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City Council Meeting Monday, September 11, 2023 06:10 PM Richwood City Hall, 1800 Brazosport Blvd. N.

BE IT KNOWN THAT a City of Richwood City Council will meet Monday, September 11, 2023, beginning at 6:10 PM at Richwood City Hall, located at 1800 Brazosport Blvd. N., Richwood, Texas 77531 with the following agenda:

I.CALL TO ORDER

II.ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS

III.PUBLIC COMMENTS

IV.CONSENT AGENDA

  1. A.Approval of minutes from regular meeting held August 14, 2023.

  2. B.Appoint Kai York to the Keep Richwood Beautiful Committee.

  3. C.Appoint Denise York to the Keep Richwood Beautiful Committee.

  4. D.Appoint William Yearsin as Richwood's 2023-2025 representative for Brazosport Water Authority.

  5. E.Approval of minutes from special meeting held August 28, 2023.

V.PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023-2024 BUDGET

VI.PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023-2024 TAX RATE

VII.DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS

  1. A.Discussion and possible action concerning any final changes to the FY 2023-2024 Proposed Budget.

  2. B.Discuss and consider adopting Ordinance 23-509, an ordinance appropriating adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024.

  3. C.Discuss and consider Ordinance 23-510, an ordinance adopting a tax rate and levying taxes for the use and support of the Municipal Government of the City of Richwood, Texas and providing for the interest and sinking fund of the taxable year 2023.

  4. D.Discuss and consider approving tax resale of property located within the City of Richwood. (Legal Description: Glenwood Bayou (A0066 J E Groce)(Richwood), Reserve H Acres 0.11)

  5. E.Discuss and consider adopting Ordinance 23-512 amending Appendix C - Fee Schedule of the Code of Ordinances to amend additional fees and voluntary donations to add a mandatory ambulance fee.

  6. F.Discuss and consider adopting Ordinance 23-511, repealing section 20-131 of Chapter 20 Traffic and Vehicles of the Richwood Code of Ordinances, thus removing the one-way traffic requirement during the school zone.

  7. G.Discuss and consider authorizing the City Manager or his designee to solicit competitive bids for Emergency Medical Services.

  8. H.Discuss and consider request to allow street closure of Audubon Woods Dr from North Mahan to Wisteria for Keep Richwood Beautiful to host Trunk or Treat.

  9. I.Discussion regarding the contingency fund and future contributions or uses of funds.

  10. J.Consider items removed from consent agenda

VIII.EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. A.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    Michael Challenger, City Council Position 2

  2. B.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    E. Garcia - Police Department

  3. C.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    J. Estrada - Public Works

IX.ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. A.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    Michael Challenger, City Council Position 2

  2. B.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    E. Garcia - Police Department

  3. C.Pursuant to Chapter 551.0745,  Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,  evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public  officer or employee, or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer  or employee:

    J. Estrada - Public Works

X.CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS UPDATE

XI.CITY MANAGER'S REPORT

XII.COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS & REPORTS

XIII.MAYOR'S REPORT

XIV.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

XV.ADJOURNMENT

The City Council may go into Executive Session on any item listed on the Agenda in accordance with Section 551-071 of the Government Code (attorney-client privilege).

This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's Office at (979) 265-2082 or FAX (979) 265-7345 for further information.

I, Kirsten Garcia, do hereby certify that I did, on September 8, 2023 at 5:00 PM post this notice of meeting on the bulletin board at 1800 N. Brazosport Blvd., Richwood, TX, in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Law.