MINUTES HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

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1 MINUTES HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 The Houston City Council met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. on Monday September 22, 2014 at Houston City Hall Council Chambers, 601 S Grand Avenue with the following members present: Mayor Don Tottingham, Alderman Joe Honeycutt, Alderwoman Mary Barnes, Alderman Chalky Wells, Alderwoman Sheila Walker, Alderman Don Romines, Alderman David Arthur and City Administrator Larry Sutton, City Clerk Tonya Foster, and City Attorney Brad Eidson were also present. Mayor Don Tottingham established a quorum and called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. The motion was made by and seconded by to approve the minutes for the September 2, 2014 regular meeting. Motion passed unanimously. The motion was made by and seconded by to approve payment for payroll of September 9, Motion passed unanimously. The motion was made by and seconded by to approve payment of invoices for September 19 & 22, 2014 ($105,347.46) as presented. Motion passed unanimously.

2 Guests: Ron Reed and Rob Conaway. Ron Reed economic developer for the city updated council on several projects that are ongoing. Interested builder for assisted living looking at Houston, would like to interview people ready to move into an assisted living facility. The Mo Senior Housing application has been turned in, will be the end of the year before the city knows if we were selected. The new water tower and well is being proposed in two phases. Phase I is the well with job creation at the dairy. CDBG infra grant with a city match. Cost of this portion is approimately $350,000 - $400,000, city match will be approimately $70, Phase II is the tower with job creation at the Durham Co, to move forward CDBG needs an assurance of compliance signed. This is a $650,000 project. Also applying for a Delta Regional $200,000 grant along with a $1.2 million grant for equipment at the Durham epansion. This is a very comple project involving the city, state, and SCOCOG. With this water tower and well the city would have three towers and four wells. The motion was made by and seconded by to move forward with the project on the water tower and well with the city signing the assurance of compliance that CDBG needs. Motion passed unanimously. Rob Conaway with Archer Elgin gave council the results from the bid opening held September 11, 2014 for the SRTS-INF-H32H(105) proposed project. Archer Elgin recommends the low bid of $202, from Logan Ecavating, LLC. The motion was made by and seconded by to accept the bid from Logan Ecavating, LLC in the amount of $202, Motion passed unanimously. Discussed the naming of the C W Harry Blvd epansion. The motion was made by and seconded by to name the epansion of the road as C W Harry Blvd. Motion passed unanimously.

3 Bill 109 to become Ordinance (Bill 109 has been posted) An ordinance for the CenturyLink Settlement. The motion was made by and seconded by to place Bill 109 on first reading by title only. Motion passed unanimously. Bill 109 to become Ordinance The motion was made by and seconded by to place Bill 109 on second and final reading by title only. Motion passed unanimously. The motion was made by and seconded by to adopt Bill 109 as Ordinance Motion passed with si yes roll call votes. Attorney Eidson will finalize the paperwork. Bid opening for the water tower modification was held September 18, Low bid was from Hogan Inc.

4 The motion was made by and seconded by to accept the bid from Hogan Inc. in the amount of $33, with the city staff doing line item #2. Motion passed unanimously. No action taken on the closing of the street and alleyway request. Request from Downtown Halloween. The motion was made by and seconded by to donate $ for the Halloween event. Motion passed unanimously. Request from Miss Teas County Pageant. The motion was made by and seconded by to donate $35.00 to the pageant. Motion passed unanimously. Administrator Report September 22, Safe Route to School Bid Opening There is a shortfall of approimately $5000 that we need to approve. Alternates are not funded. Asked School

5 if they would be interested in sharing cost on alternates and their board decided that they may be able to coop with city late spring. 2. Oakhill sidewalk project moving along at a fast pace. 3. Have advertised for bids for new road, will have a special council meeting on September 29 th to award. Bids are due in by Sept 26 th. Three local contractors have picked up bid documents. 4. Highway Lighting Project All lights are set and running on phase II. Clean up of ROW continues. Received numerous compliments on lighting while at MML conference. 5. North Well Have awarded bid to Flynn Drilling Co out of Rolla. Will switch to a submersible pump and see if that will etend pump life. Cost anticipated to be in the $46,000 range for pulling old pump and replacing pipe and pump. 6. Finance Committee met Sept 11 th to discuss 2015 budget. 7. MML Conference last week was attended by Alderpersons Walker and Barnes, mayor, clerk and me. 8. North and South Well s modification bid Recommend that Hogan Construction be approved for their bid of $33, for both wells minus Line item 2 (they didn t bid that line item). Ray and I visited with Jerry Jackson and verified that the water/sewer dept can do that portion. This will save approimately $20,000 verse the net bidder. Ozark Applicators bid (for all line items) was $64,000. We only received two bids. Additions to the administrator s report. City Administrator Sutton asked to leave the meeting. Discussed request from Verizon about location of cell tower. Looking at ground behind Miller s Grill owned by. handed out registered voter list for each ward to prepare for the upcoming election in November. attended the Drury Design Team meeting in September. Very informative meeting. asked about the Chamber.

6 The motion was made by and seconded by to adjourn at 9:13 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. Minutes Taken By Mayor City Clerk