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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-08-11 Cow MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 11, 1992 CALL TO ( DER A regular meeting of the Euless City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Mary Lib Saleh at 4:18 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 1992, in the downstairs Administration Building Conference Room. Those present were Mayor Pro Tem Mary Lib Saleh and Council Members Bobby Baker, Henry Boatright, Frank Douglass, Todd Smith and Peter Staks. Mayor Samuels arrived at 4:55 p.m. Precouncil discussion was held on agenda items and other scheduled items. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULED ITEMS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Euless City Council continued their meeting in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. for consideration of scheduled items. Staff Members Present Tom Hart, City Manager; Kay Godbey, Assistant City Manager; James Cribbs, City Attorney; Susan Crim, City Secretary; Lee Koontz, Fire Chief; K. B. Fuller, Police Chief; Joey Ziemian, Police Captain; Susan Weaver, Assistant City Engineer; Rick Herold, Director of Community Services; Debra Forte' , Director of Fiscal and Human Resources; John Craig, Director of Development; Randy Byers, Director of Public Works; Katherine Thompson, Public Relations Officer; Cathy DiMaggio, Assistant to the City Secretary Visitors Leon Hogg, Chairman, Parks and Leisure Services Board; Neal Adams, Industrial Development Authority, and other visitors as noted on the visitor's register. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tem Mary Lib Saleh led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION Councilman Frank Douglass gave the invocation. CONSENT A ENDA Councilman Douglass moved to table Items 1, 2, 4 and 5 until the next meeting and approve Items 3, 6 and 7 as presented. rrEM NO. 1: BID AWARD NO. 92-17 (Tabled) Traffic control emitters ITEM NO. 2: BID AWARD NO. 92-22 (Tabled) Self-contained breathing apparatus REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1992 PAGE 2 ITEM NO. 3: BID AWARD NO. 92-23 Bid No. 92-23 for an ambulance awarded to Horton Emergency Vehicles, Inc. in the amount of $74,331. ITEM NO. 4: BID AWARD NO. 92-24 (Tabled) Fire Apparatus Intercoms ITEM NO. 5: BID AWARD NO. 92-25 (Tabled) Ambulance Intercoms ITEM NO. 6: BID AWARD NO. 92-26 Bid No. 92-26 for ten 100' sections of 1 3/4" fire hose; twenty 50' sections of 1 3/4" fire hose awarded to Riggs First Line Equipment in the amount of $4,420. ITEM NO. 7: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - July 29, 1992 Mayor Pro Tem Saleh seconded the motion. Ayes: Councilmen Douglass, Smith, Baker, Staks, Boatright Mayor Pro Tem Saleh and Mayor Samuels Nays: None "'" Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: ACCEPTANCE OF INVESTMENT POLICY AMENDMENT Councilman Smith moved to approve the amendment to the Investment Policy allowing for purchase of Treasury Notes up to five years with nonoperating funds only. Councilman Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Councilmen Douglass, Smith, Baker, Staks, Boatright Mayor Pro Tem Saleh and Mayor Samuels Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 9: REPORTS a) City Manager No report. b) City Attorney No report. REGULAR COIUNC,IL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1992 PAGE 3 c) Staff Report Police Captain Joey Ziemian presented a report on the Public Safety Officer Program. Captain Ziemian outlined the responsibilities of the PSO's which include: booking, preparing meals, release of prisoners, monitoring DWI arrests, fingerprinting, photographing and transferring prisoners to the county jail. At present, there are eleven PSO's in the program. Mr. Hart announced that City officials had been invited to attend a Tongan demonstration on August 12, 1992 at noon at the Millican Center. Susan Weaver, Assistant City Engineer, reported that Midway Drive improvements from SH360 to Minters-Chapel had been delayed because of rain during the month of May and that the contractor had been granted an extension of 37 days. The contractor estimated completion of the project by the end of August. Ms. Weaver stated that staff estimated completion closer to mid-September. d) City Council Councilman Boatright commended Chief Koontz for his updates on the bids for emergency vehicle equipment. Mr. Boatright thanked Captain Ziemian for his presentation. Councilman Staks noted that he had observed the Public Safety Officers and that they do a very good job. Mr. Staks announced a public hearing scheduled for August 26, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. at the Midway Recreation Center with the Highway Department. The hearing will be held to discuss Highway 161 in Irving and SH360 in Euless. The freeway section will be built north of SH183 in line with Harwood Road. The State Highway Department has concluded that the Highway 161 and 183 intersection is already at capacity even though it is not even finished. He urged everyone to attend the public hearing. Euless is being asked to consider a six-lane divided road rather than five lanes for Harwood between SH360 and Euless Main Street because of the increased traffic as a result of this connection. Councilman Baker inquired whether State funds might be available for the Harwood Road project because of the anticipated increase of traffic accessing Harwood. Mr. Staks responded that this would be a good question to bring up at the public hearing. Assistant City Manager Kay Godbey said that Harwood Road was included on the the highway funding request submitted recently. Mr. Hart commented that building this connection could result in economic development gains at the Harwood Road/SH360 corridor and at Highway 161/SH360. Mayor Pro Tem Saleh thanked Chief Koontz for his explanation of the fire equipment requests which were on the agenda. She noted that the explanations will help with decisions to be made at the budget worksession. Mrs. Saleh thanked Captain Ziemian for his interesting report. Mrs. Saleh thanked the staff for the outstanding budget book and commented that it was very readable. Councilman Baker said he thought Captain Ziemian's presentation was outstanding and a great explanation of the Public Safety Officer program. Mr. Baker also noted that Chief Koontz had answered all the questions regarding the fire equipment requests very well and the information provided will be beneficial REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1992 PAGE 4 during the budget worksession. He added that he hoped the items could be funded at the next Council meeting. Councilman Smith thanked Captain Ziemian for his presentation. Mr. Smith said he recently had an opportunity to ride with a police officer who had detained a person and brought them into jail. While at the jail, it was brought to the police officer's attention that perhaps one of the immigration detainees might have something concealed on his person. A decision was made to search this person and a fight ensued. Mr. Smith stated that from that experience he gained an appreciation of what police officers have to deal with on a daily basis. Mr. Smith noted that he hoped to be able to attend the 'Tongan demonstration, since he had seen a segment regarding the Tongan on "20/20" last week. Mr. Smith thanked Debra Forte' for meeting with him and Councilman Boatright to go over some budget fundamentals with them prior to the budget worksession. He also expressed appreciation for getting the budget book a few weeks in advance. Mr. Smith thanked Laura Lee Bachman who represented NETS (Northeast Transportation System) at the pre-council meeting. He noted that the program was 87% subsidized by State and federal dollars and expressed the hope that the City could find the funds to participate in the program. Councilman Douglass reiterated the positive comments regarding Captain Ziemian's presentation on the PSO program. Mayor Samuels reminded Council that the budget worksession would begin at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 14, 1992. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. APPROVED: .01I / ' .., .10. VIliCeā– ILL....-2 A Harold D. Samuels,.yor ATTEST: zA,..or,..: Susan Cr' , CMC, City Secretary /cd \minutes\190.