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MINUTES OF
KENNEDALE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING -OCTOBER 8, 1998
100 E. BROADWAY ST. -COMMUNITY CENTER
Mayor Wright called the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m.
Members present: Mayor Wright, Councilmembers Clark, Steeno, Barrett, Vaughn and Kovach.
Members absent: None
Staff present: Ted Rowe, Kathy Turner, Lynette Whidden, Michael Box, Thad Chambers, Mort
Whetterling, and legal counsel, Wayne K. Olson.
Also present was Perry Hoover, appointee to Council Place 3.
Councilmember Barrett gave the invocation.
ITEM NO. 1-Consideration of Councilmember Steeno's resignation.
Councilmember Barrett moved to approve Councilmember Steeno's resignation, seconded by
Councilmember Clark. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 2 -Consideration of appointment to City Council -Place 3.
Councilmember Vaughn moved to appoint Perry Hoover to fill Council Place 3, seconded by
Councilmember Kovach. Motion carried.
Mayor Wright administered the Oath of Office to Perry Hoover and he was seated with Council
to begin duty.
ITEM NO. 3 -Consideration of minutes: Pre-Council Workshop -September 8, 1998
Public Hearing -September 8, 1998
Pre-Council Workshop -September 10, 1998
Regular Meeting -September 10, 1998
Special Meeting -September 15, 1998
Councilmember Barrett moved to approve the above minutes as they were submitted, seconded
by Councilmember Clark. Councilmembers Clark, Barrett, Vaughn and Kovach voted aye with
Councilmember Hoover abstaining. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 4 -Consideration of Ordinance No. 157, amending administrative fees.
Councilmember Barrett moved to approve Ordinance No. 157, amending administrative fees,
seconded by Councilmember Clark. Motion carried.
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ITEM NO. 5 - Consideration of Resolution No. 81, adopting the Kennedale News as the
Official Newspaper and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as an alternate.
Councilmember Kovach moved to approve Resolution No. 81, adopting the Kennedale News as
the Official Newspaper and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as an alternate, seconded by
Councilmember Hoover. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 6 -Consideration of Resolution No. 82, directing the City Secretary to publish
Notice of Intention with respect to the issuance by the City of not to exceed
$5,150,000 of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation
and authorizing First Southwest Company, the City's Financial Advisor,
and McCall, Parkhurst & Horton LLP, the City's Bond Counsel, to commence
preparation of documentation and financing arrangements with respect to the
issuance of the Certificates of Obligation.
Councilmember Barrett moved to approve Resolution No. 82, directing the City Secretary to
publish Notice of Intention with respect to the issuance by the City of not to exceed $5,150,000
of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation and authorizing First Southwest
Company, the City's Financial Advisor, and McCall, Parkhurst & Horton LLP, the City's Bond
Counsel, to commence preparation of documentation and financing arrangements with respect to
the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation contingent upon amending the first paragraph, 4"'
sentence to read "construction of a new municipal complex...", seconded by Councilmember
Clark. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 7 -Consideration of Resolution No. 83, initiating annexation of areas within and
contiguous to the City of Kennedale.
Councilmember Kovach moved to approve Resolution No. 83, initiating annexation of areas
within and contiguous to the City of Kennedale, seconded by Councilmember Barrett. Motion
carried.
ITEM NO. 8 -Consideration of 1998/1999 County Fire Contract.
Councilmember Kovach moved to approve the 1998/1999 contract with Tarrant County
Emergency Services District Number One contingent upon excluding the Oak Crest Addition that
lies within the Forest Hill Extra Territorial Jurisdiction, seconded by Councilmember Barrett.
Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 9 -Consideration of appointment to the Board of Adjustments.
Councilmember Barrett moved to appoint Rick Steeno as a regular member to the Board of
Adjustments with a term to expire in 1999, and Richard Jernigan as an alternate member to the
Board of Adjustments with a term to expire in 2000, seconded by Councilmember Kovach.
Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 10 -Consideration of appointing Chairman and Vice-Chairman to the Board of
Adjustments.
Councilmember Vaughn moved to appoint John Berry as Chairperson and Steve Hayes as Vice-
Chairperson to the Board of Adjustments, seconded by Councilmember Kovach. Motion carried.
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ITEM NO. 11-Consideration of appointments to the Economic Development Corporation
Board of Directors.
Councilmember Barrett moved to appoint Ron Kovach to Place 2, Robert Mundy to Place 4, and
John Berry to Place 6 to the Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors with terms
to expire in 2000, seconded by Councilmember Hoover. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 12 - Presentation by Kennedale Library Advisory Board.
Melode Seremet, Chairperson for the Kennedale Library Advisory Board and Kaye Hunn, Board
Member addressed Council regarding the development of a new library.
No action was required on this item.
ITEM NO. 13 -Consideration of TIF Grant.
Councilmember Kovach moved to approve the TIF Grant for the Kennedale Library, seconded by
Councilmember Clark. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 14 -General discussion.
Items brought before Council for discussion included the following:
• Letter supporting the Economic Development Corporation by Ms. Cathy Moore, resident of
Kennedale.
• Status on City Celebration in the City Park
• Park Board Grant Issues
• Status on combining City park ponds into one
• Meeting between City Council and all City Boards
Mayor Wright entered into executive session at 9:02 p.m.
ITEM NO. 15 -Executive Session.
A) The City Council met in closed session to discuss advice about pending or contemplated
litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City under the
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with the
Texas Open Meetings Act, including discussion on development controls in the ETJ or any item
posted on the agenda, pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code.
1) Michael Kerr v. City of Kennedale, Cause No. 4-96CV--474-Y
B) The City Council met in closed session to deliberate the purchase, exchange, or value of real
property, Section 551.072, Texas Government Code.
Mayor Wright reconvened into open session at 9:59 p.m.
ITEM NO. 16 -Action on executive session, if necessary.
No action was taken on executive session.
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ITEM NO. 7 Continued
Mayor Wright re-entered into item number seven to reconsider Resolution No. 83 and schedule
public hearings for proposed annexation.
Councilmember Barrett moved to reconsider Resolution No. 83, seconded by Councilmember
Kovach. Motion carried.
Councilmember Kovach moved to reconsider Resolution No. 83 and schedule the required public
hearings; one for November 10, 1998 to begin at 6:30 p.m., and the other for November 12, 1998
to begin at 7:30 p.m., seconded by Councilmember Clark.
There bein~,pp,~~rther discussion, Mayor Wright adjourned the meeting at 10:02 p.m.
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