HomeMy WebLinkAbout87 1208 minCITY COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 8, 1987
PRE-SESSION 6:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:30 P.M.
MINUTES
The Plainview City Council met in Regular Session on Tuesday,
December 8, 1987, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City
Hall, with Mayor E.V. Ridlehuber presiding. The following
Councilmembers were present: Alton Jackson, Terry Clements, Don
Dickson, Bobby James, Barbara Dorman, Junior Brown, and Tom Aday.
Staff present were: James P. Jeffers, City Manager; David
Blackburn, Assistant City Attorney; Mike McDonough, Director of
Municipal Services; Bill Hogge, Director of Public Works; Roy
Osborne, Chief of Police; and City Secretary Carla Reese.
News media present: Cathy Donahue - K.V.O.P.
Guest present: Donald Lee Terrell and Mario Trevino of Walker
Brothers Produce and Ralph Soucy and Jeff Rowland of Yellowhouse
Machinery.
Councilman Junior Brown delivered the invocation.
Mayor E.V. Ridlehuber welcomed the guest.
VEGETABLE WASH WATER HOLDING POND. Bill Hogge, Director of Public
Works, presented to the City Council Resolution No. R87-308
entitled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Plainview, Texas approving a plan to construct a vegetable wash
water holding pond and granting Plains Gold Farms, Inc., d/b/a
Walker Brothers Produce, permission to construct said facility and
to discharge settled wash water into municipal drainage channel."
Bill Hogge explained the discharge of the water from the vegetable
wash water holding pond was similar to the way Walker Brothers
Produce has discharged the water for the past twenty seven or more
years. Councilman Clements expressed concern on flooding due to
the overflow of the water from the vegetable wash water holding
pond. Bill Hogge assured him that the amount of water would not
be significant enough for flooding. Councilman Aday moved that
Resolution R87-308 be approved. Motion was duly seconded by
Councilwoman Dorman and passed by a unanimous vote.
Mayor Ridlehuber presented the following Consent Calendar for
approval:
CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Minutes
b) Department Reports
c) Budget Expenditures
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d) Consideration on first and final reading Ordinance No.
87-2733, entitled, "An Ordinance fixing the maximum rate of speed
for motor vehicles; allowing for speed zones; providing for
penalties; and declaring an emergency." (Dimmitt Highway - West)
City Manager Jim Jeffers clarified the major change in Ordinance
No. 87-2733 was, the speed limit was decreased from 50 miles per
hour to 45 miles per hour from approximately .872 miles Northwest
of the City Limits (Highland Road) to West 24th Street.
The following items are added to the Consent Calendar of the
posted Agenda for the December 8, 1987, City Council Meeting.
e) Consideration of Resolution No. R87-309 entitled, "A
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas
authorizing the Mayor to execute a street use agreement with the
Happy Union Baptist Church involving properties at 209 Bullock and
219 East Givens."
f) Consideration of Resolution No. R87-310 entitled, "A
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas
awarding the bid for a landfill compacter for use by the
Sanitation Department."
Councilman Aday moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Motion was
duly seconded by Councilman Dickson and carried by a unanimous
vote.
Councilman Clements moved that the Meeting be adjourned. Motion
was duly seconded by Councilman Aday and carried by a unanimous
vote.
There being no further business, Mayor Ridlehuber adjourned the
Meeting at 7:45 P.M.
ATTEST:
CA~LA~~J· ~'EsE~C~t, ' Y Secretary
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