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Minutes October 13, 2003CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL/PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD MINUTES October 13, 2003 After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Joint Work Session with the Public Utilities Board on Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12:30 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room at City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tern Burroughs; Council Members Kamp, McNeill, Montgomery, Redmon and Thomson. ABSENT: None 1. The Council held a discussion and gave staff direction regarding the role of boards in good governance including but not limited to understanding board roles, handling board recommendations, a good governance agreement, Council's vision for the community and the Board's role in that vision. City Manager Conduff stated that this session was an outgrowth of a prior Council planning session to help further the great relationship between the Council and the Public Utilities Board. The Council was in the process of setting the vision for the community. He reviewed the governance agreement that the Council had in place for dealing with board recommendations. The Council and the Public Utilities Board discussion included the following points: More news reporting coverage was needed especially in the area of street construction. A decision of the PUB would not be overridden except if new information came to Council and if so, would be remanded back to PUB for consideration. The minutes of the PUB needed to be a good summary of the discussions. A unanimous, non-controversial vote would not need as much detail. Split votes needed more flow of the meeting in order to determine why the vote was taken as it was. A consideration might be to change the day of the PUB meeting to the second and fourth Mondays of the month in order to provide minutes in a more timely manner. The role of the PUB was not as a policy-maker but rather as the implementer of the policies set by Council. Unclear policy issues needed to be separated and the Council informed of those issues. Policies needed to be created before implementation with input from the PUB. A discussion was needed regarding Section 12.03 of the Charter dealing with return on investment and the transfer of money from utilities to the general fund. When dealing with concerns of the PUB, it was suggested that the PUB would investigate and return recommendations to the Council, request legal opinions when necessary and once Council had decided on an issue, all would abide by that decision. Might it be beneficial for DME to have a separate board rather than referring those types of issues to the PUB. City of Demon City Council Minutes October 13, 2003 Page 2 Determine what types of issues would be brought to the PUB for consideration. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:10 p.m. EUL1NEBROCK MAYOR CITY OFDENTON, TEXAS JENNIFER WALTERS CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS