12.08.1977 CC MinutesPage 753
REGULAR MEETING OF THE KENNEDALE CITY COUNCIL
December 8, 1977
Mayor Radakovich assembled the meeting at 7:30 P. M. Pat Turner
gave the invocation. Members present were George Lowery, Clara
Sanderson, Mayor Radakovich, Stanley Jernigan, Charles Kuykendall
and Pat Turner.
The minutes of the Regular Meeting October 13, 1977, Special
Meeting October 25, 1977, Regular Meeting November 10, 1977,
Special Meeting November 17, 1977 with one addition, Judge George
Thompson's salary increase request from $100.00 per month to
$150.00 per month was denied, and the Special Meeting December
3, 1977 were approved as read.
Item No. 1, Discussion of Lone Star Gas Rate Increase P~equest.
Bobby Oney, Supervisor, from Lone Star Gas Company requested
that the Kennedale City Council suspend the first rate increase
for thirty (30) days and the second rate increase request for
ninety (90) days to see what the City of Fort Worth will do.
Pat Turner made a motion to suspend the first request for thirty
(30) days, seconded by Charles Kuykendall. The motion carried
with none opposed.
Pat Turner made a motion to suspend the second request for
ninety (90) days, seconded by George Lowery. The motion carried
with none opposed.
Item No. 2, Consideration of Sewer Use Charge. Bob Nichols, with
Freese and Nichols Engineering, was present at Jack Yates request
to advise what the best procedure for sewer charge increase would
be. Jack Yates presented his recommendations. Pat Turner
recommended postponing this item for a worksession. The council
agreed, but no date was set at this time. Stanley Jernigan
suggested bringing this up at the next Town Hall Meeting. Pat
Turner said we must reimburse the sewer charges to the nineteen
(19) customers, who did not pay their tap fee, in the Phase I
and Phase II Area as voted upon by the council, November 10, 1977.
Jack Yates recommended we use the December 1877, January and
February 1978 averages to figure our sewer charges and bill this
on the April 1, 1978 bills (March 21, 1978) billing. George
Lowery made a motion to have Mr. Marshall draft an ordinance no.
adopting the new sewer rate showing the service charge increased
from $1.85 to $2.00 per month and the volume charge at .438 per
1.000 gallons. Clara Sanderson seconded the motion. The motion
carried with none opposed.
Mayor Radakovich recommended we made a water and usage and sewer
rate chart and post it in the front office _f or the customers to
see. The council agreed.
Item No. 3, Consideration of Unemployment. Compensation. Stanley
Jernigan made a motion to adopt the tax payer method (.Ol%),
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seconded by Clara Sanderson. The motion carried unanimously.
Item No. 4, Discussion of Amending Ordinance Concerning
Utility Service Termination. This item was not ready for
presentation.
Item No. 5, Departmental Reports. Jack Yates asked the coun-
cil if they wanted to pay for the radio system change over with
Revenue Sharing Funds or from the General Fund. The council
recommended paying for it with Revenue Sharing.
Mayor Radakovich asked if we had purchased a new tape recorder
yet. Jack Yates said no, but he would get with Evelyn Templeton
and buy one.
Mr. Marshall recommended the re-adoption of Ordinance No. 77-22,
because he had made three changes in the rough draft that was
submitted to him for typing. George Lowery made a motion to
re-adopt Ordinance No. 77-22 with the changes as made by Mr.
Marshall. Clara Sanderson seconded the motion. The motion
carried with none opposed.
Pat Turner asked Jack Yates about the carnival that was set up
on Buddies parking lot. Jack Yates answered that it was a
non profit organization. Pat Turner asked about the status of
the Keeton's Playground Equipment that was being spread out
over another lot. Jack Yates said he had notified Mr. Keeton
to ask for a variance. Pat Turner asked if the house at 300
N. Little School Road that burned has been condemned. Mayor
Radakovich said no, but it should be and that it was probably
an oversight. Pat Turner asked who owned the house 716 North
Road, and if it was condemned. He was told that it was condemn-
ed and that Marie Oliphint owns the house.
Mayor Radakovich advised the council that we had received a lot
of help from Commissioner Jerry Mebus. He asked that we tell
Mr. Mebus how much we appreciate his help. Jack Yates said
the county was doing Village Street this week too, but that
the city was buying the gravel.
Stanley Jernigan asked Jack Yates about the weed letters.
Jack said he would get them out. Stanley asked how many were
going to the Tarrant. County Mayors Council Annual Ban0uet
Monday night, December 12, 1977. The results were thatCharles
and Sandra Kuykendall, Clara Sanderson, George and Margie Lowery,
Stanley and Jimmi Jernigan, Evelyn Templeton, Steve Radakovich,
and Jack Yates would attend. The reservations are $12.00 each.
The Mayor's reservation is free.
Jack Yates advised the council that Forest Hill had called
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late today,saying their city attorney suggested to their council
and they went along with it to ask Kennedale to also annex our
extraterritorial property within one year. He said he advised
them that we could not annex it since we are a General Law City.
Jack Yates said we are right back where we started from.
Jack Yates said we are not getting the Fire Reports anymore, and
he feels there is a personal reason for this.
Jack Yates said the C. D. Pincher tickets that were up before
the county had been dismissed by the Assistant District Attorney,
Jim Shaw. Jack asked what the council wanted him to do about
the tickets. Pat Turner asked if sewer was available to Pincher,
and he wanted it checked into to see if he could get onto sewer.
The council feels he should pay the tickets.
Jack Yates said the Planning and Zoning Board wants to have a
joint meeting with the City Council to discuss Don Johnson's
Battery Shop. No date was set at this time.
George Lowery
ed the motion.
ing adjourned
made a motion to adjourn.
The motion carried with
at 10:55 P. M.
Clara Sanderson second-
none opposed. The meet-
APPROVED : ~~'~-
.Steve Radakovich, Mayor
ATTEST: ,
Evelyn I. Templet
City Secretary
CITY SEAL:
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