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Home My WebLink About1995-12-12 �.- MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 12, 1995 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Euless City Council was called to order by Mayor Mary Lib Saleh at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12, 1995, in the downstairs Administration Building Conference Room. Those present included Mayor Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor Pro Tern Bobby Baker and Council Members Carl Tyson, Todd Smith, Charles Miller, Glenn Walker and Katie Edwards. Precouncil discussion was held on agenda items and other scheduled items. A closed session was held to discuss land acquisition and personnel matters as authorized by Sections 551.072 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULED ITEMS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Euless City Council continued their meeting in the Council Chambers at 7:05 p.m. for the consideration of the scheduled items. Staff Members Present Tom Hart, City Manager; Bob McFarland, City Attorney; Susan Crim, City Secretary; Joe Hennig, Assistant City Manager; Gary McKamie, Police Chief; Lee Koontz, Fire Chief; Diana Ortiz, Director of Finance; Randy Byers, Director of Development and Public Works; Ruth Alley, Personnel Manager; Alice Cahill, Personnel Analyst; Scott Parsley, Battalion Chief; Harland Westmoreland, Police Captain; Joey Ziemian, Police Captain; Janina Jewell, Accountant, Finance Department; Jenny Kratz, Municipal Relations Coordinator; Scott Campbell, Administrative Assistant; Clyde Cullum, Reserve Police Officer; Cathy DiMaggio, Deputy City Secretary Visitors Kathy Haecker, Community Advisory Board; Boyce Byers, Economic Development Advisory Board; Keith Eggers, Planning and Zoning Commission; Frank Douglass, Street Naming Committee; Greg Roemer, Community Waste Disposal; Members of Boy Scout Troop #345; and other visitors as noted on the Visitor's Register. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Saleh led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION Council Member Edwards gave the invocation. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 2 ,... ITEM NO. 1: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Mayor Saleh presented a plaque and gift certificate to Alice Cahill, Personnel Analyst, as Employee of the Month for December. Personnel Manager Ruth Alley showed a quilt Ms. Cahill had made to raise money for Christmas Providers. ITEM NO. 2: PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE PIN Mayor Saleh presented a 20-year Service Pin to Police Captain Harland Westmoreland. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Pro Tern Baker moved to approve Items 3 through 11 on the Consent Agenda as follows: ITEM NO. 3: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-24 Bid No. 95-24 for hot mix asphalt was awarded to Reynolds Asphalt Company as primary supplier and Austin Bridge and Road as secondary supplier, or if neither of these companies are able to supply the city's needs, J. L. Bertram will be used, contingent upon the city being reimbursed for faulty asphalt product. ITEM NO. 4: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-25 Bid No. 95-25 for redi-mix concrete was awarded to Charley's Concrete Company as primary supplier and Custom Crete, Inc. as secondary supplier, contingent upon the city being reimbursed for faulty concrete product. ITEM NO. 5: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-30 Bid No. 95-30 for three (3) portable diagnostic cardiac monitors/defibrillators/pacemakers for Emergency Medical Services, was awarded to Physio Control Corporation in the amount of $45,028.50. ITEM NO. 6: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-928 Approval of Resolution No. 95-928, appointing election judges for the January 20, 1996 Election to propose the adoption of a quarter cent sales and use tax for property tax reduction. ITEM NO . 7: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE INTERLOCALAGREEMENT FOR RADIO MAINTENANCE Authorize City Manager to execute an interlocal agreement with the City of North Richland Hills for maintenance of the new radio system. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 3 �.. ITEM NO. 8: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT Authorize City Manager to execute an interlocal agreement for the purchase of computer equipment and telecommunications equipment or services with the State of Texas, Department of Information Resources. ITEM NO. 9: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-926 Approval of Resolution No. 95-926, revising the funding completion date for the Alternative Fuels Program for fiscal year 1994 until January 31, 1996. ITEM NO. 10: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-927 Approval of Resolution No. 95-927, revising the funding completion date for the Alternative Fuels Program for fiscal year 1995 until October 31, 1996. ITEM NO. 11: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 28, 1995 and Special Called Meeting of December 7, 1995, as presented. Council Member Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker and Edwards, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NO. 12: EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL Municipal Relations Coordinator Jenny Kratz addressed Council regarding a proposal from Mr. Greg Roemer, President of Community Waste Disposal, to waive the agreed upon Consumer Price Increase (CPI) for 1996 if Council would grant a 12-month extension through 1997, with a CPI increase effective 1/1/97. Ms. Kratz stated it was staffs recommendation to grant an extension of the contract through 1997, without an automatic CPI increase for 1997, and that any proposed rate increase for 1997 would not exceed the CPI that exists at the time of the rate increase request. Mayor Pro Tern Baker moved to accept staffs proposal as presented and that the current rate will be in effect through 1996 and in December 1996 Council will review the possible request for a rate increase not to exceed the D/FW CPI. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 4 NOUN, Discussion took place on options available to the City at this time. Mr. Hennig stated it was staffs intention that next fall the City will negotiate in good faith a rate for the 1997 year, but the contract could terminate if negotiations reached a standstill. Mr. Roemer stated that he was willing to give up the automatic CPI increase for 1996, in return for a one-year extension, but that he did not think it was equitable to request no floor in the rate for 1997. He asked that the floor be set at the existing rate. Mayor Pro Tern Baker withdrew his motion. City Manager Tom Hart stated that staffs recommendation is to renew the contract with CWD and to continue the service as is, at the same rate for calendar year 1996, with the understanding that the City will, in good faith, negotiate a rate that does not have a ceiling, either upward or downward, but will come back in the fall with a recommendation to continue the contract for 1997. Mr. McFarland clarified that the only part of the contract subject to negotiations at the end of 1996 is the rate for 1997. Council Member Miller requested that the recommended 1997 rate be brought to the Council for consideration the second week in September 1996. Mayor Pro Tern Baker moved to approve the original staff recommendation that the contract be extended through 1997 with Community Waste Disposal at the existing rate through 1996 and negotiation of a rate for 1997 not to exceed the D/FW CPI, with a rate recommendation to Council not later than the second meeting in September 1996 Council Member Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Member Walker, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller and Edwards Mayor Saleh declared the motion denied. Council Member Smith moved to approve a 12-month extension of the recycling contract with Community Waste Disposal through December 1997, subject to the agreement of both parties to negotiate in good faith the 1997 rate with no ceiling and no floor in those negotiations, and no Consumer Price Index increase in 1996. Council Member Edwards seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: Council Member Walker Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 5 r.. ITEM NO. 13: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH AN ALTERNATE GOLF COURSE CLUB HOUSE ARCHITECT City Manager Tom Hart reported that previously he had been authorized to negotiate a contract with a golf course architect, but the architect had some conflicts and the contract did not work out, and it is staffs recommendation to contract with Beck & Associates. Council Member Miller felt this decision should be made by the Golf Course Architecture Committee. Mayor Pro Tern Baker agreed that it would be a good idea to call the committee together again to review the architect proposals within the next few days so as not to delay the project. Mayor Pro Tern Baker moved to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with an alternate golf course club house architect selected by the Golf Course Architectural Committee. Council Member Miller seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. Before convening into closed session at 8:10 p.m., Mayor Saleh introduced members of Boy Scout Troop #345, from the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mayor Saleh reconvened the Regular Meeting at 8:45 p.m. ITEM NO. 14: AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS TO ACQUIRE, CONVEY AND/OR EXCHANGE A 47-ACRE TRACT OF LAND Mayor Pro Tem Baker moved to authorize the Mayor to execute and deliver any and all instruments deemed necessary to acquire, convey and/or exchange a 47-acre tract of land out of the S. Tucker Survey, Tracts 3 and 4D, and a 30-acre tract of land out of the A. Barnard Survey (Tract 1C) by and between the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth and Euless, Texas, and Bennett Consolidated and, the payment of agreed consideration and expenses therefore. Council Member Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 6 o.. ITEM NO. 15: APPROVAL OF FIRST AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1198, AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE Mayor Pro Tern Baker moved to approve the first and final reading of Ordinance No. 1198, amending Ordinance No. 1163 to reduce the boundaries of Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Euless, by removing an approximately 40-acre parcel of land west of Bear Creek Parkway and adding an approximately 30-acre tract of land, commonly referred to as "Airport Tract." Council Member Smith seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 16: APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE Council Member Smith moved to approve the appointment of the following members to the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Number One: President of the Hurst-Euless Bedford Independent School District Board Mayor of the City of Euless Mayor Pro Tern of the City of Euless Del Bennett, Bennett Consolidated Bruce R. Luckock, Executive Vice-President, Bennett Consolidated Council Member Miller seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 1163, four additional Board Members will be the State Senator, State Representative, Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 3 (as designated by Tarrant County) and Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District Superintendent(as designated by the HEB-ISD Board). ITEM NO. 17: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY .79 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO TEXAS STAR Council Member Walker moved to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract for .79 acres adjacent to Texas Star situated in the J. B. Brooks Survey. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 7 �.. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 18: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-31 Council Member Miller moved to award Bid No. 95-31 for infrastructure support services for the Parks at Texas Star to Site Concrete, Inc. of Irving, Texas in the amount of $605,837.30. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Tyson, Smith, Miller, Walker, Edwards and Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO.19: REPORTS a) City Manager City Manager Tom Hart announced that the Golf Course Architect Committee would meet December 15 at 8:00 a.m. b) City Attorney City Attorney Bob McFarland had nothing to report. c) Staff No staff report was given. d) City Council Mayor Saleh announced that the December 26 meeting will not be held unless an emergency agenda item occurs. Council Member Edwards congratulated Alice Cahill and Harland Westmoreland. Ms. Edwards stated that she attended the Senior Citizens Christmas Luncheon and enjoyed it very much. Council Member Miller commended the staff on the excellent Christmas parade and commented it was very well attended. COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 12, 1995 PAGE 8 °oft. Mayor Pro Tern Baker reported that he attended the National League of Cities conference in Phoenix, Arizona, along with City Manager Torn Hart and Council Member Glenn Walker. Council Member Tyson congratulated Alice Cahill and Harland Westmoreland and thanked them for their commitment to the City. Mr. Tyson commented that it was the first Christmas parade he had been involved with and that it was an excellent parade. Mr. Tyson thanked Diane Eggers for her work with the senior citizens and the Christmas luncheon. Mr. Tyson expressed appreciation to North Main Barbecue for providing food for the luncheon. Mayor Saleh said that the city presented a certificate of appreciation to Mr. Ed Kelsey at North Main Barbecue for his generous donations to the city. Mayor Saleh said she had received many positive comments on the Christmas parade and expressed regret that while participating in the parade, it was impossible to see all the entries. Mayor Saleh announced that Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus (Richard and Ginger Moore) have been visiting various events throughout the city and will be at the United Methodist Church pre-school class on December 13. Mayor Saleh asked if anyone in the audience wished to address the Council. No one indicated they would like to speak. Mayor Saleh wished everyone a Merry Christmas. ITEM NO. 20: ADJOURN Mayor Saleh adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m. APPROVED: atztAi Mary Lib Sleh, Mayor ATTEST: Susan Crim, • C, City Secretary wpwin\minutes\12-12-95.min