EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 6:30 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor called meeting to order at 6:31pm. PRESENT Place 1 Linda Sanders Place 2 Carolyn Renfro Place 3 Johnnie Allen Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Susan Mackey Place 5 Judy Sellers Mayor Ray Richardson ABSENT Place 6 Miriam Davila 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CONSENT AGENDA 5. PRESENTATIONS A. Promotional Ceremony - Tarrant County Regional Communications Supervisors Beverly announced to council and wanted to introduce her new Supervisor's for Dispatch on the Fire and Police side. The new Dispatch Supervisor for the Police side is Wendy McGarry and Randy Harris is the Fire Dispatch side that was present for the meeting and got up and introduced himself. 6. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS A. PUBLIC HEARING: Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Budget. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $165,741 or 5.53% and of that amount $11,408 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. The purpose of this public hearing is to receive public comment regarding the proposed budget. Mayor opened up the Public Hearing at 6:35pm for public comment. City Manager, Craig Spencer discussed what this Budget is and the impact on the city and the tax rate. There were no citizen comments. Snap is in the Budget. Grant fund for the Marc Veasy monies, $400,000  and this wont be in the Budget until we will receive this. The new street equipment has also been added to this Budget. Mayor closed the public hearing at 6:51pm. B. PUBLIC HEARING: Notice of Tax Increase - A tax rate of $1.036080 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of the City of Everman. The purpose of this public hearing is to receive public comment on the proposed tax rate. Mayor opened up the Public Hearing to hear public comments at 6:52pm. City Manager Craig Spencer explained the Tax rate. This is a decrease for our citizens. Tax Rate is proposed at $1.036080. There were no citizens comments on this Public Hearing. Mayor closed the Public Hearing at 7:00pm. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS 8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Resolution #2023-08-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A CONCURRENT ENFORCEMENT JURISDICITION INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 5 Sellers. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. B. Resolution #2023-08-02 - 02A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF AZLE, TEXAS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 1 Sanders. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. C. ORDINANCE #801 - AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES FOR THE BUDGET YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 APPROVING BUDGET FIGURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 1 Sanders. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Voting Nay: Place 3 Allen Motion Carried. D. RESOLUTION 2023-08-03 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE CITY’S ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 BUDGET, WHICH IS A BUDGET THAT WILL  REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. E. ORDINANCE # 802 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITIES STEERING COMMITTEE (“ACSC”) AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY’S 2023 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING; DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE; ADOPTING TARIFFS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT; FINDING THE RATES TO BE SET BY THE ATTACHED SETTLEMENT TARIFFS TO BE JUST AND REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST; APPROVING AN ATTACHMENT ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS; REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE ACSC’S REASONABLE RATEMAKING EXPENSES; DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REQUIRING DELIVERY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COMPANY AND THE ACSC’S LEGAL COUNSEL. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 1 Sanders. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. F. Recommendation of Award from City Engineer - Recommendation to award the 48th Year CDBG contract construction of the Race Street Water Line Improvements project to Atkins Brothers Equipment Company, Inc for the Total Base Bid of $407,291.00; of which the City of Everman will commit and allocate a total of $233,155.00 in city funds. Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 5 Sellers. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION 10. CITY MANAGERS REPORT Holiday September 4th, City Hall will be closed. Capital Improvement Plan is kicking off. Summer Basket Ball Bash has been a big hit and everyone loved it and it will happen again next year. Battle of the Badges is happening again. This is a softball game. This will be a big event and the school district has agreed to use their Baseball field. This will be October 14th at 6pm. The tickets will only be sold at the gate for $10, and 12 and under are free. These funds raised will go to the Everman Angels, that help Everman families in need. 11. MAYOR’S REPORT Paper Copy has been given to council of Craigs Evaluation and this will be done September the 5th. Just a reminder. 12. ADJOURN Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:24pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday August 11, 2023. /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 Texas Government Code Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis, members may attend and participate in the meeting remotely by video conference. Should that occur, a quorum of the members, including the presiding officer, will be physically present at the location noted above on this Agenda. 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. Requests for sign interpretative services must be made 48 hours prior to the meeting. To make arrangements, call 817.293.0525 or TDD 1.800.RELAY TX, 1.800.735.2989.