December 3, 2007 Minutes
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
December 3, 2007
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Special Called
Work Session on Monday, December 3, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room.
PRESENT: Mayor McNeill; Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Kamp; Mayor Pro Tem Mulroy; Council
Members Heggins, Montgomery, Thomson, and Watts.
ABSENT: None.
1.Discussion with the Parks and Recreation Department staff regarding but not limited to
department functions, programs, and major accomplishments.
Emerson Vorel, Director of Parks & Recreation, stated that the functions of the Parks
Department included administration, planning and construction, parks maintenance, community
events, and leisure services. He introduced members of his staff and they related what they did.
Bob Tickner – Superintendent of Planning and Construction
Jim Mays – Superintendent of Parks – responsible for parks maintenance, landscape and
cemeteries, construction and trades
Janie McLeod – Special Events Coordinator
Amanda Green – Leisure Services Superintendent – responsible for recreation centers,
business office and customer services
John Whitmore – Superintendent of Aquatics, Golf, Tennis, and Marketing
Vorel also briefed the Council on the many awards the Parks and Recreation Department had
earned.
2.The Council received an update on the People’s Clinic.
Barbara Ross, Community Development Manager, briefed the Council on the People’s Clinic.
She stated that the Denton area was federally designated as a medically underserved area and
primary care health professions shortage area. Denton County was one of the few MSAs in
Texas without a publicly-funded hospital. Most patients were at or below the federal poverty
level.
Ross stated that initial funding for the clinic came from a grant to the Denton County Health
Department. Other funding was provided by the State, Denton County, Presbyterian Hospital,
Denton Regional Medical Center, and the City of Denton. Revenues were expected to increase
as Medicare and Medicaid patients increased.
Services provided by the clinic included – primary health care for all ages; discounted x-ray and
laboratory services; access to specialty doctors; mental health services; dental services;
enrollment with and administration of pharmaceutical assistance programs. The clinic had a
sliding scale fee structure. The number of persons served in fiscal year 2007 was 4,794 as
compared to 2,198 in fiscal year 2004.
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Ross stated that the clinic had applied for Federally Qualified Health Center funding. The
primary target population was eight census tracts in Denton; 17412 individuals below 200% of
the Federal Poverty Level in target population.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:27 p.m.
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PERRY R. MCNEILL
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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JANE RICHARDSON
ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS