City Council Regular Meeting

Minutes of Regular Meeting The City Council City of Richwood A Regular Meeting of the City Council of City of Richwood was held Monday, July 11, 2016, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Richwood City Hall, 1800 N. Brazosport Blvd. Richwood, Texas. I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mark Guthrie, Mayor and Presiding Officer II. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Glenn Patton, City Manager III. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE Pledge of Allegiance & Texas Pledge of Allegiance were recited by those in attendance. IV. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Roll call showed the following members present: Mark Guthrie, Mayor and Presiding Officer Paul Raymond, Council, Position #1 Jarrod Beaty, Council, Position #3 and Mayor Pro Tem Lauren LaCount, Council, Position #4 Chris Hardison, Council, Position #5 Absent: Melissa Blanks, Council, Position #2 A quorum was declared. Other present included Glenn Patton, City Manager, Linda Pace, Administrative Assistant, Bryan Corb, Police Chief, Clif Custer, Public Works Director, Kenny Williams, Director of Inspections and Permitting, Jason Cordoba, City Attorney, Clint Kocurek, Fire Chief, Patti Guthrie, Rebecca Goins, Josh Strawn, Brad Caudle, Ann Shepard. V. PUBLIC COMMENTS Clint Kocurek spoke to Council about his concern about the city water at Oakwood Shores subdivision smelling bad and has a yellow color to it also about the road issue’s at Oakwood Shored still needing work done to them but he has seen some improvement in the roads Josh Strawn spoke to council about water issues at Oakwood Shores and also about the roads, drainage issues due to trees growing and tall grass in the drainage areas Brad Caudle addressed Council in reference to the position of City Manager he would like to see someone from outside the current administration to get the position he also said that he and Jessica Bailey had a meeting with the EEOC about two weeks ago and felt it went well. VI. CONSENT AGENDA On a motion by Councilman Beaty, seconded by Councilman Raymond, with all members present voting aye, the items on the Consent Agenda were approved as presented A. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings B. Payment of bills VII. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Public Hearing - Proposed Indoor Gun Range on FM 2004 The public Hearing was opened at 6:08 p.m. The public Hearing closed at 6:10 pm Kevin Story – 214 Halbert, spoke in favor of the Indoor Gun Range on FM 2004, he has been to the other location in Alvin, took classes there and feels that it is run very well. Councilman LaCount – says she has gotten overwhelming positive feedback from a lot of our residents in favor of the Indoor Gun Range, they have been driving to Alvin to use the facilities there and this will cut down on their driving time. Bryan Corb – Chief of Police says all is positive he has been in touch with the owner of the gun range and with our City Attorney Jason Cordoba working on this business to happen. B. Consider and approve purchase and sale agreement for real property located at Glenwood Bayou S/D, Reserve D10 & D11 FM2004 to the City of Richwood Economic Development Corporation Jason Cordoba – Attorney for the City of Richwood explained about the transaction for the sale of the property. There is exception in the local government code that allows the property to be sold by an independent foundation and in this case it will be the Economic Development Foundation. He proposes that the city sign an agreement to convey the property to the EDC and the EDC would in turn sale the property. The cost of the property will be 60,000.00. Councilman LaCount asked why the sale amount had changed and Chief Corb explained that the EDC is only selling one lot and not 2. Councilman LaCount was not aware that there had been a change in the lots and price. On a motion by Councilman Beaty, seconded by Councilman LaCount to approve the purchase and sale agreement for real property located at Glenwood Bayou s/D, Reserve D10 & D11 FM2004 to the City of Richwood Economic Development Corporation C. Presentation of FY 17 Budget Glenn Patton – City Manager spoke to council. He thanked them for the questions and comments that he has received. The Ad Valorem will decrease it will lower the tax from .73568 down to .69252 which is a 4 cent decrease. Need to decide a day and time for budget workshop. Agreement made for July 25 at 6 pm for budget workshop. D. Award bid for repairing the sanitary sewer lines and manholes - CDBG project Clif Custer – Public Works Director, informed City Council that Philip with KSA Engineering could not attend tonight’s meeting, King Solution Services, Houston, Texas had the lowest bid. On a motion by Councilman LaCount and seconded by Councilman Raymond to award the bid to King Solutions for repair of the sanitary sewer lines and manholes. E. Executive session pursuant to Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, Personnel Matter to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment and duties of a public officer or employee in particular succession plans 1. City Manager  Council entered executive session at 6:34 p.m. Council exited executive session at 7:00 p.m. F. Action as a result of executive session No Action G. Award contract for Executive Search Firm for City Manager Motion by Councilman Beaty and seconded by Councilman Raymond to table awarding a contract until further research is done. H. Appointment of Council Liaisons to Committees Motion by Councilman Raymond and seconded by Councilman Beaty to table until there is more information about responsibilities I. Approve Items removed from Consent Agenda There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda VIII. REPORTS Reports that require no action. A. Finance Reports Finance reports not discussed until Karen Schrom – Financial Director/City Secretary is available. IX. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT Presenter: Glenn Patton Glenn Patton reported that Centerpoint is behind on getting electrical to the Brazos Crossing Apartments but they are allowing residents to move into certain buildings. He also ask the residents that live at Oakwood Shores to please contact City Hall about any issues that that are having in their subdivision. X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Mayor skipped this line item  XI. COMMITTEE REPORTS No committee reports XII. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS & REPORTS Councilman LaCount wanted to comment on the event All American Night that the Parks and Recreation’s Committee held. Her family had a blast. The Committee did an amazing job. Had a great turnout. Councilman Beaty would like a report by next meeting on what the City is going to do about the water complaints. He informed to residents at the meeting to contact any City Council member with concerns. He also wanted to thank Police Department for handling the situation on Hollyhock. XIII. MAYOR’S REPORT Mayor Mark Guthrie also commented on the All American Night that he really enjoyed to festival. Reminded Department heads to remember safety in this hot time of year. XIV. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 7:03