0  Citylof MATHIS  Small Town. Bigl Lake. Great People.  411 E San Patricio Ave. Mathis TX 78368 Tel361-547-3343 Fax 361-547-3838  The State ofTexas The County of San Patricio The City of Mathis  Regular Meeting July 15,2024  In: accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551.041 ofthe Texas Government Code, the City Coun- cil of the City ofMathis held a Regular Meeting at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, July 15, 2024, at City Hall Annex, 401 E. San Patricio Avenue. Public Notice was hereby given that the City Council may elect to go into closed session at any time during the meeting in order to discuss matters listed on the agenda concerning personnel, consultation with the city attorney, real estate acquisition, or other purposes authorized under the "Open Meetings Act". In the event the City Council elects to go into closed session regarding an agenda item; the purpose ofthe closed session and the section of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the session will be publicly announced by the  presiding officer.  Mayor Ciri Villarreal led thei invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.  1.  Roll call to determine presence ofa a quorum.  Mayor Ciri Villarreal, Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones, Councilman Richard Salinas, Councilman Israel Gonza- City Staff Present: City Manager Cedric W. Davis, Sr., City Secretary Mary A. Gonzales, and Administrative Guests: Lucinda Garcia (City Attorney), Lilly Wilkinson (County Commissioner), Vicente Gonzales (MEDC), Mr.  les, Councilwoman Isabel Monsibiaz. Rivera and Councilman David Garcia.  Assistant Cassandra J. Moya. Godiness, Rudy D., and Ruben Gonzales.  2.  Call to order. Villarreal at 7:01pm.  With a quorum ofthe Council Members present, the Regular Meeting was called to order by Mayor Ciri  The City Council ofthe City ofMathis will discuss and act on the following: Consider approval of minutes for. June 20, 2024 Regular Meeting.  3.  MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to approve the minutes for June 20, 2024, Reg- ular Meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Israel Gonzales and the motion carried 5-0.  4. Citizens to bel heard.  No presentations at this time.    Regular Meeting July 15,2024 Page2  5. Consider accepting a resignation of Mathis Economic Development Corporation Board Member  Jesse G. Riojas.  City Secretary. Mary Gonzales stated we receivedar resignation letter from EDC Board. Member, Mr. Ri- ojas. Asking, for approval and acceptance of this resignation letter and direction to. submit in the newspa- MOTION: Councilman Richard Salinas motioned to accept the resignation of Mathis Economic Devel- opment Corporation Board Member. Jesse G. Riojas. The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sandra  perj for the vacancy. August 12" will be the date ofappointment.  Quinones and the motion carried 5-0.  6.  Discussion and update regarding a Siren Warning System for the city.  City Manager Cedric Davis, mentioned. that ai new siren system would cost between $80,000 to $100,000. Public Works employees and himselfwent over to look at the old system. They were able to, get it working. Theyfound out that the radio. system that' 's in the police department that connects to. the radio that' 's in the box, crashed couple years back. In addition, when the oldcomputer. software was upgraded, the connection for the siren was left out. Mechanical parts have also rusted and are ini the process ofbeing replaced. IT. has been contacted to look into creating a wireless trigger. We may be able to get this system back and running. Further discussion will be presented to update changes of the siren blasts on aj future agenda.  No action taken.  7. Discussion and direction regarding Emergency Medical Service debt status and all matters  pertaining thereto.  City Manager. Davis, presented a list ofDebt remaining on. EMS. We are meeding direction on whether we should either sale or lease. Councilj feels that ORVs can be beneficial to our departments. Police would be the first toi receive one ORV and maybe Public Works can use. the other. The additional department MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to negotiate the sale ofa all equipment except the QRVs. The motion was seconded by Councilman David Garcia and the motion carried 5-0. 8. Discussion and update regarding the City's fiscal year 2024-2025 Operating Budget and all matters pertain- City Manager. Davis, stated we are just doing an overview and how we calculate the tax rate. Everything right now is just projected and we are waiting. for the final numbers from the County Tax Assessor. Next week on Monday, July. 22, we will have each department look at their budget and go over each item.  was  debtfound  agreed to negotiate for either sale or lease ofequipment.  ing thereto.  No action taken.  DIVISION AND] FINANCIAL REPORTS  9. City Manager's reports and all matters pertaining thereto.  City Manager, Cedric W. Davis. Sr.    Regular Meeting July 15,2024 Page 3  Attended several grand.openings; phone conferences with Grant Works; scheduled the 22nd with Grant Working a team meeting; phone conference with Corpus Christi Water and will b e attending their location, on the 29" to discuss, water rates; had. a meeting with the. MEDC Director Sabas and developers; 2 hour confèrence with Public Works Director Steve and TxDot for utilities; Freedom Fest preparation; had sevéral; meetings with San Patand Regional to prepare. for hurricane Bery!;  ways tofix the, Siren and. spoke with. ITa about it  EXECUTIVE SESSION  A closed executive session may be conducted under authorization of'Texas Government Code. Annotated Chap- ter: 551. Such closed meetings may be held only for the purpose ofa discussion. Any action, as a result ofadis- cussion, must bet taken in open session. The following executive session is authorized as follows:  10. Close public meeting.  Close public hearing at 7:27p.m.  11.  Executive Session under Section 551.071 to consult with City Attorney and' Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 regarding legal issues concerning current tax rate, proposed tax rate,  voter-approval rate and de minimis rates. Reconvene public meeting. Reconvened, public meeting at 7:53p.m. 13. City Council requests for future Agenda Items.  No: action taken. 12.  Councilman Israel Gonzales would like to see ifwe can start prioritizing roads that need Councilman Richard Salinas would like to thank the staff that contributed to the festival; update on the audit; quarterly water samples; mosquitos and potholes; current variance  fixing. report  Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones would like to know the audit status Councilwoman Isabel Rivera would like a variance report  Councilman David Garcia would like to talk about the hazardous structures in the community and how we can address those; like a report to council and where we are from the previous audit and the findings that needed to be corrected; thanked the stafffor Freedom Fest but we do need toj figure out the fireworks and get it awayfrom the people; the stripping downtown needs to be brought upj for safety reasons; would like to move the audience closer in the council chamber during meetings because they cani t hear: Mayor Ciri Villarreal would like to thank the staff Mary and Cassandra, everybody that helped; maybe advertise who would like to volunteer for our events; try to continue to seek more sponsors; taxes should be lowering here soon and it would help our community.  14. Adjourn  With no further items to discuss, Mayor Ciri Villarreal: requested a motion to adjourn the coumcil meeting  at 8:00 p.m.  MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Quinones motioned to adjourn the meeting. The motion was se-  conded by Councilwoman Israel Gonzales and the motion carried 5-0.    Regular Meeting July 15.2024 Page4  PASSED. ANDAPPROVEDONTHST THE 22DAYOF Suly UPONTHE MOTION OF Mayyox Rco Ner Sondea Ginones SECONDED BY Cowncolyon owid Gorcicn  2024  AND ADOPTED  BY AVOTEOF ATTEST:  1 TOQ  Ciri Villarreal, GU  City Secretary  Shga