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Kennedale City Council
Regular Meeting - December 8, 1988
Community Center
Mayor Steve Radakovich called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.
Members present were Steve Radakovich, Bill Abbott, Pete Kirkpatrick,
Jerry Mitchell, John Mallory and Mark Wright.
Ted Rowe delivered the invocation.
ITEM N0. 1 - Approval of minutes of a regular meeting dated
November 17, 1988.
The minutes of November 17, 1988 were approved with an amendment to
Item No. 6: motion by John Mallory and seconded by Jerry Mitchell.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by John Mallory, to approve the
minutes with the above amendment. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM N0. 2 - Approval of Mutual Aid Agreement for Fire Protection
with the City of Dalworthington Gardens.
Fire Chief, Jim Smith, informed the Council that Dalworthington Gardens is
required to respond with only one unit and Kennedale may respond with more
than one unit. Their city has one firetruck and the main reason for the
mutual aid is to have a firetruck available if they have two fires at the
same time. If Kennedale has afire they would bring their truck and an
abundance of man power. The population of Dalworthington Gardens is
1,600. The contract is an on-going contract and can be terminated by
either party.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Pete Kirkpatrick, to accept the
mutual aid agreement as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 3 - Approval of Contract with Animobile Veterinary Clinic.
Bill Abbott raised the issue of the school having liability and the designated
non-profit group. Ted Rowe commented that apparently the school has normal
liability and the non-profit group may be whomever the Council designates or
the City Animal Control Department listed under item 8 of the agreement. The
Mayor was concerned about item 5, the city's liability for property damage
or personal injury. Attorney Don Driver, assured the Council that the city
would not be liable because it will be located on school property and not on
city property. Item 10 was deleted from the agreement.
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Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by Bill Abbott, to approve
the agreement designating the City Animal Control Department to receive $0.50
per paid client. Motion carried without opposition.
ITEM NO. 5 - Approval of Participation in Tarrant County Health Inspection
Program.
Larry Prine of the Tarrant County Health Department presented a contract for
services consisting of a food establishment surveillance program, certification
of establishments for issuance of health permits, collection of fees, notifi-
cation to City of violations of health ordinances, documentation of food
establishment surveillance program activities within City in a quarterly report,
and, where legally required by ordinance, approval of food establishment
managers training and certification.
The permit fee is $100.00 per permit. Temporary food establishments that
operate. for less than 14 consecutive days will have a $25.00 permit fee. Multiple
permits are issued, for example, grocery stores which have a meat market,
deli, produce and bakery. These are all considered separate permits.
The City has to provide TCHD with an ordinance on the food inspection program
within 90 days. The term of the contract is a period of one year commencing
January 1, 1989 and ending December 31, 1989.
Mr. Prine briefly discussed the inspection procedures and how the city would
be involved.
The Council expressed concern about the Food Manager Certification Program
requiring a certified manager to be on duty during all hours of operation of
any establishment employing six or more employees as outlined in the sample
ordinance. Mr. Prine pointed out that some cities had written their ordinance
to provide for a facility having less than six employees per shift to have
only one certified manager. Schools and other non-profit organizations as
approved by the IRS are exempt.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Pete Kirkpatrick, to participate
in the Tarrant County Health Inspection Program, with corrections to the
ordinance pertaining to the certified manager. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 4 - Review of Senior Citizen Center Plans.
Mr. Paul Deeley, architect for Inform Construction, Inc., presented plans
that differed slightly from the original plans. Mr. Deeley outlined the
floor plan and described the front of the building as brick with stone
columns and wood frame stucco on the back and sides, metal roof, two air
conditioning units and wheelchaa~r accessability. The possibility of the
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ITEM NO. 4 - Continued
county to provide a parking area for the center is being reviewed.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by John Mallory, to accept the
plans as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 6 - Approval of Participation in State Fire Fighter Retirement
and Benefit Plan.
Ted Rowe recommended this item be tabled so more information may be gathered
on comparative programs. Mr. Rowe indicated that there may be commercial
insurance programs that would be of a greater benefit at a lower cost.
Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by Mark Wright, to table this
item for further study. Motion carried without opposition.
ITEM NO. 7 - Approval of final Plat of Lots 19R1, 19R2 and 19R3, Block 2,
Shady Creek Addition, Phase I.
Council was informed that the engineering fees had been paid on this plat.
Council discussed prior engineering fees due in the amount of $10,659.05
on plats from the Robbins Companies. Mr. Cooper was furnished a letter
informing him that plat requests, zoning matters, and request for building
permits would be held without action, pending receipt of the required payment.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Pete Kirkpatrick, to approve the
plat of Lots 19R1, 19R2, and 19R3, Block 2, Shady Creek Addition, Phase I
and for the city and The Robbins Companies to came to an agreement on the
prior charges. Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 8 - Approval of Additional Stop Sign Locations.
Chief David Geeslin recommended additional stop sign locations to aid in
providing safe and efficient traffic flow in "Old Town".
This would amend Chapter 16, Kennedale City Code, Article 4, Section 16-41
(pp 195-196) "Stop and Yield Right-of-Way Intersection" to add the following
locations for stop signs:
Location of Sign
Kenny Street (northbound)
Kenny Street (southbound)
Sulphur Street (northbound)
Sulphur Street (southbound)
Chitwood Street (southbound)
Caylebaite Street (southbound)
5th Street (westbound)
5th Street (eastbound)
At Intersection With
5th Street
5th Street
5th Street
5th Street
5th Street
5th Street
Spiller Street
Spiller STreet
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ITEM NO. 8 - Continued.
Location of Sign
5th Street (westbound)
4th Street (westbound)
Kenny Street (northbound)
Spiller Street (northbound)
Caylebaite Street (northbound)
Caylebaite STreet (northbound)
Chitwood Street (northbound)
At Intersection With
North Road
North Road
3rd Street
4th Street
4th Street
5th Street
5th Street
Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by Jerry Mitchell, to approve
the amendment Chapter 16, Article 4, Section 16-41 by adding the above named
street locations. Motion carried, with none opposed.
ITEM NO. 9 - Approval of Ordinance 88-16 to Establish the Kennedale
Emergency Management Organization.
Fire Chief Jim Smith pointed out that this is the only alternative to stay
in compliance with Title 3. Fort Worth will head the operation because they
have more expertise in that field.
Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by John Mallory, to approve
Ordinance 88-16, Emergency Management Organization. Motion carried.
ITEM NO. 10 - Approval of Joint Resolution - Interjurisdictional
Emergency Management Plan.
Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by John Mallory, to approve
the joint resolution of Interjurisdictional Emergency Management Plan.
Motion carried unanimously.
ITEM NO. 11 - Approval of Amendment to Chapter 3, Art. 1, Building
Code, Requirements for Residential Housing Units.
The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and approved a proposed ordinance
for all site-built homes, mobile homes, manufactured housing and houses
moved into Kennedale. Subject ordinance requires a roof pitch of 4 x 12
or greater, certain roof eave overhang measurements and compliance with all
adopted building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and fire codes. It was
the consensus of the council that the roof eave overhang requirements were
not feasible.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Jerry Mitchell, to table this item
for further information. Motion carried without opposition.
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ITEM NO. 12 - Review Plans for Police Building and Allocation of
Preliminary Funds.
Chief David Geeslin reported that Ward Bogart would charge approximately
$10,000 for architectural fees on the proposed police station. Mr. Bogart
would be providing the same services as he performed on the proposed
Senior Citizen Center.
Chief Geeslin called a consultant from San Antonio to help with a preliminary
floor plan which cost room and board. The floor plan was reduced by approxi-
mately 2,000 square feet. The court roan containing 1,250 square feet was
deleted on the assumption that court could be held in the Carmunity Center,
also a large amount of the hall way was deleted. The building was reduced
from 9,044 to 7,000 square feet for administrative office space. The
building over all is approximatley 10,00 square feet. Geeslin interviewed
various architects and found that Mike McCarty would charge $1,000 to prepare
site elevation, floor plan and bid package, review the bid package and
recommend a contractor after the bids are opened. Other architects interviewed
proposed to charge $10,000 up, depending on the desired services. Mike
McCarty is a citizen, as well as, a member of the Planning and Zoning Com-
mission and is interested in getting a quality product.
Motion was made by Pete Kirkpatrick, seconded by John Mallory, to approve
Mike McCarty as architect for the proposed police station. Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by John Mallory, seconded by Mark Wright to enter into
executive session at 9:14 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
CERTIFIED AGENDA OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
ITEM NO. 13 _ Closed session to discuss litigation on Terry Ahrendt,
Shane Fincher and Fort Worth Landfill (Section 2 (e)
Art. 6252-17 V.T.C.S.)
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Cer i~ cation by Ted Rowe
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Pete Kirkpatrick, to reconvene
into open session at 9:28 p.m. Motion carried.
Motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded by Pete Kirkpatrick, to correct
Item 2 of the minutes dated November 17, 1988, to include a budget amendment
for $2,000 from the General Fund Reserves. This is to be included in the
discussion and motion. This allocation is for architectural fees. Motion
carried unanimously.
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There being no further business, motion was made by Bill Abbott, seconded
by Pete Kirkpatrick, to adjourn the meeting at 9:36 p.m. Motion carried.
APPROVED:
yor Steve Radakovich
ATTEST:
Cit Secretary
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