Quality of Life

Quality of Life had their first meeting of the year

Quality of Life Board members:
Adam Redmond- Excused Absent
Cheryl Kielman- Present
Jim McEvers- Present
Robert Sizemore- Present
Craig Foster- Present
Marcie Lowery- Present
Dustin Phipps- Excused Absent

City Council Liaison- Charlie Youngs- 12th straight absence

The Agenda

There were two Items on the agenda today at the Quality Of Life Board; Parks Phase 1 and 2 updates and the Parks and Recreation monthly update:

1. The lettering for the signs at the parks have been sent to the fabricator and in a few months will be installed. City Park still has a few more trees and grass to be planted for Phase 1. The flag pole is about to go back up at City Park. At South Park, the 116 sidewalk project will connect the new sidewalk with the walking path. Dirt work at High Chaparral, Heritage, and Highland Parks have started. Oncor will be cutting down the oak tree at Highland Park where the power line is tangled up in it.
     Phase 2 will be brought to the City Council on February 5 regarding the bathrooms. The package is for three new bathrooms and a retrofitted one. They are made from a company named CXT precast. The new bathrooms are pre-made at the company and then brought to their installation location. They will have LED lights, Maglocks, and have anti-graffiti paint on them. The locations for the bathrooms will be at Field 8, Field 4 and 5, and to the right of the swimming pool. South Park will have their bathroom retrofitted. The cost is $328,000. It is already part of the parks upgrade.

2. Parks and Recreation monthly report.
Joe Brown gave the board some exciting news today. The very first issue of the Golf Course Newsletter will go go out today. The newsletter will be a quarterly publication and this issue is 12 pages long. It will be a digital publication, to save money. Look for it soon!

Youth sports highlights. Winter Soccer registration closes on January 11 and already has 104 players. That is an increase from last year. Basketball games will start on January 12 and has 448 players. This is also an increase from last year. Recreation tackle football had only 100 players this last season compared to 165 players last year. Pop Warner football had only 19 players last season. Mr Brown said this may be the only season for Pop Warner tackle football due to area organization problems in other communities. Costs for December report was $2100 net revenue minus total expenditures of $5653.36 equals total revenue of$-3553.36.

Aquatics. The new ADA chair lift has been installed at South Park pool.

"The 5K to Polar Bear Plunge" will be January 26, 2019, at 6:30 am, at City Park. This year it will be dedicated to Mayor Frank Seffrood, who passed away this past December 28, 2018.

"Fishing in the Park" will be on February 16, 2019, at 9:00 am, at City Park.

Golf information. According to the report, there were 2812 rounds of golf played last year at our golf course. That was with 20 bad weather days, also.

As of December 31, 2018, these are the membership stats:
29 Annual Regular memberships
50 Annual Senior memberships
2   Annual City Employee memberships
19 Annual Dependents memberships
51 Annual Cart Storage memberships
26 Annual Trail Fees
11 Golf Course Employee memberships
6  Semi-Annual Regular memberships
2  Semi-Annual Senior memberships
0  Semi-Annual City Employee memberships
2  Semi-Annual Dependent memberships
0  Semi-Annual Cart Storage
0  Semi-Annual Trail Fees
0  Marshals
1  Volunteer
The total is 199 different memberships.

The only concern that came out about the condition of the 8 city parks was from South Park. Evidently there are people feeding the feral cats out there and leaving the cans at the park. They are also leaving camouflaged small kennels for shelter for those feral cats.

Quality of Life Board meeting at the Golf Course, on January 10, 2019

Copperas Cove City Council meeting for January 3, 2019

Happy New Year!

Copperas Cove City Council meeting for January 3, 2019

The Agenda

The Council:
Mayor Pro Tem-Dan Yancey- Present
Joann Courtland-Present
Fred Chavez-Present
Jay Manning-Present
Kirby Lack-Present
Marc Payne-Absent (Excused)
Charlie Youngs-Present

     There were only two items for the workshop this evening. Michele Adkins and Robin Smith were recognized for five years of service to the City of Copperas Cove. Congratulations, ladies!

     The council meeting opened up with a moment of silence for our Mayor, who passed away on December 28, 2018. The Interim City Manager and all the members of council gave tributes to him. Frank's viewing is Saturday and Sunday 1-3PM and 6-8PM at Crawford Bowers Copperas Cove. Sunday at 7:30PM is the recitation of the Rosary. Monday is the funeral at 10:00AM, at Holy Family and 12:00 At Central Texas Central Veterans Cemetery.

Mayor Frank Seffrood 1939-2018

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/copperas-cove-tx/frank--seffrood-8102655

Three people spoke during Citizens Forum:

1. James Pierce-WCID action item

2. Jeremy Frew- Fathom issues

3. Dick Young-WCID action item

Consent Agenda:
Approval of prior meeting minutes/ Approval of leave for Mrs Courtland at next council meeting/ Approval for City Manager to submit an application with the TxSSC for the FY19 Tobacco Enforcement Program to enable CCPD to reduce the use and distribution of tobacco products pertaining to minors. - All Passed 6-0

There were two Public Hearings: 

1. Killeen Towing wants a conditional easement for an Impound Yard over by Gym Kix. Being an impound yard, this will not be a long term storage facility for vehicles (or junkyard). Dick Young spoke in favor of it and as company representative. Passed 6-0

2. Amending 2018-2019 city budget. Sometimes projects are started and funding is set aside, but the project may not be completed/closed out the same Fiscal Year that it was started. When that happens, they roll the funding for those projects into the next FY. That's what this was about. No speakers. Passed 6-0

Action items:

H1. Is about bringing in 133 lots on 31.76 acres out of a 55.42 acre tract of land labeled "Heartwood Park". No discussion in council. Passed 6-0

H2. Is about NE Waste Water Plant UV Disinfecting System. There were two qualified to bid, but only one bidder, Xylem Water Solutions USA (WEDECO), to apply for the contract. That bidder did come in under cost. The city reached out to the company that did not bid and was told something along the lines of they were not licensed to work in the state of TX. Mr Manning expressed concern about there being only one bidder. He was only speaker about it. Passed 5-1

H3. The council appointed Kevin Miller to the Housing Authority Board. There were two applicants, but the other applicant did not list any sort of experience or qualifications. Passed 6-0

H4. The council appointed Edith Freyer, Elizabeth Sherman, and Bo Roldan to the KCCB. There were 5 open positions and 3 applicants. The item passed 6-0

H5. The council set March 1 for the council retreat and March 21 for the planning session. It will be held at the council chambers. Passed 6-0

H6. The council supported the proposed Bell County WCID #1 expanded boundaries with no elections by a VOTE of 6-0. The goal is to eliminate the direct representation in favor of councils and organizations selecting representatives. The "optics" of this proposal comes directly after WCID #1 had their first contested election in 24 years. If this passes up to 275,000 people that get their water from WCID #1 would have no elected representative for them only appointees. What that means for Copperas Cove area customers is if the council appoints the representative for us then what happens to the voice of the people that live outside the city limits that use Copperas Cove water system? Their vote is infringed upon. 

H7. Capital Improvement Plan involving the Oak Hill project needing and additional $131,707, increasing the overall funding to $296,707. Funding will be transferred from another project with a large amount of left over dollars. No debate. Passed 6-0

H8. The council gave the ICM approval to sign a contract with L5E for electric supply for city offices at or below .04 cents per kWh. A 72 month contract right now is .0352 per kWh. Passed 6-0

Future agenda items:

Mr Youngs inquired about the Special Election for Mayor. ICM said it would be on the January 15 council agenda.
Mrs Courtland asked to have discussion the Civic Center Fee being reduced for the Refuge Corporation be post-poned to Feb 5th so she can be part of the discussion. - Passed 

James' opinion: Roberts Rules of Order says no debate before a motion is made. This was ignored at least twice tonight (supposed to be enforced by Mayor Pro Tem). In H6, WCID #1 should be expanded but we need to vote for the representative and equal representation. I agree with Mr Manning on H2 about the only one bidder. 

Copperas Cove has lost a great friend.

Copperas Cove has lost a great citizen, friend, and Mayor. Frank Seffrood passed away December 28th. Please follow the link for more info:

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/copperas-cove-tx/frank--seffrood-8102655

Frank was an Army Veteran of 23 years, worked at Central Texas College for 6 years after that, and then went on to work for the USPS for 24 years after that. During his retirement, he served as Copperas Cove Mayor. Frank leaves behind a wife of 55 years - Rita, 3 children, and 3 grandchildren.

A special election will be held for the vacant City Mayor position. More to follow.

Special City Council meeting 18 Dec 2018

We have a winner!

The Agenda

Copperas Cove City Council

The Council:
Mayor Frank Seffrood-Absent
Joann Courtland-Present
Fred Chavez-Present
Dan Yancey-Present
Jay Manning-Present
Kirby Lack-Present
Marc Payne-Present
Charlie Youngs-Present

There was only one Action Item this evening.

Election results:

Frank Seffrood is declared winner of the mayoral run-off election. 

Seffrood: 588

Taylor: 523

Council result: 7-0, resolution passes

Executive Session: 

EDC presented the information to the city council. 

Council result: 7-0 in favor of

City council authorizes the Interim City Manager to open a dialog with Project Etch.

Councilman Place 7 Charlie Youngs