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Home My WebLink About77 0308 minPLAINVIEW CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING March 8, 1977 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES City Council Chambers 7:30 P. M. The City Council of the City of Plainvi'ew met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers of the City Hall with Mayor Pro-Tem, Medlin Carpenter, presidings, and the following Councilmen present: Lloyd C. Woods, Place Three, Tom Almon, Place Four and Wm. SoRelle, Place Five. Absent were Mayor J. Robert Wayland and Jeane Browning, Place One. Also present were City staff: Marshall Pharr-City Manager, Bruce Byron-Administra- tive Assistant, Joe Sharp-City Attorney, M. L. Rea-City Clerk, Harold Gladman-Director of Planning, Johnnie Ballew-Director of Public Safety, Wm. R. Hogge-Director of Public Works, Norman Huggins-Director of Finance, Tom Stephens-Municipal Judge, Billy Rogers- Park Supervisor, and Emma Quintanilla-Administrative Secretary. Also present were the following visitors: Gary Ott-Plainview Dai_ly Hera~l'~d, Jim Davis-Plainview Reporter News, Bill Bruder-KKYN Radio, Charles Bechtold-KAMR in Amarillo, Chuck Martin-KVOP Radio, Mr. & Mrs. Lee Soucy, Roger Mack Phillips, Floyd Dale McDonald, Dennis Harkins, Richard Schwalm, Jimmy L. Holmes, W. J. Fairbanks, Jr., and Jerry Gut- heinz. Invocation was given by Billy Rogers. Before the meeting began, Councilman Lloyd Woods publicized the apology to Bill Cookston for what he stated in the last City Council Meeting. The following people were appointed to the Neighborhood Improvement Committee No. Two by Mayor Pro-Tem, Medlin Carpenter: 1) A. D. Shellman, 2) Christine Samson, and 3) Emmit Green. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman Woods, to approve these appointments. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Lee Soucy, Chairman of the Plainview Kennel ClUb, Inc., appeared to speak on behalf of the Plainview Kennel Club about the City of Plainview's dog pound shelter. The City Council is going to study the request and look into the improvements that they recommended. One bid was received for the construction of bleachers into berms at Running Water March 8, 1977 Page 2 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Draw Park. It was unopened and sent back."A later date will be set for re-bidding. Reminder of bid letting for the purchase of the following items: 1)Sprinkler system at 7th & 16th Street Parks, to be received March 22nd with an estimated cost of $50,000. 2) Construction of miscellaneous water and sewer improvements with an estimated cost of $195,000. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman Woods, to approve the speci- fications and authorize the advertising for bids for the Community Center facility for Running Water Draw Park, with an estimated cost of $40,000. Motion carried unanimously. Bids are to be received April 7, 1977, at 10:00 a.m. The Plainview Rotary Club is to donate $10,000 or~ 25%, not to exceed $10,000. The construction of a press box at Babe Ruth Ballpark is a hold item at this time. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to approve the speci- fications and author~ize the advertising for bids for the purchase of police uniforms with bids to be rec~i~ved on April 7th and an estimated cost of $5,600. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Woods, seconded by Alderman Almon, to approve the speci- fications and authorize the advertising for bids for the~annual uniform rental contract. Present cost is $127.50 per year per employee. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to approve the minutes of the regular City Council Meeting held on February 22, 1977. Motion carried unani- mously. Received for filing, copies of the following minutes: 1) Board of Adjustment February 10, 1977 2) Planning & Zoning Commission February 10 & 11, 1977 It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman Woods, to authorize the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance prohibiting parking on 5th Street, from Austin West to Columbia. Motion carried unanimously. A Public Hearing will be held on March 10, 1977, at 7:30 p.m, in the City Council March 8, 1977 Page 3 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Chambers for the Zoning Ordinance. A joint meeting was held to discuss the subd~¥ision ordinance and a final draft will be drawn in 30 days. It was moved by Aldeman Woods, seconded by Alderman Almon, to approve for intro- duction, Ordinance No. 77-2048, an ordinance amending the franchise to Plainview Cable TV to increase the street use tax (gross receipts) from 2% to 3%. Motion carri~ed un- animously. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to adopt Ordinance No. 77-2038, an ordinance amending Section 7 and Section 12 of Ordinance No. 71-1154, providing for notices issued for overparking and information to be contained thereon. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Woods, to adopt Ordinance No. 77-2046, an ordinance providing for the extension of certain boundary limits of the City of Plain¥iew, Texas, and the annexation of certain adjacent to and adjoins the present boundary limit of the City of Plainview, Texas. Motion carried unanimous- ly. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman Woods, to adopt Appropriation Ordinance No. CD1.-024, from Community Development Fund 429-807 in the amount of $17,932.40 payable to High Plains Pavers, Inc. for Construction Estimate No. 4. Motion carr~i ed unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Woods, seconded by Alderman Almon, to adopt Appropriation Ordinance No. CD1.-.025.,_ from Community Development Fund 429-809 in the amount of $1,342.11 payable to City of Plainvirew Genera~l Fund for reimbursement to City for en- gineering expense pro-rated to Frisco ~ater Project. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Almon, to adopt Appropriation Ordinance No. CD1-.0.26, from Community Development Fund 429-807' in the amount of $6,014.29 March 8, 1977 Page 4 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES payable to City of Plainview General Fund for reimbUrsement to City f6r engineering expense pro-rated to East 9th Street paving. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Almon, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. CD1-027, from Community Development Fund 429-750 in the amount of $79.05 payable to City of Plainview General Fund for reimbursement to City for engineer- ing expense pro-rated to Curry Lake Flood Plain - park project. Motion carried unani- mously. It was moved by Alderman Woods, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. GO 446-77 from G.O. Park Bond Fund 403~812 in the amount of $25,791.70 payable to Texas Sprinkler Co., Inc., for final payment for sprinkler system at Broadway Park. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. GO 447-77 from G.O. Park Bond Fund 403-812 in the amount of $18,941.00 payable to Wesley Electric Co. for electrical material on site for softball lighting systems - Running Water Draw Park. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. GO 448-77 from G.O. Park Bond Fund 403-701 in the amount of $700.25 payable to Morgan Portable Building Corporation for building to house sprinkl~P con- trols and for storage. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Woods, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. GO 449-77 from G~O. Park Bond Fund 403-701 in the amount of $7,342.40 payable to Yoakum Enterprises for progress construction on restrooms at Broadway and Nth Street Parks. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Almon, to adopt Appropria- tion Ordinance No. 77-2047 from Revenue Sharing Fund 427 in the amount of $16,280.00 for amendment to the Plainview Police Department, 607, budget for salary and wages, March 8, 1977 Page 5 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES operational and capital expense. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Woods, seconded by Alderman Almon, to approve the re- organization of the Police Department as presented by Chief of Police, Alan Stewart, and to appoint an Assistant Chief of Police and a Secretary for the Chief of Poli~e. Motion carried unanimously. It was moved by Alderman Woods, seconded by Alderman SoRelle, to adopt Resolution No. R77-082, a resolution allowing the City of Plainview to participate in the high speed teletype. Motion carried unanimously. A meeting is to be scheduled to discuss the contract agreement between the City of Plainview, Hale County, Plainview/Hale County Airport Board and Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, for engineering services. It was moved by Alderman Almon, seconded by Alderman Woods, to adopt the proposed lease between the City of Plainview and the Plainview Independent School District on joint use of land for park purposes. Motion carried unanimously. The City Council asked the City Manager to pursue the request of Occidental Chem- ical Company concerning the possibility of using Canadian River Water as supplementary supply for fire protec%ion. Received for filing, Pioneer Natural Gas Company West Texas Transmission System Cost Pass-through for the month of January, 1977. Alderman Almon requested that the City Manager follow up on the letter, previously requested, to Mr. John Ray; that re- quest being that the City Council be furnished a Profit and Loss Statement for the City of Plainview gas utilities of Pioneer Natural Gas Company and also a Profit and Loss Statement as to the West Texas Transmission System of Pioneer Natural Gas Company. Reminder of theRegion Three Texas Municipal League meeting in Lubbock on March 15th at 6:30 p.m. Received for filing, copy of the proposed property tax code implementation schedule. March 8, 1977 Page 6 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ~ Received for filing, letter from Jerry Guthinz concerning an energy efficiency constructi on code. Received for filing, letter from HUD asking the City of Plainview to submit an application in the amount of $250,000 for the Community Development Block Grant Pro- gram Discretionary Grant Funding. It was moved by Alderman SoRelle, seconded by Alderman Almon, to adopt and approve the 1975-76 audit report and authorize for advertising, the balance sheeet. Motion carried unanimously. Jimmy Holmes, CPA, appeared before the City Council to present the audit report~and was quite complimentary. It was moved by Allderman Woods, seconded by Alderman Almon~ to adjourn the meeting there being no further business. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m. ATTEST: Clerk MEDI~N ~/~RPENI]E'R';~ Mayor Pro Tem