CITY   CITY OF  KEMPNER  KEMPNER, EST.19D7  REGULAR MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, September 26, 2023, AT6:00F PM Notice is hereby given:  THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE IN A REGULAR MEETING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 12288 E. HWY 190, KEMPNER TX. 76539. 1. CALLTO ORDE.INVOCATONLAND PLEDGES TO FLAGS  2. NON-ACTION ITEMS  Public Hearing: Final FY: 2023-2024. Annual Budget and Tax Rate  Citizen Comments: Any person with business before the Council not scheduled on the agenda mays speak to the Council. Not formal action can bet taken on these items at this meeting. This is an opportunity, for members oft thep public tos suggest the addition of topics fort the discussion or to address topics ofi interest, with thep presentation limited to three (3)r minutes.. Alls speakers will conduct themselves in an orderly and lawful manner. No profane or threatening language willl be tolerated. Alls speakers will be recognized prior to speaking and will announce their name. for the  minutes' purpose. Reports  CityManager's Report- Presented byt the City Manager or designee. Mayor's Report-Presented byt the Mayor or designee.  Upcoming Events:  National Night Out (Hosted byt the County) - October 3rd, 2023. Trunk or Treat- - October 31*1, 2023, 6PM-8 8PM at Kempner City Hall  3. CONSENT AGENDA  (Alli items ont the Consent agenda ared consideredr routine andr may bea approvedb byas single motion." Thei itemsl listedb below need noth bea approvedi independently, howevera any oft thei items may! ber removeda ando consideredi ina ani independent motion A. Approvalo ofr meeting minutes from the meeting held on! September 12, 2023.  uponr request ofa anyr member of the City Council)  4. ACTION ITEMS 1/Page  The Council will discuss, and MAY1 take action on thet following:  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    A. Approval of Ordinance # 2023-09-26-001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KEMPNER, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING AN AFFECTIVE AD' VALOREM TAXI RATE AND THE B. Receive presentation and accept the Annual Financial Report for The City of Kempner, Texas ended September 30, 2021, commonly referred to as the FY 20-21 Audit. Council to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; To wit: Appointment of Rebecca Ramos as City Manager for the City of Kempner effective October 1, 2023.  ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.  5. WORKSHOP  A. Discussion of an interlocal agreement between the City of Kempner and Lampasas County pertaining toi ther regulation of the developments in the ETJ of the City.  6. NON-ACTION ITEMS A. Staff Comments B. Mayor/Counci Comments  - Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting- - Tuesday, October 10th, 2023  7. ADJOURNMENT  Alli items on the agenda arej for discussion and/or action. The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive. session at anyt time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of ther matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices,) and 551.086 (Economic The Cityofk Kempner is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodations ande equal access to communications will be provided tot those who provide notice tot the City Secretary at (512/932-2180 at least 48 hours in advance. Agenda Posted by Friday, September 22, 2023, on or before 5:00 pm.  Development).  Posted by: Hayleigh Talasek, City Secretary  2IPage  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    CITY Op  CITY OF  KEMPNER  KEMPNER/ EST.I90T  REGULAR MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023, AT6:00 PM Notice is hereby given:  THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE IN A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 12288 E. HWY 190, KEMPNER, TX. 76539. 1. CALLTO ORDER.INVOCATON-AND PLEDGESTO FLAGS  Ther meeting started at 6:00 PM. The quorum consisted of David Richardson (Place 1), Tom Combs (Place 2), Rob Green (Place 3), and Mayor Wilkerson. Dan Long (Place 4) and Debbie Hernandez  (Place 5) were not present. Mayor Wilkerson led thei invocation.  2. NON-ACTION ITEMS  Public Hearing: Final FY 2023-2024 Annual Budget and" Tax Rate  Opened publich hearing at 6:02F PM.  Closed public hearing at 6:04 PM, no citizens in attendance, which resulted in no comments  provided. Reports  City Manager Presented by City Manager Rebecca Ramos- See attached.  Mayor's Report- Nor report given.  Upcoming Events  National Night Out (Hosted byt the County) - October 3",2023. Trunk or Treat - October: 31:,2023, 6PM-8 8PM: at Kempner City Hall  3. CONSENT AGENDA  (Alli items ont the Consent agenda arec consideredi routine andi may bea approved! byas singler motion. Thei items listed! below needr noth bea approvedi independently, however: anyofti thei items may! ber removeda ando consideredir ina anir independent motion A. Approvalo lofr meeting minutesi from the meeting held on September 12, 2023.  upon request ofa anyr member oft the City Council)  1IPage  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    Rob Green (Place 3) made the following motion: To approve the consent agenda.  Second by: Tom Combs (Place 2) Motion passed by all present.  4. ACTION ITEMS  The Council will discuss, and MAY take action on thet following:  A. Approval of Ordinance #: 2023-09-26-001 AN ORDINANCE OF1 THE CITYC OF KEMPNER, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING AN AFFECTIVE AD VALOREM TAXI RATE AND THE Rob Green (Place 3) made thet following motion: To approve Ordinance #2 2023-09-26-001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KEMPNER, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING AN AFFECTIVEAD VALOREM" TAXI RATE AND THE ADOPTED BUDGETF FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCALYEAR.  ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.  Seconded by: Tom Combs (Place 2) David Richardson (Place 1) -FOR Tom Combs (Place 2)-FOR Rob Green (Place 3)-FOR Dan Long (Place 4)- - ABSENT Debbie Hernandez (Place! 5) -ABSENT Mayor Wilkerson- - FOR Motion passed.  B. Receive presentation and accept the Annual Financial Report for The City of Kempner, Texas ended September 30, 2021, commonly referred to as the FY2 20-21 Audit. Jon' Watson (CPA with Brooks, Watson & Co.) presented thei findings of thet financial report for thet fiscal year 2020-2021 Audit fort the City of Kempner. Mr. Watson explained our mixed audit opinion as follows: The city received a disclaimed audit opinion with an unmodified opinion over the statement of net position and balance sheet. Mayor' Wilkerson asked for clarification on whether the city furnished all documents requested. Mr. Watson replied he had not received all the requested documents but felt that the cityi in good faith provided all documents available. Mayor Wilkerson wanted it on record with the council that our staff did a great job ofr researching and providing what they could, any missing documentation was not fault of our staff. Rob Green (Place 3) asked, based on the mayor's question is there any potential liability tot the city! based on thei incompleteness of the audit. Mr. Watson replied that these opinions do matter for credit ratings and grants could be potentially impacted whichi is why Brooks, Watson & Co. willl begin auditing thei fiscal year 2021-2022 as quickly as possible. Mayor Wilkerson asked. Jack Clark based on his history advising the council oni financial matters regarding the city, in his opinion, do we havea good product from this auditor. Jack Clark responded yes, absolutely.  2IPage  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    Rob Green (Place 3) made thet following motion: To accept the annual Financial Report for The City of Kempner, Texas ended September 30, 2021, commonly referred to as the FY  20-21 Audit.  Seconded by: David Richardson (Place 1) Motion passed bya all present  Council to deliberatei the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal ofap public officer ore employee; To wit: Appointment of Rebecca Ramos as City Manager fort the City of Kempner effective October 1, 2023. Rob Green (Place 3) made the following motion: To appoint Rebecca Ramos as the City Manager for the City of Kempner effective October1,2023.  Seconded by: Tom Combs (Place 2) Motion passed by all present.  5. WORKSHOP  A. Discussion ofa an interlocal agreement between the City of Kempner andl Lampasas County pertaining to thei regulation of the developments int the ETJ of the City. Mayor Wilkerson introduced the concept of smaller cities in Lampasas County entering ani interlocal agreement with the county for management of subdivision developments in our ETJ. The city of Lometa has already entered into as similar agreement with Lampasas County. -not incurring the cost of having trained personnel to manage and enforcet the ordinances that the county having a county attorney to consult, which would potentially free us from anyl legal litigation we could find ourselves ini if wel have an ordinance, we aret tryingt to enforce thati isin -any fees associated with managing and enforcing ordinances would be paidt to the county, not Mayor Wilkerson expressed he wanted the council to have the opportunity to do: some research, and when. Joe England is available to do ap presentation, he (mayor) would like to bring this back before the councili in at future meeting for further discussion andt to get a final decision. Ift the council has any questions preemptively, they can be: sent toi the city manager. Rebecca Ramos added that shel has begun some research, being unfamiliar with this process, ands she will consult with Mr.  Mayor Wilkerson stated they pros are: applyt to our ETJ  violation of that preemptive: statute. While a con would be: tot the city.  England for morei information. 6. NON-ACTION ITEMS A. Staff Comments- None B. Mayor/Council Comments- None  3Page  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    C. N Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting-Tuesday, October 10th,2023, at6PM  7. ADJOURNMENT  David Richardson (Place 1) made thei following motion: To adjourn.  Seconded by: Tom Combs (Place 2) Meeting adjourned at 6:45 PM. A  APPROVED:  ATTEST:,  Mayor  Secretary  Rht  4IPage  REGULAR CALLED MEETING    CITYOR  KEMPNER, EST 1997  City Manager's Report  For the Period of September 13-26, 2023  Honorable Council members and Mayor,  During the timespan above, the following occurred:  MAINTENANCE UPDATES  1. At total of $1,857.82 of un-budgeted funds were incurred for AC repair int the City Hall building. Repairs included the replacement ofi indoor coil, freon, and labor. This expense will be covered using the excess and unused funds int the Attorney Fees line item of the 2. We offered the position of Municipal Court Clerk/Assistant City Secretary to Mrs. Keri McCoy. She accepted and will begin her employment with the City of Kempner on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Mrs. McCoy was one of the candidates that was selected  General Fund, Administrative Department.  STAFF UPDATES  and interviewed initially. CITY EVENTS/ ONGOING PROJECTS  1. On Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, lemailed each ofy you an update on the Altitude ISP Tower project. We are projected to have internet service ine early October, with phones being added in late October. To ensure service to our citizens and stakeholders remain consistent, the transition over to this newi internet and voice-over-internet 2. At the direction of the mayor, DTP Construction was contacted and the previously purchased memorial stones were placed in the memorial wall located at Sylvia Tucker  provider (VOIP) phone's will be strategically coordinated.  memorial park. TRAININGS & MEETINGS  1. Chief Rodriguez and lattended the County Chief's meeting held at the Lampasas County Sheriff's Office, hosted by Texas Highway Patrol Sargeant, Ryan McKittrick. This meeting covered the 2024 Solar Eclipse and the probable effect it will have on the City of Kempner. Mayor Wilkerson asked that lattend inl his place, as he had prior engagements that put him out of town during this meeting.  1Page  Regular Call Meeting of September 26, 2023