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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Coastal Bend Council Of Governments - 01/28/2005 • • ,66789,, • • MINUTES• FEB 2005 COASTAL BEND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS• tnri January 28-, 2005 - 2 : 00 PM Corpus Christi, Texas * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Hennings, Chairman Elias Vasquez Judge Jim Huff, 1st Vice Chairman Bill Roberts Billie Jo Tennill, 2nd Vice Chairman Josie Herro Judge Linda Lee Henry, Secretary Annette Mouttet Councilman Lee Roy Kieschnick; Treasurer Councilmember Billie Erwin Judge Glenn Guillory Ron Massey Councilman Frank Reilly Chief J. J. Adame Judge Jimmy Martinez Michael Kovacs Councilman Carlos Villarreal Commissioner Rindle Wilson . Ron Young Judge Terry Simpson Councilman Al Garcia Commissioner Nina Trevino Carlos Yerena Commissioner Fred Nardini Commissioner Peggy Banales Councilmember Elaine Kemp Oscar Soliz Chief Hector Sanchez M. Brent Ocker Mayor David Krebs Glen Sullivan Manuel Lara Anna Flores. GUESTS PRESENT: • Michael Hernandez, City of Corpus Christi Stephen Ndima, Texas Department of Transportation Judy Telge, Coastal Bend Affordable Housing Committee Al Lopez, San Patricio County STAFF PRESENT: John Buckner R. J. Thomas Mark Bohrer Richard Bullock Frank Garcia Betty Lamb Rebecca Martinez • 1. CALL TO ORDER Bill .Hennings, CBCOG Chairman, called the meeting to order at 2 :03 P.M. John Buckner called the roll. There were 10 of 12 counties represented and 27 out of 34 votes in attendance. 2.. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 10, 2004 MEETING A motion was made by Ms. Tennill to approve the minutes of the December 10, 2004 meeting. Councilman Kieschnick seconded this motion. The minutes of the December 10, 2004 meeting were approved by unanimous vote of the members present. SCANNED Minutes - Page 2 r. January 2 8•d 4 2 0 0 5 3 . TREASURERS REPORT Councilman Kieschnick, CBCOG Treasurer, presented this report . for the months November and December 2004. He referred to the first page of the reports mailed to the membership with the agenda. He-. reported on cash balances, wire transfers, disbursements and interest earned on both the American Bank and TEXPOOL accounts. Councilman Kieschnick moved, seconded by Commissioner Trevino, to approve the Treasurer' s Report. It was noted that there was confusing wording the December report regarding transfers from Texpool to the American Bank account. For the 12/10/2004 wire transfer in the amount of $40, 108, the transfer was from the General Fund Reserves account and not the 9-1-1 Program as stated in the report. Also, 12/17/2004 wire transfer, the transfer was from the solid waste program grant funds in Texpool, not the 9-1-1 Program as stated in the report. The Treasurer' s Report was approved by unanimous vote of the members present at the end of the meeting with the corrections noted in the report. 4. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS A. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT • 1. Confirmation of Committee Appointments Mr. Hennings, referring to Attachment A of the agenda, appointed the following persons to the CBCOG Homeland Security Committee: Luther Kim, Chief, Port of Corpus Christi Police and Security Department Police Chief Larry Lawrence, Bishop Police Department Joseph Carr, Emergency Management Assistant, City of Bishop _ Judge .Simpson moved_f.or .confirmation _of the.s_e__appointments__and_Ms ._ Tennill seconded this motion. These appointments were confirmed by unanimous vote of the members present. Before going on to the next item, Chairman Hennings reported that the Budget Committee requested that an ad hoc committee be appointed to review CBCOG financial conditions concerning revenues, expenditures and fund balances to see what policies needed to be established to address the problem of declining financial assistance from -state government. The committee was charged with bringing a recommendation back to the membership for consideration by May. 31-, =.2005:_: . .. He : appointed several _persons_ to serve on this- ad hoc committee_ acknowledging that anyone else desiring to serve should contact John Buckner. - The appointees -were: Judge Glenn Guillory, Chairman; Tom Blazek; Ford Patton; Carlos Yere'na; Judge Arnold Saenz; Brent Ocker; Ron Massey; Mayor David Krebs; Billie Jo Tennill; and John Buckner (advisory member) . • 2. Request for authorization for two board members to attend the ._Washington' Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 5 - 8, 2005 sponsored: by the National Association of Regional Councils Minutes Page 3 January 28, 2005 Commissioner Trevino moved for the authorization of this request and her motion was seconded by • Councilman Kieschnick. This motion passed by unanimous vote of the members present. • B. HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT R. J. Thomas presented this report on behalf of the committee. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 2579 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $160, 000 OF. FY04 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING TO INTERESTED ELIGIBLE JURISDICTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. - Judge Jim Huff moved for the, adoption of Resolution No. 2579. -Ms Tennill seconded the motion. There was some discussion as to the operation and eligibility for these funds. Resolution No. 2579 was adopted by unanimous vote of the members present. 2. RESOLUTION NO. 2580 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND READINESS TRAINING CENTER (NERRTC) FOR A FY2004 STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT TO PROVIDE COURSES CONVENING IN THE COASTAL BEND REGION AT A FIXED FEE OF $1, 100 . 00 PER COURSE. City Commissioner Al Garcia moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 2580 . Mr. Massey seconded the motion. Resolution No. 2580 was adopted by unanimous vote of the members present. C. COUNCIL ON AGING REPORT Mr. W. G. West, Chairman of the Council on Aging, presented this report. RESOLUTION NO. 2581 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE 2005 AREA AGENCY - ON AGING REGIONAL ALLOCATION AND CONTRACTING PLAN BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PLANNING FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION OF SOUTH TEXAS BY $163, 087 AND EXPANDING THEIR SERVICE AREA INTO SAN PATRICIO COUNTY EFFECTIVE 11-12-04 . Judge Simpson moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 2581 and this motion was seconded by Commissioner Trevino. Resolution No. 2581 was adopted by unanimous vote of the members present. Mr. West' then reported there were a• number of vacancies on the Council on Aging and letters - have been sent to those County 'Judges having vacant positions on the Council. He emphasized that if nominations were not received by a certain date, the Council on Aging would pursue recommendations from within to secure persons for vacant positions. • a Minutes Page 4 January 28, 2005 D. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT Nomination of CBCOG Officers and Executive Board for' 200-5 — . Mr. Oscar Soliz, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, presented this report. The following recommendations for officers and •executive board were presented for consideration: Officers Chairman - Judge Jim Huff, Live Oak County First Vice Chairman - Councilman Lee Roy Kieschnick, Nueces County Second Vice Chairman - Judge Linda Lee Henry, McMullen County ' • Secretary - Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria, NuecesCo. Treasurer - Mayor David Kregs, San Patricia County Past Chairman - Bill Hennings, Nueces County • Executive Board Members Judge Glenn Guillory, Aransas County Commissioner Oscar Ortiz, Nueces County Judge Jimmy Martinez, Bee County Judge Joe B. Garcia, Brooks County Judge Arnold Saenz, Jim Wells County • Judge -Terry Shamsie, Nueces County Judge Terry Simpson, San Patricio County Councilman Henry Garrett, Nueces County Judge Pete De La Garza, Kleberg County Billie Jo Tennill, San Patricio County Oscar Soliz, Nueces County Clif Moss, Nueces County M. Brent Ocker, Nueces County Advisory Member • Rebecca Krumnow, San Patricio Municipal Water District Chairman Hennings asked if there were any other nominations for the respective positions from the members present. No other recommendations were made. Ms. Anna Flores moved for acceptance of the report and election of the recommended officers and executive board members . City Commissioner Al Garcia seconded this motion. The slate of officers and executive board members were elected by unanimous vote of the members present. 5 . ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER ACTION ITEMS Chairman Hennings called on Judy Telge who was present to give a performance report on activities of the CBCOG Affordable Housing Committee. A written report was distributed to the members present and Ms. Telge highlighted elements in this report. She reported that the annual Affordable Housing Seminar (2005) will be held in Corpus Christi Minutes Page 5 January 28, 2005 Christi on April 7, 2005 at the Congressman Solomon Ortiz Center. A full day of national, state and local speakers will present information on housing issues and opportunities. She said one of the planned activities of the committee in their second year would be to implement a review process for multi-jurisdictional applications for funding. Richard Bullock reported that the Regional Review Committee would hold its Texas Community Development Program application scoring meeting on April 5, 2005 at the CBCOG office. He reported that 33 applications are to be reviewed. Chairman Hennings said the next meeting of the CBCOG would be on Friday, February 25, 2005- at 2:00 -PM. -- _ - - Judge Jim Huff then presented a plaque to Bill Hennings expressing the CBCOG' s appreciation for his outstanding service as Chairman from January 24, 2003 through January 28, 2005. Mr. Hennings expressed his appreciation for having had the opportunity to serve in the capacity of CBCOG Chairman and his appreciation to the COG staff with whom he has worked closely over the past two years. 6. ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at approximately 2 :50 PM. Duly adopted at a meeting of the Coastal Bend Council of Governments this 24th day of February 2005 . Judge Jim Huff, Chairman ATTEST: Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria, Secretary