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Wichita Falls, Texas
Memorial Auditorium Building
October 30, 1979
Items 1 & 2
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in called
session on the above date in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building
at 8:30 o'clock A.M. , with the following members present.
Marvin Traywick i
John Hampton, Jr. Aldermen
Carol Russell
Jim Thomas
Gerald Fox City Manager
Kyle Morrison Assistant City Attorney
Gerald Carlson Chief Accounting Officer
Judy Baird Assistant City Clerk
Kenneth Hill Absent
Raymond Adcock Absent
Curtis Smith Absent
Moved by Alderman Hampton that Alderman Thomas preside as acting mayor in
absence of the Mayor and Mayor Pro tem.
Motion seconded by Alderman Traywick, and carried unanimously.
The invocation was given by Alderman Traywick.
Item 4a
A proposed ordinance was presented extending the state of emergency.
"ORDINANCE NO. 3556
ORDINANCE EXTENDING STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY FOR SEVEN DAYS.
Moved by Alderman Russell that Ordinance No. 3556 be passed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hampton, and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Aldermen Traywick, Hampton, Russell , and Thomas
Nays: None
Item 5a
Permission was requested to advertise for bids for construction of drainage
box culvert at Kemp and Montgomery.
Alderman Thomas questioned if the box culvert would be on Kemp Street? The
City Manager stated it would be.
Moved by Alderman Russell that authority be granted to advertise for bids,
as requested.
Motion seconded by Alderman Traywick, and carried unanimously.
, Item5b
Permission was requested to advertise for bids for installation of warning
system encoder system to convert emergency warning siren activation from telephone
lines to radio signals.
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Item 5b, cont'd.
City Manager Gerald Fox stated the request is to advertise for bids under
two alternatives. One, to put one-half of the system in; and, two, to put the
whole system in. By the time bids are received they would have a better idea
whether Congress is going to appropriate funds to do this particular program
where the City could take advantage of Federal matching funds.
Moved by Alderman Traywick that authority be granted to advertise for bids,
as requested.
Motion seconded by Alderman Hampton.
Alderman Hampton stated it was appropriate they are voting on this while
under a tornado watch. They want the best, most reliable, and efficient warning
system possible, no matter what the cost is.
At this time Alderman Smith joined the meeting.
Alderman Hampton stated there are two to seven systems out when the sirens
are tested due to failure of the telephone lines. The power system available
for this encoder system needs to be infallible 24 hours a day without question.
He asked where the system's encoder key is to be located?
Mark Wilson, Risk Management Administrator, stated the encoder itself will
be located in the Fire Dispatcher's office where the siren activation button
presently is located. It must be located where someone is on duty 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. The problem with the telephone line is that when a new
siren is installed it takes another line for that siren. In 1974, there were
17 sirens. Presently, there are 28 sirens with the 29th siren on order. Bell
Telephone states the system is overloaded. He also stated should the Fire Dis-
patcher be moved to the Fire Station, the encoder system would also be moved.
Alderman Traywick asked if the auxiliary power was located at the police
station? Mark Wilson stated it was. Alderman Traywick stated if the power
source was lost, the system would be void. This system would be an improvement
over the one in service now.
The motion carried unanimously.
Item 6
Alderman Smith asked about the status on the charges by wrecker services.
City Manager Gerald Fox stated the Council had directed the City Attorney
and Chief of Police to prepare recommendations on the wrecker rotation service.
The deadline to finish this is the end of this month. There will be a report at
the next meeting in November.
Alderman Smith stated he had a call from a citizen who was charged $175 to
$185 to haul a pickup across town. This sounds very abusive. Alderman Smith
stated he asked the citizen for a full report.
Assitant City Attorney Kyle Morrison stated he was also contacted by this
citizen, and that it took two hours for the wrecker to show up.
Alderman Hampton asked when the parking lot at the Activities Center was to
be completed?
The City Manager stated they are working with the contractor who is doing
the street overlay. The parking lot is being done under contract. The City is
not doing it.
Alderman Hampton stated the street work was started right away, but the
parking lot is still sitting there. Soon there will be activities going on,
and the parking lot will have to be closed off. This needs to get done.
The City Manager stated he would provide information on this next week.
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The Board of Aldermen adjourned at 8:45 A.M.
PASSED AND APPROVED this (-'/, - day of
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'Y��MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK