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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1959-11-09 Minutes :~OE..'IT nl~~IL\lm rrorLLs, iBXAS r\,1IITJl'ES O-~' T:E-'}GLA.R'~C<.r~,>'j 1L !.:Eì~T IiJG r;O\TEI\1DER 9, 1959 a~1 THF regula.r city C0UllCil meeting 02 (;he North Richlar.d Hills:;ity COUllC.a iVas hel:1 ?Jovember 9, lS59, ù.t tho Ci\/'Ìc Centcl', Pipe tine Road tUl(~ Ifor'¡;aú Circle; tllld ',vas cal1ed~o order at 7:40 r .j~:. ~,J\jith tile ìj~aYQr ro:d C5..t~ CO"\.Årlùil- men Rowe, Franklin, Kutilek.. Zellers and Graner PrÐ3enG, alone with a small group of guest. The. minui;~s of the le.Gt recular Council 1Æeeting; wer'¿; rcad,art~r w'!iich the I~ayor staLed th!!.t since he hú.d not prcsid')c1 OVEn' t,he :int;ire meeting on Oct. 26, he, Hayor Perry, would not sign the minutes of f;hat r:i3ðting. Councilm~n Zel1"rs moved that the m:inutes be approved as read. Councilman Graner s~co(j.ded the motion. Ì'.::ayor Perry re<fusedto er~tertail'l said ¡nC)!;ioll, ~.nd stated that rat:har then have ê\ rcpitition of the peesedings of the last meet lng, he would relinquish the Chair to Mayor Pro-Tem Kuti1¡~k. ,~t h':1is reint, Coullcilman Franklin intJ.'oduced a suòatitute motion to the effcct Lha.G the pa.rt of the meetng pl'~sided ov(~r by ~.;:ayor Pro-Tem Paul Kutilck be striclœll fromth~ minutes, and that the t!a.yor ::::ign th~ remaining part. Coun:: ilman Zcll~rs stated that he ,'''' ul:l n(')1:; except the substitute motion. The Mayor Pro-Tem called for a -,rote. Those ·ng; for the substHu!:;e motion were; 1,~yor Perry a:ttempting t¡) "irote fOl'-' slone 'ith Councilman Rov4e a.nd Councilman Fra.l1klin. Those voting agfd.nst the substLu.terlotion: Mayor Pro-Tem Kutil5k attempGinG to vots alone ilith Council- l;w..:n Zellers and CourlGilman. Graner. The Mayor Pro-Tem then called for a vote on !Ô". Zellers motioh to accept the minutes as read. Those voting for were: ¡,¡layor Pro-Tem attenpti.ag to vote alone with Councilman Zellers and Councilman. J.1'a.ner. Those voting against weco: M~or Perry at!~e!l1f'tlng t,) vote alene \'lith Councilra8.ll ::owe allQ Councilman Franklin. M8¥ol' Perry· stated he.muLl sign the pa.rt oi' the minutes of the mectiu6 over "hich he pres ided 1!lnd !,:a.YOt' Pro-Tem Kutilek could sign that part; wh .oh he presided over.::;ouncil~an (}:"Uler stated he had no 0bj~Gtion to :~hat; but sti111uestio~ed the reasons for the ~ira.yors objections to signing the -a:il'lutes. sinGet;hat. ~ a true GOry of' the haf'pcllings of tihe meetinG_ 1,'~' or Pro-Tam Kutil·!)k returned the Chtdr to V::vor Perry. Maior Per:.:'y sbd:;ed tht-l.t du~ to ell,:;; increase in deta.il work at Lh,; CH;:/ orf:i.c,~, ther$ Via: a n!':ed fo~' 01 duplioatinG n1ttChine i;1t;hat office. He had che.cked of the pric6s of such Ii ml1chino, 6.n::1 the lowest figure he had been abl,;~o ob t;a.in was $182.00. Coullcil::nan Zellers moyod thattthe \.ìity buyl:;he mechine a.t thnt price. Councilman Graner ì.ecœ.1.ded the mœtioll which ca.rri~d unå.l1.imousl,y. T~lero thell <:;PJne a discussion of' th~ rep:!!.!r job b~int; done by Tarrant Utility Co. gn O!lY·x Dr. Due!:;\) the unfairorabh,weacher conditions they' ha.ve been un:ble Lo c on'plet~ the job. Hr. Johnson has stated he lIould repair the damage done by thl! reaserrG he~r¡ rains. It; w~~s then armounced that the North Richland Hills Fire D~pt. Bosxd would hold a. meetinG with the Smit;hfield Fire DeFt:;. at t¡l~ 8ity Office 011 Tuesda.y Uovember 10. at !l:OO 0 t ~lock .1'Iayor iPerl"5' and. vcuúcilman Franklin announcing (¡hac due to peevious coriIDlil;menils they· would be una.bla to a:l;l;end. Councilmen Zell~l"s,Graner ar.d Kutil~k ,'ould attend, with. Council:nan Kutilek conducting the me'9ting for t;he M· Ae:yOt:' . ,5\\ , ~ t ~ '\ ,J k\ . ~~~ ~ . .; \jj -1 d }' ~ ,. .,'\i " Page 1 2. November 9, 1959 CouncilmarL Ci-raner then ca.lled for the Secreta.ry to giv~ a. bre""klo~m of the il1.co,::e: of the Electric 9..1 Dept. alone with (;he; feGs pa.id to ~I::·r.? C. Reccol1l1'c; as the City Ilecbricll Inspector. This report having been asked for in the last regular Council meeting. The report made up by the City Clerk being found to be incomplete. the City Secretar;r ,va.s to bring a. complete report to the next regular meeting. Mr. Reconne sta.ted ~hat accordi¡ig to hb records he had averq;e of $242.56 for the seven months; he has filled that position. The Vity Secretary was then asked to read a re6e!~ memorandum addressed to her form the Mayor on November 7, 1959. This memo was to the effect ths.t no mòre _' !"~a.ster Eleotrician License wel;e to be issued until after the next Council meeting. Mr. Reconnu explained to the Gonnoil that t' e reason for this action was that a certain Mr. Reaves had beon found. dcing~ North Richla.nd Hills on a Master Eleotrician I s License that was ob'bained ullder false pretenoes. The¡ License was issued'before June 30.. 1£159. Before thai:; date the City l.ssued License without th~ person being required to tale a examination, if that person alres.dy h~ld a License with a City' of at least 150.000 Popu.1ation. '1'his Mr. Rea ves cU,med to havli at the time h~ WtiS issued a License. The E1ectriaal Board has sincet1:Ls.t timo determained that he ho~ds no such License. 'Mr. Footð. of the Electrical'''b:sked that, in the event Mr. .t{ea:¡es License was proven to be invalid. did he, Mr. Ree.ves ha.ve the right to rcclaLn the $5.0.00 he paid to get his 1iceUiJe. The a..'1I:nver was, No. It waS the opion of both the £ohctricIl1 Inspeotor and the council, that he had forf'ieted tha.t ri11ht by his own act; ions . Councilman Gn.1ner moved that in Art. 3:" Se:c. 11, ot'l;he lee trical Ordinallce.the'·sénbencð "No person will 'be réquired to take the ~elow mentioned e~uin~tion who¡already holds a Master E1eotricians' 1ioense in ~ municipality of the ;)tate of' exas of 160.000 or more~, be stricken from the Ord. Councilman ROWð seconded the motion, which passed un~lious1y. ~'\~ Mr. Renfro, of che zoning commision, then ask the Council to determain whi:::h , X aprroval should t e,ke preced"l-llce in accord'lllcè,;¡Í th our Subdi vs ion Ord. If 54. ~~ The approval of the ,ZOllir~b vomm.isioIl or the approval of the \.;itù L!.ngineer. Mr. Dick Y..nooclton, the lìity J.<.;ngineer, express the reelinß that the ity shoul~l have some spec i£'io program of p~'esedure to protect the LJeveloper, in the event !:;he ' 1; pe rpos cd p l.tt wa s 110+ ,p P roved by either 0". 0 ~ tho ruling officie s. Mr. Chr 1st opher. '\\, V the City Attorney, then stated a presedure program should be worked out, and gave ""~, ~\. f\. the following: The prcposed preliminary ple.tt, alone withs. oopy of 1:.h~ d.~icatfo'n "])~, and the restrictions. should be brought to the City Office a.nd placed in the hands ~ of the Ç'ity Secretary. The City Secretary should turn the plabt and copy of 1:.h6 J de~ioation and the restiiotions over to the Zoni~b Commision. The Zoning Comm1sion should determain wheather or not the plat·!; compli~s with our Ordinance. In th~ event a Zoning change is required.. a public notice should be given and a pubihic hea.ring helq. This requiring a $25.00 fee to be paid to th,~ Citt;' by the Develop~r. The Zoning t;ommisiorl vvill then make it's rccomend,ations to the Jouncil. If the plat is passed and approved by the Courlcil,che "'ity Engineer will then recievo the perposed platt. Upon the approval or the City Enßineer the Developer will be notifieè to go s.hesd on the final record platt. Councilman Zellers moved t;h~ adoption of the presedure proGram as outlined. };~otion was second,~j by Councilman Fra.nklin, and carried unanimously. Mr. Christopher stated that our Ordinance /i,54 would necessiate the !! igning of a contract betweal1 the City and each new D~veloper. The perpose of whioh is to !ilak~ crtain tha.t the developer does 'Nhat he stated he p1e..nes a.nd. sped.fies he ., d d· " ·1 r< 'h ~ -1- P '" 'I Ç> d J.m:;en S oJ.ng. "oune 1. ml.'\.rl '¡ranðrG~ en rea.'~ ...0 ~ne oune J. a copy 0... a perpase P <.0 ",:. 'r" 3 Ho",'''''m''""...!' q 10"-.0 ~6v ¡ ~. ..., ~ v ..~u_, ".. ",,¿vv Contract dravm up by Mr. Chris ~ofhcr :£[11,1 1;';1-. Knowlton. M 80unclman Franllin m.oved the adoption of 39.id contract, a true copy of which as approve'} is attached her~to and ma.de a. part; hereof for all purposes.. M Councilma.n Rowe sccond!".d the mation, ',vhich passed unanimously. Councilman Fr8-"1klin moyed adjournment. SeGonded by CouncilmlJl.!l Rowe, and meetil1g adjourned a.t 9:40 P.M. Respectull;y Submitted 1)y Secretary tI~~ ~./-d:.t.P~<'",~