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TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
February 2, 1998
Present: Scott Bradley, Mayor
Charla Bradshaw, Mayor Pro Tem
Fred Held, Member
Abe Bush, Jr., Member
David Loeser, Member
Bill Greenwood, Planning & Zoning Commission Chairperson
Don Redding, Planning & Zoning Commissioner
Sarah Brown, Planning & Zoning Commissioner
Buddy Brown, Planning & Zoning Commissioner
Paul Isham, Town Attorney
Terry Morgan, Special Counsel
Jim Morris, Legal Consultant
Eldridge Goins, Legal Consultant
Ernie Hedgcoth, Town Engineer
Ginger Crosswy, Town Secretary
Absent: Jerry Dinsmore, excused
The meeting was called to order at 6:14 p.m. by Mayor Pro Tem Charla Bradshaw. The Board
then convened into executive session at 6:18 p.m. The Board recessed out of executive Isession at 7:30
p.m. and reconvened into open session at 7:42 p.m.
Item #3: There was no action taken with regard to any of the items discussed in executive session.
Item_#4: Rev_iee ,and approve minutes of the regular meeting held on January 19, 1998. Motion by
Alderman Bradshaw, seconded by Alderman Loeser, to approve the minutes as presented.
Motion carried unanimously.
Item #5: Citizens' Presentations: No one wished to address the Board.
Item #6: Review and approve any bills paid or unpaid. Alderman Bush questioned the copying charge
on the bill from Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P. The Board instructed the Town Secretary to further
investigate this charge. Alderman Bradshaw questioned the bill from The Margulies Communications
Group. Alderman Held told the Board that he had spoken with Mr. Margulies and was told that after
this bill there would be no further charges unless the Board requested some action on Mr. Margulies'
part. Motion by Alderman Held, seconded by Alderman Bradshaw, to approve all outstanding bills
except the Cantey & Hanger bill.
The motion carried unanimously.
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Item #7: Consider and take action to approve a new Town logo. Alderman Bush explained that he had
asked that this item be placed on the agenda so the Board could compensate Clayton Gardner for the
work he had done on the new logo. Motion by Alderman Bush, seconded by Alderman Loeser, to
approve the new logo and pay Mr. Gardner $1000.00.
The motion carried unanimously.
Item #8: Motion by Alderman Bradshaw, seconded by Alderman Held, to adopt Ordinance No. 296
calling an election for May 2, 1998 and appointing Annette Bush as the election judge.
The motion carried 3 - for
1 abstention - Alderman Bush
Item #9: Motion by Alderman Bush, seconded by Alderman Bradshaw, to appoint Betty Redding to
coordinate the selection of Westlake's Volunteer of the Year. Mayor Bradley stated that Mrs. Redding
had done an excellent job in this position last year.
The motion carried unanimously.
Item #10: PUBLIC HEARING to consider an amended plat for the property located at No. 13 Wyck
Hill Lane in The Estates of Westlake. Alderman Bradshaw opened the public hearing by asking if there
was anyone wishing to speak on this matter. Ernie Hedgcoth, the Town Engineer, told the Board that
the only change being made is renumbering lot 13 to lot 12-A. Mr. Hedgcoth recommended the
change be approved. Bill Greenwood, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission, stated that the
Commission had conducted a hearing and recommended unanimously to approve this change. There
being no one else wishing to speak, the public hearing was closed.
Item #11: Motion by Alderman Bradshaw, seconded by Alderman Bush, to approve the amended plat
for the property located at No. 13 Wyck Hill Lane that would change the lot number to 12-A.
The motion carried unanimously.
Item #12: PUBLIC HEARING to consider and take action to adopt the revised Unified
Development Code. Alderman Bradshaw opened the public hearing by asking if there was anyone
wishing to speak on this matter. There being no one wishing to speak, the public hearing was
continued until the next regular meeting.
Item #13: Other business: Mr. Isham gave an update on the clean up of the property at Ottinger and
Dove Road. Alderman Bradshaw asked that the litter ordinance drafted by the Town Attorney be put
on the agenda for the next meeting. Mayor Bradley announced that the Town would be sending a
questionaire to the residents in the near future requesting their views on whether the Town should
initiate a recycling program, which is provided as an option for an additional cost in the Town's
contract with Trinity Waste Systems.
Item #14: Motion by Alderman Bradshaw, seconded by Alderman Held, to adjourn.
Motion carried unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
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ATTEST:
Ginger Crosswy, Town Secretary
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Charla Bradshaw, Mayor Pro Tem
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