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Home My WebLink About1964/07/13-Agenda-Pre-Council �• AN A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL CSE 8�30 A.M. Monday, July 13, 1954 1) Discussion of Land Transactions v Cou=ilman Harding 2) Proposed Licensing of Past Control Operators (M&C G-555 and I.R. #592) 3) Evaluation of Odor Control - Riverside Sewage Treatment Plant (I,R. #587) 4) Purchase of Private Water System (M&C 0-331) 5) Certificates of Deposit - Union Bank (I,R, #591) 5) Contract for Independent Audit (M&C C-332) 7) Assistamss by Insurance Associations in Placement of City Insurance (IeR. #589) 8) Other M&C°s of July 13, 1964 9) Other Itum CITY T. i, IErr X, a NEh. PRE-ODUNCIL OONFERENCE JULY 13, 1964 Present; Late: Absent: to Barr 9. Friedman (Item 1) 2. Harding 3. Kemble 4.. Hoover 5. Stovall 6, Hamm 7 . Jones 8. Shannon I t e m Follow-up 15 Discussion of Land Transactions - Councilman KD - have Public Works and Police Depts furnish report on information Councilman Harding stated that it had recent- requested by Council ly come to his attention that a report had been made by one of the assistant city attorneys, who was no longer with the Legal Dept. , regarding cer- tain irregularities in a right-of-way acquisition transaction wherein a house belonging to Mr. 6 Mrs . R E. Lee had been moved on the property, Council- man Harding stated that he had been unable to obtain a copy of the report, but that he felt that it was the duty of the City Council to investigate this case since there was some reported evidence of em- bezzlement in connection with the transaction. The City Manager reported that there had been inter-office correspondence from the assistant city attorney to the city attorney regarding this matter, and requested the city attorney to comment on the report , Mr.. Johndroe reported that he had received a personal letter from Mr- John Tottenham regarding this matter, and that an investigation was presently underway concerning the reported ir- regularities, Mr. Johndroe also advised the City Council that the reported irregularities in the letter of Mr. Tottenham had been discussed with the District Attorney's office, and that the Dis- trict Attorney's office had indicated that it would not take a complaint on the matter, based on the report. Mr, Martin, Land Agent, outlined the procedures followed in the acquisition of right-of-way wherein improvements were to be relocated on the property, and the circumstances surrounding this particular case. Councilman Barr requested a report at the next Council meeting regarding how the money was disbursed in this particular transaction, and Councilman Hamm requested the following information; 1) How many similar house-moving transactions was Mr. Herman Hall involved in while employed by the City?, 2) The number of transactions in which the T.A. Mitchell Lumber Co . was awarded the contract for moving a house, and 3) Information concerning the relationship be- tween Mr. Herman Hall and employees of the T.A. Mitchell Lumber Co., Councilman Barr also requested information concern- ing the procedure followed by the Land Divisionc:at the time of this particular transaction in regard to house- moving, and recommendations of the City Manager on any suggested changes in the procedure. During the discussion, reference was made to a house for which the owner had been paid for moving of the house on the property, but where the house had never been moved back, and Councilman Shannon requested addi- tional information on this transaction. Councilman Shannon also requested information regarding the cost of moving a house to the Benbrook Golf Course which had been purchased from the City by the Park Department. 2„ Proposed Licensing of Pest Control Operators KD - memo to Health Department re- (M&C G-655 and I.R. 542) garding use of badges to be dis- continued prior to licensing of any Councilman Hoover suggested an addition to firm under new ordinance. Section 14 of the proposed ordinance providing that pest control operators could not use badges or sim- ilar emblems which appeared to be official police or City insignias, and that the employees of the pest control firm could not represent themselves as officials of the City of Fort Worth,, Councilman Barr also suggested a change in Sec- tion 7 of the proposed ordinance wherein a person would be required to submit an affadavit stating that he had not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude within a five-year period preceed- ing date of application instead of the ten-year period as listed in the proposed ordinance. Con- sensus of Council was to approve the revision from ten-years to five years in this section, and also to incorporate a list of suggested changes in the proposed ordinance as submitted by Mr. Tom Law. Council approved the proposed ordinance as amended at regular Council meeting. 3� Evaluation of Odor Control - Riverside Sewage NAN Treatment Plant (I.R. 587) Council discussed the odor at Riverside Sewage Treatment Plant both prior and subsequent to the ex- perimental use of Funzimatic at the plant. Council- man Shannon reported that in his opinion the odor was still present, and that he did not feel the im- provement would justify the additional expense in- volved in the use of Funzimatic. Councilman Hoover also stated that he could not tell too much improve- ment in the odor situation since experimentation with Funzimatic. The City Manager and Water Department Director recommended that an experiment be conducted without use of any product at the plant, and the consensus of Council was to proceed on this basis for the _ present time. 4. Purchase of Private Water System (M&C C-331) NAN r� The City Manager inquired if additional info r- mation was desired concerning the purchase of a ,. private water system as outlined in this M&C. A '�•�+ ��- • question was raised as to why the City had not also purchased the lot and well in connection with this transaction, and it was reported by the Water Depart- ment Director that no agreement had been reached con- cerning the price of the lot. It was further reported that the private water company would not be permitted to conduct a water business even though the well and lot were being retained. 5. Certificate of Deposit - Union Bank (I 8.591) NAN Council briefly discussed the communication from the investment committee stating that, subject to City Council approval , the investment committee had no objection to retaining the $1 ,000,000 certifi- cate of deposit at the Union Bank until July 20, 1965, after which time the certificate would be reduced each 90 days by $200,000. At regular Council meeting, Council approved con- tinuing the $1 ,000,000 certificate of deposit until July 20, 1965, and the plan for reduction after that date by $200,000 each 90 day period until completely liquidated, provided that the Union Bank would guaran- tee no loss in yield to the City in the event the certificate were withdrawn prior to the expiration of a 90 day period, and that the yield to be paid would equal that obtained by the City on other short term investments , 6. Contract for Independent Audit (M&C C-332) EHD - Agenda, July 20 Councilman Jones requested that this item be delayed for one week. 7 . Assistance by Insurance Association in Place- EHD - draft memo to Morphis asking ment of City Insurance (I.R. 589) that Insurance Committee consult with committee of agents regarding Consensus of Council was to follow the City coverage, and report. Manager's recommendation, and continue to obtain City insurance by competitive bidding, OFFICIAL RCC,: CITY �F�.?�T�►�Y FT. 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