Seymour City Council Meeting Archived

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR:

(At this time, Mayor Craighead will make announcements as related to the events of the previous weeks. As always he may make any rearrangements to the order of items on this agenda as he deems prudent in the interest of time).

Mayor Craighead briefed the assembly on the new ‘Community Alert’ system that is now operational. This alert system will rely on KSEY radio to broadcast, immediately and in real time, any weather or civil defense alerts. Also, Amber alerts will be broadcast on this system. A major drawback to regular weather radios has been solved with this system, if you purchase a special alert radio – available locally at a reasonable price at Ernie’s River Mill retail outlet, it can be set to wake you up in the middle of the night upon activation of the Emergency Alert System. This special radio will have better reception than the regular weather radios which rely on the Throckmorton repeater station; that signal is faint.

CITIZENS QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS:

(At this time, interested citizens are encouraged to indicate their interest in speaking, and upon being recognized by the Mayor, approach the podium to express your comments. Please speak clearly and speak directly into the microphone. Citizens may speak on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed five minutes, please. Neither Council action nor discussion may take place on any matter, until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.)

1.) Mary Lou Duncan: Baylor County Child Welfare Board: On May 15, 2006, there will be a joint CPS and Seymour PD educational class held at the Salt Fork Municipal Golf Complex Dining Room at 5:30 p.m. to educate the public on ‘Child Abuse Awareness”. This will be appropriate for anyone who works around children.

CONSENT AGENDA:

(Items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are generally enacted in one motion. The exception to this rule is that a Council Member may request one or more items to be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and action.)
CS Simpson explained that in item ‘f’, the grant application as modified addresses only sidewalks and not lighting. The word ‘lighting’ was struck through.

1. CONSIDER APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS FOLLOWS:

A. Approve Thursday, March 23, 2006, Regular Meeting Minutes.

B. Approve the bills dated March 15, 2006 and March 31, 2006.

C, Accept REPORTS
1. Monthly Investment Report
2. lst National Bank accounts report summary
3. Employee List
4. Golf Course Revenue and Membership totals report

D. Accept and Approve the Fiscal Year 2005-06 City of Seymour Quarterly Investment report for Second Quarter (2nd) as presented by the Investment officers.

E. Annual review/approval of City of Seymour investment policy, with no changes proposed by City Staff at this time.

F. Resolution in support of grant application for Downtown central business district sidewalk/lighting project.

THIS IS RESOLUTION # 1268

Motion:
Motion to accept and approve all items as presented, and item ‘f’ as modified to remove the word
‘lighting’, by Councilman Snyder, 2nd by Councilman Coltharp.

Vote on the Motion:
passed unanimously.

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

2. Departmental Reports

( Electric, Water, Sewer, Police, Street, R. 0. Plant, Golf Complex,
Economic Development Director and City Secretary)

Electric Department Superintendent Brad Tilley
Superintendent Tilley

Water/WW Operations Superintendent Greg Shumate
Superintendent Shumate was unavailable.

Police Chief Tommy Duncan
The Seymour PD answered 403 calls for service, worked 6 accidents, and made 26 arrests on various charges, including 9 for outstanding warrants. There were 169 traffic tickets and warnings issued. There were several calls for the K-9 officer. I have been attending disaster training exercises, as well as participating in ‘On-Line’ training programs as required on the Internet. The Seymour PD made a very significant ‘bust’ this month, discovering both a ‘Meth’ lab as well as a check forgery ring at work. We confiscated many checks – $30,000 worth or more - that were being forged on several different businesses in the City. Commendations are deserved by officers Hill, Hansen and Wilkerson. There is a new member on our Special Olympics team and his name is Christopher Witt. The team will go to their meet this month and I’m certain will do an excellent job as always and bring home lots of medals.

Street Superintendent Ronnie Kolacek
Supr. Kolacek was unavailable.

Water Production Superintendent (R.O. Plant) Rick Garcia
Supr. Garcia was unavailable

Salt Fork Municipal Golf Complex Groundskeeper Missie Hargrove
Supr. Hargrove

Economic Development Department Director John Studer
April 17, 2006
Economic Development Department

Monthly Report for April, 2006
From: John W. Studer, ED Director,
City of SeymourDear Mayor and Council,
There has been a shorter period of time since my last report. I have also been away attending a week-long economic development institute. Consequently, there is less to report on.
The projects this office is working on this month are:

Beautification:
We are working on the sidewalk grant from the Texas Department of Transportation for improvements on North Washington Street. I have turned it over to Shelly Green, of Municipal Development Services. You will probably have a Resolution on the agenda for this council meeting. She has had several family emergencies and has canceled two meetings with us. We are getting close to the deadline on submitting this application.

Hunting:
We have finally established a hunter’s address data base. Those card and information packets will go out shortly. There is a sample of the card which will go to each contact. Those that expressed a greater interest in Seymour will receive an additional information packet on our community.

Fossils:
I have a meeting with the Dallas Museum of Natural History on May 1st.

OU/ EDI:
This is the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma which I have attended before. It is a professional school which provides requirements for certification as an Economic Developer. I was there from April 2nd thru the 6th. I appreciate the Council allowing me the opportunity to participate in this school. There were about 200 persons attending from every corner of the U.S. and even a few from Mexico and several island countries. I was one of the very few who drove to Oklahoma City. It was so interesting and packed with information. I had a lot of finance classes this time. Most of the information was very applicable to even our small community. Surprisingly, there was one class that a lady from Virginia initiated a discussion on the dilemma facing the farming industry, and its effects upon rural economies.

US Highway 277:
I had a gentleman that came to my office inquiring about the highway project. He was from Wichita Falls and was in the truck tire business. He was interested in opening up a truck tire specialty business next to a truck stop on our re-alignment. He had a lot of confidence that our truck traffic counts were going to increase with the four lane expansion. He was interested in the availability of land. I hope we can do the necessary planning required for growth on this new highway corridor.

Ag Appreciation Day:
It was one of the better attended ones. It is a very well structured event that takes very little time to manage. Again, I appreciate the City allowing me to continue with this community event. I believe it is successful because it brings us together as a community. What ever we can do to bring our community together in a positive manner and to also feel good about its future, we need to support it. Thank you for that support. Barry Mahler made a comment about Seymour on his TV show, which is worth repeating. (To paraphrase it) He said all of these small communities are having a hard time of surviving and face declining population; but one thing for sure about Seymour, it is fighting it tooth and nail. It has the right attitude.

Miscellaneous:
I have attended several other meeting this month. I have been to the Four Winds RC&D annual meeting, the regular Hotel/ Motel board meeting, and the meeting of The Seymour Community Development board. I had meetings with individuals on possible land that can be annexed alone the Highway 277 project. I also worked the Regular Country Music Jamboree this month. It is doing extremely well.

Don’t forget the Lion’s Club Cake Auction to be held on April 24th. Also, April 22nd is the Monthly Country Jamboree, with the money going to the City Hall Auditorium restoration project.

City Secretary Elaine Simpson
(submitted reports in writing): there were no questions for City Secretary Simpson.

CA Shephard interjected at this point that Supr. Shumate had sent word that there was only one ‘hitch’ this month with the Sewer plant, and it was quickly repaired. No discharge was released from the plant during this occurrence.

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	ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR: (At this time, Mayor Craighead will make announcements as related to the events of the previous weeks. As always he may make any rearrangements to the order of items on this agenda as he deems prudent in the interest of time). Mayor Craighead briefed the assembly on the new ‘Community Alert’ system that is now operational. This alert system will rely on KSEY radio to broadcast, immediately and in real time, any weather or civil defense alerts. Also, Amber alerts will be broadcast on this system. A major drawback to regular weather radios has been solved with this system, if you purchase a special alert radio – available locally at a reasonable price at Ernie’s River Mill retail outlet, it can be set to wake you up in the middle of the night upon activation of the Emergency Alert System. This special radio will have better reception than the regular weather radios which rely on the Throckmorton repeater station; that signal is faint. CITIZENS QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS: (At this time, interested citizens are encouraged to indicate their interest in speaking, and upon being recognized by the Mayor, approach the podium to express your comments. Please speak clearly and speak directly into the microphone. Citizens may speak on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed five minutes, please. Neither Council action nor discussion may take place on any matter, until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.) 1.) Mary Lou Duncan: Baylor County Child Welfare Board: On May 15, 2006, there will be a joint CPS and Seymour PD educational class held at the Salt Fork Municipal Golf Complex Dining Room at 5:30 p.m. to educate the public on ‘Child Abuse Awareness”. This will be appropriate for anyone who works around children. CONSENT AGENDA: (Items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are generally enacted in one motion. The exception to this rule is that a Council Member may request one or more items to be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and action.) CS Simpson explained that in item ‘f’, the grant application as modified addresses only sidewalks and not lighting. The word ‘lighting’ was struck through. 1. CONSIDER APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA AS FOLLOWS: A. Approve Thursday, March 23, 2006, Regular Meeting Minutes. B. Approve the bills dated March 15, 2006 and March 31, 2006. C, Accept REPORTS 1. Monthly Investment Report 2. lst National Bank accounts report summary 3. Employee List 4. Golf Course Revenue and Membership totals report D. Accept and Approve the Fiscal Year 2005-06 City of Seymour Quarterly Investment report for Second Quarter (2nd) as presented by the Investment officers. E. Annual review/approval of City of Seymour investment policy, with no changes proposed by City Staff at this time. F. Resolution in support of grant application for Downtown central business district sidewalk/lighting project. THIS IS RESOLUTION # 1268 Motion: Motion to accept and approve all items as presented, and item ‘f’ as modified to remove the word ‘lighting’, by Councilman Snyder, 2nd by Councilman Coltharp. Vote on the Motion: passed unanimously. END OF CONSENT AGENDA 2. Departmental Reports ( Electric, Water, Sewer, Police, Street, R. 0. Plant, Golf Complex, Economic Development Director and City Secretary) Electric Department Superintendent Brad Tilley Superintendent Tilley Water/WW Operations Superintendent Greg Shumate Superintendent Shumate was unavailable. Police Chief Tommy Duncan The Seymour PD answered 403 calls for service, worked 6 accidents, and made 26 arrests on various charges, including 9 for outstanding warrants. There were 169 traffic tickets and warnings issued. There were several calls for the K-9 officer. I have been attending disaster training exercises, as well as participating in ‘On-Line’ training programs as required on the Internet. The Seymour PD made a very significant ‘bust’ this month, discovering both a ‘Meth’ lab as well as a check forgery ring at work. We confiscated many checks – $30,000 worth or more - that were being forged on several different businesses in the City. Commendations are deserved by officers Hill, Hansen and Wilkerson. There is a new member on our Special Olympics team and his name is Christopher Witt. The team will go to their meet this month and I’m certain will do an excellent job as always and bring home lots of medals. Street Superintendent Ronnie Kolacek Supr. Kolacek was unavailable. Water Production Superintendent (R.O. Plant) Rick Garcia Supr. Garcia was unavailable Salt Fork Municipal Golf Complex Groundskeeper Missie Hargrove Supr. Hargrove Economic Development Department Director John Studer April 17, 2006 Economic Development Department Monthly Report for April, 2006 From: John W. Studer, ED Director, City of SeymourDear Mayor and Council, There has been a shorter period of time since my last report. I have also been away attending a week-long economic development institute. Consequently, there is less to report on. The projects this office is working on this month are: Beautification: We are working on the sidewalk grant from the Texas Department of Transportation for improvements on North Washington Street. I have turned it over to Shelly Green, of Municipal Development Services. You will probably have a Resolution on the agenda for this council meeting. She has had several family emergencies and has canceled two meetings with us. We are getting close to the deadline on submitting this application. Hunting: We have finally established a hunter’s address data base. Those card and information packets will go out shortly. There is a sample of the card which will go to each contact. Those that expressed a greater interest in Seymour will receive an additional information packet on our community. Fossils: I have a meeting with the Dallas Museum of Natural History on May 1st. OU/ EDI: This is the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma which I have attended before. It is a professional school which provides requirements for certification as an Economic Developer. I was there from April 2nd thru the 6th. I appreciate the Council allowing me the opportunity to participate in this school. There were about 200 persons attending from every corner of the U.S. and even a few from Mexico and several island countries. I was one of the very few who drove to Oklahoma City. It was so interesting and packed with information. I had a lot of finance classes this time. Most of the information was very applicable to even our small community. Surprisingly, there was one class that a lady from Virginia initiated a discussion on the dilemma facing the farming industry, and its effects upon rural economies. US Highway 277: I had a gentleman that came to my office inquiring about the highway project. He was from Wichita Falls and was in the truck tire business. He was interested in opening up a truck tire specialty business next to a truck stop on our re-alignment. He had a lot of confidence that our truck traffic counts were going to increase with the four lane expansion. He was interested in the availability of land. I hope we can do the necessary planning required for growth on this new highway corridor. Ag Appreciation Day: It was one of the better attended ones. It is a very well structured event that takes very little time to manage. Again, I appreciate the City allowing me to continue with this community event. I believe it is successful because it brings us together as a community. What ever we can do to bring our community together in a positive manner and to also feel good about its future, we need to support it. Thank you for that support. Barry Mahler made a comment about Seymour on his TV show, which is worth repeating. (To paraphrase it) He said all of these small communities are having a hard time of surviving and face declining population; but one thing for sure about Seymour, it is fighting it tooth and nail. It has the right attitude. Miscellaneous: I have attended several other meeting this month. I have been to the Four Winds RC&D annual meeting, the regular Hotel/ Motel board meeting, and the meeting of The Seymour Community Development board. I had meetings with individuals on possible land that can be annexed alone the Highway 277 project. I also worked the Regular Country Music Jamboree this month. It is doing extremely well. Don’t forget the Lion’s Club Cake Auction to be held on April 24th. Also, April 22nd is the Monthly Country Jamboree, with the money going to the City Hall Auditorium restoration project. City Secretary Elaine Simpson (submitted reports in writing): there were no questions for City Secretary Simpson. CA Shephard interjected at this point that Supr. Shumate had sent word that there was only one ‘hitch’ this month with the Sewer plant, and it was quickly repaired. No discharge was released from the plant during this occurrence. Continue Next Page Previous Page Return to Index - Seymour City Secretary Office






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