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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978.12.05_City Council MinutesOn Tuesday, December 5, 1978, the Owasso City Council met in regular session, in Council Chambers at City Hall, per Notice of Public =Meeting and Agenda, referenced and made a part here- of . Present: Bill Williams, ~~7ayor Boyd Spencer, Vice Mayor Don Thompson, Councilman Robbie Fickle, Councilwoman Wayne Meyer, City :tanager Harold Charney, City Attorney (Arrived at 7:55 Pi-7) Wauhilleau Webb, City Clerk Absent: Ron Grimes, Councilman The meeting was presiding. Employee of the 'lotion was made approve Consent Owasso Reporter part hereof. called to order at 7:07 Pl ~7onth Award was presented by Boyd Spencer, seconded Agenda items, as follows, on November 30, 1978, and T, ~ to by as by with 'Iayor Williams Rosalee Roberts. Robbie Fickle, to published in the reference made a 1. Approve ~'Iinutes of November 21, 1978, 7eeting 2. Approve Warrants for Payment 3. Approve Revised Owasso Community Center Building Use and Cost Procedures 4. Approve Ordinance 240 for OZ-39, Amending Ordinance 175 Ayes - S~Tessrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle T1ays - None :-lotion was made by Robbie Fickle, seconded by Boyd Spencer, to approve additional warrants for payment and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - :Messrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, ~''Irs. Fickle, with Mrs. Fickle abstaining on Warrants 634, 635 and 636. mays - None At the November 21, 1978, City Council meeting the discussion of the present trash service Leas tabled to this meeting in order to have ~~r. Sallee present. The Council's questions to Bud Sallee, d/b/a Sallee Trash Service, and his replies are as follows: Thompson: What are most of the complaint calls you pick un at City Hall? Sallee: Mainly houses being missed due to new men on trucks. Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Two Fickle: Have your personnel problems stabilized? Sallee: Gradually, but still need one more man. Fickle: Are you making any effort to built up public rela- tions with the business people? Sallee: Yes, I make a ooint to visit with them at least once a month. Allsup: School is still having trouble in regard to being missed. Sallee: I have talked to Dale Johnson and hope this problem is corrected. Thompson: Do you have any other interests? Sallee: I am hauling Sperry and have a man running my Tulsa route. Thompson: How many men do you have working in Owasso? Sallee: Myself plus three other men. Thompson: You are aware we are having trouble in Owasso and if you have other businesses I feel it is taking away from our service and you knew what would be required when you signed the contract. Sallee: I was not certain I was under the contract as I just recently signed it. Williams: You have been paid all along according to your con- tract, haven't you? Sallee: Yes Thompson: You felt so uneasy about not having signed a final- ized contract that you invested in another business? Sallee: Yess Fickle: You were not aware it was a binding and legal con- tract? Sallee: I did not know where I stood. Thompson: What do you want Bud? Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Three Sallee: Nothing, just wanted you to know I am having trouble with help and just cannot keen men working. It is mainly me, my son and my other son that I have had to take out of school to work and helA us. Wrester: (Citizen) I do not understand the late service and at that time of night they can't see and they leave trash all around. Fickle: Are you still having trouble with your equipment? Sallee: Yes Williams: We do not make money on trash service, in fact, we lose money, and we really have the headaches with it but we are bound by ordinances to have trash ser- vice and that is what we are trying to work out with you Bud. Fickle: Have you changed pickup days again recently? Sallee: Not since going on the six day schedule. Thompson: I do not personally know what the solution is. Sallee: Since school started I have had between 15 and 20 men. Fickle: Why are we missing the schools? Sallee: My son is suppose to get it and he just forgot it to- day because he has so much to do. Fickle: Does your family have antagonistic feelings towards the City? Sallee: No, but they do not like the hours it is necessary to work. Thompson: Do your men really have any concern about the job they are doing such as getting all the trash from the cans to the truck? I have a personal complaint about that as I have picked up after them myself. Sallee: Ttze boys take a lot of chewing outs. I can take the corrections, but really want Council to understand my problems. Fickle: I read about the waste collection system information in this Council packet and would like to have it per- sued furthE~r. (Poly-Kart curbside waste collection.) Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Four Thompson: Do you know anyone that uses that type of device? Sallee: Flo, not locally, it is usually used in the larger cities. Thompson: What is your personal feeling and do you think it would be a time saver? Sallee: I would be for anything to speed it up and this would seem to speed it un. :~Zeyer: It can be a one man service. Williams: We have had you for a long time and want to keep you but for the last month it has come to the point we have to do something or fire you. The first and second years of your service were beautiful. Sallee: At that time it was a one truck service with myself and son running it and I could guarantee good ser- vice. The town has now grown to where that is just impossible. Williams: You may have to weed through 20 men to find one good man. I have to do it all the time in my o~an business. Fickle: Are you interested enough in Owasso to really grow with us and give up your other interests? Sallee: I would give up all my other service as I am that interested in Owasso. Williams: Dorothy (Allsup) log all the calls on trash for the next month and the type of complaint. Thompson: To miss a business or residence that has a full trash can, can be aggravating, especially for a business as they have no place to put their trash after the containers are full and you can put a stop to it or the Council will have to put it to a stop. Sallee: Some business customers need more than two or three days service but they don't want to pay for it. The Tastee Freeze is paying for two days but I pick them up six days a week. .~.. Fickle: Our personnel spends a lot of time on trash complaint calls. Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Five Sallee: I am still trying to get a phone in my truck and hope to have it within thirty days. Williams: You should not have to pick up trash when you are not being paid for it and the City should be able to enforce it. Sallee: Tree nursery quit and just as glad they did because he put rocks in his container and kept breaking my truck down. Thompson: The business establishments that are not being charged correctly should be discontinued until they conform. Sallee: Health Department will not let me do that. Williams: The City will just increase those business charges then. Mayor Williams directed City Clerk to place on the December 19, 1978, Council Agenda the discussion of trash service. At that time Council will review the trash complaints during the two week interum. It will be reviewed again at January 2, 1978, City Council. In regard to settlement with Oklahoma Civil Defense on audit discrepancies for the sum of $143.59, it was explained to the Council that this goes back to 1975 as the contractor did not comply with wage and hour laws. The contractor is now bank- rupt and the bonding company is out of time. Don Thompson commented he had mixed emotions about paying it. i~Zotion was made by Don Thompson, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to approve settlement with Oklahoma Civil Defense on Audit Dis- crepancies for the sum of $143.59 and add same to December 5th warrant list, and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - .7essrs. Williams, Thompson, firs. Fickle Nays - ~•ir . Spencer In regard to resubmitting bids for Fire Chief's car, to be pur- chased with Revenue Sharing Funds, Wayne Meyer advised City Council that the specifications had been revised to more rea- listic requirements and plan to advise bidders that they may bid on a car on their .lot if none available per exact specifi- cations. i~r. Spencer questioned why he really needs a car and ~Ir. '~eyer said the vehicle is utilized by Fire Chief and he keeps it with him at all times and he follows the engine on fire runs and it is utilized when we have big fires to transfer Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Six reliefs and used to go to schools for their necessary train- ing. Mr. Spencer further questioned if the :car ~w~11'_,b_e'.~.her.e .at City Hall 24 hours a day and Mr. Meyer said no, the Fire chief takes it home at nights and weekends, i2r. Spencer said that in other words we are providing him transportation at all times. Mr. Meyer said yes but it has always been that way. It was debated among Council if it in fact has always been that way. ~"Ir. Spencer felt automobiles should be kept here as tax payers should not have to pay for personal automobile use. :Don Thompson stated that certain positions in private enter- prise have always been allowed use of vehicles, i~r. Spencer asked Mr. Thompson if he felt the Fire Chief should drive our car to Turley and Tyr. Thompson replied yes. Mr. Meyer stated that certain Water Department personnel also take trucks home to answer calls at night. Mr. Spencer commented if they live in our fence line it would be agreeable but the City should not pay mileage when they live out of the fence line but should have one here available to them. Mayor Williams stated the Fire Chief does need a car and it could be decided at a later date the policy of taking the car home. Don Thompson expressed concern about the unit being heavy enough as it will get rough treatment in rural areas. mayor Williams said our trucks do not get on too rough rural roads. Mr. Thompson said the stan- dard front suspension does not look like more than you would just go out and buy. Mrs. Fickle questioned why it should be more and T~Ir. Thompson said because of location of fires and he has seen them take off across pastures. :~ayor Williams com- mented it has heavy duty brakes and shocks. Mr, Meyer said the extra suspension would require a special car and that was our holdup the first time it went out for bid. Motion was made by Boyd Spencer, seconded by Don Thompson, to resubmit bids for Fire Chief's car, to be purchased with Re- venue Sharing funds, and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - Messrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle Nays - None In regard to the approving the rezoning application OZ-40 from AG to RS3 and CS, City Planner Steve Carr reviewed the appli- cation and the staff recommendations and cautioned Council to be concerned with following the Owasso Comprehensive Plan. Bland Pittman showed a map of the RS3 zoning planned adjacent to the requested commercial zoning. He expressed his opinion that in deciding zoning for a particular piece of property, the property should be considered as to the best use of the property. He showed on the blackboard an example of why a convenient commercial area should not be a square arealdue,to frontage, but should be an elongated area. Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Seven :Mayor Williams recessed Owasso City Council at 8:54 PM. Mayor Williams reconvened Owasso City Council at 9:00 PM. ~7otion was made by Robbie Fickle, seconded by Don Thompson, to zone the South 622 feet of the East 350 feet of Section 18, Township 21, Range 14 East CS and the remainder of property on rezoning application OZ-40 to RS3, and by reference made a part hereof. Ayes - i~essrs. Spencer, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle Nays - None Abstain - Mr. Williams Motion was made by Don Thompson, seconded by Boyd Spencer, to approve City Treasurer's Bond for $50,000.00. Ayes - ~'Iessrs. Spencer, Thompson, Williams, Mrs. Fickle Nays - None In regard to relocation of Council and Court Czambers, Don Thompson commented that he did not want to do it and Mrs. Fickle commented she did not want to do it either and Mr. Spencer replied he will not do it. Mr. Spencer stated he did not think it was feasible at this time as he felt we might be jumping into too much with the downstairs remodeling and felt we should take a better look at it before making the decision. He furthur stated we need to do some of these improvements on the outside such as streets more than on the inside of City Hall. Council directed City Manager to install computer in the City Treasurer's office. In regard to Ordinance 241 Amending Ordinance 131, Vacating Alley between East Second and East Third, this item was tabled until Arnnie •7cGill can check it out. Motion was made by Boyd Spencer, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to approve Ordinance 242 vacating ten feet of certain easements. Ayes - Messrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle Nays - None OLD BUSINESS: T.done Owasso City Council December 5, 1978 Page Eight NEW BUSINESS: Don Thompson commented on getting the street repair promised in March or April in front of the Biggers property in Elm Creek. The people were first promised the County would make the repairs and now we are saying the developer should fix it. Motion was made by Don Thompson, seconded by Boyd Spencer, to bring a building moratorium in the Elm Creek addition until the street problem is corrected and no more building permits issued if it is not corrected within thirty days. Ayes - Messrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, Tars. Fickle Nays - None Motion was made by Robbie Fickle, seconded by Don Thompson, to approve 1979 schedule of regular meetings. Ayes - Messrs. Williams, Spencer, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle TJays - None Chair asked for any other new business, and there being none, Chair adjourned Owasso City Council at 10:00 PM. T~ayor Williams called Owasso City Council back to order at 10:50 PM and immediately recessed to go into Executive Session. :Mayor Williams reconvened at 10:50 PM. Motion was made by Don Thompson, seconded by Robbie Fickle, to increase pay for all City employees, across the board, at five percent, effective December 16, 1978. Ayes - T~Tessrs. Williams, Thompson, Mrs. Fickle Nays - None Abstain - Mr. Spencer Chair adjourned Owasso City Council at 11:05 PM. ~_ .w ~~ ~.R.sL: r..:._-~--_~ T'1A OR "" .~ C ~.. CITY CLERK