Coppell City Council takes up matters of month-naming, educational grant authorizations

by PegNews wire

In order to cover everything on their Tuesday, Oct. 28 evening agenda, the Coppell City Council may end up burning some unbudgeted midnight oil.

After their 5:30 executive session, they'll meet in regular "open to public" mode beginning at 7 p.m. in the designated chambers at City Hall.

This probably looks nothing like the actual Coppell City Council chambers, but we really needed a photo to break up the tedium of all this text.

First up will be the considered approval of a proclamation naming the month of November as "Coppell ISD Educational Foundation Month" - following which a number of items will be up for approval which are designed to enhance the educational experience of Coppell ISD students, including:

* a grant in the amount of $1,131,132 for 88 ESOL teachers and two aides

* a grant in the amount of $126,000 for library materials

* a grant in the amount of $724,614 for 12 literacy teachers

* a grant in the amount of $1,064,326 for 18 Spanish teachers

Additional items on the agenda which are totally unrelated (or at most in some way peripherally related) to education include:

* consideration of an ordinance which would make it unlawful to park, stand or stop a vehicle on both sides of Village Drive within 30 ft. of its intersection with Raintree Circle; both sides of Village Drive within a 30 ft. radius of the intersection with MacArthur Blvd.; the west side of Raintree Circle within 30 ft. of both the north and south side of the intersection with Village Drive; and within 15 ft. of both sides of the fire hydrant near the intersection of Raintree and Village Drive.

* a "roof asset management" contract for city facilities with TREMCO/Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. to include budgeted expenditures of $118,340. for the year 2008

* a professional services agreement with Halff and Assoc.'s in regard to construction documentation and contract administration of the Coppell Town Center Plaza in the amount of $46,927.55

* amendment to a contract with Northstar Construction Inc. to allow collection of damages from that firm totaling $25,750

* renewal of the service agreement with Motorola, Inc. for the maintenance of city radios and communication network in the amount of $55,890.96

* proposed revision to details of the city ordinance affecting tow truck regulations

* proposed shared law enforcement services between the Dallas County Community College District and the City of Coppell

* consideration of awarding a quote to Caldwell Country Chevrolet for purchase of 14 2009 Chevy Tahoes in the amount of $345,548 (or about $25K/vehicle, if my math skills are holding up)

* renewal of the waste collection and recycling agreement with Waste Management until Oct. 31, 2014

* ordinance providing for establishment and appointments to a Crime Control and Prevention District

* approval of the Coppell 2030 Council Goals

This is hopefully no one's vision of Coppell 2030, but - once again - we really needed a photo here.

(*WHEW!*)

And finally, assuming that all in attendance are still both conscious and coherent, council members will hear the following council, committee and mayoral reports:

* Mayor Stover on Oaktoberfest

* Mayor Stover on the Halloween Fair at the Coppell Aquatics and Recreation Center

* Mayor Stover on the Oct. 21 State Legislative Candidate Forum

* Councilmember Tunnell on the National League of Cities Community and Economic Development Steering Committee Meeting

* Tunnell again on the Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD/Lewisville ISD committee

* Peters and Hinojosa-Flores on the Coppell ISD committee

* Brancheau and Faught on Coppell Seniors committee

* Peters on the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition

* Peters again on the DFW Airport Board

* Brancheau on the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)

* The redoubtable Tunnell on the Metrocrest Hospital Authority

* Hunt on the Metrocrest Medical Foundation