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MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City of Plainview
April 11, 2000
The Plainview City Council held a meeting at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2000 in the Council Chambers of
the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway. The Council met in Pre-Session at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Lloyd C. Woods
presided. Councilmembers present were: Sam Parker, District 1; Mary Jane Shanes, District 2; Mike Hutcherson,
District 4; Ross Owen, District 5; Bobby McGehee, District 6; and Irene Favila, District 7. Councilmember Rey
Rosas, District 3 was absent.
Staff present: James P. Jeffers, City Manager; John Berry, Director of Public Works; Wally Hatch, City Attomey;
John Castro, Director of Conununity Services; Will Mull, Police Chief; Norman Huggins, Director of Finance;
Gary Glass, Fire Chief; and Karen McBeth, City Secretary.
News media present: Richard Orr, Plainview Daily Herald; and Wayland Baptist University, television crew.
Guests present were Joe and Gilbert Patino, 2102 West 4th St.; Sgt. Forrest Chapman and the PlainviewLaw
Enforcement Explorer Scout Troop.
OPEN MEETING
Invocation - The Honorable Mary Jane Shanes
Pledge of Allegiance- Mayor Lloyd C. Woods
Recognitions -Police Chief Will Mull recognized Sgt. Forrest Chapman and members of the
Law Enforcement Explorer Scout Troop. He presented the Troop with a plaque.
3 Consent Calendar. Councilmember Ross Owen moved to adopt the Consent Calendar as presented and
Councilmember Bobby McGehee seconded the motion. Councilmembers Parker, Shanes, Hutcherson, Owen,
McGehee, Favila and Mayor Woods voted "yes" on the motion. None voted against.
a) Minutes of March 23 and March 28, 2000 were approved.
b) Depamnental Reports were accepted.
c) Expenditures were approved.
d) Excused Absence was granted to Councilmember Rey Rosas for this meeting.
e)
Ordinance No. 00-3243. An Ordinance of the City of Plainview amending Section 2-11 of the
Code of Ordinances entitled Regular Meetings; Cumulativeness clause; Conflicts clause;
Severability clause; And effective date. (Second Reading). Ordinance was approved.
Ordinance No. 00-3246. An Ordinance Canceling the May 6, 2000 Regular Municipal
Election and declaring each unopposed candidate elected to office; Cumulativeness clause;
Sevcrability clause; And effective date. (Second reading). The Ordinance was approved.
g) Police Drug Interdiction Program. Ordinance No. 00-3245. An Ordinance
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amending Ordinance No. 99-2230 to transfer funds from the Federal Seizure Income
Fund to the General Fund and appropriate funds in the General Fund in the 1999-
2000 Budget. (Second reading). The Ordinance was approved.
h)
Budget Amendment. Ordinance No. 00-3244. An Ordinance of the City of Plainview
amending Ordinance No. 99-3230 to appropriate funds in the General Fund in the
1999-2000 Budget to increase maintenance for the Street Department. (First Reading).
The Ordinance was approved.
i)
Resolution No. R00-105. A Resolution of the City of Plainview establishing regular
meeting times for Plainview City Council meetings. The Resolution was adopted.
J)
Consider appointments to the Building/Fire Code Board of Appeals, Planning and Zoning
Commission, Minimum Housing Standards Board, and the Plainview/Hale County Board of
Health. Sally Meeks was reappointed to the Board of Health; Paul Reynozo was appointed to
the Planmng and Zoning Commission; Edward Carroll was appointed to the Board of Minimum
Housing; Gary Garrison Was reappointed to the Building Code/Fire Code Board of Appeals; and
Kip Pritchard was reappointed to the Building Code/Fire Code Board of Appeals.
REGULAR AGENDA
Authorize City Manager to enter an agreement with an engineering firm for design and
construction of improvements to the wastewater treatment plant. Mayor Woods announced
the City Manager had terminated negotiations with CDM and was now negotiating with Freese
and Nichols, Inc. Councilmember Mary Jane Shanes moved to table this item. Councilmember
Bobby McGehee seconded the motion. Councilmembers Parker, Shanes, Hutcherson, Mayor
Woods, Councilmembers Owen, McGehee and Favila voted "yes." None voted against.
Annual report from the Public Works Department. Director of Public Works John Berry gave
the report.
Adjournment. Mayor Woods moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilmember Ross Owen
seconded the motion. The Mayor and the six Councilmembers present voted unanimously in
favor of the motion. Mayor Woods adjourned the meeting at 8:07 p.m.
Passed and approved on April 25, 2000.
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
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