HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-24 Regular Meeting Agenda AGENDA
Regular City Council Meeting
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 @ 6:30 P M
A nna City Hall, Council Chambers
111 N. P owell P arkway, Anna, Texas 75409
T he City Council of the City of A nna will meet in Regular S ession at 6:30 P M, on March
24, 2020, at the Anna C ity Hall, L ocated at 111 North Powell P arkway (Hwy 5), to
consider the following items.
Welcome to the City Council Meeting. Please sign the Sign-In-Sheet as a record of
attendance. If you wi sh to speak on an open-session agenda i tem, please fill out the
Opinion/Speaker Registration Form and turn it in to the Ci ty Secretary before the
meeting starts.
1.Call to Order, Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum.
2.I nvocation and P ledge of A llegiance.
3.Citizen Comments.
At thi s time, any person may address the City Council regarding an item on this
meeting agenda that is not scheduled for public hearing. Also, at this time any
person may address the Counci l regarding an item that is not on this meeting
agenda. Each person will be allowed up to three (3) minutes to speak. No
discussion or action may be taken at this meeting on items not listed on this
agenda, other than to make statements of specific factual information in
response to a citizen's inquiry or to reci te existing poli cy i n response to the
inquiry.
4.Receive reports from Staff or the City Council about items of community interest.
Items of communi ty i nterest include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or
condolence; i nformation regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary
recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen (but not
including a change in status of a person's public office or publ ic empl oyment); a
reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing
body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or communi ty event organized
or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is
scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or
employee of the municipality; and announcements involving an imminent threat
to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after
the posting of the agenda.
a.Staff will provide an update on the Ferguson Parkway project funding.
a
b.Chief I som will provide a brief update on C O V I D-19 activities.
a
5.Consent Items.
These items consist of non-controversial or "housekeeping" items required by
law. Items may be considered individually by any Council member making such
request prior to a motion and vote on the Consent Items.
a.Approve Council Meeting Minutes for March 10, 2020. (City Secretary Carrie
Land)
a
b.Review CDC/EDC Joint Meeting Minutes from the February 6, 2020 Meeting
(Economic Development Director Joey Grisham)
a
c.Approve a Resolution accepting the FY 2019 audit report (Dana Thornhill)
a
d.Approve an Ordinance providing for requirements and verification of
requirements for elective office. (City Secretary Carrie Land)
a
6.Consider/Discuss/Action regarding approval of an ordinance extending the
declaration of disaster and public health emergency. (City Manager Jim Proce)
a
7.Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance postponing the May 2, 2020 General and
Special Election to the November 3, 2020 Uniform Election Date. (City Secretary
Carrie Land)
a
8.CLOSED SESSION (EXCEPTIONS)
Under Tex. Gov't Code Chapter 551, the City Council may enter into closed
session to discuss any items listed or referenced on this agenda under the
following exceptions:
a.Consult with legal counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation and/or
on matters 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 Chapter 551 of the Government Code (Tex. Gov’t Code
§551.071). architect contract
a
b.Discuss or deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property
(Tex. Gov’t Code §551.072); city facilities; acquisition of easements
a
c.Discuss or deliberate Economic Development Negotiations: (1) To discuss or
deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has
received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the City of Anna and with which the City is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) To deliberate the offer
of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by
subdivision (1). (Tex. Gov’t Code §551.087); possible incentive agreements
with property developers; pending negotiations on development agreements.
a
d.Discuss or deliberate personnel matters (Tex. Gov’t Code §551.074); Boards
and Commission Members; Personnel
a
The Council further reserves the right to enter into executive session at any time
throughout any duly noticed meeting under any applicable exception to the Open
Meetings Act.
9.Consider/Discuss/Action on any items listed on any agenda—work session, regular
meeting, or closed session—that is duly posted by the City of Anna for any City
Council meeting occurring on the same date as the meeting noticed in this agenda.
(If there is no need to address any other such agenda item, the Mayor shall adjourn
this meeting).
10.Adjourn. There being no further business before the Council, we will consider this
meeting adjourned at ___________ p.m.
This is to certify that I, Carrie L. Land, City Secretary, posted this agenda at a
place readily accessible to the public at the Anna City Hall and on the City Hall bulletin
board at or before 5:00 p.m. on March 20, 2020
___________________________________
Carrie L. Land, City Secretary
1. The Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed in this agenda.
2. The Council reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on
this agenda, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Meeting Act.
3. Persons with a disability who want to attend this meeting who may need assistance should contact
the City Secretary at 972 924-3325 two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.