September 23^rd,  2008

I.                    Announcements

The City Council of Mt. Enterprise, Texas, convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 23^rd, 2008 in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 103 W. Gregg Street, Mt. Enterprise, Texas. 

Mayor Graves called the Council Meeting to order at 7:31 p.m.

Council Present:  Mayor Harvey Graves, Mayor Pro-Tem Gayle Hearn, Councilmember’s Debra Odom, Johnny Fryman and Councilmember Brandon Jones arrived at 7:36 p.m.

Council Absent:   

City Employee’s Present:  City Secretary Rosena J. Becker-Ross, City Marshal David Collins, Deputy Clerk Judy Lout, Wastewater Operator John Henry and City Attorney Joe Shumate

City Employee’s Absent: 

Citizen’s Present:  Laura Fryman, Donelle Fryman, John Henry and Olivia Odom

II.                 General Public Comments –

III.               Council Comments – Councilmember Hearn brought up that the last time our electricity was off citizens made comments how much they appreciated the City Marshal patroling with his spotlight,  Mayor Graves also brought it to the Council’s attention an article that was published by TML Attorney Scott Houston

IV.               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 August 26^th, 2008

The minutes from the Regular Meeting of August 26^th, 2008 were approved.

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

Reports for August were approved.

c.       Approval of moving October 28^th Council Meeting to October 21^st, 2008

The October 28^th Council Meeting was approved to move to October 21^st, 2008.

MOTION:

To approve Consent Items

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

3

 NOES:

0

V.                  Regular Agenda                   Councilmember Hearn/Jones Moved Items a, b, g & h into Executive Session

a.       Discussion and Consideration of City Marshal Vacation (DOC)

MOTION:

Mayor Graves Moved to Executive Session; to table and have City Marshal re-submit vacation according to the Employee Handbook and put back on the October Agenda

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

b.      Discussion and Consideration of City Secretary Vacation (RJBR)

MOTION:

Mayor Graves Moved to Executive Session; to approve City Secretary’s vacation

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

c.       Discussion and Consideration of NO Trucks from NW corner of Panola to Hwy 259 and from the corner of Panola through 5^th Street to Hwy 84 (GLH)

MOTION:

to table until next month’s agenda to give Councilmember Jones more time to research the logging industries specifications

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

d.      Discussion and Approval of Declaring a Local State of Disaster (HLG)

MOTION:

To approve Declaring a Local State of Disaster

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Jones

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

e.       Discussion and Approval of Ordinance for Fuel Surcharge on moving violations within the City of Mount Enterprise (HLG)

MOTION:

To table and put back on next month’s agenda to give City Attorney time to check with the Attorney General’s office to be sure that the City has authority to do this

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

f.        Discussion and Consideration of Generator (HLG)

MOTION:

To table until the October agenda to give John Henry time to get an estimate on the cost of repairs in writing before proceeding with replacement through FEMA or Warranty

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Jones

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

g.       Tabled Item: Discussion and Consideration of Toughbook Laptop (GLH)

 MOTION:

Councilmember Hearn Moved into Executive Session; to remove from agenda at this time

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Jones

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

h.       Tabled Item: Discussion and Approval of City Employee’s Attending Training for next Fiscal Year – City Secretary – 12 Hr Regional Clerks Seminar April 27 - 29, 2009 in S. Padre Island, 2009 Incode Education Forum for Deputy & Court Clerk February 8-13^th in Austin, Traffic Safety Conference May 27^th – 29^th, 2009 in Austin, 12 Hr Regional Court Administrator Seminar June 29^th – July 1^st, 2009 in Austin, Legislative Update August 10^th, 2009 in Houston, Public Funds Investment Training required every two years (TBA), Annual Court Clerks Conference October 2009 in Abilene and Texas City Management Training June 5^th – 7^th, 2009 in Austin (RJBR)

MOTION:

Councilmember Hearn Moved into Executive Session; to approve City Employee’s attending training

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

VI.               Convene into Executive Session

Entered into Executive Session at 7:59 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 Personnel Matters

a.       Discussion and Consideration of Hiring Mark Johnson as Deputy Marshal (GLH)

MOTION:

To approve offering Marx Johnson the position with the City as Deputy Marshal and authorize Mayor to find out a good salary rate based on his job requirements and the city’s ability to pay and if accepted the city will purchase 2 uniforms and a badge.  The employment would be based on his acceptance with a 90-day probationary period, and his first time to work would be the October 4^th & 5^th weekend giving City Marshal time to supervise him with Deputy Marshal having no authority to operate the car or do anything else except ride with and assist the City Marshal to begin his training and review at our next regular council meeting to see how the progress is and any other adjustments or motions will be made at that time per City Attorney

Motion/Second:

Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Hearn

Motion carries a vote of:

AYES:

4

 NOES:

0

VII.             Reconvene into Regular Session at 8:39 p.m. and Consider Action, If Any, On Items Discussed During Executive Session

VIII.          Discussion Items

IX.               Mayor Graves adjourned the meeting at 8:46 p.m. without objection.