February 26^th ,  2008

I.                 Announcements

The City Council of Mt. Enterprise, Texas, convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 26^th, 2008 in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 103 W. Gregg Street, Mt. Enterprise, Texas. 

Mayor Pro-Tem Jones called the Council Meeting to order at 7:37 p.m.

Council Present:  Councilmember’s Gayle Hearn, Johnny Fryman, Zachary Mills, Debra Odom and Mayor Pro-Tem Brandon Jones arrived at 7:37 p.m.

Council Absent:  Mayor Harvey Graves

City Employee’s Present:  City Secretary Rosena J. Becker-Ross, Deputy Clerk Kristen Innerarity, City Marshal David Collins, and City Attorney Joe Shumate arrived at 7:46 p.m.

City Employee’s Absent:  Wastewater Operator John Henry

Citizen’s Present:  Robert Beers, Suzanne Cross from the City of Henderson

Councilmember Mills gave the Invocation

II.               General Public Comments –

 Mr. Robert Beers spoke during the Public Comments regarding Bluebonnet Gas bill stated that he would like to see a letter go out to all citizen’s.  He also stated that he would like to see the red light at 315 and also several trucks travel on N E 2^nd Street

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 January 22^nd, 2008

The minutes from the Regular Meeting of January 22^nd, 2008 was approved.

b.      Approval of monthly reports ( December/January ) for Court, Clerks, Police, Wastewater and Financials

Reports from December 24^th, 2007 thru January 31^st, 2008 were approved.

c.      Training for City Marshal 3/26/08 – Juvenile Law & 8/18 – 8/22/08 – Huntsville, TX – Yearly Police Chief Leadership Course

Moved to Discussion Items

1^st MOTION:

To approve moving Item c to the Discussion Items under the Regular Agenda

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

2^nd MOTION:

To approve Minutes for Regular Mtg, Clerks, Wastewater and Financials

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Mills

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

IV.             Council Comments

V.               Regular Agenda                  

a.      Discussion and Approval to purchase Ad on the Wildflower Driving Brochure requested by Suzanne Cross, City of Henderson Department of Tourism (RJBR)

MOTION:

To approve purchasing the Ad on the Wildflower Driving Brochure with a donation of $50.00 to be distributed at City Hall, Exxon and Texaco

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

b.     Discussion and Approval of Mayor Allowance (ZRM)

MOTION:

To remove from the agenda

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

c.      Discussion and Consideration of Wastewater Fees during Daylight Savings Time (GLH/BSJ)

MOTION:

to approve the Wastewater Sewer rates be kept at the base rate of $18.00 beginning on April 15^th and ending on September 15th

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

d.     Discussion and Approval of fixing Gregg Street by Conoco (BSJ)

MOTION:

to remove this item from the agenda due to the cost being roughly $2,500 to widen the road ($1,250 for 2 loads of rock and then smaller gravel on top of that rock which will cost $572 then 16 yards of oil dirt at $42 per yard for a total of $2,494) a better suggestion would be to use this money towards other road repairs and just keep the ditch cleaned out

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Fryman

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

e.      Discussion and Approval of City Sales Tax Ordinance and to be put on May ballot (JS)

MOTION:

To approve Ordinance #2008-0122-1 to be put on May ballot

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Mills

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

f.       Discussion and Approval of purchasing or rebuilding wastewater plant motor (BSJ)

MOTION:

To approve $3,000 for purchasing a wastewater plant motor if the old one can not be rebuilt at a cheaper price

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Fryman / Councilmember Mills

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

g.      Discussion and Approval of 4-way Stop Sign on Corner of N W 1^st Street and Gregg Street and Red Light at 315 Intersection (GLH)

MOTION:

To approve moving forward with installing a 4-way Stop Sign on the Corner of N W 1^st Street and Gregg Street and also to move forward and check with the Department of Transportation to install a Red Light at 315/259 Intersection

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

h.      Discussion and Approval of Ordinance #2008-0226-1 Bluebonnet Natural Gas Company Franchise Fees (RJBR)

MOTION:

To approve Ordinance #2008-0226-1 with the change of 2% being calculated on BTU’s instead of gross receipts

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

VI.             Convene into Executive Session

Entered into Executive Session at 8:10 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 Personnel Matters

a.      Discussion and Consideration of Deputy Clerk’s 90-day probationary period Evaluation (RJBR)

MOTION:

To approve extending the 90-day probationary period to another 90 days

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

VII.           Reconvene into Regular Session at 8:24 p.m. and Consider Action, If Any, On Items Discussed During Executive Session

Councilmember Odom made a motion to reconvene into Regular Session, 2^nd by Councilmember Hearn at  8:24 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 to take any action regarding executive session.

VIII.         Discussion Items

c.      Training for City Marshal 3/26/08 – Juvenile Law & 8/18 – 8/22/08 – Huntsville, TX – Yearly Police Chief Leadership Course

MOTION:

To approve Yearly Training for City Marshal on 3/26/08 in Huntsville, TX & 8/18/08 – 8/22/08 in Huntsville, TX

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Mills

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

IX.            Mayor Pro-Tem Jones adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m. without objection.