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The Plainview City Council met on November 8, 2005 at 7:00 p.m in the City Council
Chambers of the Plainview City Hall at 90~1 Broadway. The agenda for this meeting
was posted in City Hall at 3:00 p.m. on November 3, 2005. Mayor John C. Anderson
presided. Councilmembers present were: Kelvin Tipton-District 1, Mary Jane Shanes-
District 2, John N. Bertsch-District 4, Ron Trusler-Distdct 5 and Roland Nash-District 7.
Staff members present were: Greg Ingham-City Manager, John Berry-Director of Public
Works, Leslie Pearce-City Attorney, Dale Simpson-Director of Civil Service, Gary Glass-
Fire Chief, Will Mull-Police Chief, Brice Clements-Engineer and Katie Seals-Community
Services Secretary.
Guests present: Robert Edwards
Rev, Ron Brunson with Plainview New Covenant Church delivered the invocation.
Mayor Anderson led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Councilmember Shanes moved to adopt the consent calendar. The motion was duly
seconded by Councilmember Trusler and carried by unanimous vote. Items approved
on the consent calendar included approval of the minutes of October 11, 2005 and
November 3, 2005. The Council approved the appointment of Randy Reed to the
Airport Board with said term to expire January 1, 2009.
Brice Clements, Engineer presented the bids on the prison lift station # 1 renovation.
The engineer for the design of this construction project is Parkhill, Smith & Cooper. He
stated it was originally scheduled to bid in August 22, 2005 of this year, but the engineer
expected to only receive one bid and we wanted a competitive bid environment. Four
bids were received as follows: L. Howard Construction, Inc. bid a base bid of
$238,497.32 and $81,918.00 for additive alternate bid; Triple L Utilities bid a base bid of
$148,800.00 and $95,400.00 for additive alternate bid; Doggett Construction bid a base
bid of $132,700.00 and $69,300.00 for additive alternate bid; and Morton Irrigation, Inc.
bid a base bid of $142,375.00 and $92,000.00 for additive alternate bid. Parkhill, Smith
& Cooper and City staff recommend award of bid to Doggett Construction Company, the
Iow bidder. Mr. Clements stated they do not recommend award of the additive alternate
bid items due to the pricing amounts. There will be a budget amendment required to
cover this cost.
There was no public comment.
Councilmember E~,ertsch moved to awar(~ the ~)id to Doggett Construction. The motion
was duly seconded by Councilmember Trusler and carried by unanimous vote.
John Castro, Director of Community Services presented information on authorizing the
Mayor to sign Change 2, to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Grant
No. 7560006391 2006. This adds the bio terrorism component to the local public health
services grant. It authorizes the City to hire a bio terrorism plannedcoordinator, The
amount of the grant is $66,908.
Robert Edwards of 811 W. 7th Street stated he was opposed to accepting any of this
money. He said it was a frivolous deal and could be spent in a better place.
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Councilmember Tipton stated that he agreed with Mr. Edwards, but this money will be
spent by someone e~se so it would be better for the City to receive this grant.
Councilmember Nash moved to accept the Department of State Health Services
(DSHS) Grant No. 7560006391 2006. The motion was duly seconded by
Councilmember Bertsch and carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor Anderson moved to adjourn the meeting, The motion was duly seconded by
Councilmember Tipton and carried by unanimous vote.
There being no further business, Mayor Anderson adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m.
Belinda Hinojosa
City Secretary
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