EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM 212 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor called meeting to order at 6:30pm. 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. PRESENTATIONS 5. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS There were no citizens comments. 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Staff Update - Community Events Craig stated that the Battle of the Badges that happened this last weekend was a huge success, and they did this fundraiser for the Everman Angels. The Fire Department did win. This will be an Event we will be doing again. Craig shared pictures with council from this event. There is a Everman Events website page for all the Events. All the Flyers are on this page and vendor sign up. October 27th, 6pm-9pm Halloween Event. November 30th, Christmas Tree Lighting, Nov 1st Christmas city décor will start. Garden club also helping with our wreath decorating to get those ready to go out on our city poles. We will be having a second Book sale for the Library this weekend. December 9th, Holiday Market and we have 16 vendors signed up so far and this event will be from 10am- 6pm. Please spread the word to get vendors here for our market. Also, Craig encouraged the council to check out the Christmas website page that he has made with all the upcoming events. Veterans Day Breakfast November the 10th and that will be put out when the day is set.  B. Staff Update - Noel Angel Alvarez Playground Craig stated that there is a lot of construction going on and the playground is coming around. This is set to be done by next Friday. We want to try to have this ribbon cutting on October 30th. This is also the one year anniversary of the last time Noel had been seen. The time will be early afternoon but will be announced when this is set. 7. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Resolution #2023-10-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TARRANT COUNTY AND THE CITY OF EVERMAN GRANTING THE CITY A LICENSE TO USE THE NAME “TARRANT COUNTY” IN THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE CITY’S REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER; 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 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. Pursuant to Section 551.071 - Seek Advice or Consult with City Attorney regarding parliamentary procedures, policies, and rules of the City Council Mayor opened executive session at 6:43pm and closed at 7:00pm. No Action was taken. 9. CITY MANAGERS REPORT We are at new Fiscal Year with staffing changes and three new positions for Gilberts Department. 10. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayors Council on December 11th is coming up and he will let everyone know when he gets that information on where it will be held. 11. ADJOURN Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:02pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday October 13, 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.