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Plainview City Council
WORK SESSION MEETING
September 23, 1993
The Plainview City Council met in Work Session on Thursday, September 23, 1993, at the Plainview Country
Club, 2902 West 4th St., at 11:30 a.m. with Mayor E. V. Ridlehuber presiding. Councilmembers present
were: Mary Virginia Kirchhoff - Precinct 2, Don Dickson - Precinct 3, Dwain Dodson - Precinct 6, and Irene
Favila -Precinct 7. Absent were: Barbara Dorman - Precinct 5, Alton Jackson - Precinct 1, and Precinct 4
is vacant until November 2, 1993 election.
Staff members present were: James P. Jeffers - City Manager, Terry Powers - Director of Human Resources,
Norman Huggins - Director of Finance, Bruce Watson- Fire Chief, Roy L. Osborne - Director of Public Safety,
Jim Lindstrom - Code Enforcement Officer, Muff London- Director for Community Development, and Karen
McBeth - City Secretary.
Mike Hutcherson attended as a guest.
Mayor Ridlehuber called the meeting to order at 11:41 a.m. The Council reviewed the Agenda for the
upcoming meeting of September 28, 1993. The Mayor turned the meeting over to City Manager, Jim Jeffers
for his reports.
Mid-Year Retreat - Mr. Jeffers distributed calendars of October and November for the Council to use in
determining the best date for a mid-year retreat.
Precinct Meeting - Irene Favila, Councilmember Precinct 7, wants to hold a '~viener roast" in her precinct,
so as to inform her constituents about what is going on in the city. There were no objections.
Recycle (MHMR) Program - The City is the recipient of a Recycle Grant which will fund a pilot program for
recycling dumpsters to be placed in residential areas. This program will be on a volunteer basis on a small
portion of three established routes. An extra trip will be made in these routes to pick up and deliver the
recyclables. This program is meant to be used, not abused. The Council was pleased with this'prospect.
Sanitation/Landfill - City Manager Jim Jeffers reported that the City of Lubbock, BFI, and Triple C Sanitation
have all contacted him wanting to bring trash to the city's new landfill for the period of time that the City of
Lubbock cannot use theirSMr. Jeffers told each of these groups that Plainview's landfill cannot handle that
much refuse daily. The Council discussed this at length. Mr. Jeffers proposed telling Lubbock and BFI no,
and telling Triple C that we can handle 20 to 30 tons per day, maybe. The Council had no objections to this
plan.
No Smoking - The American CanCer Society will be asking the city for an ordinance banning smoking in all
public places; i.e. restaurants, grocery stores, retail businesses. The Council discussed this and will address
it at a later meeting.
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Fire - County Contracts- Mr. Jeffers reported that in the past the County has not been billed for rescue
calls, although they are covered in the contract. This has been an oversight on the part of the City. Due to
the money problems recently expressed by the County, the City will not begin billing the County for these
calls until after January 1, 1994. The Council did not object to this plan. Councilmember Dwain Dodson
asked if a "sliding scale fee" had been set up for calls made to the County; Mr. Jeffers said one has been
used in the past, but the County objected and it was changed.
Drug Awareness- On October 25th, each Councilmember will attend a breakfast and go to local schools
and deliver red ribbons, in support of Red Ribbon Week.
The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.
E. V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen McBeth, City Secretary