CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 104 ROBINSON COURT ALEDO, TEXAS 76008 THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 6:001 P.M.  MEETING LOCATION: ALEDO COMMUNITY CENTER  CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER  1. CALL TO ORDER  Mayor Nick Stanley called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 28, 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 and Councilmember Christian Pearson. Councilmember Summer Jones was not present at this meeting having Staff present were City Manager Noah Simon, Communications and Engagement Manager Whitney Walters, Finance Manager Jennifer Garrett, Director of] Public Works Luis Gatica, City Secretary Deana McMullen and City Attorney Alicia Kreh.  given prior notice ofh her absence.  2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  Councilmember Christian Pearson gave the Invocation. Ian from Boy Scout Troop 9 and 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  Mayor Nick Stanley led the Pledge of Allegiance given by all present.  and provide the paper to the City Secretary. There were no citizen appearances at this meeting    4. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS:  There were no presentations or proclamations for this meeting.  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 staffrecommendation.  The Consent Agenda was presented as follows:  a. Consider approval of the City Council meeting minutes from the following  meetings:  i. February 22, 2024, City Council Meeting.  b. Consider and approve Resolution 2024--149, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract to Magna Flow Environmental in an amount not to exceed $44,200.00 for the cleaning of City of Aledo's Sewer Lift Consider and approve Resolution 2024--151, a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter and renew a professional services agreement with Go Virtual d. Consider and approve Resolution 2024--152, a Resolution calling for a public hearing on Thursday, April 4, 2024 to consider approving the TIRZ #1 Boundary Consider and approve Resolution 2024--153, a Resolution reappointing Municipal Court Judge Craig Magnuson for a two-year term and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement for municipal court Consider and approve Resolution 2024--154, a Resolution ratifying a g. Consider and approve Resolution 2024-155, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter a professional services agreement with Graham Associates for civil engineering and surveying services for the City's street and maintenance Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, seconded by Councilmember  Stations.  CFO for financial services.  Amendment and TIRZ #1 Final Plan.  judicial services.  professional services agreement with Mayes Communications.  improvement plans ini the amount of $47,175.00.  Shane Davis, seconded to approve the consent agenda as presented.    Motion carried 4-0  6. 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 will be taken on these items unless listed as an action item below or placed on a  future agenda.  There were: no reports for this meeting.  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. Consider all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Aledo, Texas, Tax and Waterworks and Sewer System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024", including the adoption of Ordinance 2024--204, authorizing the issuance of such certificates of obligation. Eric Macha was present and spoke regarding the sale of the sale of "City of Aledo, Texas, Tax and Waterworks and Sewer System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024", stating that the intereset rate will be 2.55% and this will save approximately $330,000 over the life ofthe bonds.  hearing, it willl be noted in the caption oft the item.  ORDINANCE NO 2024-204  AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of "CITY OF ALEDO, TEXAS, TAX AND WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2024"; providing for the payment of said certificates of obligation by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City and a pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System; providing the terms and conditions of such certificates; and resolving other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security, sale and delivery of said Certificates, including the approval and execution of a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement and an Escrow Agreement; and providing an  effective date  Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls, seconded by Councilmember Shane Davis to approve Ordinance 2024-204 authorizing the  issuance of the bonds. Motion carried 4-0    b. Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 2024--148, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase parts and labor from Alfa Laval Inc.to rebuild the City of Aledo's sequencing batch reactor mixer int the amount of $56,326.65. Director of Public Works Luis Gatica addressed the Council in reference to this item. He stated that this was needed in order to repair the Batch reactor mixer which treats clarified water at the wastewater treatment plant. All three mixers Motion was made by Councilmember Shane Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls to approve Resolution No 2024-148 authorizing City Manager to purchase parts and labor from Alfa Laval Inc to rebuild the City of Aledo's  will be repaired.  sequencing batch reactor mixer in the amount of$ $56,326.65  Motion carried 4-0  Discuss and consider Resolution 2024-150, a Resolution granting the petition to remove 228.24 acres of property located at the Northeast corner of Rolling Hills Addition, City of Aledo, Brothers in Christ Properties, LLC, from the City's Motion was made by Councilmember Shane Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls to deny Resolution 2024-156 and that Brothers in Christ Properties, LLC's petition to remove property from the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction be denied because it is the City's policy position that Senate Bill 2038 is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority and because it conflicts with the city's grant of discretionary legistlative authority set forth in Local Government Code section 42.023; therefore, the City does not consent to the  extraterritorial Ijurisdiction.  reduction ofits ETJ as required by law.  Motion carried 4-0  d. Discuss and consider approval of Resolution 2024--156, a Resolution authorizing aF Professional Services Agreement between the City of Aledo and Supertech Automation for SCADA services and upgrades in an amount not to exceed Motion was made by Councilmember Shane Davis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Nelson Rowls to approve Resolution 2024-156 authorizing a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Aledo and Supertech Automation for SCADA services and upgrades in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00.  $80,000.00.  Motion carried 4-0    8. BOARDS/COMMISSIONSICOMMITTEES  a. Appolmtmemukepoumment to Boards/Commissions/Commitees = Consider approval regarding appointments to Boards/Commissions/Committees.  No appointments to consider.  9. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 ofthe Texas Government Code, the City Council may convene in executive session to  deliberate regarding the following matters:  There was no Executive Session for this meeting.  a. $5 551.071. Consultation with Attornev. To conduct a private consultation with the City Attorney on any legally posted agenda item, when the City Council seeks the advice of its attorney 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 of] Dean Ranch to I-20. Dean Ranch Development Conversation.  b. $5 551.087. 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 a 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: Potential Annexation North ofl Dean Ranch to I-20. Dean Ranch Development Conversation.  10. ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION  There was no Executive Session for this meeting  11.TAKE. ANY ACTION, IF NEEDED, FROM: EXECUTIVE SESSION a. Take any action, ifr needed, on other matters from executive session.    12. COUNCIL RECAPISTAFF 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 Mayor Nick Stanley spoke up stating he was a member of the NCTCOG Board and recently attended ai meeting at which they were discussing the possibility of additional grants that are available and can be used for wastewater treatment facilities. Mayor Stanly commended Director of Public Works Luis Gatica as he had already been in touch with NCTCOG regarding Aledo seeking funds from these grants for our wastewater treatment plant expansion project. This looks really good for Aledo and this is the kind of leadership we need. Thank you Luis for your hard work and for seeking funds for this project on your own.  policy.)  13. ADJOURN  With there being nothing further to discuss or consider Mayor Nick Stanley adjourned this  regular meeting oft the Aledo City Council at 6:10 pm  PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024.  III ALE CORPORATE) SEAL/ ATES  Nick  s  Deana McMullen, City Secretary