AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, November 2, 2021 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Texas Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Moment of Silence. 5. Welcome Citizens. |
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | November 2021 Keep Victoria Beautiful Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator |
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b. | Municipal Court Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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c. | Arbor Day Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor
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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 an audit of the Victoria County Central Appraisal District. Duane Crocker, District 3 Councilman |
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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 and readopting Chapter 4 of the City Code of Ordinances, relating to animals and fowl. Thomas Gwosdz. City Attorney |
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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 regular meeting held on October 19, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve the annual purchase of uniforms for the Victoria Fire Department from Galls, Inc. through Buy Board Contract #603-20 in an estimated amount of $59,000.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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3. | Approve a variance to Section 21-83 for a property located at 4103 N. Navarro Street to allow an encroachment into the platted exterior side yard setback. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Approve a contract addendum with Emergicon, LLC to pay for consulting services provided Public Consulting Group, Inc. in the amount of $74,662.80. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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5. | Approve the purchase of a 150 kilowatt, trailer mounted generator from Doosan Portable Power in the amount of $74,231.75. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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6. | Approve a contract for wastewater sampling to Pace Analytical National, in the amount of $67,608.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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7. | Approve a resolution expressing official intent to reimburse costs of City projects from tax-exempt obligations to be issued by the City of Victoria and other matters related thereto. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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8. | Approve agreements between City of Victoria and University of Houston Victoria associated with the Innovative Collective. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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9. | Approve an agreement with Great America Financial Services for the lease to purchase of a Ricoh Pro C5310S MFP Copier in the amount of $54,063.72. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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10. | Approve a mowing and general grounds maintenance contract for Evergreen Cemetery with Kevin Stewart, dba, Ground Effects, in an amount not to exceed $65,110.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Award the 2021-22 Mill-Overlay Project (Airline Rd. and Mockingbird Ln.) to Brannan Paving Co., LTD of Victoria, Texas, for their proposal amount of $1,815,265.30. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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2. | Award the 2022 Residential Street Program (Maintenance Project) to Brannan Paving Co., LTD, for their proposal amount of $1,596,982.50. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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3. | Approve an agreement with Azteca Systems, LLC for CityWorks Software License and Maintenance in the amount of $180,000.00. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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4. | Approve a Master Services Agreement with NewEdge Services, LLC for software integration in the amount of $307,700. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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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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2. | Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer to 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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* 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