City Council Regular Meeting

Minutes of Special Meeting The City Council City of Richwood A Special Meeting of the City Council of City of Richwood was held Thursday, February 25, 2016, beginning at 6:30 PM in the Richwood Fire Dept., 218 Halbert, Richwood, Tx 77531. I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Mark Guthrie, Mayor and presiding officer. II. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Roll call showed the following members present: Mark Guthrie, Mayor and presiding officer Paul Raymond, Council, Position #1 Sarah Harris, Council, Position #4 Chris Hardison, Council, Position #5 Absent: Melissa Blanks, Council, Position #2 Jarrod Beaty, Council, Position #3 A quorum was declared. Others present included Glenn Patton, City Manager, Karen B. Schrom, City Secretary, Clint Kocurek, Fire Chief, Adam Sierra, Brian Pilcik, Matt Bayes, James Perry, Lauren LaCount, Will Robertson, Candace Monclova, JB Harris, Chris Jones, Angela Robertson and David Tovey with Metro Fire III. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Demonstration of rescue tools by the Fire Department David Tovey of Metro Fire gave a demonstration of the rescue tools offered by Metro Fire. Chief Kocurek thanked the City Council for attending. They are seeing more and more traffic through Richwood. At the last accident, they waited 17 minutes for  Lake Jackson to respond with their equipment. The ball park figure for a complete set used is $18,000 and $28,000 new. The Fire Department will continue to research other companies. IV. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:21 p.m. APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL ON MARCH 21, 2016. ________________________ Mark Guthrie, Mayor ATTEST: _________________________ Karen B. Schrom, City Secretary