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Council Member Freed, seconded by Council Member Johnson, offered a motion to
authorize the City Manager to settle the lawsuit in the amount of $55,000.00. The motion
prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Johnson, Stewart & Freed
Nays: None
NOTE: City Council continued with the Regular City Council meeting in open session in
the City Council Chambers.
NOTE: Council Member Johnson retired as a Council Member after completion of the
Executive Session. Mr. Mike Lease was sworn in as Council Member, Place 3 after
completion of the Executive Session.
ADJOURNMENT
Council Member Freed, seconded by Council Member Wilbanks, offered a motion to
adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS on this the 17th day of July, 2007.
ATTEST:
Linda Huff
City Secretary
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William D. Tate
Mayor
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 3rd
day of July, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South
Main Street, with the following members present to -wit:
William D. Tate
Ted R. Ware
Sharron Spencer
C. Shane Wilbanks
Clydene Johnson
Roy Stewart
Darlene Freed
Mike Lease
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
constituting a quorum, with the following members of the City Staff:
Bruno Rumbelow City Manager
Jennifer Hibbs Assistant City Manager
John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney
Linda Huff City Secretary
CALL TO ORDE
Mayor Tate called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
INVOCATION
Mayor Pro Tem Ted R. Ware delivered the Invocation.
ITEM 1. OATH OF OFFICE
City Secretary Linda Huff administered the Oath of Office to re-elected Council Member,
Place 4, Darlene Freed and to newly elected Council Member, Place 3, Mike Lease.
Mayor Tate then presented Ms. Johnson with a plaque from the City Council and Staff for
her nine years of service to the community and resolutions from State Senator Jane
Nelson and State Representative Vicki Truitt. Ms. Johnson then expressed her
appreciation to the Mayor and City Council, City Staff and citizens for their encouragement
and support during her term as a Council Member.
Council Member Mike Lease then joined the Mayor and City Council Members at the dais.
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ITEM 2. ORDINANCE APPROVE GRAPEVINE 4B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION BYLAWS
Administrative Services Director Bill Gaither recommended that the City Council adopt an
ordinance authorizing and approving the Grapevine 4B Economic Development
Corporation Bylaws. The bylaws will specify all the operating powers and guidelines for
the Corporation, its Board of Directors and officers. The 4B Bylaws were adopted by the
Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation at an earlier meeting of the 413 Board
with an amendment to Section 5.2 Insurance to add an errors and omissions clause. City
Manager Rumbelow stated that the following officers were appointed: President, William
D. Tate; Vice President, C. Shane Wilbanks; Secretary, Linda Huff; and Treasurer, Bill
Gaither.
Council Member Spencer, seconded by Council Member Wilbanks, offered a motion to
adopt the ordinance approving the Grapevine 413 Economic Development Corporation
Bylaws with the amendment approved by the 413 Board. The motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-35
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE
BYLAWS FOR THE GRAPEVINE 4B ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
ITEM 3. APPROVE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT CITY AND
GRAPEVINE 4B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Administrative Services Director Gaither recommended approval of an Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement between the City and the Grapevine 413 Economic Development
Corporation. The Agreement provides that the City Manager is the Executive Director of
the Corporation and for him to access all City employees and services as needed to
conduct business for the Corporation. Should there be the need to hire outside
professionals such as attorneys, engineers, architects, etc., the Corporation will enter
separate contracts with those individuals or companies and pay them directly for their
services. The Agreement also provides that the Corporation pays 7.5% of Corporation 413
tax revenues remaining after the appropriate amount is paid to The T for the commuter rail
project. This fee is similar to the administrative fee paid by other funds for day to day costs
of doing business. The annual administrative fee for FY08, for example, is estimated at
$196,875. The 4B Board approved the Interlocal Agreement at an earlier 4B meeting.
Council Member Wilbanks, seconded by Council Member Freed, offered a motion to
approve the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the Grapevine 4B Economic
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Development Corporation and the City. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
CONSENT AGENDA
The next order of business for the City Council to consider was the consent agenda items,
which were deemed to need little or no discussion and were acted upon as one business
item. Mayor Tate asked if there was any member of the audience or the City Council who
wished to remove an item from the consent agenda for full discussion. There were none.
Item 4. Renew Temporary Employment Annual Contract, Temporaries of Texas
Administrative Services Director recommended approval of the renewal of Temporary
Employment Annual Contract to Temporaries of Texas.
Motion by Council Member Stewart, seconded by Council Member Lease, to approve as
recommended prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
Item 5. Consideration of Minutes
City Secretary recommended approval of the minutes of the May 30, June 4,19, 20 and 25,
2007 City Council meetings as published.
Motion by Council Member Stewart, seconded by Council Member Lease, to approve as
recommended prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
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Council Member Freed, seconded by Council Member Wilbanks, offered a motion to
adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Ware, Spencer, Wilbanks, Stewart, Freed & Lease
Nays: None
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS on this the 17th day of July, 2007.
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Linda Huff
City Secretary
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