AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, May 16, 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. | Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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b. | EMS Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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c. | National Police Week and Peace Officers' Memorial 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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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 approving a budget amendment to the FY23 budget in the amount of $284,304.70 to cover the cost of a Paid Time Off (PTO) Payout Plan for applicable city employees. Cheryl Marthiljohni, Director of Human Resources |
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2. | An ordinance authorizing a variance to Section 14-10(B) of City Code for property located at 2804 North Laurent Street to allow the sale of alcohol. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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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 on May 2, 2023. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve five year wide-area mowing attachment lease to purchase agreement for Riverside Golf Course with The Huntington National Bank in the amount of $55,468.60. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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3. | Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Underground Planet Art Studio LLC, dba, Up Art Studios for the installation of two murals at the Laurent Street underpass in an amount not to exceed $115,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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4. | Approve an amendment to a master agreement with NewEdge Services, LLC, for implementation costs to add Environmental Services, Parks and B.E.S. to our existing Cityworks system in an amount of $59,700.00, for a total amount not to exceed $412,400.00. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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5. | A resolution of the City of Victoria, Texas finding that AEP Texas Inc.’s application to amend its distribution cost recovery factors to increase distribution rates within the city should be denied. Allison Lacey, City Attorney |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Authorize an application to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Transportation Alternatives program for the Downtown Main & Stayton Sidewalk Connectivity & ADA Upgrade Project to improve downtown sidewalks in an estimated amount of $3,340,786, and committing to the required local match amount of an estimated $668,157. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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2. | Authorize an application to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Transportation Alternatives program for the Victoria Main Street Multi-Use Trail & Sidewalk Project along both sides of Main Street from Tropical Drive to BUS 59 (Rio Grande) in an estimated amount of $6,571,433, and committing to the required local match amount of an estimated $1,314,286. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Truth-in-Taxation Calculation and Senate Bill 2 Overview. Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr, Chief Financial Officer |
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2. | Grant Activity Update. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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3. | Victoria Central Appraisal District Appraisal Process Report. Keri Wickliffe, Victoria Central Appraisal District, Chief Appraiser |
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4. | FY 2024 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Update. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Fiscal Year 2021–2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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WORK SESSION: |
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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