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EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, May 13, 2025 06:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140

1.MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

2.INVOCATION

3.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.CONSENT AGENDA

5.PRESENTATIONS

  1. A.Proclamation - National Police Week 2025

  2. B.Proclamation - National Public Works Week 2025

  3. C.Proclamation - Declaring May 14th as Tow Truck & Traffic Safety Professionals Day

  4. D.New Municipal Animal Services Mobile Adoption Trailer

6.CITIZEN’S COMMENTS

7.DISCUSSION ITEMS

  1. A.Forest Hill Public Library District - Upcoming Summer Library Events

  2. B.Staff Report - Semi-annual Park, Stream, and Bulk Trash Cleanup Day

  3. C.Staff Report - Tarrant County Commissioner Roderick Miles Town Hall - May 15th, 2025

  4. D.FY 2026 Budget Planning Calendar

  5. E.Creation of a shared City Council Calendar

8.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION

  1. A.RESOLUTION NO.  2025-05-01 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, EXPRESSING STRONG OPPOSITION TO ANY COUNTY REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT WOULD RELOCATE THE CITY OF EVERMAN FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT PRECINCT 1; AFFIRMING THE CITY’S HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP WITH PRECINCT 1; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

  2. B.RESOLUTION NO.  2025-05-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 3, 2025, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REAUTHORIZING THE LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX FOR STREET MAINTENANCE AND APPROVING OR REJECTING PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

  3. C.ORDINANCE 833  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, AT AN ELECTION HELD ON MAY 3, 2025; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

9.EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. A.The City Council will convene into closed, executive session pursuant to Texas. Govt. Code section 551.071, consultation with City Attorney, to receive legal advice regarding the petition to protect Texas taxpayers from potentially unconstitutional public contracts relative to Texas Government Accountability Assn.

10.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION

11.CITY MANAGERS REPORT

12.MAYOR’S REPORT

13.ADJOURN

I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday May 9, 2025.

/s/ Mindi Parks
City Secretary

Citizens may watch city council meetings live on YouTube. A link to the City of Everman YouTube channel is provided on the city website at: www.evermantx.us/government/citycouncil/

Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis, members may attend and participate in the meeting remotely by video conference. Should that occur, a quorum of the members, including the presiding officer, will be physically present at the location noted above on this Agenda.

Pursuant to Section 551.071, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting, to receive advice from its attorney on any posted agenda item, as permitted by Law. Additionally, Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss the following:

A.    Section 551.071 - Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek Advice of the City Attorney.
B.    Section 551.072 - Purchase, Sale, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property.
C.    Section 551.073 - Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gift.
D.    Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters.
E.    Section 551.087- Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations.
F.    Section 551.089 - Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits.

Citizens wishing to submit written comments should e-mail the City Secretary at mparks@evermantx.net. Comments that are received at least one-hour prior to the start of the meeting will be provided to all council members.

According to the City of Everman Policy on Governance Process, individual citizen comments will be restricted to three (3) minutes unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Council. The mayor is responsible to enforce the time limit. Citizens may address City Council either during the Citizen Comments portion of the meeting or during deliberation of a listed agenda item. City Council is only permitted by Law to discuss items that are listed on the agenda. Citizens wishing to make comments should notify the City Secretary as soon as possible.

City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Parking spaces for disabled citizens are available. Requests for sign interpretative services must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. To make arrangements, call 817.293.0525 or TDD 1.800.RELAY TX, 1.800.735.2989.