City Council
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Agenda — 35 items
- 1 AGENDA
- 2 CALL TO ORDER
- 3 CALL OF ROLL: CITY SECRETARY
- 4 REQUEST ALL PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES BE TURNED OFF, EXCEPT EMERGENCY ON-CALL PERSONNEL.
- 5 INVOCATION: COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS
- 6 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & SALUTE TO THE TEXAS FLAG
- 7 PROCLAMATIONS:
- A) Hill Country Night Sky Month
- B) Living Legends Of New Braunfels
- 10 CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS
- 10 page break
- 11 This time is for citizens to address the City Council on issues and items of concerns not on this agenda. There will be no City Council action at this time. In the interest of protecting the City's network and data, the City is not accepting flash drives or electronic files for use during Citizens Communications. Please use hard copies, the overhead projector or access the City’s online digital form to upload electronic files you would like the Mayor and Council to view. The digital form would need to be uploaded two (2) hours prior to the City Council meeting. A link to this form can be accessed on the City Secretary’s website.
- 1. CONSENT AGENDA
- 13 All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the City Council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the normal order of business. Citizens must be present to pull an item.
- 14 Resolutions & Action Items
- A) Approval of the September 5th, 2024 Special City Council meeting minutes, the September 9th, 2024 Regular and Executive City Council meeting minutes, and the September 16th, 2024 Special Meeting City Council meeting minutes.
- B) Approval of a contract with the Law Offices of Ryan Henry, PLLC., and approval of Ryan Henry, Justin Plescha and Jason Rammel to serve as interim prosecutors/assistant city attorneys.
- C) Approval to renew the following annual contracts, as allowed for by their contract language and in accordance with City Charter Section 9.17: Motorola Solutions, Westnet, Target/Vector Solutions, BoundTree, Revenue Optimization, Texas Municipal League, Bakers Heavy Equipment, Cesars Body Works, Christian Brothers, Bluebonnet Motors, N & L Best Deal, Dr. Tania Glenn, Brandfolder, Denton, Navarro, Rocha Bernal & Zech, RPS, Brown & Hofmeister, Catapult Health, D & D Contractors, Fischer Construction, Concrete Enterprise, Fuquay, Inc., D & M Owens, MAC Inc, Lonestar Paving, Intermountain Slurry, Viking Construction, Gruene Shredding, Inc., Siddons Martin, Tyler Technologies, Del Carmen Consulting,
- D) Approval of a contract with Crowe LLP for Financial Audit Services
- E) Approval of the purchase of vehicles from Reliable Chevrolet for the Police Department and approval to declare replaced units as surplus.
- F) Approval of a contract with Jerdon Enterprise, LP for the construction of a segment of West Alligator Creek Trail and authorization for the City Manager to execute change orders up to the contingency amount.
- 2. INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
- A) Public hearing and first reading of an ordinance amending the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for the New Braunfels Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #3; and other matters in connection therewith.
- 22 Approval of the Consent Agenda
- B) Discuss and consider approval of a resolution for nomination(s) to the Comal County Appraisal District Board of Directors.
- C) Discuss and consider approval of a resolution for nomination(s) to the Guadalupe Appraisal District Board of Directors.
- D) Approval of a contract with Crowe LLP for Financial Audit Services
- D) Public hearing and first reading of an ordinance to amend Chapter 144 regarding RVs on large acreage agriculturally zoned lots.
- 3. EXECUTIVE SESSION
- 27 In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Ch. 551, the City Council may convene in a closed session to discuss any of the items listed on this agenda. Any final action or vote on any executive session item will be taken in open session.
- A) Deliberate and consider the purchase, exchange, lease, contract terms, due diligence, or value of real property, in accordance with Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: 1. TSTC Campus
- 4. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
- 30 ADJOURNMENT
- 31 CERTIFICATION
- 32 I hereby certify the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the New Braunfels City Hall. _____________________________________ Matthew Schwarz, Assistant City Secretary NOTE: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, or large print, are requested to contact the City Secretary’s Office at (830) 221-4010 at least two (2) work days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.