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AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 3, 2024 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
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CALL TO ORDER 1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Texas Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Moment of Silence. 5. Welcome Citizens. |
COMMUNICATION: |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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December Keep Victoria Beautiful Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Assistant Director of Environmental Services |
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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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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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An ordinance amending the 2024-2025 Budget of the City of Victoria to keep our TMRS plan with a Retroactive COLA in the amount of $203,966. Wesley Janecek, Finance Director |
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An ordinance amending the 2024-2025 Budget of the City of Victoria for costs related to the PTO Buyout Program in the amount of $1,226,076. Wesley Janecek, 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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Adoption of Minutes of the regular meeting held on November 19, 2024. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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An ordinance amending the 2024-2025 Budget of the City of Victoria, and carrying forward encumbrances outstanding at September 30, 2024. Second and third reading. Wesley Janecek, Finance Director |
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Approve the fourth and final contract renewal for the mowing of Loop 463 with Andrew Rodriguez, d/b/a AJ Shredding, in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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Approve the second contract renewal for mowing and maintenance of Evergreen Cemetery with WCD Enterprises, LLC, in the amount of $56,388.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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Approve variances to Section 21-259(a) and 21-260(f) for the proposed Preliminary Plat of Glen Haven Cottages Subdivision, being a 7.47 acre tract located on the north side of Ball Airport Road, between Mason Circle and Tuscany Drive. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Doucet & Associates, Inc. for design services for the Stayton Ave/West Outfall Stream Erosion Protection Project in an amount of $130,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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Approve a professional services agreement with DataVox, Inc. for the upgrade and configuration of the City's phone system in an amount not to exceed $140,671.57. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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Approve payment of the TCEQ Annual Water System Fee for the City's Public Water System in the amount of $60,995.20. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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Approve the purchase of three John Deere utility vehicles from Deer & Company for a total amount of $53,895.28. Lisa Wube, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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Approve the purchase of a raw water pump for the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant from Austin Armature Works LP in the amount of $78,916.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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Approve the purchase of one new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 from Sames Motor Company, Inc. in the amount of $52,540.00. Roger Welder, Director of Building Services |
ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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An ordinance amending Chapter 15 of the Victoria City Code to prohibit the operation of BYOB Establishments between the Hours of 2:00AM and 7:00AM Monday through Saturday, and 2:00AM and 10:00AM on Sunday; prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages at BYOB Establishments between the Hours of 2:00AM and 7:00AM Monday through Saturday, and 2:00AM and 10:00AM on Sunday; and amending Section 14-9 Hours for Sale and Consumption; providing penalties for violations; repealing conflicting ordinances; providing a savings clause; providing a severability clause; providing an effective date; and providing an open meetings clause. Second and third reading. Chuck Young, Police Chief |
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Approve a lease-purchase agreement for a Pierce Saber Fire Pumper from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group via Buy Board contract # 746-24 for $900,942.00. Michael Belt, Assistant Fire Chief |
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Award the contract for the Briggs Blvd. at Spring Creek - Water & Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project to Branch Construction Group, LLC in the amount of $329,470.00. David Sheblak, City Engineer |
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Approve a resolution authorizing the redemption of a portion of the outstanding City of Victoria, Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 and City of Victoria, Texas Certificates of Obligation, Series 2014 during the City’s 2024-2025 Fiscal Year. Wesley Janecek, Finance Director |
CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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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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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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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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 |
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