02.12.1991 Town Council Minutes32
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1991
CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR SMOTHERMON: COUNCILMEMBERS; DANNY WEBB, CHARLES BELL, RALPH
BOYER, MIKE DALTON AND BILL NISWANGER.
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR SMOTHERMON CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION BY BILL NISWANGER AND SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO APPROVE
THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL_ REPORT: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY CHARLES BELL TO
APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF BILLS: MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO APPROVE THE
BILLS FOR PAYMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
RADEAN HERRON, TAX A/C REPORT: RADEAN WAS PRESENT FOR THE MEETING AND GAVE AN ACCOUNT
OF COLLECTIONS FOR THE PAST MONTH TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
RAMIRO TREVINO & JI_M B_LANKE_N_SHIP CONCERNING PROPERTY KNOW AS CROWN SASH & DOOR:
RAMIRO TREVINO , VICE PRESIDENT OF DAIRY MANFACI'URERS, INC. AND HIS ASSISTANT, JIM
BLANKENSHIP MET WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE PURCHASING OF PROPERTY WITH THE CITY LIMITS
OF PROSPER, TEXAS TO RELOCATE HIS COMPANY. THEY MANUFACTURE FOOD MAINLY FOR ANIMAL
CONSUMPTION BUT SOME WILL BE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THE COMPANY WILL EVENTUALLY
EMPLOY 25 TO 35 INDUVIDUALS AND THEY EXPECT TO BE ON THE PROPERTY BY APRIL OR MAY
OF 1991. THEIR FINANCIAL BACKERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LETTER FROM THE CITY SAYING
THE BUILDING CODES ARE NOT IN VIOLATION ON THE PRESENT BUILDING, THAT THE ZONING
IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY'S IS ADEQUATE
TO HANDLE THEIR WASTE, WHICH WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO 10 TO 15 HOUSEHOLDS.
RUSSELL BETTS, CITY ENGINEER, WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE INDIVIDUALS FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONTENTS THAT WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO OUR SEWER SYSTEM BEFORE
THE CITY ISSUES SUCH LETTER.
THE MAYOR APPOINTED DANNY WEBB, MAYOR PRO -TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER, RALPH BOYER TO GO
TO WESLACO, TEXAS TO THE PRESENT PLANT AND TOUR IT TO GET A BETTER IDEA AS TO THEIR
OPERATION.
JERRY CAIN WITH B.F.I. ON RATE INCREASE: JERRY CAIN WITH B.F.I. MET WITH THE COUNCIL
TO GET AN APPROVAL ON THE AUTOMATIC RATE INCREASE OUR CONTRACT CALLS FOR IF THE LAND
FILL RATE GOES UP. THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE THIS YEAR IS 9.65%. LAST YEARS RATE
WAS $8.41 + .61 TAX FOR A TOTAL BILL OF $9.02 FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. UNDER THE
NEW RATE THE BILL WILL BE $9.13 + .66 TAX, FOR A TOTAL BILL OF $9.79 FOR RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMERS. AN OVERALL INCREASE OF $ .77 PER MONTH.
LAST YEARS RATE WAS $17.09 + 1.24 TAX, FOR A TOTAL OF $18.33 FOR COMMERICAL HAND
COLLECTIONS. UNDER THE NEW RATE THE BILL WILL BE $18.57 + 1.35 TAX, FOR A TOTAL
BILL OF $19.92 FOR COMMERICAL HAND COLLECTIONS. AN OVERALL INCREASE OF $1.59 PER
MONTH.
MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO GRANT 'THIS INCREASE EFFECTIVE
FEBRUARY 1, 1991. MOTION CARRIED.
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TRASH CARTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PROSPER: SOME OF THE CITIZENS HAVE A TENDENCY NOT
TO TAKE AS GOOD A CARE OF THE GARBAGE CARTS THAT WERE ISSUED TO THEM AS THEY SHOULD,
SINCE THE PRICE OF THESE CARTS RANGE FROM $75.00 to $80.00 EACH.SOME ARE LEFT OUT
FROM WEEK TO WEEK ALONG THE SIDES OF THE STREET. WHEN THESE CARTS ARE NOT PUT UP
AFTER TRASH IS COLLECTED ON WEDNESDAYS, WHEELS GET TORN OFF, LOCKING LIDS ARE
BROKEN AND IN SEVERAL INSTANCES LATELY THE CARTS HAVE BEEN STOLEN. AS A POSSIBLE
SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, COUNCILMEMBER, BILL NISWANGER, WILL MAKE A SURVEY OF THE
TOWN ON FRIDAYS FOR TWO (2) WEEKS. THE CARTS THAT ARE STILL OUT AT RESIDENTS WILL
BE NOTIFIED BY LETTER FROM THE CITY AS TO THE ACTION THAT WILL BE 'TAKEN.
SCHOOL DRAINAGE: AS A WATER SOLUTION PROBLEM TO THE RUN OFF FROM THE SCHOOL PARKING
LOT THE CITY WILL INSTALL A WATERWAY ALONG THE BACK PROPERTY LINE OF PAUL BAXTER
AND DAN TOLLESON ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO DAVID BARNES. THESE
PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE AGREED TO GIVE THE CITY EASEMENTS TO THIS LAND. THE COST OF THE
WATERWAY SHOULD NOT EXCEED $1,000.00. MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY CHARLES
BELL TO PAY FOR THIS WATERWAY. MOTION CARRIED.
MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY CHARLES BELL TO GIVE DAVID BARNES ONE (1) SEWER
TAP OF $400.00 FOR THIS EASEMENT WHEN IT IS OBTAINED. MOTION CARRIED.
ACTION ON 1991 CITY ELECTION: MOTION WAS MADE BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY MIKE
DALTON TO HOLD A GENERAL CITY ELECTION ON SATURDAY MAY 4, 1991 AT THE PROSPER HIGH
SCHOOL IN PROSPER, TEXAS FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M., ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY
ELECTION JUDGE, JAN RUSHING, AT A RATE OF $6.00 PER HOUR AND ONE (1) ELECTION CLERK,
CHOSEN BY THE JUDGE AT A RATE OF $5.00 PER HOUR, AND (1) ALTERNATE TO HELP DURING
THE LUNCH HOUR AND THE COUNTING PROCESS, APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 HOURS AT A RATE OF $5.00
PER HOUR.
ABSENTEE VOTING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN PROSPER
TEXAS FROM APRIL 15 THRU APRIL 30, 1991, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 12:00
NOON AND 1:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. ABSENTEE VOTING CLERK WILL BE SHIRLEY JACKSON.
MOTION CARRIED.
STREETS: THE MAYOR GAVE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL ON THE ROCK STREETS WITHIN THE
CITY. ALL ARE IN NEED OF ROCK SINCE THE WINTER RAINS AND FREEZES. THE COUNCIL
AGREED THIS WOULD BE DONE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO ADJOURN. MOTION
CARRIED.
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