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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
TUESDA Y, JANUARY 2,2007,5:00 P.M.
Mayor B1ackie Holmes convened the city council into an executive session in the conference
room at 4:02 p.m. for a consultation with the city attorney to receive legal advice regarding
contemplated litigation under Section 551.071 of the Government Code. The executive session
was closed at 4: 13 p.m. No action was voted on or taken during the meeting.
Mayor Blackie Holmes opened the regular city council meeting at 5 :00 p.m. Present were
Mayor Pro Tempore Harry Shawver and Councilmembers Syd Carter, Kelly Walker and Jerry
Grable. Also in attendance were City Manager Bob Livingston, City Attorney Rob Dillard and
City Secretary Nina Wilson.
A WARDS AND RECOGNITION
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIA nON FOR RAGLAND, STROTHER & LAFITTE: This item
was rescheduled for February 6, 2007.
Councilmember Carter moved approval of the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Walker
seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve the following:
CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDER AGREEMENT WITH GARY ADAMS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS CHIEF OF
POLICE: Chief Adams is now eligible to draw his retirement from the Texas Municipal
Retirement System (TMRS); therefore, the city manager recommended a contract be executed
between the city and Chief Adams. As drafted, Chief Adams will retire effective the first of the
year. He will be allowed to purchase health insurance at the same rate as other retirees. Instead
of making a contribution to TMRS, the city will make a comparable contribution to a deferred
compensation-like account. However, ownership of the funds in the account will remain with
the city until Chief Adams reaches age 60. Provisions are included to allow either party to end
the contract prior to that time. Mayor Holmes thanked Chief Adams for his service to the city
stating that he would be remiss if he did not tell Chief Adams how delighted he and the council
were with his decision to remain.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES: For December 19,
2006.
MAIN AGENDA
CONSIDER PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH CONSOLES FOR PEEK
SERVICE CENTER AND CITY HALL DISPATCH CENTERS: One of the key components of
any Public Safety Dispatch Center is the dispatch console. All the electronics that allow the
dispatcher to control the radio system, telephones, 9-1-1, 3-1-1, alarm processing, police and fire
personnel and equipment dispatching, the mobile data environment, and the Code Red System
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terminate on each console. The Evans Response Console design team has created a console that
will support the current needs of the city and, also, allow for growth as technology changes.
Each console will support up to eight monitors; however, the city will need only five to six of
those positions at this time. The city has received quotes from Command and Control
Environments, Inc. to provide project design, shop drawings, delivery, and installation for five
dispatch consoles, each supporting eight monitors. Two of the consoles will be for the Peek
Dispatch Center, and three will be for the City Hall Dispatch Center. Prices for two Evans
Response Consoles at the Peek Dispatch Center are $29,813.54. Prices for Evans Response
Consoles at the City Hall Dispatch Center are $42,779.81. Councilmember Walker moved
approval of the proposal. Councilmember Grable seconded, and the vote was unanimous to
approve the proposal for public safety dispatch consoles.
CONSIDER PURCHASE OF RADIO COMMUNICA TIONS EQUIPMENT: During the
reconstruction and renovation of City Hall, the city's communication center must be moved.
This will terminate all communication functions in City Hall for several months. During the
interim construction, the communication center will be relocated to the Peek Service Center.
The Peek Service Center site will remain functional after the City Hall reconstruction to ensure
redundancy for dispatch sites and will be co-located with the Emergency Operation Center
(EOC) once the police department returns to City Hall in 2008. The total cost of the radio
equipment project is $633,806.86, which includes $447,780.59 for the Peek Service Center
communications equipment and $186,026.27 for City Hall equipment. Included in the price for
the Peek Service Center equipment is a paging and speaker system installed in the fire
department, since the fire department will be operational before and during the reconstruction of
City Hall. Mayor Pro Tempore Shawver moved approval of the purchase. Councilmember
Carter seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve the purchase of radio communications
equipment.
CONSIDER PURCHASE OF NEW SEWER CLEANER/FLUSHER TRUCK: The city owns a
large sewer cleaning truck used to maintain and clean sewer mains throughout the city. The
current truck's size prevents it from fitting in most alleys where the majority of the mains are
located. Recent improvements in the field of sewer cleaning equipment have led to the creation
of a product with the performance capabilities needed to maintain our whole system and access
most of our alleys. Councilmember Grable moved approval of the purchase. Mayor Pro
Tempore Shawver seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve the purchase of a new
sewer c1eanerlflusher truck.
There being no further business, Mayor Holmes adjourned the meeting.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of January 2007.