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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979.11.20_City Council MinutesOn Tuesday, November 20, 1979, the Owasso City Council met in regulax session, in Council Chambers at City Hall, per Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda posted on City Hall bulletin board at 4:00 PM on November 16, 1979, and by reference made a part hereof. Present: Boyd Spencer, Mayor Robbie Fickle, Vice Mayor Robert Wrestler, Councilman Al Lambert, Councilman Harold Charney, City Attorney (arrived 7:22) Wauhilleau Webb, Acting City Manager Merrilyn Merchant, Deputy City Clerk Absent: Don Thompson, Councilman The meeting was called to order at 7:03 PM, with Mayor Spencer presiding. ITEM 1 - APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Warrant ~~504 to Oklahoma State University was pulled from the consent agenda for clarification. Motion was made by Robert Wrestler, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to approve Consent Agenda items, as follows, with the exception of warrant ~~504, as published in the Owasso Reporter on November 15, 1979, and by reference made a part hereof. A. Approve Minutes of November 6, 1979 B. Approve Warrants for Payment C. Approve Ordinance No. 274 on Zoning Case OZ-49 Ayes - Messrs Spencer, Wrestler, Lambert, and Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried. Mayor Spencer called for the Council, City Treasurer, and Acting City Manager to meet in Executive Session at 7:06 PM to discuss personnel matters. Council reconvened from Executive Session at 7:17 PM. ITEM 2 - APPROVE ADDITIONAL WARRANTS FOR PAYMENT Warrant No. 3 to MPH Industries was pulled from the Revenue Sharing warrant list because it was not an approved Revenue Sharing item. Motion was made by Robert Wrestler, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to approve Additional Warrants for Payment, with the exception of warrant no. 3, and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs Spencer, Wrestler, Lambert, and Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried Owasso City Council November 20, 1979 Page Two ITEM 3 - DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MTTA BUS SERVICE Mayor Spencer asked Ron Ketter, Chairman for the MTTA Committee, if Tulsa was asking $1800.00 per month for the use of their bus, to which Mr. Ketter replied yes, that was true, but the City would be collecting in advance for the service. Mr. Wrestler asked why the bus would be going outside the City limits to pick up passengers rather than in the City, to which Mr. Ketter replied they could possibly arrange to pick up in the City only. Robert Wrestler expressed his opinion that he did not feel we should go outside the City limits since we would subsidize with the taxpayers money from the people inside the City limits, and also the roads would be bad in the rural area. Mr. Ketter conferred with the MTTA representative, Mr. Minton, and they felt the roads would be no problem. Mr. Charney indicated that locally we could furnish service to those outside the City limits the same as we do water to rural areas. We would just charge for the service. Mr. Lambert felt more study should be done in a work session as he was not ready to commit city funds at this time. He felt right now, with the fuel scare, bus ridership would be blossoming, but what if fuel becomes plentiful again? Mr. Ketter indicated the City could be making $500.00 per month profit on busy months, which would be put aside to use on months when the bus service was slow. Mr. Minton indicated that MTTA was working schedules up and would need a decision from the Council by the middle of December. It was decided that definite action on the MTTA Bus Service would be taken at the December 4 Council Meeting with a special work session to be held on December 3. Mr. Charney was asked to be at the work session to answer any legal questions. ITEM 4 - DISCUSSION ON 911 EMERGENCY NUMBER BY TOM MORRIS OF INCOG Mr. Tom Morris presented copies of the 911 Management Committee Report of September 19, 1979, to the Council members, and by reference made a part hereof. Mr. Morris pointed out that Segmant 7 of the report would be the most applicable to Owasso. He indicated that the INCOG staff felt Owasso would need two undedicated lines. Mr. Wrestler indicated he was in the business and would not like to see Owasso have undedicated lines, that they should be dedicated lines because the undedi- cated lines would be overloaded. Boyd Spencer voiced his opinion that we should not go to the 911 system because we could not provide the service to our entire Owasso area due to part of the area being outside our 272 phone exchange. He does not feel we should go with the system until we can serve our entire area. Owasso City Council November 20, 1979 Page Three Mr. Morris indicated the Corporation Commission sets the boundary lines for the exchanges. Mrs. Fickle felt they set the boundary lines but that Southwestern Bell Telphone Company could influence the Commission. When asked if Bixby was going to the 911 system, Mr. Morris indicated they were, but they are not on the Bell System and would be handled a little differently. He indicated that Broken Arrow was also connecting to the system. Mr. Morris indicated he would do some checking and contact someone about changing the tariffs. ITEM 5 - APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT ON 76 CENTER Motion was made by Robert Wrestler, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to approve Final Plat on 76 Center, with the recommended changes by the Planning Commission, as shown on final plat map, and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs Spencer, Lambert, Wrestler and Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried. ITE:•1 6 - DISCUSSION ON AND SELECTION OF CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY AND AWARDING OF PERMIT OR CALLING FOR A FRANCHISE VOTE and ITEM 7 - APPROVE ORDINANCE N0. 275 GOVERNING CABLE TELEVISION Mr. Spencer asked if any of the Cable Television Companies would like to say anything to the Council before a decision was made on acceptance by the Council. Mark Savage of Tulsa Cable Television pointed out that the rate schedule in the proposed ordinance would exculde his company from being considered and Mr. Charney stated that the ordinance was only a sample ordinance and the rate schedule could be changed to accommodate whichever company received the bid. Mr. Savage indicated that the ordinance called for a 12 month completion date and he felt that should be changed to 6 months, to which all of the other cable companies were in agreement. Motion was made by Robert Wrestler, seconded by Al Lambert, that the ordinance would reflect that Construction of the Cable System will be completed within six months from date franchise is voted. If not completed, franchise will be revoked. There will be an out clause to cover availability of materials, and conditions beyond control of franchisee, such as acts of God, war, strife, etc., which would be grounds for extention of the contract for a time deemed to be reasonable to the City. Ayes - Messrs Spencer, Lambert, Wrestler and Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried Owasso City Council November 20, 1979 Page Four Mr. Charney indicated he would delete Paragraph one at the top of page five of the ordinance. Paragraph 2, page 5, performance bond would be set in the amount of $100,000.00. The time on the performance bond would be changed from 12 months to six months. Community Cable Television asked the Council if they were going to pick a cable company and then let the voters decide whether to go by franchise. Mayor Spencer indicated this was right. Green Country Cable TV asked if the rate schedule would be changed to conform to each bidder's rate schedule and Mayor Spencer indicated this was right. Mr. Charney indicated we should not leave the rates open, but should indicate a minimum amount in the ordinance. Decision was made to select the Cable TV Company first and then insert that company's rates into the ordinance before adoption of the ordinance. Tulsa Cable TV, Mark Savage, asked the Council to amend their original packet since they could now carry Atlanta, which would give four independent channels, instead of two. The other companies indicated this was true of all cable TV companies represented, to which Mr. Savage said this was not true of other companies. Mayor Spencer halted the discussion and called for a motion on acceptance of Cable Television Company. Motion was made by Robbie Fickle, seconded by Robert Wrestler, to accept the bid of Community Development Cable Television, Inc. and call for a Franchise Vote. Ayes - Boyd Spencer, Robbie Fickle, Robert Wrestler, Al Lambert Nays - None Motion carried Mr. Spencer indicated he had voted for Community Cable Television, Inc. because he felt they all could do a good job but he felt Tulsa Cable Television had all they could handle in Tulsa, Green Country had Jenks and Sapulpa, and the same was true of Gleason. Mr. Jack Morris of Community Development Cable Television, Inc, extended his thanks for their selection and pledged to put in a good system for the City of Owasso. ~.: Ms. Susan Frizzell, Attorney for Community Development Cable Television, Inc. indicated the rate schedule in the ordinance was agreeable to them with no changes. Owasso City Council November 20, 1979 Page Five Motion was made by Robert Wrestler, seconded by Al Lambert, to Adopt Ordinance No. 275 Governing Cable Television. Ayes - Messrs Spencer, Lambert, Wrestler, Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried. Mrs. Fickle indicated the ordinance should be changed on page six to state "city" instead of "town". The Council agreed that the franchise will go for vote the second Tuesday of January, if there are no legal restrictions in going that soon. Mr. Wrestler asked Community Development Cable Television Co. if they would be agreeable to furnishing Council with a monthly report of their progress, once the franchise is voted on and the people want the service? Community Development Cable Television Co. said they would be very agreeable to this. ITEM 8 - APPROVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR OCTOBER 1979 Motion was made by Boyd Spencer, seconded by Robert Wrestler, to approve Financial Statements for October 1979. Ayes -Messrs Spencer, Lambert, Wrestler, Mrs. Fickle. Nays - None Motion carried ITEM 9 - NEW BUSINESS None Being no further business before the Owasso City Council, Chair adjourned at 8:27 PM. Mayor ~ Deputy City Cle