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December 16th,
2008
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I.
Announcements
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The City Council of Mt. Enterprise, Texas,
convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 16th ,
2008 in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
103 W. Gregg Street, Mt. Enterprise, Texas.
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Mayor Graves called the
Council Meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.
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Council
Present: Mayor
Harvey Graves, Mayor Pro-Tem Gayle Hearn, Councilmember’s Debra
Odom, Councilmember Johnny Fryman and Councilmember Brandon Jones
arrived at 7:35 p.m.
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Council
Absent:
Councilmember Debra Odom
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City
Employee’s Present:
City Secretary Rosena J. Becker-Ross and Deputy Clerk Judy Lout
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City
Employee’s Absent:
City Marshal David Collins, Deputy Marshal Marx Johnson
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Citizen’s
Present:
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No Invocation
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II.
General Public Comments – Mayor
Graves asked to have the city clean-up put on the next agenda
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III.
Council Comments –
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IV.
Consent Items –
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The
following items were acted on by one motion. No separate discussion
or action occurred on any of these items unless a Councilmember so
requests.
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a.
Approval of Minutes for the Regular
Meeting of November 25th, 2008
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The minutes from the Regular
Meeting of November 25th, 2008 were approved.
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b.
Approval of monthly reports (
November ) for Court, Clerks, Police, Wastewater and Financials
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MOTION:
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to approve Consent Items
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Motion/Second:
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Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember
Odom
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Motion carries a vote of:
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AYES:
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4
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NOES:
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0
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V.
Regular Agenda
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a.
Tabled Item:
Discussion and
Consideration of Wastewater Mowing and City
Mowing Contracts (BSJ)
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MOTION:
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To table
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Motion/Second:
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Councilmember Jones / Councilmember
Fryman
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Motion carries a vote of:
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AYES:
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4
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NOES:
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0
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b.
Tabled Item:
Discussion and
Consideration of renting or purchasing the Volunteer Fire Department
Building and parking city police car (HLG/GLH)
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MOTION:
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to remove from agenda due to discussion with Mount
Enterprise Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Virgil Nelson
stating that they were not wanting to make a decision at this time
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Motion/Second:
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Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember
Odom
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Motion carries a vote of:
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AYES:
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4
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NOES:
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0
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VI.
Convene into Executive Session
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Entered into Executive Session at 7:58 p.m.
pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 Consultation with
Attorney, 551.074 Personnel Matters
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a.
Tabled Item:
Discussion and
Consideration of dissolution of the Mount Enterprise Economic
Development Corporation and allocation of any funds held by such
corporation (GLH)
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MOTION:
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To dissolve Mount Enterprise Economic Development
Corporation and allocate $100,000 into the Wastewater account and
remainder will go into General Fund
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Motion/Second:
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Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember
Fryman
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Motion carries a vote of:
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4
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0
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b.
Tabled Item:
Discussion and
Approval of Certification Pay for City Marshal and Clerks (HLG)
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MOTION:
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To approve one time bonus of $25 for reaching
Level 1 Clerk Certification and City Marshal $100 bonus for
achieving his Master’s Chief Certification
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Motion/Second:
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Councilmember Jones / Councilmember
Fryman
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Motion carries a vote of:
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4
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NOES:
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0
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VII.
Reconvene into Regular Session at
8:21 p.m. and Consider Action, If Any, On Items Discussed During
Executive Session
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Councilmember Jones made a motion to reconvene
into Regular Session, 2nd by Councilmember Hearn at 8:17
p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.074
to take any action regarding executive session.
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VIII.
Discussion Items
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IX.
Mayor Graves adjourned the
meeting at 8:47 p.m. without objection.
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