AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Monday, October 2, 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. | National 4-H Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor
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b. | October 2023 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Assistant Director of Environmental Services |
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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 removal of the juvenile curfew from City ordinance sections 15-30 through 15-34 to align with state law. Chuck Young, Police Chief |
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2. | Public hearing on the City of Victoria's application to the Texas General Land Office for an allocation from the Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Regional Mitigation program. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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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 for the regular meeting held on September 19, 2023. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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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.Second and Third Reading. Kate Garcia, Main Street Manager |
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3. | Approve an agreement between the City of Victoria and Siddons-Martin Emergency Group for the refurbishment of a 2009 Pierce Arrow Pumper in the amount of $535,000.00. Michael Belt, Assistant Fire Chief |
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4. | Approve the annual purchase of uniforms for the Victoria Fire Department from Galls, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00. Michael Belt, Assistant Fire Chief |
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5. | Appoint a member to the Board of Health. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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6. | Approve the purchase of a 2023 International CV515 Diesel Type 1 Frazier built ambulance from Southwest International Trucks, Inc of Dallas Texas and accompanying Stryker Power-load System in the amount of $346,572.76. Mark Martyn, EMS Battalion Chief |
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7. | Approve the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Comprehensive Grant from the Texas Department of Transportation in the amount of $32,489.14, which requires financial participation from the City in the amount of $6,517.64. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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8. | Approve the 2nd Amendment to the containerized commercial solid waste contract with Waste Management of Texas, Inc. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appoint/Reappoint members to the Food Establishment Appeals Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Nominate a candidate or candidates to serve on the Victoria Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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3. | Approve the FY2023-2024 Victoria Sales Tax Development Corporation Budget. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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4. | Approve variances to Section 10-115 and 13-27 of the City Code to allow for the replacement of an existing septic system for 109 Leisure Lane. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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5. | Approve a resolution to forward the draft Airport Joint-Action Agreement to the FAA for their review and comment. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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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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