City Council

CITY OF GROVETON AGENDA The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Groveton, Texas will be held on Monday, August 24, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Trinity County Annex Building located at 223 W. First Street Groveton, Texas. The following items will be discussed: I. CALLED TO ORDER: II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: III. APPROVE MINUTES: a. Regular Meeting July 27, 2020 b. Budget Meeting August 10, 2020 IV. PUBLIC FORUM: V. POLICE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief John Raiford-Monthly Report VI. STREETS & BRIDGES: a. Mayor Byron Richards-Monthly Report VII. WATER & SEWER: a. Mike Brown- Inframark Operations-Monthly Report VIII. NEW BUSINESS: a. Discussion and Action on the Extension of the City’s Water Line on Kickapoo Road. b. Discussion and Action to Release the Abandoned Alleyway on Fran Dial’s Property. c. Discussion and Action on a Donation for the Christmas Decorations for the City of Groveton. d. Approve the Pennington Water Supply Interconnection Agreement. e. Discussion and Action on the City of Groveton authorizing for BJ’s to be open under the social distancing guidelines. f. Discussion and Approve the Resolution of the 2020 Tax Roll As Certified to City Council by Gary Gallant, Chief Appraiser for the Trinity County Appraisal District. g. Discussion and Action on the Proposed Property Tax Rate for 2020 City of Groveton. h. Discussion and Action on the 2020-2021 Proposed Budget for the City of Groveton. IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: X. MAYOR’S REPORT: XI. EXECUTIVE SESSION: a. Review and Evaluation on the Municipal Court Angelia Evans Court Judge.  b. Review Directives Given to the Police Chief John Raiford of the Groveton Police Department. 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 and the Trinity County Annex Building at 3:30 P.M. on August 21, 2020 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