02 Council Minutes (06/28/01)MINUTES OF THE JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
JUNE 28, 2001
The City Council of the City of Paris met in special joint session with the
Airport Advisory Board, Thursday, June 28, 2001, 6:00 P. M., Paris Junior
College, Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street,
Paris, Texas. Mayor Michael J. Pfiester called the meeting to order with the
following Council Members present: John F. Bell, Joe E. McCarthy, Richard
Manning, Kevin Gray, and Benny Plata. Those present from the Airport
Advisory Board were Chairman Victor Ables, Vic Ressler, James Ashmore,
and J. B. Ritchey. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City
Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham.
Invocation was given by W. E. Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of
Paris.
Mayor Pfiester called for a joint discussion with the Airport Advisory Board
and action on proposed plans and specifications for various configurations of
T-hangars at Cox Field. Mayor Pfiester explained that the reason for the joint
meeting was that there seems to be several opinions about appropriate T-
hangars at the airport.
Tommy Haynes, Project Coordinator for the City of Paris, came forward and
brought the City Council and Airport Advisory Board up to date on the events
surrounding the proposed construction ofT-hangars at Cox Field. Mr. Haynes
advised that in March 2001, the City Council authorized going out for bids for
a seven unit T-hangar. Bids were advertised on April 29th and May 6, 2001,
and those bids were opened on May 8,2001. Mr. Haynes said that on May 14,
2001, the bids were presented to the City Council and, at that time, the City
Council tabled action on the bids and referred the matter back to the Airport
Advisory Board so the Board could say whether they wanted a seven unit or a
ten unit T-hangar. The Board met on May 29,2001, and City Council received
minutes from the Airport Advisory Board recommending the seven unit T-
hangar. Mr. Haynes advised that at this time, all bids had been rejected by
City Council on June 11,2001.
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Mr. Haynes introduced the members of the Airport Advisory Board.
Frank Davis, Interim City Engineer, came forward giving out a handout of a
typical layout of a seven unit nested T-hangar. Also included in the handout
was a T-hangar comparison chart of several different manufacturer's
information that he had taken from websites. He said this information is what
these manufacturers have proposed before and went over these with the City
Council and the Airport Advisory Board. Mr. Davis said that the standard size
T-hangar has a 42 foot wide opening with a 12 foot door. Mr. Davis said that
these manufacturers will produce any size you want, but most have a standard
model. Mr. Davis pointed out that there is also a comparison on the chart for
what the City of Paris has previously used for the plans and specifications. He
said this was a 42'6' x 14' 0" hangar with a sliding door consisting of 1,260
square feet.
Mayor Pfiester stated that the Airport Advisory Board recommended
proceeding with the seven unit T-hangar. He said the City Council's goal is to
try to accommodate as many people as possible with the amount of funds that
are available for construction of T-hangars.
After a considerable amount of discussion between the City Council and the
Airport Advisory Board, a motion was made by Airport Advisory Board
Member Vic Ressler, seconded by Airport Advisory Board Member J. B.
Ritchey, to recommend to the City Council to bid the T-hangar with a 12 foot
door height and a 42 foot width, and to bid with 10 foot 6 inches door height
with a 40 foot, 6 inches width, and to rebid the 7 unit T-hangar as originally
bid, all with sliding doors. The motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
A motion was made by Councilman Bell, seconded by Councilman Manning,
to rebid the 7 unit T-hangar as originally bid, bid the T-hangar with 10 foot 6
inches door height with 40 foot, 6 inches width, and bid with a 12 foot door
height with the 42 foot width, all having sliding doors. The motion carried 6
ayes, 0 nays.
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Mayor Pfiester called for discussion of and action on siting options for a new
animal shelter.
Karl Louis, Chief of Police, came forward telling the City Council that they
had looked at various options regarding the site for the new animal shelter.
Chief Louis said that he and Lieutenant Hundley had reached agreement with
the Red River Valley Fair Association to reduce the size of the land to be
removed from their lease for animal shelter use to one and one-third acres and
that this was acceptable to the architect and the Lamar County Human
Association. City Manager Malone pointed out the original site from a
drawing, which is located close to the rodeo arena. Chief Louis advised that
there will be 165 feet of frontage on Clement Road and 326 feet of frontage on
3rd NE, giving the city enough space to expand the animal shelter.
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Manning, seconded by Councilman
Plata, for endorsement of the option for the new animal shelter. The motion
carried 6 ayes, 0 nays.
Mayor Pfiester called for discussion of the pay plan options and consideration
of and action on approving a three percent (3%) across the board base pay
increase for city employees for fiscal year 2000-2001.
City Manager Malone advised the City Council that there was a meeting with
the Administrative Staff and Patrick Simmons of Waters Consulting, Inc., to
discuss the salary and wage survey. It was the consensus of the group that he
immediately implement a three percent across-the-board pay increase for all
regular employees in accordance with the present budget and bring additional
recommendations back to the City Council in the budget process.
City Manager Malone said each department will be represented in this process
and the Administrative Staff is supportive in reaching a consensus concerning
the new pay plan in hopes of having it adopted, or some variation of it adopted.
City Manager Malone advised that Mr. Simmons will adjust his
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recommendation for placement of employees into the new system based on
action that he will take at this time, and he will issue an addendum to the
original report. He said that cost and options will be developed for presentation
to City Council during the budget process. Gene Anderson, Director of
Finance, is working on determining the carry forward balance and will be
working on projecting revenues during the next few weeks. He projected the
beginning of budget workshops sometime in mid July.
City Manager Malone said the paychecks will go out this Friday, June 28, and
on the following Friday, July 6, a one-time three percent (3%) quarterly
payment will be made to cover from the last quarter through this
implementation of the three percent across-the-board increase.
Mayor Pfiester announced that the next item on the agenda was consideration
of and action on approval of City Manager's appointment of a Fire Chief.
City Manager Malone called Deputy Fire Chief Ronnie Grooms forward. Mr.
Malone stated that he was pleased to submit ChiefRonnie Grooms to the City
Council for their approval, in accordance with Section 23 of the City Charter,
stating that he had all the qualifications and experience to be a great Fire Chief.
City Manager Malone praised Fire Marshall / Assistant Chief Rick Evans who
served as Chief in the interim period and stated that it was a difficult choice
because all of the candidates were well qualified.
A motion was made by Councilman Bell, seconded by Councilman Gray, for
approval of Ronnie Grooms as Fire Chief of the Paris Fire Department. The
motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays.
A motion was made by Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem
Manning, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays.
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MICHAEL J. PFIESTER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
MATTIE CUNNINGHAM
CITY CLERK