1. APRIL 4, 2006
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS.
HELD ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT:
MAYOR DON MAJKA
COUNCIL BILLY FRED WALKER
JOHN JUAREZ
ILENE ENOCHS
ROBERT VIDAL
CITY SECRETARY PATSY STINNETT
CITY ADMINISTRATOR VAN JAMES
Mayor Majka called meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Councilwoman Enochs gave invocation.
Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and to the Texas Flag was given.
Consider appointment to fill the vacant position of Councilmember Place 4 was
discussed. Councilman Walker made a motion to appoint Robert Vidal to fill the vacant
position of Councilmember Place 4 until May 13, 2006. Councilman Juarez seconded the
motion. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Oath of Office was given to Robert Vidal for Council Place 4.
Mayor Majka stated the downtown merchants held an April Fools day and they had over
50 women from the Red Hat Society. Mayor Majka stated he would like to praise the
merchants for a job well done. This week Nissan held an event at the 900 acres and
people from all over the nation attended. Last year they had to go to Canada to hold their
event and they stated they would come back next year. Mr. James stated the Texas Office
of Rural Community Affairs is in the process of developing their guidelines for 2007-
2008 grant programs. The grant application deadline is August 31, 2006. The City plans
to make application for these grants. Tim Glendening and Associations are the grant
consultants, and will be conducting the public hearing process, which is required for
participation. The public hearing will be held April 15 at 10:00 a.m. at the Municipal
Building in the council chambers. The hearing is intended to explain the purpose of the
program and the grant application process as well as the city’s past participation in the
program. The hearing is not intended to address or develop a certain grant at this time.
The grant consultant conducts the public hearing and the staff and council are not
required to attend, but you are welcome to attend if you wish. Mr. James stated he
wanted to make the council and public aware of these hearing, as they would be reading
notices in the local newspaper. Mayor Majka stated we had received a thank you note

2. from the Singleton family. The Chamber of Commerce presented a new Bridgeport Area
Chamber of Commerce business directory and resource guide at the chamber banquet.
This is outstanding work from the Chamber of Commerce and they are sending them out
in the area.
Angie Tyson, Downtown Manager, presented Bridgeport Main Street Provisional
quarterly report. Mrs. Tyson stated the Easter Eggstravaganza would be held April 15.
The students in Bridgeport Middle School Tech Ed made wooden Easter egg cutouts for
area children and artists to decorate. The eggs will be displayed in planters along Halsell
Street prior to April 15 and will be available for sale that day. The BMSP Advisory
Board held a three-hour strategic planning session Monday, March 27, facilitated by
Susan Campbell, the director for Main Street and Economic Development in Bowie.
Strengths and challenges were identified and, based on this criteria and the program’s
purpose, both short and long-range goals were set. The main street has a four-point
approach: Organization, Promotion, Design and Economic Developing. The advisory
board has been busy aligning themselves and organizing committees based on those four
points. The organization Co-Chairs are Ilene Enochs and Virginia Wood. The first thing
under organization is submitting an application for the next year’s Main Street. The
committee is studying last year’s Main Street application to develop a strategy for this
year’s approach. They are 100% committed to becoming a full-status Main Street City.
Mrs. Tyson stated they would be going around the area and asking for support in writing
of becoming a Main Street City. The organization needs volunteers. Ilene Enochs
distributed a letter to her BULLS Leadership group formally asking them for help in
completing the downtown building inventory. The inventory could be a positive addition
to the application. More than 100 hours were logged during March in the pursuit of
downtown revitalization. Mollie Carpenter Chairs the Promotion. Thanks to the creative
genius of Mollie Carpenter and the artistic eyes of BMSP board members, the downtown
now has a logo. The words Bridgeport Main Street are centered on a grayscale
Bridgeport streetscape and their design hints at the shape of a bridge. They continue to
have monthly merchant meeting and are held the fourth Thursday of each month. The
merchants continue to have their downtown dollars and the merchants are working on
coordinating gift bags. They have new residents fliers that are ready to be distributed,
and cards in downtown businesses to solicit contact information for future e-mail
newsletters. The merchants will be ordering Bridgeport themed merchandise to carry in
the stores. Days-of events, April 15 will include pictures with the Easter Bunny, crafts,
Easter bonnet contest, sidewalk parade and Easter egg hunt in Harwood Park. Butterfield
Stage Days will be held May 4, 5, and 6th
and Saturday events will include stick horse
rodeo in the park, baby pageant, and hot sauce contest. Dr. Robert Marlett is chairing the
Design committee. The Design Committee has taken preliminary steps to identify
members and begin working on the streetscape master plan. Mrs. Tyson stated they
wanted to give the merchants who want to restore their building a blueprint to go by.
The Design Committee will give them some ideals on how to restore their buildings.
William Myers Chairs the Economic Restructuring. A draft of property appearance
guides will be considered by the design committee and tied to incentives developed by
the economic restructuring committee, such as façade or signage grants and low interest
loans. Mrs. Tyson stated they have only two building vacant. They have two new

3. businesses that have located in the downtown area. Planning is underway for the Wise
County Sesquicentennial celebration, currently scheduled for the first week in October.
The tentative plan is for each community to host a countywide event during the week.
Bridgeport is considering sponsoring several events, including a fun run/walk between
Bridgeport and Decatur, living history re-enactments, an old time gospel singing on
Halsell Street and a Miss Wise County 1856 contest.
Alex Glushko, Recreational Specialist, presented the Parks and Recreation Department
quarterly report. Mr. Glushko stated starting in January the parks department put
together a 2006 Spring/Summer Program Guide that lines out all the program events and
informs the citizens what the parks department is offering. They had the Spring Break
Camp and had 10 participants. It was a half-day program, which ran from 9:00 a.m. to
noon. Mr. Glushko stated they have a Junior Master Gardeners program, which they
meet one Monday per month, and they have three participants. Mr. Glushko stated they
had a dodge ball tournament at Bridgeport High School. They had 83 participants and
appreciated the Police Department and Officer Snodgrass for volunteering their time to
the tournament. At the recreation center, they have a senior fitness program and have
four participants. They also had a field trip for the senior citizens to Newark. Mr.
Glushko stated they are in the process of hiring lifeguards and are conducting interviews.
The parks and recreation department begin working out of the community center and
during the month of February they had ten rentals and during the month of March they
had nine. They are taking reservations for the swimming pool and have 5 nights
reserved. Mr. Glushko stated they have received three grants, being a Small Community
grant, Recreation Trails grant and Indoor Recreation grant. The Parks and Recreation
Department is in the process of attaining a request for qualification. Once received, we
will be able to seek and select engineers to assist with the plans and specifications of each
project. Once plans and specifications are completed, it will take approximately 3
months until Texas Parks and Wildlife approve them. Upcoming events in April through
July, they will have Outreach Program Aquatics, Easter Eggstravaganza, Boy Scout Belt
Loop classes, Girl Scout work shops, Kid’s Night Out, Senior Computer tutoring and
Summer Camps. Mayor Majka state the Parks Department will be receiving over
$600,000.00 in grants. Councilman Vidal asks how they were getting the information out
to the citizens of the events. Mr. Glushko stated they pass the programs out to the schools
and it is posted on the web site.
Pat Stegall, Librarian, presented the Library quarterly report. Mrs. Stegall stated the
Library was opened for 71 days, number of visits, 13,833; number of registered
borrowers, 7738, circulation was 13,735, and computer usage, 3,381, which was up
1,203. The programs they have are Story Time with 13 children registered. Number of
materials deleted was 1,439 and number of material added was 1,282. The upcoming
events are Family Reading Night at Bridgeport Elementary School, programs at the pre
Kindergarten classes, National Library Week April 2-8, Wise County Librarians meeting
April 11, North Texas Regional Library System Assembly April 18, Texas Library
Association Convention in Houston April 26-28 and Summer Reading Program June 14-
July 19. For the Summer Reading Program, if they read eight books, they get a free pass

4. to the swimming pool and if they read ten books, they get a free T-shirt and a certificate
of participation.
Van James, City Administrator, discussed a preliminary discussion regarding a proposed
contract with the Chamber of Commerce for the management and supervision of certain
programs and activities funded with revenue derived from the City’s hotel occupancy tax.
Mr. James stated as the council is aware in the past the hotel occupancy tax revenues are
not currently budgeted or appropriated in conjunction with the City’s annual budget
process, but are instead appropriated throughout the fiscal year on an event-by-event or
request basis by means of individual budget amendments. Historically the Chamber of
Commerce has request the majority of the funds for the purpose of advertising and
promoting various community festivals and events. Since the requests are received
sporadically throughout the fiscal year, it is difficult for the City to plan for and budget
the expenditure of the hotel occupancy revenues. It is also difficult for the Chamber to
effectively plan for the promotion of community events throughout the year due to the
resulting uncertainty relative to the amount of advertising funds it will ultimately have
available for each individual event. In relation to the use of the hotel occupancy funds, it
is not uncommon for cities to contract with local Chamber of Commerce for such
programs and activities as general promotional and tourist advertising, as well as the
operation of a visitor information center. The Texas Tax Code allows cities to contract
with other entities for the management and supervision of programs and activities
authorized to be funded with the hotel occupancy revenues. Mr. James stated the staff is
bringing forward a proposed agreement for the council’s consideration. The current
unappropriated balance in the City’s Hotel/Motel Tax Fund is more than $67,000 and we
currently project that total collections for the current fiscal year will be approximately
$63,000 and for the next fiscal year, total collection should exceed $66,000.00. Mr.
James stated with the attached agreement, staff is proposing to pay the Chamber 25% of
the City Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue for the purposes that the staff has noted. The
25% would be approximately $16,500 based upon fiscal year’s projected collections.
The proposed agreement would be subject to the following terms and conditions. The
revenue the Chamber would receive would have to be maintained in a separate account
established for that purpose and could not be commingled with any other revenue or
funds of the Chamber. The Chamber would have to develop an annual budget for the use
and expenditure of the revenues they receive, which would have to be approved in
advance by the City council. The Chamber would have to make quarterly reports to the
City Council relative to its use of the hotel occupancy revenues. The Chamber would
have to maintain complete and accurate financial records of each expenditure of the tax
revenue, with such records being subject to review by the City Council’s auditors and the
proposed agreement is subject to termination by either the City or the Chamber upon 30
days written notice. Mr. James stated the staff’s opinion is that the proposed agreement,
with the Chamber, offers both benefits and advantages. The staff feels that between the
City and the Chamber we would have a more effective and ongoing partnership for
promotion of the community. The City will be able to determine the amount of such
revenues available for other authorized purposes and we would have a greater
accountability and oversight of the Chamber’s use of the hotel tax revenues. The City
would also have greater assurance of compliance with applicable statutory requirements

5. relative to the expenditure of the revenues. Mr. James stated a copy of the agreement is
provided. Mayor Majka stated the Chamber of Commerce was very helpful during the
Nissan event held at the 900 acres. Gail Walker stated the Chamber was very thankful
for the council hearing the proposal.
David Turnbow, Director of Infrastructure Services, presented the Infrastructure Services
quarterly report. Mr. Turnbow stated he would like to start with the CIP projects. Project
A was awarded to JRJ Contractors. This project includes Henderson, Edgewood, Shirley,
Vine, 17th
and 14th
Street. Those streets are in the final stages. Project B and C was
awarded to JLB Contractors. These projects are Wootton, Edgewood, Nottingham and
Robinhood. On Wootton Street there were some water services that were to shallow.
The department has lowered these lines and still has a couple of sewer services that need
to be lowered. The gas company has a few lines that will need to be lowered. On the
other streets, they have had a meeting with the contractors. They were concerned with
gas lines being to shallow. The gas company has checked all of their lines and they were
deep enough. The City crew has been moving some dirt piles that the contractor has not
moved. Mr. Turnbow stated they would be keeping up with their time and will be
charging it back to the contractors. The Wastewater Treatment Plant is complete. The
contractors have a few small items to complete. The Electric Department had 1-meter
change out. The report is showing one permanent service connection, which is not
correct, and they are working on fixing that part of the report. The department had three
city maintenance projects, three security light repairs, 3 street light repairs, had 4 power
outages and 25 miscellaneous calls for service. The Equipment Service work orders were
two battery installations, four tire and wheel repairs, 16 state inspections, 21 oil changes
and three miscellaneous maintenance repairs. The Water Department work orders was 1-
¾” water tap, 1 2” water tap, 1 water service repair, 2 water meter change out, 6 water
line locates, 14 water main break repairs and 19 miscellaneous calls for service. The
Sewer Department work orders was 3 re-taps, 4 new sewer taps, which is not a correct
number, 4 TV inspections, 6 line segment repairs, 9 city main stoppages, 11 customer
service line stoppages and 19 miscellaneous calls for service. The Street Department
work orders are eight permanent patches and potholes, 11 sign repairs and installations,
14 loads of bulk water, 16 loads of brush and 15 miscellaneous calls for service.
Rachel Huitt, Assist. City Administrator presented amendments to the “Personnel Policy
Manual” regarding compensation eligibility dates, procedure for call back pay, and
vacation guidelines. Mrs. Huitt stated the city has formed an Employee Advisory
Committee (EAC) and they are to serve in an advisory capacity to the City Administrator.
The committee has been identifying and evaluating revisions to the City’s personnel
policies, health and medical benefits, safety policies and practices, and similar issues
affecting our employees. The first issue is a change in time the employee’s evaluation is
done. One of the complaints that came from the employees is that their evaluations are
not being completed on time. Mrs. Huitt stated she had talk to the supervisors and they
stated it was hard to determine when the evaluations were due. After discussing with the
employees and supervisors, it was decided it would be easier to track on the employment
date. The second item has to do with call back pay. Employees who were called out to
work after hours were being paid what their swipe in and out from the time clock listed as

6. worked time. There have been situations when an employee is called out at night, where
they must get out of bed, get dressed, drive to work, perform the work required and then
return home to go back to bed in just twenty to thirty minutes. The EAC has
recommended amending Chapter 4, Section 4.16 (b) to pay an employee a minimum of
one-hour when they are called out after hours. The third recommended amendment is
related to increments in which vacation hours can be taken. The City’s Sick Leave Policy
allows sick leave to be taken in one-hour increments; however, the vacation policy
requires vacation hours to be taken in 40-hour increments. Employees have said there are
times when they only need to take one hour of vacation instead of the mandatory 4 hours.
In addition, for Police Officers and Dispatchers who work 10-hour shifts, it becomes
unreasonable to ask them to take vacation in 4-hour increments. The EAC is
recommending allowing employees to take vacation hours in one-hour increments. Mrs.
Huitt stated these are the three amendments that they are asking for. A proposed
ordinance is included in the council packet for their review. If the council agrees to
proceed with these recommendations, Mrs. Huitt stated the ordinance would be brought
back at the next council meeting. Mayor Majka ask if it would be feasible if an
employee needs one hour in the morning, could they make the hour up at the end of the
day with the supervisors approval. Mrs. Huitt stated yes they could with the supervisor
approval. Councilman Walker stated he did not understand the Leave Request form that
is to be submitted in advance. Mrs. Huitt stated in the current policy it states that if you
are taking a day off then you must give your supervisor at least a day notice. Mayor
Majka asks if taking one hour at a time for vacation, if it would be a bookkeeping
problem. Mrs. Huitt stated it would have to be entered into the time keeping system
regardless of the amount of hours taken. Councilman Vidal asks if the employees must
meet 40 hours before the call out time is paid at time and half. Mrs. Huitt stated yes, the
employees must work 40 hours first. Councilwoman Enochs asks if the call out pay
pertained only to hourly employees or does it pertain to salary employees also. Mrs.
Huitt stated it is for hourly employees only.
Rachel Huitt also discussed an amendment to the “Personnel Policy Manual” regarding a
new sick leave pool policy. The EAC has requested establishing a sick leave pool. The
purpose of a sick leave pool is to provide a mechanism by which employees can help
another employee whose economic situation would be negatively impacted if he/she had
a non-job related catastrophic injury or illness. At the present, there are employees who
are capped out on their sick leave. They have been with the city so long, that their sick
leave is capped and it is not occurring any hours. Employees would be able to donate
their sick time to a “pool”. An employee who can apply to use time from the sick leave
pool must have suffered a “prolonged or catastrophic illness or injury” which is any
illness, injury or disease, which causes an employee to be unable to perform, with
reasonable continuity, the substantial, material, and essential functions of his or her job.
The advisory committee would review any request from an employee wanting to use time
from the pool. An employee can request up to 240 hours of donated sick during a
calendar year. Employees must contribute to the pool in 8-hour increments and the
employee must leave a balance of 80 hours in their sick leave bank after the donation.
Should the employee need additional hours of donated leave, the employee, may
approach the EAC to request up to an additional 240 hours. The employee, or

7. representative, must present the Committee with a physician’s certification stating when
the employee will be able to return to work. The City Administrator must approve any
additional hours. The policy also has a cap of 720 hours. The employee in the lifetime
can only use up to 720 hours out of the pool. Mrs. Huitt stated a drafted ordinance is in
the packet and if the council agrees, it will be brought back to the next council meeting.
Councilman Juarez ask if you are allowing each employee 240 hours per calendar year,
what happen if they are several employees who need the sick leave and there is not
enough time in the pool. Mrs. Huitt stated you are only allowed to use the time that is in
the pool. An employee can only use what is in the pool. A balance would be left in the
pool at all times. An employee can donate at any time during the year. Councilwoman
Enochs asks if an employee is retiring, can they donate their time to the pool before they
leave employment. Mrs. Huitt stated yes they could. Councilwoman Enochs ask does the
employee have to donate time to the pool in order to use sick leave from the pool. Mrs.
Huitt stated no, they do not have to donate in order to use. Mayor Majka asks if there
would be enough of time in the pool or would the city need to donate time in the pool to
get it started. Mrs. Huitt stated she felt that it would be a good ideal to have some time
in the pool to start with. Councilman Juarez asks if they could give the pool one month
and the city match the time that the employees put in the sick pool.
Discussion of proposed lease agreement between the City of Bridgeport and ACME
Brick for the property at Payne Park was next. Mrs. Huitt stated it was the understanding
of the staff that the City owned Payne Park. When we searched for a deed to the
property, it was discovered that ACME Brick still owns the property. The City contacted
ACME Brick and asks to purchase the land, but ACME Brick came back to the city and
stated they needed the property as a buffer between their plant and residences adjacent to
their plant. ACME Brick indicated that they would have no problem leasing the property
to the City for thirty years for a one-time fee of only $1.00. The proposal is that the city
leases the property for $1.00 for thirty years. Councilwoman Enochs ask if leasing the
property, would it have an impact on grants that we might be requesting. Mrs. Huitt
stated yes it would. In the past, the grants that we have applied for states we must own
the property, but grants are changing each year.
The council reviewed payables.
Mayor Majka read the consent agenda as being; 1)consider approving the minutes of the
regular meeting of January 17, 2006, as recorded, 2) consider approving a resolution
authorizing application to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) in the
amount of $295,000 for a fire Pumper-Tanker truck 3) consider filing a notice for the
2005 Texas Divisions of Emergency Management, Homeland Security Grant, Sub-
recipient Award and authorizing the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the City 4)
consider approving a Letter of Agreement between the Bridgeport Correctional Center
(“BCC”), Pat Stegall, Certified Librarian for the City of Bridgeport, Texas (“Librarian’),
and the City of Bridgeport, Texas (“City”) for consulting services and authorizing the
Mayor to execute same on behalf of the City 5) consider adopting an ordinance amending
Article 13.700, “WATER WELLS,” of the Code of Ordinance, 2001, City of Bridgeport,
Texas, by amending Article 13.700 (a) to delete the requirements of a specific use permit

8. to drill a water well 6) consider approving the offer of $200 made on the Northern half of
Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block 12, Original Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas by Victor B.
Reed 7) consider adopting an ordinance canceling the May 13, 2006, General and Special
Elections and declaring each unopposed candidate elected to office 8) consider adopting
an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2005-06 Official Budget, adopted by Ordinance
No. 05-35, appropriating $14,225.80 from the Court Technology Fund to pay for a new
Dell server and one-half of the data conversion for the new INCODE Police Records
Management and Computer Automated Dispatch system and 9) consider adopting an
ordinance amending Section 11.201 of the Bridgeport Code of Ordinance to establish a
residential homestead property tax exemption for individuals who are disabled. Mayor
Majka asks if any items need to be removed for discussion. Councilman Juarez stated he
would like to discuss number five concerning water wells. Mr. James stated Mr. Ray’s
request brought the staff’s attention to the Code requirements to drill a water wells. The
Code requires the issuance of a specific use permit for a water well, pursuant to the
notice, hearing, and procedural requirements contained in the City’s zoning ordinance.
Although it has not been the City’s actual practice to do so, these requirements would
necessitate notice to adjacent property owners and public hearing before both the
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council prior to the issuance of a specific use
permit for a water well, as the issuance of such a permit is treated procedurally in
essentially the same manner as a zoning amendment. Mr. James stated it is the staff’s
opinion that such notice and public hearing requirements are not necessary for the
Council to consider a request to drill a water well and likely may not have been the intent
when the original ordinance was adopted. Mr. James stated item five removes the
requirements to have a hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, but would
continue to come before the council. Mr. James stated item 5 does not authorize some
one to drill without a permit. Councilman Walker asks what the guidelines were on the
tax exemption for the disabled. Mr. James stated according to the Texas Tax Code, an
eligible disabled person is an individual with a qualifying disability for purposes of the
payment of disability insurance benefits under Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance, with the extent of disability being determined by the Social Security
Administration. For individuals who have private retirement plan and do not receive
Social Security payments, the Appraisal District uses the same Social Security criteria to
determine whether they have a qualifying disability. Councilman Juarez made a motion
to approve the consent agenda numbers 1 through 9. Councilwoman Enochs seconded
the motion. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Consider approving a 17-month contract with Aetna for Health, Dental and Life
Insurance and authorizing the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the City was next. Mr.
James stated Mark Vann with Higginbotham and Associates is present to discuss the
contract with Aetna. Mr. Vann stated the challenge each year is to see what the insurance
market is doing. Mr. Vann stated it was ask of him to see if the May 1 enrollment plan
could start October 1, the city’s fiscal year. The city is currently insured with Aetna. Mr.
Vann stated he looked at a 5-month option. Aetna was going to increase the rates 4 ½%
starting May 1 with the same plan and then revisit the rates in October. The other carriers
would not quote a 5-month plan. Looking at a 12-month contract, Aetna quoted 9%
increase with the same plan. Other carriers were less then Aetna on a 12-month plan.

9. Mr. Vann stated they looked at a 17-month plan with Aetna and other carriers. Aetna
stated they would do a 17-month plan with a 12% increase. The other carriers were not
willing to do the plan at the same rate. Mr. Vann stated looking at current claims the 5-
month plan was not an option. Mr. Vann presented the current plan and an alternate plan
with Aetna. The only difference is the emergency room and the prescription drug card.
The prescription card for generic copay would go from $15.00 to $10.00, name brand
copay would go from $20.00 to $25.00 and non-formulary copay would go from $35.00
to $50.00. The cost of the current plan would be $344.93 per employee and the cost with
Aetna #1 with the two changes the cost per employee would be $337.53. In addition,
Aetna would like to have the business of the voluntary Dental and the Life Insurance that
the city provides. They will match the cost of the life insurance that the city is paying at
the present. If Aetna were awarded the Dental and Life insurance, they would decrease
the rate by 1%. Mr. Vann stated we would not have to look at the rates for 17 months.
Mr. Vann stated in meeting with Mrs. Huitt and Mr. James they agreed that the best route
to take is to move forward with the Aetna #1 plan and award Aetna with the dental and
life insurance. Mayor Majka ask if the rate changed could the City go out and look at
other options before the 17 month contract is up. Mr. Vann stated the city has the option
to look at other plans at any point and time. Councilman Walker made a motion to
approve a 17-month contract with Aetna for Health, Dental and Life Insurance (also
known as Aetna #1 Plan option) and authorize the Mayor to execute same on behalf of
the City. Councilman Juarez seconded the motion. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Next on the agenda was to consider approving a request from J. W. Ray to install a water
well on his property located at 108 Barham Lane in Bridgeport Airport Estates. Mr.
James stated Mr. Ray is requesting to install a water well on his property located at 108
Barham Lane in Bridgeport Airport Estates. The well may be used for agricultural or
irrigation purposes only and shall not be used for domestic or household needs. A back-
flow prevention device must be installed between the City’s water meter and Mr. Ray’s
service line to prevent a cross-connection between the well and the city’s water system.
Installation of the well must comply with all applicable state and local setback
requirements. Payment of a permit fee of $500, as required by the City’s Code of
Ordinance must be met and payment of an annual inspection fee of $50 to defray the cost
of inspecting the well to verify that no cross-connection exists between it and the City’s
water system, as required by the City’s Code of Ordinance. Councilman Walker ask
what is the purpose of a cross connection. Mr. James stated in the past if a well is drilled
the back-flow prevention device is to prevent the well from being tied into the house and
the annual inspection is to make sure that a cross connection is not installed. Councilman
Walker made a motion to approve a request from J. W. Ray to install a water well on his
property located at 108 Barham Lane in Bridgeport Airport Estates, subject to the
following requirements: the well may be used only for agricultural or irrigation purposes
and shall not be used for domestic or household purposes, a back-flow prevention device
must be installed between the City’s water meter and Mr. Ray’s service line to prevent a
cross-connection between the well and the city’s water system, installation of the well
must comply with all applicable state and local setback requirements, payment of a
permit fee of $500, as required by the City’s Code of Ordinances and payment of an
annual inspection fee of $50.00 to defray the cost of inspecting the well to verify that no

10. cross-connection exists between it and the City’s water system, as required by the City’s
Code of Ordinances. Councilman Juarez seconded the motion. Motion carried by
Councilwoman Enochs abstaining from voting.
Mayor Majka opened the meeting up for public comment. No one was present to speak.
Council adjourned into executive session at 9:07 p.m to discuss pending or contemplated
litigation or to seek the advice of the City Attorney pursuant to Section 551.071, possible
acquisition of real estate pursuant to Section 551.072, update Dry Creek Sewer
Easements, partial release of agreement pertaining to the maintenance of a lift station on
property owned by the Geo Group, Inc. (formerly known as the Wackenhut Corporation)
and personnel matters pursuant to Section 551.074 (to deliberate the appointment,
employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer
or employee), Municipal Court personnel.
Council back in session at 9:57 p.m.
Councilman Walker made a motion to approve a partial release of agreement pertaining
to the maintenance of a lift station on property owned by the GEO Group, Inc. and
authorize the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the City. Councilman Juarez seconded
the motion. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Meeting adjourned at 9:59 p.m.
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Patsy Stinnett Don Majka
City Secretary Mayor