City Council Special Meeting Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 05:30 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 special meeting Tuesday, May 27, 2025 beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the regular meeting place in Council Chambers at City Hall, 202 North Virginia Street, Port Lavaca, Texas to consider the following items of business:

[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.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).

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

  1. 1.Review and discuss Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Violation Tracking No. 823013, the status of the engineering design of the Lynn’s Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion and the $39.15M loan commitment offer from the Texas Water Development Board for the Lynn’s Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion project.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  2. 2.Consider Resolution No. R-052725-1 of the City of Port Lavaca authorizing the hiring of Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP on a contingent fee basis as bond counsel to the City of Port Lavaca.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  3. 3.Consider Resolution No. R-052725-2 of the City of Port Lavaca expressing intent to Finance Expenditures to be incurred by the City of Port Lavaca’s Lynn’s Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Texas Water Development Board Project No. 73963.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  4. 4.Consider Resolution No. R-052725-3 of the City of Port Lavaca authorizing publication of Notice of Intention to Issue Combination Tax and Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation for the Lynn’s Bayou Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion project, which project is identified as Texas Water Development Board Project No. 73963.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  5. 5.Announcement by Mayor that City Council will retire into closed session:

    •        To discuss Personnel matters in accordance with Title 5, Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code (to discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, duties and responsibilities, reassignment, discipline, or dismissal of an officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee: [Municipal Court Judge]).  Presenter is Mayor Whitlow

  6. 6.Return to Open Session and take any action deemed necessary with regard to matters in closed session.  Presenter is Mayor Whitlow  

V.ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING

VI.CERTIFICATION OF POSTING NOTICE

This is to certify that the above notice of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, 2025, beginning at 5:30 p.m., was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025.

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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.