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McKinney City Council, February 1 – 2, 2010
By City of McKinney
Feb 4, 2010
The McKinney City Council convenes for regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of every month, usually at
Council meetings are aired live and in rebroadcast on AT&T U-Verse channel 99, Time Warner Cable channel 16 in
Work Session Meeting summary
City Council was presented with a fire operations briefing from Fire Chief Mark Wallace. He updated Council on the upcoming opening of Fire Station #8 and the new ISO rating classification.
In anticipation of the public hearing on the issue during Tuesday night’s regular action meeting, City Council reviewed two versions of proposed bond propositions drafted by bond attorneys. Specifically, one version, the most commonly used, is general in nature with broad language and project categories while the other has more project specific language.
City Council also discussed CCART services and process change requests. Based on data from the month of January, CCART determined that cutting on-call trips outside of their federally mandated corridor of operations will allow them to continue operating fixed route 200 without additional funding requests to the City of
Regular Meeting agenda summary
Information Sharing
Precinct 3 County Commissioner Joe Jaynes presented the City with a check for $324,000 from the
Consent Agenda
This portion of the agenda consists of non-controversial or “housekeeping” items required by law. Typical consent items include board minutes, ordinances and resolutions. The meeting this week was unusual, as it only contained items on the consent agenda.
All consent agenda items passed. Items 10-042 through 10-053 were minutes from various city boards, commissions and council meetings previously held.
Items 10-036 and 10-037 approved resolutions authorizing two different annual fixed price contracts, one for tree trimming and removal services on an as needed basis and one for providing uniform and recreational clothing on an as needed basis, respectively.
End of Consent Agenda
Regular Agenda – Public Hearings
Item 09-127SP, a public hearing item to approve the site plan for a new clubhouse at the Oak Hollow Golf Course, was tabled until the Feb. 16 City Council meeting.
During item 10-054,City Council conducted a public hearing for residents to provide input regarding the proposed Bond proposition for the
Further action will be taken on the Bond Election during the February 16 City Council meeting.
End of Consent Agenda
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