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Item 1 - Call to Order
The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. on
the above date in the Council Chambers at Memorial Auditorium with the following
members present.
Stephen Santellana - Mayor
Bobby Whiteley - Mayor Pro Tem/At-Large
Tim Brewer - Councilors
Jeff Browning -
Steve Jackson -
Larry Nelson -
Michael Smith -
Darron Leiker - City Manager
Kinley Hegglund - City Attorney
Marie Balthrop - City Clerk
Mayor Santellana called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
Item 2a — Invocation
Pastor Craig Lile, Faith Baptist Church, gave the invocation.
Item 2b — Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Santellana led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item 3a — Proclamation — City View High School Boys Basketball
8:33 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 5, 2022, as City View Boys
Basketball Team Day in Wichita Falls, and recognized and heartily congratulated City
View High School on their 2021-2022 basketball season.
Item 3b — Proclamation — Hirschi High School Boys Basketball
8:38 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 5, 2022, as Hirschi High Huskies
Boys Basketball Team Day for their tireless efforts and achievements at the 2022 State
Championships, and wished them success in their future endeavors.
Item 3c — Proclamation — Christ Academy Girls Basketball
8:43 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 5, 2022, as Christ Academy Lady
Warriors Basketball Day in Wichita Falls, and formally recognized the 2021-2022 Lady
Warriors for their historically successful season, and the great sportsmanship
demonstrated across the State on and off basketball courts.
Item 3d — Proclamation — Christ Academy Boys Basketball
8:47 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 5, 2022, as Christ Academy Boys
Basketball Team Day in Wichita Falls, as we are all extremely proud of all of the students
on the team, their hard work, determination and team work. Congratulations to all for an
amazing season.
Item 3e — Employee of the Month — Robert Gunville, Traffic Engineering
8:52 a.m.
John Burrus, Director of Aviation, Traffic, and Transportation, recognized Robert Gunville
as the Employee of the Month for April 2022. Mayor Santellana congratulated Mr. Gunville
and presented him with a plaque, letter of appreciation, dinner for two, and check, and
thanked him for his service.
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Item 3f— Proclamation — Lemonade Day, Texoma Community Credit Union
8:59 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 23, 2022, as Lemonade Day in
Wichita Falls and encouraged citizens to help our young entrepreneurs have successful
lemonade stands.
Item 3g — Proclamation — Child Abuse Prevention Month, Texas Child Abuse
Prevention Committee
9:02 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 2022 as Child Abuse Prevention
Month in Wichita Falls and urged all citizens to recognize this month by dedicating
ourselves to improving the quality of life for all children and families.
Item 3h — Proclamation — National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, Wichita
Falls Dispatchers
9:05 a.m.
Mayor Santellana read a proclamation proclaiming April 10-16, 2022, as Public Safety
Telecommunicator Week in the City of Wichita Falls. This week we honor the dedicated
service our Telecommunicators bring to this community and for their key role in preserving
public safety during a challenging year.
Item 3i — Presentation — Process for Grants, Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and
Culture, Ann Arnold-Ogden
9:09 a.m.
Ann Arnold-Ogden thanked Councilor Nelson and Councilor Jackson for attending the
Charlye O. Farris exhibit opening at the Martin Luther King Center, and thanked all of the
Council for attending various Arts and Culture events over the last couple of weeks. Ms.
Arnold-Ogden discussed the process for Arts and Culture grants which are funded by the
Hotel Occupancy Tax. Their goal is to support programs that grow audiences and get
more people involved in supporting the arts. Grants for program or operating funding are
open to Arts and Culture programs, require matching funds, and applications are due this
week. Grant applications will be reviewed by an independent panel, and the budget
request will be submitted to the City by May 20, 2022. All organizations that receive a
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grant must credit the City of Wichita Falls on all promotional materials. Ms. Arnold-Ogden
discussed the estimated economic impact these funds have on the City of Wichita Falls.
They project an economic impact of approximately $8.6 million, and approximately
$330,000 in revenues, taxes, and fees in arts and culture spending generated from the
$50,000 the City provides for these grants.
Item 3j — Presentation of Annual Comprehensive Financial Report by Edgin,
Parkman, Fleming, and Fleming, PC
9:16 a.m.
Paul Fleming with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming, & Fleming, P.C. reviewed the
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal year 2021 and stated that the financial
reports were accurately stated and there were no findings.
Item 4-6 — Consent Items
9:19 a.m.
Darron Leiker, City Manager, gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent
Agenda.
Moved by Councilor Browning to approve the consent agenda.
Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 4 — Approval of minutes of the March 15, 2022, Regular Meeting of the Mayor
and City Council
Item 5 — Resolution 42-2022
Resolution authorizing the repair of two raw water pumps for the Lake Kemp Pump Station
at Headquarters Road through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative to Smith Pump Co.
Inc., in the amount of$135,100.00.
Item 6 — Receive Minutes
(a) Construction Board of Adjustment, October 24, 2014
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(b) Library Advisory Board, September 9, 2021
(c) Construction Board of Adjustment, January 6, 2022
(d) Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health Board, January 14, 2022
(e) Planning and Zoning Commission, February 9, 2022
(f) Landmark Commission, February 22, 2022
Item 7 — Ordinance 11-2022
9:20 a.m.
Ordinance making an appropriation to the Special Revenue Fund in the amount of
$5,000.00 for reimbursement funding from the Treasury Executive Office for Asset
Forfeiture (TEOAF) Reimbursement Program administered by the Office of the Secret
Service Administration.
Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Ordinance 11-2022.
Motion seconded by Councilor Browning and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8a — Resolution 43-2022
9:22 a.m.
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to award bid and contract for the Lake Wichita
Revitalization (Veterans Memorial Plaza) to Marrs Patriot Construction, LLC in the
amount of$456,099.50.
Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 43-2022.
Motion seconded by Councilor Browning.
Russell Schreiber, Director of Public Works, discussed the project and noted that it will
be funded completely by private donations. David Coleman, Chairman of the Lake
Wichita Revitalization Committee, discussed the memorial bricks and opportunities to
purchase additional bricks.
Motion carried by the following vote.
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Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8b — Resolution 44-2022
9:27 a.m.
Resolution naming the new Lake Wichita Veterans Plaza the "Harry Patterson Veterans
Memorial Plaza."
No action was taken on this item, and it was referred to the Lake Wichita Revitalization
Committee for further discussion.
Item 8c — Resolution 45-2022
9:28 a.m.
Resolution authorizing the sale of 0.71 acres located at 3920 Lawrence Road, also known
as Lot 3, Block 214-A, Highland Addition, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.
Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 45-2022
Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8d — Resolution 46-2022
9:34 a.m.
Resolution to accept the written offer as presented for 14 Trustee parcels and authorizing
execution of the Quitclaim Deeds to convey titles to Ela Sonnamaker, James Grant,
Michael Todaro, Samuel Majano, and Ruben Arias. Wichita County Commissioners Court
and the WFISD Board have already approved the bids as required by law.
Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 46-2022
Motion seconded by Councilor Jackson and carried by the following vote:
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Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8e — Resolution 47-2022
9:37 a.m.
Resolution authorizing the sale of excess city owned property consisting of 0.01 Acres
Located at 2004 Windthorst Road to Texoma's Gujarati Cultural Society Inc. in the
amount of$875.
Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 47-2022
Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8f— Resolution 48-2022
9:40 a.m.
Resolution authorizing the purchase of decorative signal poles for Downtown
intersections through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Purchasing
Cooperative from Consolidated Traffic Controls Inc.in the amount of$255,481 .
Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 48-2022
Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 8q — Resolution 49-2022
9:49 a.m.
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Resolution authorizing the purchase of one (1) 35-foot low floor diesel bus for the Public
Transportation Division off the State of Washington Contract to Gillig LLC in the amount
of $513,290.
Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 49-2022
Motion seconded by Councilor Smith.
Mr. Burrus noted that the bus will be paid for with Federal Transit Administration grant
funds with no local match.
Motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, Smith, and
Whiteley
Nays: None
Item 9 — Announcements concerning items of community interest from members
of the City Council. No action will be taken or discussed.
9:53 a.m.
Councilor Nelson discussed concerns with the loss of recreation activities, and the loss
of tournaments at the sports complex, which has caused a loss of concession stand
revenues and jobs. He discussed the need to look at converting two of the fields to turf
since ball fields are shut down during rainy seasons. He discussed a new polling location
at 201 Madison and the need for additional registered voters. Mr. Leiker stated that
installing turf on the fields will be discussed at the next Council meeting, and there was
brief discussion regarding that project and the need for funding.
Councilor Whiteley discussed concerns he has received regarding the scooters
downtown, and concerns with scooter safety. He is not opposed to scooters, but would
like to address the issues since there are additional companies applying to have scooters
downtown. He gave a shout out to the MPEC staff for the Red River Wine Festival and
for all of their hard work. The Art Walk returns this Thursday night and he encouraged
everyone to attend. Councilor Whiteley asked if a study could be conducted regarding
open cuts in streets for water and sewer line replacement, and suggested a program to
replace full blocks of line as opposed to making multiple open cuts. Mr. Schreiber
discussed how line replacements are prioritized.
Councilor Smith thanked everyone for attending, and stated that it was great to see the
four basketball teams representing our City. He agreed with Councilor Whiteley regarding
the scooters and discussed concerns that he has received regarding scooters being
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driven down the middle of Scott Street and on sidewalks, and encouraged everyone to
follow the rules. He congratulated Pat Hoffman regarding the sale of trustee properties
and the large reduction in the amount of City owned trustee properties.
Councilor Brewer expressed thanks for the opportunity to attend the Police Officer's
Awards Ceremony, the Blood Institute ribbon cutting, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day
service, Community Champions Day with Meals on Wheels, and the Save Jane event at
Patsy's House. Mayor Santellana commented on the Save Jane event and the number
of children abused in our region that were represented by pinwheels at the event.
Councilor Jackson discussed the tragedy of child abuse and expressed thanks for the
Save Jane event at Patsy's House to raise awareness. He expressed the need for stricter
laws and punishment for child abuse and the senselessness of the crime. He was also
thankful for being able to attend the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day event, and the Meals
on Wheels event, and encouraged citizens to volunteer to serve Meals on Wheels. He
thanked Hirschi, City View, and Christ Academy's teams for attending today.
Mayor Santellana thanked Councilors for their participation at all of the events during the
week and Councilor Nelson for covering an event for him on Saturday. He congratulated
all of the basketball teams recognized today, and noted that they are student athletes and
work hard on and off the court. He recognized Lindsay Barker for the MPEC being full of
events all weekend, they did a fantastic job with all of the events, and he received several
compliments from citizens. He attended a couple of meetings at SAFB where they
discussed positive things happening and positive things to come in Wichita Falls. He
noted we knew there would be some growing pains with the scooters but he feels that we
can address the concerns and keep the scooters downtown. Mayor Santellana thanked
Jana Schmader for texting him a picture of the dilapidated window on Scott Street that
MSU students painted.
Item 10 — Comments from the Public to Members of the City Council Concerning
Items That Are Not on the City Council Agenda
10:15 a.m.
There were no comments from citizens.
Item 11 — Executive Sessions
10:15 p.m.
No executive session was held.
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Item 12 —Adjourn
Mayor Santellana adjourned the meeting at 10:16 a.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 19th day of April 2022.
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to hen Santellana, Mayor
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Marie Balthrop, TRM , MMC
City Clerk
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