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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council-Minutes-12/16/1975 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER l6, 1975 The regular meeting of the Colleyville City Council was called to order by Mayor Andrews at 7:30 P. M., December l6, 1975, in the Council Chambers at 5505 Pleasant Run Road, Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas. The invocation was given by Mr. D. B. Scroggins. Council Members present: John A. Andrews Larry Kainer (part of the meeting) David Hanken Virgil Thompson David Vincent Members A bsent: Piers Chance Other s pres ent: ~ City A ttorney, Wilbur T. Knape Secretary-Treasurer, Elsie Marie Long Police Chief, Billy Joe Medlen Water Superintendent, William "BIll' LeGrand Knowlton-Ratliff-English-Flowers engineer, David Washington Carter & Burges s, Inc. engineer John Mason Chairman of Long Range Planning Committee, Greg Foreman Minutes of the December l, 1975. Council Meeting were approved. SPECIAL BUSINESS Mayor Andrews read Resolution R -75 -ll canvassing the December 6, 1975 Special Election returns and declaring fifteen candidates elected as Charter Commissioners. Councilman Kainer moved that the Council adopt Resolution R-75-111; Councilman Vincent seconded the motion and all voted for. Mayor Andrews administered the Oaths of Office to all fifteen newly elected Charter Commissioners and recessed the Council Meeting to conduct the Organizational Meeting of the Charter C ommis sion. OLD BUSINESS At 8:27 P. M. the City Council Meeting resumed (Councilman Kainer was not present) and Mayor Andrews gave the second reading of Ordinance 0-75-218, providing limited tax rate and evaluation for retirement-age residents. City Attorney Knape asked to table the ordinance for further research in light of recent constitutionality and discrimination laws. After discussion and because of the January 1 eligibility time factor, it was agreed Council, if needed, would later amend or change it. Mayor Andrews recommended further clarification of . . Minutes of City Council Regular Meeting, December l6, 1975 Page 2 "homesite property" as used in Section 1. A. 2. and Council agreed to change the section to read: "This benefit shall apply to the applicant's single-family homesite and on all applicant's land adjacent and contiguous to the home-site property. II Council Action: Councilman Hanked moved that Ordinance 0-75-218 be adopted as corrected; Councilman Vincent seconded the motion and all present voted for. The City Secretary was instructed to retype the Ordinance as adopted. Greg Foreman, Chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee spoke to Council requesting l) Official Map; 2) Formal Future Land Use Map in Master Plan; 3) Subdivision Ordinances and standard for future; 4) Zoning by density instead of square-foot ordinance. And further requesting that he be allowed to enlist aid from two engineering firms: Carter & Burgess and Knowlton-Ratliff-English-Flowers. John Mason of Carter & Burgess Engineers suggested a letter be written by the City to the engineers requesting their Proposals, which to which Mr. Mason agreed to reply at no expense to the City. Council Action: Mr. Foreman was instructed to write the letters to the Engineers. Mayor Andrews gave the second reading of Ordinance 0-75-2l5, livestock ordinance. After discussion, Councilman Hanken moved that Ordinance 0-75-2l5 be adopted. Councilman Thompson moved that Ordinance 0-75-2l5 be tabled. Motion to table died for lack of a second. Vote on Motion to Adopt: Councilmen Vincent and Hanken voting for; Councilman Thompson voting against. Note to Secretary: Section 4. A, Page 2, change "livestock" to "animal". Mayor Andrews presented Resolution R-75-110 concerning the recent appointment of Elsie Marie Long, Secretary-Treasurer. Council Action: Councilman Vincent moved that the Minutes of the City Council Meeting November l8, 1975, be amended to include Resolution R-75-110; Councilman Thompson seconded the motion and all voted for. NEW BUSINESS Mayor Andrews read Marvin Simpson's letter of December 4th concerning Colleyville's participation in Tarrant County Consortium and application to HUD as established by the Mayor's Council. Council Action: Councilman Vincent moved that Resolution R-75-ll2 be adopted regarding the City's participation in Tarrant County's application to HUD and authorizing the Mayor to sign additional forma as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Councilman Hanken seconded the motion and all voted for. r Minutes of City Council Regular Meeting, December l6, 1975 Pa g e 3 The City Secretary-Treasurer presented to Council a list of monthly bills to be paid. Council Action: Councilman Vincent moved that the bills be paid; Councilman Hanken seconded and all voted for. Concerning Items 3 & 4 on the New Business Agenda, Mayor Andrews referred to the Personnel Manual adopted by Council in April 1974, which states, "All personnel action will be taken by. . . the Mayor." and additional comments were: Councilman Thompson: "We should sit down and talk about our priorities. " Don Gillham: "Let's don't spend any money to do anything until after we have heard about our priorities and Long Range Planning. " Mrs. Neely: "I think the Newsletter should set out. . . I don't think we have all the facts out to the people. F eople do not want to see Colleyville change and become as the area around us. " . .. "Having someone as a bookkeeper is much more meaningful to me at this time than a dogcatcher. 11 Mr. Brewster: "I would like to see the ordinances we have now be enforced. We need a week cutter before a cowcatcher. It Dale Hodgson: "We need to have some priorities in Colleyville. " Public Works Dept., Bill LeGrand, told of his need for additional help. Greg Foreman, Chairman of Planning & Zoning Commission, told of that Commission's need. Mayor Andrews read a letter from City Secretary-Treasurer advising Council of the workload in that office being too great for one person to accurately accomplish. Council Action: Mayor Andrews, "I would like to have, for the first meeting in January, recommendations for our priorities and personnel relief. It The Proposed Street Programs list, as prepared by Councilman Hanken and the Streets & Roads Committee, was read by Mayor Andrews. Council Action: None required, an informational item. r Minutes of City Council Regular Meeting, December 16, 1975 Page 4 Councilman Thompson moved to add to the Agenda a change of the check- signing procedures. Councilman Hanken seconded, and all voted to add to the Agenda. Councilman Thompson moved that the check-signing pro- cedures be amended to allow any two of the four authorized to sign checks. Councilman Hanken seconded the motion and all voted for. Councilman Thompson moved that the minutes of the September 2, 1975 Council Meeting be corrected to read: "Virgil Thompson reported his study of the population growth in Colleyville had determined a population of 5,030 from the use of electrical hookups in the City supported by the telephone and water connections." Councilman Hanken seconded the motion and all voted for. Councilman Hanken moved for adjournment; Councilman Vincent seconded the motion and all voted for. Res..:ec:ullY S~Ubmitte:, ~ ""'" i' . " ~tw4~. .~. ~ CITY SECRETARY-TREASURERl k !'~ r