Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 21, 2000 Page: 3 of 18
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Tuesday, November 21,2000 l^ains Counts Leader
by Carolyn Hill
Rains County Leader staff
Attorney Deborah Everett has
been named to fill an empty seat on
the Point City Council. The seat
became vacant during Tuesday’s
regular meeting of the Point City
Council when the council accepted
the resignation of Brent Bryson.
Everett is employed by Franklin
National Bank in Emory and heads
up their growing abstract business.
She will assume the council chair
with the December meeting and
complete Bryson’s two-year term
of office which ends in May 2001.
Sealed bids were opened from
prospective buyers of a 1976 Case
580 backhoe which the city had
advertised for sale. A high bid of
$3,000 from James McBride of
McBride Septic was approved by
the council. A bid of $7,200 from
Robert’s Construction caused some
confusion but was declared not
valid when it was found to be an
estimate on work needed at the
sewer plant not a bid on the back-
hoe.
The council approved the pur-
chase of two Christmas lantern dec-
orations at a cost of $300 each. The
two new decorations will be mount-
ed on city light poles along with the
rest of the city’s decorations in time
for the annual tree-lighting and
Christmas program on Tuesday,
December 5. City Secretary
Deborah McLain told the council
that she is in the process of orga-
nizing a city of Point float to enter
in the Rains County Area Chamber
of Commerce Christmas Parade in
Emory on December 11. She said
that the float “is all volunteer and
donations, and any business in
Point that wants to contribute and
have a sign on the float, come on
along.”
The council discussed a report
from Hayter Engineering regarding
a TDHCA grant application that
was rejected. Emphasis for the
rejection seemed to be the city’s
fiat rate for sewer service. The
report noted that, with the flat rate
charged, the city did not seem to be
helping itself.
Public Works Director Curtis
Reichle then discussed a change in
the sewer rates. He presented com-
parison rates of nearby cities
including Emory, Lone Oak, Alba
and West Tawakoni. He pointed out
that the city of Point has set its rate
at less than half of what the com-
parison cities charge. He also noted
that, were the city to implement a
sewer rate change, a TDHCA grant
application next year would be
looked on with more favor.
The council tabled action until
its December meeting to allow for
more time to study the comparison
rates.
During citizens’ presentations,
Kevin Scott, Glenda Andrade, and
Patsy Leshe appeared before the
council. Scott requested an upgrade
in his water meter to commercial
status in order to sub-meter. His
interest is to develop a ten-acre site
located behind the apartments into
a mobile home park with a maxi-
mum density of 15 lots. The coun-
cil tabled the item until the next
meeting for further study.
Andrade appeared to discuss the
no-parking signs recently installed
along Locust Street and the need
for a safe area where large trucks
can park. City Councilman Lynn
Cason told Andrade of a lady who
lives in Tyler and owns property in
the city and who has expressed an
interest in helping with the parking
situation. He told Andrade where
the land is located and to “check it
out and see if it will work for you.”
Patsy Leshe appeared to present
a resolution adopted by the Point
Housing Authority commissioners
requesting the mayor and city
council to name U.S. Highway 69,
from city limit to city limit,
Cleveland Williams, Jr. Boulevard.
After a discussion that included the
reaction of some citizens as
expressed to several council per-
sons and the effect on 9-1-1
addressing, the fact came up that
Hwy. 69 is a US highway and under
the auspices of the Texas
Department of Transportation
(TxDOT). The council tabled
action and asked Mayor Raymond
Clifton to check with TxDOT to see
if a name change is even possible.
During the report of employees,
Reichle told the council that the
backwash lagoon at the sewer plant
is full and overflowing; the pump
isn’t working; and the lagoon needs
cleaning out. Reichle said that the
clean-out needs to be done soon or
Thousand Trails will report the
city’s overflow onto their property
to the state. He gave the council
two cost estimates for the clean- 1
out. After a long discussion, the
council approved a motion to have
the lagoon cleaned out at a cost not
to exceed $6,000. They also cau- 1
tioned Reichle to get the pump
working and keep it working.
The council also approved a
request by Reichle to write a letter I
to the Iron Bridge Division of the
Sabine River Authority seeking an
additional 406 million gallons of
water rights per year from Lake
Tawakoni. Reichle had told the
council that some of Dallas’ water
rights were becoming available and :
future water rights on any of the ,
lakes will not be easy to attain.
Watpr use in Point will increase
from 200,000 gallons per day to
700,000 gallons per day very short-
ly when the new water plant conies
on-line. Reichle said that with the
city’s current water rights and the
additional water rights the city will
be able to meet today’s needs and
allow for expected future growth.
Mayor Clifton and Councilman
James Woodson discussed with the
council the need to do some street
work on 2nd Avenue. Through an
inter-local agreement with county
Precinct 4 and Commissioner
Rayford Briggs, the work can be
done for $6,000. Woodson said that
Briggs is ready to do the work and
wants to do it before the first of the
year. The council approved funding
up to $6,000 for rock and oil to
repair and/or re-pave 2nd Avenue.
Woodson also asked Reichle to
do some pothole repairs on Smith
Circle and Thompson Road.
Action • Alan White • Best
On other agenda items, the coun-
cil:
• Approved the city secretary’s
request to attend a Privacy Forum
and Open Government Conference
on November 28-30 in Austin.
• Declined approval for the city
secretary to attend an election law
seminar on December 11-13 in
Austin.
• Approved a new water service
application form as presented by
the city hall staff.
• Approved the minutes of the
previous meeting, payment of cur-
rent bills and overtime for the
month of October.
A final comment from Mayor
Clifton regarding a public works
school attended by two public
works employees at the same time
without the approval of the council
ended the meeting.
continued from page one
p.m. December 11. Additional cash
prizes have been added this year for
the best floats, $75 for first place,
$50 for second, and three $25 run-
ners-up. Point and East Tawakoni
have been contacted about the con-
test for the best municipal float.
East Tawakoni Mayor Bobbie
Harman said they are planning on
winning the “braggin’ rights” tro-
phy which will be passed to the
winning city each year.
Rubye McKeown gave a report
on Keep Emory Beautiful. The
chamber voted to purchase two
additional “Proud Community”
signs which will be put on Hwy. 19
North and South. When the city
joined Keep Texas Beautiful, they
gave two signs which will be put on
Highway 69. McKeown said sever-
al groups and organizations have
selected projects to participate in
the Keep Emory Beautiful project.
A nominating committee was
appointed to present a slate of new
officers for the year 2001: Carl
Hall, Allen Prendergast and Mayor
Hannan.
A committee will be appointed
later to begin making plans for de-
veloping the 37 acres on Lake Fork
which will be used by the Scouts,
Boys and Girls Club, family outings
and other worthwhile activities.
Plans are being made for good se-
curity, grant writing, and help from
Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment.
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 21, 2000, newspaper, November 21, 2000; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth768667/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.