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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMn 01-02-07 140 MINUTES #2701 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 14J 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.