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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 02.11.1992 CC-RThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Bill Connor presiding. Council Members Present: Mike McMaster Jane Voltz Ferd Tonn Shorty Valdez Bill Shelby Bob Schrawger Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Elizabeth Gray, City Secretary Marianne Landers Banks, City Attorney Jim Briggs, Director of Public Utilities Ed Barry, Director of Development Svcs. Hartley Sappington, Director of Comm. Svcs. Randy Morrow, Director of Parks & Rec. Glenn Reynolds, Director of Finance Council Members Absent: Winfred Bonner Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent Brad Stratton, Public Affairs Officer Bonnie McLain, Accounting Supervisor Sandra Lee, Staff Asst. to City Mgr. WORKSHOP 920041 Discussion on board., corrirmittee, and comnussion governance. Discussion on policy papers regarding the Convention and Visitor's Bureau Board, Historic Preservation Committee, and Parks and Recreation Committee EXECUTIVE SESSION In compliance with Article 6252-17, V.A.C.S., the items listed below were discussed in closed session, and were subject to action in the regular session that followed: 920042 Sec.2(e) Legal Report Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks 920043 Sec.2(f) Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/ Marianne Banks Minutes of City Council Meeting February 11, 1992 Page 1 of 5 Pages •+., Personnel Appointments t• boards, • • . • committees • Council Committeeon Business ! ' '1 • Georgetown Housing Authority Board • Council CompensationCommittee 920045 Sec.2(r) Staff Report Update on Industrial Prospect REGULAR SESSION - Called to order 7:20 p.m. Action on executive session items 920043 Sec.2(f) Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/ Marianne Banks Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to authorize staff to purchase real estate according to the terms discussed in Executive Session. Approved 5-0. (Valdez abstained due to conflict of interest.) 920044 Sec.2(g) Personnel Appointments to boards, commissions, and committees o Council Committee on Business Incentives Mike McMaster, • Torm and Shorty Valdez DannyGeor etown Housin2 Authority Board r• • • •Council CompensationCommittee Bill Jones, Clark Thurmond and Carol Chalmers Motion by McMaster, second by Schrawger to approve the appointments as recommended by Mayor Connor. Approved 6-0. Consent Agenda Consideration of and possible action on the following items. 920046 Approval of meeting minutes-- Regular Meeting of Jan. 28, 1992/Elizabeth Gray 920047 Award of bid to Ray Associates, Inc. for performance of a classification and compensation study of all City positions in the amount of $15,750 plus expenses/Elizabeth Gray and Bob Hart 920048 Approval of job description update to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to be performed by Workability, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $4,000/Eiizabeth Gray and Bob Hart Minutes of City Council Meeting February 11, 1992 Page 2 of 5 Pages 920049 Approval of 1 . for fire protection t i F' 1. !l Hart 920050 Resolution approving a contract with Chasco Construction Co. for construction of wastewater system °improvements to Industrial Park North in the amount of $153,028/Jim Briggs 920051 Award of bid for 1/0 aluminum. cable to Temple, Inc. of San Antonio in the amount of approximately $29,275/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs 920052 Award of bid for elbow loadbreaks to Temple, Inc. in the amount of $16,129/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs 920053 Award of bid for a 750 KVA transformer to Priester-Mell & Nicholson in the amount of $7,964/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs 920054 Award of semi-annual bid for poleline hardware/'Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds 920055 Award of annual bid for slow set cold asphalt to Austin Paving/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs 920056 Award of bid for computers to Compu-Net in the amount of $8,750 and for printers to Compuadd in the amount of $1,045/Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds 920057 Authorization for staff to negotiate a contract with The Institute for Finance and Economic Development for administration of a grant through the Texas Capital Fund heal Estate grant program, not to exceed $50,000/Bob Hart Motion by Valdez, second by Voltz to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Approved 6-0. Regular Agenda 920058 Citizens wishing to address the Council. No citizens chose to address Council at this time. 920059 Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports o Council/Parks and Recreation Committee joint meeting Sat. Feb. 29 Bob Hart announced that a follow-up meeting with the Parks Committee has been set for Saturday, February 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Library Meeting Room. Minutes of City Council Meeting February 11, 1992 Page 3 of 5 Pages Hart made final arrangements for traveling to San Antonio with those members of the Council who would be attending the Henry G. Cisneros Leadership Symposium on February 13 and 14. Consideration of and possible action on the following items: 920060 Report on the independent audit of all accounts of the City, report to management and single audit reports for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1991/ Glenn Reynolds Reynolds introduced Earl Maxwell of Maxwell, Locke and Ritter, who congratulated staff on five years of improvement in their financial reporting. He explained that the city staff had this year performed the entire function of producing the audit report including formatting, printing and assembling the information. Council expressed their pride in the Finance Division. Motion by Torn, second by Voltz to accept the report to management and single audit reports as presented for fiscal year ended September 30, 1991. Approved 6-0. 920061 Resolution to authorize the City to implement a wood chip recycling program at the Public Collection Station and waiving fees on brush brought to the Collection Station for chipping/Hartley Sappington Motion by Torn, second by Schrawger to authorize the implementation of the wood chip recycling program and authorizing the waiving of fees on brush brought to the collection station for chipping. Approved 6-0. 920062 Ordinance No. 92-2 extending the City's subdivision regulations from its current expiration date of February 28, 1992 to a revised expiration date of May 1, 1992/Hildy Kingma and Ed Barry Motion by Valdez, second by Schrawger to approve the ordinance on second reading. Approved 6-0. 920063 Ordinance No. 92-3 amending Sec. 2.36.020 "City Commissions, Committees, and awards" and Sec. 2.64.010 "Building Trades Board of Appeals" of the Code of Ordinances --Second Reading/Bob Hart Motion by McMaster, second by Torn to approve the ordinance on second reading. Approved 6-0. 1 Minutes of City Council Meeting February 11, 1992 Page 4 of 5 Pages Mayor Connor expressed his satisfaction on the Council's progress on setting parameters and establishing policies of the City commissions, committees and boards. McMaster noted that Round Rock Council Member Tish ®atman had written a note congratulating Georgetown on the successful TML Region X Meeting. Dart noted that TV News Channel 36 filmed the ADA Training taking place at the Community Center today. Mayor Connor again thanked city staff for the TML Region X Meeting. Mayor Connor handed over his files from the previous Council Compensation Committee, and asked that the new committee have their results to the Council before the May 2 election. The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m. These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and reviewed by Elizabeth Gray. Approved: Attest: tiW v P Mayor Elizabeth Gray, City Secretary Minutes of City Council Meeting February 11, 1992 Page 5 of 5 Pages