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I.
Announcements
The City Council
of Mt. Enterprise, Texas, convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday,
December 18th, 2007 in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
103 W. Gregg Street, Mt. Enterprise, Texas.
Mayor Graves
called the Council Meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Council
Present: Mayor Harvey Graves, Mayor Pro-Tem Brandon Jones,
Councilmember’s Gayle Hearn, Johnny Fryman, Zachary Mills and Debra
Odom
Council
Absent:
City
Employee’s Present: City Secretary Rosena J. Becker-Ross,
City Marshal David Collins, and City Attorney Joe Shumate
City
Employee’s Absent: Deputy Clerk Kristen Innerarity
Citizen’s
Present: Alexa Duke and Billie Mercer
Councilmember
Mills gave the Invocation
II.
General Public Comments –
Billie Mercer
was here to explain details regarding request for closing alleyway
III.
Consent Items –
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.
a.
Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of October 30th,
2007
The minutes
from the Regular Meeting of November 27th, 2007 was
approved.
b.
Approval of monthly reports (November) for Court, Clerks,
Police, Wastewater and Financials
Reports for
November, 2007 were approved.
MOTION: to approve Consent Agenda
Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
IV.
Council Comments
V.
Regular Agenda
a.
Tabled Item: Discussion and Approval Resolution
and Ordinance 2007-1025-1 relating to taxation of goods-in-transit
that are otherwise exempted from taxation by property tax code
section 11.253 (GLH)
MOTION: to remove
from agenda and no further action to be taken as Mrs. Gayle’s
further research has showed that this does not currently affect us
and at this time we do not see a need for this Ordinance as it will
not affect us due to not having any warehouses.
Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Hearn
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
b.
Tabled Item: Discussion and Approval of
processing paperwork for closing undeveloped alleyway starting at
Gregg Street and ending at North property line Billie Mercer
requested (RJBR)
MOTION: to approve
posting of the closing alleyway as required by law for closing the
undeveloped alleyway starting at Gregg Street and ending at North
property line, with an amendment made to place on next agenda to be
taken up after publication has been posted for 20 days
Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Fryman
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
c.
Discussion and Approval of Codifying Ordinances / Budget
Amendments (GLH)
MOTION: to
approve Codifying Ordinances and also making the necessary budget
amendments
Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Mills
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
d.
Discussion and Consideration of reimbursement and
continuation of website hosting fees (GLH)
MOTION: to
approve reimbursement of $14.95 to Mrs. Gayle for website hosting
fees and to amend to include adding the $14.95 fee to the monthly
councilmember pay which is by direct deposit
Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Odom
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
e.
Discussion and Consideration of Toughbook Laptop for City
Marshal (DOC)
MOTION: to
remove from agenda
Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
f.
Discussion and Approval of Safety Lights for the City Police
Car (DOC)
MOTION: to
approve $600 for purchasing Safety Lights for the City Police Car
Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
g.
Discussion and Approval for appointing Councilmember Hearn as
Consent Agenda Analyst (RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve appointing Councilmember Hearn as Consent Agenda Analyst
Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Mills
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
h.
Discussion and Approval of Resolution #2007-1218-1
authorizing a General (Regular) Municipal Election to be held on May
10th, 2008 for the purpose of electing two three
City Councilmember’s Place #1 and Place #3 and Place #5, authorizing
a joint election, appointing election officials and establishing
business hours of the City Secretary’s Office for Early Voting
(RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve amending Resolution #2007-1218-1 to include three City
Councilmember’s Place #1, Place #3 and Place #5
Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Hearn
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
i.
Discussion and Approval of Ordinance #2007-1218-2
establishing a public newspaper of general circulation (RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve Ordinance #2007-1218-2 establishing Henderson Daily News as
the public newspaper of general circulation
Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Jones
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
j.
Discussion and Approval of Ordinance #2007-1218-3 renewing
Panther Gas Franchise Fees (RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve Ordinance #2007-1218-3 at current rate of 2% making it
retroactive to the last contract on file
Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Jones
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
k.
Discussion and Approval of Citizen’s National Bank Depository
Application Ordinance #2007-0925-2 (RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve Citizen’s National Bank Depository Application Ordinance
#2007-0925-2
Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Mills
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
VI.
Convene into Executive Session
Entered into
Executive Session at 7:57 p.m. to pursuant to Texas Government Code
Section 551.074 Personnel Matters,
a.
Discussion and Consideration of City Secretary/Deputy Clerk
having Christmas Eve/New Year’s Eve off (KNI/RJBR)
MOTION: to
approve leaving holiday’s as they are and if it’s not busy we can
leave early
Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember
Fryman
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
b.
Discussion and Consideration of Deputy Clerk bringing
daughter to work on days daycare is not available (KNI)
MOTION: to
deny approval of bringing daughter to work during normal work days
with the only exception would be to come only as an emergency on
Tuesday or Thursday if requested to work
Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember
Fryman
Motion carried by a vote of:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
VII.
Reconvene into Regular Session and Consider Action, If
Any, On Items Discussed During Executive Session
Council Member
Jones made a motion to reconvene into Regular Session, 2nd
by Councilmember Hearn at 8:12 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government
Code Section 551.074 to take any action regarding executive session.
VIII.
Discussion Items
X.
Mayor Graves adjourned the meeting at 8:16 p.m.
without objection.
X.
City Hall Ornament Exchange
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