October 19, 2021
The Paper Of Record for Fannin County Texas
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Bonham City Council – Fees Increased/Ordinance For One-Way Traffic Approved By Rose Schwartz Monday, October 11, 2021, Pastor Henry Shelton of the Trinity Baptist Church, led an invocation before the start of the Bonham City Council
Meeting. Mayor H.L. Compton called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. with all Councilmembers present. 1. Consider and take action to approve minutes of the September 13th regular
meeting: Motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve. 2. Consider and take action to accept financial report for month ending September 30, 2021: Bonham Director of
Finance, Dave Struchtemeyer gave a mostly positive report of the general fund revenue outperforming the budget by 8%, with $180,000 of that variance being from sales tax receipts. He went on to state that
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maintenance were $57,000 and as expected, the water/sewer fund missed the budget revenue by 7% due to the average billing during the water-meter change out. He further stated the 2020 audit is expected to be presented by the December meeting. Councilman Wayne Moore made the motion to accept with Councilman Michael Evans seconding the motion. Motion passed. 3. Citizens Opportunity to Speak: (The City Council invites persons with comments or observations to briefly address the Council for the limited purpose of determining whether the matter should be referred to staff for study and response and/or be placed on a future meeting agenda. State laws prohibits the City Council from considering deliberations on any item not listed on the posted City Council Agenda.): A citizen of Bonham spoke to raise a concern of people parking vehicles on sidewalks and the negligence of the City to do anything about a property on Maple and 10th that is unsightly and fostering a health hazard of rodents residing among the debris. Another citizen of Bonham spoke to protest the implementation of the creation of one-way street traffic noted in Item 7 on the meeting’s agenda. 4. Consider and take action to ratify and accept the fiscal year 2020-2021 BEDCo operating budget as approved by the Bonham Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors: City Manager Sean Pate touched on a few highlights in the absence of BEDCo’s representative Steve Filipowicz. He noted how their budget unanimously passed at their previous meeting; commended them on their commitment to the city with their covering a third of the cost of the new website design for the city; commented on the money they are putting into the Event Center and Tongrun International and their continued support of the City’s marketing department through the visitor’s center. Continued See City Council on page 19
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