CM 1986-11-04 Minutes of November 4, 1986
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in a special called session
on Tuesday, November 4, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
Coppell Town Center. The following members were present:
Lou Duggan, Mayor
Dean Wilkerson, Councilman
Tom Morton, Councilman
Bill Smothermon, Councilman
Mark Wolfe, Councilman
Dan Stanton, Councilman
Mayor Pro Tem Dele Wa~e and Councilman Jim Cowman were not present.
Also present were- A~ting City Manager Frank Trando, City Secretary
Dorothy T~mmons, Cit~ Attorney Larry Jackson.
The meeting was called to order and everyone asked to stand while
Councilman Smothermon gave. the invocation.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Item 1: Mayor's report. A
Mayor Duggan reported on the following items.
A. A special council meeting will be held on November 18, 1986 for a
work session oq the Flood Plain Management Program.
B. Mr. Pat CusteF,?Architect for the Braewood Center ~s looking at
replacing the fence panels in the Braewood Center that are out with
a permanent type structure.
C. The Mayor requested that the Council members partlcipete in the
Easter Seal function.
CITY MA/~AGER'S REPORT
Item 2: Acting City Manager's Report
Acting City Manager Frank Trando gave the following report.
A. The Dallas County Appraisal Re~iew Board Hearings will be held on
November 12, at nine o'clock for the extended agricultural hearings.
B. Approximately ninety applications have been received for the
position of the City Manager.
C. The Mockingbird and Beltline intersection is open with the signage
having already been installed. Request was made from the Council
for City Staff to put together a plan to make Moore Road a one-way
street to the South.
D. The Master Plan is proposed to come before the Council on the
November 25th Council Meeting.
E. The Acting City Manager was requested to check on the status of
Patrolmen being stationed at the MacArthur Road - Beltline inter-
section.
F. Councilman Wilkerson questioned the Acting City Manager as to the
status of the survey on the 2.2 acre tract which will house a
future library site.
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CITIZENS APPEARANCES
Item 3: Consider citizens who wish to speak before the City Council.
There were no citizens who wished to speak before the Council at this
time.
WORK SESSION
Item 4: Discussion and consideration of adopting a budget for the
Economic Development Board.
John Bally, Chairman of the Economic and Development Board made the
presentation to the Council. He stated that the original budget was
anticipated to be $40,000.00. However, following the budget retreat
that figure was adjusted to $37,200.00. Chairman Bally informed the
Council that a local citizen has volunteered his time and services to
update the multi-media slide presentation which will in effect be at no
cost to the City. The Board is not anticipating any change in the
narrative at this time. Discussion of the Council for approval of the
bills incurred by the Economic and Development Board was then held. It
was the consensus of the Council that those expenditures of $500.00 and
less be approved by the Acting City Manager and paid. Any expenditures
incurred over the $500.00 limit would come before the Council for
approval.
Item 5: Discussion and consideration of developing a marketing plan for the City of Coppell.
Economic and Development Board Chairman John Bally also made this
presentation to the Council. Mr. Bally stated that he felt a work
session with the Council was needed in order to obtain Council's ideas
on a plan and how the Council would like to see the brochure developed.
Mr. Bally also stated that he felt a comprehensive demographic study
would be helpful to the Board and to the City Council. One of the items
that the Board is studying at this time is a Public Relations firm for
the City to use in conjunction with the four city Metrocrest region.
Mr. Baily stated that the City needed to begin thinking about hiring and
Economic and Development Director in the next few years: Another area
that the City needs to concern itself with that the City could benefit
from is becoming active in the Metrocrest Chamber of Com~erce and
providing more representation. At this point Chairman Bally requested
that the Economic and Development Board be authorized to conduct
extensive interviews of various companies for a demographic study and
public relations services and that the development commaunity in the City
be contacted to determine their willingness to fund such a study. It
was the consensus of the Council that the Economic and Development Board
proceed along these lines.
STAFF REQUESTS
Item 6: Review and consider fees for professional services for the
Denton Tap Road Paving Improvement Project from Beltline Road
to Sandy Lake Road (Ginn, Inc.) and approval of payment.
Mayor Duggan gave a brief history to update newer Council members on
this item. Following discussion on this item Councilman Morton moved
that the City approve payment of $14,705.25 from the Certificates of
Obligation issued for the paving of Beltline Road North and South.
Councilman Smothermon seconded; motion carried unanimously with
Councilmen Wilkerson, Morton, Smothermon, Wolfe and Stanton voting in
favor of the motion.
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CONSENT AGENDA
Item 7: Approval of bills.
Councilman Smothermon moved that the bills be approved for payment.
Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen
Wilkerson, Morton, Smothermon, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the
motion.
Item 8: Approval of minutes - August 21 - 23, 1986 ~-~
August 26, 1986.
September 2, 1986
September 9, 1986
September 9, 1986
September 23, 1986
October 7, 1986
Councilman Smothermon moved that the Minutes he approved as presented.
Councilman Wolfe seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen
Wilkerson, Morton, Smotherm0n, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the
motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public)
Item 9: Article 6252-17, Section (e) discussion with City Attorney.
A. Review settlement negotiations concerning a legal matter
involving the Park property.
B. Discussion concerning proposed agreement with the City of
Carrollton concerning animal shelter.
Item 10: Article 6252-17, Section (g) discussion concerning personnel.
A. Discussion on City Manager applications.
The meeting was then closed for an Executive Session as allowed under
the two above stated articles.
Following the Executive Session the meeting was declared open to the
public.
Item 11: Discussion and consideration of a proposed agreement with the
City of Carrollton for use of their animal shel~er and
authorizing the Mayor to sign.
Councilman Morton moved that an agreement for a one year time frame with
the City of Carrollton be drafted for the use of the Carrollton Animal
Shelter and that the Mayor be authorized to sign. Councilman Wolfe
seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen Wilkerson, Morton,
Smothermon, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the motion.
The meeting was then adjourned.
' --~Ifod~uggan, May~r
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ATTEST:
Dorothy Timm~s, ~"ty Secretary
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