February 24, 2009 Minutes

Mayor - Harvey Graves Mayor Pro-Tem - Gaylan Hearn		Councilmember's Brandon Jones Debra Odom Johnny Fryman Richard Chapman

Meeting Minutes City of Mt. Enterprise
February 24, 2009 I. Announcements The City Council of Mt. Enterprise, Texas, convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 103 W. Gregg Street, Mt. Enterprise, Texas. Mayor Graves called the Council Meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. Council Present: Mayor Harvey Graves, Councilmember’s Gaylan Hearn, Debra Odom, Johnny Fryman, Richard Chapman (appointed to fill vacant term) and Councilmember Brandon Jones arrived at 7:33 p.m. Council Absent: Mayor Harvey Graves City Employee’s Present: City Secretary Rosena J. Becker-Ross and City Marshal David Collins City Employee’s Absent: Office Assistant Judy Lout Citizen’s Present: Lorri Little from the Henderson Daily Newspaper, Wastewater Operator John Henry, Robert Moore, Patrick Dooley, Michael Searay, J.L. Cloutier, Laura Fryman, Donelle Fryman, Neal Holland, Russell Gallahan, Michelle A. Fuera, Kyle Keeling and Olivia Odom Mayor Graves gave the Invocation II. General Public Comments – Mr. Robert Moore presented fuel generator bid III. Council Comments – 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 January 27th, 2009 The minutes from the Regular Meeting of January 27th, 2009 were approved. b. Approval of monthly reports ( January ) for Court, Clerks, Police, Wastewater and Financials Reports for January were approved. MOTION: to approve Consent Items Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 4 NOES: 0 V. Regular Agenda a. Discussion and Approval of appointing Richard Chapman to fill vacant Councilmember Place #5 for the remainder of the term and administer Statement and Oath (HLG) MOTION: to approve appointing Richard Chapman to fill vacant Councilmember Place #5 for the remainder of the term Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Fryman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 4 NOES: 0 b. Discussion and Consideration of striping parking areas in front of local businesses (HLG) MOTION: to approve accepting the Arrow Striping bid of $3605.00 as presented and if not accepted then bring back before the council to submit for re-bid Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Odom Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 c. Discussion and Approval of proclaiming April 12-18, 2009 National LibraryWeek 2009 (HLG) MOTION: to approve proclaiming April 12-18, 2009 as National Library Week 2009 Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Fryman Created by Rosena J. Becker-Ross Page 2 of 3 Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 d. Discussion and Consideration of Blazer Electric’s Bid for generators to be installed at the Wastewater Plant and Lift Station pending warranty satisfaction (HLG / Mr. John Cloutier) MOTION: to reject all bids at this time and bring back up at a later date Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Chapman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 e. Discussion and Consideration of City sprayed for mosquitoes (BSJ/Kyle Keeling) MOTION: to approve opening up bids for spraying for mosquitoes and bring up at the next meeting Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Hearn Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 f. Tabled Item: Discussion and Consideration of Wastewater Mowing Contract (BSJ) MOTION: to approve accepting bid on a probationary basis of Pinnell Logging, Inc., for the mowing of the Wastewater at $40 per hour and the City at $25 per hour as presented to the council at the last meeting Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Fryman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 g. Tabled Item: Discussion and Consideration of City Mowing Contract (BSJ) MOTION: to approve accepting bid on a probationary basis of Pinnell Logging, Inc., for the mowing of the Wastewater at $40 per hour and the City at $25 per hour as presented to the council at the last meeting Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Fryman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 h. Tabled Item: Discussion and Consideration of City Clean-Up and Procedures (DJO) MOTION: to table until the March meeting (approve starting if they have not made an attempt to be fined $50 per day and increased per day to be enforced by City Marshal as designated in our City Ordinance and for City Marshal to follow-up with places that were sent letters and progress that have been made but the ones who have not made any progress to his discretion are to be fined $50 per day) (At the last meeting Mrs. Debra would like to have the letters that are to be sent out be brought back up to the council before mailing) Motion/Second: Councilmember Odom / Councilmember Fryman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 i. Tabled Item: Discussion and Consideration of how the City will help with Clean-Up from damage caused by Hurricane Ike (GLH) MOTION: To remove FEMA funds from General Account and to set-up a FEMA account for tracking Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Chapman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 2nd MOTION: to disburse $25,FEMA funds $1,522.60 to the Mount Enterprise Volunteer Fire Department and $1,305.00 to the Mount Enterprise ISD Motion/Second: Councilmember Jones / Councilmember Chapman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 Created by Rosena J. Becker-Ross Page 3 of 3 3rd MOTION: to accept bids for city clean-up who are in need of help with removing large items and debris from Hurricane Ike and present at the next meeting also local citizens will need to request assistance at the City. Motion/Second: Councilmember Hearn / Councilmember Chapman Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 VI. Convene into Executive Session Entered into Executive Session at 7:40 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 Consultation with Attorney, 551.072 Deliberations about Real Property a. Discussion and Consideration of property acquisition with either Mrs. Whitley or Mrs. McQueen (HLG) MOTION: No motion needed Motion/Second: Councilmember / Councilmember Motion carries a vote of: AYES: 0 NOES: 0 VII. Reconvene into Regular Session at 8:05 p.m. and Consider Action, If Any, On Items Discussed During Executive Session Councilmember Jones made a motion to reconvene into Regular Session, 2nd by Councilmember Chapman at 8:05 p.m. pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.074 to take any action regarding executive session. VIII. Discussion Items IX. Mayor Graves adjourned the meeting at 9:02 p.m. without objection.