08.13.1991 Town Council MinutesREGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 1991
CITY HALL — 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR SMOTHERMON: COUNCILMEMBERS; DANNY WEBB, CHARLES BELL, MIKE
DALTON AND BILL NISWANGER. RALPH BOYER WAS ABSENT.
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR SMOTHERMON CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APPROVE
THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL REPORT: MOTION BY CHARLES BELL AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO
APPROVE THE FINADICIAL REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF BILLS: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY CHARLES BELL TO APPROVE THE
BILLS FOR PAYMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
RADEAN HERRON, TAX A/C REPORT:
a. SUBMISSION & APPROVAL OF 1991 APPRSISAL ROLL: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED
BY BILL NISWANGER TO APPROVE THE 1991 APPRAISAL ROLL. MOTION CARRIED.
b. SUBMISSION & API)RUV L OF 1991 ANTICIPRIED COT,LE(:i'iUN RITE: ISO ION BY BILL NISWANG�
AND SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO APPROVE THE 1991 ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE. MOTION
CARRIED.
c. SUBMISSION & APPROVAL OF 1990 EXCESS COLLECTIONS: MOTION BY BILL NISWANGER AND
SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO APPROVE THE 1990 EXCESS COLLECTIONS. MOTION CARRIED.
ct. APP1{GvYiL FOR TAX A/C i'0 CLAC[3iATE a PVDLISH THE ' nca� L c�rxnT« m� PMTE AND r�Or,,r._
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BACK RATE FOR THE CITY: MOTION BY MIKE DALTON AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APP—
ROVE RADEAN HERRON, TAX A/C TO CALCULATE & PUBLISH THE 1991 EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND
ROLLBACK RATE FOR THE CITY. MOTION CARRIED.
SUBMISSION OF THE CITY BUDGET FOR THE 1991-1992 FISCAL YEAR: PRELIMINARY BUDGET COPIES
WERE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS TO LOOK OVER PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
IHE CITY BUDGET SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 22, 1991 AT 7:00 P.M. AT TIIE PROSPER CITY
HALL. THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET HAS BEEN ON FILE IN THE CITY HALL SINCE JULY 25, 1991.
=ER DEPOSITS FOR WATER CUSTOMERS: STARTING IMMEDIATELY, EFFECTIVE ON THIS DATE, THERE
WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE FOR PUTTING UP A METER DEPOSIT FOR WATER SERVICE WITH
THE CITY. MOTION BY CHARLES BELL AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER FOR THE ABOVE RULE TO
BE ENFORCED. MOTION CARRIED.
AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF FRUSCO: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED
BY CHARLES BELL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, GRADY SMOTHERMON, TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND ENTER
INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO TO FURNISH EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE TO
THE INCORPORATED AREA OF PROSPER, TEXAS. THE COST PER YEAR FOR THIS SERVICE WILL BE
$16,290.00/OR TWELVE EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $857.50. MOTION CARRIED.
SEAL COATING ON EAST FIRST STREET: COLLIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS HAS RECENTLY FINISHED
THE RE—PAVING OF EAST FIRST STREET AND HAVE AGREED TO APPLY A SEAL COAT TO PRESERVE
THE STREET BEFORE THE WINTER MONTHS. THE COST OF THE SEAL COATING IS $2,417.10,THIS
IS FROM STATE HIGHWAY 289 TO BUSINESS 289 OR COLEMAN STREET. MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND
SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO REQUEST THE COUNTY SEAL COAT THE STREET BEFORE WINTER.
MOTION CARRIED.
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STATUS OF CITY ENGINEER: CITY ENGINEER, RUSSELL L. BETTS, HAS BEEN VERY ILL AND IN
THE HOSPITAL UNDERGOING TREATMENT, THE CITY SECRETARY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT
HIM IN APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS. THE CITY HAS TWO (2) PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
TO BE FILT OUT, ONE IS FROM THE ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE SECOND IS
FROM THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION. BOTH PERMITS ARE FOR OUR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
THESE APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILLED OUT BY A ENGINEER.
MOTION BY CHARLES BELL AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO AUTHORIZE SHIRLEY JACKSON TO
FIND AN ENGINEER TO FILL OUT OUR APPLICATIONS IF THE CITY ENGINEER IS UNABLE TO DO
SO. MOTION CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION BY CHARLES BELL AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO ADJOURN. MOTION
CARRIED.
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