CITY COUNCIL Monday, December 7, 2020 |
Telephonic Meeting | Regular Session | 6:00 PM |
LOCAL DIAL-IN NUMBER: 346-248-7799
TOLL-FREE DIAL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-475-4499
Meeting ID: 876 6620 3607
Agenda |
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| Mayor
Andrew S. Friedberg
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| Mayor Pro Tem
Gus E. Pappas
| Council Member
Neil Verma
| Council Member
Catherine Lewis
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| Council Member
Nathan Wesely | Council Member
Michael Fife | Council Member
Jim Hotze |
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REGULAR SESSION - 6:00 P.M. |
NOTICE OF TELEPHONIC MEETING
Pursuant to Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, on March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas granted the Office of the Attorney General's request for the temporary suspension of certain provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act to allow for telephonic or videoconference meetings of governmental bodies that are accessible to the public in an effort to reduce in-person meetings that assemble large groups of people, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Accordingly, this Regular Session of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, will be conducted telephonically in furtherance of this important and necessary objective to protect the public health and welfare in our community.
Members of the public will be entitled to participate and address the City Council in the telephonic meeting, at the time for personal/audience comments. Any person desiring to address the City Council must submit their request via e-mail to City Clerk Tracy L. Dutton at tdutton@bellairetx.gov.
The request must be received prior to the start of the meeting and include the speaker's full name and the phone number from which they will be calling in to participate in the meeting.
Speakers will be recognized during personal/audience comments in the order in which their requests are received.
Members of the public may view a live broadcast of the meeting by visiting the City's website at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=1060, U-Verse Channel 99, Comcast Channel 16, and the City's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/bellairetx.gov/. The local dial-in number to participate remotely in the telephonic meeting is 346-248-7799. The toll-free dial-in number to participate remotely in the telephonic meeting is 1-888-475-4499. Meeting ID: 876 6620 3607.
An electronic copy of the agenda packet for this Regular Session is posted online at
A recording of the telephonic meeting will be made and will be posted online at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=1060.
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A. | Call to Order - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
B. | Announcement of a Quorum - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
C. | Inspirational Reading and/or Invocation - Gus E. Pappas, Mayor Pro Tem. |
D. | Pledges to the Flags - Gus E. Pappas, Mayor Pro Tem.
1. U.S. Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
2. Pledge to the Texas Flag:
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. |
WORKSHOP (CITY MANAGER SEARCH PROCESS) |
A. | Discussion:
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| Discussion regarding the development of a search process to be used by the City Council for hiring a new City Manager - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk, on behalf of the City Council. |
B. | Adjourn. |
REGULAR MEETING |
A. | Call to Order - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
B. | Announcement of a Quorum - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
C. | Personal/Audience Comments.
Any person desiring to address the City Council must sign up, prior to the posted start time of the meeting, by e-mail to City Clerk Tracy L. Dutton, tdutton@bellairetx.gov. When signing up, all speakers shall provide their full name and the phone number from which they will be calling (for the call moderator to be able to identify them).
Each speaker shall have a time limit of up to five (5) minutes, with no extension, and with notice after four (4) minutes that one (1) minute is left. In the event of pressing business before the City Council or matters requiring its immediate attention or action, the City Council may, prior to the opening of audience comments, set a different maximum time limit for each speaker by a vote of four (4) members of the City Council.
The purpose of this item is to allow the residents of Bellaire and other interested persons an opportunity to address the City Council on agenda issues and on non-agenda issues that are a matter of the jurisdiction of the City Council (i.e., City policy and legislative issues). Non-agenda issues regarding daily operational or administrative matters should be first dealt with at the administrative level by calling City Hall at (713) 662-8222 during business hours.
[Note: The Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from fully discussing, debating, or considering subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the City Staff for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.] |
D. | Reports and Presentations: |
1. | City Manager's Report to provide information concerning City operations and projects, to include: COVID-19 updates, City operations/personnel updates, communication activity, and future Council meeting information - Submitted by Brant Gary, Interim City Manager. |
2. | Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2020 - Submitted by Terrence Beaman, Chief Financial Officer. Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2020 - Pdf |
3. | Presentation concerning progress to date on the Police Department Management Study being conducted by Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) - Submitted by Onesimo Lopez, Assistant Chief of Police. |
E. | New Business. |
1. | Consent Agenda:
Items set out in the consent agenda are considered routine and are recommended for approval by the passage of a single motion, without discussion or debate, that the consent agenda be adopted. Upon request of any member of City Council, items shall be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.
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a. | Approval of Minutes: |
| Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of the minutes of the Regular Session of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, held on Monday, September 21, 2020 - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk.
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b. | Adoption of Ordinances: |
1. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, authorizing the Interim City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Bellaire, Texas, to execute and attest to, respectively, an Interlocal Agreement with the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, for the City of Bellaire, Texas, to fund 1,920 sponsorships of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District’s Water Conservation Education Program, for a total amount not to exceed $70,003.20, in exchange for groundwater credits - Submitted by Michael Leech, Director of Public Works. |
2. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, amending Ordinance No. 19-066 (as amended by Ordinance No. 20-019), by extending the deadline for Petitioners, the owners of Lot 8, Block 33, to purchase the City's interest in a twenty-five foot (25') wide alley between Lots 7 and 8 of Block 33 in the 5100 block of Linden Street for an additional six (6) months or until June 16, 2021 - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk, on behalf of Petitioners Brian Howard Selbst and Kelli O'Fiel Stevens Selbst. |
2. | Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions: |
a. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, authorizing the issuance of "City of Bellaire, Texas (Harris County, Texas), General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2021," in an amount not to exceed $6,700,000; specifying the terms and features of said refunding bonds; establishing certain parameters for the sale of said bonds; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance, delivery and payment of, and security for, said bonds - Submitted by Terrence Beaman, Chief Financial Officer. |
b. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, adopting a financial policy applicable to all procurements made with federal funds - Submitted by ChaVonne Sampson, Director of Development Services. |
F. | Community Interest Items from the Mayor and Council.
It is the intent of this item to provide members of the City Council the opportunity to make a report about items of community interest, which may include expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; honorary recognition of City officials, employees, or other citizens or entities; reminders of upcoming events sponsored by the City or another entity that is scheduled to be attended by a City official or City employee; and announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in Bellaire that has arisen after the posting of the agenda.
No action may be taken on a reported item of community interest, and no possible action discussed except a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
See Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Open Meetings, Section 551.0415.
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G. | Adjourn. |
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