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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 20, 1990
MINUTES
The Plainview City Council met on Thursday, September 20, 1990, at
11:30 A.M., at the Plainview Country Club with Mayor E.V.
Ridlehuber presiding. Councilmembers present were: Alton Jackson
- Precinct 1; Ma~y Virginia Kirchhoff - Precinct 2; Don Dickson -
Precinct 3; Medlin Carpenter - Precinct 4; Dwain Dodson - Precinct
6 and Ross Owen - Precinct 7. Councilmembers absent were:
Barbara Dorman - Precinct 5.
Staff Present: James P. Jeffers, City Manager; David Blackburn,
City Attorney; Rolando Vela, Administrative Assistant; Jim Sewell,
Zoning Administrator; Roy Osborne, Director of Public Safety;
Barbara Sullivan, Municipal Court Judge; Bill Hogge, Director of
Public Works; and Carl Holland, Parks Superintendent.
News Media Present: Richard Orr - Plainview Daily Herald and
Scott Fitzgerald - Lubbock Avalanche Journal.
The City Council reviewed the following agenda items for the
upcoming meeting on September 25, 1990.
OPEN MEETING
An Open Meeting will be held concerning the following subjects:
1) INVOCATION
2) TAX RATE. Ordinance No. 90-2840. An Ordinance levying
municipal ad valorem taxes for the City of Plainview, Texas, for
the year 1990, and directing the assessment and collection
thereof.
3) BUDGET ADOPTION. Ordinance No. 90-2841. An Ordinance
adopting and approving the Budget for the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1990, and terminating September 30, 1991, and making
appropriations for each department, project and account.
4) ZONE CASE NO. 567 - SPECIFIC USE PERMIT - DOROTHY BRADLEY -
PERSONAL CARE HOME. Ordinance No. 90-2839. An Ordinance amending
Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2798 and the official zoning map of the
City of Plainview, so as to make the following changes: request
of Dorothy Bradley for a Specific Use Permit for operation of a
Personal Care Home in a R-1 (Single-Family Residential) Zoning
District and described as Lot 13, Block 9, Edgemere Addition, Unit
No. 4, and located at 2811 W. 21st Street.
5) PARKS - SOFTBALL. Resolution No. R90-182. A Resolution of
the City of Plainview, Texas, extending a lease agreement with the
YMCA, for the use of the softball fields, in the Running Water
Draw Regional Park.
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ALL MATTERS UNDER ITEM 6 CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED ON A MOTION IN THE
FORM LISTED BELOW. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE
ITEMS OTHER THAN THE ASKING OF QUESTIONS FOR SIMPLE CLARIFICATION.
ON OBJECTION BY ANY PARTY TO THE INCLUSION OF ANY ITEM ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR, THAT ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. SUCH OBJECTION MY BE RECORDED ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE
TAKING OF A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. ALL SUCH ITEMS SHALL BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE OBJECTED TO, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
6) CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Minutes
b) Department Reports
c) Budget Expenditures
d) BID - PARKS DEPARTMEB~f - T~AC~OR. Resolution No.
R90-181. A Resolution of the City of Plainview, Texas, awarding a
bid for one agriculture type tractor for use in the parks
department vector control, weed mowing.
e) SANITARY LANDFILL - AMENDMEIf~ OF AGREEMENT FOR
ENGINEERING SERVICES. Resolution No. R90-183. A Resolution of
the City of Plainview, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to
negotiate an amendment to the Agreement for Engineering Services,
originally executed the seventh day of April, 1989, with Hamm
Engineers.
The City Council turned to the agenda for today's meeting.
Street Sweeping Policy - review of. The City Manager advised that
prior to 1985 the City purchased street sweepers through revenue
sharing funds. The current cost of a street sweeper is
approximately $120,000. The City operates two primary units and
one backup unit. The City Policy currently calls for the sweeping
of commercial districts once a week; thoroughfares twice a week;
and residential areas twice a year. Previously the City Council
had discussed the possibility of discontiD3Uing residential
sweeping in hopes of holding down cost. The Council had also
earlier discussed contracting the street sweeping out and found
that that would be more expensive than the City operating the
street sweeping function itself. At the present time operation
and maintenance cost for the street sweeping function is $60,000 a
year. In order to maintain the current level of service the City
would need to allocate approximately $40,000 per year for
equipment replacement. Earlier the Council discussed the
possibility of utilizing a charge in the Sanitation Department to
generate additional monies, but had rejected that idea. It was
the consensus of the Council that the existing level of service be
maintained, and if possible, the appropriate allocations should be
made for equipment replacement in the 1991-92 fiscal year.
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Hotel/Motel Tax - review of history. Prior to 1985 the City of
Plainview appointed nine members to the Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors, and it was referred to as the Board of City
DeVelopment/Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The City
allocated $28,500 per year in tax dollars to the Board of City
Development to be utilized in ~promoting the City through the
Chamber of Commerce. The Hotel/Motel Tax was first imposed in
July 1973 at a rate of two percent. In August of 1980 it was
increased to four percent, and in October of 1984 increased to
seven percent. In August 1980, the Chamber of Commerce received
all of the Hotel/Motel Tax except for two percent. In September
1983 the Chamber received fifty percent of all funds, and
twenty-five percent went to the City reserve fund with the
remainder going to the Arts. In November 1984, $26,263 went to
the Chamber, $17,926 to the reserve fund, $6,566 to the Arts,
$6,566 to the Museum, and any surplus funds would go to the City
reserve fund. In May 1985 a task force consisting of City and
Chamber officials recommended a full time person be retained to
promote Tourism and Conventions. This proposal was rejected by
the City Council, and in October, 1985, the current agreement was
developed. Said agreement calls for the Chamber of Commerce to
receive seventy-three percent of the funds, two percent to the
City for administration, and twenty-five percent to the Civic
Center Special Projects fund. The 1990-91 proposed budget shows
that the Chamber will receive $81,030 dollars; special projects
will receive $32,000, with those projects being the Museum and
remodeling the Chamber offices, expenses to the City for
administrating the fund is $2,220. Anticipated unencumbered
reserves at the end of the fiscal year are projected at $255,750.
The Council was made aware that a request is pending from the
Chamber of Commerce and will be considered in late October for
$18,000, $6,000 dollars above the original appropriation, to
remodel the meeting rooms at the Chamber offices. The City
Council expressed interest in studying the possibility of having
the Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Foundation occupying the
same building, in the name of efficiency, before allocating monies
to the remodeling efforts.
Boards and Comission Appointments. The Council was reminded of
the need for applicants for the various Boards and Commissions.
Landfill. The Council was advised that the existing Agreement
with Hamm Engineering would expire at the end of this month. With
the Texas Department of Health calling for additional soil
samples, thus requiring additional expense, the existing contract
would have to be amended and extended, and would be considered for
final action at the Council Meeting of September 25, 1990.
Public Safety Consolidation. Director of Public Safety Roy
Osborne advised that there were no new significant developments.
Osborne added that the Plainview youth were developing a drug free
club and the City was participating by providing monies as well as
identification cards.
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There being no additional business Mayor E.V. Ridlehuber adjourned
the meeting at 12:30 P.M.
Passed and Approved this 9th day of October, 1990.
E.V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carla Reese, City Secretary
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