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The Plainview City Council met on December 12, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers of the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway. The agenda for this meeting
was posted in City Hall at 4:30 p.m. on December 8, 2006. Mayor John C. Anderson
presided. Councilmembers present were: Kelvin Tipton-District 1, Cathy Waggoner-
District 2, Belinda Pena-District 3, John N. Bertsch-District 4, Wendell Dunlap-District 6
and Roland Nash-District 7. Councilmember Ron Trusler-District 5 was absent.
Staff members present were: Greg Ingham-City Manager, Leslie Pearce-City Attorney,
John Castro-Director of Community Services, John Berry-Director of Public Works, Gary
Glass-Fire Chief, Will Mull-Police Chief, Dale Simpson-Civil Service Director, Del
Essary-Landfill Superintendent, Buster Perry-Landfill Foreman and Belinda Hinojosa-
City Secretary.
News Media Representative: Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald
Guests present: Brandon Brownlee, Joel Steed, Virginio Ortega, and Emma
Rodriguez
Councilmember Wendell Dunlap delivered the invocation.
Councilmember Kelvin Tipton led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Anderson announced that there would not be a meeting on December 26cn
Councilmember Wendell Dunlap moved to adopt the consent calendar. The motion was
duly seconded by Councilmember Belinda Pena and carried by unanimous vote. Items
approved on the consent calendar included approval of the minutes of November 28,
2006 and December 7, 2006; Councilmember Ron Trusler was granted an excused
absence; the Mayor was authorized to sign Contract No. 002A to the Department of
State Health Services Immunization Grant No. 2007-021291; the Mayor was
authorized to sign Agreement for Industrial Growth and Developmental Services
between City of Plainview and the Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation.
Brandon Brownlee, Vice Chairman of the Plainview Housing Authority presented their
Annual Report.
Greg Ingham, City Manager advised that the Chamber of Commerce Annual Report
and the item authorizing the Mayor to sign the Agreement for Promotion of Business
and Leadership between the City of Plainview and the Plainview Chamber of
Commerce were pulled from the agenda at the request of Dr. Claude Lusk, Board
President.
Mr. Ingham presented for consideration and to take necessary action regarding
"CodeRed" Emergency Communication Agreement. Mr. Brian Davis with CodeRed
made a phone conference and power point presentation. He stated there are 50 cities
that have CodeRed and they are currently working with another 80 cities. The company
started eight years ago during firestorms in the Florida Everglades. The system is a
like a reverse 9-11 system which provides the ability to access pre-defined
geographically selected calling areas or listed databases via a geographic mapping
component. It utilizes an interactive voice response telephone service used to record
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messages and initiate call out projects. The system is very quick and can notified 1,600
callers per minute. He said they are basically a miniature phone company and no
hardware or software is required.
The cost is a $10,000 annual fee which includes 30,000 minutes. If the City exceeds
the 30,000 minutes they are then billed an additional $0.33 for each minutes over the
30,000 minute limit. The City is allowed five authorized users and is allowed 500
minutes for testing and training. This is a one year contract.
Councilmember Nash stated he felt it was a great deal.
Councilmember Dunlap asked on cell phones how we would know if they were
Plainview residents? Mr. Davis stated we would be able to approve and reject any
numbers.
Councilmember Bertsch asked what would be a good reason to purchase this? He was
advised that if you are at home with the TV off or you are asleep and there is an
emergency, you would receive a phone call alerting you whereas if you were asleep and
did not have the TV on you would not know of the emergency situation.
Councilmember Pena asked if the City would be charged for hang-ups. She was
advised there would be no charge for hang-ups and that the charge for used minutes is
in increments of six seconds.
Councilmember Waggoner asked if the City would make their own message. She was
advised yes.
Councilmember Tipton suggested that there should be a way that you could sign up to
receive the message in either English or Spanish.
Mayor Anderson asked for public comment.
Joel Steed of 1107 Garland asked what the cost was for additional minutes. He was
advised that it was .30¢ per minute. He also expressed concern over security. He was
advised that this was as secure as anything else.
Mayor Anderson asked how long before operable? He was advised usually less than
30 days.
Councilmember Dunlap moved to go into contract with CodeRed for a term of one year.
The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Pena. Mayor Anderson,
Councilmember Waggoner, Pena, Dunlap and Nash voted "for" the motion.
Councilmember Tipton and Bertsch voted "against" the motion. The motion carried.
Del Essary, Landfill Superintendent presented for consideration the award of bids for
motor truck cab and chassis. One bid was received from Lubbock Truck Sales in the
amount of $125,796.00. He stated the City budgeted $140,000.00 for this and it is his
recommendation that the bid be awarded to Lubbock Truck Sales.
There was no public comment.
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Councilmember Bertsch moved to award the bid to Lubbock Truck Sales in the amount
of $125,796.00. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Waggoner and
carried by unanimous vote.
Mr. Essary also presented for consideration the award of bids for a landfill
compactor. He stated the following two bids were received: Warren Cat bid a Cat 816
F2 at a base price of $351,500 and $10,000 fora 5 yr drive train and hydraulic warranty
with $112,000 for the trade in for a total bid price of $249,500; Associated Supply Co.
bid a Bomag BC 572 RB-2 at a base price of $336,371 and $24,278 fora 5 yr drive train
and hydraulic warranty with $15,800 for the trade in for a total bid price of $344,849. He
stated the City budgeted $250,000 for this and he recommends the bid be awarded to
the low bidder, Warren Cat in the amount of $249,500.
There was no public comment.
Councilmember Tipton moved to award the bid to Warren Cat in the amount of
$249,500. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Nash and carried by
unanimous vote.
Will Mull, Police Chief presented for consideration the award of bids for seven police
sedan vehicles. He stated two bids were received as follows: Jack Morris Ford in the
amount of $24,153 each for a total of $169,071.00; and Gardner Chevrolet in the
amount of $19,053.85 each for a total of $133,376.95. He stated it is his
recommendation that the bid be awarded to Gardner Chevrolet, the low bidder.
There was no public comment.
Councilmember Nash moved to award the bid to Gardner Chevrolet for seven police
vehicles in the amount of $133,376.95. The motion was duly seconded by
Councilmember Waggoner and carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor Anderson moved to go into closed session to deliberate the purchase,
exchange, lease or value of real property. This meeting is authorized by the Texas
Government Code Section 551.072. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember
Dunlap and carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor Anderson recessed the meeting at 8:32 p.m.
Mayor Anderson called the meeting back to order at 9:17 p.m.
There was no action taken.
There being no further business, Mayor Anderson adjourned the meeting at 9:19 p.m.
Belinda Hinojosa
City Secretary
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