EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Richardson called meeting to order at 6:02pm. 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. PRESENTATIONS A. Swearing In Ceremony - Mindy Henry - Animal Control Officer Craig Spencer presented and introduced Mindy Henry (Melinda) to the council. She is excited to be apart of the Everman Animal Control team. Craig swore her in at this time as well. 5. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS Johnnie Allen at this time wanted to speak about the water at Columbine. There is something in it and they need to do some research on the water and what is in it. She believes it's to much chlorine. It comes out the Kitchen faucets, bathroom faucets and the bath tub. Johnnie also stated that she has gotten pictures from others in the city of the water as well. She also stated that when they would release water from the Columbine well you could see white ash in the water in the street as well. Gilbert will look into this and get her an answer. 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Garbage, Waste, and Recycling Services for the City of Everman Craig stated it is time to look at our Waste Management contract and negotiate for the trash pick-up. There was a survey sent out for this to the citizens to see how happy they were with the trash pick up. There were several questions asked about the service. 81 percent stated they use the recycling. 62 percent said that this is very important to them. 75 percent are happy with the services offered at this time. Craig read out to council all the percentages on this survey. Craig wants council's direction on what to do. RFP is one option. Craig stated that the contract is coming up for renewal and there will be an increase and he is estimating that this may be at least an 8 percent increase. At this time council and Craig discussed the services and that most of council is happy with the services. All council would like to stay with waste connections. This will come back before council for approval. B. ORDINANCE NO. 826 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING AND REPLACING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 3 TITLED "ANIMALS AND ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS”; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ray Rentschler approached council to discuss the changes he wants to make by these two Ordinances listed on the Agenda. These Ordinances that are amending our current codes, the  goal is to align these to provide a more uniform ordinance between the two cities that are participating in the Municipal Animal Services. The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee has already reviewed these two ordinances and all members are on board with the changes. Ray explained that this will also help with the operations and how animals are being adopted and regulated making sure they are getting spayed and neutered. They will follow up with this by requesting the vet documentation and also following up with the vet as well. If they do not comply and show these things citations can be issued. Overall these amendments will help enforce these types of things and it will be easy to understand and again more uniform. Craig also commended Ray for his work on these and doing it for both cities. his will come back to council for approval. C. ORDINANCE NO. 827 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING APPENDIX A TITLED “FEE SCHEDULE” BY ADDING A NEW SECTION ENTITLED “MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SERVICES FEEES;” PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ray discussed both Ordinances together. D. Staff Report - January 2025 Winter Storm Craig just wanted to put this on the agenda from the weekend Winter Storm to brief council on anything that may have occurred. Up to a couple of hours ago there was nothing to report. Gilbert informed Craig that they are working on a main break and this is requiring specialty parts that they have to retrieve today and this is likely from the freezing temperatures from the past weekend. A message went out to all citizens right before he meeting about the impact this will have and they will make this repair in the morning and this will take the majority of the day to complete the repair. This will impact homes, businesses and Souder Elementary. We have been in contact with Souder and the city will provide them with portable restrooms to have available on the property for use and trying to coordinate drinking water for them as well. This was the only impact from the Winter Storm. 7. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EVERMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FOREST HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING COMBINING RESOURCES FOR A POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM POST; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS; 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 6 Davila and Mayor. Motion Carried. B. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TARRANT COUNTY AND THE CITY OF EVERMAN TO PROVIDE FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT CLYDE PITTMAN PARK; 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 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson.  Motion Carried C. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A LETTER OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE "ALTAMESA EXPANSION" TRANSPORTATION PROJECT; 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 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson. Motion Carried. D. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THREE CONTRACTS WITH UTILITY SERVICE CO., INC., ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS USG WATER SOLUTIONS, FOR WATER TANK MAINTENANCE FOR CITY WATER TANKS LOCATED AT 632 SHELBY ROAD AND 100 DAN MEYERS ROAD AND FOR STEEL TANK REPAIR AND DISINFECTION FOR A CITY WATER TANK LOCATED AT 619 TOWNLEY DRIVE FOR COMPENSATION AND ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH THEREIN;; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; 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 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson. Motion Carried. E. Actions Concerning Appointments to Various Boards, Commissions, or Committees. Motion made by Place 6 Davila, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey to reappoint Burl Hollingsworth to place 1, Johnnie Allen to place 3, Jim Bauer to place 4, Richard Garcia to place 5, Miriam Davila to place 6 and Ray Richardson to place 7 to the Economic Development Board of Directors with the terms being set to places 1,3,5 and 7 to expire September 10, 2027 and places 2,4 and 6 to expire September 10, 2026. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson. Motion Carried. Motion made by Place 6 Davila and seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey to reappoint Ora Mae Hill, Brenda L. Edmond, Judy Welborn, Richard Garcia and Tony Young to the Planning Zoning Commission for a two year term set to begin on January 8, 2024 and expiring on January 8, 2026. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson. Motion Carried. Motion made by Place 6 Davila and seconded by Place 1 Sanders to appoint Mary Zapata to the Charter Review Commission. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson.  Motion Carried. Motion made by Place 6 Davila and seconded by Place 4 Pro-Tem Mackey to reappoint Johnnie Allen to place 1, Bobbie Montgomery to Place 2, Judith Graham to Place 3, and Jackie Johnson to place 4 to the Senior Citizen Advisory Board with the terms set for Places 2 and 4 to expire on November 1, 2026 and Places 1 and 3 to expire on November 1, 2027. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 6 Davila and Mayor Richardson. Motion Carried. 8. CITY MANAGERS REPORT Craig stated that he already informed council on the water main break at Trammell and Thompson that crews are working on. Another thing is that we did send out the announcement today for Mike Nicoletti's retirement party and they should have received that and everyone needs to RSVP for that with Racheal. Craig had nothing else to report. 9. MAYOR’S REPORT Commissioner Brooks will be the guest of Honor at the employee gala and we will be honoring him. Him and his wife have already RSVP and we also hope to see Commissioner Rodrick Miles in attendance also. Mayor also reported that he did attend the Celebration of Service for Commissioner Brooks and this was a very nice Event and the following Saturday Rodrick Miles was sworn in, in Crowley and it was another amazing event. Mayor also reported he Ribbon Cutting for McDonalds that happen this pass Saturday and Ronald McDonald showed up and Mayor was named Mayor McCheese for the day and gave him a figuring and presented him with a picture of Ronald McDonald. It was an amazing event and he just wants council to go meet the owners and the family when they can if they did not get to attend to meet such wonderful people. This is all Mayor had to report. 10. ADJOURN Mayor Richardson adjourned the meeting at 7:09pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday January 10, 2025. /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.