City Council - Supplemental Agenda

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Agenda — 17 items

1. 1 City of Laredo Supplemental City Council Meeting A-2024-S-07 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 August 18, 2025 5:30 P.M. approve
2. 2 CITIZEN COMMENTS approve
3. I. PUBLIC HEARING & INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES close and introduce Pass
4. 1. An ordinance amending the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7, "Buildings & Building Regulations," by amending Article 11, "Registration of General Contractors and Subcontractors," Section 7-20 Administration; Section 7-28, Increase for annual registration fee; a severability clause; a publication clause; and an effective date. 2025-O-156
5. 2. An Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, amending Chapter 6, “Animal and Fowl,” Article I “In General” of the Code of Ordinances Section 6-119 “Registration, vaccination and permit fees” to update Section 6-119 “Registration, vaccination and permit fees” to amend the schedule of fees; and providing for an effective date. 2025-O-148
6. 3. An Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, amending Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7, Article 1, Section 7-2 entitled “Same-Amendments” and Chapter 24, Appendix D, Permit Fees, to increase the residential building permit fee and the residential plan review fee; and establish new commercial plan checking fees in accordance with house bill H.B. 852; providing for a new workflow instance plan review fee, providing for a resubmittal plan review fee, providing for an expedited plan review fee, providing a cumulative and repealer clause; providing a severability clause; providing for publication; providing for a penalty; and declaring an effective date. 25-1539 close and introduce Pass
7. 4. Final Reading of Ordinance amending the City of Laredo Cemetery main fee ordinance, which is located in the Code of Ordinances Chapter 8; Article 23, entitled “Same - Fees Charged” adding two new sections, namely 8-23 (b)(5) and (b)(6) to establish costs and fees for newly available services at the Cemetery which are related to columbaria and/or niche services for storing urns.
8. II. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES Council to Introduce
9. 5. An Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to effectively convey a 15.457 acre tract to the United States Government for the amount of $488,000.00. Parcel being a 15.457 acre tract (673,298 sq. ft.) parcel of land, more or less, being out of a called 933.542 acres, calculated as 930.219 acres, in Porcion 96 Starr County, Texas conveyed to the City of Laredo, Volume 1473, Page 775. Said parcel of land more particularly described by metes and bounds and depicted in attached Exhibit “A” and made part herein. 2025-O-160
10. III. STAFF REPORTS
11. 6. Presentation on FY2025-2026 proposed budgets from Parks and Recreation, Fleet, Solid Waste, Planning, Animal Care Services and Public Works. 25-1533 no action taken
12. IV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
13. 7. Request for Executive Session under Texas Government Code 551.087 related to economic development deliberation and negotiations regarding an amendment to a Chapter 380 agreement with Killam Development, LTD and any matter incident thereto. 25-1549 approve Pass
14. 14 GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
15. 15 Request by Mayor Dr. Victor D. Treviño
16. 8. Discussion with possible action to request management to continue ongoing discussions with Representatives Raymond and McLaughlin on the possible funding from the State of Texas of a Doppler system and associated equipment for Laredo that would provide coverage to weather gaps in our area, and any matters related thereto. 25-C-136 approve Pass
17. 17 ADJOURN