City Council

CITY OF GROVETON AGENDA The Regular Meeting of the City Council of Groveton, Texas will be held on Monday, March 22, 2021 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. Emergency Called Meeting February 21, 2021 b. Regular Meeting February 22, 2021 c. Special Called Meeting March 1, 2021 IV. PUBLIC FORUM: V. POLICE DEPARTMENT: a. Chief John Raiford-Monthly Report b. Discussion on proposed rate increase for a full time officer for the Police Department. VI. STREETS & BRIDGES: a. Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Bennett-Monthly Report VII. WATER & SEWER: a. Mike Brown- Inframark Operations-Monthly Report VIII. NEW BUSINESS: a. Discuss and consider updates from Schaumburg & Polk Inc. (Engineer) on the submission of water and wastewater projects to the Texas Water Development Board for future funding. Report on the findings of the sludge testing done by SPI Engineer at the Wastewater Plant. b. Presentation from IMR Systems on the update of the Lagoon progress at the City’s Wastewater Plant. c. Discussion and Action on Meredith Petersen’s property for water and sewer to new construction. d. Discussion and Action on Heather Johnson’s property at 201 Jones Street. e. Discussion and Action for Margaret Peavy to continue using the City’s dumpster to pick up large items throughout the City. f. Discussion and Action on the Grease Trap Inspection Fee. g. Appoint Election Judges for the General Election May 1, 2021 for the City of Groveton. h. Approve hour rates for Election Judges and Clerks for the General Election for May 1, 2021. 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 and the Trinity County Annex Building at 3:30 P.M. on March 19, 2021 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. _________________________________ Ralph Bennett, Mayor Pro-Tem