AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, September 19, 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. | Recognition of Outgoing Parks and Recreation Commission Members. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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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. | Approve an ordinance amending Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances by establishing a Downtown Entertainment District. Second and Third Reading. Kate Garcia, Main Street Manager |
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2. | Approve an amendment to Chapter 14 Section 14-52 ordinance to waive itinerant vendor permitting requirements within the Entertainment District. Kate Garcia, Main Street Manager |
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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 September 5, 2023 and the special work session on September 8, 2023. April Hilbrich, City Secretary City Council - Sep 05 2023 - Minutes - Pdf Special City Council Work Session - Sep 08 2023 - Minutes - Pdf |
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2. | Approve a contract with Sciens Consulting to perform ERP procurement consulting services in an amount not to exceed $74,740.00. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director |
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3. | Approve an Interlocal Agreement with for the the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission to Operate Victoria Public Transit for the Fiscal Year 2024, in the amount of $228,855.00. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Award the Radio Replacement Project to Affinnitti Business Solutions, Inc. for their competitive sealed proposal in the amount of $164,988.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Approve the purchase of a 40 horsepower pump from Odessa Pumps and Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $56,043.75. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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6. | Approve a Multiple Use Agreement with TxDOT for the Installation of License Plate Readers to Existing Poles Along US Highway 77; US Highway - Business 77. Chuck Young, Police Chief |
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7. | Approve a services contract with Compadres Design Inc. for Wayfinding Signage Repair and Replacement in an amount of $52,863.02. Joel Novosad, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau |
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8. | Award the Dog Park Phase II Improvements to Irrigation by Jason, Inc., of Cuero, Texas for their competitive sealed proposal in the amount of $82,232.98. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | An appeal to a variance request to Section 21-92 for a property located at 306 E. Commercial Street in order to allow for the approval to develop the property without providing additional off-street parking. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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2. | Appoint four members to the Parks and Recreation Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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3. | Allocate Funding to non-profit organizations for FY 2024 from the Child Safety Fund. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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4. | Allocate funding to outside agencies for 2023-2024 from the Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds. Joel Novosad, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau |
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5. | Approve cooperative purchasing contracts for various computers, software, peripherals, and related equipment in the amount of $ 1,042,383.00. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Update on local broadband improvement efforts. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant 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 § 551.071, 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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3. | 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