NOTICE

CITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TRANSPORTATION CENTER

305 E. AUSTIN STREET

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2024 @ 5:30 P.M.

 

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Jefferson City Council will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 5:30 PM at the Transportation Center at 305 E. Austin Street, Jefferson, Texas, at which time the subjects to be considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below.  Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on the meeting notice.  Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified with the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.

AGENDA

  1. CALL TO ORDER – MAYOR
  2. INVOCATION
  3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  1. WELCOME GUESTS AND VISITORS

Public Comments –

  • Public Comments will only be taken during the Public Comments section of the agenda.
  • Must sign up in advance on the list and must limit to 3 minutes conversation.
  • Jefferson City Council may ask questions but shall not discuss items that are not on the agenda.
  • On a subject that is not on the agenda, a person may request to add an item to a future City Council Agenda by contacting City Hall. The deadline for the request to be placed on an agenda for consideration must be received with all corresponding documents by 5pm the Wednesday before the regularly scheduled meeting.
  • While civil public criticism is not prohibited; disorderly conduct or disturbance of the peace as prohibited by law shall be cause for the chair to terminate the offender’s time to speak.

5. MAYORS COMMENTS

a. Update on the need for updated sewer line infrastructure to support the 220 Austin Street application for building permits.

b. Update on the RG3 meter register warranty not being honored timely.

6. POLICE CHIEF COMMENTS

a. Quarterly Update

7. PRESENTATIONS <Limited to 10 minutes each)

a. NETMWD Quarterly Update – George Otstott

8. Comprehensive Strategic Final Presentation

a. Texas Target Communities – Jeewasmi Thapa, AICP Senior Program Coordinator Texas

9. CONSENT AGENDA (City Council reserves the right to remove items from the Consent Agenda and consider and/or approve individually)

a. Consider and/or approve April 16, 2024 Regular Council meeting minutes.

b. Consider and/or approve May 14, 2024 Special Council meeting minutes.

c. Consider and/or approve May 21, 2024 Regular Council meeting minutes.

d. Consider and/or approve Monthly Financial Reports.

e. Consider and/or approve Alvin Dean Williams resignation without two weeks’ notice to be effective May 24, 2024.

f. Consider and/or approve the Marion County Chamber of Commerce event application for the Taste of Jefferson to be held on October 20, 2024.

g. Consider and/or approve the amended 6th Annual Jefferson Antique Tractor Show event application for September 13 and 14, 2024. (Previously approved on 3/26/24)

h. Consider and/or approve the Woofstock Event and Buddy’s Run to the Rescue Event Application for September 20, 21, and 22, 2024.

10. ACTION ITEMS

a. Consider, discuss, and/or approve the Big Cypress Corvette Weekend event application for June 5, 6, and 7 2025.

b. Consider, discuss, and/or approve the ’24 Jefferson Highway Convoy event application for October 22 and 23, 2024.

c. Consider, discuss, and/or approve Deborah Edwards Application for Building Permit (1008 S. Main-A )

d. Consider, discuss, and/or approve Deborah Edwards Application for Building Permit (1008 S. Main-B )

e. Consider, discuss, and/or approve a renewal agreement with Kologic for the Police Department report management system.

f. Consider, discuss, and/or approve hiring a Contract City Attorney.

g. Consider, discuss, and/or approve Advertising for the role of City Administrator.

j. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Mayor Finstrom.

i. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Shadden.

j. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Taylor Johnson.

k. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Tourism by Mayor Finstrom.

l. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Tourism by Ald. Shadden.

m. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Tourism by Ald. Taylor Johnson.

m. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Planning & Zoning by Mayor Finstrom.

o. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Planning & Zoning by Ald. Shadden.

p. Consider, discuss, and/or approve appointment to Planning & Zoning by Ald. Taylor Johnson.

q. Consider, discuss, and/or approve advertising for bids to repair the border and mulch area of the playground at Lions Park and the Haywood St. Park next to the Marion County Community Center.

r. Consider, discuss, and/or approve advertising for bids for a maintenance service contract on municipal buildings.

s. Consider, discuss, and/or approve advertising for bids for an all-in-one financial software company.

  1. DISCUSSION ITEMS

a. Council Initiatives update:

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Jefferson City Council reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during the Course of the meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above or below, as authorized by the Texas Government Code.

a. Section 551.071 – Consultation with an Attorney

b. Section 551.072 – Deliberations concerning Real Property

c. Section 551.073 – Deliberations concerning gifts/donations

d. Section 551.074 – Deliberations concerning Personnel Matters: (appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee)

e. Section 551.076 – Deliberation concerning Municipal Security

f. Section 551.087 – Economic Development

13. POST-EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION ITEMS

14. ADJOURNMENT

Certificate of Posting

I, Melissa Boyd, City Secretary for the City of Jefferson, Texas do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted at City Hall, 102 N. Polk Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on this the 14th day of June 2024, at 5:00pm. and remained to posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.

Melissa Boyd, City Secretary

ATTENDANCE BY OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIALS: It is anticipated that members of the City Council, or other city board, commissions and/or committees (JEDCO, Tourism, Citizen Action and Diversity, Core Team, Planning and Zoning, Quiet Zone, etc.) may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the other city boards, commissions and/or committees.  Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also noticed as a meeting of the other boards, commissions and/or committees of the City, whose members may be in attendance.  The members of the boards, commissions and/or committees may participate in discussions on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for an on an agenda for that board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.

 

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