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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
November 4, 1994
The City Council of the City of Plainview met in a Special Meeting on Friday~ November
4, 1994, at 9:00 a.m., at City Hall, 901 Broadway, for the purpose of reviewing with the
Hale County Commissioners Court the need for new or renovated facilities for the
Plainview/Hale County Health Department. Mayor Lloyd C. Woods called the meeting
to order at 9:00 a.m. 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.
County Commissioners present were: Bill Hollars - Hale County Judge, James Belk,
Homer Roberson, and Nina Morris.
Staff members present were: John Castro - Health Department Director, James P.
Jeffers - City Manager, Wally Hatch - City Attorney, Norman Huggins - Director of Finance
and Karen McBeth - City Secretary.
Guests present were: Dr. Steve Turner, Dorothy Tilson, Don Dickson, J. W. Hamby, and
Jimmy Raymer.
News media present: Cathy Frye - Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Richard Orr -
Plainview Daily Herald.
OPEN MEETING
1. Invocation - Mayor Lloyd Woods
2. Plainview/Hale County Health Department Facilities - John Castro, Health
Department Director, gave an overview of the present facilities, the need for more room,
ADA requirements, and the directives from the State of Texas. Norman Huggins, Director
of Finance for the City of Plainview, explained the funding for the Health Department
comes from three grants from the State totaling $298,000 plus $140,000 from the City
and County, in equal shares. Much discussion was given to where the revenues for the
Health Department came from and how it is spent.
Dr. Steve Turner, Chairman of the Plainview/Hale County Board of Health, spoke
regarding the present building in which the Health Department is located. He cited the
cramped exam quarters, lack of enough exam rooms, ADA accessibility, and he stated
it would not pass present Fire and Life Code standards. He said the State of Texas has
written a letter itemizing the deficiencies which must be grought up to their standard
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within a given period of time. He also stated that the department falls under OSHA
guidelines and the facilities will not meet OSHA standards. He reported that Mr. Jack
Nichols, owner of the Haynes Building, in which Dr. Turner's office is located, has said
he will rent three thousand square feet of the Haynes Building to the Health Department
for $1,100 a month for the first 53 months, then $2,200 a month for 30 years. It will cost
approximately $114,000 to remodel the rented area to meet Health Board proposed
plans.
John Castro reviewed the services the Health Department provides for the people in Hale
County, which included immunizations, food establishment inspections, water testing,
well baby clinics, etc.
Mayor Lloyd Woods asked if the owner of the present facilities, Mr. Jimmy Raymer, has
ever agreed to bring it into compliance. John Castro said no he had not.
Mr. Jimmy Raymer stated he was willing to do whatever it took to bring the present
facilities into compliance with what the State wanted as well as what the City and County
wanted. He said he has
submitted three different proposals to the Health Department. Mr. Raymer said there is
additional room in the adjoining building to the Health Department which could be used
to expand into examining rooms, offices, or whatever the department needed. He said
he is willing to do whatever is possible to accommodate the Health Department. He said
he has visited with the previous Mayor, as well as John Castro, and has said on more
than one occasion that he was willing to meet whatever requirements were needed.
Councilmember Dwain Dodson said he would like to have a building contractor, or two
or more contractors, inspect the present facilities and get an estimate on what it would
cost to bring it into compliance with what the State wanted and what was needed to
adequately serve the citizens of Hale County. Mr. Dodson also stated he did not think
the present facility was completely inaccessible to wheelchair bound persons since the
previous department director was wheelchair bound and came to work every day for two
years in that same building.
County Commissioner James Belk said he could see the advantages of the Haynes
Building, but he can also see the advantage of looking into remodeling and expanding
the present location.
Mary Virginia Kirchhoff, Councilmember, asked if the Raymer Building could effectively
be remodeled. John Castro said it could be and that local architect James Robison had
prepared plans for remodeling. He said J.W. Hamby has submitted four different
proposals for a location on Amarillo Street, and Clements Corporatio.n has submitted a
proposal for remodeling the old Sears building on South Broadway.
Dwain Dodson made a motion that a builder/contractor, mutually approved by the City
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and the County, inspect the present location and submit a proposal for the cost of
adding the required exam rooms, offices and waiting area, make the facility ADA
approved, and meet the fire and life codes; Mike Hutcherson seconded the motion.
Barbara Dorman, Councilmember, moved to amend the motion to include a written
proposal from Jimmy Raymer. The motion to amend died for lack of a second. The
motion passed with Councilmembers Alton Jackson, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff, Mike
Hutcherson, Barbara Dorman and Dwain Dodson voting for the motion; Councilmembers
Rey Rosas and Irene Favila voted against the motion.
Mayor Woods adjourned the meeting at 10:25 a.m.
ATTEST:
Lloyd C. Woods, Mayor
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
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