AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, January 4, 2022 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. | January 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator |
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b. | School Board Recognition Month Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor
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c. | Municipal Court Administrator Tiffany Totah earns Global Master of Business Administration Degree. Jesús Garza, City Manager |
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d. | Information Technology Director James Foote completed ICMA Performance Leadership Academy. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant 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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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 special meeting on December 10, 2021 and the special meeting on December 14, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary Special City Council Work Session - Dec 10 2021 - Minutes - Pdf |
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2. | An ordinance adopting a new Reapportionment Plan thereby revising city council member district boundaries in response to the 2020 Census. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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3. | Approve the first renewal of the City's annual bulk fuel supply contract with New Distributing in the amount of $832,127.30. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services |
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4. | Authorize Renewal of the Election Services Contract with the Victoria County Election Administrator for the administration of City elections. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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5. | Authorize an application to the Economic Development Administration's Travel Tourism and Outdoor Recreation program in an approximate amount of $1,586,400.00 for the Riverside Golf Course Greens Renovation project, commit City match requirement, and identify the source of funding for the match. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve an interlocal agreement with Victoria County to transfer some CDBG-DR Flood Buyout Program applicants to the County's grant. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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2. | Ratify minor construction contract with J&R Contracting Services, Inc for the Teakwood Emergency Sanitary Sewer Line Repair, in the amount of $53,800. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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3. | Ratify minor construction contract with Main Lane Industries, Ltd of Houston, Tx for the Emergency Bottom Street Sanitary Sewer Line Repairs Project in the amount of $156,500. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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4. | Award the 2022 Kelly Creek Drainage Twin 90-inch Corrugated Steel Pipe Repair Project to Lester Contracting, Inc. of Port Lavaca, TX for the low proposal of $475,785.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Award the Main Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project to J&R Contracting Services, Inc. of Victoria, TX for their low proposal of $1,396,647.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Keep Victoria Beautiful Updates. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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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