City Council

CITY OF GROVETON AGENDA The regular meeting of the City Council of Groveton, Texas will be held on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at City Hall, located at 115 West Front Street, Groveton, Texas. The following items will I. CALLED TO ORDER: II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: III. APPROVE MINUTES: a. Regular Session Meeting December 21, 2015 b. Special Called Meeting January 4, 2016 c. Special Called Meeting January 11, 2016 IV. PUBLIC FORUM: V. POLICE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief John Raiford-Monthly Report b. Approve the Racial Profiling Report for 01-01-15 to 12-31-15 VI. STREETS & BRIDGES: a. Mayor Byron Richards-Monthly Report VII. WATER & SEWER: a. Allen Jenkins-Severn Trent Services-Monthly Report VIII. NEW BUSINESS: a. Discuss and Review Audit Report 2014-2015 prepared by Todd, Hamaker and Johnson LLP b. Approve to Order a General Election for May 7, 2016 c. Approve to Hire the Position for the Part Time Officer (Sixteen Hours a Week) for Groveton Police Department d. Discussion and Approval of the Grant for Kenneth (Buddy) Powell, doing business as Groveton Tire & Auto for the amount of $15,000.00 from GEDC 4-B- First Reading IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: X. MAYOR’S REPORT: XI. EXECUTIVE SESSION: XII. ADJOURN: I certify that the above Notice of meeting of the City Council is a true and correct copy of said Notice and that I posted a true and correct copy of said Notice on the door of City Hall at 3:30 P.M. on January 22, 2016 where it remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting. THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO DELIBERATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: 551.071- Consultations with attorney-551.072- Deliberation regarding Real Property-551.073-Deliberation regarding gifts & donations-551.074-Personnel matters (with deliberation by Council) - 551.076-Deliberation Security Matters- 551.076 Deliberation Certain Homeland Security Matters- 551.087-Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. _________________________________ Byron Richards, Mayor