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Home My WebLink About1982-01-05 Regular Meeting AGENDA CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1982 AT 7 : 30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 413 MAIN STREET � I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION: Dr. George Clerihew, Pastor '�"' First Baptist Church, Grapevine III. CITIZENS REQUESTS AND/OR STAFF REPORTS City Staff to report to the Council relative to golf course flood damage repair. IV. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES Meeting of December 15, 1981 V. NEW BUSINESS A. City Council to consider a resolution suspending the effective date of Texas Power and Light Com- pany' s request to amend the fuel cost factor tariff schedule. B. City Council to consider an appointment to the Park & Recreation Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of a current member. � C. City Council to consider authorizing the City Staff to enter into a computer software °i""' contract. VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. City Council to recess to the Conference Room to discuss pending litigation pursuant to Article 6252-17 , V.A.T.C.S. , Subsection (e) . B. City Council to reconvene in the Council Chambers and take any necessary action relating to litiga- tion proceedings. VII. ADJOURNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SES- SION, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1981 AT 5: 00 P.M. � �> City Secre y STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Regular Session on this the 5th day of January, 1982 at 7 : 30 p.m. in the Council Chambers with the following members present to-wit: �� William D. Tate Mayor Ted R. Ware Mayor Pro Tem C. L. Oliver Council Member '�" Charles Dunn Council Member William Shafer Council Member Marion Brekken Council Member Ron Dyer Council Member constituting a quorum, with the following members of the City Staf f: James L. Hancock City Manager Bill Eisen Assistant City Manager John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney Shirley Armstrong City Secretary CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Tate. INVOCATION Dr. George Clerihew representing First Baptist Church of „�,-� Grapevine delivered the invocation. STAFF REPORTS � The next order of business was for the City Staff to report to the Council relative to golf course flood damage repair. City Engineer Jim Baddaker advised that to date $119,225 had been spent, with approximately sixty percent of the repair complete. He stated that the total repair cost to the City was now estimated at $230, 000. There was then a short discussion between members of the Council and City Staff. There was, however, no formal action taken. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES The next order of business was consideration of the minutes of December 15, 1981. Council Member Marion Brekken made a motion to waive the read- ing of the minutes and approve them as published. The motion was seconded by Councilman Shafer and prevailed by the follow- �:.-�r ing vote: Ayes : Tate, Ware, Oliver, Shafer, Brekken, Dunn, & Dyer �� Nays: None TEXAS POWER & LIGHT CO. , RESOLUTION SUSPENDING FUEL COST FACTOR The next order of business was for the City Council to consider a resolution suspending the effective date of Texas Power and Light Company' s request to amend the fuel cost factor tariff schedule. The City Secretary read the caption of the resolution. O1/05/82 Mr. Mike McKinney, Texas Power & Light Company Manager, made a brief presentation outlining the purpose of the requested change. There being little discussion, Cauncilman Oliver made a motion that the resolution be adopted. The motion was sec- onded by Mayor Pro Tem Ware and prevailed by the following vote : Ayes : Tate, Ware, Oliver, Shafer, Brekken, Dunn, & Dyer �-�R Nays: None RESOLUTION NO. 82-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, SUSPENDING THE OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED FUEL COST FACTOR TARIFF FILED BY TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) DAYS BEYOND THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH FUEL COST FACTOR TARIFF SCHEDULE WOULD OTHERWISE GO INTO EFFECT PARK & RECREATION BOARD APPOINTMENT The next order of business was for the City Council to con- sider an appointment to the Park & Recreation Board to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of a current member. The City Secretary advised the Council that Board Member pon McCoy had written a letter requesting the Council to con- sider his resignation. She further noted that a letter had been received from Park Board Chairman Mike McKinney stating that the Board recommended the appointment of Janice Kirkland. '�"* There being little discussion, Mayor Pro Tem Ted Ware made a motion that the resignation of Mr. Don McCoy be accepted. �� The motion was seconded by Councilman Dyer and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Tate, Ware, Oliver, Shafer, Brekken, Dunn, & Dyer Nays : None Council Member Brekken then made a motion that the recommenda- tion of the Park Board be accepted and that Janice Kirkland be appointed to fill the unexpired term of Don McCoy. The motion was seconded by Councilman Shafer and prevailed by the follow- ing vote: Ayes: Tate, Ware, Oliver, Shafer, Brekken, Dunn, & Dyer Nays : None COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONTRACT The next order of business was for the City Council to con- sider authorizing the City Staff to enter into a computer software contract. � Finance Director Lee Maness explained the present arrangement between the City of Grapevine and Municipal Software Consul- tants as the agreement related to royalty rights and marketing � . ability. He added that the City of Grapevine had been ap- proached by the City of Emporia, Kansas for installation of Grapevine ' s software to their computer system and had asked for royalty rights to market the program within the State of Kansas. Following a short discussion, Councilman Dyer made a motion to authorize the City Staff to enter into a contract agreement O1/05/82 with Municipal Software Consultants and with Emporia, Kansas to allow computer software marketing rights within the State of Kansas, providing royalty fees of fifteen percent (15�) to Emporia, Kansas and twenty percent (20�) to the City of Grapevine. The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Ware and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Tate, Ware, Oliver, Shafer, Brekken, Dunn, & Dyer Nays: None Note: It was the general concensus of the Council that it would not be necessary for the contract agreement to receive additional approval from the Council. � EXECUTIVE SESSION The next order of business was for the Council to recess to the Conference Room to discuss pending litigation pursuant to Article 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , Subsection (e) . Following the Executive Session, the Council reconvened in the Council Chambers with all members present. The City Manager advised that a resolution needed to be con- sidered authorizing the City Staff to make an offer to the D. E. Box Estate for a drainage easement and to further authorize the City Attorney to instigate condemnation pro- ceedings in the event the monitary offer was declined. The City Secretary then read the caption of the proposed reso- lution. Councilman Dunn then made a motion to adopt the resolution and to authorize the City Staff to offer $7, 500 for the ,�� needed drainage easement. The motion was seconded by Coun- cilman Shafer and prevailed by the following vote : Ayes: Tate, Ware, Oliver, Dunn, Shafer, Dyer, & Brekken Nays: None RESOLUTION NO. 82-02 A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND NEED EXISTS FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE AN EASEMENT FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES ON, OVER, AND ACROSS THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION; AUTHOR- IZING AN OFFER; AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FILE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Shafer made a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Councilman Oliver and prevailed by the following . vote: Ayes : Tate, Ware, Oliver, Dunn, Shafer, Brekken, & Dyer Nays: None PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the � day of , � 1982 . 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