AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, July 6, 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. |
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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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b. | Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award presented to Vela Farms. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | City Secretary's Office Achievement of Excellence Award Recognition. 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 amending Chapters 5 and 9 of the Victoria City Code by adopting the 2021 International Building Codes series, as amended. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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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 June 15, 2021 regular Council meeting and the special Council meetings on June 21, 2021 and June 22, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary City Council - Jun 15 2021 - Minutes - Pdf |
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2. | An ordinance establishing the City of Victoria Municipal Court as a court of record. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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3. | Approve a contract with Evoqua Water Technologies to recondition the chlorine scrubber located at the Surface Water Treatment Plant, in the amount of $59,816.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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4. | An ordinance Amending and Re-adopting Traffic Regulation Schedules as provided in various sections of City Code. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Approve a variance to Section 21-82(a)(1) for a property located at 605 N. Cleveland Street to allow for replatting of a single-family residential lot with a total lot size of 3,751 square feet. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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6. | Approve a variance to Section 21-83(a)(2) for properties located at 8401 and 8405 N. Navarro Street; 108 Primrose Street; and 702 Bingham Road to allow for replatting of the property into commercial lots with four of the proposed commercial lots having lot widths below the minimum requirement for commercial lots. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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7. | Approve the renewal of an annual supply contract with Brenntag Southwest, Inc. for Liquid Chlorine in an estimated amount of $184,470.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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8. | Approve the renewal of an annual supply contract with Brenntag Southwest, Inc. for Liquid Phosphate-based Corrosion Inhibitor in an estimated amount of $60,750.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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9. | Approve the renewal of an annual supply contract with International Dioxide, Inc. for Liquid Sodium Chlorite in an estimated amount of $119,520.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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10. | Approve the renewal of an annual supply contract with Pencco, Inc. for Liquid Ferrous Chloride in an estimated amount of $79,886.40. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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11. | Reject Non-responsive Proposal for a Vendor Service Agreement for City-wide Uniform Rental Services. Laura Gonzalez, Budgeting and Purchasing Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Award the Airline Road Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Street Improvements Project to J&R Contracting, Inc. of Victoria, Tx for their low proposal amount of $1,371,294.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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2. | Approve a service contract with Waste Management of Texas, Inc. for Solid Waste Services. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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3. | Approve a contract amendment with HDL Companies for sales tax audit services. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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4. | An ordinance amending and re-adopting Traffic Regulation Schedules as provided in various sections of City Code. Ken Gill |
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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. | 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