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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium 626 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building September 20, 2005 Item 1 The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date in the Council Chambers of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o’clock a.m., with the following members present: Lanham Lyne - Mayor Ray Gonzalez - Mayor Pro Tem Jim Ginnings - Councilors Linda Ammons - Dorothy Roberts-Burns - Charles Elmore - Darron Leiker - City Manager Bill Sullivan - City Attorney Lydia Ozuna - City Clerk Michael Norrie - Absent - - - - - - - - Mayor called the meeting to order. - - - - - - - - Item 2a Pastor Demotis Sherman, Jr., Antioch Baptist Church, gave the invocation. - - - - - - - - Item 2b Councilor Gonzalez led in the Pledge of Allegiance. - - - - - - - - Item 3 Mayor Lanham Lyne and City Clerk Lydia Ozuna canvassed the returns of the Special Municipal Election held in the City of Wichita Falls on September 10, 2005. - - - - - - - - Item 4 ORDINANCE NO. 69-2005 ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2005; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Gonzalez that Ordinance No. 69-2005 be passed with the blanks being filled in as follows. … 638 voters voted in said election, and that votes were cast as follows: For the Recall of Councilor District 5 Charles Elmore received 252 votes. 627 Item 4 continued Against the Recall of Councilor District 5 Charles Elmore received 385 votes. Motion seconded by Councilor Roberts-Burns and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Lyne, Councilors Ginnings, Ammons, Roberts-Burns, Gonzalez, and Elmore Nays: None - - - - - - - - Item 5 The Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke honored the City of Wichita Falls with honorable mention for combating the leading causes of death in Texas, heart disease and stroke. A plaque and brochure were awarded to the City recognizing these efforts. Mr. Douglass Dunsavage, Public Advocacy Director of the North Texas Area for the American Heart Association, expressed appreciation to the City for combating heart disease and stroke. On behalf of the University Kiwanis, Mr. Elmer Emory presented the City a check in the amount of $4,000 from the YMCA’s baseball this summer. These funds are proceeds from the Kiwanis Park concessions. - - - - - - - - Item 6 Steve Wilkinson, 3203 Sue Ann, representing the Wichita Falls Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 432, submitted a petition to the City Clerk petitioning the right to meet and confer with the City Council. Bob Johnston, 2944 Blankenship, requested that the Council look into funeral escorts and that they consider using off-duty police officers. - - - - - - - - Item 7 The Minutes of September 6 and September 9, 2005 were approved as distributed. - - - - - - - - Items 8a-9d City Manager gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda. Councilor Ginnings stated that he did not want to remove any items but had several questions related to the Consent Agenda. Moved by Councilor Ginnings that the Consent Agenda be approved. Motion seconded by Councilor Ammons. Councilor Ginnings asked if there was an asbestos issue on the floor tile removal and replacement. City Manager informed that it had been looked at and we have remediation built into that. Whatever steps need to be taken to minimize exposure and to comply with state and federal laws will be taken. Also, the schedule will be such that removal and installation will not be done during public hours. Councilor Ginnings asked if the Health Department inspects the animal facility. Mr. Reuben Warren replied that they do that at least annually. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Lyne, Councilors Ginnings, Ammons, Roberts-Burns, Gonzalez, and Elmore Nays: None 628 Items 8a-8b Minutes of the following board and commission meetings were received. a. Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation – June 20, 2005 b. Traffic Safety Commission – August 3, 2005 Item 9a RESOLUTION NO. 121 -2005 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WAIVER FOR CITY EMPLOYEES QUALIFYING FOR VARIOUS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDED PROGRAMS; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Item 9b RESOLUTION NO. 122-2005 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF BID FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF FLOOR TILE AT THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM TO BREEGLE BUILDING PRODUCTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,842.00; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Item 9c RESOLUTION NO. 123-2005 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR CERTAIN ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Item 9d RESOLUTION NO. 124-2005 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, TO AWARD BID AND CONTRACT FOR THE 2005 PUMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT, CWF05-550-20; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW - - - - - - - - Item 10a A public hearing was held for the FY 2005-2006 Transit Grant for Capital, Planning, and Operating Assistance for the Wichita Falls Transit System. Mayor declared the public hearing open. City Manager informed that the City has a transit grant application each year with the State and federal governments and we receive 75% of our total operating budget for the transit system from them. We are required to conduct two public hearings and this is the second public hearing. Council has a summary of those projects. The cost is less than last year because we are not planning to replace any buses in the next year. The biggest capital item is the preventative maintenance in the amount of $315,800 as well as the Transit Shop Roof Replacement Project. He reviewed the other items listed on the attachment. Summary of our total funding is under $1.4 million and the federal government pays $728,000 of that and the State pays over $297,000. Councilor Ammons commented that at times some of the buses are empty, and she asked if this was looked at to discontinue usage if there are not any passengers? City Manager replied that one thing they are going to look into is the size of the buses. There are some 30-passenger buses carrying only a few passengers and that seems like a big waste. We are looking at what buses are available that will still be durable and reliable for use for at least ten years. There are new smaller buses on the market and the next round of replacements we are going to look at that. 629 Item 10a continued Councilor Ammons stated that it does seem like such a waste of fuel and so forth. She put in a word for the Police Department suggesting that, although the Police Department does not currently have a command center but when they do, that one of these buses go to that. Councilor Ginnings asked if the shop roof replacement was an insurance item. City Manager replied that it was not. The Central Services Shop is 21 years old and we are starting to experience roof problems. Since part of that building houses the transit mechanical we can repair that section of the roof with state and federal funds. That is why we are programming it in this budget. Two-thirds of the building roof repair will need to be paid from General Fund. Councilor Ginnings asked if we are insured against natural disasters. City Manager replied that we are self- insured for a lot of that and we do have some catastrophic coverage that would cover major disasters. Mayor called for additional public comments. There being none, Mayor declared the public hearing closed. - - - - - - - - Item 10b A public hearing was held on the 2005-2006 City of Wichita Falls Preliminary Budget. Mayor declared the public hearing open. Mr. Jim Dockery informed that State law requires that the City conduct a public hearing before the budget is adopted. He stated that the total expenditure budget being considered by the Council is $123,886,291. This is an opportunity for the public to comment. David Brock, 320 Hilltop, commended the Council for keeping the tax rate the same and not having a tax increase. He expressed concern because it looks like the City’s spending increased at three times your revenue increase. He wanted to know where the rest of that money was coming from and if the City is looking at an inevitable tax increase next year. If so, the Council should inform the public so we can begin planning for it. Mr. Dockery stated that he does not know where Mr. Brock got some of numbers that he mentioned in reference to three times the amount of increase. Mr. Dockery explained that we do have a General Fund operating budget that is in a deficit-funded situation of $755,000. We have programmed that in, based on the fact that this current year we estimate we are not going to end the year in the situation that we budgeted last year. We programmed those appropriations in trying to keep the fund balance of appropriate reserve levels around $8 million. What David Brock is talking about is those types of expenditures that are for one-time type non-recurring items.
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