3. PUBLIC COMMENT a. Related to any matter not on the agenda - 2 minutes per speaker b. Related to any matter on the agenda - 5 minutes per speaker
CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. An item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion by request of a member of Council.) a. Approve the minutes of the City Council Special Session held on March 1, 2011. [Lee Woodward, City Secretary] b. Authorize the City Manager to apply for, accept if awarded, and implement the National Endowment for the Arts grant for $20,000, with $10,000 match. [Dr. Sherry McKibben, Community Development Specialist] c. Approval for the construction of a gravity sanitary sewer from the existing lift station located at Highway 75 and Southwood Drive to a proposed manhole at the intersection of Highway 19 and Southwood Drive. [Carol Reed, Director of Public Utilities] d. Approve Ordinance 2011-27, amending the budget for FY10-11. [Winston Duke, Finance Director]
STATUTORY AGENDA a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-29, amending the traffic schedule to ratify No Parking signs on 14th Street between Avenue N and Avenue O, 1st reading. [Aron Kulhavy, Director of Public Works] b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to present the City’s water plan for citizen approval. [Bill Baine, City Manager and Mayor Pro Tem Woodward]
Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-26 to set up triennial sunset review process for non-mandated Boards, Commission, or Committees, 2nd reading. [Mayor Turner]
b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-25 to amend Veterans Affairs Advisory Board requirement for a quorum to six (6) members, 2nd reading. [Mayor Turner] c. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-28, updating Ordinance 2004-16 to reflect changes in TIRZ Board of Directors to match the Interlocal Agreement with Walker County, 1st reading. [Leonard Schneider, City Attorney] d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to nominate Bill Gibson to the open seat on the TIRZ #1 Board of Directors. [Mayor Turner]
City Manager’s Report 1. Updates on City construction, grants, studies, City projects, City purchases, and economic development.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT a. Related to any matter - 2 minutes per speaker 8. MEDIA INQUIRIES RELATED TO MATTERS ON THE AGENDA 9. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (Hear announcements concerning items of community interest from the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff for which no action will be discussed or taken.) a. Rededication of plaque at Courthouse for Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution on Saturday, April 9, at 10 a.m., lunch to follow at the Veterans Shelter, free and open to the public. b. On March 25th, about 4:30pm, Bataan Death March Survivor Sgt. Virgil LaRue will be escorted through town on his way to the airport to be flown to New Mexico for the Death March annual marathon, to be run by a team named in his honor. 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. City Council will convene in closed session as authorized by Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Section 551.074 - personnel matters regarding the evaluation of City Secretary Lee Woodward. [Mayor Turner] 11. RECONVENE a. Take action, if necessary, on items addressed during Executive Session. 12. ADJOURNMENT
Mar 15, 2011 City Council
3. PUBLIC COMMENT a. Related to any matter not on the agenda - 2 minutes per speaker b. Related to any matter on the agenda - 5 minutes per speaker
CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. An item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion by request of a member of Council.) a. Approve the minutes of the City Council Special Session held on March 1, 2011. [Lee Woodward, City Secretary] b. Authorize the City Manager to apply for, accept if awarded, and implement the National Endowment for the Arts grant for $20,000, with $10,000 match. [Dr. Sherry McKibben, Community Development Specialist] c. Approval for the construction of a gravity sanitary sewer from the existing lift station located at Highway 75 and Southwood Drive to a proposed manhole at the intersection of Highway 19 and Southwood Drive. [Carol Reed, Director of Public Utilities] d. Approve Ordinance 2011-27, amending the budget for FY10-11. [Winston Duke, Finance Director]
STATUTORY AGENDA a. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-29, amending the traffic schedule to ratify No Parking signs on 14th Street between Avenue N and Avenue O, 1st reading. [Aron Kulhavy, Director of Public Works] b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to present the City’s water plan for citizen approval. [Bill Baine, City Manager and Mayor Pro Tem Woodward]
Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-26 to set up triennial sunset review process for non-mandated Boards, Commission, or Committees, 2nd reading. [Mayor Turner]
b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-25 to amend Veterans Affairs Advisory Board requirement for a quorum to six (6) members, 2nd reading. [Mayor Turner] c. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Ordinance 2011-28, updating Ordinance 2004-16 to reflect changes in TIRZ Board of Directors to match the Interlocal Agreement with Walker County, 1st reading. [Leonard Schneider, City Attorney] d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to nominate Bill Gibson to the open seat on the TIRZ #1 Board of Directors. [Mayor Turner]
City Manager’s Report 1. Updates on City construction, grants, studies, City projects, City purchases, and economic development.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT a. Related to any matter - 2 minutes per speaker 8. MEDIA INQUIRIES RELATED TO MATTERS ON THE AGENDA 9. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (Hear announcements concerning items of community interest from the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff for which no action will be discussed or taken.) a. Rededication of plaque at Courthouse for Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution on Saturday, April 9, at 10 a.m., lunch to follow at the Veterans Shelter, free and open to the public. b. On March 25th, about 4:30pm, Bataan Death March Survivor Sgt. Virgil LaRue will be escorted through town on his way to the airport to be flown to New Mexico for the Death March annual marathon, to be run by a team named in his honor. 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. City Council will convene in closed session as authorized by Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Section 551.074 - personnel matters regarding the evaluation of City Secretary Lee Woodward. [Mayor Turner] 11. RECONVENE a. Take action, if necessary, on items addressed during Executive Session. 12. ADJOURNMENT