CM 1993-08-17 MINUTES OF AUGUST 17, 1993
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in Special Called Session on Tuesday, August 17,
1993 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard,
Coppell, Texas. The following members were present:
Tom Morton, Mayor
Ron Robertson, Mayor Pro Tem (late arrival)
Peyton Weaver, Councilmember
Flo McFadden Stahly, Councilmember
Mitch Reitman, Councilmember
Lanny Mayo, Councilmember
Jim Garrison, Councilmember
Also present were Interim City Manager Frank Trando, City Secretary Dorothy Timmons and
City Attorney Representative Robert Hagar.
REGULAR SESSION (Open to the Public)
1. Call to Order
Mayor Morton called the meeting to order.
2. Invocation
The invocation was waived.
-- 3. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was waived.
Canvass of the returns was considered at this time. See Item 5 below for minutes.
Swearing-in Ceremony was conducted at this time. See Item 6 below for minutes.
EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the Public)
4. A. Article 6252-17, Section 2(e), and Senate Concurrent Resolution 83,
discussion with City Attorney concerning matter involving privileged
communications between attorney and client.
B. Article 6252-17, Section 2(e), discussion with Attorney concerning
matter involving privileged communications between attorney and
client.
1. Pending Litigation - Phillip Robertson, Jr. v. Neil McKinney,
-- Gary Nix, Alan D. Ratliff, Vivyon Bowman and City of Coppell.
C. Article 6252-17, Section 2(g), discussion concerning personnel.
1. Performance Evaluation - City Manager
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City Attorney Representative Robert Hagar informed the Council that his firm had a conflict
concerning the Phillip Robertson item and he would not sit in Executive Session during that
item. The TML attorney for the City of Coppell sat in Executive Session during the item
regarding Phillip Robertson. Mayor Morton convened into Executive Session at 6:06 p.m. as
allowed under the above-stated article. Mayor Morton adjourned the Executive Session at 6:18
p.m. and opened the Regular Session.
REGULAR SESSION (Open to the Public)
Item 9 was considered at this time. See below for minutes.
5. Consider canvassing the returns of the August 14, 1993 Election of Municipal
Officer to fill a vacancy, declaring the results of the election and authorizing
the Mayor to sign.
City Attorney Representative Robert Hagar read the returns into the record of the August 14,
1993 Municipal Officer Election for Place 3 as follows:
Danny L. Watson 618
Walter Pettijohn 327
Councilmember Garrison moved to approve the canvass of returns of the August 14, 1993
Municipal Officer Election. Councilmember Reitman seconded the motion; the motion carried
5-0 with Councilmembers Weaver, Stahly, Reitman, Mayo, and Garrison voting in favor of the
motion. Mayor Pro Tem Robertson was not present during the vote.
6. Swearing-in Ceremony of Official (Councilmember Place 3) elected at the
August 14, 1993 Election of Municipal Officer to fill a vacancy.
Mayor Morton swore Danny L. Watson into office as Councilmember/Place 3.
The City Council at this point consisted of:
Mayor Tom Morton
Mayor Pro Tem Robertson
Councilmember Peyton Weaver
Councilmember Flo McFadden Stahly
Councilmember Danny L. Watson
Councilmember Mitch Reitman
Councilmember Lanny Mayo
Councilmember Jim Garrison
Mayor Pro Tem Robertson arrived during the Swearing-in Ceremony.
7. Consideration and approval to purchase a RISC6000 from the State Contract
to replace the IBM System-36. This was budgeted this fiscal year.
8. Consideration of awarding RFP#0057 for the purchase of Municipal Court
Software from Multi Information Systems, Inc. in the amount of $13,975.00. --
In considering Items 7 and 8, it was consensus of the Council to (A) hire a consultant to evaluate
recommendations of staff and (B) meet with CISD Data Processing Staff to inquire as to the
possibility of interlinking the two systems. No further action was necessary.
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9. Discussion and consideration of awarding Bid #Q-0693-03 for computer
hardware for the Engineering CADD System to Dell Marketing for items 1,
2, and 3 in the amount of $15,498.00.
Councilmember Watson moved to award Bid #Q-0693-03 for computer hardware for the
Engineering CADD System to Dell Marketing for Items 1, 2, and 3 in the amount of
$15,498.00. Councilmember Reitman seconded the motion; the motion carried 7-0 with Mayor
Pro Tern Robertson and Councilmembers Weaver, Stahly, Watson, Reitman, Mayo, and
Garrison voting in favor of the motion.
There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned.
Tom Morton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary
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