NOTICE

CITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TRANSPORTATION CENTER

305 E. AUSTIN STREET

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025 @ 5:30 P.M.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Jefferson City Council will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 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.
  1. PRESENTATIONS – Limited to 10 minutes each

a. Friends of Jefferson Animals (FOJA) – Sharon Goolsby

b. Schaumburg & Polk, Inc. (SPI) – Lisa Crossman

  1. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/CITY SECRETARY COMMENTS

a. Accounting Software: FundView & OpenGov

b. Willdan Engineering Update.

c. House Bill H.B. 1522 Meeting Notice Period

  1. 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 June 17, 2025 Regular Council meeting minutes.

b. Consider and/or approve appointment of Karen Jones to calculate tax rates.

c. Consider and/or approve hiring Braden Andrew Oglesby to fill the patrol officer position at the rate of $20.00 per hour with benefits to be effective July 27, 2025.

d. Consider and/or approve the Jefferson High School Homecoming Parade Special Event Application for September 12, 2025.

  1. ACTION ITEMS

a. Discuss, consider and/or approve Marion Central Appraisal District 2026 Operating Budget.

b. Discuss, consider and/or approve Donald Foxworthy’s application for Building Permit. (205 N. Bridge – Shed)

c. Discuss, consider and/or approve Sharon Goolsby’s application for building permit. (312 N. Walnut – Addition to building)

d. Discuss, consider and/or approve Jim and Vicki Myers request to place a dumpster in 3 parking spaces located on Lafayette Street at the corner of Walnut and Lafayette due to roof replacement on the building.

e. Discuss, consider and/or approve purchasing the fence and flower beds from Mildred Manning, located on city property at the dead end of River Oaks. 

f. Consider, discuss and/or approve a Petition to declare the complete alleyway located in all of Block 114 of the Urquhart Addition, in the City of Jefferson, to be abandoned and closed and to convey to the adjoining property owners.

g. Consider, discuss and/or approve Ordinance 2025-7-1 AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING A STREET AND ALLEY LOCATED AT Block 114 OF THE URQUHART ADDITION, JEFFERSON, MARION COUNTY, TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF ALLEYS; RETAINING PORTIONS OF THE EASEMENT AS UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ABANDONMENT; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

h. Consider, discuss and/or approve Deed Without Warranty for the abandoned and closed portion of the alley located in Block 114 of the Urquhart Addition, in the City of Jefferson.

i. Discuss, consider and/or approve applying a 2” overlay to complete street maintenance repairs. Individual projects selected based on areas of high traffic use:

  1. Harrison St. from HWY 59 to Owens St.
  2. Harrison St. from Owens St to Friou St.
  3. Harrison St. from Friou St. To Alley St.
  4. Harrison St. from Alley St. to Main St.
  5. Harrison St. from Main St. to Line St.
  6. Henderson St. from Polk St. to Walnut St.
  7. Henderson St. from Polk St. to the Alley that runs behind the Life Center
  8. Henderson St. from the Alley that runs behind the Life Center to Vale St.
  9. Elizabeth St. from Owens to Friou St.
  10. Elizabeth St. from Friou to Alley St.
  11. Elizabeth St. from Alley to Main St.
  12. Elizabeth St. from Main to Bridge St.
  13. Elizabeth St. from Bridge to St. John

j. Discuss, consider and/or approve Ordinance 2025-7-2 FEEDING OF ANIMALS PROHIBITED, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES.

k. Discuss, consider and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Hengst.

l. Discuss, consider and/or approve appointment to Tourism Board by Ald. Hengst.

m. Discuss, consider and/or approve appointment to Planning and Zoning by Ald. Hengst.

n. Discuss, consider and/or approve setting dates and times for the 2025/2026 budget workshops.

  1. DISCUSSION ITEMS

a. Council Initiatives update:

  1. Firehouse & City Hall structure – Bubba
  2. Stop & street signs plus city street painting updates – TBD
  3. Employee Handbook redo – Robin
  4. Street campaigns – TBD
  5. Drainage items –April
  6. Cemetery needs – Ray
  7. Building inspector & ordinances – Ray
  8. City Limits & Floodplain surveys – Robin
  9. Mass Communication & town siren – Hollis
  10. General Grant needs & mgmt. – TBD
  11. City parks – Hollis
  12. City signage in streets, sidewalks, city ROWs, private property – Hollis
  13. “Welcome to Jefferson” signs on Hwy 59 (current condition, potential plans, funding, volunteer groups, on-going maintenance, etc.) – April
  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) (Public Works Director) (Utility Billing Clerk) (City Administrator)

e. Section 551.076 – Deliberation concerning Municipal Security

f. Section 551.087 – Economic Development

  1. POST-EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION ITEMS 
  1. 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 11th day of July 2025, at 5:00 pm 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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