HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/28/1975 - Joint Minutes City Council · ¥'~ ~'~N b ..,. ~b OF
O'rn'T MZZT'rn'C., TH: ..
May 28, 1975 / ' '
~ Joint Meeting of the Bryan and College Sta~io~'City ~.~~i~~s he.'..~ at the
Ramada Inn in College Station, beginning at 7:00 p. ~n. on Wednesda'~;' Ma:~i28th,
1975, a notice having been posted at least three (3) ~.~,,~. ~ ~.~~~lq~.~~liance
withArticle 6252-17, Vernon's Civil Statutes, as a~___~~~--~'~~"'""--meeting
were the following representatives from the City of Bryan:-~~~~.~%~~oyce,
Councilmen 1Kichard Smith, Harmon Bell, Travis Bryan III, Henry Seale, 3im Wright,
G.H. (Buddy)Sledge, City Manager Lou Odle, Finance Director Joe Evans, City
Attorney Joel 1Koberts and Utilities Director Jack,&rd. The following representatives
from College Station were present: Mayor O.M. Holt, Councilmen Homer Adams,
Gary Halter, Lorance Bravenec, 3im Dozier, Bob Bell, Jim Gardner, City Manager
North Bardell and City Attorney Neeley Lewis. Mr. Bill Erwin., of General_ TeLephone
Company, and several news media representatives were also in attendance.
Mayor Holt of College Station presided at the business meeting, which began at
8:00 p.m., and Finance Director ]Evans, of Bryan, recorded the minutes of the meeting.
Mayor Holt welcomed the City Council and staff members from Bryan and introduced
the representatives from College Station. Mayor 3oyce thanked Mayor Holt and intro-
duced 'the Bryan representatives to the joint armual meeting, held for the purpose of
discussing common problems of the two cities.
Mayor Holt stated '~hat the two basic problems 'to be discussed are the request for
a rate increase by the General Telephone Company and the utility rate increases
requested by the City of Bryan. Mayor Holt indicated that College Station would
hold a public hearing on the telphone rate increase request at the next iKegular Meeting
of the City Council on June 9, 1975. He also suggested that the two City Councils
should meet again for further discussion of the electric, water and sewer rate in-
creases requested by the City of Bryan.
Mayor Holt stated that the following College Station Counciln~en had been designa-
ted to serve on the Telephone Rate Study Committee: Jim Dozier, Gary Halter and
Lorance Bravenec. Mayor Joyce announced that the following Bryan City Councilmen
had been appointed to serve on said committee, in addition to himself: Henry Seale
and Jim %Vright.
With regard to the electric, water and sewer rate increases proposed by the
City of Bryan, Mayor Holt stated that Councilmen Dozier, Bravenec and Adams
and City Manager North Bardell had been designated to meet and discuss this mat-
t e r further with representatives of the City of Bryan.
Councilman Gardner, of College Station, questioned the reasoning behind the
deferred approval of the proposed allocation of the Brazos County Heal th Unit
and the Brazos County Civil De£ense by 'the Bryan City Council. Mr. Sledge reported
on the action taken at the meeting on May Z7th, 1975, and Councilman Seale ex-
plained his negative vote by stating that he wanted to see the total budget picture
before making his decision. City Manager Odle and City Manager Bardell explained
the reasoning behind suggesting flat amounts contributed toward these two activities.
....... ~=~=~ m=n~',onec~ ~or rne ~ounty Oe~ng respoasible for the Health Unit wet=:
that, by hiring full time employees under the County, they could receive the £ringe
benefits offered; and, also, this would make the City's administration thereof more
simplified.
·
Councilman Adams, of College Station, restated his position on responsibilities
of the County, and Mayor Joyce, of Bryan, reviewed a number of areas in which
there are opportunities for joint support by the two cities, such as the Mental Health-
Mental I{etardation Center, the Brazes Valley Arts Council, the 1q. etired Senior
,V. olunteer Program, and other similar programs. Mayor Holt suggested the pos-
sibilit¥ of discussing all of these areas of joint interest with the County' Judge and
Commissioners Court, and that possibly the Intergovernmental Coordinating Council
should consider these areas in question at the 9:00 a.m. meeting on Monday, June z,
1 975 in the Conference Room of the Bryan Utilities Building.
Mr. Bill Erwin, of General Telephone Company, urged the Telephone }{ate
Study Committees of Bryan and College Station to meet with company represen-
tatives as soon as possible. It was agreed that a meeting would be scheduled
for next week.
Councilman Dozier, of College Station, stated that, in his opinion, this annual
joint meeting of the two cities was a step in the right direction.
There being no further business, Mayor Holt adjourned the meeting at 10:10 p.m.
Joint Meeting
APPROVED:
O. M. Holt, Mayor, City of College Station