MINUTESOFACALLEDPUBLIC MEETING May. 30, 2024 Council Approved on. June 10, 2024  CALLTOORDER: Mayor Grisham called meeting to order at 6:00pm INVOCATION: Councilwoman Spears gave the invocation  ROLL CALL: Members present for roll call were as follows: to wit: Mayor Grisham, Councilwoman Gonzales, Councilwoman Spears, Councilwoman Brown, Councilwoman Klepac and Councilwoman  Amick.  PUBLIC COMMENT: N/A  CALLED AGENDA: (Discuss and consider the following items)  A. Short Term Contract with the Sheriff's Dept. for Law Enforcement in De Leon Jan Grisham opened the meeting and stated that the city wanted to consider a short-term contract between the City of Deleon and the Sheriff's Department. She commended Sheriff Pounds and. Judge Davis for Emma Gonzales asked the question, "Do other cities in our county get sheriff's coverage. Pounds responded that they do, such as Gustine, but that Deleon received about 30% of the Councilmember Trudy Spears asked the question, "Will we be getting one or two officers to cover Pound responded that there would be one officer in the area, and the calls from the City of Deleon willl be answered according to priority, depending on how urgent and what other calls that they Councilmember Trudy Spears asked the question about reimbursement of money to the sheriff's office for their service. To answer that question, Judge Davis passed out a new contract with a $30 per hour for reimbursement instead of the $43 per hour that was previously mentioned in a former contract. Sheriff Pounds stated that this was simply reimbursement and they were not making any City Manager Denman stated for the benefit of the audience that may not have been present at the last meeting, that this was a one-year contract in order to buy time for the Deleon Police Mr. Denman asked Sheriff Pounds to explain how the citations would be handled. Sheriff Pounds responded that the police department tickets will continue be given to the municipal judge and the sheriff's department citations will be sent to the. Judge in Comanche. However, a long-term Sheriff Pounds stated that this contract needed to have benchmarks of possibly 30/60/90 days in Council Member Amick stated that on page 2, article 4, 'Period of Services' needed to be amended, as follows, by adding this statement: "For the duration of this agreement, the City and Councilmember Laura Brown made motion to accept the Corporative Agreement between the City of Deleon and Comanche County for the provision of additional law enforcement services 'as a one-year contract. Councilmember Trudy Spears seconded the motion. All members present  an excellent job through the years.  Sheriff Pounds asked ift there were any questions from the council. sheriff's department attention whereas Gustine only about 5%.  Deleon?  were having to answer.  money offofit.  Department to reestablish itself. Sheriff Pounds affirmed that.  contract, ift that ever occurred, would be handled differently.  order to evaluate its progress.  County will evaluate this agreement at intervals of30 days".  were in favor. Motion carried.  Minutes- Called City Council Meeting  1  May. 30, 2024    5. ITEMSOF COMMUNITY INTEREST:  Expression of thanks, congratulations or condolences Information regarding holiday closings Honorary recognition ofCity officials, employees, or other citizens to be attended by a City official or City employee.  Reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the City or other entity that is scheduled  6. ADJOURN: Mayor Grisham adjourned the meeting at 6:22pm  CERTIFICATION  I,David Denman, City Administrator for the City ofl De Leon, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is true and correct of the regular meeting by the City Council of the City ofDe Leon and of the minutes pertaining thereto on the 30th day of  June, 2024.  David Denman, City Administrator  Minutes PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council ofthe City of De Leon on the 10th  June day of2024. ATTESS: OF. DeL dindl Melerida K, Harbour Cly. Secretury  pIsEa - Jay'Grisham, Mayor  TEXAS  Minutes- Called City Council Meeting  2  May 30, 2024