AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, May 18, 2021 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Moment of Silence. 4. Welcome Citizens. 5. Oaths of Office. 6. Elect Mayor Pro-Tempore. |
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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. | Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month Proclamation. Josephine E. Soliz, Mayor Pro-Tem |
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b. | EMS Week Proclamation. Josephine E. Soliz, Mayor Pro-Tem |
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c. | Stop the Bleed Proclamation. Josephine E. Soliz, Mayor Pro-Tem |
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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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a. | Discussion of Facial Covering Requirements in City Buildings. Jeff Bauknight, City Council member, District 3 |
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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:
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1. | Update on Crestwood Phase I Traffic Flow. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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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 of the May 4, 2021 Council meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Reappointment and Appointment of members to the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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3. | Award the Rehabilitation of Water Well No. 14 Project to Weisinger Incorporated of Conroe, TX in the amount of $147,022.00. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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4. | Approve a five year lease purchase agreement for eight Philips Tempus monitor/defibrillators from Philips North American in the amount of $345,959.13. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve the contract for architectural services for the Fire Station #1 project with Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, Inc. (BRW) of College Station, Texas in the amount of $128,000. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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2. | Designation of Victoria Farmers' Market located at 2805 N. Navarro as a farmers' market in accordance with section 14-58(c) of the City Code. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Update on American Rescue Plan Act Funding. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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2. | Update on Grant Activity. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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3. | Update on the Capitol Improvement Program. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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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