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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
May 19, 1994
The City Council of the City of Plainview met in a Work Session on May 19, 1994, at 11:30 a.m. at
the Cotton Patch Cafe, with Mayor Lloyd C. Woods presiding. Councilmembers present were: Alton
Jackson Sr. - Precinct 1, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff - Precinct 2, Rey Rosas - Precinct 3, Mike
Hutcherson - Precinct 4, Barbara Dorman - Precinct 5, Dwain DodsOn - Precinct 6, and Irene Favila -
Precinct 7.
Staff members present were: James P. Jeffers- City Manager, Roy L. Osborne - Director of Public
Safety, Bruce Watson - Fire Chief, Barbara Sullivan - Municipal Court Judge, Wally Hatch - City
Attorney, Norman Huggins - Assistant Director of Public Works, Muff London Director for
Community Development, and Karen McBeth - City Secretary.
The Council reviewed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of May 24, 1994. Mayor Woods asked
City Manager Jim Jeffers for his reports.
Council Liaison Reports - There were none.
Annexation - Muff London, Director of Community Development, presented a plan worked out by
the Planning and Zoning Commission to be%used as a guideline for when and how to annex
properties jnto the city s hm~ts. Th~s plan wdl provide an orderly and carefully thought out formula
which ~Ee annexation advantageous to-the b~t~ and to the property owners of the lands being
annexed. The council expressed no objection to the plan, and will make a final decision later.
SWBT Franchise Renewal - Mr. Jeffers reported it is time to begin working on the renewal of a
franchise agreement with Southwestern Bell Telephone. He stated this franchise now pays the city
over $100,000 annually. Mr. Jeffers stated that he and City Attorney Wally Hatch would be
formulating this agreement.
TML Region III - Mr. Jeffers reminded the council about the TML Regional III meeting in Lubbock
at the OmniMax.
Bus Route Benches- Mr. Jeffers reported the city had received numerous complaints about there
being no benches on which to wait for the Trolley Cars. He stated he had located a company that
will put up benches, at no cost to the city, but they will have advertising on them. Some cities have
done away .with bench advertising because they are ugly. The council discussed the use of these
benches but expressed no interest in seeing them placed in Plainview.
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Consent Calendar - Mr. Jeffers stated that it might be more advantageous to place the Consent
Calendar at the beginning of the City Council Agenda, rather than at the end. If there were questions
or public input it could be dealt with without people having to wait through the entire meeting. After
some discussion, the council had no objection to having the Consent Calendar placed at the
beginning rather than the end of the agenda.
Pre-Session - Mr. Jeffers suggested the council might want to meet for a full hour pre-session
before council meetings, rather than just thirty minutes. The council was not interested in this.
Restaurant Fire Inspections - Fire Chief Bruce Watson reported that the fire inspections in city
restaurants has made him aware~that the council might want to re-think the ordinance governing
such and making the criteria more site specific rather than as generalized as it is. Chief Watson
reviewed all the options and after much discussion the council expressed no interest in changing the
present code.
Alley Repair Policy - Mr. Jeffers reported the present alley repair policy is to repair/patch potholes,
but not replace any paving in an alley. This does create a problem and the street department is
gathering data on proposed changes. Mr. Jeffers asked each member of the City Council to drive
the downtown alleys and thereby discern the problems they will be discussing at a later date.
Mayor Lloyd Woods encouraged the City Council to visit all of the various departments of the city,
to visit with their constituents and to bring back their ideas and discoveries to be discussed during
any work session.
Mayor Woods declared the meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
ATTEST:
Lloyd C. Woods, Mayor
a en McBeth, City Secretary
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