EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, July 08, 2025 at 6:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Pro-Tem called meeting to order at 6:09pm. 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CONSENT AGENDA 5. PRESENTATIONS A. Presentation of the FY2024 Annual Audit Report - Patillo, Brown & Hill, LLP Jacob Boman with Patillo, Brown & Hill, LLP, an outside auditing firm outside of Waco presented the FY2024 Annual Audit Report for the City of Everman. Jacob did go over this report with the council and touched on some of the key factors in this report. The results of this Audit came back as an Unmodified Opinion which is the best you can get. Jacob stated that there were no issues and no material misstatements and that it is a clean Audit Report. 6. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS We had no citizens comments. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Staff Report - Celebrate America Festival Craig stated that it went really well and got really good feedback and compliments on the setup. Overall it was a great event. 8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-06-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT AS PRESENTED AND ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 2 Renfro. Voting Yea: Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila Motion Carried B. ORDINANCE NO. 835 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, CHAPTER 2 “ADMINISTRATION”, ARTICLE II “COUNCIL”, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-21 “MEETINGS”, SUBSECTION (a); PROVIDING  FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE . Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 6 Davila. Voting Yea: Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila Motion Carried. C. Discussion and Consideration of Appointments to the Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone #1 Motion made by Place 3 Allen, Seconded by Place 5 Sellers to table this item until the next meeting. Voting Yea: Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila Motion Carried. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION 10. CITY MANAGERS REPORT City Manager had nothing to report. 11. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor was no present at the meeting to report anything. 12. ADJOURN Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey adjourned the meeting at 6:31pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday July 4, 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.