AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, March 2, 2021 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.
Remote access to participate in this meeting is available via Zoom webinar.
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Theatre In Our Schools Month Proclamation. Mayor Rawley McCoy |
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b. | Fire Department Employee Recognitions. Jesús Garza, City Manager |
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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. | An ordinance declaring unopposed candidates elected to the offices of City Council District 1, District 2, and District 4. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Ordenanza por la que se declaran elegidos los candidatos sin oposición a los cargos del Consejo Municipal del Distrito 1, del Distrito 2 y del Distrito 4. |
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2. | An ordinance amending the FY2020-2021 City of Victoria budget to repair, remodel, and harden Fire Station #1, to lease golf carts and a range utility vehicle, and for the City's contribution to the TxDOT Green Ribbon project, in the cumulative amount of $1,507,852.72. Wesley Janecek |
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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. | Approve the authorizing resolution for the First Responder Mental Health Program grant from the Office of the Governor of Texas. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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2. | Approval to apply for the 2020 Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant (AFG) for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) replacement. in the amount of $446,400.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Presentation of the 2020 Annual Report for the Victoria Fire Department. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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2. | Victoria Police Department 2020 Annual Report. Roberto Arredondo, Jr., Police Chief |
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3. | Municipal Court 2020 Annual Report. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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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 § 551.072, 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. Mike Etienne, PhD, Assistant City Manager |
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2. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.071, consultation with attorney on matter involving pending or contemplated litigation or other matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act . Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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3. | 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. . Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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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