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Regular Meeting 147. March 24, 2003 Page 11 if the Council wants to regulate commercial activities, this can be done separately. He also stated a franchise fee could be set up with the funds going into the General Fund to be used for road maintenance. Ms. Narvaiz inquired whether the City could charge a franchise fee for commercial businesses only. Mr. O'Leary stated a franchise fee could be set up for commercial businesses only. He also reminded the Council the recycling services have not yet been resolved. Mr. O'Leary stated if the Council contracts with Texas Disposal System, then the City could enter into a temporary contract with Green Guy. This would only be until the recycling issues are finalized. He also stated if the Council decides to implement a franchise fee for commercial businesses, this could be a separate franchise fee from the service fees. Mr. Mayhew inquired when the temporary contract could be brought to the Council for approval. Mr. O'Leary stated this could be done when the new residential contract begins. He stated the solid waste contract would be a five-year contract with an option to renew at the end of five years. He stated the City would also be regulating complaints and assess a fine for any valid complaints. Mr. Montoya stated he is not comfortable with dealing with Texas Disposal Systems and will vote against this contract. He encouraged the Council to look deeper into the bidders and negotiate with another vendor. Mr. Mayhew stated he is in favor of supporting the Staff decision. Mr. Taylor and Ms. Narvaiz stated they accepted Staff's recommendation. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he agreed with Mr. Montoya. He felt there was interference in the government process by this company. He stated he would hesitate to approve a contract with this company. Mr. O'Leary stated this company had asked for support from commercial businesses to.not support combining the commercial and residential contracts. Mr. Montoya stated he would be more comfortable if staff reconsider the vendors who submitted bids. Mr. O'Leary stated Staff would negotiate a contract with Texas Disposal Systems and bring this item to the next Regular Meeting on April 14, 2003. Mayor Habingreither introduced a discussion regarding the revisions of the composition of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Mark Taylor stated at the last Regular Meeting Council expressed interest in naming the appointment instead of the Alternate automatically moving into the vacant position. He stated the Council has a memo, which provides 3 options. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he feels the Council should keep the ~automatic" filling of vacancies by alternate but have the City Council explicitly vote to move alternates to voting membership on Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Mayor Habingreither stated he feels when an alternate goes through training, they expect to be appointed into a voting member position if a vacancy becomes open. Ms. Tatum stated if an alternate is trained, they would be ready to move into a vacant voting member position. Mr. Mayhew stated he feels the Commission needs people who are trained and prepared to serve on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he feels vacancies should not be voted on the first time the names are put on the agenda. He stated he preferred option 3 for the Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals, which would offer training of the public for