HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 17 - MinutesSTATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
In accordance with Orders of the Office of the Governor of the State of Texas, the
Grapevine City Council meeting was conducted by telephone. Members of City Council
were present in person in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South Main
Street.
Members of the public were invited to participate by telephone by a number posted on
the agenda. The meeting was live streamed on the City's website.
The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Regular Session on this the 7th
day of July, 2020 in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South Main Street,
with the following members present:
William D. Tate
Darlene Freed
Sharron Rogers
Chris Coy
Duff O'Dell
Paul Slechta
Leon Leal
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
constituting a quorum, and with the following members of the City Staff:
Bruno Rumbelow
Matthew C.G. Boyle
Tara Brooks
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City Manager
Assistant City Attorney
City Secretary
Mayor Tate called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Item 1. Executive Session
Mayor Tate announced the City Council would recess to the City Council Conference
Room to conduct a closed session regarding:
A. Real property relative to deliberation of the purchase, exchange, lease, sale
or value of real property (City facilities, Parks and Recreation, Public Works,
former Senior Center located at 421 Church Street, downtown parking, and
the 185 acres) pursuant to Section 551.072, Texas Government Code.
B. Conference with City Manager and Staff to discuss and deliberate
commercial and financial information received from business prospects the
City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in the City; deliberate the offer of
a financial or other incentive; with which businesses the City is conducting
economic development negotiations pursuant to Section 551.087, Texas
Government Code.
The City Council recessed to the City Council Conference Room and began the closed
session at 7:04 p.m. The closed session ended at 7:27 p.m.
Upon reconvening in open session in the Council Chambers, Mayor Tate asked if there
was any action necessary relative to Sections 551.072 or 551.087.
City Manager Rumbelow stated there was no action necessary.
REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Tate called the regular meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Item 2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Council Member Paul Slechta delivered the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item 3. Citizen Comments
Beginning at 5:00 p.m. on July 6, 2020, citizens were able to submit a citizen appearance
request form through the City's website.
No requests were received prior to the meeting. Mayor Tate allowed anyone on the phone
to speak. There was no one on the phone who wished to speak.
NEW BUSINESS
Item 4. Consider Mayor's appointments of Council Liaisons to the City's Boards and
Commissions and to Council Committees, and take any necessary action.
Mayor Tate made the following appointments of Council members to serve as liaisons to
the City's Boards and Commissions and to serve on the various Council committees:
William D. Tate Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation Board
Industrial Development Corporation
Tax Increment Finance District Boards - One and Two
Paul Slechta Golf Course Advisory Board
Historic Preservation Commission
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Facilities Committee
Industrial Development Corporation
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Open Space Review Committee
Tax Increment Finance District Boards — One and Two
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Liaison
Sharron Rogers Board of Zoning Adjustment
Convention and Visitors Advisory Board
Planning and Zoning Commission - 1St Alternate
Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Economic Development Corporation
Facilities Committee
Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation Board
Leon Leal Building Board of Appeals
Metroport Teen Court Advisory Board
Board of Zoning Adjustment - 1 st Alternate
Senior Citizens Advisory Board - 1 st Alternate
Audit Committee
Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Economic Development Corporation
Facilities Committee
Tax Increment Finance District Boards — One and Two
Utility Committee
Darlene Freed Library Advisory Board
Building Board of Appeals - 1St Alternate
Golf Course Advisory Board — 1 st Alternate
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - 1 st Alternate
Crime Control and Prevention District Board
DFW Airport Board Liaison
Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation Board
Tax Increment Finance District Boards — One and Two
Chris Coy Planning and Zoning Commission
Audit Committee
Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Economic Development Corporation
Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation Board
Grapevine Colleyville Independent School District Board Liaison
Impact Fee Committee (Ex -Officio)
Tax Increment Finance District Boards — One and Two
Utility Committee
Duff O'Dell Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
Heritage Foundation Advisory Board
Housing Authority Advisory Board
Senior Citizens Advisory Board
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Crime Control and Prevention District Board
Impact Fee Committee (Ex -Officio)
Industrial Development Corporation
Tax Increment Finance District Boards — One and Two
No action was required of Council.
Item 5. Consider appointments of members to the City's Boards and Commissions and
take any necessary action.
City Secretary Tara Brooks announced the Council's recommendations for the boards
and commissions appointments.
Motion was made to appoint Don Cheek, Justin Gassett and Eamonn Wiles to the 4B
Economic Development Corporation Board.
Motion: Freed
Second: Slechta
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Larry Hallmark as the Municipal Officer and Joy Mayo as the
Citizen representative to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Motion was made to appoint Doug Anderson, George Dalton, and Ben Johnson as regular
members, and Jonathan Gaspard as an alternate member to serve on the Board of
Zoning Adjustment.
Motion: Rogers
Second: Coy
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Joe Lipscomb, Kosse Maykus, and Keltin Wiens to serve as
regular members to serve on the Building Board of Appeals. The alternate member
position will remain vacant at this time.
Motion: Slechta
Second: Coy
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
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Motion was made to appoint Cynthia Blankenship, Bank Representative; Chuck Pacioni,
Hotel (over 500 rooms) Representative; Joe Szymaszek as Major Retailer; Mark
Terpening as Citizen Repesentive, and Debi Meek as an alternate member to serve on
the Convention and Visitors Bureau Board; and to appoint Corinna Wenks as Hotel (499
rooms or less) Representative to fill an unexpired term to end in 2021.
Motion: Rogers
Second: Freed
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Mayor Tate appointed Joe Szymaszek to serve as Chairman of the Convention and
Visitors Bureau Board.
Motion was made to appoint Robert Blalock, Louis Capone, Thomas Cherry, Deborah
Gore, and Tom Kormondy to serve on the Golf Course Advisory Board.
Motion: Slechta
Second: Rogers
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint to Dr. Andrew Kilgus to serve as Health Officer.
Motion: Freed
Second: Coy
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Becky Hummer, Janet Perkins, Curtis Ratliff, Melva Stanfield
and Balla Wright as the Business Owner to serve on the Heritage Foundation Advisory
Board.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Rogers
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Mayor Tate appointed Curtis Ratliff to serve as Chairman of the Heritage Foundation
Advisory Board.
Motion was made to appoint Ashley Anderson, Jason Parker, Marget Telford and Chuck
Voelker as regular members and Paula Wilbanks as an alternate member to serve on the
Historic Preservation Commission.
Motion: Slechta
Second: Coy
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
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Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Bonnie McHugh and Shonda Schaefer to serve on the
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
Motion: O'Dell
Second: Rogers
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Susan Peabody, Gerald Shannon and Krishna Shenoy to
serve on the Library Board.
Motion: Freed
Second: Slechta
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Roy Robertson, Place 1; Ray Harris, Place 2; Christian Ross,
Place 8; and Lavon Light, Place 9, to the Parks and Recreation Board.
Motion:
Slechta
Second:
Freed
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Mayor Tate appointed Christian Ross to serve as Chairman of the Parks and Recreation
Board.
Motion was made to appoint Jimmy Fechter and Larry Oliver to serve as regular members
and David Hallberg and Traci Hutton to serve as alternate members on the Planning and
Zoning Commission.
Motion: Coy
Second: O'Dell
Ayes: Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays: None
Approved: 7-0
Motion was made to appoint Betty Davis, Richard Guckel, Roger Jones and Jan Ramsey
to the Senior Citizens Advisory Board.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Slechta
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
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Mayor Tate appointed Richard Guckel to serve as Chairman of the Senior Citizens
Advisory Board.
CONSENT AGENDA
Consent items are deemed to need little Council deliberation and were acted upon as one
business item. Any member of the City Council or member of the audience may request
that an item be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed before the City Council
for full discussion. There were not any requests to remove an item from the consent
agenda.
Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to
implement each item in accordance with Staff recommendations.
Item 6. Consider an annual contract for ethernet internet circuit services from CenturyLink
Communications, LLC.
Chief Technology Officer Tessa Allberg recommended approval of the annual contract
for Ethernet internet circuit services for an annual amount not to exceed $56,448.
Motion was made to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Item 7. Consider the renewal of an annual contract for magazine print services with JG
Media.
Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Mitchell recommended approval of the renewal of
the annual contract for magazine print services for the Parks and Recreation
Department's activity magazine for an annual amount not to exceed $109,764.
Motion was made to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Item 8. Consider the aurchase of seven Stalker Radars from Armlied Conceats. Inc.
Police Chief Mike Hamlin and Public Works Director Bryan Beck recommended approval
of the purchase of seven stalker radars to be installed in recently purchased police
vehicles for an amount not to exceed $23,027.
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Motion was made to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Item 9. Consider the minutes of the June 16, 2020 Regular City Council meeting.
City Secretary Brooks recommended approval of the minutes as provided.
Motion was made to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Motion:
O'Dell
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m.
Motion:
Rogers
Second:
Coy
Ayes:
Tate, Freed, Rogers, Coy, O'Dell, Slechta and Leal
Nays:
None
Approved:
7-0
Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas on this the 21 st
day of July, 2020.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
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