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Regular Council Meeting June 12, 2017 Page 5 A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Member Trenado. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 13. Discuss and provide direction to city staff on an application for disannexation of property located at 6055 Clarksville Street, filed by Jason and Whitney Boehler. City Attorney Stephanie Harris said staff received an application for disannexation from the owners of a single property, because they do not have water and sewer. She also said the property next to them was disannexed in September 2015 as a part of the Airport Road disannexations. Council Member Portugal inquired of Mr. Godwin if there was a long term plan to get water and sewer and Mr. Godwin said it was a very, very long term plan due to lack of development in the area. He said it would be quite costly to install proper equipment to move everything up -hill. It was a consensus of City Council to instruct the City Attorney to proceed with the process of disannexation of the property located at 6055 Clarksville Street. 14. Receive presentation and discuss operations plan and budget needs for Public Works, Engineering, Utilities, and Finance Departments. City Council heard from Utilities Director Doug Harris about rebuilding of pumps at Campbell's and Woodard lift stations, ongoing rebuilding of pumps and replacement of valves at the flow equalization basin, new headworks /mechanical bar screen, rebuilding of one pump at ground storage, rebuilding of two sludge transfer pumps, replacement of a filter surface pump and a cost of living adjustment for employees. Mr. Harris explained that the staff had saved $700,000 in doing a lot of the work in- house. Following the presentation, Mr. Harris answered questions from Council. Next, City Engineer Carla Easton reviewed the engineering department's budget needs and plans, which included review of codes scheduled for the June 26 City Council meeting, construction of the Airport hangar under construction by TxDOT, ongoing downtown improvements, the utilities bond program, the street bond program, the ADA transition annual funding and permitting fees. Following the presentation, Ms. Easton answered questions from Council. Public Works Director Jerry McDaniel reviewed the repairs done to the tennis courts; the Skate Park and Market Square, as well as provided information about drainage, maintenance staffing, parks planning & development, pool improvements, recycling, the old landfill closure maintenance, the Sports Complex and heavy equipment needs. Following the presentation, Mr. McDaniel answered questions from Council. Finance Director Gene Anderson reviewed the warehouse and utility billing office operations, and the staffing levels. Mr. Anderson also reviewed operations and staffing of the finance department. Mr. Anderson said the finance office had received the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 20'' consecutive year. He also