HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 11.11.1997 CC-W&RThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the
above date with Mayor Leo Wood presiding.
Charles "Hors" Burson, Ferd Tann, Lee Shelley Davis
Bain, Susan Hoyt, Charlie Barton, Lorenzo
"Shorty" Valdez
Bob Hart/City of Georgetown, Marianne Banks/City of Georgetown, Jim Briggs/City of
Georgetown, Ed Barry/City of Georgetown, Verna Browning/City of Georgetown, Eddie
Clanton/City of Georgetown, Teresa Hersh/City of Georgetown, Larry Hesser/City of
Georgetown, Susan Morgan/City of Georgetown, Randy Morrow/City of Georgetown,
Sandra Lee/City of Georgetown, Murray Blackman/City of Georgetown, Adriana G
Sigala/City of Georgetown, Hildy Kingma/City of Georgetown, Wendy Walsh/City of
Georgetown, Terry Jones/City of Georgetown, Micki Rundell/City of Georgetown,
Thomas Bolt/City of Georgetown
Policy Development/Review Workshop
A Review of Personnel Policy #023 Employment of Relatives
Hart explained that the nepotism proposal was brought to the Council from the Management
Team as a professional recommendation. Police Chief Hesser and Fire Chief Clanton shared
experiences from the cities of their previous employment. Teresa Hersh spoke of being able to
improve service delivery through implementation of the proposed policies. Hart noted that the
unemployment rate in Georgetown is only 2%, and that there are several other entities and
companies in Georgetown with more employees than the City. Discussion was held regarding the
staffing of volunteer versus auxiliary firefighters. Community Owned Utilities Director Jim Briggs
was asked to respond regarding problems experienced in the utility department due to related
employees.
B Answer questions on Statutory Consent Agenda Items listed specifically below under the Regular
Session that will begin no sooner than 7:00 p.m. (For questions only, no action to be taken
until Regular Session)
Item P was pulled for discussion at the Regular Agenda, to be heard after Item X. Item U was
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pulled and deferred to a later meeting due to the need for a super majority vote.
REGULAR SESSION - called to order at 6:50 p.m. for the purpose of entering Executive Session.
Executive Session
C Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney
D Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property
E Sec.551.075 conference with employee
Regular Session
Called to order at 7:20 p.m.
F Action on Executive Session Items
There was no action on Executive Session items.
G Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports
Hart reminded Council about the workshop on Urban Design to be held on November 18,
announced a request from the Planning and Zoning Commission to hold a joint breakfast meeting
with the Council on Wednesday, December 3, at 7:00 a.m., and a groundbreaking for Texas
Electric Cooperatives on December 3, at 4:30 p.m.
Wood recognized eight Boy Scouts in the audience.
H Citizens wishing to address the Council
There were no citizens who wished to address the Council at this time.
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Consideration of approving the minutes for the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, October 28, 1997 --
Sandra Lee
Hart corrected the minutes regarding Item CC having to do with the employment of relatives,
saying that the proposed Policy #023 had been adopted with the ability to weaken the ordinance
on second reading.
J Consideration of approval of the purchase of a backhoe in the amount of $56,686.14 and a loader
in the amount of $110,664.90 from the Houston Galveston Area Council -- Terry Jones & Susan
Morgan
K Consideration of authorizing the purchase of a postage machine from Pitney Bowes in the
amount of $26,931.96 -- Terry Jones and Susan Morgan
L Consideration of authorizing the extension of the current contract with AvFuel Corporation to
provide avgas and jet fuel in the estimated amount of $250,000.00 -- Terry Jones and Murray
Blackman
M Consideration
of approval of a second
addendum to the airport
lease agreement with Beth Ann
Jenkins (d.b.a.
Pilot's Choice Aviation,
Inc.) -- Travis McLain
and
Murray Blackman
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N Consideration of approval of a resolution casting City of Georgetown votes for the election of the
Williamson County Appraisal District Board of Directors -- Bob Hart
O Consideration of authorizing the Mayor
to
execute an
agreement
to contribute funds in the
amount of $85,000.00 for the extension
of
RM2243 to
FM1460 --
Bob Hart
P Consideration of approval of a Final Plat of a Resubdivision of San Gabriel Heights, Section
Three, Block H, Lots 8-11, and Section Five, Block B, Lots 21-23, and Section Six, Lot 1, to be
known as a Resubdivision of San Gabriel Heights, Section Six; located on Innwood Drive and
San Gabriel Overlook; and variances to the Subdivision Regulations -- Hildy Kingma and Ed
Barry (Pulled for Regular Agenda)
O Consideration of a Public Review Final Plat of 90.76 acres in the William Roberts Survey, to be
known as The Reserve at Berry Creek, Sections 1 A-1 F, located north of the intersection of
Logan Ranch Road and Luna Trail, with variances to the Subdivision Regulations -- Hildy Kingma
and Ed Barry
R Consideration of a Detailed Development Plan of Park Central One, Section II, Block A, Lot 5. to
be known as Pioneer Steel International, located on Park Central and Commerce Boulevards,
with variances to the Subdivision Regulation -- Wendy Walsh and Ed Barry
Motion by Tonn, second by Bain to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item P. Approved
6-0. (Davis absent)
Legislative Regular Agenda
Z Second Reading of an ordinance adding Chapter 3.01 to Title 3, Personnel, of the City of
Georgetown Code of Ordinances -- Adriana Sigala, Teresa Hersh, and Bob Hart
Hart explained that anything that the Council wished to change on the ordinance on second
reading would need to be spoken into the motion to adopt the ordinance.
Motion by Tonn, second by Barton to only prohibit relatives from working in Finance, Management
Services (to include Legal) and Employee and Organizational Services, by deleting Section B,
Subsection 2(b), leaving in place Section 1 and Subsection 2(a) of proposed Option B. Approved
4-2. (Hoyt and Bain opposed) This Ordinance was numbered 97-55.
Hart asked
that
it be
reflected in the minutes that the recommendation by management was that
no relatives
be
hired
to work at the City.
S Second Reading of an ordinance to amend the Century Plan for Lot 9, Block Two, Gabriel
Heights Subdivision, also known as 307 Shannon Lane, from Intensity Level Three to Intensity
Level Four -- Ed Barry
Barry read
the
caption
only on second reading. Motion by Tonn, second by Hoyt to approve
Ordinance
No.
97-50.
Approved 6-0.
T Second reading of an ordinance to rezone Block 2, Lot 9 of Gabriel Heights Subdivision from
RS -Residential Single Family to RO-Residential Office or any more restrictive districts with a site
plan as required by the Zoning Ordinance and with variances to the Subdivision Regulations and
with a Special Permit, located at 307 Shannon Lane -- Ed Barry
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Barry read
the
caption
only on second reading. Motion by Hoyt, second by Bain to approve
Ordinance
No.
97-51.
Approved 6-0.
U Second reading of an ordinance to rezone Wood Ranch, Section Five, Block 1, Lot 5, from RS,
Residential Single Family to C-1, Local Commercial - Restricted (office use only), or any more
restrictive district, located at D.B. Wood Road and Highway 29 West -- Kim Shaw and Ed Barry
This item was deferred due
to the
lack of super majority
vote capability required to pass this
ordinance. (This ordinance
would
have been numbered
97-52.)
V Second reading of an ordinance to rezone a part of Lot 5, Block 39 in the Original Townsite of
the City of Georgetown from RS, Residential Single Family, to RM -3, Office and Service Use, or
any more restrictive district, located at 604 Church Street -- Tom Bolt and Ed Barry
Bolt read the caption only on second reading. Motion by Tann, second by Barton to approve
Ordinance No. 97-53. Approved 6-0.
W Second Reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of approximately
0.325 acres of roadway and associated improvements, operated and maintained by Williamson
County, known as a portion of Sequoia Spur, located between the western boundary of the
Serenada West Section Two Subdivision and the eastern boundary of the right-of-way line of
RM2338 -- Clyde von Rosenberg and Ed Barry
von Rosenberg read the caption only on second reading. Motion by Burson, second by Bain to
approve Ordinance No. 97-54. Approved 6-0.
X First Reading of an ordinance to rezone a portion of San Gabriel Heights, Section Six, from A,
Agricultural to RS, Residential Single Family, located on Innwood Drive -- Hildy Kingma and Ed
Barry
Kingma explained that the property in this item was subdivided to allow a portion of Lot 1 to be
sold to seven adjacent lot owners, noting that this item would make this additional land consistent
with the adjacent zoning.
Dale Rye, 603 West San Gabriel Overlook, asked the Council to approve the rezoning.
Jeff Voorhis, 405 Ridgewood Drive, told Council that he agrees that the one lot should be
subdivided into two lots. ,
Rick Haynes, 505 Ridgewood Drive, told Council that he would rather have people living on the
lots than have a vacant property where the public accesses the river.
Councilmember Charlie Barton expressed that he doesn't think the narrowed street edge of the
property warrants two lots.
Fred Willoughby, 506 Innwood Drive, spoke in favor of the rezoning.
Councilmember Susan Hoyt commented on her current knowledge of the neighborhood and the
feelings of the surrounding property owners.
Motion by Hoyt, second by Tonn to approve the Final Plat. Approved 6-0.
Y First Reading of an ordinance amending the 1996197 Annual Operating Pian Element (
budget) to offset variances in fund budgets for increases in expenditures that are tied to services
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requests or revenue collection rates, to account for capital expenses and to account for debt
service allocation changes -- Micki Rundell and Susan Morgan.
Morgan noted that this item is the annual adjustment made to the Budget and read the caption
only on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the Charter. Motion by Bain,
second by Valdez to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 6-0.
Z (handled at the beginning of the Regular Agenda)
AA Discussion of a profile to be used in the recruitment of an Assistant City Manager -- Bob Hart
Hart reviewed the proposed hiring schedule, saying that he hoped to have the Assistant hired by
mid-March, 1998. He said that because this is a very key position for the City, he wanted the
Council's input. Council generally agreed that the person would be hired by Hart, and therefore,
would need to satisfy Hart's requirements for qualification.
Wood noted that he had received letters from Gayle Vokes and Kathie Frye of the Convention and
Visitors Bureau (CVB) Board asking that they be allowed to remain on the CVB Board for the
duration of their terms. He asked Council to consider allowing both to continue to serve.
Hart reminded Council of the Development Services Open House on the afternoon of November
13, and the premiere showing of the GTE video of Georgetown on that evening. He also noted to
Council that an Employee Recognition Luncheon would be held on Friday, December 12.
The meeting was adjourned at 8e 12 p.m.
Approved: f Attest:
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Mayo Leo Wood City S
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