AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, February 7, 2023 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. | February 2023 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Community Appearance Manager |
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b. | Recognition of the 2022 Annual Peer Award recipients for the Victoria Fire Department. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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c. | Recognition of the City Secretary's Office for the 5 Star Award for 2022 and City Secretary Hilbrich receiving her recertification as a Texas Registered Municipal Clerk. Jesús A. 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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a. | Discuss Appointees to the Victoria Regional Airport Steering Committee. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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. | Discuss and approve an ordinance by the city council of the City of Victoria, Texas, authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of City of Victoria, Texas certificates of obligation, series 2023; approving and authorizing an official statement and the distribution thereof; approving a purchase contract and a paying agent/registrar agreement; approving and authorizing all other instruments and procedures related thereto; and providing for an immediate effective date. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director |
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2. | Discuss and approve an ordinance by the city council of the City of Victoria, Texas, authorizing the issuance, sale and delivery of City of Victoria, Texas utility system revenue bonds, series 2023; approving and authorizing an official statement and the distribution thereof; approving a purchase contract and a paying agent/registrar agreement; approving and authorizing all other instruments and procedures related thereto; and providing for an immediate effective date. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director |
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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 January 17, 2023 and the special meeting held on January 26, 2023. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Authorize a grant application for the FY24 Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program in an approximate amount of $13,226.55, and designate the City Manager as the Authorized Official. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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3. | Approve five year golf cart lease agreement for Riverside Golf Course with E-Z-GO in the amount of $391,590.00. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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4. | Approve the purchase of a 850 gpm horizontal mounted pump from Austin Armature Works, LP in the amount of $68,370.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Ratify the Brownson Street Emergency Sanitary Sewer Replacement (Commercial St. to Goodwin Ave.) project to J&R Contracting Services, Inc. for their low quote of $109,810.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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6. | Approve an advanced funding agreement with TxDOT for illumination and signage improvements at the intersection of Pleasant Green and Callis Street. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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7. | Approve a contract with PlayWorks, Inc., via governmental purchasing contract for the delivery and installation of a gazebo manufactured by The PlayWell Group Inc. for the Riverside Duck Pond Gazebo in an amount not to exceed $90,226.42. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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8. | Approve the purchase of (80) SCOTT SCBA from HEAT Safety Equipment, LLC. in the amount of $638,556.64. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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9. | Award the City of Victoria Water Line Extension US 59 Project to Lester Contracting, Inc. of Port Lavaca, Tx for the low proposal amount of $174,253.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Award a contract for owner's representative services for the Public Safety Headquarters Project to AG|CM, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $560,693.00. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant City Manager |
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2. | Award the Dairy Road Reconstruction Project (Salem Rd to Whispering Creek) to Brannan Paving Company, LTD for their low proposal amount of $3,152,377.83. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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3. | Award the Tanglewood Utility Improvement Project Phase 1 to J&R Contracting Services, Inc. for the low proposal amount of $4,277,534. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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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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3. | Texas Government Code § 551.071, consultation with attorney on matter involving pending or contemplated litigation or other matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Allison E. Lacey, City Attorney |
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4. | Texas Government Code § 551.074, with regard to personnel matters including, but not limited to, the routine annual performance review of the City Manager and City Attorney. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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