MEETING AGENDA MINUTES LOMETA CITY COUNCIL 100 ES SAN SABA ST, LOMETA TX 76853 COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN CITY HALL  Meeting: REGULAR MEETING Date: November 4, 2019 Time: 7:00 pm NOTICE).  THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED, OR ACTED UPON ARE AS FOLLOWS: (ITEMS DO NOT HAVE TO BE TAKEN IN THE SAME ORDER AS SHOWN ON THE MEETING  CALL TO ORDER Mayor Carlos Garcia called meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Carlos Garcia led council and guest in Pledge of Allegiance to the American, Texas Flag and lead council and guests HI. ROLL CALL Council members Susan Hines, Shad Hill, James Dickison, and Marsha IV. REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 7, 2019 REGULAR MEETING. A motion was made by Susan Hines with a second by Marsha Laughlin to accept all of the V. REGULAR REVIEW, RATIFY AND PAY BILLS. A motion was made by Shad Hill with a second by Marsha Laughlin to accept the bills. Susan Hines abstained. Motion passed  inj prayer.  Laughlin were all present. Larry Koch was absent. minutes listed above. Motion passed by unanimous vote.  by unanimous vote. VI. OPEN FORUM:  1. Arthur Resa gave a presentation about his ideas for the Train Depot. 2. County Commissioner Pct. #3, Lewis Bridges, spoke to council about repairs to city streets, no confirmed date on starting street repair, but estimated 1-2 months to  begin and April at the earliest for paving. NO ACTION TAKEN.  OLD BUSINESS:  1. Discuss and consider necessary action regarding a warehouse that is unsafe, on a property located off E. Railway & Lampasas Street (Parcel Id: 19202) owned by Mr. Matthew Riggs. Council discussed the owner's progress on  repairs to the building. No action taken.  NEW BUSINESS:  2. Take action by approving the Lampasas County holiday schedule, which is comprised of 12 major holidays, for the year 2020. A motion was made by Susan Hines with a second by Shad Hill to approve the holiday schedule for the year 2020.  Motion passed by unanimous vote.    3. Take action by passing Resolution 11042019, including 12 allowable votes, to be cast to elect Directors for the Lampasas County Appraisal Districtfor the year 2020-2021.. A motion was made by Susan Hines with a second by James Dickison to cast all 14 votes to David Barclay. Motion passed by unanimous vote. 4. Take action by approving the opening of a new Bancorp non-interest bearing bank account for the 2019 Fast Fund Grant. A motion was made by Shad Hill with a second by Marsha Laughlin. Motion passed by unanimous vote. 5. Take action by approving the closure of the City's Bancorp Western Union bank account ending in xx2158 due to non-use as we no longer take payments for Western Union. A motion was made by Shad Hill with a second by Susan Hines. 6. Take action by passing Ordinance 11042019 which prohibits any burning within the city limits or extra territorial jurisdiction of the City of Lometa during a county-wide burn ban that is put into order by the Lampasas County Commissioners Court. A motion was made by James Dickison with a second by 7. Take action by passing a Resolution 11042019FF for the 2019 Fast Fund Grant. A motion was made by Susan Hines with a second by James Dickison tot table this item. Motion was made by unanimous vote. (Typo in resolution number on Agenda  Motion passed by unanimous vote.  Shad Hill. Motion passed by unanimous vote.  which previously read 110420189FF)  EXECUTIVE SESSION. A motion was made by Marsha Laughlin with a second by Shad Hill to move into closed session to discuss employee benefits and personnel issues. Motion passed by unanimous vote and the session began at 7:48pm. Council came out of executive session at  8:15pm.  MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS, WHEN NECESSARY: MAYOR: Mayor, Carlos Garcia announced the date and time for Hometown Holidays which will be held on December 14"h, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm COUNCIL MEMBERS: ** Marsha Laughlin called for executive session.  CHIEF OF POLICE: monthly reports coming up ont the 15lh and 16th of the month. MUNICIPAL COURT: none FIRE DEPARTMENT: monthly run reports  CITY SECRETARY: Reminder to those present of the City-Wide cleanup that was  ADJOURN: At 8:15 p.m. a motion was made by James Dickison with a second by Shad Hill to  adjourn the meeting. Motion passed by unanimous vote.  APPROVED: CC Carlos Garcia, Mayor ATTEST:  Date: December 2, 2019  CMadbrant Lindsey Grant, Cty Secretary  Date: December 2, 2019