In the regular monthly meeting of the Spur city council Jan. 18, 2022, alderpersons voted to continue existing procedures for disbursement and tracking of hotel/motel tax funds, after further review following discussion in the December council meeting.
In other council action, police chief Billy Spears reported 65 calls for service in December 2021, including 4 burglaries of motor vehicles, 1 lift assist, 6 traffic complaints, 10 officer training sessions, 5 terroristic threats, 2 assists to other agencies, 1 escort, 2 disputes, 1 theft, 1 assault family violence, 1 online solicitation of minor, 1 harassment, 1 suspicious person, 8 welfare checks, 1 court paper service, 2 burn ban violations, 1 unauthorized use of motor vehicle, 2 standbys, 7 information calls, 1 identity theft, 2 special assignments, 1 roadway obstruction, 2 city ordinance violations, 1 livestock call and 1 criminal mischief. These calls produced 7 criminal offenses, 7 total cases and 1 felony arrest.
Code compliance supervisor John Schmidt, in his monthly department report, noted receiving a plat of the vacant prison property as a possible location for a new disposal pit for demolished house material. Schmidt said he was still working on the layout and fencing.
Schmidt said he also sent an application of building code of 2005 to Family Dollar engineers and is waiting on its return to issue permit to continue. In other code matters, he sent out three letters of ordinance #643 to residents that are in violation, and one letter of compliance for junk car, tires, dryer and brush to a resident; all four letters have been handed over to the chief of police for further action. Schmidt said he had been monitoring reports of nuisance dog barking and after stakeouts and conversations with neighbors was unable to confirm or hear any barking.
In his monthly report city superintendent Chris Cornett said that city crews fixed one water leak, worked on filling potholes in alleys, took down Christmas decorations, and continued with the burnout where the water residuals are up; technicians will be monitoring for any changes. City crews also started tearing down the old barn in the city yard.
City secretary Ashley Carothers reported that she had emailed grant coordinator Jan Torres for an update on when the crew will be here to work on the sewer lift station; Torres reported no response from the construction company.
In addition Carothers said she had filled out an annexation and boundary survey for the Texas Demographic Center. She also reported that city election packets will be available for pickup beginning January 19.
Carothers reported that she is still working with the city vendor UBMax, which handles utility billing and electronic filing of W-2s and 1099 forms; there was a technical problem on the software side that confused numbers in the city’s Excel spreadsheets, and UBMax is in the process on fixing the errors. Carothers put in a support ticket for on January 6 and has been monitoring progress with UBMax.
Also in the city secretary’s report, Carothers said that the city had transferred $1,340 from the city swimming pool fund to the general fund for materials for the pool bathhouse and a reimbursement to Glenda White.
At 6:12 p.m. council went into executive session to discuss Spur Police Department procedures. At 6:42 p.m. council returned to open session. Mayor Louise Jones opened the session with no action taken, and no other matters were deliberated. In remaining action, the
In remaining action, the council voted to accept the Spur Volunteer Fire Department’s by-laws; tabled discussion on the city sewer machine; and approved keeping city hall open during 12 noon to 1 p.m. with the city clerk and the city secretary alternating hours.
Present for the meeting were Mayor Louise Jones and alderpersons Crystal Leary, Rhea Melton, Fronye Morris, Laidy Vasquez, Glenda White and Don Wright.
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