Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 2005 Page: 5 of 20
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City Council Minutes
' by Bill Flannery, City secretary
The Comanche City Council how associated costs to the
met in a session on Monday, city impacted the operations
August 29,2005, at 7:00 p.m. of the City. The Mayor asked
at the Comanche Community that the City Secretary look
Center. Those in attendance into the costs again with a
for the meeting included the group of Councilmen. Mr.
following: Brent Hagood- Nelms asked for a vote on the
Mayor; Lance Wilkerson- issue, and not to table the
matter for further
investigation. Mr. Abbey
Councilmember; Carroll
Abbey- Councilmember;
SandyLuker- Councilmember; gave his thoughts- it was not
and James Nelms- an easy question to solve.
Councilmember. Robert Lance Wilkerson really
Cobb- Councilmember was wanted some more
absent. The City Staff was information to leam all the
also present. facts of the situation. Mrs.
Mayor Hagood called the Luker felt the fuel question
meeting to order, and Darwin was an important issue and
Dickerson gave the that the city should be looking
invocation. for ways to save dollars. She
There were five items of asked for a vote. Mrs. Luker
new business discussed by the made a motion for all City
council: Vehicles being used by the
Opening of fuel bids by the city personnel living outside
Comanche City Council for the City of Comanche for
Fiscal Year 2005-2006. Bids transportation to and from
from Central Texas Energy their j°b- be returned to the
Suppliers were the only bids City. Mr. Nelms seconded
received by the City of this motion. Voting for the
Comanche. Their bid was for return of City Vehicles to
the following: $0.15 per town were Sandy Luker and
gallon above the rack price for James Nelms. Voting against
87 octane; $0.15 per gallon the measure were Lance
above the rack price for #2
diesel off road; $0.15 per
Wilkerson and Carroll Abbey.
Mayor Hagood broke the tie
gallon above the rack price for v«te by voting against the
#2 diesel highway. The motion and asking that the
Council will decide on the question be brought up at the
acceptance of this bid at the Council meeting of September
Council Meeting
September 12, 2005.
12, 2005. The Council
members agreed to this item
Filing of the City Budget bein8 on the September 12,
for Fiscal Year 2005-2006 by 2005 City Agenda,
the Mayor with the City City Council discussion of
Secretary. The Budget was the *ax rated of the City of
discussed by City Staff and Comanche for Fiscal Year
City Council. The Budget 2005-2006. Mr. Flannery
will be further discussed by sPoke about the tax rate that
the Council at a Public was being proposed for the
Hearing on September 16, coming year. The proposed
2005. The Mayor then filed tax rate of .5550 for the 2005-
the budget with the City
Secretary.
City Council discussion
2006 fiscal year is lower than
last year’s tax rate of .5734.
The Council will have a
and action regarding use of meeting on September 29,
City vehicle by City 2005 to adopt the tax rate and
Personnel living outside of City Budget for Fiscal Year
the City of Comanche who 2005-2006.
use vehicles for Discussion of Block 52,
transportation to
Flannery spoke to the Council FTarTnery' spoke to the Ci%,
about the City’s revenues, and Council concerning the deed
presented to the Council from
Central Texas Rural Rail
Transportation District. A
discrepancy with an attached
map to the deed involving a
fence to be built on the
property was noted and
explained to the City Council.
Other restrictions were noted
by Secretary Flannery. Mr.
Flannery suggested that the
deed be accepted
conditionally to the question
of the fence construction
being resolved. Mr. Flannery
asked that Friends of Historic
Comanche be placed in charge
of making the needed repairs
to the roof of the depot- the
property in question.
Following Council discussion
Lance Wilkerson made a
motion to accept the deed
conditionally to the fence in
question being resolved and
appoint Friends of>Tlistoric
Comanche to do the initial
roof repairs. Bandy Luker
seconded the motion. All
voting aye, the motion carried.
There were also two
presentations made by
citizens. Rich Oliver, Rob
SulUvent, and Joe Davis
from the Director Energy
provided the City Council
with a presentation on
energy and water
consumption. Rich Oliver
gave a presentation handout to
the City Council. He told the
Council and audience of their
help to cities in Texas with
water and electric
consumption savings. He gave
a history of the company he
works with- DEB. TTie slide
presentation provided
information involving how
Direct Energy Business can
assist the City with cost
savings on these two issues.
The Council asked questions
of the representatives. The
Council thanked the
representatives from District
Energy for the information but
took no further action.
A presentation was also
made by Yumm’s the Word
Ownership j
sidewalk on tl
the Comanche Sqi
Council and audience on
behalf of the Yumm’s the
Word Ownership. Yumm’s
the Word is a restaurant they
are building in Comanche on
the East Side of the square.
They wish to lower the
sidewalk in front of their
business on the East Side of
the square. The sidewalk is
property of the property
owners and Texas Department
of Transportation. The Texas
Department of Transportation
has asked that the stones on
the curb be used in the
project. The stones will be
used, as part of the project
according to Yumm’s the
Word ownership. The Council
thanked the ladies for their
presentation.
Two ordinances and
resolutions were also
discussed by the Council.
Ordinance No. 5-2005- An
Ordinance of the City of
Comanche, Texas,
establishing water and
sewer rates for Fiscal Year
2005-2006. City Secretary
Flannery addressed the
question of increasing water
Thursday, September 1,2005, / The Comanche Chief / Page 5A
Debbie Johnston spoke to the TEXAS LAWS
(Continued from page 1) applying for a CHL from 21
ID theft to their employing years of age to 18, and reduces
agency. It provides penalties the original license fee and any
for the unauthorized use of per- renewal fees for active duty
sonal information. members of the armed forces
HB 699 increases the pen- bY 50 percent,
alty for using someone else’s HB 1038 reduces CHL re-
DL or ID card to a Class A mis- newal fees by 50 percent for
derrieanor. It also clarifies that anyone over 60 years of age.
use of a false ID by someone The texts of these bills can
under 21 for purchase of alco- be found at www.canitol.
hoi is a Class C misdemeanor, state.tx.us. Select the enrolled
HB 1239 makes DPS more version in the regular legisla-
involved with drug task forces tive session,
operating in Texas, including Q i H r» TQH
any “multi-county” drug task CJimiwjr lOL/
forces. (Effective August 1.) fjnprI T-TmiCP*
HB 164 places restrictions 11UUSC
on the sale of pseudoephedrine TllPCrlpV
products and allows children VOVAClj/
exposed to meth production to Sidney ISD is pleased to
be removed from the home, host an Open House for fami-
(Effective August 1.) lies and students on Tuesday,
HB 867 eliminates manda- September 13 from 6:00 to
tory newspaper notification for 7:00pm. Enrollment has grown
sex offenders. Another provi- to 140 students and faculty
sion deals with postcard notifi- would like to invite families to
cation for high-risk sex offend- meet teachers and visit the
ers. DPS is now required to student’s classrooms,
send the postcards to all ad- Refreshments will be
and sewer rates for the coming dresses within the distribution served and we encourage all
year. He told the Council and area, except post office boxes, interested families to attend,
audience of rising costs that Prior law specified residential
addresses only.
HB 1068 creates an inde-
pendent commission with inves-
tigational oversight involving
complaints against DNA crime
labs in the state. It also requires
DNA sampling from some
60,000 current Texas prison in-
mates who do not have DNA
profiles in the CODIS (Com-
bined DNA Index System) da-
tabase.
HB 823 describes the con-
ditions under which a person
will be presumed to be “travel-
ing” for the first time. It applies
to people who have a handgun
in their vehicle but do not have
a concealed handgun license
(CHL). It also places the bur-
den of proof on prosecutors to
prove the driver was “not trav-
eling.”
HB 225 extends the re-
newal time for a CHL from
four to five years, which will
reduce the average annual cost
of a license.
• • - HB-322‘lowers the-age re- \
quiremtnt fr>r active duty or,
retired members of the military
needed to be covered in this
year’s budget. Following the
presentation, James Nelms
made a motion to approve
Ordinance 5-2005 as
presented. Lance Wilkerson
seconded the motion, and all
voting aye, the motion carried.
Ordinance No 6-2005- An
Ordinance of the City of
Comanche, Texas
establishing garbage rates
for Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
The Council discussed
Ordinance 6-2005 and how it
impacted the City Budget for
Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
Following the discussion
Sandy Luker made a motion
to accept Ordinance No. 6-
2005 as presented. All voting
aye, the motion carried.
Finally, Sandy Luker made
a motion to adjourn. Lance
Wilkerson seconded the
motion, and all voting aye, the
motion carried.
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