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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BAYTOWN
December 20, 1971
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in special
session on Monday, December 20, 1971, at 5:00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Room
of the Baytown City Hall with the following members in attendance"
Ted Kloesel Councilman
C. 0. Walker Councilman
Leonard Stasney Councilman
Allen Cannon Councilman
Jim McWilliams Councilman
C. Glen Walker
Mayor
D. R. Voelkel
City Manager
Howard Northcutt
Adm. Assistant
Neel Richardson
City Attorney
Absent: Jody Lander
Councilman
Edna Oliver
City Clerk
The Mayor called the meeting to order and the following business
was transacted:
Ordinance - Providing Increased Municipal Contributions - Employees Retirement Plan
Councilman Kloesel moved to adopt an ordinance providing for increased
contributions to the current service annuity reserve of each member to a sum that
is two hundred per cent (200`$) of such member's accumulated deposits for such
month of employment. Councilman Stasney seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1143
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INCREASED MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
CURRENT SERVICE ANNUITY RESERVE AT RETIREMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CON-
TAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE HEREOF.
Ordinance - U
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to Provide For, and Granting Antecedent Service Credit -
Service Credit
Councilman Kloesel moved to adopt an ordinance providing for and granting
"antecedent service credit" calculated on the basis of one - hundred per cent of each
current service deposit by employee who is member of TMRS on the 31st day of
December, 1971; and granting "Special Prior Service Credit" who is a member of
TMRS and who holds in said System an effective prior service certificate. Councilman
Walker seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1144
AN ORDINANCE UNDERTAKING TO PROVIDE FOR, AND GRANTING "ANTECEDENT SERVICE
CREDIT" AND "SPECIAL PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT" AT THE RATES HEREIN SPECIFIED,
TO QUALIFYING EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; REPEALING ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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* The City Administration will investigate the possibility of extending this coverage
to employees who have retired within the calendar year.
Ordinance - Allowing Vesting - Retirement Under TMRS
Councilman Walker moved to adopt an ordinance providing for and allowing any
city employee who has attained the age of fifty (50) years, and who has completed
twenty -five or more years of creditable service shall be eligible for service
retirement, and after having completed twenty (20) years or more of creditable
service an an employee of Baytown shall continue as a member of TMRS despite
subsequent absence of service provided he does not withdraw his deposits during
such absence, and shall be eligible to retirement upon and after attainment of
the minimum age prescribed by the Act. Councilman Kloesel seconded the motion.
The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilman Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1145
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND ALLOWING VESTING OF CERTAIN RIGHTS, AND
FOR RETIREMENT UNDER TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF EMPLOYEES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WHO HAVE ATTAINED FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, AND HAVE
COMPLETED TWENTY -FIVE YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH SAID CITY; REPEAL-
ING ORDINACES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
Ordinance - Electing Single Composite Participation Date All Departments under TMRS
Councilman Kloesel moved to adopt an ordinance electing a single date to have
all departments participating in TMHS for the purpose of determining normal and
prior service contribution rates to TMRS system. Councilman Cannon seconded the
motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1146
AN ORDINANCE ELECTING A SINGLE COMPOSITE PARTICIPATION DATE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PARTICIPATING IN TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO BE
USED FOR CALCULATION OF NORMAL AND PRIOR SERVICE CONTRIBUTION RATES AND FOR
DETERMINATION OF FUNDING PERIODS OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL
RETIREMENT SYSTEM; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
Resolution - Designating Sterling Library as Area Library within State Library System
Councilman Kloesel moved to adopt a resolution designating Sterling Municipal
Library as an Area Library within the State Library System as authorized by House
Bill 260 and it will adhere to all requirements and execute responsibilities within
the framework of the Houston Major Resource Center System. Councilman Walker seconded
the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes; Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the resolution follows:
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Minutes, December 20, 1971
RESOLUTION 363
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ACCEPTING
THE DESIGNATION OF STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AS AN AREA LIBRARY
WITHIN THE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM AS AUTHORIZED BY HOUSE BILL 260
PASSED BY THE 61st LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Counclman Kloesel moved to adopt an ordinance authorizing the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute and attest to a contract with Bernard Johnson, Inc.,
for the sum of Forty -Five Thousand and N01100 ($45,000) dollars as the City's
portion of a proposed joint drainage study for Harris County Flood Control
District and the City of Baytown, with a total fee of Ninety Thousand and
N01100 ($90,000) Dollars. Councilman Stasney seconded the motion. The
vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1147
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO EXECUTE
AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH BERNARD JOHNSON, INC., FOR THE SUM OF
FORTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO 1100 ($45,000) DOLLARS AS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN'S
PORTION OF A PROPOSED JOINT DRAINAGE STUDY FOR HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, OR FOR THE SUM OF NINETY THOUSAND AND
N01100 ($90,000) DOLLARS REPRESENTING THE TOTAL FEE FOR SAID JOINT
DRAINAGE STUDY IN THE EVENT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IS TO RECEIVE AND DISBURSE
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT'S SHARE OF THE COST OF SAID STUDY.
Ordinance - Accepting the Improvement of Post Oak Street - Assessment Notices
Councilman Kloesel moved to adopt an ordinance accepting the work of
improving Post Oak Street from North Burnett Drive to the west boundary line
of Lakewood Subdivision, Section "0 ", within the City. Councilman Walker
seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 1148
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE WORK OF IMPROVING POST OAK STREET IN THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, WITHIN THE LIMITS HEREINBELOW DEFINED, UNDER A
CERTAIN CONTRACT THEREFOR ENTERED INTO; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT SUCH
WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH CONTRACT
AND THAT THE CITY'S ENGINEER HAS SO FOUND AND HAS SO CERTIFIED TO THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
Unfinished Business - Mayor to Appoint Committee - Study Method Handling Insurance
Programs
Councilman Kloesel moved that the Mayor be authorized to reappoint a committee
composed of three (3) councilmen and two (2) city employees to determine and
recommend a method that the City will use in handling the City's health and
life insurance programs. Councilman Cannon seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Stasney, and Cannon
Mayor Walker
Nays: None
Abstained: Councilman McWilliams
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New Business - Briefing Session Scheduled - Council Districts
Councilman Kloesel reported that he had asked the City Attorney to arrange an
informal meeting with County Precinct Chairmen, members of the City Council and
member of the Planning Department relating to redistricting the City according
to the requirements of the City Charter. The meeting is to be a briefing session
in order to give the City's Assistant Planner an opportunity to present the information
he has accumulated. Following some discussion, Councilman McWilliams moved that
the City Council ast as a Committee of the whole to consider the redistricting of
City Councilmen districts based on information from the Planning Department and the
Precinct Election Judges. Councilman Kloesel seconded the motion. The vote follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker, Cannon and McWilliams
Mayor Walker
Nays: Councilman Stasney
Adjourn
Councilman McWilliams then moved for the meeting to adjourn to an executive
session to consider purchase of real estate. Councilman Kloesel seconded the motion.
The ayes were unanimous and the Mayor declared the meeting adjourned.
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C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
HOWARD NORTHCUTT, Administrative Assistant