CITY OF SMITHVILLE COUNCIL MEETING MARCH11,2024  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, VERNON'S ANN.CIV. ST. art 6252-17 THAT THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE WILL CONDUCT A COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY MARCITAADATEORMENT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, 317 MAIN STREET, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS.  Open Meeting: 1. Call to order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance  4. - Kecognition/Awards/ProclamationsAmmouneements/Presentations:  a) Proclamation "Vietnam Veterans Day" b) Proclamation "Milton's Furniture 75th Anniversary" Presentation from the Smithville Workforce Training Center d) Presentation on It's Time Texas Community Challenge e) Presentation on the Recycling Center from Councilman Jenkins  Citizen Comments:  5. Approval of the minutes from the February 12, 2024, Council Meeting and Public Hearing, and the February 28, 2024 Special Called Council Meeting and Public Forum. 6. Public comment: At this time comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. To address the Council, please submit a fully completed request card to the City Secretary prior to the start of the Council meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, ifa citizen discusses an item not on the agenda, City Council cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time. Instead, City Council is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. Issues may be referred to City Staff for research and possible future action. It is not the intention of the City of Smithville to provide a public forum for the embarrassment or demeaning of any individual or group. Neither is it the intention of the Council to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty, and/or integrity oft the Council, as a body or any member or members of the Council individually or collectively, or members of the City's staff. Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Council and/or any person in the Council's  presence will not be tolerated. Citizen Comments: Plan).  7. Discuss the introduction and update oft the GLO-Resilient Communities Program (COMP  Citizen Comments:  8. Discussion and Action on Awarding a Construction Contract for bid for the NE/NW 2nd Street Drainage Improvements (Part 1), GLO CDBG-MIT Contract No 22-085-020-D256  project.    Citizen Comments:  9. Discussion and Action on a License Agreement to Encroach onto city property at 1308  N.E. 7th Street for a fence, owner Carl Wright.  Citizen Comments: Citizen Comments: signs at Main. Citizen Comments: Hudgins Street. Citizen Comments:  10. Discussion and Action on renewal oft the PHI Cares Air Medical contract.  11.1 Discussion and Action on an Ordinance to place stop signs on Burleson, rotate the direction of stop signs at Olive, Gresham, and Burleson, and replace yield signs with stop  12. Discussion and Action on an Ordinance to add a school zone sign on the 300 block of  13. Discussion and Action on the approval ofthe Financial Report.  Closed Meeting:  14. The City Council will hold an Executive Session pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Govt. Code, Vernon's Texas Code Annotated, in accordance with the authority contained in Section 551.074, to discuss personnel (Quarterly Evaluation oft the  City Manager). Open Meeting:  15. Discussion and Action as ai result oft the Executive Meeting.  16. Adjourn  The City Council reserves the right to retire into Executive Session concerning any of the items listed on this agenda, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Icertify this agenda was posted by 6:00 p.m., March 8, 2024, according to the Texas Open  Meetings Act. Meetings Act.  Tg  March Character Word Self-Reliance** believing in one's self-worth and learning to rely on one's strengths; demonstrating one's knowledge of personal skills, abilities, and impression on  others.