City Council

Notice of Meeting July 3, 2025 City of Groveton 6:00 P.M. SPECIAL Meeting of City Council Trinity County Annex Pursuant to Article 6252-17, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Groveton will meet in a SPECIAL session at the Trinity County Annex, 223 W. 1st St. 6:00 p.m. Thursday the 3rd day of July 2025 to consider the following topics and such other business that may properly come before the meeting. 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. OPENING PRAYER & PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE 3. RESCIND MOTION APPOINTING DARRELL HARBUCK TO VACANT COUNCIL POSITION 4. APPOINT DARRELL HARBUCK TO VACANT COUNCIL POSITION 5. OATH OF OFFICE FOR APPOINTED VACANT COUNCIL POSITION 6. APPROVE JUNE 12, 2025 INVOICE FROM INFRAMARK 7. DISCUSS BIDS/POSSIBLE ACTION TO PURCHASE BOTTLED WATER TO REPLACE BOTTLED WATER RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY DURING THE WATER OUTAGE IN MARCH 8. DISCUSS/POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING BIDS FOR ROOF REPAIR AND OTHER REPAIRS AT CITY HALL 9. DISCUSS/APPROVE COVERING FOR PENNINGTON WATER CONNECTION WITH DETAILS OF SCOPE OF WORK FOR RFP’S 10. DISCUSS/POSSIBLE ACTION TO HIRE A MAINTAINER OPERATOR 11. FINANCE & OVERSIGHT A. REVIEW MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT B. APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS NEEDED TO REFLECT GRANT FUNDS OR UNPLANNED EXPENDITURE 12. UTILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE A. REVIEW AND COMPARE WATER & SEWER RATES FROM SURROUNDING CITIES B. LIST OF ALL METERS OVER ONE MILLION GALLONS 13. PUBLIC SERVICES & CONTRACTS A. REVIEW AND COMPARE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES FROM SURROUNDING CITIES 14. PLANNING, COMPLIANCE, & LEGAL A. UPDATE ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF ADJACENT AREAS B. DISCUSS CONDITION AND USUAGE OF ALL CITY BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT 15. TECHNOLOGY & RECORDS A. DISCUSS WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY 16. LIBRARY A. DISCUSS LIBRARY NEEDS: IMMEDIATE EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS, OR UPGRADES 17. CITY ADMINSTRATION & OPERATIONS A. DISCUSS/POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING BID FOR NEW INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER 18. STREETS & TRANSPORTATION A. IDENTIFY AREAS NEEDING NEW SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, OR SIDEWALK REPAIRS 19. PUBLIC SAFETY A. DISCUSS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COORDINATION WITH COUNTY RESOURCES 20. GRANTS & FUNDING A. REVIEW OPEN AND PENDING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES (FEMA, ARPA, TDEM, ECT) 21. APPROVE RESIGNATION LETTER OF CITY SECRETARY 22.. EXECUTIVE SESSION 551.0745. PERSONNEL MATTERS; CLOSED MEETING (1) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or (2) to hear a complaint or charge against a public officer or employee. 23. ADJOURN MEETING Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on the meeting notice. If, during the course of the meeting, any discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in Executive or Closed Session, the Council will convene in such Executive or Closed Session in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Section 551.0745 to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a member of an advisory body or to hear a complaint or charge against a member of an advisory body. The Council may elect to consider all matters that are proper subjects for discussion in the same executive session, or may elect to hold two or more executive sessions in the same meeting. DATED THE 30th DAY OF JUNE 2025 MAYOR, CITY OF GROVETON I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NOTICE OF MEETING WAS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT THE CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF GROVETON, TEXAS ON THE 30 TH DAY OF JUNE 2025 AT 6:00 PM CITY SECRETARY, CITY OF GROVETON