City Council Workshop Session

Name: City Council Workshop Session — Mount Vernon, TX
Start: 2021-07-26T18:00:00
End: 2021-07-26T20:00:00
Location: Mount Vernon, TX

Regular Meeting

Mount Vernon, TX · July 26, 2021

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CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SESSION Monday, July 26, 2021 – 6:00 PM 109 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, Texas 75457 Our mission: to provide effective and fiscally responsible municipal services in a manner which promotes our high standard of community life. MINUTES 1,060 PRESENT Mayor Brad Hyman Mayor Pro Tem Mark Huddleston Councilman Harold Cason Councilwoman Rebecca Bailey City Administrator Tina Rose City Secretary Kathy Lovier ABSENT Councilwoman Sherelyn Roberson VISITORS Lillie Bush Reves, Leah Thomas, and Ricky Jones Mayor Hyman lead the invocation and pledges to the American and Texas flags. No one spoke in Citizen Participation. Discussion Items and Mayor/Council/City Administrator Reports 1. Budget 2021-2022 HOT fund requests HOT fund requests were discussed first, at this time the proposed funding is as follows: Arts Alliance $6,500 Historical Assoc 8,500 Main Street 10,000 Rotary-bike race 3,175 Chamber 5,000 Alamo Mission 2,000 SRS Auction 2,400 FC Youth baseball 7,500 2021-2022 Budget Discussion: Administrator Rose reported she has just received the proposed tax rate and because sales tax has gone up our ad valorem tax will be reduced by approximately $0.01. She had no further information than that and will be contacting the tax assessor/collector with further questions. The tax rate and public hearing approving will be in August and the final budget approval will be September. Mrs. Rose reported we are going to exceed the proposed sales tax collection for 2020-2021 budget and feels we need to increase the amount anticipated in 2021-2022 budget. Reporting further that we did not receive funding for the Carthel Street project so she wanted input from the council as to decrease the proposed engineer budget but after some discussion it was decided to leave the amount the same as the current budget due to future planning will need to be conducted. Presiding Officer to Adjourn the City Council Meeting Motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Huddleston to close the meeting at 6:49 p.m., Seconded by Councilman Cason. Voting Yea: Mayor Pro Tem Huddleston, Councilman Cason, Councilwoman Bailey. __/s/ Brad Hyman_____________________ Brad Hyman – Mayor ATTEST: __/s/ Kathy Lovier___________________ Kathy Lovier – City Secretary

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CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SESSION Monday, July 26, 2021 – 6:00 PM 109 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, Texas 75457 Our mission: to provide effective and fiscally responsible municipal services in a manner which promotes our high standard of community life. AGENDA Call to order and announce a quorum is present. Invocation and Pledges Citizen Participation (3 minutes) The Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person with specific information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as individual personnel appeals are not appropriate for citizens’ forum. Discussion Items and Mayor/Council/City Administrator Reports 1. Budget 2021-2022 HOT fund requests Presiding Officer to Adjourn the City Council Meeting Notes to the Agenda: The Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed in this Agenda except for discussion-only items. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance should contact the City Secretary at 903-537-2252 two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. CERTIFICATION I do hereby certify that this Public Meeting Notice was posted on the outside bulletin board, at the front entrance of City Hall located at 109 N Kaufman St., Mount Vernon, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: Posted July 23, 2021 by 4:00 p.m. and remained so posted at least 72 hours before said meeting was convened. Kathy Lovier, City Secretary NOTE: The City of Mount Vernon, Texas meets regularly on the second Monday night of each month at 6:00 p.m. The Council follows a printed Agenda for official action. Any individual desiring official action should submit his/her request to the office of the City Manager not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the Council Meeting. /s/ Kathy Lovier Kathy Lovier, City Secretary

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