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Home My WebLink About1975-01-07 Regular Meeting £ y' CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AGENDA � REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1975, AT 7 :30 P.M. � COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 413 MAIN STREET � � � I . CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION to be given by Mayor Tate � III. PUBLIC HEARING: � � A. This Public Hearing is to consider an appeal made by s Roy Wimmer, owner of the "Wreck Center." The Police Department has issued an order to revoke the license because of a violation of the ordinance under which a "billiard hall" is operated. � END OF PUBLIC HEARING � i IV. CITIZENS REQUESTS AND/OR MISC . REPORTS & DISCUSSIONS i A. Bob Kellow of Mid-Cities Ambulance to appear before f the Council. 3 , ; V. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES (December 17) ; $ VI. OLD BUSINESS � � � A�. City Council to consider the second reading of an ' ordinance amending Ordinance No. 61-2 by amending Section 9 to increase the charges on gross receipts �' � from 2% to 3% and to include industrial consumers � in the computation of said gross receipts charge. g F VII. NEW BUSINESS � � A. City Council to review an ordinance authorizing a ; contract with the Trinity River Authority for sewer � service for the southwest section of the City. x N �g 1 B. City Council to consider the nameing of the City a Parks . � � � � � i ; � , i , i a � i i � 4 9 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17 , V.A.T.C .S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227 , ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, � 1969, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ; ON THIS THE 3RD DAY OF JANUARY, 1975, AT 10:00 A. M. ; � � �� C ITY SECRETARY � � i i I 3 � 3 1 � STATE OF TEXAS X REEL 1 COUNTY OF TARRANT X SIDE A CITY OF GRAPEVINE X 161 to 222 ' The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, convened in � regular meeting at 7:35 P.M. , on this the 7th day of January, 1975, with the following members present, to-wit: William D. Tate Mayor Thelma Conine Councilwoman Doil Dal ton Councilman Tommy Eidson Councilman C. D. Pittard Councilman Bob Murphy Councilman constituting a quorum, with Councilman Millard Dilg absent, and Floy Ezell City Manager Jim Hancock Assistant City Manager Kenneth Pritt City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney Mayor Tate called the meeting to order. The Invocation was given by Mayor Tate. The Mayor then announced that several items that appeared on the agenda had been deleted from the agenda. He stated that the Public Hearing for an appeal made by Roy Wimmer, owner of the "Wreck Center" had been withdrawn. He then stated that Bob Kellow of Mid-Cities Ambulance would not be present. Finally, he announced that the naming of the City parks would appear on a later agenda. The first order of business was for the Council to consider the minutes ° of December 17th. Councilman Dalton made a motion to waive the reading of the minutes and approve them as presented. Councilman Eidson seconded ; the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Dalton, Eidson, Pittard, Murphy Noes: None Absent:Dilg : The next order of business was for the Council to consider the second reading of Ordinance No. 74-45, an ordinance aanending Ordinance No. 61-2 • ; by amending Section 9 to increase the charges on gross receipts from 2% to 3/o and to include iri'dustrial consumers in the computation of said gross receipk s charge,�,,, �'he� �ity Secretary read the caption of the ordinance and there�was litt�3.e discussion by the Council. Councilman' Eidson made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 74-45 on the second reading. Councilwoman Conine seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Dalton, Eidson, Pittard, Murphy Noes: None Absent:Dilg ORDINANCE NO. 74-45 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 61-2, SAME BEING AN "ORDINANCE GRANTING TO LONE STAR GAS . COMPANY, A COR�ORATION, ITS SUCESSORS AND �SSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE ENVIRONS THEREOF, FIXING RATES AND CHARGES FOR NATURAL GAS AND NATURAL GAS SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OR CHARGE FOR THE USE OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS, AND PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL BE IN LIEU OF OTHER FEES AND CHARGES, EXCEPTING AD VALOREM TAXES. " SAMF BEING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO LdL�TE STAR GAS COMPANY BY SAID ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PASSED ON d ON MARCH 7, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 9 TO INCREASE THE CHARGES ON GROSS RECEIPTS FROM 2% to 3/ AND TO � INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS IN THE COMPUTATION OF SAID GROSS RECEIPTS CHARGE; PROVIDING THAT SAID '� AMENDMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1975, AND PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE COMPANY WITHIN � THIRTY (30) DAYS OF PASSAGE OF SAME. ' The next order of business was for the City Council to consider Ordinance No. 75-1, an ordinance authorizing a contract with the Trinity River Authority for sewer service for the southwest section of the City. The City Secretary read the caption of the ordinance. There was little discussion and Councilman Dalton made a motion to pass and approve Ordinance No. 75-1 on an emergency basis. Council- man Pittard seconded the mot ion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Dalton, Eidson, Pittard, Murphy ` Noes: None Absent:Dilg ORDINANCE NO. 75-1 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GBAPEVINE, TEXAS, AND TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. This completed the items on the agenda and the Mayor introduced a rate increase proposal by GTE. Councilman Pittard stated that a a coxisulting engineer, Raymond Kraus, of Consulting Communicatio n Engineers Inc. , would meet with the Utility Commission on January 21st at 6:00 P.M. and that he would possibly be able to meet with the Council at the regular meeting and be able to answer any ', questions that the Council may have. There being no further business, Councilman Eidson made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Murphy, and all present voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 P.M. � �--- PASSED AND APPROVED, this the � day of , 1975. t C�./a��•�•/ MAYClR • ' ATTEST: 1 , CI Y SECRETARY I ! ! 5 f