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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City of Plainview
July 25, 1995
The Plainview City Council met at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 25, 1995, in the Council Chambers
of the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway. The Council met in Pre-Session at 7:00 p.m.
Mayor Lloyd C. Woods presided. Councilmembers present were: Mary Virginia Kirchhoff-
Precinct 2, Rey Rosas-Precinct 3, Mike Hutcherson-Precinct 4, Barbara Dorman-Precinct 5, and
Dwain Dodson-Precinct 6,. Councilmembers Alton Jackson-Precinct 1 and Irene Favila-Precinct
7 were absent.
Staff members present were: James P. Jeffers-City Manager, Wally Hatch-City Attorney, Muff
London-Director for Community Development, Barbara Sullivan-Municipal Court Judge, Dale
Simpson-Civil Service Director, Roland Asebedo-Asst. Fire Chief, Roy L. Osborne-Police Chief
and Karen McBeth-city secretary.
News media present: Steve O'Neal-Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Richard Orr-Plainview Dally
Herald, and Wayland Baptist University-TV.
OPEN MEETING
1. Invocation - Rey Rosas
2. Recognitions/Oath of Office - Mike Hutcherson recognized Max Gabriel for his many
years to community service. Councilmember Hutcherson also recognized Drs. David Wright
and Ruth Rector-Wright for their contribution to the medical community in Plainview.
City Manager Jim Jeffers presented Jack Keller with a City of Plalnview pin for five
years of service and City Engineer Ches Carthel presented Oscar Rodriguez with a pin for
fifteen years of service with the City of Plainview.
3. Consent Calendar - Upon a motion made by Barbara Dorman to approve the Consent
Calendar, and seconded by Mike Hutcherson, the Council voted unanimously in favor of the
motion.
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c)
Minutes were approved.
Departmental Reports were accepted.
Expenditures were approved.
d)
Boards, Commissions and Committees: Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority Board. Norman Wright was reappointed to the Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority Board.
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e)
Plat ® Douglass Addition. Consider the combination plat of Douglass Addition,
Plainview, Hale County, Texas. The plat was approved.
Charter Election. Select date for mail out of proposed Charter and approve the
format of the mail out. August 24, 1995, was approved as the mail out date.
g)
Bids · Sanitation Department.
1. Carrier/Loader - Bids were received from West Texas Equipment
Company of Lubbock, Texas for a Caterpillar IT24F in the amount of $50,604.00
(after allowing $55,000 for a trade in) and a guaranteed repurchase price of
$52,500 after five years; and Yellowhouse Machin6ry for a John Deere 544TC
in the amount of $50,410.00 (after allowing $52,875 for a trade in) and a
guaranteed repurchase price of $64,950. Due to certain factors dealing with staff
recommendations, the Council awarded the bid to West Texas Equipment
Company in the amount of $50,604.00, determining it was most advantageous to
the city.
2. 16 yd. Scraper - Bids were received from West Texas Equipment
Company in the amount of $129,209.00 (allowing a trade in of $117,250) for a
Cat 615 C; and from Yellowhouse Machinery for a JD 862B in the amount of
$125,550.00 (with a trade in of $117,250). The bid was awarded to Yellowhouse
Machinery, with a guaranteed repurchase price of $140,000 after five years.
h) Seth Ward Water Agreement. Contract was renewed for a period of five years.
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
1. Precinct Four Meeting. Public comment. Mayor Woods asked if there were people
from Precinct Four who wished to speak to the Council about anything. No one spoke. The
city secretary swore in Norman Wright to another term on the Board of Directors for the
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.
2. Sexually Oriented Businesses. Ordinance No. 95-3050. An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, creating Article VII, Sexually Oriented Businesses, of
Chapter 7, Businesses and Occupations, of the Plainview Code of Ordinances to provide for the
regulation of sexually oriented businesses within the City of Plainview; Cumulativeness clause;
Severability clause; Conflicts clause; And effective date. Second and Final Reading. City
Attorney Wally Hatch reviewed the proposed ordinance explaining it dealt with very strict
licensing and permitting procedures and a stiff penalty for breaking any rules of the ordinance.
Dwain Dodson made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 95-3050 and it was seconded by
Barbara Dorman. The motion carried unanimously among the five Councilmembers present.
3. Duck Pond - Eleventh and Ennis. Consider a request for signage at the Duck Pond and
to name the Duck Pond after Travis Trussell. Mayor Woods commended the Women's Club for
their years of service to the City of Plainview and for their desire to erect a display sign at the
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Duck Pond showing pictures and giving information of all the water fowl that uses the Duck
Pond.
Jimmy Holmes addressed the Council saying that Travis Trussell has spent twenty years
caring for the ducks and geese at the Duck Pond. He said that he has purchased food for them
prior to the time that Jean Browning began donating food. He said Mr. and Mrs. Trussell have
cared for ducks that were injured or sick and they have introduced new and different types of
water fowl to the pond. He stated he hoped the Council would approve naming the pond for
Travis Trussell.
Mrs. Alma Cox told the Council that the ducks and wild life at the pond are using in the
Youth~Literacy Program in Plainview. She said the Women's Club is compiling a book about
all the different water fowl and a copy of it will. be placed in the local library as well as the
libraries of neighboring towns. She said the club is having a billboard type sign built to be
erected at the Duck Pond showing the different type of ducks and geese that frequent the pond.
She said she hoped the Council would name the pond for Mr. Trussell.
Councilmember Dwain Dodson said the Council has studied this project from every angle
possible and said he did not believe the pond should be named for anyone. He made a motion
that the Women's Club be allowed to erect the sign, and that a plaque honoring Mr. Trussell's
devotion to caring for the ducks be placed on the sign, and that the City donate $200 toward the
construction of the sign. Mike Hutcherson seconded the motion.
Barbara Dorman said she thought it would be nice to have the history of the duck pond
be on the sign also.
Rey Rosas said he felt that since so many people have spoken in favor of naming the
pond after Mr. Trussell, that it should be named for him. He said that all the years of volunteer
work in taking care of the ducks should be rewarded this way.
Jimmy Holmes spoke again saying that the Council was trying to appease the Women's
Club by donating to it. He stated he was offended that the Council did not want to name the
pond for Mr. Trussell.
Dwain Dodson said it was not really a "pond" in the true sense of the word. He said it
was a playa lake that became a drainage ditch and holds runoff water from the city. He said he
did not think it should be named for anyone, that it should just continue being the "Duck Pond."
Mayor Woods reminded the Council a motion and a second had been made to allow the
Women's Club to erect a sign; a plaque honoring Mr. Trussell be placed on the sign; and the
City contribute $200 to the project; Mary Virginia Kirchhoff, Mike Hutcherson, Barbara
Dorman and Dwain Dodson voted in favor of the motion and Rey Rosas voted against it. The
motion carried.
4. Closed Meeting. Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment,
duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee; Specifically City Secretary; Chief
of Police. This meeting is authorized by [TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. Ann. art. 6252-17, Section
2(e) (Vernon Supp. 1994)]. The Council went into a closed meeting at 8:20 pm.
5. Personnel. Consider action per the discussion in Closed Meeting regarding appointment,
employment, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee. The
Council reconvened in open session at 8:50 pm. Dwain Dodson made a motion that the salary
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for the city secretary be raised to an even $22,000 per year; Mike Hutcherson seconded the
motion; the motion carried unanimously.
6. Adjournment - Mayor Woods declared the meeting adjourned at 8:53 pm.
Passed and approved on August 8, 1995.
ATTEST:
Lloyd C. Woods, Mayor
I~a~en McBeth, City Secretary
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