HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-01-28 Town Hall TOWN HALL MEETING
EULESS CITY HALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
CALL TO ORDER
Assistant Police Chief Bob Freeman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
COUNCIL AND STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT
Mayor Pro Tern Tim Stinneford and Council Members Leon Hogg, Linda Martin, Donna
Mickan, and Glenn Porterfield participated in the panel along with staff department
directors.
Staff members present, in addition to Assistant Police Chief Bob Freeman, included City
Manager Gary McKamie, Deputy City Manager Loretta Getchell, City Secretary Susan
Crim, Police Chief Mike Brown, Public Works Director Ron Young, Parks and Community
Services Director Ray McDonald, Director of Economic Development Mike Collins,
Director of Planning and Development Chris Barker, Fire Division Chief/Operations Dale
Skinner, Director of Finance Vicki Rodriquez, Assistant Police Chief Harland
Westmoreland, Police Lieutenants Steve Eskew, Joe Kraft, Steve Kockos, John Williams
and Danny Neill, Neighborhood Police Officers James Gordon and David Parker, Police
Technical Service Manager Gary Gregg, City Engineer Robert Barker, Public Works
Manager J. T. Ackerman, Midway Park Recreation Center Supervisor Heidi Taylor,
Information Services Administrator Dan McLain, Librarian Kate Lyon, Texas Star General
Manager Glenda Hartsell-Shelton, and Fleet and Facilities Administrator Kyle McAdams.
VISITORS
Faye Stinneford, Dylan Ratliff, Jan Hogg, Helen Voss, Jerrie Keller, Billy Owens, Sonja
Adams, Bill Brown, Charles Cinquemani, Susan Rogers, Leslie Miller, Joe Mapes, Barney
Snitz, and approximately 10 other citizens.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
Deputy City Manager Loretta Getchell gave a presentation on two Capital Projects—the
recently completed Redi-Mix Building and the Senior Citizen Center. Director of Parks
and Community Services Ray McDonald reported on the interim plans for programs of the
Midway Recreation Center during the time it will be closed for renovations in preparation
for the construction of the adjoining Senior Citizen Center. He described in detail the
plans for the Senior Citizen Center.
Director of Public Works and Engineering Ron Young gave a report on various
infrastructure projects including the Fuller Wiser connector, the Baze Road project and
the West Ash Lane project. He also gave an update on the water main project for
reclaimed water, the Trinity River Authority water project, and street overlay, sidewalk,
drainage and traffic signalization work scheduled in the near future.
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Other topics discussed included:
Arrangement of funding for the Redi Mix Building
Mid Cities Boulevard monument sign repair
Mid Cities Boulevard traffic signalization
Mattresses in creek off South Pipeline Road near FM157
Aldi grocery store
Verizon Wireless switching facility
Glade Parks
CompUSA
ISO No. 1 Rating
Future additional fire stations
Sale of puppies on side of road
SH183 widening and impact on current businesses
Effect of decreased sales tax revenues on City operations
ADJOURN
The Town Hall Meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Susan Crim TRMC
City Secretary