Counc11man Thompson and seconded by Counc11man V1ncent, all votIng for. Councl1man VIncent made the motlon to accept and approve Resolut10n R76-116 for tak1ng bIds on a Sewer Mach1ne. Tp1s mot10n was seconded by Counc11man Foreman. Councl1man V1ncent has checked wlth some of the surround1ng cltles and they all recommended th1s type of equ1pment. Mr. John Wr1ght presented a rough sketch on the proposed Post Offlce for a slte located on the corner of Church and HWY 121. After some discuss10n th1s Item was referred to the work sess10n fol10w1ng the regular meet1ng. Petro-Chem1cal was represented tonight and moved to 1tem seven at the request of Mr. LeGrand. They w1sh to renew the1r Var1ance wh1ch lapsed 1nDecember 1975. Mr. Joe Atkenson was present and was referred to the Board of Adjustmants. A mot10n was made by Counc11man V1ncent to extend thelr use of the land and var1ance unt11 May 6th. Th1s mot10n was seconded by , Counc11man G111ham. Thls motion was opposed by Counc11man Thompson on the groundS he felt the C1ty should be the ones to grant the Var1ance. A mot10n was made by Councl1man V1ncent to accept the Adoption of Stand-By flme for Water and Sewer Department and amend the employee manual. 'I'his mot10n was seconded by Counc11man Thompson. The zon1ng change for Smlth and Jones, Z76-95 was tabled by a motlon from Councilman V1ncent and seconded by Cou.nc11man Thompson. The zon1ng change for Mr. B111y M. Dunn, Z76-96 change from AG to R-40 was passed wIth a mot10n from Counc11man Foreman and seconded by CouncIlman Thompson. A plat w111 be requ1red before a bU11d1ng perm1t can be lssued. The zon1ng change for Mr. Lloyd Brothers,z-76-119 was approved wlth a motion to be changed from AG to R-20 w1th the st1pulatlon that all 1tems requ1red 1n the water and sewer manual be followed before f1nal plat- approval. Th1s motion was made by Counc11man Vincent and Seconded by Councilman Thompson. Four councIlmen voting for and Councilman G111ham vot1ng against. Mr. Hardy's request to change h1s zon1ng from AG to res1dent1al was approved with a mot10n from Counc11man V1ncent, seconded by Counc11man Thompson. All votlng for Reso1ut10n No. R-76-120 regard1ng the cont1nuat10n of Revenue Sharing was passed w1th a mot10n from Councilman V1ncent, seconded by Counc11man Thompson. All members vot1ng for. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. .._.m-r-._....-.. --.-. M1nutes April 6, 1976 Page ) 14. Resolution No. B-76-119 regardlng the establishmeRt of a Ut111ty Rate Study Commlttee was tabled with a motion from councilman Vincent and Seconded by Councl1man Gl11ham. 15. The application for a building permit and certificate of occupancy was issued to Steward Upholstery wIth a motion from Councilman Foreman and Seconded by Councilman Gillham. All councl1 members voting for. 16. The request by the Dunn family to construct a pre-fab house on IBM foot lot was den1ed wlth a motion from Counc11man Thompson, secnnded by Councilman Foreman. There belng no further business for the Clty Councl1 the meeting was ad j 0 urned .