Forney City Council Feb. 17, 2015 prepares to annex 57 acres & update city IT

During its regular February 17, 2015 meeting, the Forney City Council -

• Approved, as a consent item, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by providing for the date and time for regular City Council meetings which is: first and third Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
• Held a public hearing re: annexing approximately 57.279 acres of land to the City of Forney, Kaufman County, Texas, and extending the boundary limits of said city so as to include said described property within said city limits, and granting to all the inhabitants of said property all the rights and privileges of other citizens and binding said inhabitants by all of the acts, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of said city; and adopting a service plan.
  This is located on either side of CR225 (which is what FM460 becomes S. of Hwy 80) and stretches from the power plant buildings to the cooling pond, roughly.
• Held Second Public Hearing for same item.
• Took no action on item of: annexing approximately 57.279 acres. Mr. Morgan said there will be action to take after the third public hearing, at the next city council meeting.
• Approved adoption of the IT Strategic Plan as submitted by Elert & Associates. Mr. Curry gave a slide show presenting goals of the new plan. Mr Hobbs asked about items in the report detailing problems that should have been taken care of already, such as grounding problems, HVAC units leaking water onto equipment, non-secure rooms, if it was due to each department being in charge of equipment and location. Mr. Curry said yes, in the past, it was that way, this plan would work some of those problems out, and only the new PD & Courts buildings were designed to house IT equipment. Mr. Parker, noticing date discrepancies, asked what the age of the report was - Mr. Curry said it was originally done last October. Mr. Parker suggested council should get periodic progress reports. Mr. Regan asked if public wi-fi would be provided - Mr. Curry said it is an item for consideration, but it would probably be best provided by a third party. Mr. Regan asked about centralized procurement - Mr. Curry said that is part of the plan.
• Approved an Ordinance amending the FY2014-15 Budget to provide funding for renovation of 106 E. Main Street. Ms. Corson said $7,979 would be transferred from the EDC bond balance, the rest of the $12,583 project would come from funds left-over from another project.
• Approved Consent for the Inclusion of City Limit Overlap in the Proposed Talty Special Utility District Boundary.