06.11.1996 Town Council Minutes201
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY JUNE ll, 1996
CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN 8:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR COFFMAN: COUNCILMEMBERS; JIM DUNMIRE, GRADY SMOTHERMON,
RALPH BOYER AND BILL NISWANGER. DAVID FERGUSON WAS ABSENT.
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR COFFMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
OPEN COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS: FORREST BENTLEY -WANTS SPEED BUMPS IN ALLEYWAY AT
NORTHCHASE TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF SMALL CHILDREN PLAYING.
MAYOR COFFMAN ASK HIS TO GET A PETITION AND COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
DAVID CROXVILLE-WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS YARD HAS BEEN DUG UP SO MANY TIMES.
RALPH RESPONDED BY TELLING HIM WE HAVE A MAJOR WATER LEAK THAT IS CRITICAL
AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND CANNOT TELL YOU THAT WE WON'T DIG AGAIN. THE WATER
LEAK MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON YOUR PROPERTY BUT THAT IS WHERE THE WATER IS COMING
OUT. MR. CROXVILLE WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT INFORMED AND LET KNOW BEFORE WE DIG
AND WOULD LIKE HIS PROPERTY PUT BACK LIKE IT WAS.
MAYOR COFFMAN SAID THE CITY WOULD COMPLY WITH HIS WISHES.
CONSENT ITEMS: MOTION BY GRADY SMOTHERMON AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE TO APP-
ROVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS, INCLUDING MINUTES, FINANCIAL REPORT AND BILL FOR
PAYMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
ACTION ON APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO WATER RATE ORDINANCE: MOTION BY JIM DUNMIRE
AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 96-13 INCREASING WATER
RATES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BY AN ADDITIONAL $3.00 ON THE
BASE AND A FLAT RATE OF $3.40 PER 1,000 GALLONS OVER THE FIRST 2,000. CARRIED.
ACTION ON APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
OF OBLIGATION:MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE TO APPROVE
THE ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED.
ACTION ON APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF CONTRACT WITH BLAIR,GOGGAN,SAMPSON & MEEKS
ON DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS & TAX A/C REPORT: JEANETTE BUTLER & NANCY
PRIMEAUX FROM THE LAW FIRM ATTENDED THE MEETING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE
COUNCIL MIGHT HOW AND TO ASK FOR A RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THREE (3) YEARS.
MOTION BY GRADY SMOTHERMON AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO RENEW CONTRACT.
MOTION CARRIED.
RADEAN WAS PRESENT FOR THE MEETING AND REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THAT 95.35%
OF THE 1995 TAXES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
ACTION ON OFFER TO PURCHASE 2.5 ACRES OF LAND FOR ELEVATED WATER STORAGE:
MOTION BY GRADY SMOTHERMON AND SECONDED BY RALPH BOYER TO SUBMIT AN OFFER
TO FOLSOM INVESTMENTS AS FOLLOWS;. TO OFFSET THE IMPACT FEES WHICH WILL BE
ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLSOM DEVELOPMENT BY TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) IN
EXCHANGE FOR THE 2.5 ACRES. IF THEY REFUSE THE MAYOR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
NEGOTIATE WITHIN REASON. MOTION CARRIED.
B.L. ARCHER & PHIL JOBE --REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION ON 47.16 ACRES: MOTION
BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY GRADY SMOTHERMON TO ACCEPT PETITION FOR
ANNEXATION OF LAND & START PROCEEDINGS. MOTION CARRIED.
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RONNIE 'PUCKER, I?IRis Cf�i.l1 �� MARSHALL — REPORT `O COUNCIL: RONNIE HAS BEEN
CONTACTING PROPERTY OWNERS ON COMPLYING WITH THE VEGETATION ORDINANCE. ALL
GRASS NEEDS TO BE KEPT NO HIGHER THAN 12".
THE TWO MOBILE HOMES ON PECAN STREET THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS, ONE
HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEST FIRST AND THE OTHER WAS WRECKED IN THE WIND STORM ON
THURSDAY JUNE 6, 1996, THEY WILL BE ISSUED CITATIONS FOR JUNK CARS LEFT
AFTER DEAD LINE GIVEN TO THEM.
LOWELL BROOKS ON WEST BROADWAY IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS CLEANING UP HIS
MESS FROM THE STREET AND EASEMENTS.
RONNIE REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE FIRE DEPT. MADE 50 SUNS LAST YEAR,
TO DATE THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE 53 WITH 6 MONTHS LEFT TO GO.
RONNIE GAVE A REPORT ON HOW BADLY THE CITY NEEDS A NEW FIRE TRUCK. WITH
ALL THE GROWTH FRISCO IS GETTING, WE GET LESS AND LESS HELP FROM THEM
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME FOR OUT—OF—TOWN RESPONSES. THE COST OF
+ A NEW TRUCK WITH EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO RUN SOMEWHERE AROUND $196,000.00,
AND WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 MONTHS ON DELIVERY. RONNIE TOLD TUR
COUNCIL THEY r.nr_rT.n Tnr„7!'uAU1
ti CONTRACT (HGAC) THEY vTAKE JBIDSLAND SELLKATHRU THEHLOWESST/GALVESPRICE. AREA THE COUNCIL ASK RONNIE TO SUBMIT FIGURES ON FIRE TRUCK TO BUDGET COMMITTEE
BY JULY.
DON WILLEY—BUILDING ISNPECTOR: DON GAVE A REPORT AS TO WHAT HE THOUGHT THE
COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS SHOULD BE, HE SUGGESTED $260.00 BASE PLUS
$3.75 FOR EACH 100 ADDITIONAL FEET OVER 3,000. MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND
SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APPROVE. MOTION CARRIED.
ACTION ON RESIGNATION OF COUNCILMEMBER PLACE 2 — DAVID FERGUSON: TABLED.
MICHAEL DURAN -- II[ UFS'.l' FOR UN—USED STRUCTURL TO BE REMOVED: MICHAEL REQ
QUESTED THE OLD CAR WASH BE TORN DOWN BECAUSE IT IS A HANG—OUT FOR KIDS,
THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE DRINKING AND THROUGHING BEER BOTTLES AND HIS HOUSE
HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO ON(:I? ALREADY. HE THINKS IT IS UNSAFE.
THE CITY WILL ASK THE A'T'TORNEY TO DRAFT A LETTER ASKING THE OWNER Tn PAvP
THE STRUCTURE REMOVED r;ND GIVE HIM AMPLE TIME. MOTION BY GRADY SMOTHERMON
AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER. MOTION CARRIED.
POSSIBLE ACTION ON REZONING ORDINANCE — BLASE: TABLED
ADJOURN: MOTION BY RALOH BOYER AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO ADJOURN.
MOTION CARRIED.
MAYOR
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PUBLIC HEARING
TUESDAY JUNE 11, 1996
CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR COFFMAN: COUNCILMEMBERS; BILL NISWANGER,
GRADY SMOTHERMON, RALPH BOYER & JIM DUNMIRE. DAVID FERGUSON
WAS ABSENT.
CITIZENS PRESENT FOR HEARING: SIGN -IN SHEET ATTACHED
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR COFFMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER,
THE MAYOR GAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHY THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE
WAS BEING AMENDED. THE REASON BEING TO DEFINE SERVICE UNIT.
A STATEMENT FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS RECEIVED AT THE
CITY HALL ON JUNE 4, 1996.
THE MAYOR ASK FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE, THERE
WERE NONE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:05 P.M.
MAYOR
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