City Council

CITY OF GROVETON AGENDA The regular meeting of the City Council of Groveton, Texas will be held on Monday, August 27, 2018 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 be discussed: I. CALLED TO ORDER: II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: III. APPROVE MINUTES: a. Regular Session Meeting July 23, 2018 b. Special Called Meeting Budget August 20, 2018 IV. PUBLIC FORUM: V. POLICE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief John Raiford-Monthly Report b. Discussion and Action on the hiring of two Reserve Officers for the Police Department VI. STREETS & BRIDGES: a. Mayor Byron Richards-Monthly Report VII. WATER & SEWER: a. Mike Brown- Inframark Operations-Monthly Report VIII. NEW BUSINESS: a. Approve the Proclamation regarding Carson Ray’s achievement b. Debbie Wilson- Animal Control Officer regarding neutered and spayed program c. Discussion and Approve the Resolution of the 2018 Tax Roll as Certified to City Council by Gary Gallant, Chief Appraiser for the Trinity County Appraisal District d. Approve the action of the Board electing Gordon Bergman, Benny McClain and James Alford for two years terms as Directors for the period from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2020-GEDC e. Approve the action of the Board electing the officers for the period October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019-GEDC f. Approve the action of the Board electing Susie Hammond, Joe Don Kennedy, Rita Danford, and Charlotte Y’Barbo for one year terms as advisory directors-GEDC g. Approve the proposed budgets for the fiscal year 2018-2019 for Committees 4-A and 4-B-GEDC  h. Discussion and action on the 4-B Grant for Jillian’s Dance Studio and Deli Counter for the amount of $12,500-GEDC Second Reading i. Discussion and Action on the Property Tax Rate for 2018 City of Groveton j. Discussion and Action on the 2018-2019 Proposed Budget for the City of Groveton k. Discussion and Action on the increase of water and sewer taps for the City of Groveton 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 August 24, 2018 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