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WORK SESSION MINUTES
Plainview City Council
November 5, 1992
The City Council of the City of Plainview met in a Work Session at 11:30
a.m., on Thursday, November 5, 1992 at the PI-inview Municipal Country
Club with Mayor E.V. Ridlehuber presiding. Couno-ilmembers present were:
Alton Jackson Precinct 1; Mary Virgi]lia Kirchhoff - Precinct 2; Don
Dickson - Precinct 3; MedHn Carpenter - Precinct 4; Dwsin Dodson - Precinct
6; and Irene Favila Precinct 7. Absent was Barbara Dorman - Precinct 5.
Staff members present were.: James P. Jeffers - City Manager; Bill Hogge -
Director of Public Works; Roy L. Osborne - Director of Public Safety;
Barbara Sullivan - Municipal Court Judge; Norman Huggins Director of
Finance; Diane Groh - Director for Community Services; Carl Ho]land - Parks
Supervisor; and Karen McBeth - City Secretary.
Guests present were:
and Jack Ockerman.
Donna Sarchet, Mrs. Clarence Denton, Jack Oswald,
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m. The Council reviewed
the agenda for the upcoming meeting of November 10, 1992, before turning
to the agenda for today's Work Session.
C.I.P: Review of p]m, wh~g Comw~m~ Reloo~c - Mr. Jeffers asked the Council
if they had read the Capital Improvement Program report through well enough
to make recommendations. The Council advised they would prefer to have a
special work session to go through the repor~ item by item. This will be
scheduled as soon as possible.
Animal Control: H,]mane Society - Jack Oswald addressed the City Council,
stating he and Mr. Ockerman were present to represent the Humane Society
and to ask the city for financial help. He stated the HI]mane Somi~.ty works
with the City Animal Shelter and provides food for the mnimm]g the Society
has, as well as for the animmlg in th~ city's shelter. He stated it is a good
working relationship, and the Society ~s more than willing to take on
adcliti0nml tasks for the city, if the Council could give the Sor~Ety
approximately $1,000 per month to help pay someone to answer the phone,
clean out kennels and handle the ,n~m,1 cruelty cases. Mr. Oswald
emphasized the Humane Society helps the Animal Control department
enormously, and it is mostly volunteer work. If the Humane Society does not
get funds, they will have to close and that will mean the city will have to cut
back on its' services, or put more money into the p~ogram. Mr. Oswald
suggested if the city could supply funds, the Society would be happy to take
over the job as kennelmamter, and thereby free up city personnel to spend
more time patrolling. Mr. Oswald was told to prepare a formal proposal
outlining what services the Humane Society would supply in return for funds.
Library: Elevator - One suggestion for capital improvements was an elevator
to be installed in Unger Memorial Library. Several people have requested an
elevator be installed in order to make that portion of the library totml]y
accessible to all citizens. The estimated cost over a year ago was $45,000 for
installing an elevator in an existing shaft. An alternative to an elevator would
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be to rearrange the library. The consensus of the council was to review all
aspects of this need, financial as well as usefulness to the general public.
Mrs. Sarchet and Mrs. Denton both stated they saw a real need for an
elevator in the library and voiced their hopes the Council would decide to
have one installed.
Sanitation: Recycle in alleys/ WslMart containers. Mr. Jeffers reported it was
now time for the CounCil to think about the next step in recycling. He stated
the Recycling Task Force will have specific recommendations for the co, moil to
consider. He told the Council that a gentlemen from Wal_Ma~t had called and
said WalMart was interested in giving the city the very large recycling
receptacle located in front of their retail store here in Plainview. No one on
the Council was interested in the Ci~r having the container.
Housing: Farmers Home Administration - Mr. Jeffers reported that since
Plainview had become eligible for Farmers Home Administration housing
assistance, numerous developers have called, and will be calling, to solicit
City help in receiving FmHA funding for various projects. He advised tba
Council to listen to all who call, but to be noncommittal. If a Councilmember
discerns the builder does have a good project, for the city, plaa~e notify the
City Manager. At the council meeting on the 24th of November, the council
will be hearing presentations.
Muse1,,-: Committee - To date no one has expressed an interest in serving on
the Museum Committee, and very soon "volunteers" will be recluisitioned.
Health: Personnel - Ann MacAdams has resigned from the Health Department
and the Health Board is meeting on the 12th of November to begin looking for
a solution to the personnel shortage.
Civil Defense: Sirens - The sirens the city used to alert citizens of
dangerous weather are no longer being used. A Councilmember from
Lockney, Texas, has called and asked to purchase two of them. The Council
had no objections to this. Director of Public Safety Roy L. Osborne reported
he could see no reason for the city not to sell the sirens as the present
system of TV and radio alert was working well. He also reported on his
recent trip to the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference held
in Detroit, Michigan. He said the main focus was on street gang violence and
ways to curtail it. Hand in hand with street gangs, was the issue of dru~
sale and consumption.
Mayor Ridlehuber de~.lawed the meeting adjourned at 1:12 p.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED the 24th day of November, 1992.
E. V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
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ATTEST
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
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