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MINUTES OF
KENNEDALE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING - MAY 11, 1995
100 E. BROADWAY ST. - COMMUNITY CENTER
7:30 PM.
Mayor Abbott called the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m.
Members present were Mayor Abbott, Councilmen Wright, Mundy,
Kirkpatrick, Boone and Kovach.
Staff present were Ted Rowe, Kathy Turner, Vicki Thompson, Michael Box,
Mort Wetterling and Wayne K. Olson, legal counsel.
Councilman Mundy gave the invocation.
ITEM NO. 1 - Approval of Minutes: Public Hearing - April 13, 1995.
Regular Meeting - April 13, 1995.
Councilman Kovach moved to approve the minutes as they were submitted,
seconded by Councilman Kirkpatrick. Motion carried without opposition.
ITEM NO. 2 - Approval of Contract 95-09, Depository Agreement with
Central Bank & Trust.
Councilman Mundy moved to approve Contract 95-09, Depository Agreement
with Central Bank & Trust contingent upon correcting paragraph 4, last
sentence to read "The City Administrator or the Director of finance must
approve release of collateral as stated in 03. c, above." Seconded by
Councilman Wright and motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 3 - Consideration of Final Plat, Steeplechase Estates, Section
Three, requested by Mr. Ralph Shelton.
Mr. Ralph Shelton was present and addressed the concern with the eyebrow
and presented a corrected plat showing the eyebrow. It was Mr.
Shelton's understanding that Glenveiw Drive would require a temporary
turn around outside the platted area which was not a requirement to be
shown on the plat.
Mr. Rowe replied that the temporary turn around did not affect the
eyebrow, and the reason was to facilitate traffic with parked cars in
the road. In addition, Mr. Rowe stated that the temporary turn around
was still needed for emergency vehicles and he would further look into
the situation as a requirement in the street plans.
Councilman Wright moved to approve the Final Plat of Steeplechase
Estates, Section Three, seconded by Councilman Mundy and motion carried
without any opposition.
ITEM NO. 4 - Consideration of budget amendment for completion of
New Hope Road bridge.
Councilman Kovach moved to amend the budget in the amount of $10,100
from the reserve fund to the street department budget for additional
engineering fees as well as materials for the wingwalls to allow for
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completion of the New Hope Bridge, seconded by Councilman Boone. Motion
carried with none opposed.
ITEM NO. 5 - Canvass May 6, 1995 General Election and approve
Election Register.
Mayor Abbott read the following votes:
Early Election Day Total
Votes Votes Votes
Council Place 1
Mark S. Wright 15 127 142
Council Place 3
Robert P. Mundy 14 130 144
Council Place 5
George H. Barrett 13 125 138
There were 172 ballots cast in the May 6, 1995 election.
Councilman Kovach moved to approve Resolution No. 33 canvassing the May
6, 1995, General Election and to approve the Election Register, seconded
by Councilman Kirkpatrick. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 6 - Prescribe Oath of Office to newly elected officials.
Councilman Mundy moved to table item six until the next council meeting,
seconded by Councilman Boone and motion carried with no opposition.
ITEM NO. 7 - Approval to purchase replacement tractor.
Councilman Mundy moved to award bid to Burleson Equipment for a 1995
Long-2360 with trade-in of a net price of $7,495 and to be paid by
authorizing a transfer from the reserve fund in the amount of $2,090 to
the capital reserve fund, seconded by Councilman Kovach. Motion carried
unanimously.
ITEM NO. 8 - Consideration of Lone Star Gas Company's request to
increase local gas rates - filed April 19, 1995.
Councilman Boone moved to adopt Resolution No. 34 suspending the
proposed effective date of the proposed rate schedules and service
regulations for Lone Star Gas Company until August 23, 1995, seconded by
Councilman Kirkpatrick. Motion carried without opposition.
ITEM NO. 9 - General Discussion.
Fire Chief, David Arnold informed council that Careflight would be at
the fire station on Saturday, May 20, 1995, for an on-site training
course and invited the mayor and council.
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Mayor Abbott presented Mr. Pete Kirkpatrick a Certificate of
Appreciation for his extensive service he provided as a city councilman
as well as a rod and reel.
Councilman Kirkpatrick expressed his pleasure in serving on the council
and stated that if anyone needed any assistance he would be more than
willing to help.
There being no further discussion Mayor Abbott took a short recess.
Mayor Abbott reconvened the meeting at 8:38 p.m.
Mayor Abbott withdrew executive session from the agenda on the advice of
legal counsel, Mr. Wayne K. Olson.
ITEM NO. 10 - Action on executive session, if necessary.
No action was required on this item.
There being no further discussion, Mayor Abbott adjourned the meeting
and entered into the workshop at 8:40 p.m.
Mr. Rowe advised that council needs to appoint members to the various
boards at their next meeting as several vacancies have occurred. Next,
he recommended that the council consider an orientation for the planning
and zoning commissioners to be held by Fielding, Barrett & Taylor. In
addition, Mr. Rowe stated the Tarrant County had reviewed the community
development block grants and Kennedale was ear marked to receive
$131,000. The next phase was to select an engineer firm and it was the
consensus to stay with the city engineer, Cheatham & Associates.
Council then discussed recommended adjustments in miscellaneous city
fees, platting fees, animal impoundment fees, developer fees and the
need to adopt the 1994 Uniform Building Code fees and 1994 Fire Code.
Mr. Rowe stated that all recommendations would be correlated and
presented to the council before the next meeting for their review.
There being no further discussion, Mayor Abbott adjourned the workshop
at 9:50 p.m.
APPROVED:
Mayor Bill Abbott
ATTEST:
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