HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-01-15 - Special City CouncilSPECIAL SESSION - THURSDAY
JANUARY 15, 1981 - 3:00 P.M.
CONFERENCE ROOM C
TARLETON CENTER
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
The City Council met in Special Session, Thursday, January 15, 1981,
at 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room C, Tarleton Center, Stephenville, Texas.
Mayor Joe Cummings, present and presiding, called the meeting to
order.
PRESENT:
Mike Leese
W. M. Irwin
William G. Brede
Charles Riggins
ABSENT:
None
OTHERS ATTENDING:
County Judge Mary McCoy
County Commissioners: Abe Davis
Son Fulfer
Terry Owens
Alvin Reeves
City Administrator Kurt Ackermann
Raymond Anderson
E. W. Ferguson
Larry Hammett
David Clayton
Mayor Cummings explained that the purpose of the special session was
to meet with Erath County Commissioners and discuss final proposals for
rural firefighting service performed by the Stephenville Fire Department.
Commissioner Abe Davis, speaking on behalf of the county, proposed
the following charges for fire service, ambulance service, and.housing of
city prisoners at the county jail:
1. Erath County would pay to the City of Stephenville:
a. $300.00 per fire alarm answered in the county.
b. $50.00 per ambulance run made outside the city limits.
2. City of Stephenville would pay to Erath County:
a. $25.00 per prisoner day for city prisoners housed in the
county jail.
After further review of ambulance costs and revenues for calendar
year 1980, Councilman Riggins proposed that the county pay $65.00 per
call for ambulance runs in the county. The proposal was accepted by the
County Commissioners.
Councilman Riggins made the motion, seconded by Councilman Irwin,
that the City accept the following agreement with Erath County:
Effective February 1, 1981 through September 30, 1981:
a. The City of Stephenville would answer fire alarms in Erath
County, outside the city's corporate limits, at a per call
charge of $300.00, payable by Erath County.
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b. The City of Stephenville would operate emergency and transfer
ambulance service in the county, outside the city's corporate
limits, at a per call charge of $65.00, payable by Erath County.
C. Housing of city prisoners in the County Jail would be charged
to the city at a rate of $25.00 per prisoner day.
The motion carried unanimously.
Mayor Cummings instructed City Administrator Kurt Ackermann to draft
a letter notifying Santa Fe Railroad, that based on current costs, the
city would charge the railraod $500.00 per fire.
Mayor Cummings also stated that the City Council would like to meet
again with the Commissioner Court during the summer to review figures and
charges for fire, ambulance, and prisoner services for fiscal year '82.
Being no further business, Mayor Cummings adjourned the meeting at
4:10 pm.
mayor
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