EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 6:30 PM 212 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Richardson called meeting to order at 6:30pm. PRESENT Place 3 Johnnie Allen Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Susan Mackey Place 5 Judy Sellers Place 6 Miriam Davila Mayor Ray Richardson ABSENT Place 1 Linda Sanders Place 2 Kelly Denison Others Present: Mindi Parks, City Secretary Craig Spencer, City Manager Susanne Helgesen, Director of Finance Landon Whatley, Fire Chief 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. May 3, 2022 Regular Meeting Minutes May 17, 2022 Regular Meeting Minutes Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried B. Financial Report - May 2022  Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried 5. PRESENTATIONS 6. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS No citizens made comments. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Water Bills - Councilwoman Johnnie Allen Johnnie Allen stated that when she left from the Civic Center on Wednesday she observed a line at the front door to pay their water bill, at City Hall and the doors were locked and the drive-thru was also closed. Johnnie stated she did not know when or how long it was closed for, and she had a concern wanting to know if we could make some kind of announcement going forward. Craig stated that the closing did go out over the CTY Phone System for the Ribbon Cutting that day. The City Hall was closed for about an hour and then the girls took turn covering. Craig also stated that with Edna being short handed and having to stay at the front right now to deal with customers the Drive-thru ill remain closed until that issue is resolved. Craig stated that we will do everything we can to keep the Drive-thru open after they are back to a full staff. Johnnie stated that just in the future for any type of closings or early closings that the citizens should be notified in some way. Craig will make sure in the future that will happen. B. City Council Training/Travel - Johnnie Allen TML Conference is coming up. Johnnie wanted to discuss the up coming Conference in the next month and would like to pay for it in advance and get the reimbursement back for it. The Budget for this needs to be discussed also for more allowance for the council members so that they can all go if they would like. They will look over that line item in the up coming Budget. Mayor stated that they will reimburse Johnnie Allen for the conference in October, he has no problem with that. C. Traffic Pattern Change - Wichita & N. Race St Craig stated that over all the Traffic Pattern change has been a success. Very few issues on Race street. A lot of issues on the 100 Block of Wichita Street. This traffic is turning onto Trammell and this is causing a huge problem with big trucks going down this residential street. Craig shared his screen to pull up a map view of the area that is having issues. Craig explained that the traffic from Enon turning on to Wichita in the small two way section and forcing them to turn on Trammell or what they are trying to do is keep going up North down Race street causing problems. This includes the cement trucks and rock trucks. Craig stated that we wanted to keep that little section of Wichita street 2 way for the businesses to still have access but continuing the one way would not affect those businesses. After the Ribbon Cutting at the Civic Center they had a meeting about this and got with the city Engineer to see what he could come up with to solve this problem. This is the resolution that he and the city have came up with. The best way to solve these problems is to continue the one-way down Wichita to Enon. Craig stated that there is already an Ordinance allowing him, as Chief to place signage as necessary so he just wants their thumbs up for him to do that and to continue the one-way all the way down Wichita street as recommended by the City Engineer. Council is all in  consensus to make the rest of Wichita Street one way to eliminate the traffic on Trammell and allowing Craig to place signage in that area as needed. D. Budget Planning Calendar This is to open the discussion if the council wanted to combine some of the Budget meetings to eliminate some of the meetings. Cancel the July 5th meeting and only have if they need to and council is fine with that. The council would like to have a meeting during the day on July 22. The time is not yet decided. We will also have our regular meeting as scheduled on July 19. 8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Adopt Resolution #2022-06-02 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE EVERMAN CIVIC CENTER AS THE NAME FOR THE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE EVERMAN CITY HALL ANNEX. Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 5 Sellers. Voting Yea: Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. B. Approve Ordinance #782 - An ordinance of the City Council of Everman, Texas, the Zoning Ordinance, Appendix B, Section 4.13, Principal Permitted Use Table, Entertainment - Amusements, and providing findings of fact, amendment, repealer, severability, an effective date, and proper notice. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. C. Approve Ordinance #783 - An Ordinance of the City of Everman, Texas amending Chapter 14, "Parks and Recreation", by amending city-owned park regulations for Clyde Pittman and Johnson Parks, providing regulations, providing this ordinance is cumulative of all other ordinances, providing for severability; providing a penalty for violations; publication; and providing an effective date. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. Section 551.087 - Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations - Property Development of City Owned Properties on N. Race St. Mayor opened up Executive Session at 7:21pm. Mayor closed the Executive Session at 7:44pm. No Action Taken  B. Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters - Past performance, review and evaluation of the City Manager Mayor opened up Executive Session at 7:21pm. Mayor closed the Executive Session at 7:44pm. No Action Taken 10. CITY MANAGERS REPORT May have Budget Amendments. 3 additional officers for the school. SRO's Gala at 6:30pm. Friday night Celebrate America is Saturday. 60-70 vendors. It is going to be very big event. Starts at 6pm. There will be Fireworks from about 9:10 to 9:15ish for the Fireworks. 11. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor thanked Craig and City staff for all their hard work. 12. ADJOURN Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:50pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday June 17, 2021. /s/ Mindi Parks City Secretary Citizens may watch city council meetings live on YouTube. A link to the City of Everman YouTube channel is provided on the city website at: www.evermantx.us/government/citycouncil/ Pursuant to Section 551.071, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting, to receive advice from its attorney on any posted agenda item, as permitted by Law. Additionally, Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss the following: A. Section 551.071 - Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek Advice of the City Attorney. B. Section 551.072 - Purchase, Sale, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property. C. Section 551.073 - Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gift. D. Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters. E. Section 551.087- Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. F. Section 551.089 - Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits. Citizens wishing to submit written comments should e-mail the City Secretary at mparks@evermantx.net. Comments that are received at least one-hour prior to the start of the meeting will be provided to all council members. According to the City of Everman Policy on Governance Process, individual citizen comments will be restricted to three (3) minutes unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Council. The mayor is responsible to enforce the time limit. Citizens may address City Council either during the Citizen Comments portion of the meeting or during deliberation of a listed agenda item. City Council is only permitted by Law to discuss items that are listed on the agenda. Citizens wishing to make comments should notify the City Secretary as soon as possible. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Parking spaces for disabled citizens are available. 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