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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN JUl 19 1988 REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD JULY 19, 1988 - 1:15 P.M. BE IT REMEMBERED that the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in regular session this the 19th day of July, 1988, with the following present: HONORABLE: Maurice Meyers Mayor Bob Lee, Jr. Councilman At Large Andrew P. Cokinos Councilman At Large Lulu L. Smith Councilman, Ward I Mike Brumley Councilman, Ward II Audwin Samuel Mayor Pro-Tem Councilman, Ward III David W. Moore Councilman, Ward IV -000- The Invocation was given by the Reverend Daniel Dark, Westwood Bible Church. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Boy Scout Frank Domino. -000- Mayor Meyers called an Executive Session in accordance with Section 2(e) of the Open Meetings Act of the State of Texas to discuss pending or contemplative litigation following Workshop Session. -000- Miss Marie Carru of Paris, France, the pen pal of Christina Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clark, 3245 Frances, who is visiting Texas this summer was welcomed by Mayor Pro-Tem Samuel and presented an Honorary City of Beaumont Certificate. Marie also received a dozen roses from Mr. Carl Johnsen, a local businessman. -000- Mayor Meyers read a memo addressed to the City Council and City Manager regarding the "Citizen Friendly Policy" to be initiated in the immediate future in the form of a resolution to become City policy and a "Citizen Friendly" statement applying the data processing "user friendly" concept to "citizen friendly" as a public service efficiency concept for the 19801s. Copies of both documents are attached as Exhibits A and B for permanent record of the official minutes. -000- -189- July 19, 1988 The following Consent Agenda items were considered: Approval of the Minutes of the Regular City Council Session held July 12, 1988 . Resolution No. 88-150 appointing Bruce Drury to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1990, John Victorian, Dick Cantella, and Amalie Cobb to the Beaumont Housing Authority Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1990, and Stanley Shipper to the Airport Advisory Commission for a term expiring May 31, 1990; and Resolution No. 88-151 authorizing a license agreement with Lamar University for an underground communications cable crossing Lavaca Street from a manhole in the Gentry Hall parking lot on the south side of the street to a manhole in the Technical Arts parking lot on the north side. The Consent Agenda was approved on a motion made by Councilman Cokinos and seconded by Councilman Lee. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- A resolution authorizing the sale of four parcels of surplus property (Parcel 1: Lot 7, Block 14, Van Wormer Second Addition, next door to 290 12th Street; Parcel 3 : 0. 1206. of an acre tract out of Lot 1, Block 3, Rosemont Addition, 4300 Pradice Street; Parcel 9: Lot 10, Block 2, University Place Second Addition, 795 Caston; and Parcel 12: Tract 103 out of the C. Williams League, Abstract No. 59, east of 685 Pinchback Road) was deferred for Staff review and correction. -000- Mr. Haines recognized Matt Hayes ' attendance and observance of City Council as part of earning his Citizenship and Community Merit Badge for Boy Scouts. -000- Resolution No. 88-152 authorizing a contract with JLEECO Builders, Inc. in the amount of $167,561.00 for renovation and rehabilitation of the former fire station building at 875 College for use as an emergency shelter for the homeless was approved on a motion made by Councilman Moore and seconded by Councilman Smith. Question: Ayes: Mayor Meyers Nayes: None Councilman Lee Councilman Cokinos Councilman Smith Councilman Brumley Councilman Moore Abstention: Mayor Pro-Tem Samuel -000- -190- July 19, 1988 Ordinance No. 88-65 authorizing a supplemental lease agreement for the financing of a telecommunications system purchase from Centel, Inc. for City facilities through a drawdown of $419,925 on August 1 from the Houston- Galveston Area Equipment Finance Corporation was considered: ORDINANCE NO. 88-65 AN ORDINANCE BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT (THE "PARTICIPANT" ) AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A SUPPLEMENT TO ITS LEASE PURCHASE AGREE- MENT WITH HOUSTON-GALVESTON EQUIPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 1986; LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX, WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, FOR THE PAYMENT OF LEASE PAYMENTS THEREUNDER; AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO. After a discussion, Ordinance No. 88-65 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lee and seconded by Councilman Brumley. Question: Ayes: Mayor Meyers Nayes: Councilman Councilman Lee Cokinos Councilman Smith Councilman Brumley Mayor Pro-Tem Samuel Councilman Moore -000- Mayor Meyers reminded Council that forms entitled "Request for Additional Information" have been designed and included in Council Packets to use in requesting more information regarding Council Agenda items before the regularly scheduled ' Council Meeting so that appropriate staff members may further research and collect the information. -000- Resolution No. 88-153 authorizing a contract with Alamo Lawn Service for grounds and facility maintenance for the Municipal Complex (grounds around City buildings, including City Hall, Police Building, Beaumont Public Library,; Tyrrell Historical Library, Civic Center, Riverfront Park and the restrooms in the park, Welcome to Beaumont Park, and downtown boulevards and triangles) in the amount of $2,600 per month through April 30, 1990 was approved on a motion made Councilman Moore and seconded by Councilman Brumley. Question: Ayes: Mayor Meyers Nayes: None Councilman Lee Councilman Cokinos Councilman Smith Councilman Brumley Councilman Moore Abstention: Mayor Pro-Tem Samuel -191- July 19, 1988 Resolution No. 88-154 accepting the work performed for installing steel piling-based supports for a 36-inch raw water supply line beneath the service of the Neches River, covering the pipe with a limestone coating and constructing an intake to allow water to be drawn from the river when necessary for the Lawson' s Crossing Repair Project by Ercon Development Company and authorizing final payment in the amount of $154,535.00 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lee and seconded by Councilman Smith. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Councilman Smith reported there was a lot of enthusiasm and greater results than anticipated from the 60 businesses that participated in the Workshop sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council and Councilman Smith for the "Old Town" business community. Areas of concerns and goals were established and committees formed to move forward with solution findings. Another meeting will be scheduled in about a month. Councilman Smith announced the next "Concert on the Move" will be Thursday, July 21, 1988 at Klein Park at 7: 00 p.m. with Rusty Wier performing. Councilman Moore announced that the next Town Meeting will be conducted in Ward IV on August 30, 1988 at Starlight Baptist Church, 1090 Buford Street. Councilman Cokinos invited everyone to attend "Sunday in the Park" hosted by Channel 12 next Sunday when he will be reading to the children. Councilman Brumley added that Lisa and Marie and the Bo Brannon Band will be performing in addition to Rusty Wier at "Concerts on the Move" next Thursday and encouraged attendance by everyone for a fun-filled evening. Councilman Samuel recognized volunteer members of the Library Commission in attendance and expressed appreciation for their faithful service to the City. Mayor Meyers announced that Councilman Lee, Ms. Sandra Stenzel from the Bid Resource Center, and he have been invited to Kingsville, Texas, to participate in a program highlighting and sharing the success of Beaumont' s economic development efforts during these past couple of years. -000- Mr. Henry Dannenbaum, 1567 Wall, addressed Council to add his welcome to Beaumont to Miss Marie Carru from Paris, France. Mrs. Delia Harrington, 815 Willow Street, addressed Council to express appreciation for the support of Council and the entry of her name as recipient of the 0. P. Schnabel Award given by Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc. Mr. Ben Rogers, 2030 Thomas Road, addressed Council in support of the "Citizen Friendly" policy and to suggest a plan for controlling over parking in Downtown Beaumont by prohibiting parking between 8:00-10:00 a.m. , two-hour free parking until 4 :00 p.m. and unlimited parking after 4:00 p.m. -192- July 19, 1988 Councilman Moore thanked Mr. Ben Rogers for his contribution of a college scholarship fund for underprivileged children through Lamar University. -000- There being no further business, the meeting was recessed before continuing with the City Council Workshop Session. -000- 2, Rosemarie Chiappetta, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, certify that the above is a true copy of the Minutes of the regular City Council session held July 19, 1988. Rosemarie Chiappetta City Clerk -193- July 19, 1988 INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS DATE: July 19, 1988 TO: City Council and City Manager FROM: Mayor Maurice Meyers SUBJECT: "Citizen Friendly Policy" COMMENT: A stated goal of our city should be to reflect the highest level of customer service. This high standard of service should be woven into the fabric of every aspect of how we do business. It is our responsibility as the governing body of our city to instill this belief in the minds of all who serve. This should be set forth as a mission statement, and by resolution become policy. This policy suggests that we will adhere to the highest standards of prompt, courteous, efficient, and convenient customer service. It shall be called "citizen friendly. " City Council and our citizens recognize that much that we do is regulatory in nature. The "citizen friendly policy" is not intended to compromise the responsibility of our employees, but rather to emphasize the fact that we must always think of better ways to serve. City Government must be responsive and helpful. If our standards, processes and procedures are fast and efficient they will support and encourage development. The private sector will be more likely to expand and open new business. If city government is rude and unresponsive, not customer oriented and our processes are cumbersome, entangling and discouraging, the private sector will and should take its business elsewhere. We must convey by our actions that we are here to help. As we recover from our weakened economy, this "citizen friendly" policy shall by its implementation become a primary element of helping to assure success. This campaign must start from within an organization and spread outward. Teamwork is essential in a "citizen friendly" city. There is no place on the team for those who choose to do things as always. They shall fail to gain that deep sense of appreciation that comes from trying to help. The job is too big -to be done by any one person or group. We are charged with the responsibility of providing leadership by "EXHIBIT A* example. City Government can not hide behind a regulation as a reason for not being able to help a customer. We need to roll out the red carpet for every customer, and the first thought in our minds shall always be, how can I help? We have no desire to be included in a statement that would reflect on "how difficult it is to do business with the city." We prefer to be the city that shocks the pants off all who come our way and cause statements like, "I couldn't believe how fast they got my six permits," or "They were more courteous than any city I 've ever been to, " or "I told him I could only see him at 4 p.m. and he said that' s fine, I ' ll be there for your inspection. " We should always ask ourselves - Can I do it quicker? Can I do it better? Can I do it? It is easy to be a hostile city. Very few cities that do "business as usual" become great cities. However, those cities that remove the "we" and "they" barriers and build the necessary bridges in their community to work together as one, succeed. To this end, this resolution is a statement of City Council, City Manager and is directed to all employees to be "citizen friendly. " We reaffirm our belief that our first responsibility is to our customers, the citizens we serve. We agree that every area of City Government shall vigorously pursue their citizen friendly policy for fast, efficient, convenient customer service. We agree that caring first about our citizens is "Citizen Friendly. " As an unstated goal it would be the ultimate to be looked upon by other cities as the City that is most caring, most conscientious, most innovative and they would want to learn about our "citizen friendly" policy. This is not intended as a slogan or rhetoric. It is intended to be a way of life. Recently I spoke to over 400 Mayors and Council members at a Texas Municipal League conference in Austin. I spoke about our city and what we are doing here to rebound. There is a great awareness in Texas about our City and it' s many programs. I spoke for one and a half hours and included many thoughts on "citizen friendly. " Clearly the response from City Officials is the same. They recognize that their Government has lost sight of who they are there to serve, and are vitally interested in "citizen friendly. " We take yet another bold initiative today as we lead the way with our "citizen friendly" policy. Beaumont will continue to be a leader, an innovator, anticipating needs and setting trends and programs for others to follow. Statement By: Maurice Meyers Mayor of Beaumont CITIZEN FRIENDLY A Public Service Efficiency Concept for the 1980's A primary goal of this administration has been to make local government efficient, capable, economical and as convenient and pleasant as possible for the citizens who rely on its services. A great deal of effort, on the part of the City Council and the administrative staff, has gone into improving our operations and services, and a considerable amount of progress has been made. In the course of our striving for excellence, I believe that we all have become aware of the need for a definitive policy statement that will sum up and crystallize our public service goals and at the same time provide us with a unifying concept, or target, to keep us mindful of those goals as we go about our daily work. We find a parallel in the electronic data processing industry, where great strides have been made in developing new capabilities and applications for the computer. The emphasis now is on making these expanded resources available to more people by making the equipment easy to use. That is what we mean when we say "user friendly" as applied to data processing equipment. We have made computers capable of doing amazing things. We are now "EXHIBIT B" making them convenient and pleasant to use for the people who can do amazing things with them. The "user friendly" idea takes into account that regardless of how great a potential we have achieved it does not change anything or improve anything until it is used, and it is people who have to use it. This state-of-the art concept borrowed from the information processing can serve as a lode star to guide governmental public service agencies in the 80 ' s and 901s. It is not enough to make our services the best we can give. We must also make them easy, convenient and pleasant to use. Offering good services is only half of it. The other half is utilization of those services by the citizens. The two together complete a process which will make our community grow and prosper. Accordingly, I feel that it will be helpful and productive for the City Council to adopt a policy statement setting forth in specific terms what our goals are in providing services to the public and summing up those goals in the concept of making city government "citizen friendly" -- the governmental services equivalent of "user friendly" in the dAta processing field. That concept implies all that we are trying to do and loads all the specifics of the policy statement into a single target idea -- one that we can bear in mind, to keep our efforts on track. What "citizen friendly" implies is not only offering the best in state-of-the-art service but also providing them in a manner that is convenient, courteous, considerate and helpful for the citizen. It means putting ourselves in the position of the citizens we come in contact with and looking at services -- and regulations -- from their point of view taking into consideration their interests, their problems and their needs. Sometimes we have to do things people don' t like in order .to do our jobs, but when that happens we can still do it in a user friendly way. It may not be possible in some cases for us to make citizens like what we have to do but we can make them like the way we do it, if we do it the right way and with the right attitude. We want to impress people not only with how well we can do the job, or how quickly, but also with how easy, pleasant and friendly it can be to get us to do the job for them. We need to cultivate the habit of treating people the way we would appreciate being treated if the roles were reversed -- if we were the citizens and they were the public employees. If we do that, we can hardly go wrong. I have asked that this "Citizen Friendly" public service Policy be drafted in the form of a resolution for adoption by the City Council at our next regular meeting. EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Requested by Councilman Cokinos CITY MANAGER: The next item, C 2 , is a recommendation that Council consider an ordinance that would authorize a supplemental lease agreement with the Houston Galveston Area Equipment Finance Corporation to finance . the purchase of telecommunications system for City facilities . This agreement would provide for a draw down of $419 , 925 . 00 from the non- profit lease purchase pool to pay for the system which was purchased from Centel , Inc . , in January of this year. Funds would be repaid over a 5-year period at an estimated average interest rate of 6 . 3%. The lease purchase pool was established to make short term low cost financing available to local governments for the acquisition of personal property. The City of Beaumont has been a participant in the pool since August of 1986 . The ordinance is incorporated into the agenda packet as Exhibit D. The short title reads : "An ordinance by the governing body of the City of Beaumont, participant, authorizing the execution and delivery of a supplement to its lease purchase agreement with Houston Galveston Equipment Finance Corporation, dated as of August 1st, 198E ; levying a continuing direct ad valorem tax within the limitations prescribed by law for the payment of lease payments thereunder and resolving other matters incident and related thereto . " We recommend approval of the ordinance. MAYOR MEYERS: Does Council have any questions? COUNCILMAN COKINOS: Yes , I have a question. Mr. city Manager, was this telecommunications system put out on bids or was it selected and hand-picked from Centel? CITY MANAGER: Councilman, the City Council awarded a contract to Centel in January of this year. The item . . the issue I think was discussed at that time . The answer is yes it was put to bid. COUNCILMAN COKINOS: It was put up for . . . who were the bidders? CITY MANAGER: I don' t have that information, Councilman. COUNCILMAN COKINOS: Well , it was my understanding at the time that it came up that it wasn ' t put out for bids and that Centel was hand-picked to take over this system. . . . or selected. EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 2 CITY MANAGER: I ' m not prepared to answer the question. I would probably suggest that we could pull a copy of the Council minutes from that meeting in January where the question was discussed. COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Well , I feel that we can do without this system in my opinion and that the reason for this is looking down the road that the City will come back . . . come into a financial crunch on this $419 , 9215 systeir, and we got such things to deal with like the landfill and the disposal plant is being challenged and this is a luxury that I feel very deeply about it' s . . we can' t afford and the line is going to have to be drawn somewhere, Mr. City Manager, over the frills and the luxury items that this City . . that ' s presented to this City Council and we' re just going to have to bit the bullet and I feel the day of reckoning is coming that over items that we don' t need and I feel that the system that we have at the present time is a good system and it serves our purpose and to put out $419 , 925 on another . . . a new telecommunications system I think is doing the citizens of Beaumont an injustice and T feel that . . . I strongly feel that we should defer taking action on this item at this time . COUNCILMAN MOORE : I have a couple of questions . Correct me if I'm wrong. Didn' t we go through a very lengthy discussion at a couple of different Council meetings discussing this , discussing the alternatives that Southwestern Bell proposed in conjunction with this and we made a decision to go with the proposal from Centel but also inside that report as with most telecommunications systems , I thought it was going to bring us a net savings over what this present phone system is? The present phone system we know has some unique problems . You can' t tie into various departments, the city does not communicate together very well with it and I know we went through a couple of hours of discussion on this so if I am discussing something that' s incorrect , please bring me up to date but I thought we discussed this and discussed the alternative proposals and also projected an annual savings with the new system. CITY MANAGER: That ' s correct. As I recall , the difference in this . . in the Centel system over what we have presently represents an annual savings of $120,000 a year. It' s . . in fact, by going to the Centel system, there was an absolute savings and the cost of issuing these notes through the lease purchase pool and the City owning the system represented an annual savings over the life of this phone system of $120 , 000 . EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 3 COUNCILMAN MOORE : Also, in comparison to the other proposals which did not yield as great a savings given the same capabilities . CITY MANAGER: That ' s correct . That ' s correct and it is also correct, Councilman, that there were a number of workshops with Council as well as an action by Council on this item . 7r--he item before Council now is not whether or not to buy the system. That decision was made . it' s a recommendation that this is the way we go ahead and finance it and I think we made that statement to Council at the time that we would look at the best price for putting the package together. COUNCILMAN COKINOS : This is my point. I think we ought to defer taking action at this time because it ' s a frill system. It ' s a luxury system. The system that we have here it may not call you at home from another telecommunications system but it ' s a good system and I don' t see why the City should he spending this money on a new tele telecommunications system. CITY MANAGER: Our present operating budget for telephone system that we have today, Councilman, and that we are leasing today, we have no ownership in, is as I recall close to $200, 000 a year, and, I think as we went through the numbers - and, again, we ' d be more than happy to reproduce those documents we presented to you earlier is a true savings . MAYOR MEYERS : Is Betty (Dunkerley) here? CITY MANAGER: She' s right here. MAYOR MEYERS : Yes . Do you recall? I think Councilman Moore is correct . There was a significant savings over what we are paying right now, BETTY DUNKERLEY, FINANCE DIRECTOR: That ' s true. There was a saving in excess of $100, 000 and as I told Mr. Haines a minute ago, I thought it was $120,000 and now that I EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 4 MAYOR MEYERS : That ' s apples to apples - what we ' ve got plus what we are going to get . MRS . DUNKERLEY: The savings comes in with the fact that we are currently leasing our present equipment and what we are proposing to do is to buy this equipment and that in itself generates a large savings . The savings will more than pay for the cost of this equipment and generate additional savings that we can have for the general fund. COUNCILMAN COKINOS: This contract is for how many years on the lease contract basis? CITY MANAGER: It ' s an annual lease, Councilman. COUNCILMAN COKINOS : It ' s an annual lease'- CITY MANAGER: You are talking about the Bell . . . the present telephone system? COUNCILMAN COKINOS: Yes , sir. MRS . DUNKERLEY: This pay back schedule is a five-year schedule. CITY MANAGER: Betty, he ' s asking about our telephone system. Is that correct? COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Yes, sir. CITY MANAGER: We lease it until we decide to do something else . COUNCILMAN COKINOS: Decide to get a new system if something comes up, another better system comes out. EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL J. SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 5 CITY MANAGER: That ' s what we are doing here. A better system came out . It ' s called Centel. . It can be put into place and saving an additional substantial amount of money for us . COUNCILMAN MOORE : You can maintain this system unless you upgrade it to a better system or it became economically feasible to change out to a different vendor all together., right? CITY MANAGER: Right . COUNCILMAN MOORE : .knd we were also, I think, given assurances in that meeting that they would make available the technical assistance as well as availability of parts if we would run into a problem of the phone system not being able to be services and I think I also remember in the discussion there was some concern about the phone system or the phone company' s credibility as far as networking standards which we got reports back and I think they were . . . . . . CITY MANAGER: Pretty high marks . Right . COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Could you show me where we' re going to save $100, 000 a year on this system? COUNCILMAN MOORE : Also, while you are answering that , Betty, there was a discussion also I think about the savings regarding to the access . . . . . . . . access line . . . I know right now if I 'm here in the office and want to use the phone for personal business , I can' t get out with a credit card and different things of that particular nature. MRS . DUNKERLEY: There are a lot of . . . . . . EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 6 MAYOR MEYERS : Let me point out a form that we put into the packets about a year and a half ago and I would encourage all members of council to make use of this form so that we can attempt to deal with the items brought forward on our Council agenda. The sole purpose is not to discourage answers to questions but to permit us to have answers for-- you in a timely manner and this is this form that ' s in our book and it says "requests for additional information on any of these items listed on Tuesday' s agenda should be listed on this form. " Friday nights we receive our packets so that we have opportunity to state questions . I think it ' s a good idea . It does not suggest that we should not ask any and all questions but I would encourage Council whenever possible to use that form and turn it in on a Monday so that the answers to questions which do come up can be appropriately answered. Otherwise, I think it does put staff at a particular disadvantage since they are coming to deal with an issue that took place as much as six or eight months ago and it is difficult and, quite frankly in their interest, awfully difficult to be able to scratch your head and have that kind of information immediately available. so, if everyone would give consideration to this form, its purpose is there so that your answers can be complete which I think is what everyone on Council would like . COUNCILMAN COKINCS: I 'm ready to vote, Your Hon. . . Mayor. MAYOR MEYERS: Are there any other questions? COUNCILMAN BRUMLEY: I need to know the . . . once this is done, what ' s the time schedule? Do we have a sense cf how soon we will have . . . . . . CITY MANAGER: The system? The change over is beginning now. I think they have already delivered the switch and there are some wir . . . I know there ' s wiring work taking place in the Police and some of the other facilities so they' re underway. We , I think we are anticipating change over by mid-August with the Municipal complex. COUNCILMAN BRUMLEY : Good. That' s all I have . MAYOR MEYERS : This is item C 2 . If there are . . . . . . COUNCILMAN LEE : I move for approval . EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Page 7 COUNCILMAN BRUMLEY: Second. MAYOR MEYERS : I have a motion and a second. Is there any other discussion or questions? If not, those in favor of the motion, signify by saying- aye . (Ayes : Mayor Meyers , Councilmen Lee, Smith, Brumley, Samuel and Moore . ) Those opposed? COUNCILMAN COKINOS : No. END OF EXCERPT. EXCERPT FROM RE107ULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1988 Requested by Councilman Cokinos MAYOR MEYERS : Council has received its consent Agenda. Are there any items that they would care to speak to individually-, COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Mayor, I ' d like for you to pull 3 A. MAYOR MEYERS : The Consent Agenda? COUNCILMAN COKINCS : Yes , sir. It was a resolution authorizing the sale of surplus . . . MAYOR MEYERS : Okay, very well . I see what you are saying. Okay. Anything else that Council would like to speak to separately? If not, then, I would entertain a motion for approval of the Consent Agenda excluding item 3 . COUNCILMAN COKINOS : I so move . COUNCILMAN LEE : Second. MAYOR MEYERS : I have a motion and a second. Those in favor signify by saying aye . (All ) , opposed? (None) . Thank you. Now, I think you want to make some comment or question about item 3 . COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Yes , sir . I am going to direct my question to the City Attorney that I am very pleased to see that the City is selling this property because it puts it back on the tax roll but have you got a copy of the resolution, Mr. Lane Nichols of this particular item? CITY ATTORNEY LANE NICHOLS : I ' m not sure, Councilman. I ' ll check. Yes , I do. COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Do you mind reading the paragraph there . . . the first paragraph? EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD D JU'rY 19 , 1988 Page 2 MR. NICHOLS : "Whereas , Jefferson County has recommended and approved the sale of the properties described as Lot 7 , Block 14 , van wormer 2nd Addition, to Burt Walker for the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ( $500 . 00) ; . 1206 acre tract out of Lot 1 , Block 3 , Rosemont Addition to Evander Cade , Jr. for the amount of one Hundred Dollars- ( $100 . 00 ) ; Lot 10 , Block 2 , University Place 2nd Addition to William McCullough for the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Dollars ( $1 , 530 . 00 ) ; Tract 103 , out of the C Williams League , Abstract No. 59 to Robert L. Flowers for the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ( $2 , 000 . 00) ; . . . " COUNCILMAN COKINCDS : I just wanted to know if I had the same resolution that you have . I 'm wondering what has Jefferson County got to do with this? MR. NICHOLS : I don' t have any idea, Councilman. COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Well , it ' s a resolution and it' s City property. The City don' t have to pay taxes on it and I . . . it ' s being held by Jefferson County and I ' m just wondering whether or not this resolution is true or not . MR . NICHOLS : I ' ll have to ask the Public works folks about it . I know occasionally we do get recommendations for the sale of property that are being held for tax purposes in trust . MR. COKINCS : I know but this is City property. The City doesn' t pay taxes and I 'm just wondering . . . the resolution says "whereas Jefferson County" and I'm concerned about that and before we act I think that we should get this corrected because Jefferson County doesn' t have anything to do with this property. The railroad relocation which was in 1960 on both of those pieces and the other one was a right-of- ways and I 'm just wondering whether or not this resolution is correct . MR. NICHOLS : I don' t know the answer, Councilman. I don' t know the answer, Councilman. EXCERPT FROM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL SESSION HELD JULY 19 , 1986 Page 3 COUNCILMAN COKINOS : Well , Mayor, until he finds out the answer I would recommend that we jus-It, pass this because ie-fferson County has nothing to do with this . It' s the City of Beaumont. MAYOR MEYERS: I see no problem with that . Anybody? MR . N T 17HOLS : I think it' s a good idea, as a matter of fact COUNCILMAN COKT NCS : Thank you, very much. END OF EXCERPT.