Weatherford
Weatherford City Council, May 28, 2013: 4 items; authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No 1 to the contract with Jay Mills
0 consent items, 4 regular items; 5 recorded votes, all unanimous. Written from the minutes.
Discuss and consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No 1 to the contract with Jay Mills Construction, Inc. for additional work on the South Main Street project. Terry Hughes, Director of Capital Transportation, presented this item. In March, Council approved a supplement to the contract with Dannenbaum Engineering for design services to add a traffic signal at Cleburne Avenue and a deceleration lane for a driveway north of Cleburne Avenue. The supplemental plans have been approved by TxDOT. At the time of preparing the agenda for this meeting, the change order totaled $268,429.61. As of today, staff has been able to reduce the amount to $247,224.61. An agreement has been made with Wal-Mart to shut down their main driveway entrance for three days to completely finish out the intersection at Wal-Mart and Martin Drive. This will allow faster completion and reopening of the entrance. Mr. Hughes noted that, as anticipated, the crews are moving a little faster on the west side of Main Street. Drainage work on the north end of the construction zone is scheduled to begin this week. On the motion of Heidi Wilder, second by Jeff Robinson, the Council voted unanimously to approve this item. Motion carried 5 - 0.
Consider and/or act upon approval to allow placement of a statue of Larry Hagman on the grounds of Heritage Park. City Manager Jerry Blaisdell presented this item. The committee requested a formal vote to acknowledge Heritage Park as the approved site for the Larry Hagman memorial. Sherry Watters spoke on behalf of the committee and in favor of this request. On the motion of Waymon Hamilton, second by Craig Swancy, the Council voted unanimously to grant permission for the placement of a memorial honoring Larry Hagman at a location in Heritage Park with the details and location to be approved by the Parks Board and the Council under the parameters of the policy that is being developed at this time, and to be funded by private dollars. Motion carried 5 - 0.
2 residents spoke during citizen comments on non-agenda items; the minutes record the topics. The Ledger counts residents at comment and does not name them.
CC 052813 Page 2 of 4 Monthly Management Report for April 2013, including monthly financial report, update on FY14 budget process, and discussion of tools developed to track 2013 mosquito control program. Chad Janicek, Director of Office of Management and Budget reviewed the monthly report and updated the Council regarding the FY14 budget process. Due to changes, cuts, and reorganizations over the last several years, it is difficult to provide an “apples to apples” comparison, but staff has compiled the below Historical Spending chart which provides a close comparison: Departments submitted target budgets in April; the target budgets are flat, but departments had the flexibility to move dollars around within their accounts if needed. Each department identified, itemized, justified, and prioritized supplemental requests for services or items over and above their current budget. The supplemental requests submitted on May 17 are categorized as follows: Cost of Service Increases - ongoing - $170,000 New/Expanded Programs - ongoing - $2,160,000 New/Expanded Programs - one-time - $1,370,000 Vehicle/Equipment Replacement - one-time - $1,401,000 Mr. Janicek spoke about how the City is using the Open Data site to manage our mosquito control process. Staff members have been setting and picking up traps, and performing basic treatment such as placing dunks. The Open Data site [...]
Discuss the pros and cons of consolidation of the paid personnel of Emergency Service District (ESD) 3 into the Weatherford Fire Department (WFD) and discuss entering into a contract for WFD to provide emergency service to the district. CC 052813 Page 3 of 4 Paul Rust, Fire Chief, presented this item. Chief English of ESD 3 was in attendance. Chief Rust provided statistics for WFD's station 2, as well as ESD 3. He noted that these two stations are serving much of the same area and that services could be more efficient from one location. He reviewed maps showing response areas/times for both stations. Benefits of consolidation include: Higher level of safety and service for all citizens and firefighters with staffing levels increased to four at all stations at all times, and a pool of 20 volunteer firefighters to supplement paid members through a reserve program. Economies of scale and scope meaning a reduced cost to operate one station instead of two, the use of ESD 3 vehicles and equipment to serve both the citizens of Weatherford and the ESD, and the possible expansion of the water plant into fire station 2. The WFD will provide the manpower and ESD 3 will provide the station, the equipment, and the utilities. Regarding staffing, WFD currently has three vacancies due to retirements. The ESD has six paid firefighters. Staff would propose hiring three persons to fill the [...]
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Sources: City of Weatherford: council minutes, May 28, 2013 (Granicus); Agenda for this meeting (Granicus); Meeting video (Granicus)