AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, October 20, 2020 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Welcome Citizens. |
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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b. | A CDBG-CV Grant funded Flu Vaccination Clinic for Vulnerable Populations is scheduled for October 26-28 from 11am to 1pm at Queen City Park. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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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. | Amend Chapter 13 of the City Code regarding the Industrial Pretreatment Program to incorporate the Pretreatment Streamline Rule as required by the TCEQ. Ken Gill, Public Works 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. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve the purchase of four vehicles and equipment from various vendors utilizing government cooperative purchasing contracts in the amount of $689,193.89. Roger Welder, Building and Equipment Services Director |
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3. | Amending Chapter 24 of the Victoria City Code to increase rates for residential yard waste and residential brush and bulky collection. Darryl Lesak, Environmental Services Director |
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4. | Budget Amendment for Coronavirus Hazard Pay Program. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Director of Finance |
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5. | Revise the designated authorized signatories for the Hurricane Harvey - Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program contract 20-066-007-C041 to include the Mayor. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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6. | Approve the purchase of annual uniforms for the Victoria Fire Department from Galls, Inc. through Buy Board Contract #587-19 in an estimated amount of $59,000.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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7. | Approve a lease purchase agreement for a Skeeter brush truck from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group via Buy Board contract # 571-18 for the amount of $191,646.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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8. | Approve a lease purchase of a Pierce fire truck (1500 gpm pumper) from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group via Buy Board contract # 571-18 in the amount of $744,364.68. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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9. | Approve an Installation Agreement for replacement of Riverside Golf Course irrigation pump system with Pumps Motors & Controls, Inc. in the amount of $92,750.00. Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director |
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10. | Approve an Installation Agreement with Dekra-Lite Industries, Inc. for Christmas tree installation in the amount of $90,242.00. Danielle Williams, Main Street Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appoint member to the Victoria Public Library Advisory Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for the development of a Parks Master Plan in the amount of $149,270.00. Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director |
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3. | Approve an Economic Development Agreement to incentivize construction of a new retail shopping center by relocating a highway off-ramp for $816,087.19. Mike Etienne, PhD, Assistant City Manager |
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4. | Authorize the City's grant application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the Duck Pond Project. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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5. | Adopt an update to the City of Victoria's financial policies to ensure they are compliant with federal regulations in accordance with the CDBG-MIT program requirements. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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6. | Authorize the submission of a Community Development Block Grant Mitigation application to the Texas General Land Office. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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7. | Approve cooperative purchasing contracts for various computers, software, peripherals and related equipment in the amount of $1,286,172. James Foote, IT Director |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Child Safety Fee report. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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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. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer of 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. | Executive Session in accordance with 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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* 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