City Council Regular Meeting Monday, October 09, 2023 at 06:30 PM City Council Chambers | 202 N. Virginia Street, Port Lavaca TX 77979

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING
The following item will be addressed at this or any other meeting of the city council upon the request of the mayor, any member(s) of council and/or the city attorney:
Announcement by the mayor that council will retire into closed session for consultation with city attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the city council under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the open meetings act (title 5, chapter 551, section 551.071(2) of the Texas government code).
(All matters listed under the consent agenda item are routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.)
AGENDA
Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary.

MEETING PROCEDURE

Public notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, will hold a regular meeting Monday, October 09, 2023 beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the regular meeting place in Council Chambers at City Hall, 202 North Virginia Street, Port Lavaca, Texas to consider the items listed.

[After publication, any information in a council packet is subject to change during the meeting]

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I.ROLL CALL

II.CALL TO ORDER

III.INVOCATION

IV.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

V.PRESENTATION(S)

  1. 1.Proclamation that October is Fire Prevention Month

VI.COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 

(Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak longer is received in advance. You may make public comments as you would at a meeting by logging on with your computer and using "Join Zoom Meeting" information on first page of this agenda).

VII.CONSENT AGENDA - Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary

  1. A.Minutes of September 05, 2023 Special Meeting

  2. B.Minutes of September 11, 2023 Regular Meeting

  3. C.Minutes of September 25, 2023 Special and Workshop Meeting

  4. D.Review of Credit Card Statement

  5. E.Receive Monthly Financial Highlight Report

  6. F.Consider Quarterly Investment Report ending September 30, 2023

  7. G.Receive Victoria Economic Development Corporation (VEDC) Monthly Report

VIII.ACTION ITEMS - Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary

  1. 1.Consider Resolution No. R-100923-1 of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, for the nomination of candidates for the Board of Directors of the Calhoun County Appraisal District 2024-2025 Term.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  2. 2.Consider award of Construction Contract for the Harbor of Refuge Railroad Culvert Replacement Project.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  3. 3.Consider adding the Harbor of Refuge Railroad Culvert Replacement Project to the Community Development Block Grant – Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) application for the Corporation Ditch Drainage Improvement Project.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  4. 4.Consider and approve Resolution No. R-100923-2 for items approved at previous meeting concerning the General Land Office’s (GLO) Regional Council of Government Method of Distribution (COG MOD) Mitigation Program application.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  5. 5.Consider approval of amendments to the Port Lavaca Pride Façade grant program.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  6. 6.Consider proposed submittal of proposal to Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust in response to Request for Proposals #2023-2024-01.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  7. 7.Consider recommendation of the Port Commission for approval of Urban Engineering Task Order No. 33 for Smoke Testing of Hillside Terrace, Vela, Alamo Heights and Loop 1090 Lift Station basins, in the amount of $63,800.00.  Presenter is Wayne Shaffer  

  8. 8.Consider Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance (G-10-23) of the City of Port Lavaca amending the Code of Ordinances, by Repealing Chapter 30, Article II. Juvenile Curfew; and providing an effective date.  Presenter is Colin Rangnow  

  9. 9.Consider First Reading of an Ordinance (G-11-23) of the City of Port Lavaca amending Section 3 of that certain ordinance designating the type and location of Traffic Control Devices within the City of Port Lavaca, Passed and Approved by City Council the 8th day of September, 1986, and recorded in City Council Minute Records, Volume "HH", Page 41, by adding new street locations to said ordinance in said Section 3; Repealing Clause; and providing an effective date.  Presenter is Colin Rangnow  

IX.ADJOURNMENT


CERTIFICATION OF POSTING NOTICE

This is to Certify that the above foregoing notice of a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, to be held Monday, October 09, 2023 beginning at 6:30 p.m., was posted at City Hall, easily accessible to the Public, as of 5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 05, 2023.

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Mandy Grant, City Secretary

ADA NOTICE
The Port Lavaca City Hall and Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible. Access to the building is available at the primary north entrance facing Mahan Street. Special parking spaces are located in the Mahan Street parking area. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Port Lavaca will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending City Council meetings. To better serve you, requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meetings. Please contact City Secretary Mandy Grant at (361) 552-9793 Ext. 230 for assistance.