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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 1127 min146 The City Council met on November 27, 2007 at the Plainview City Hall, 901 Broadway, Plainview, Texas. The agenda for this meeting was posted in City Hall at 4:00 p.m. November 21, 2007. Mayor John C. Anderson presided. Councilmembers present were: Kelvin Tipton-District 1, Belinda Pena- District 3, John N. Bertsch-District 4, Ron Trusler-District 5, Wendell Dunlap-District 6 and Roland Nash-District 7. Councilmember Cathy Waggoner-District 2, was absent. Staff members present were: Greg Ingham-City Manager, Leslie Pearce-City Attorney, William Mull- Chief of Police, Dale Simpson-Director of Civil Service, John Berry- Director of Public Works, John Castro-Director of Community Services, Katherine Egger-Deputy City Secretary, Eric Turner-Main Street Coordinator. News Media Representative: Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald Guests present: G.K. Reddy. Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember Belinda Pena delivered the Invocation. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor John Anderson introduced Deputy City Secretary Katherine Egger as tonight's substitute for City Secretary Belinda Hinojosa who is in elections training in Austin. Mayor Anderson then stated that all matters under Item 3 (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 of 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 may 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. Mayor Anderson asked for Public Comment. There was none. Councilmember Roland Nash made the motion to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Councilmember Wendell Dunlap seconded the motion. There was no Council Comment. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated the motion was approved unanimously. Mayor Anderson introduced Item No. 4 on the Regular Agenda and asked Greg Ingham,City Manager, to present this item. Mr. Ingham stated that the City of Plainview has had this tax on warehouse inventory since 1990. The Texas legislature in this last session passed the bill that is rather vague in its meaning. Cities can opt out of this tax but Plainview currently relies on this for economic development. It is not a new tax, it is continuing a tax that Plainview has relied upon. Councilmember Ron Trusler made the motion to open the Public Hearing. Councilmember John Bertsch seconded the motion. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated the motion carried unanimously and opened the Public Hearing at 7:09 p.m. City Council Minutes November 27, 2007 Page 1 of 3 147 There was rio comment from the public. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton made the motion to close the public hearing. Councilmember Belinda Pena seconded the motion. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated the vote was unanimous and closed the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. Councilmerr~ber Ron Trusler made the motion to accept Ordinance No. 07-3489 on first reading. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton seconded the motion. There was no Council Comment. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated the motion carried unanimously. Mayor Anderson introduced Item No. 5 on the Regular Agenda and asked City Manager Greg Ingham to present this item. Mr. Ingham stated that the City of Plainview has 1,456 votes which allows the City to elect 1.45 people to the Board of Directors for the Hale County Apl:~raisal District. Since it is difficult to find a .456 person, the City of Plainview votes for 1 (whole) person. The City has already nominated Buddy McGehee to this Board. He is currently serving on the Board and has served the City well. This resolution is to indicate the votes for the Board. Mayor Anderson asked for Public Comment in which there was none. Councilmember ~~llendell Dunlap made the motion that the City of Plainview cast its 1,456 votes for Buddy McGehee to the Hale County Appraisal District Board of Directors. Councilmember Ron Trusler seconded the motion. In Council Comment, Councilmember Bertsch asked for clarification on how the total number of board members totaled 13 when the amounts in the column for Number of Possible Member does not add to 13. Mr. Ingham explained that the City could possibly join with the school district and add a person but historically the current method has worked well in that it allows the smaller cities to have a vote. Mayor Anderson asked for the vote to elect Buddy McGehee and the vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson announced that the vote was unanimous to elect Buddy McGehee to the Hale County Appraisal District Board of Directors. Mayor Anderson introduced Item No. 6 and stated that although this is the second reading for this ordinance, he would like Mr. Ingham to summarize. Mr. Ingham explained that there is on-going communication between the City and Xcel Energy to renew the franchise agreement but in order to avoid any lapse, the two have agreed on this extension which is good through October 31, 2008. If the new franchise is approved prior to that date, this extension will automatically terminate. Mayor Anderson asked for Public Comrnent, in which there was none. Councilmember John Bertsch made the motion to approve this ordinance on second reading. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton seconded the mokion. There was no Council Comment. The vote was 7 in favor. Mayor Anderson stated that the vote was unanimous to approve Ordinance No. 07-3490 on second reading. Item No. 7 oin the Regular Agenda was introduced by Mayor Anderson. He stated that although this is a second reading and we usually forego staff briefing he would like for John Castro, Director of Community Services, to briefly summarize this ordinance. Mr. Castro explained that this lot, which Mr. G. K. Reddy has purchased, is the only lot on City Council Minutes November 27, 2007 Page 2 of 3 148 this block that is not zoned C-2. Mr. Reddy plans to develop this as a commercial area. The lot was grandfathered in as residential when that area was annexed. Mayor Anderson asked for Public Comment, and as there was none, he asked for a motion. Councilmember Ron Truster made the motion to approve Ordinance No. 07-3491 on second reading. Councilmember Belinda Pena seconded the motion. In Council Comment, Councilmember Bertsch asked which two lots the City owns and Mr. Castro explained that the City owns lots 1 and 2. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated that the motion carried unanimously. Mayor Anderson introduced Item No. 8 on the Regular Agenda. Since this is the second of two readings, the Council did not have the staff briefing. Mayor Anderson asked for Public Comment. There was none. Councilmember Kelvin Tipton made the motion to approve Ordinance No. 07-3492. Councilmember Roland Nash seconded the motion. There was no Council Comment. The vote was 7 in favor, 0 against. Mayor Anderson stated that the motion carried unanimously. There being no further items on the agenda, Mayor Anderson adjourned the meeting at 7:29 p.m. Katherine Egger Deputy City Secretary. 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