Minutes August 13, 1991CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
August 13, 1991
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The Council convened in the Work Session at 5:15 p.m. in the
Civil Defense Room.
PRESENT:
Mayor Castleberry; Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins; Council
Members Chew, Perry, Smith and Trent.
ABSENT:
Council Member Alexander
1. The Council convened into the Executive Session to
discuss legal matters, real estate (held a discussion regarding
the acquisition of easements at Loop 288 and Sherman and
Hartlee Field and Sherman), and personnel/board appointments
(considered appointment of alternates to the Sign Board of
Appeals).
2. The Council considered a citizen request from Carl
Williams for the use of Fred Moore Park for a voter
registration and membership drive and fund raising activities.
(The Parks and Recreation Board recommended approval)
Mr. Williams was not at the meeting.
Bob Tickner, Superintendent of Parks, stated that Mr. Williams
had made a request to the Park Board for the use of Frea Moore
Park. The ordinance specified that if sales were to De in a
City park, a request had to be made to the Park Board and then
be forwarded to the Council. A request had been made to use
Fred Moore Park and any associated fees be waived. The Park
Board recommended approval.
Perry motioned, Chew seconded to approve the request. On roll
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye,"
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried
unanimously.
3. The Council received a report and held a discussion
regarding a sanitary sewer complaint at 2401 Robinwood.
Howard Martin, Director of Environmental Operations and
Financial Administration, stated that he had observed
irrigation water coming down the curb on the site. The water
went into the storm box and there immediately was an odor. The
smell was similar to a dead animal so a crew went through the
storm drain. A dead squirrel, bird and another animal was
found in the drain box. That was all cleaned out and after
that there was approximately a three inch rain which would have
flushed the system. The debris was located between the storm
box to the .first manhole. The rest of the storm drain was
clear down to Glenwood. Three monitoring wells were installed
to investigate the sanitary sewer complaint. Two of the wells
were right next to the storm drain flume, one on the back
corner of the Harp's slab and the other on the front corner.
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The third well was on the opposite property boundary. The
wells were two inch casings, ten feet deep. The casings were
slotted on the bottom which would allow any ground water to
seek its own level within the monitoring well. This would
allow an assessment of the ground water characteristics and try
to assess if there was any significant amount of wastewater
being contributed as a result of a leak in the storm sewer into
the monitoring wells. The sanitary sewer line followed the
drainage flume and was located approximately 20 inches
underneath the base of the drainage flume. The monitoring
wells were right next to the drainage flume in between the
foundation of the Harp's house and the sanitary sewer. The
idea being that any contribution from the sanitary sewer would
be evident of the ground water. Sampling results were
presented and were included in the agenda back-up materials.
The ground water table was relatively shallow in the area. The
ground water table was approximately within four feet of the
top of the well casing and was consistent in all of the wells.
That indicated that underneath the Harp house was a very
substantial ground water table. There was standing water along
the curb and in the drainage flume which indicated that the
ground water did reach the level of the surface and did flow
over the curb into the drainage flume. As long as the ground
water table was lower than the sanitary sewer line, any
contribution from the sewer line would flow downward and
percolate into the ground water table. The monitoring wells
included five areas of study - alkalinity, pH, iron,
conductance, and fecal coliform. There would be an increase in
alkalinity, pH and conductivity if there were a sanitary sewer
problem. Fecal coliform would be evident. The well on the
other side of the property was a control well. That well would
be expected to be uninfluenced by any kind of leakage from the
sanitary sewer. There was no substantial increase in pH,
alkalinity, or conductivity. As the monitoring continued over
the summer, all of the wells decreased in alkalinity, pH and
conductivity. If there were a contribution of sanitary sewer,
it would be expected that the tests of the wells near the
sanitary sewer line would increase and not decrease as they
did. Based on the monitoring data accumulated thus far, there
was no evidence that there was any significant contribution
from the sanitary sewer to the ground water. The Harps still
complained of an odor along the drainage easement.
Council Member Trent asked where other houses were located in
proximity to the Harp house.
Martin replied that there were houses on all corners.
Council Member Trent asked if any of the neighbors to the north
had been contacted regarding the odors.
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and they could not give a confirmation to
Martin replied yes
him regarding odors.
Mrs. Harp stated that two other neighbors haa complained about
the smells.
Mayor Castleberry stated that if the drain were replaced, it
would not be the answer to the problem.
Martin replied that the sanitary sewer line was not
contributing to the odors.
Council Member Perry stated that the test results indicated
that there was no way fecal coliform was causing the odors.
Martin replied that it was not in the wells.
Council Member Trent asked about the possibility of animals
which might reside to the south or in any direction from the
Harps which might be contributing to the odors.
Martin replied that the Harps did not believe that was the
problem.
Mr. Harp stated that they had submitted to the Council a
petition signed by nine residents who had noticed the odors.
City Manager Harrell asked for the cost to replace the sewer
line.
Bob Nelson, Executive Director for Utilities, stated that an
estimate would be $17,000 - $30,000.
Council Member Smith asked the time of day when the odor was
noticed.
Mrs. Harp replied it was during peak load time such as 7:00
a.m. - 9:00 a.m. and late in the evenings.
Council Member Smith asked how long it had been since the drain
had been cleaned out.
.Martin replied approximately three weeks ago.
Council Member Trent asked how many man hours and/or money hag
been spent working on this problem.
Nelson replied approximately $3,000 in labor and tests.
Martin stated that the installation of the wells alone was
$1,000 plus each sampling period required approximately 45
minutes of testing by two individuals.
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Council Member Trent stated that much time and expense had been
spent to try and solve the problem. The tests were hard data
and showed that there was no sewer problem.
Mrs. Harp stated that perhaps the tests were incorrect. They
could see the sewage bubbling up and their foundation was
crumbling and cracking.
Council Member Trent replied
water problem.
that that 'sounded like a ground
Mrs. Harp stated that the ground, water was not on the other
side of the house, just on that side.
Council Member Smith asked if the level in well three was the
same as the other wells.
Martin replied that there were similar levels on both sides of
the house.
Mr. Harp asked Martin if he had reviewed the film taken of the
sewer line.
Martin replied that he had not personally reviewed the film.
Mr. Harp asked Martin if he admitted by talking with that
department, that there were sewage leaks.
Martin replied yes, in talking to them, there were several
places where there was root intrusion in the joints.
City Manager Harrell indicated that it would be expected to
find those due to the age of the system. There was no
significant leakage from the sewer line to cause the odor.
Council Member Trent stated that he felt good about the effort
done by the staff to determine what was the problem.
Consensus of the Council was to do no further testing in the
area.
4. Budget Presentations
City Manager Harrell presented Council with a human
survey requested by Council at an earlier meeting.
survey was attached to the agenda back-up.)
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Jerry Clark, City Engineer, presented the Engineering and
Transportation budget. He reviewed major projects for each of
his divisions. In the Engineering Division, two Engineering
Tech II positions and one Engineering Tech I position was being
deleted. Those were vacant positions and no personnel were
being laid off. There was an increase in services of $5,000
for materials testing. Transportation Engineering did not have
any changes except for the funding of $5,207 for a new bucket
truck. Street Patching included $13,272 for a pavement
patching machine and $37,022 for the transfer of an Engineering
Tech II from the Engineering Division.
Council Member Trent stated that there were no new additional
personnel in this Division.
Clark replied that in order to avoid firing an individual due
to workload, an employee was being transferred to this
Division. The employee used to work for a contractor and was
qualified to operate the machinery in the Street Patching
Division. The Street Construction Division included a
replacement of a truck to spray drainage ditches. Street
Lighting had no change in the current funding of electricity
for street lighting and traffic signals for the 1991-92 budget.
The Legal Department budget was presented by City Attorney
Drayovitch. She stated that there were no new positions in the
Department and that the budget was a continuation of the
previous year's budget. The proposed budget included $185 for
books, 9514 for a file cabinet, and $416 for computer
maintenance.
Council Member Trent asked if there was anything the Council
could do to help with the collection of hot checks.
Drayovitch replied that She was currently preparing a report on
that item for Council.
Lee Allison, Director of Water Engineering and Operations,
presented the budget process used in the Water Production
budget. He stated that the budget process was started by
preparing a forecast. They looked at their systems analysis,
operations analysis and regulatory analysis. All of those went
into developing the Capital Improvement Plan and was carried
into the budget. In the process of the budget, it was
necessary to know the number of personnel needed, the number
and types of tools needed, the types and the amount of chemical
required. The proposed budget was reviewed with staff, the
.Executive'Director for Utilities, the Public Utilities Board
and then presented to Council in the budget document.
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Allison then presented the Water Department budget. He stated
that the FY92 budget was 7.2% greater than the FY91 budget.
Personnel changes included adding one new position through a
realignment. A water treatment plant supervisor was being
added with a foreman position being left vacant. Two half-time
work study laboratory students would be included.
Council Member Trent asked if the foreman position was being
upgraded to a plant supervisor.
Allison replied yes.
Council Member Trent asked if the foreman position was being
eliminated.
Allison replied no that it would remain vacant.
Council Member Trent asked if it would be left open with the
possibility of filling the position.
Allison replied that it would not be filled during the next
year. It would be an unbudgeted position.
Council Member Trent asked that if it were unbudgeted, why was
it not removed from the budget.
Nelson replied that the money would be there for the position,
there just would not be anyone put in that position.
Council Member Trent asked if the position was not going to be
filled, why not take it out.
Nelson replied that if it were taken out, then the position was
gone and it was very hard to reestablish the position. Within
another year, that position may be necessary.
Council Member Trent felt that if the position was not going to
be filled, then the position should not be budgeted for for the
next year.
Allison replied that in the past, it was very difficult to
reestablish a position once it had been removed. With the
coming of the new Lake Ray Roberts plant and the Hartlee
Booster plant, the position would be needed for the future.
Mayor Castleberry stated that the position would not be filled
when the position had been budgeted for.
Council Member Trent felt that over a period of a year, t~ere
would be approximately $75,000 budgeted for a position, with no
one in that position. How was the money accounted for.
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Nelson replied that the money would end up as surplus money at
the end of the fiscal year.
Council Member Trent stated that in that case, the Council
would not have to come up with $75,000 this year to meet a
position that would not be filled.
Council Member Perry stated that he saw the advantage of the
flexibility.
Council Member Trent stated that he did not want to take away
the flexibility. He felt that money was being taken from this
year's budget to put against a position which would not be
filled and would not be used.
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if that was figured into the rate
structure. It was listed as an expense and yet would not be an
expense for twelve months.
Allison stated that there seemed to be a misunderstanding
regarding the position. There were zero dollars budgeted for
that position but the position remained on the organizational
chart.
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if there were zero dollars
reflected in the proposed budget for that position.
Allison replied correct but that the position still showed on
the organizational chart.
Mayor Castleberry stated that there was no money in the budget
for that position.
Allison replied correct. There was no money in the budget for
that position.
Mayor Castleberry asked for a report on that position regarding
whether or not dollars had been budgeted for that position.
Allison continued that major budget projects with current
revenues included replacement of water mains ($777,000),
developmental plan lines ($250,000), paint water tower
($200,000), abandon water wells ($90,000) and debt repayment to
the Electric Department.
Council Member Trent questioned the cost of painting the water
tower.
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AltisOn~replied that part of the cost was due to the multicolor
painting of the tower.
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Council Member Trent asked why then was it being paintea three
colors.
Allison replied that that was the current colors and it was
just being redone.
Nelson stated that it probably cost $30,000 to have the tower
painted three colors.
Council suggested changing to a one color tower and asked staff
to pursue that suggestion.
Allison stated that major capital improvement program projects
with bond funds included a booster station and system tie-in
($3,523,000), 2MGD elevated storage tank ($1,301,000) and water
line upgrade ($581,000). Cost reduction actions included
making greater use of temporary positions to avoid new
positions, transfer of the hydro electric facilities to the
Electric Department which shifted ROI costs ($70,000) to the
Electric Department, and manage certain vacant positions. A
proposed rate increase was 11.77%.
The Wastewater budget was presented by Howard Martin, Director
of Environmental Operations and Financial Administration. He
stated that the proposed budget was 7.3% greater than the FY 91
budget. Personnel changes included the addition of two
pretreatment program inspectors, one which would be a permanent
position and one which would be temporary. An upgrade of a
shift operator position at the treatment plant was necessary
due to regulatory requirements. Major 'budget projects with
current revenue included the replacement/renovation of
collection lines ($310,000) and a primary digester cleaning
project ($100,000). Major capital improvement program projects
with bond funds included the construction of plant improvements
to provide nitrification, dechlorination, flow equalization and
sludge treatment facilities, ($3,630,000), collection system
upgrade ($670,000) and development plan lines, ($250,000).
Other regulatory programs with current revenue included
biomonitoring ($26,000), sludge field soil monitoring
($19,000), and stormwater permitting of the City's industrial
activities ($22,000). Major cost reduction actions included
the cutting of replacement/renovation of collection lines
($100,000), the transfer of the hydro electric fac£1itles to
the Electric Department ($90,000), deferring repayment of a
debt to the Electric Department ($111,000) and moving
development plan lines from revenue to bond funds ($250,000).
The projected rate increase for wastewater was 15.01%.
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Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if this Department paid Upper
Trinity Regional Water District funds.
Martin replied yes that those costs were divided between Water
and Wastewater Administration.
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked why the services budget had such a
great increase.
Martin replied that the services category included $15,000 for
a space study which was also in the Water budget, $15,000 for
economic development which was also in the Water budget plus
the management study.
Mayor Castleberry asked about personnel in that Department.
Martin replied that there were no new personnel other than the
positions he mentioned earlier.
Nelson presented the wastewater rates. He stated that in the
residential category there was a proposed 14.89% increase.
Regular commercial, pretreatment, etc. would have a proposed
16.35% increase. Commercial eating places would have a 20.38%
increase; commercial equipment services, a 20.36% increase;
government, a 22.15% increase; industrial water, a 11.07%
increase and wholesale, a 0% increase. Total system increase
was 15.01%.
City Manger Harrell stated that there was some degree of
flexibility when dealing with the water rates. Those could be
lowered more if the Council desired but the sewer rates did not
have that flexibility as there were EPA guidelines which had to
be met.
Ernie Tullos presented the Electric Department budget. The
proposed budget was less than the current budget. Production
power was less due to depressed natural gas prices. Purchased
power, which was 80% of the budget, was the risk associated
with the estimate of natural gas price/TMPA demand charge. The
budget included a $2 million rebate from TMPA which may not
OCCUr.
Nelson stated that as TMPA's revenues and capital projects
developed, there was the possibility that unforeseen projects
might arise which could be quite costly such as redoing a
boiler unit. Those fluctuations could cause the rates to rise
and fall according to the projects. The Planning and Operating
Committee tried to stabilize those items and established the
rate stabilization fund. Currently there was $30 million worth
of excess in the fund. Part of that money would be used for a
new administration building and $1.6 million was used fo£ the
end of the 1991 fiscal year to level it out. There was
approximately $9 million left over and the city would receive
approximately 22% of that or $2,045,000. TMPA wanted to keep
most of the reserve in a special fund and return any funds over
$8 million in that reserve.
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Tullos continued that personnel changes included adding one
position, a planning engineer, and deleting two positions,
electric distribution foreman and special projects manager.
Major budget projects with current revenues included consulting
services for power plant improvements, overhead to underground
conversion, economic feeder conductor replacement, customer
load management program, customer incentives, tree trimming,
and tree power program. Major capital improvement program
projects with bond funds included new service facility, Arco
substation, purchase of electric facilities, and street lights
arterial. Other significant items included hydro electric
generators at Lewisville and Ray Roberts Lakes which would
provide 20 GWH of energy. Lower natural gas costs would enable
a decrease in rCA rate from $.019 to $.017 cents which
represented a 3% decrease in customer charges for electricity.
Council Member Trent stated that there were 11 vacancies in the
Electric Department. Were dollars in the budget for those
positions.
Nelson replied yes the positions were budgeted for but the
positions would remain vacant. While construction projects
were currently down, the Department needed the flexibility to
hire new employees if there would be an increase in
construction.
Council Member Trent did not agree with the philosophy of
budgeting dollars for positions which would not be filled. He
asked staff to look at the budgeted dollars for positions not
to be filled which included approximately 23 positions.
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins felt that this issue was a policy
decision. Staff needed to prepare the positives and negatives
on this issue for later discussion.
Richard Foster, Public Information Coordinator, presented the
Tree Power Program which was a program initiated by the
American Public Power Association. The goal of the program was
for the nation-wide public power systems to plant a tree for
every public power customer. The program would cover a five
year period and would plant about 5,000 trees a year over the
next five years. Cost o~ the program was approximately $85,000
for the trees and $15,000 for educational/promotional materials
for a total of $100,000.
Bill Angelo, Director of Community Services, presented the
solid waste budget. He stated that the proposed budget was 6%
greater than the FYP1 budget. Personnel changes included
adding two driver positions for commercial collection due to
the sole provider status and adding two temporary laborer
positions for residential collection due to conversion to rear
load vehicles.
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Major budget programs included becoming the sole provider of
commercial solid waste collection services and the curbside
recycling program with a decision needing to be made whether to
continue the pilot program or go to a city-wide program.
Projected rate increase was 15% in the landfill disposal rate
for outside users only.
Angelo presented the Fleet Services budget. This budget was
financed by the working capital/motor pool fund. The proposed
FY92 budget was 9.3% greater than the FY91 budget. Major
programs included garage budget increases of $153,000 due to
the cost of fuel and sublet repairs, machine shop budget
decreases of $8,000 and garage and shop rates would remain at
$34 and $30 per hour respectively.
The Drainage budget was also presented by Angelo. He stated
that this budget was financed by the General Fund' and was
proposed to be 7% less than the F¥91 budget. Major budget
items included a major reduction in services budget and overall
reductions ($29,000) which would affect contract sweeping,
underground pipe installation and channel reshaping, spraying
and cleaning.
Council Member Trent asked what the effect would be on the
Utility operating budget if it had to operate within the same
structure as last year.
Gary Collins, Director of Information Services, presented the
Information Services budget. He st~ated that the budget
included administration and word processing. There was an 8.1%
increase in the FY92 budget over the FY91 budget. The proposed
budget reflected $23,962 for a new laser printer and supplies
to service user departments. The word processing budget
included $2,000 for a new perma-binding machine.
Harlan Jefferson, Treasurer, presented the Treasury budget. He
stated that the proposed budget was the same service level as
1991. The proposed budget was down from last year due to the
fact that services were decreasing as they were being moved to
a miscellaneous non-department category.
Jefferson continued with the Tax budget. No major changes to
current service levels of this Division had been proposed. He
stated that more notices would be sent next ~year for tax
payments. Jefferson stated that this department collected the
hotel/motel occupancy tax for the City.
City Manger Harrell stated that the new contracts with the five
agencies allowed for a lower percentage in order to begin a
small reserve fund for special projects in future years.
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Jefferson stated that the Municipal Court budget had been
picked for demonstration of the budget process. He stated that
the budget began with a target base budget which was based on
the current year's budget. The target base budget was the
current year's budget minus fixed assets and personal
services. Personal services were added in with supplies,
maintenance, etc. to equal the total target budget. The total
target budget plus any supplemental packages equaled the
proposed budget. This proposed budget then went to the
Executive Committee which studied it line by line.
Denise Harpool presented the Purchasing/Warehouse budget. She
stated that the proposed budget included $4,715 for
administrative cost related to computerized purchasing system
and $1,564 for a new printer. The warehouse budget did not
have any major changes to current service levels for 1991-92.
Kathy DuBose, Controller, presented the Accounting budget. She
stated that the proposed budget reflected a $2,600 reduction
for printing supplies and services which would now be performed
by Information Services Administration.
DuBose also presented miscellaneous budget information.
Contributions to Outside Agencies would be held the same level
as last year. She also presented miscellaneous expense and
contribution to other agencies. These categories were listed
on pages 253-256 of the proposed budget.
5. The Council continued a discussion regarding a joint
ownership contract between the City of Denton and the Upper
Trinity Regional Water District relating to the Ray Roberts
Water Treatment Plant and gave staff direction.
Bob Nelson, Executive Director of Utilities, stated that there
were four options to consider regarding a joint ownership
contract with the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. Those
options included (1) a fully involved joint ownership, (2) a
limited joint ownership with a wholesale contract, (3) a
wholesale contract only, and (4) do nothing with the Upper
Trinity. The fully involved joint ownership would develop a
contract under that basis which would build a water plant with
Denton having a 49% share in the plant and the Upper Trinity
having a 49% share with another 19% option. This would give
the Upper Trinity a 68% share of the plant and a possible
controlling interest in the plant. A Construction and
Operating Committee would oversee the activities of the plant.
The budget Process would involve a review from the Construction
and Operating Committee which would forward it to the Upper
Trinity and the Denton City Council. .There was always the risk
that the Upper Trinity might deny the budget which would
possibly affect Denton's budget process.
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The limited joint ownership with a wholesale contract would
remove the 19% and there would simply be a wholesale contract
which would sell the Upper Trinity water at a given price for
as many years as they wanted it. The limited joint ownership
would have Denton building and owning the water plant. The
Upper Trinity could purchase 49% of the plant but Denton would
retain control of the plant. There would be a Review Committee
which would look at the project to keep the project in line. A
problem could arise in that the Upper Trinity might need water
before Denton did and Denton might not be ready to build a new
plant when the Upper Trinity needed more water. Denton would
not be obligated to build the plant. This option would put the
Upper Trinity in the role of having to work with some of the
other communities to get a partnership in other water plants in
the County.
The wholesale contract only would initially sell water from the
existing plant. When necessary a new plant would be built. A
6% return on investment would be done on a case-by-case basis
by the Water Commission. A wholesale contract would mean
sharing 23-24% of Denton's existing water plant with
surrounding cities.
Nelson compared the costs of the options. If Denton did
nothing and built a new plant, $1.9 million would have to be
added to the budget. The wholesale option, sharing the
existing plant and the new plant, would cost approximately
$1.4-1.5 million. Full partnership would cost only
approximately $745,000 which would be a savings of $1.1
million. The limited wholesale contract would be between the
full joint and wholesale contracts.
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins felt that some of the staff felt that
Denton had a moral obligation to go forward with a joint
contract. She did not feel that way and felt that the Council
needed to be obligated to the City of Denton taxpayers. She
wanted to see what the Austin attorneys would say regarding a
limited joint contract. She did not want to be forced to build
a new plant before Denton needed it. A contract needed to be
drafted from Denton's standpoint. She felt the law firm should
be retained to determine the pros and cons of a contract.
Council Member Trent felt that the Upper Trinity should retain
the law firm to work with the City of Denton.
Mayor Castleberry felt that the negatives outweighed the
positives. He was in favor of doing nothing and could not see
retaining a law firm.
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Nelson asked if the Council would be interested in a wholesale
contract.
Mayor Castleberry replied he would be interested in such a
contract.
Council Member Chew did not want to go with a joint contract
and would consider a wholesale contract.
Nelson stated that once a customer was signed on as a wholesale
customer, the City would be obligated to them.
Debra Drayovitch, City Attorney, stated that a
ownership contract could be explored with the
having 49% and Denton having 51% of a 10 MGD
would be in total control of the plant.
limited joint
Upper Trinity
plant. Denton
City Manager Harrell suggested exploring with the Upper Trinity
the possibility of a wholesale contract and if the Upper
Trinity were interested, hire the Austin attorney.
Consensus of the Council was to not pursue a full or limited
joint ownership contract. A wholesale contract might be
considered with conditions or do nothing with the Upper Trinity.
6. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance
retaining the lawfirm of Lloyd, Gosselink, Fowler, Blevins and
Mathews, P.C. to represent the City of Denton in connection
with the City's construction of the Ray Roberts Water Treatment
Plant.
Perry motioned, Chew seconded to table the ordinance.
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion
unanimously.
On roll
"aye,"
carried
Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked that a letter or phone call be made
to the firm relaying the reasons the Council decided not to
pursue the contract.
7. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance
abandoning and vacating a portion of Mayhill Road located
between Highway 35 East and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks
(formally known as the M.K.T.) as a public street, reserving a
utility easement therein. (The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended approval.)
Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that this ordinance as
well as the next three ordinances would abandon three tracts of
land and receive dedications for the existing Mayhill Road.
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The following ordinance was considered:
NO. 91-122
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING
AND VACATING A PORTION OF MAYHILL ROAD LOCATED BETWEEN
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 EAST AND THE UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD TRACKS (FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE M.K.T.) AS A
PUBLIC STREET; RESERVING A UTILITY EASEMENT THEREIN;
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "ayeS" Smith "aye," Chew "aye,"
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried
unanimously.
8. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance
accepting the dedication of 0.6 acres of land by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation for street and utility purposes.
(The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.)
The following ordinance was considered:
NO. 91-123
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF 0.6 ACRES OF
LAND BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR
STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye,"
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried
unanimously.
9. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance
accepting the dedication of 0.4 acres of land by Andrew
Corporation for street and utility purposes. (The Planning and
Zoning Commission recommended approval.)
The following ordinance was considered:
NO. 91-124
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF 0.4 ACRES OF
LAND BY ANDREW CORPORATION FOR STREET AND UTILITY
PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Trent. motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye,"
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried
unanimously.
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10. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance
accepting the dedication by Mayhill Road Realty Company of .082
acres of land for street and utility purposes. (The Planning
and Zoning Commission recommended approval.)
The following ordinance was considered:
NO. 91-125
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION BY MAYHILL ROAD
REALTY COMPANY OF .082 ACRES OF LAND FOR STREET AND
UTILITY PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll
vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye,"
Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried
unanimously.
11. The Council convened into the Executive Session to
discuss legal matters, real estate (held a discussion regarding
the acquisition of easements at Loop 288 and Sherman and
Hartlee Field and Sherman), and personnel/board appointments
(considered appointment of alternates to the Sign Board of
Appeals).
No official action was taken.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
C~iTTNIFE~ WALTERS
S~CRETARY
DENTON, TEXAS
3433C