287  January 12, 2023  The City of San Augustine City Council will meet for a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers located at 301 South  Harrison Street, San Augustine, Texas.  Jeremy Lynch - City Secretary  AGENDA  1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.  Call Meeting to Order Prayer Pledge To the Flags Welcome Guests  Citizen Presentations: At this time, any person with business before the Council not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Council. No: formal action can be taken on  these items at this meeting. Please limit to three minutes each. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting(s) Chief. Jonathan Sowell -1 Update on. Police Department Activity Judge Jeff Cox- - Update on Municipal Court Activity Liz. Jones - Update on Main Street Program 10. Jeaneyse Mosby - Update from City Manager Recognition Month in the City of San Augustine  11. Discussion And Action if Any to proclaim January 2024 as San Augustine School Board 12. Discussion And Action if Any to approve Water/Wastewater Emergency Preparedness  Plan 13. Adjourn    288  The City Council reserves the right to adjourn intol Executive Session ata any time during the course oft thisi meeting to discuss any oft the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property),551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts andl Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 I,the undersigned authority does hereby certify that thel Notice of] Meeting was posted ont the front door at City Hall oft the City of San Augustine, TX, ap place convenient and readily accessible tot the general public at all times and said Notice was posted on the  (Deliberations About Security Devices) and 551.087 (Economic Development).  following date and time: January 12.2023 preceding the scheduled time ofs said meeting. City Secretary, City of San Augustine, Texas  by 5:00 p.m.  andi remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours    289  The City of San Augustine held its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.  Members present were:  Mayor Alderman Alderman Alderman Alderman Attorney City Manager City Secretary  Leroy Hughes Marcus Hafford Juan Diaz, Jr. Herman Wilson Dan Fussell Wade Flasowski Jeaneyse Mosby Jeremy Lynch  Mayor Leroy Hughes called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.  Mayor Hughes offered prayer.  The pledge to the flags was recited in unison. Mayor Hughes welcomed guests. Guests in attendance included:  Jonathan Sowell Jeff Cox  Stephen Hays  5.  Citizen Presentations: At this time, any person with business before the Council not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Council. No formal action can be taken on these items at this meeting. Please limit to three minutes each.  There were no presentations.  6.  Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)  Alderman Juan Diaz offered a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting(s). Alderman Marcus Hafford seconded the motion. All voted in favor ofthe motion. Motion  carried.  7.  Chief. Jonathan Sowell - Update on Police Department Activity  Chief Sowell gave the update on the police department's: activity for the month of December, 2023. Activity included: 22 reports filed, 5: felony arrests, 10 misdemeanor arrests, 2 occasions of assisting other agencies, 274 calls for service answered, 2 auto accident reports filed, 18 citations written, and 157 warnings issued. Chief Sowell also mentioned he had completed the 2023 Racial Profiling report and submitted it to the state. It will be on next month's agenda once approved.    290  8.  Judge Jeff Cox-1 Update on Municipal Court Activity  Judge Cox had not arrived to the meeting at this time sO Mayor Hughes read his report on the Municipal Court Activity for month ofl December, 2023. There were 17 citations received, with fines and court costs collected totaling $1726.00. Remitted to state =  $970.00, City retention - $756.00. Liz. Jones -1 Update on Main Street Program  9.  Liz. Jones was unable to attend the meeting, sO City Manager Jeaneyse Mosby read her Mrs. Mosby reported that the Quarter 4 Reports have been submitted to Texas Main Street, and Mrs. Jones is now working on finishing the Annual Reports for Main Street There will be a Visitor Experience Workshop led by the Texas Historical Commission staff to help prepare us and the region for the Smithsonian: Museum on Main Street. It will be held on Tuesday, February 27th, at the Log Cabin from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Wednesday, February 28th, exploring downtown and exhibit venues. There will be more The Heritage Days Festival is on Friday, April 19th, and Saturday, April 20th. We already  report.  America.  details to come.  have sponsors and vendors signing up, some new and some repeat.  10. Update from City Manager Jeaneyse Mosby  City Manager Jeaneyse Mosby reported that the city had suffered no outages despite the winter storms. There are two water leaks that have been discovered and are tol be fixed as soon as the weather permits. Precautions have been taken to ensure the leaks do not cause The City received a letter from the County requesting to put the new building being built, as well as the existing building, on Co-op electricity. A request has been submitted to the PUC to get a copy ofthe order where the City was granted its CCN: number to determine the exact footage that buildings must fall within to move off the City's electric services. Assuming the buildings fall within the footage given in the order, this will be allowed. The electrical rate study should be completed by March 14th.IfMrs. Mosby is able to review the study in time, it will bej placed on the agenda for March's Council Meeting,  any traffic issues.  otherwise it will be on April's agenda.  A monthly Kevenue/Expenditure Report was provided and explained.  An updated information sheet concerning the ongoing PCA collections was also provided A new: form has been introduced that allows critical care customers to be reported SO that, ini the event of an outage, priority can be given to get them back up as quickly as possible.  and explained to the council.    291  There was a discussion about the City being closed for a day due to icy weather, services that were or were not available, and compensation for employees that did or did not  work.  11. Discussion And. Action if Any to proclaim January 2024 as San Augustine School  Board Recognition Month in the City of San Augustine  After discussion, Alderman Dan Fussell offered a motion to proclaim January 2024 as San Augustine School Board Recognition Month in the City of San Augustine. Alderman Herman Wilson seconded the motion. All voted in favor oft the motion. Motion carried.  12. Discussion And Action if Any to approve Water/Wastewater Emergency  Preparedness Plan  Mrs. Mosby explained the process of getting the Water/Wastewater Emergency Preparedness Plan. After discussion, Alderman Dan Fussell offered a motion to approve the Water/Wastewater Emergency Preparedness Plan. Alderman Marcus Hafford seconded the motion. All voted in favor oft the motion. Motion carried.  13. Adjourn  Meeting adjourned at 5:49 p.m.  Chen  p