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Home My WebLink About96 0223 min MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING ~ ~- CITY OF PLAINVIEW FEBRUARY 13, 1996. i The Plainview City Council held a meeting at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, 1996, in the i Council Chambers of the Plainview City-Hall at 901 Broadway. The Council met in Pre-Session at 7;OO p.m. The Agenda for this meeting was posted at 4:00 p.m. on February 6, 1996, in City Hall. Mayor Lloyd C. Woods presided. Councilmembers present were: Alton Jackson Sr.-Precinct 1, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff-Precinct 2, Rey Rosas-Precinct 3, Mike Hutcherson-Precinct 4, Dwain Dodson-Precinct 6, and Irene Favila-Precinct 7. Barbara Dorman-Precinct 5 Councilmember was absent. Staff members present were: James P. Jeffers-City. Manager, Roy L. Osborne-Police Chief, Cindy Gasaway-Main Street. Director, Wally Hatch-City Attorney, Ches Carthel-Director of Public Works, John Castro-Director. for Community Services, Dale Simpson-Civil Service Director, and Karen McBeth-city secretary. News media present:. Richard Orr-Plainview.. Daily Herald, Steve Barrett-Lubbock Avalanche Journal, and Wayland Baptist University television. Guests present were: Dr. Benjamin Akande, Rev. Leonard Chatham, Doris Washington and Mignon Williams. Also present were members of the Army National Guard who led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. OPEN MEETING: ' 1. Invocation -The. Honorable Irene Favila 2. Recognitions -Ches Carthel recognized Oscar Rodriguez and David Daniels of the city water/sewer maintenance .department who were called out numerous times. in the past three ~ weeks during. the cold and icy weather to repair 27 water. line breaks. i ' Mayor Lloyd Woods read.. a Proclamation declaring February, 1996, as Black History Awareness Month. Mayor Woods and Councilmember Alton Jackson presented Certificates of Appreciation to Dr. Benjamin Akande, Rev. Leonard Chatham, Doris Washington and Mignon. Williams. 3. Consent Calendar -Dwain Dodson moved to accept the Consent Calendar as presented. ' Irene Favila seconded the motion and the motion carried. unanimously among the six Councilmembers present. '~ '. ~, 1 of 4 ___ __ ~,.- -, ~_ a) Minutes were approved. b) Departmental Reports were accepted. c) Expenditures were approved. d) Boards, Committees and Commissions -- Billy Gibson was reappointed to the Plumbing Board, Richard Larsen was reappointed to the Board of Electrical Examiners, and D. W. Rickerson was reappointed to the Board of Electrical Examiners (Mr. Rickerson is the Electrical Engineer with Southwestern Public Service. Ms. Minerva Salas was removed from he Parks Advisory Board representing Precinct Seven. e) Award of Bids -- Consider the award of bids on the following: e1) Water and. Sewer Maintenance Backhoe - Yellowhouse Machinery of Lubbock, TX submitted a bid in the amount of $26,850; West Texas Equipment submitted a bid in the amount of $24,500.. The bid was awarded to West Texas Equipment. e2) Sewer clean-out machine -Only one bid .was received. Underground Inc. of Pearland, TX submitted a bid in the amount of $26,999. The. bid was awarded to Underground Inc.: in that .amount. e3) Paint stripper -Seven bids were received and they were:. Liner Dynamics of .Parsippany, NJ in the amount of $4,315;. Kelly Criswell of Xenia, OH in the amount of $3,617; Binks, of Franklin Park,, IL in the amount of $5,958; E-Z Liner Industries of Orange City, IA in the amount of $5,229; Graco of Minneapolis, MN in the amount of $4,512.57; Sherwin Williams of Plainview, TX in the amount of $4,181.99; and Sand Sale Co. of Odessa, TX in the amount of $5,658. The bid was awarded to 'Kelly Criswell for $3,617.00. e4) Street department dump truck -Six bids were received fora 40,000 GVWR Dump Truck, and they were: Shamrock Chevrolet of Lubbock, TX for $44,500; Jack Morris Ford. of Plainview, TX for. $50,830; Gene Messer Ford. of Lubbock, TX for $48,616.00; Roberts Truck Center of Amarillo, TX for $44,579; South Plains International of Lubbock, TX for $51,587.02. South Plains International also submitted an alternate bid for $47,537.74 and Chandler Ford of Amarillo submitted a No Bid. The bid was awarded to Shamrock Chevrolet of Lubbock, in the amount of $44,500.00. e5) Sanitation Containers -Sanco Metal Fab, Inc. of Lubbock, TX submitted a bid of $304 per each for 3 cu. yd. containers; S&S Manufacturing of Bartlesville, OK submitted a bid of $303.49 per each fore 3 cu. yd. containers. The bid was awarded to Sanco Metal Fab, Inc. in the amount of $304.00 per each. 2of4 e6) Landfill Compactor -One bid .was received. West Texas Equipment Company submitted a base cash bid price of $228,560.00 .plus $6,053.00 for an alternate ,~j warranty for the power train only for five years. of 7,500 hours, less $12,857 deduced for Caterpillar: compactor. wheels instead of Caron wheels as specified; and less $68,500 trade in .allowance for 1991 Caterpillar 816B :Compactor, resulting in a net bid price of $153,256.00.` This is less budgeted amount of $1b0,000.00 e7) Sanitation Collection truck.. cab & chassis -Four bids were. received. McComb's Truck Center of Austin, TX submitted. a bid in the amount of 72,991; Volvo/GMC Trucks of Dallas submitted a bid of $73,337; Chaparral. White/GMC of Odessa, TX submitted a bid of $74,225; and Bruckner. Truck Sales of Lubbock submitted a bid of .$77,479. The bid-was awarded to Volvo/GMC Trucks of Dallas. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 4. Open Forum -- Consider adoption. of a policy establishing procedures for an "open forum" segment at City Council. meetings. .Mayor .Woods reviewed an open forum .policy, eral ublic access to makin ublic statements s which will .afford the en g p .and its regulation , g p at Council meetings. Following a general discussion among the Councilmembers, ...Dwain Dodson made. a motion that the ..proposed policy be approved for use. Irene Favila seconded the motion. Alton Jackson, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff, Rey .Rosas, Mike Hutcherson, Dwain Dodson and .Irene Favila voted affirmatively for the motion. No Couucilmember voted against;the motion.... 5. Code of Ethics -- Consider a request from Bruce Rider to adopt a code of ethics for the elected officials :and city officers. Mayon Woods recognized Mr: Rider, of 1100 Thunderbird Dr., who: spoke to the Council regarding their. adopting a Code of Ethics which he believes would be a safeguard toward protecting the public from its government. He stated his belief that there might be some question regarding the recent Charter .Election and the membership of individual Councilmembers in political organizations. He requested. that a uniform Code of Ethics be adopted so as to outline .standards and permitted actions by the. Mayor and Council.. Mr. Woods thanked Mr. Rider for his words .and interest, 6. Closed Session -- Discussion of pending litigation. LULAC v. City of Plainview et al. ' This meeting is authorized by [TEX GOV. CODE ANN. 551.071, Section 2(e} (Vernon i Ann.)] Rey Rosas made amotion the Council go to Closed Session. Mike Hutcherson seconded the motion. A roll call of the Council by the: city secretary howed Alton :Jackson, Mary Virginia. Kirchhoff, Rey Rosas, Mike Hutcherson, Dwain Dodson: and, Irene Favila voting for the motion and no one voting against. The Council went into Closed Session at ~ 8:47 p.m ~ 7. LULAC v. City of Plainview et al. Consider action per. discussions in closed session. ~ The Council reconvened. in Open Session at 9:10 p.m. and no action was taken.. ~~~ ~. ,9;1 ~ 3of4 ~- 8. Adjournment -Motion to adjourn was made by Mike Hutcherson and seconded by Rey Rosas. Upon unanimous. vote of the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. ~_ Passed and. approved on February 27, 1996. ~.,..../*~ ~ ` -~-.ham- Lloyd C. Woods, Mayor ATTEST: K ren McBeth, City Secretary ~~_ ~~