MINUTES - REGULAR SESSION TOM BEAN CITY COUNCIL 201 S. BRITTON, TOM BEAN, TEXAS http://www.tombean.net Monday, May 12, 2008 - 6:00 p.m.

On Monday, May 12, 2008 the Tom Bean City Council met in a Regular Session.

1. CALL TO ORDER 1.1 Acting Mayor Howard called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

2. INVOCATION 2.1 Councilmember Harris led the meeting in a word of prayer.

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. ROLL CALL Formal Roll Call: Ben Vincent – present Sherry Howard - present Jerry Harris – present Eddy Hamilton – present Albert Ellis – present

Staff members present: Chief Michael Webster, Public Works Supervisor Fred Griggs, Public Works Assistant David Phillips, Librarian Joetta Cotton, Court Clerk Tammy Phillips, and City Secretary Cathy Pugh

Visitors Present: Janet Schaab and Debbie Yates

5. Acting Mayor Howard presented a certificate for May employee of the month to Tammy Phillips.

6. CONSENT AGENDA

MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Hamilton and seconded by Councilmember Ellis, the Council voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to approve the consent agenda as follows:

6.1 Approve Minutes of the April 14, 2008 regular session 6.2 Approve Financials.

7. STAFF REPORTS

7.1 Report from Police Department Chief Webster went over his May 2008 report with the Council. c:\\my documents\minutes 2008\May 12, 2008 Page 1 of 3 7.2 Report from Court Clerk Court Clerk Tammy Phillips went over her May 2008 Court Report with the Council.

7.3 Report from Public Works Fred Griggs went over his May 2008 report with the Council.

7.4 Report from Library Board Joetta Cotton went over the Library Report with the Council.

7.5 Report from City Secretary – Cathy Pugh stated that the county had started work on Garner Drive and Elliott Street.

8. PRESENTATION BY CITIZENS

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS – None

10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

11. NEW BUSINESS

11.1 Discuss and act upon the Ordinance 2008-03 for the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones in School Crossing Zones.

MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Hamilton and seconded by Councilmember Harris, the Council voted four (4) and none (0) opposed to approve Ordinance 2008-03 for the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones in the School Crossing Zones.

11.2 Discuss and act upon continuing the recycling program.

MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Ellis and seconded by Councilmember Vincent, the Council voted four (4) and none (0) opposed to approve the recycling program at $85 a month to cover Waste Management’s costs plus the cost of the blue bags.

11.3 Discuss and act upon increasing the franchise fee rate for Atmos Energy to 5%.

MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Harris and seconded by Councilmember Vincent, the Council voted four (4) and none (0) opposed to increase the franchise fee to 5% from Atmos Energy.

11.4 Discuss and act upon adjusting customer’s water bill.

MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Ellis there was no second to waive the sewer and make the customer pay for the water. Motion did not pass. c:\\my documents\minutes 2008\May 12, 2008 Page 2 of 3 MOTION: Upon a motion from Councilmember Vincent and seconded by Councilmember Hamilton, the Council voted four (4) and none (0) opposed to adjust the water bill down to the minimum usage pending the next billing if a leak is not detected on the next meter reading cycle.

12. EXECUTIVE SESSION - None

13. REPORTS FROM ADVISORY BOARDS

14. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL - None

15. COMMENTS FROM THE ACTING MAYOR - None

16. ADJOURNMENT

MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Harris and seconded by Councilmember Hamilton, the Council voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the regular session of the Tom Bean City Council at 7:08 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008. The motion carried.

These minutes approved on the 9th day of June 2008.

APPROVED:

______Sherry Howard, Acting Mayor

Attest:

______Cathy Pugh, City Secretary

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