a EST.1901  GUNERI 105N.4"Street, P.O.) Box 349 Gunter, TX75058-0349 903-433-5185 Fax: 903-433-8039 MINUTES Gunter City Council Special Meeting Monday, September! 9, 2024 6:00 p.m. Meeting Opened. At 6:03 p.m.  Pursuant to Chapter 551 oft the Texas Government Code, notice is hereby given ofa Special Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City of Gunter, Texas to be held on September 9, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ini the Gunter Public Safety Building located at 105N4th Street, Gunter, Texas, Members Present: Mayor Karen Souther, Cyndy Davis, Alan Richins, David Self, Wade Staffp Present: Detra Gaines City Secretary, Eric Wilhite Director of Planning & Development, Adam Adams Director of Parks & Public Services, Courtney Morris City Attorney, Officer Pursuant. to. Section 551.127, Texas Government Code, one or more Councilmembers or employees may attend this meeting remotely using videoconferencing technology. The video and audio. feed of the videoconferencing equipment can be viewed and heard by the public at the address posted above as the Welcome to the City Council Meeting. Please sign the Sign-In-Sheet as a record of attendance. Ifyou wish to speak on an open-session agenda item, please fill out the Opinion/Speaker Registration Form and turn it in to the City Secretary before the meeting starts. A card tos speak at a public hearing may be CALL' TO ORDER SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING [Mayor will call the meeting to order, establish a quorum ifpresent, and declare notice is legally posted pursuant to the Open Meetings Act. During the course of the meeting, members ofthe audience wishing to speak must be recognized by  at which time the following will be discussed and considered:  Burtsfield, Mayor. Pro Tem William Stevens.  Wilbanks, Officer Quinones  location of the meeting.  submitted any time before the public hearing is closed.  the Presiding Officer.)  INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  1. CITIZEN COMMENTS [The City Council invites citizens to speak to the Council on topics not already scheduled for public hearing or on the agenda. Citizens may address the Council fora maximum oft three minutes. Citizen comments shall be made from the podium. Please state your name and address for the record. The Council is unable to respond to or discuss any issues that are brought up during this section that are not on1 the agenda, other than to make statements of specific factual information in response to a citizen's inquiry or to recite existing policy in  response to the inquiry.] No citizen comments    2. AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS [The city council allows citizens to speak before an agenda item. Comments must be on topic. Citizens may address the Council for ai maximum ofthree minutes. Comments shall be made from the podium. Please state your name and address for the record. The Open Meetings Act Section 551.007 allows, but does not require, the City Council  members to respond.] REGULAR AGENDA 3. PUBLIC HEARING  Public Comments: To hear public comments regarding the Proposed FY2024-2024 Mayor Karen Souther Opened. Public Hearingfor discussion at 7:02 p.m. Citizen comments were given by. Monesa Unger regarding budgeted line items. Mayor Karen Souther Closed. Public Hearing. for discussion at 7:25 p.m. 4. Discuss, consider, and act upon an Ordinance Adopting the Proposed FY2024-2025 Cyndy. Davis made the motion to. Approve Ordinance #2024-09-09-01 Adopting the Proposed FY2024-2025 Budget. Wade. Burtsfield seconded the motion. Opposed William Stevens. Motion passed 4-1 (Roll Call) Cyndy Davis, Alan Richins, David Self,  Budget for the City of Gunter.  Budget.  Wade. Burtsfield, William Stevens  5. COUNCIL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SESSION  Mayor. Karen Souther Opened. Executive Session at 7:31 p.m. and requested. Eric Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, The Council will convene into A. $551.071: Consultation with the City Attorney on a matter in which the duty ofthe attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of] Professional Conduct oft the State Bar ofTexas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act regarding pending or contemplated litigation; or a settlement offer re:  Wilhite to be in attendance.  executive session (closed meeting) to discuss the following:  a. BNSF Litigation  Mayor. Karen Souther Closed. Executive Session at 9:13 p.m.  RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION    In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council will reconvene into Open Session to consider action, ifany, on matters discussed in Executive Session.  6. Discuss, consider, and act upon any Executive Session items.  NoAction  7. Discuss, consider, and act on determining agenda items to bej placed on: future City Council meeting agendas and direct the City Secretary as to which future agendas the  item should be placed upon. Light Ordinance  ADJOURN  Adjourned. 1At9:15p.m.  Karen Souther, Mayor  S  ATTEST: oh  CLRe  Detra Gaines, City Secretary  R