AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, August 2, 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. | Farmer's Market Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor
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b. | August 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Community Appearance 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. | Adopt the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2022-2023 One- Year Action Plan and authorize the City Manager to submit all required documentation for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 CDBG Program to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 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 the regular meeting on July 19, 2022. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | An ordinance amending and readopting Chapter 4 and Section 24-22 of the City Code of Ordinances to reflect the separation of the Victoria County Public Health Department and Animal Control Services. Allison E. Lacey, City Attorney |
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3. | Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant from Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission for the purchase of three solar recycle compactors in the amount of $12,741.00. Christy Youker, Community Appearance Manager |
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4. | Approve the 1st amendment to the debris management contract with AshBritt, Inc. of Deerfield Beach, Florida. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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5. | Appoint Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr., C.P.A. as the representative to perform the No-New-Revenue (Effective) Tax Rate and Voter-Approval (Rollback) Tax Rate calculations. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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6. | Authorize the publication of the "Notice of Meeting to Vote on Tax Rate." Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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7. | Approve a memorandum of understanding with Victoria County for the 2022 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. Roberto Arredondo, Chief of Police |
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8. | Award a contract with Fun Abounds Inc., via governmental purchasing contract, for the manufacturing, delivery and installation of the Ted B. Reed Park Playground in an amount not to exceed $182,468.20. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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9. | Approve the addition of Task Order 7 to the City's contract with Burns & McDonnell for the permitting of the Victoria Landfill expansion in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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10. | Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract for drainage mowing with Bio Landscape and Maintenance, Inc., dba, Yellowstone Landscaping of Houston, TX for their competitive sealed proposal of $367,561.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Propose Tax Rate, schedule public hearings, and schedule a vote to adopt the tax rate for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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2. | Schedule public hearings on 2022-2023 Budget. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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3. | Authorize City Manager to execute contracts with Frost Bank for depository bank services. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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4. | Confirm the City's Program for HOT Funds Awards for Outside Agencies. Joel Novosad, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau |
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5. | Appoint a member to the Building and Standards Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Deliver Certified Tax Roll to Mayor and City Council. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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2. | Deliver Fiscal Year 2022-2023 City of Victoria Proposed Annual Budget to Mayor and City Council. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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WORK SESSION: |
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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 § 551.087, 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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2. | 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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A quorum of the city council will be present at 107 W. Juan Linn St, Victoria Texas ("City Council Chambers"), and the city intends to have a quorum present at that location. The Presiding officer of the meeting will be present at City Council chambers, and that location will be open to the public. Other city council members may participate in this meeting by video conference, so long as their face is visible, and their voice audible to members of the public in attendance at City Council Chambers while that member is speaking.
* 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