City of Richland Springs Minutes of City Council Meeting on. July 11th, 2022  Meeting: Discussion of the regular business of the city Council Attendees: Mayor Johnie Reeves  Council Members: Aaron Bessett, Franky Soto, Frank Pearce, Larry Crump, and. Jessica  Scales  Called to Order: 7:00 PM Note Taker:. Jessica Scales Absent: Aaron Bessett  City officials present: Mayor, Johnie Reeves; Mayor Protem, Frank Pearce; Treasurer, Franky Soto; Secretary, Jessica Scales; Larry Crump; City' Water Manager, Chris Perry. Guests present:. Jason Lewis, Paige Moats, Dolores Mask, Jill Mask, Michelle Mckinnerney, Kate with San Saba County Friends of Animals, James Womack with Law Enforcement: Sheriff. Jenkins, Chief Deputy Shaw, and Deputy Stevenson  RSISD, Mando Garcia, Lane Garcia 7:03pm 1.Opened meeting with a prayer. 7:03pm 2. Citizen and Guest Participation: for the school, mayor advised council would discuss  James' Womack, Superintendent R515D-requesting 2 blocks of public streets be closed Jason Lewis-wanted to discuss procedure for vagrancy due to recent incident downtown with homeless woman camping on sidewalk. Mentioned HB 1925, which prevents camping on public streets. Advised city can only do sO much when people are on private property and that property owners must address, SSSD was called and issue handled best as possible following proper process already in place. Sheriff. Jenkins confirmed Mando Garcia-believes. all issues lie with ongoing drug problems int the area and states need further reporting of events by citizens as they are witnessea/nappening for deputies to be able to catch crime happening, requesting everyone be on the lookout 7:15pm 3. Discussed and approved previous meeting minutes. Motion to approve made 7:17pm 4. Discussed and approved payment of bills for the city and the water sewer and garbage. Motion to approve made by. Jessica Scales, 2nd by Larry Crump, passed by 7:22pm 5. Discussed and approved the monthly reports for the city and the water: sewer and garbage. Side notes: budget will bei tight, CC company acct operational, now accepting CC cards for utility payments. Street signs andi traffic signs in process willl be upl by end of week. SSSD has started patrols. City website in progress, URL will be  process.  and to call anything suspicious in.  by Franky Soto, 2nd by Larry Crump, passed by unanimous vote.  unanimous vote.    richlandspringstxgov. Motion to approve made by Frank Pearce, 2nd by. Jessica Scales, 7:33pm 6. Discussed stray animal process and dog ordinance. with San Saba County Friends of Animals. Michelle and Kate would like to discuss proactive solutions available fromi the city to assist the non-profit organization in animal management. Michelle suggested city! holding pens be built. Council advised noti feasible, would need to meet required state requirements, would require too much tax payer funding, and would not be ablei to be managed by cityl leaving too many liability issues. She requested more compassion from the citizens and city council. Advised. in these tough times of pending economic recession, people's priorities are on other people int the community more sO than animals, and they cannot be forced to care more. Council recommended doing more fundraising and marketing to get their message out to citizens and area, cannot force people to care/volunter/foster or use their tax dollars to do sO because they cannot or will not. City advised would use website and Facebook to note the organization is looking for assistance in fostering and donations to cover costs. Jason asked who is to be contacted for animals left on properties ofi individuals who leave their properties suddenly, wants to know how city will address. Advised once again iti is private property and city cannot do much. Sheriff. Jenkins advised they would handle and that SSSD would need to be contacted to enforce any laws and ordinances, not city. 8:04pm 7. Discussed old city! hall and to come up with ideas for renovations and use  passed by unanimous vote.  with possible small budget. Will discuss further at next meeting. -contacted Brandon Byers about tractor shed removal -TruClear has received pumps, will schedule time out to install -Purchased 20 tons of coal mix to continue road patches  8:09pm 8. Mayor Reports:  -Street signs, had to rent post hole digger due to dry conditions, signs going up: slowly. 8:17pm 9. Went into executive session under Section 551-074 of Texas Code Item 1. Motion to enter made by Frank Pearce, 2nd by Larry Crump, passed by unanimous vote. 8:34pm 10.Motion to go backi into open session. Motion made by Frank Pearce, 2ndby Reconvened and took action on discussion item. Motion to hire Kristi Perry to assist in administrative duties fori the city on a part time basis and bet trained, as a backup, to handle city duties as needed, int the case Chris is unavailable. Motion made by. Jessica 8:37pm 11. Noi further discussions at this time. Motion to adjourn meeting made by  Franky Soto, passed by unanimous vote.  Scales, 2nd by Larry Crump, passed by unanimous vote. LarfyCrump, 2wby Franky Soto, passed by unanimous vote.  Johnie Reeves  Scales  tele Secretary, Jessica  9