2012-01-16 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012, AT 6:00
P.M., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE,
PEARLAND, TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor
Tom Reid
Mayor Pro -Tem
Ed Thompson
Councilmember
Woody Owens
Councilmember
Scott Sherman
Councilmember
Susan Sherrouse
City Manager
Bill Eisen
City Attorney
Darrin Coker
City Secretary
Young Lorfing
Absent: Councilmember Felicia Harris.
Others in attendance: Jon Branson Assistant City Manager; Mike Hodge
Assistant City Manager; Matt Buchanan President of Economic Development
Corporation.
Council adjourned into Executive Session under Texas Government Code at
6:07 p.m. to discuss the following:
EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
1. SECTION 551.074 — PERSONNEL MATTERS —
REGARDING APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY'S VARIOUS
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. Mayor Tom Reid.
Council returned from Executive Session at 6:54 p.m.
COUNCIL ACTION — REGARDING APPOINTMENTS TO THE
CITY'S VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. City Council.
No Council action taken.
Mayor Reid recessed the Special Meeting at 6:55 p.m. to conduct Joint Public
Hearings.
Mayor Reid called the Special Meeting back to order at 7:47 p.m.
FIRST AND ONLY READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 633-3 — AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 13, HEALTH AND SANITATION, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND
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CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN, FROM TIME TO TIME,
AMENDED, TO AMEND SECTION 13-17, ENTITLED UNSANITARY OR
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS UNLAWFUL; HAVING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO REGULATE HEALTH AND
SANITATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY. Mr. Darrin Coker, City Attorney.
Councilmember Sherrouse made the motion, seconded by Councilmember
Owens to approve Ordinance No. 633-3 on its First and Only Reading as
amended.
City Attorney Darrin Coker gave an overview of the ordinance.
Brief discussion ensued between Council and City Attorney Darrin Coker
regarding the ordinance.
Councilmember Sherrouse made the motion, seconded by Councilmember
Sherman to amend Ordinance No. 633-3 Section (d) to read as follows:
(d) Rubbish. A person, owner, tenant, agent or person responsible for any
premises, occupied or unoccupied, commits an offense if said person
keeps, stores, or accumulates thereon rubbish, including newspapers,
abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans, on
said premises for ten (10) days or more, unless the rubbish is completely
enclosed in a building and not visible from a public street or the premises
is lawfully operated as a landfill.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 4 to 0, with Councilmember Harris absent.
Mayor Reid called for the vote on the original motion as amended.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 4 to 0, with Councilmember Harris absent.
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OTHER BUSINESS:
Council adjourned into Executive Session under Texas Government Code at
8:45 p.m. to discuss the following:
EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE
2. SECTION 551.087 — CONSULTATION WITH CITY
ATTORNEY — REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS. Mr. Bill Eisen, City Manager.
NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED:
Council returned from Executive Session at 8:45 p.m.
COUNCIL ACTION — REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NEGOTIATIONS. City Council.
No Council action taken.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this 13th day of February A.D.,
2012.
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