424 E. FM 6   (972) 853-0027 		City of Nevada
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 2, 2007


City of Nevada
Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
City Hall
7:00 P.M., 424 E. FM 6
Nevada, Texas 75173

MINUTES

 

  1. Call to Order Mayor Christy Schell, called the meeting to order. Council members present, Mike Shea, Philip Barth, Johnny Stevenson, Joe Poovey and Wayne Drummonds

  2. Citizens to Speak Before the Council

    3. a. NONE

  3. New Business

      1. Discuss/Take Action 401 East St Cody Aaron, clearing land requesting to burn brush. Mr. Aaron was not present.

      2. Discuss/Take Action appointing a member for the Animal Service Steering Committee. Mayor Schell – Per our contract with the County we have to assign one person to this committee, my first thought was Lisa Drummonds. She works for them, so I asked Misty Brown with Collin County if Lisa could do it, she said yes. Mr. Shea motioned to nominate Lisa Drummonds, Mr. Poovey second the motion, all in favor, aye, Mr. Drummond abstained, motion carried.

      3. Discuss/Take Action updating Food Establishment Rules. Mr. Shea motioned to accept, Mr. Drummonds second the motion, all in favor, aye, motion carried.

      4. Discuss/Take Action Mobley annexation. Ms Mobley – John and I have looked over the agreement and we do not see anything we would have a problem with, other than we assume the property would be annexed with no fees involved and that the legal description would be attached to anything signed. Mayor Schell – If the council is not sure of what we are looking at it is the Memorandum Agreement that was done by the attorney. No notification or publication of the annexation is required because it is a one owner property. Mr. Drummonds motioned to accept the agreement pending the attachment of the legal description and no fees attached, Mr. Poovey second the motion, all in favor, aye, motion carried.

      5. Discuss/Take Action Plan review Paul Renfro. Mayor Schell – Mr. Renfro would like to be annexed into the city. He is handing you a concept plan for review. The property is the old Lewis piece on the southwest corner of CR 537 and CR 593. Because of the deal we have made with recent developers, we would have to make a comparable deal with Mr. Renfro. Mr. Renfro – the majority of the lots will be one acre, but I would also like to have some half-acre lots. Mr. Drummonds – We have done this for other developers, Paul has been building in this city for a long time and has always done a good job. Provided we can come up with an agreement like we did with recent developers. Mayor Schell – just to touch on that, Paul has offered to be the general contractor on the Public Safety Building Project and order all the building materials at his cost. Gerry Boren will work with Paul to get those services into the Predevelopment Agreement. We will still have to publish the ads for accepting bids. Mr. Renfro – what I will need from you is a scope of work so that everyone is biding apples to apples. The development will be built in two phases. I would like for the council to approve both phases, but allow me to file only the first phase with the county for tax purposes. All fees will be paid up front for both phases and then in two years all I have to do is file with the county on the second phase. Mr. Stevenson – I’m not sure how we can write that up, we will have to talk to our consultant. Council agrees to move forward.

D. Old Business

    1. Discuss/Take Action Public Safety Building. Mr. Drummonds – I thought we agreed to go forward with the plans presented at the last meeting. Mayor Schell – We couldn’t, because there was no official motion from the council and Mike has some concerns. Mr. Shea – I feel if we don’t build a building to suit the department it’s a waste. What the department is asking for is not this, but what they’re asking for doesn’t cost anymore than this (Mr. Shea referring to plans submitted in the Dec. meeting). Lets forget who’s drawing it is for a minute, and let the people who will be using it draw it out. There is no need for a separate ambulance bay, whoever the company may be at the time if they decide to house an ambulance here it can sit in one of the truck bays. You cannot eat, sleep or sit in a 15x15 room. If you are drawing a picture for an ambulance that means you are making plans to have a minimum of two people there to man it. You cannot set up a kitchen, table, TV, couch and beds in a 15x15 room. I ask that you look at what the department has drawn out, it won’t cost anymore, it will be used and used efficiently. I am not on board with planning out space for a police department with this project. Mr. Drummonds – So you’re proposing to shrink the building by 25 feet. Mr. Shea – Yes, I don’t think we can afford it and we are not going to have a police department anytime soon any way. Mr. Drummonds – I understand your point, but I was told that the frame on these buildings are pre-made in standard sizes and to get a 100 ft building could be cheaper than building, lets say a 70 ft building. The ideal was to design the building for future expansion and to spend less now rather than doubling our cost later. I was also told that if we had a designated space for an ambulance that they would park the ambulance there, instead of on the side of the road as they do now. Mr. Stevenson – My view is that we are going to need police here sooner than you think. My understanding is that we are building a public safety building not just a fire department building, if that’s the case we need to decide how much we are willing to spend on a fire department or willing to finance, and how much we are willing to set aside for a future police department. I believe within five years we will need some kind of police service. Mayor Schell – Something else to consider is this CO "Certificate of obligation" is for 20 years, were not building another building and to add 30 ft at today’s cost is very smart, then to come back in four years and say now we have 2000 people and need a police officer and have no where to put them. I would also think that in the time we don’t have police that the fire department could use that extra space for whatever. Mr. Drummonds - we have to agree on a design and floor plan before we can go any further. Mr. Renfro – I will draw up the plans for the city, I have an architect on staff that can get it to paper if the city can get me a drawing you can agree on. Discussion continued for several more minutes between council, Mr. Renfro and the Fire Department. NO Action.

    2. Discuss/Take Action purchase/lease/repair office copier. Mr. Barth motioned to purchase the copier at $1,800, Mr. Drummonds second the motion, all in favor, aye, motion carried.

 

E. Reports

    1. Community ISD Council Representative, Wayne Drummonds – No news.

    2. City Code Inspector, Wes Caperton (if requested to appear). Current report

    3. Treasurer’s Report, Janey Mobley, City Treasurer – report

    4. Mayor’s Report, (if requested by the Mayor) No report. FYI – The NEDC president resigned today, so if you have anyone you want to nominate send that information to Tricia.

F. Consent Agenda

    1. Minutes 12/5/06- Mr. Shea motioned to approve the minutes, Mr. Drummonds seconded the motion, all in favor, aye, motioned carried.

    2. Treasurer’s Report December 2006 – Mr. Shea motioned to approve the Treasure’s report, Mr. Drummonds seconded the motion, all in favor, aye, motioned carried.

G. Executive Session

a. NONE

H. Reconvene Council Meeting

I. Adjournment – Mr. Shea motion to adjourn, Mr. Stevenson seconded the motion,

all in favor, aye, motion carried.

Christy Schell, Mayor City Secretary