City of Ranger Meeting Agenda Monday, August 10
Notice Of A Meeting
Governing Body – City of Ranger
Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Ranger, Texas will be held on Monday, August 10, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall, 400 West Main Street, Ranger, Texas. The following subjects will be discussed, to wit:
Agenda Item 01: Call to Order- Mayor Joe Pilgrim
Roll Call-City Secretary
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance to United States Flag
Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag
Agenda Item 02: Citizen’s Presentation-At this time, anyone on the list will be allowed to speak on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed THREE minutes. No Council/Board discussion or action may take place on a matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.
Agenda Item 03: Announcements from City Council-Comments may be made by council or staff, BUT NO ACTION TAKEN on the following topics without specific notice. Those items include: Expressions of Thanks, Congratulations or Condolence; Information on Holiday schedules; Recognition of public officials, employees or citizens other than employees or officials whose status may be affected by the council through action; Reminders of community events or announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of the people of the municipality.
Agenda Item 04: Discuss/Consider approving Saturday, October 24, 2015 as “Day of Champions –Dr. Bill Campion
Agenda Item 05: Discuss/Consider retracting motion from July 27, 2015 meeting regarding Agenda Item to lease Vietnam Veteran’s Park to Vietnam Veterans Committee on a 99 year with clause should this committee become inactive the lease is null and void- City Administrator
Agenda Item 06: Discuss/Consider approving City Attorney to draft an Agreement with Vietnam Veterans Committee to operate, manage and maintain the park on behalf of the city and public for a term of 35 years, with clause should this committee become inactive the lease is null and void. Agreement should include a provision providing that any capital improvements to be made in the park be approved by the City Commission, and that no monuments, items or improvements that have any historical value be modified or changed without approval by the City Commission or City Administrator. If necessary conference call with City Attorney– Commissioner Casey
Agenda Item 07: Discuss/Consider approval of Resolution No. 2015-08-10-N;
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANGER, TEXAS, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 101 (MAIN ST.) FROM THE RANGER SWIMMING POOL TO COMMERCE STREET FOR THE “ROARING RANGER” PARADE,
SATURAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 SPONSORED BY THE RANGER HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY- Mayor Pilgrim
Agenda Item 08: Discussion/Approval of bills – City Administrator
Agenda Item 09: Discussion/Approval: Department Reports:
Finance Report- (Account balances, amount of approved bills, and amount of bills to be approved)
Fire/EMS Report- (Patient Disposition Report and Amount of money collected by Intermedix)
Library Report- (Finances of Library, Usage Statistics by patrons, computer users, audio/video resources checked-out, books checked-out and reference questions)
REDC Report- (Finances of REDC)
Municipal Court Report- (Monthly Court Report- New cases filed, Dispositions prior to trial, Dispositions at trial, Cases Dismissed, Community Service ordered,
Cases appealed, Juvenile/Minor activity, Parent contributing to Nonattendance, Safety Responsibility and DL Suspension Hearings held, Search Warrants issued,
Magistrate Warnings issued, Emergency Mental Health Hearing, Magistrate Order of Protection, and Total revenue)
Police Department Report- (Monthly Police Report- Number and type of Arrests, Number and type of Citations, Number of Calls for Service, Assisting other Agencies)
Animal Control Report- (Monthly Report- Total Calls, Pound fee’s collected, Animal food costs, Number of strays, Deceased animals, Skunks, Snakes, other Wild Animals, Possible Rabid Animals, Animal Bites, Sick or Injured Animals, Quarantines, Specimens sent to lab, Animals Euthanized, Citations Issued, Warnings Issued, Number of Animals released back to owners, Animals Adopted, Animals remaining in Animal Control Shelter)
Public Works Report- (Monthly Department Report- Sewer stoppages, Water Leaks, Sewer Taps, Water Taps, Meters pulled, Status of Equipment, Status of Roadwork, Status of Clean-up, Status of personnel)
Airport Report- (Quarterly Report only)
Agenda Item 10: Discuss/Consider approval of 2015 proposed property tax rate at $0.675240 per $100 valuation for City of Ranger – Mayor Pilgrim
Agenda Item 11: Discuss/Consider approving First Reading of Ordinance No. 2015-08-10-G; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANGER, TEXAS, ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX AT THE RATE OF ONE-FOURTH OF ONE PERCENT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING
REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL STREETS; PROVIDING FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR EARLY
VOTING; PROVIDING FOR POLLING PLACES; PROVIDING FOR ELECTION JUDGES; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF VOTING; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING
SEVERABILITY AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES; AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS- Mayor Pilgrim
Agenda Item 12: Adjournment
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above notice of meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Ranger is a true and correct copy of said notice on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Ranger, a place convenient and readily available to the general public at all times, and notice was posted by 5:30 p.m., August 7, 2015 and remained posted for 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting.
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Mary Wells, Ranger City Secretary
The City council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session concerning any of the items listed on this agenda under the authority of the Mayor, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Meetings Act.
Section 551.071 – Consultations with Attorney
Section 551.072 – Deliberations about Real Property
Section 551.0725 - Deliberation by Certain Commissioners Courts about Contract Being Negotiated
Section 551.073 – Deliberation Regarding Gifts and Donations
Section 551.074 – Personnel Matters
Section 551.0745 - Deliberations by Commissioners Court about County Advisory Body
Section 551.076 – Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits: Closed Meeting
Section 551.087 - Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations