CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 104 ROBINSON COURT ALEDO, TEXAS 76008 THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024 6:001 P.M.  MEETINGI LOCATION: ALEDO COMMUNITY CENTER  Orimmediately Following the' TIRZ: Board Meeting  CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER  1. CALL TO ORDER  Mayor Nick Stanley called the regular meeting oft the City Council to order at 7:12 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at the Aledo Community Center 104 Robinson Court. Those in attendance at this meeting were Mayor Nick Stanley, Councilmember Shane Davis, Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, Councilmember Shawna Ford, Councilmember Christian Staff present were City Manager Noah Simon, Communications and Engagement Manager Whitney Walters, Finance Director Jennifer Garrett, Director of Public Works Luis Gatica, City Secretary Deana McMullen and City Attorney Alicia Kreh.  Pearson and Councilmember Summer Jones.  2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  Councilmember Summer Jones gave the Invocation. Mayor Nick Stanley led the Pledge 3. CITIZEN APPEARANCES: This is an opportunity for citizens to address the City Council on any agenda item not listed for public hearing or any matter not posted on the agenda. This is the citizens' only opportunity to address the City Council on agenda items not listed for public hearing. Individual citizen comments are normally limited to three (3) minutes; however, time limits can be adjusted by the presiding officer. Time is not transferable. The presiding officer may ask the citizen to hold their comment on an agenda item if the item is posted as a Public Hearing. The City Council cannot by law take any action nor have any discussion or deliberations on any presentation made at this time concerning an item not listed on the agenda. The City Council will receive the information, and ask the City Manager to review the matter, or an item may be noticed on af future agenda for deliberation or action. Please sign in before the start of the meeting  ofAllegiance given by all present.  and provide the paper to the City Secretary. There were: no citizen appearances.  4. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS:  a. Proclamation recognizing April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.    Mayor Nick Stanley read aloud the Proclamation for Freedom House, Proclaiming the month of April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the City of Aledo and presented the Proclamation to Ms. Nishna Mendez with  Freedom House.  5. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed below are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with  the staff recommendation.  The Consent Agenda was presented as follows:  a. Consider approval of the City Council meeting minutes from the following  meetings:  i. March 28, 2024, City Council Meeting.  Motion was: made by Councilmember Shane Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson  Rowls to approve the consent Agenda as presented.  Motion carried 5-0  I REPORTS AND UPDATES: Reports and Updates are prepared for informational purposes and will be accepted as presented (there will be no presentations associated with the report items). The City Council may discuss information presented in the reports, but no action willl be taken on these items unless listed as an action item below or placed on a  future agenda.  There were no Staff: reports at this time.  7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTION. ITEMS:  The following items are the regular business of the City Council. If any item requires a public a. Public hearing to consider approving the TIRZ #1 Boundary Amendment and Mayor Nick Stanley opened the Public Hearing to consider approving the TIRZ #1 Boundary Amendment and TIRZ#1 Final Plan at 7:18 p.m. for anyone wishing Kit Marshall = 314 Howard Way Dr - Ms. Marshall stated that she had tremendous respect for Mr. Trent Petty and encouraged the Council to pay close  hearing, it willl be noted in the caption of thei item.  TIRZ #1 Final Plan.  to speak for or against this item.    attention to the economy and to watch the financials regarding projects to come out of General Fund VS. the TIRZ account sO that the dollars do not impact the There being no other person(s) coming forward to speak for or against this item, b. Consider approval of Ordinance 2024--203, an Ordinance approving the TIRZ#1 Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, seconded by Councilmember Summer Jones to approve Ordinance 2024-203 approving the TIRZ #1 Boundary Amendment and TIRZ #1 Final Plan as discussed in the Motion carried 4-1 (Councimember Shane Davis voting against the motion) Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 2024--158, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter an Agreement with Alliance Geotechnical Group for material testing for the City Hall project in the amount of $80,000.00. Motion was made by Councilmember Shane Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls to approve. Resolution 2024-158 authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Alliance Geotechnical Group for material testing for  citizens.  Mayor Nick Stanley closed the Public Hearing at 7:19 p.m. Boundary Amendment and TIRZ# #1 Final Plan.  Public Hearing.  the City Hall project It the amount of $80,000.  Motion carried 5-0  d. Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 2024--160, a Resolution establishing that the City social media pages are the official spokes-pages for the City of Aledo and providing an advisory to officers and employees regarding their  personal social media pages.  Motion was madel by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, seconded by Councilmember Shane Davis to approve Resolution 2024-160.  Motion carried 5-0  8. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES  a. Appolmmemtkepolntment to Boards/Commissions/Commitees - Consider approval regarding appointments to Boards/Commissions/Committes.  el No appointments to consider.  9. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 oft the    Texas Government Code, the City Council may convene in executive session to Mayor Nick Stanley adjourned the regular meeting of the Aledo City Council at 7:28  deliberate regarding the following matters: p.m. tol Executive Session to discuss the: following:  a. $551.071. Consultation with Attorney. To conduct a private consultation with the City Attorney on any legally posted agenda item, when the City Council seeks the advice of its attorey about pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the provisions of  Chapter 551, including the following items: Potential Annexation North ofDean Ranch to I-20. Dean Ranch Development Conversation.  Contract with the Parker County Sheriff's Office and police service  options. Social media training.  b. $551.087. Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations. The City Council may convene in executive session to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from ab business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described above, including the following items:  Golden Goose.  Those in attendance of this Executive Session were Mayor Nick Stanley, Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, Councilmember Christian Pearson, Counciimember Shawna Ford, Councilmember Summer Jones, Councilmember Shane Davis, City  Attorney Alicia Kreh and City Manager Noah Simon.  10. ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION Mayor Nick Stanley adjourned the Executive Session at 8:20 pm and reconvened the 11.TAKE. ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROMI EXECUTIVE SESSION a. Take any action, ifneeded, on other matters from executive session. There was: no action taken on any item discussed in Executive session.  Regular session.    12. COUNCIL RECAP/STAFF COMMENTS DIRECTION: (In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council members may comment on routine city matters, may ask questions of staff that require only responses of factual information or statements of existing City policy, or may request that non-routine matters of public concern be placed on a future agenda. Council members may not discuss non-agenda items among themselves. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, staff members may comment on routine City operations and projects. Staff members may respond to questions from others only with statements of factual information or existing City  policy.)  There were: no Council/Staff recaps, comments or directions.  13. ADJOURN  With there being nothing further to discuss or consider Mayor Nick Stanley adjourned this  regular meeting oft the. Aledo City Council at 8:20 p.m.  PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE25h DAY OF Apul  2024.  ALEDO RE SEAL/ ATEST TEXAS a dleh Deana McMullen, City Secretary  Nick  d  0.