AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, November 17, 2020 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Welcome Citizens. |
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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a. | Live public access is available on TV15.
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b. | City of Victoria Film Friendly and Music Friendly Certified Community Recognition Ceremony. Joel Novosad, Convention and Visitors Bureau Director |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Proclamation for National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Mayor Rawley McCoy |
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3. | ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:
With respect to items not listed on this agenda, City Council Members may request specific factual information, a recitation of existing policy, or placement of items on the City Council agenda for discussion at a following meeting. |
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4. | CITIZEN COMMUNICATION:
At this time, the public is invited to address the City Council and speak on any matter not specifically listed for public hearing in the subsection titled: “Public Hearings,” below. Please note that City Council may not deliberate on topics not included on this agenda. |
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ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS:
The City Council shall call a public hearing before taking action on each item below in this section. Any person wishing to address the City Council on these items should please come forward when that public hearing is called. |
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1. | Ordinance amending the 2020-2021 Budget of the City of Victoria, and carrying forward encumbrances outstanding at September 30, 2020. Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr. CPA, Chief Financial Officer |
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CONSENT AGENDA:
All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered after the remainder of the consent agenda. Information concerning consent agenda items is available for public review. |
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1. | Adoption of Minutes. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve the purchase of six Ford Explorer Police Interceptors from Silsbee Ford utilizing government cooperative purchasing contract GoodBuy 20-8F000 in the amount of $237,943.20. Roger Welder, Building and Equipment Services Director |
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3. | Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Traylor & Associates for grant administration services related to the CDBG-MIT grant program. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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4. | Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Doucet & Associates for engineering services related to the CDBG-MIT grant program. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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5. | TCEQ annual Consolidated Water Quality Assessment Fee for Wastewater Treatment Plants. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Ratify minor construction contract with J & R Contracting Services, Inc. for Crestwood Dr. emergency sanitary sewer line replacement, in an amount of $63,200.00. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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2. | Accept a donation from the Victoria 100 Club for the purchase of an Apex Officer X360 Pro Training Simulator from Govred Technology, Inc, in the amount of $62,500. Mark Jameson, Interim Police Chief |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Update on procurement of Containerized Commercial Solid Waste Collections contract. Darryl Lesak, Environmental Services Director |
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EXECUTIVE SESSIONS:
All items listed in this section may be considered Action Items and City Council may take action on any item listed in this section without further notice. |
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1. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect that the City Council seeks to have, locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the City of Victoria and with which the City of Victoria is conducting economic development negotiations. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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2. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property interests due to the fact that deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third party. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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* Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any subject mentioned in any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda may be deliberated by City Council, and such words or phrases are hereby added as additional subjects to be considered. Resolutions, ordinances, and other actions concerning any word, phrase, or other subject of this meeting include the regulation of animals, construction, signs, unsafe buildings, floodplains, land development, nuisances, mowing, sanitation, food establishments, manufactured house, itinerant vendors, outdoor sales, water conservation practices, and proposed changes to the City Charter. Any descriptions of property or amounts stated herein are descriptive and not restrictive, and property and amounts may be changed in the motions, actions, or documents without further public notice.
** In addition to the items listed under “Public Hearings,” every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing
*** Any penal ordinance of the City of Victoria or item which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Victoria budget, including, without limitation, any park, street, water pipe, sewer, drainage structure, department, employee, contract, capital improvement project, or real property interest of the City of Victoria may be discussed and deliberated as a City Manager’s Report, and the subject is hereby defined as such without further notice.
****Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether it is listed under “Executive Sessions” of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of City Council. Executive sessions herein are closed meetings, may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda, plus any subject specified in the executive session notice, and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.084, and/or 551.087. Executive sessions may be held at 105 W. Juan Linn, Victoria, Texas or such other location as determined by the City Council. This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney’s office, and the presence of any subject in the Executive Session portion of this agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Chapter 551 of the Texas Local Government Code by the attorney for the governmental body indicating that said subject may be legally discussed in a closed meeting