City Board
Regular MeetingHighland Haven, TX · August 15, 2023
Minutes
CITY OF HIGHLAND HAVEN
510 Highland Drive, Suite A
Highland Haven, Texas 78654-8278
Telephone: 830-265-4366
MINUTES – BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING
DATE: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Highland Haven Community Center
1. Open Meeting and Establish Quorum/Roll Call– Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem Terry Nuss ☐Present Absent
Alderperson Don Hagans Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Bruce Robertson ☐Present Absent
Alderperson Lynn Smith Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Terry Smith Present ☐Absent
Mayor Kelley opened the meeting at 7:00pm
2. Pledge of Allegiance & Thought – Mayor
Mayor Kelley led the Pledge of Allegiance
3. Recognize Visitors – Mayor
Visitors present – Judy Kelley
4. Announcements, Proclamations or Recognition
5. Public Comment
(At this time, any person with business before the BOA not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Board. No formal
action can be taken on these items at this meeting. No discussion or deliberation can occur. Comments regarding specific
agenda items should occur when the item is called.) No Public Comments
ACTION ITEMS
6. Consider Consent items:
The items listed are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Board of Aldermen and will be approved by one
motion, there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests, in which case the item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda prior to a motion and vote. The item will be considered in its normal sequence
of the regular agenda.
a. Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2023
b. July 2023 Financials
c. July 2023 Utility Report
Motion to approve consent agenda items made by Don Hagans, seconded by Terry Smith.
Vote 3-0
7. Discuss with Possible Action – Response to Show Cause Hearing for Central Texas Groundwater
Conservation District.
No action taken; the board agreed with the letter that Mayor Kelley had drafted as a response to our
show cause hearing scheduled for August 21, 2023.
8. Discuss with Possible Action – Appointment of Marvin Filla as P&Z Chair.
Motion to appoint Marvin Filla as Planning and Zoning chair made by Don Hagans, seconded by Lynn
Smith.
Vote 3-0
DISCUSSION / INFORMATION ITEMS
9. Personnel -
a. Human Resources Policy Manual
10. Review Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendations to BOA
11. Review assignments for the Planning and Zoning Commission
a. Review of current Planning and Zoning assignments
b. The next P&Z meeting is scheduled for August 10, 2023.
12. Legislative Updates –
13. Drainage Issues –
14. Water Storage Tank Project Report
15. Review Water System –
a. Maintenance and Operations Issues
b. Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District
i. Pumping Permit
ii. Drought Status – Stage 4
iii. 15% Mandatory Pump Restrictions
c. Drought Contingency Plan
16. Review Solid Waste Services – Kelley
17. Discuss Technology/Communications Improvements
a. Community Center technology improvements
18. Mayor’s Reports
a. TML Annual Conference October 4 – October 6, 2023
b. Codification Project Update
c. Accounting Software Conversion Project
19. Aldermen Comments
Next regular meeting – Tuesday September 5, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., Highland Haven Community Center
Adjournment.
Motion to adjourn made by Don Hagans, seconded by Terry Smith.
Vote 3-0
Meeting adjourned at 7:57 pm
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Olan Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST
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Lezley Baum, City Secretary
Agenda
CITY OF HIGHLAND HAVEN
510 Highland Drive, Suite A
Highland Haven, Texas 78654-8278
Telephone: 830-265-4366
AGENDA – BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING
DATE: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Highland Haven Community Center
1. Open Meeting and Establish Quorum/Roll Call– Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem Terry Nuss ☐Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Don Hagans ☐Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Bruce Robertson ☐Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Lynn Smith ☐Present ☐Absent
Alderperson Terry Smith ☐Present ☐Absent
2. Pledge of Allegiance & Thought
3. Recognize Visitors
4. Announcements, Proclamations or Recognition
5. Public Comment
(At this time, any person with business before the BOA not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Board. No formal
action can be taken on these items at this meeting. No discussion or deliberation can occur. Comments regarding specific
agenda items should occur when the item is called.)
ACTION ITEMS
6. Consider Consent items:
The items listed are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Board of Aldermen and will be approved by one
motion, there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests, in which case the item
will be removed from the Consent Agenda prior to a motion and vote. The item will be considered in its normal sequence
of the regular agenda.
a. Meeting Minutes for August 1, 2023
b. July 2023 Financials
c. July 2023 Utility Report
7. Discuss with Possible Action – Response to Show Cause Hearing for Central Texas Groundwater
Conservation District.
8. Discuss with Possible Action – Appointment of Marvin Filla as P&Z Chair.
DISCUSSION / INFORMATION ITEMS
9. Personnel -
a. Human Resources Policy Manual
10. Review Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendations to BOA
11. Review assignments for the Planning and Zoning Commission
a. Review of current Planning and Zoning assignments
b. The next P&Z meeting is scheduled for August 10, 2023.
12. Legislative Updates –
13. Drainage Issues –
14. Water Storage Tank Project Report
15. Review Water System –
a. Maintenance and Operations Issues
b. Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District
i. Pumping Permit
ii. Drought Status – Stage 4
iii. 15% Mandatory Pump Restrictions
c. Drought Contingency Plan
16. Review Solid Waste Services – Kelley
17. Discuss Technology/Communications Improvements
a. Community Center technology improvements
18. Mayor’s Reports
a. TML Annual Conference October 4 – October 6, 2023
b. Codification Project Update
c. Accounting Software Conversion Project
19. Aldermen Comments
Next regular meeting – Tuesday September 5, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., Highland Haven Community Center
Adjournment.
Posted: August 11, 2023
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING
I, LEZLEY BAUM, CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED AT HIGHLAND HAVEN CITY HALL, 510
HIGHLAND DRIVE, SUITE A; HIGHLAND HAVEN, TX ON THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR NOTICE BOARDS OF CITY HALL WHICH ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND THE CITY WEBSITE AT WWW. HIGHLANDHAVENTX.COM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST
11, 2023, BY 5:00 PM AND REMAINED SO POSTED FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRECEDING THE SCHEDULED TIME OF SAID
MEETING.
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Lezley Baum, City Secretary
THIS MEETING SHALL BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.001 ET SEQ. AT ANY TIME
DURING THE MEETING THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ANY OF THE ABOVE
POSTED AGENDA ITEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTIONS 551.071 (Advice of Counsel), 551.072 (Real Property), 551.073
(Gifts or Donations), 551.074 (Personnel), 551.076 (Security), 551.087 (Economic Development) and/or 418.183 (Homeland Security).
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