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DUNCANVILLE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL A briefing session of the City Council was held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 6:01 p.m. with a quorum present, to wit: David Green Mayor Dorothy Burton Councilwoman Ken Weaver Councilman Scott Cannon Councilman Anthony Skinner Councilman Grady Smithey Mayor Pro Tem Johnette Jameson Councilwoman, absent ITEM 1. SCHEDULING. Mayor Green reminded the City Council of the following upcoming calendar items: March 18 th – Best Southwest Transportation Committee luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen; March 18 th – Taste of Duncanville & Community Spotlight from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (senior hour 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) at the Duncanville High School; March 27 th – Household Hazardous Waste Collection from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Duncanville High School softball parking lot (on the west side of N. Greenstone Lane); and March 31 st – Northwood University 50 th Anniversary Time Capsule ceremony at 12:15 p.m. at the amphitheater located between Hopkins Building and the Salwell Student Union. Following a discussion, the City Council agreed to hold a workshop on April 20, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in the briefing room to discuss the Code of Ethics. ITEM 2. REVIEW AND DISCUSS ALL AGENDA ITEMS. Item 2C. Following a City Council inquiry, City Manager Cagle explained the project was included in the FY10 budget, but not as a specific line item. Item 3C: Discussion included: deregulation; lack of voice for the consumer; input by CAPP; and last legislative session. Item 4. Mayor Green announced this item was being removed from the agenda and will be placed on the agenda for the April 6, 2010 regular meeting. Mayor Green reminded the City Council that the Citizen Comment Period and Councilmember Reports will not be televised since we are now in election season. ITEM 3. The City Council recessed into Executive Session at 6:22 p.m. pursuant to G.C. Section 551.071, Consultation with At tor ney, G.C. Section 551.072, Deliberation Regarding Real Property, and G.C. Section 551.087, Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiation, regarding property located at 730 East Interstate 20, Duncanville, Texas. The Executive Session adjourned at 6:33 p.m. APPROVED: _______________________________ MAYOR ATTEST: _________________________________ CITY SECRETARY CITY COUNCIL A regular meeting of the City Council was held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. with a quorum present, to wit: David Green Mayor Dorothy Burton Councilwoman Ken Weaver Councilman Scott Cannon Councilman Anthony Skinner Councilman Grady Smithey Mayor Pro Tem Johnette Jameson Councilwoman, absent The Invocation was provided by City Manager Kent Cagle . The Pledge of Allegiance and Texas Pledge was led by City Secretary Dara Crabtree . Mayor Green and Daughters of the American Revolution member Bobby Cutler Hill recognized Pat Weaver on receiving the 2009 Community Service Award for Old Chisholm Trail Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. In addition, she was named the State Community Service award winner out of 395 nominations and is now a contestant at the national level. Mayor Green presented a proclamation recognizing April 11-17, 2010 as National Telecommunications Week. Mayor Green introduced the members of the Duncanville Community Multicultural Commission and presented a proclamation recognizing March as Women’s His tor y Month as part of the city’s Inclusive Community program. Mayor Green announced the Taste of Duncanville & Community Spotlight being held on March 18 th and reminded citizens of the importance of completing the Census 2010 form. Mayor Green recognized Anna, Joanne, and Phillip Parks at 727 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. as the District 5 spring recipient of the Keep Duncanville Beautiful Board Curb Appeal Property. CITIZENS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD [No one spoke.] CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Cannon made a motion, seconded by Councilman Skinner, to approve consent items 1C through 3C. The vote was cast 5 for, 0 against. Councilwoman Burton was out of the room during the vote (ill). 1C. Approve minutes for meetings held on March 2, 2010 as amended. 2C. Award bid in the amount of $137,820 (Drainage Capital Improvement Fund) to Municipal Utilities, Inc. for River Oaks Drainage Improvements. 3C. Approval of Resolution No. 2010-031603 endorsing certain legislative changes relating to the Sunset Review of the Texas Public Utility Commission and the Special Purpose review of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ITEM4. Mayor Green announced the presentation by Michael Courville regarding Texas Police Chiefs Association Fiftieth Anniversary Pic tor ial His tor y was being removed from the agenda. This item would be placed on the agenda for the April 6, 2010 regular meeting. ITEM 5. Received a PowerPoint presentation by Oncor representatives Debbie Dennis and Kenneth Govan regarding winter s tor m response and power outages including: overview of February 2010 snow s tor m; number of North Texas outages; res tor ation personnel; Oncor’s response; res tor ation process; outage call process; how Oncor locates power outages; chart reflecting Duncanville customer outages by hour; causes for Duncanville outages; vegetation management; and changes underway based on lessons learned from snow s tor m. Questions and answers followed. ITEM 6. Assistant Public Works Direc tor Steve Miller provided the quarterly Capital Project Update report including: Air Quality – Traffic Signal Timing (NCTCOG grant); water, wastewater and drainage improvements; Waterview Park improvements; Main Street improvements; North Main Street pump station; power capaci tor s for three (3) water pump stations; Bentle Branch TRA relief line; Wintergreen Road intersection improvements; Eastbound Interstate 20 service road; Cockrell Hill Road at Interstate 20 intersection improvements; Highway 67 bottleneck; and Interstate 20 landscaping. Comments followed. ITEM 7. COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS. Grady Smithey – wished everyone a happy Saint Patrick’s Day on the 17 th. Anthony Skinner – reminded everyone it was a good time to check the batteries in their smoke detec tor s with the changing of clocks for daylight savings time; keep homes and families safe. The meeting adjourned at 8:16 p.m. APPROVED: ________________________ MAYOR ATTEST: _________________________ CITY SECRETARY
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