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HomeMy WebLinkAbout95 1221 min MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING City of Plainview December 21, 1995 The Plainview City Council held a Special Meeting at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, December 21, 1995 at the Plainview Country Club, 2902 West Fourth St., Plainview, Texas. Mayor Lloyd C. Woods presided. Councilmem~bers 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-Chief of Police, Roland Asebedo-Asst. Fire Chief, John Castro-Health Department Director, Cindy Gasaway- Main Street Coordinator, Norman Huggins-Director of Finance, Wally Hatch-City Attorney and Karen McBeth-city secretary. News media present: Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald and Steve Barrett-Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Guests present: Kent Green and Bruce Rider. OPEN MEETING 1. Invocation - Mike Hutcherson 2. Recognitions/Oath of Office - There were no recognitions or oaths administered. 3. Consent Calendar - On a motion made by Barbara Dorman and seconded by Dwain Dodson, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. a) b) c) Minutes were approved. Departmental Reports were received and accepted. Expenditures were approved. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 4. City Charter - Status report on submittal from City Attorney. Wally Hatch reported he planned to have the Charter submission packet ready to send to the Justice Department by January 1, 1996. He said Washington, D.C. is virtually closed due to the budget impasse, but nonetheless he would have his part done. He could not say when he expected to have an answer from Justice, but he would not be surprised if they did not ask for more information. He was sending everything as complete as he could determine, but the Justice Department may look at something differently than expected. 5. Board, Commission and Committee Appointments - Human Relations Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission, Building Code/Fire Code Board, Board of Adjustment, Minimum Housing Board, Housing Authority, Plumbing Board, Electrical Board, and Library Board. The Council tabled this matter pending further study. 1 of 3 2O 6. Sanitary Landfill - Consider options of disposing of real property located on the sanitary landfill. City Attorney Wally Hatch' offered seven options for disposing of the house located on the the landfill site. The house was occupied by the former landowner until earlier this year. The Council can offer the house to the Department of Corrections, at its fair market value, to be moved to their property for their use; It can be offered for sale, at fair market value, to Habitat for Humanity to be moved into town; Offer the house at fair market value to the Housing Authority to be moved into town; Move the house into town, place it on a city owned lot, and then sell it at fair market value; Leave the house where it is and rent it; Leave the house where it is, secure it, in which case the house will continue to deteriorate; Or advertise for bids to purchase and move the house. Mr. Hatch said that if the house is sold, it will have to first be declared surplus property. After some discussion of the options Councilmember Mary Virginia Kirchhoff made a motion the house located on the landfill site be declared surplus property and advertised for bids to sell it at fair market value and be moved off City property; Dwain Dodson seconded the motion. A roll call vote of the Council, by precinct, produced a unanimous approval of the motion. 7. City Manager Reports. Liaison Reports - Mary Virginia Kirchhoff and Dwain Dodson, the City's representatives on the Hale County Appraisal District Board of Directors, reported the appraisal district is looking at a building on Broadway, across from the Court House, to purchase and move into. It was not voted on at the last Board meeting. The Council asked Mr. Jeffers to invite Linda Jaynes to be at the January 9, 1996 Council meeting to explain HCAD facility plans. Neighborhood Police Station - The Austin Heights Community Center will be the place for a meeting on January 13, at 2:00 p.m. between the Austin Heights Community Center Board of Directors, the Chief of Police, City Manager, Mayor and Councilmembers. The meeting will be to discuss using the community center as a Neighborhood Police Station, and exactly what will be located there. The original idea for this came up at a meeting of the Human Relations Commission held at the Austin Heights Community Center. Everyone in that neighborhood was invited to the meeting. Community Group Support - Mr. Jeffers reviewed the City's policy of supporting various community groups, i.e.: Fiesta Campesino, Cotton Baron's Ball, PISD band and choir through the purchase of poinsettias at Christmas, etc. These are a somewhat gray area, but it does demonstrate support for the entire community. Elected officials are expected to participate in and be seen at almost all public gatherings, and sometimes it is difficult monetarily. The Council discussed this policy and expressed no objections for continuing to support the community in this way. Open Forum - Mr. Jeffers explained several different types of "open forums" available for the Council to implement allowing the general public to speak at Council meetings without being on the agenda. Many places have a specified number of minutes, and persons, to speak either at the beginning, or at the end of Council meetings. It is generally limited so as not to interfere With the published agenda and the general course of taking care of City business. Citizens are usually allowed to speak on any topic they wish, but not to become disruptive and the Council does not comment nor act on anything citizens bring up. There was a general discussion about the criteria to be used for structuring such a public forum. The Council had no objection to 2 of 3 21 developing guidelines for implementing an open forum. It was suggested this be done by the Council Relations Committee. 8. Adjournment - Mayor Woods adjourned the meeting at 12:40 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED on January 9, 1996. ATTEST: Lloyd C. Hoods, Mayor Kl~ren McBeth, city secretary 3 of 3