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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981.08.18_City Council MinutesOn Tuesday, August 18, 1981, the Owasso City Council met in regular session in the Council Chambers at City Hall, per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda posted on City Hall bulletin board at 3:00 PM on August 4, 1981, and by refer- ence is made a part hereof. ITEM 1 - CALL TO ORDER. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM with Mayor Spencer presiding. Mayor Spencer announced he was requested to read a letter prior to roll call. The letter was Dr. Steven Clark's resignation as the Councilman from Ward 5, dated August 18, 1981, effective immediately. By reference Dr. Clark's letter is made a part hereof. ITEM 2 - FLAG SALUTE. Flag salute was led by Mayor Spencer. ITEM 3 - ROLL CALL . Present: Boyd Spencer, Mayor Dennis Burke, Vice Mayor Al Lambert, Councilman Phyllis Gross, Councilwoman Harold Charney, City Attorney Kenneth Thompson, City Manager Wauhilleau Webb, City Clerk Absent: None ITEM 4 - APPROVE MINUTES OF AUGUST 4, 1981 REGULAR MEETING. Motion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Phyllis Gross, to approve Minutes of August 4, 1981 regular meeting, and by reference are made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs. Spencer, Lambert, Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - None PSotion carried. ITEM 5 - CONESTOGA CABLEVISION REQUEST FOR RATE INCREASE. Conestoga revised their requested rate increase as follows: Basic Service $ 8.95 Per Month Pay Service $ 9.95 Per Month Installation Charge $20.00 Per Month Mr. Thompson pointed out the following four items are not available although covered in the contract: 1. Storm warning system. 2. Local government channel. 3. Local public school channel. 4. Capability to broadcast local religious programs. Owasso City Council Page Two August 18, 1981 Mr. Burke commented that he knows the cost of business for everyone is going up but a couple of things bother him. He said as he recalls the first time Cones- toga came to the Council it was to announce they were going to buy Community Development and one reason for doing so was to bring in a new influx of money which in his own mind eliminated a rate increase. The other thing is the four items outlined by the City Manager that have not been met. Mrs. Gross said at the present time we need more time to see their performance and see if they fulfill some of their obligations. Motion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Phyllis Gross, to follow City Mana- ger's recommendation that we deny the request for a rate increase by Conestoga Cablevision until the basic contract conditions have been met; those conditions being: 1) storm warning system, 2) local government channel, 3) local public school channel, and 4) capability to broadcast local religious programs. Ayes - Mr. Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - Messrs. Lambert and Spencer Motion did not carry. Mr. Thompson suggested a compromise increase and Cecil Rush. with Conestoga said the rate increase is to be effective October 1st but suggested the increase could be approved effective when the channels are all available. Mr. Rush com- mented the church channel is available but they are not responsible for furnish- ing all the equipment. He also said he expects the storm warning equipment to be delivered in four weeks. City Clerk was directed to place this item on the September 15, 1981 agenda. TTF.M h - PRRSRNTATTnN nF RFVTSF.TI STTRT)TVTST(1N RF.(;TTT.ATTf1N~_ Motion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Al Lambert, to approve Subdivision Regulations with the changes recommended by Planning Commission and staff, and by reference are made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs. Spencer, Lambert, Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - None Motion carried. ITEM 7 - REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR USED AMBULANCE. Mayor Spencer asked David Wilson if we would still use Life Flight if we purchased a used ambulance for a backup unit and Mr. Wi~so~ ~ said yes, if we need speed we would still call for Life Flight. Motion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Boyd Spencer, granting staff per- mission to advertise and investigate availability of used ambulance for a backup unit. Owasso City Council Page Three August 18, 1981 Ayes - Messrs. Spencer, Lambert, Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - None Motion carried. ITEM 8 - REQUEST FOR VARIANCE IN CITY ELECTRICAL CODE FOR PROPERTY AT 120 EAST SECOND STREET. Mr. Thompson said he has learned a variance has to go before the City-County Electrical Board, with which Mr. Dettherow disagreed. Mr. Detherow said in June he obtained a building permit from the City of Owasso for 120 East Second Street for a residential type construction to be used as com- mercial office. He said all inspections were made but on August 7 while awaiting utility service it was found there was a problem regarding a business license not being obtained by a specific contractor. He said Mr. May obtained an electrical permit for residence rather than commercial. Ken Wyzard, the electrician, said he thought it was a house and wired it as a house. Mr. Detherow and Mr. Wyzard disagreed on how the misunderstanding came about. Mr. Thompson commented it is not a major difference and steps have been taken to prevent the situation from happening again as the Electrical Inspector will be given a copy of the building permit. Mayor Spencer said he was advised by Public Service that the wiring was okay but they thought no more additional heavy energy use-could be allowed and if the build- ing should ever be vacated it should revert back to a residence. r4r. Charney said the City must consider their liability and if we grant a variance we must make a record it was wired as a residence. r2otion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Al Lambert, to approve an exception on the electrical code on the property at 120 East Second Street wit'n the condi- tions that Mr. Detherow will meet the commercial building fire requirements and, based on recommendations by Public Service Company and City Manager, restrict to no heavier use than the Office Light zoning would permit, with City Attorney filing of record this decision. Ayes - Messrs. Spencer, Lambert, Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - None Motion carried. ITEM 9 - DISCUSSION OF CITY CLERK'S LETTER OF JULY 25, 1981 TO CITY COUNCIL. After discussion of items outlined in ~Zrs. Webb's letter, which by reference is made a part hereof, Mrs. Gross commented she did not plan to spend a lot of time defending herself and Mr. Lambert asked Mrs. Gross to please not imply that she has to defend herself as no one has accused her. Owasso City Council Page Four August 18, 1981 Mr. Burke said he would like to make two recommendations to the City Manager: 1. Establish a policy and inform all City employees of the policy that no files are to leave the respective office where they are normally stored, without being signed for, and then only to City employees. If the public wishes to see the files they must be reviewed only in .the office where the files are normally stored. 2. Locks should be changed again in Mrs. Webb's office and only she or a person designated by her should have the keys to that office, not even the cleaning crew and the cleaning contract should be changed in what- ever manner is necessary to clean her office during daytime hours when Mrs. Webb is present. ITEM 10 - APPROVE WARRANTS FOR PAYMENT. Bob Randolph said he objected to payment of Warrant 308 to Robert Durbin for $1,502.62 and he will file a lawsuit if that warrant is awarded to Mr. Durbin. Mr. Burke said he also objected to seeing it on the warrant list as he had no idea that Mr. Durbin expected to be paid for his services on the Personnel Board. P4otion was made by Dennis Burke, seconded by Al Lambert, to approve for payment Warrants 291 through 320 EXCEPT warrant 308 to Robert Durbin as it was under- stood his services were voluntary, for a total of $17,773.64, authorize Mayor to sign same, and by reference are made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs. Spencer, Lambert, Burke and Mrs. Gross Nays - None Motion carried ITEM 11 - NEW BUSINESS. Item Mr. Thompson gave Council a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency thanking us for our assistance. Item Mr. Charney said whether we pay Mr. Durbin or not is the Councils business, but the reason why we don't pay him, if it's read into the minutes, could be City business. The objection of the payment was Mr. Durbin not being properly sworn in and the City could be admitting same to some degree by striking that warrant. Mr. Burke said his desire to strike it from the warrant list was simply that he thought Mr. Durbin was doing it as a service to the City and did not understand that he expected to be paid for it. Mayor Spencer said he had made the statement to Messrs. Pritchard, O'Kelley and Durbin that if they thought they were due compensation for serving on the Per- sonnel Board they should turn it in, and Mr. Durbin is the only one that did so. Owasso City Council Page Five August 18, 1981 Item Robert Shouse asked if David Wilson is the Fire Chief or the Acting Fire Commander and Mr. Thompson said he is "Acting". Being no further business before the Owasso City Council, Chair adjourned at 9:01 PM. Boy ~M. Spe cer, Mayor C, ~. o ~ vim,. ~~ >>~'~ Wauhilleau Webb, City Clerk