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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1982 - 03/18 - RegularALLEN CITY COUNCIL Regular Session March 18, 1982 Present: Mickey Pierson, Mayor Council Members: Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem Jim McClure H. R. Daugherty (arrived at 6:00 p.m.) Glenn Andrew (arrived at 5:35 p.m.) Ward Paxton Rex Womack City Staff: Jon McCarty, City Manager Marty Hendrix, City Secretary MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 5 - 0 to approve the minutes of the March 4, 1982 Regular Session of the Allen City Council. The motion carried. Approval of a Temporary Sign Permit First Baptist Church 204 E. Main Street (Agenda Item III) Acting in the capacity of the Sign Control Board, the City Council considered a request from the First Baptist Church, 204 E. Main Street, for a temporary sign permit to erect two (2) 3' x 4' signs, at a height of 6', to advertise for the Texas Baptist 1982 Simultaneous Revivals on March 28th and April 2nd. The signs would be erected on March 20, 1982 through April 2, 1982. The signs met all of the requirements of the Sign Ordinance. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman McClure, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve the request for a temporary sign permit for the First Baptist Church, 204 E. Main Street, as presented. (Councilman Andrew had arrived at the meeting.) The motion carried. "sq The regular session of the Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Pierson at 5:31 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 1982 at Rountree Elementary School, 800 E. Main Street. Approval of Minutes - March 4, 1982 Regular Session (Agenda Item II) Councilman Womack advised the Council that a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer pertaining to the proposed park and recreation fee structure had been omitted from the minutes. The City Secretary advised that the motion was omitted due to the lack of a second to the motion. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 5 - 0 to approve the minutes of the March 4, 1982 Regular Session of the Allen City Council. The motion carried. Approval of a Temporary Sign Permit First Baptist Church 204 E. Main Street (Agenda Item III) Acting in the capacity of the Sign Control Board, the City Council considered a request from the First Baptist Church, 204 E. Main Street, for a temporary sign permit to erect two (2) 3' x 4' signs, at a height of 6', to advertise for the Texas Baptist 1982 Simultaneous Revivals on March 28th and April 2nd. The signs would be erected on March 20, 1982 through April 2, 1982. The signs met all of the requirements of the Sign Ordinance. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman McClure, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve the request for a temporary sign permit for the First Baptist Church, 204 E. Main Street, as presented. (Councilman Andrew had arrived at the meeting.) The motion carried. "sq ALLEN CITY COUNCIL Page 2 March 18, 1982 Acceptance of the Resignation of Tom Inkman, Place No. 2 on the Planning & Zoning Commission; and Consideration of an Appointment to Fill the Vacancy on Place No. 2 of the Planning and Zoning Commission (Agenda Item IV) s Mayor Pierson read the letter of resignation from Tom Inkman, �y Commissioner in Place No. 2 of the Planning and Zoning Commission, into the record. (See Attachment No. 1) MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Paxton and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 6 - 0 to accept the resignation of Tom Inkman from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The motion carried. The Council discussed making an appointment to Place No. 2 on the Planning and Zoning Commission to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Inkman. In the discussion, Council suggested contacting the people on the data sheet forms retained by the City Secretary to see if they are still interested in serving on the Commission, advertising in "The Allen American" for additional data sheet forms from interested residents, and the urgency of making the appointment at this time. 40 It was the consensus of the City Council to have the City Staff place the appointment to Place No. 2 on the Planning and Zoning Commission on the agenda for the City Council meeting of April 1, 1982. Issuance of Ballots for City Council Election on April 3, 1982 (Agenda Item V) City Secretary Marty Hendrix advised the Council that the issuance of ballots for the City Council Election to be held on Saturday, April 3, 1982, must be entered into the City Council Minutes per the requirements of the Texas Election Laws. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman McClure and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve issuance of the official ballots for the City Council Election to be held on April 3, 1982, as required by the Texas Election Laws, Article 6.09(a) and (b), as follows: Polling Place Serial Numbers Absentee 001 - 100 Regular - Rountree 101 - 2500 Elementary School The motion carried. Review of Police Grant Program (Agenda Item VI) City Manager Jon McCarty advised the City Council of four (4) applications for law enforcement grants that the Allen Police Department will be applying for through the North Central Texas Council of Governments, with final approval from the State Criminal Justice Division. The grants being applied for are for crime scene and identification equipment, tapelogging equipment installation, communications improvement program and crime prevention program. The crime prevention program would include one (1) additional personnel to the Police Department. 40 ALLEN CITY COUNCIL March 18, 1982 Page 3 Review of Police Grant Program (cont'd) (Agenda Item VI) Mr. McCarty reviewed with the City Council the proposed grant requests and advised that the City Staff would be coming before the Council at a later date to seek the Council's approval of the City's portion of the grants that have been approved by the Criminal Justice Division. The applications �. for the grants have been prepared and are being forwarded to the North Central Texas Council of Governments for review and prioritizing. There was no action taken on this item. Police Report - February, 1982 (Agenda Item VII) The City Council briefly reviewed the Allen Police Depart- ment Consolidated Summary of Activities for the month of February, 1982. In order to put this report into perspective, the Council requested that the Chief of Police provide the reports from the previous year so that a comparison can be made of the statistics contained in the report. There was no action taken on this item. Merit Pay Plan City Manager Jon McCarty advised the City Council that as authorized in the budget preparation, it was time to evaluate eligible employees for their merit pay. The City Department Heads were in the process of completing evaluations on their employees, with the merit payments to be prepared on April 1st. In discussion on the merit pay plan, the Council requested that the City Staff prepare some statistics on these evaluations which will provide a distribution curve of performance levels, etc. City Manager McCarty advised the Council that these statistics would be prepared since the merit pay plan has now been in effect for two years and will be available to the Council at a pre -budget workshop to be held in June. It was the consensus of the City Council to direct the City Staff to schedule perhaps two executive sessions for the next Council Meeting, one session before the regular meeting and one session after the regular meeting, in order to discuss the evaluations for Council -appointed personnel. General Discussion Councilman McClure provided the City Staff with an article on recent recalls of appliances manufactured by Whirlpool. Since the new appliances in the Fire Station No. 2 were Whirlpool, he felt this article might be important to note. Councilman Paxton requested that the City Council consider / holding several joint workshops with the Planning and Zoning Com- lmw� mission, in perhaps April and May, to master plan what the City's target goals are going to be for development of the City for the next three to five years. There was considerable discussion among the Council on Councilman's Paxton request. Mayor Pierson provided the Council with a copy of a pro- posed traffic flow pattern of several main streets within the downtown area of the City of Allen, making them one-way streets. This proposed plan is intended as a possible solution to the traffic problems the City is experiencing on these streets. The plan was provided for the Council's review and information. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL March 18, 1982 Adjournment Page 4 MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman McClure and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 6 - 0 to adjourn the regular session of the Allen City Council at 6:31 P.M. The motion carried. (Mayor Pro Tem Farmer left the meeting at 6:25 p.m.) (Councilman Daugherty had arrived at 6:00 p.m.) These minutes approved on the ]qt day of April , 1982. Marty Hendrix, CITY SECRET ARY) 1�0'- Pierson, MAYOR 41