05.08.1990 Town Council Minutes15
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY MAY 8, 1990
CITY HALL -109 SOUTH MAIN 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR SMOTHERMON: COUNCILMEMBERS; DANNY WEBB, MIKE DALTON, BILL
NISWANGER AND RALPH BOYER. CHARLES BELL, ABSENT.
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR SMOTHERMON CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APP-
ROVE THE MINUTES AS READ. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL REPORT: MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO
APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF BILLS: MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER TO APPROVE
THE BILLS FOR PAYMENT. MOTION CARRIED.
CANVASS VOTES FROM MAY 5th CITY ELECTION: AFTER VOTES WERE CANVASSED AND RETURN SHEET
AND TALLY SHEET AGREED, MOTION WAS MADE BY DANNY WEBB AND SECONDED BY BILL NISWANGER
TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. MIKE DALTON -77 VOTES, RALPH BOYER - 76 VOTES,
CHARLES BELL - 75 VOTES, V.C. SPRADLEY - 69 VOTES, PAUL BAXTER - 1 VOTE, GEORGE CURL -
1 VOTE, HOWARD JACKSON - 1 VOTE, SANTANA GONZALES - 1 VOTE AND BILL CROSSWHITE - 1
VOTE. MOTION CARRIED.
NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS & CITY MARSHALL -STATEMENT OF OFFICER: ALL NEW ELECTED
OFFICIALS AGREED AND SIGNED THE STATEMENT OF OFFICER TO BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY
OF STATE IN AUSTIN.
CITY TAX A/C REPORT - CONTRACT WITH ATTORNEY ON TAX COLLECTIONS: THREE REPRESENTA-
TIVES FROM THE LAW FIRM OF HEARD, GOGGAN, BLAIR & WILLIAMS, THE NEW FIRM SELECTED
BY THE TAX A/C, TO COLLECT DELINQUENT TAXES MET WITH THE COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN THE
COMPLETE OPERATION OF THEIR DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ASK BY
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MOTION WAS MADE BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB 90-05
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. RESOLUTION #90-05 WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND
CITY SECRETARY. MOTION CARRIED.
LOWELL UNDERWOOD-PROPERTY ON PECAN STREET: LOWELL UNDERWOOD MET WITH THE COUNCIL
ASKING PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL TO PUT MOBIL HOMES ON TWO (2) OF HIS LOTS ON
SOUTH PECAN STREET. A VARIANCE WAS GRANTED TO HIM BY THE COUNCIL FOR TWO (2) MOBILE
HOMES, ONE (1) PER LOT TO B E MOVED ON THE PROPERTY. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY RALPH
BOYER AND SECONDED BY MIKE DALTON TO GIVE THE VARIANCE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
EVERYONE WHO MOVES A TRAILER OUT WILL COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR A NEW VARIANCE BEFORE
ANOTHER MOBILE HOME CAN BE MOVED IN. THE MOBILE HOMES ARE TO BE TIED DOWN AND
UNDERPINNED. MOTION CARRIED.
SUSAN PASHIA - RECYCLING OF GARBAGE: MRS. PASHIA WROTE A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL
ASKING THAT THE CITY START A PROGRAM TO RECYCLE GARBAGE. THE CITY APPRECIATES MRS.
PASHIA INTEREST AND THINKS THE CITY WILL, IN THE SOMEWHERE NEAR FUTURE, ENTER INTO
A PROGRAM OF THIS TYPE.
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REPAIR WORK TO PASEWARK CIRCLE_: THE HOME OWNERS ON THIS STREET ARE WILLING TO
GIVE AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN (15) FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY IF THE CITY WILL DO SOME
WORK ON THE STREET. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ASK LOWELL UNDERWOOD TO LOOK AT THE
STREET AND GIVE THEM AN ESTIMATE ON THE COST OF GRADING AND CUTTING A DITCH
FOR DRAINAGE. THE COUNCIL REQUEST THE HOME OWNERS TO PAY FOR THE SURVEY AND
DEDICATE THE STREET TO THE CITY. THIS TOPIC IS TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MONTH
OF JUNE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: THE COUNCIL WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:20 P.M. TO
DISCUSS A PAY RAISE FOR JOHN BRYSON.
COUNCIL CAME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:25 P.M.
MOTION BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO GIVE JOHN BRYSON A $200.00
PER MONTH RAISE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. JOHN'S RATE OF PAY WILL NOW BE $1500.00
PER MONTH. MOTION CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT: MOTION BY MIKE DALTON AND SECONDED BY DANNY WEBB TO ADJOURN. MOTION
CARRIED.
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