THES STATEC OF TEXAS COUNTYC OF ANDERSON CITY OF ELKHART  Ont thel Nincteenth day of November! 2018, the City ofE Elkhart Council convened into al Regular Council Mecting at 6:00p.m.  with the following members present:  Mike Gordon Lucial Butler Raymond Dunlap Chuck Conner Daryll Faulk Taylor Bentlcy  Mayor Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember  Agenda Item One: Callt to order, Prayer, Pledge, Citizen Recognition.  Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. Recite ofp prayer and pledge. Present; Heath Bridges, Travis Atchley, Bobby Cernoch, Rosemaryl Biel, Judge Gary" Thomas, JeffTaylor, Wayne, Norsworthy, Steven Pager, Connie Davis, Sarah Agenda Item' Two: Administering Oaths ofOffice and the swearing in oft the new duly elected officials; Taylor Bent- Judge Gary" Thomas administered Oath of Office andt the swearingi in oft new duly elected officials' Taylor Bentley and Agenda Item' Three: Discuss andt take action hearing from the Superintendent ofl Ell Dorado, Wayne Norsworthy con- Council heard from' Waynel Norsworthy willl EI Dorado Chemicals whoi introduced himself to council. Mr. Norswor- thys spoke to council on remodel and expansion of] EI Dorado Chemicals in the City of Elkhart. The new facility being a dome shaped structure that will be considered tol bea a state of art facility. Council spoke tol Mr. Norsworhty on drain- age att the location with thel Public Works Supervisor BJI Perry andl Mr. Norsworthy. Discussion also took place about the possibility ofa adding fire hydrants near site. Mr. Norsworthy spoke to council ini regards tot the futurel benefits to Council lady Lucial Butler motioned to take no action. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted Agenda Item Four: Discuss and take action concerning all aspects oft the proposed contract between the Cityo of Council discussedt thej proposed contract between the City ofl Elkhart and thel Elkhart Volunteer Firel Department. Councilman Raymond Dunlap made the motion to approve the contract presented for the effective dates of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019f for $14,000.00 annually. Council lady Taylor Bentley seconded the motion. Coun- cilman Chuck Conner abstained. Council lady Lucial Butler abstained. The majority ruled, motion carried. Agenda Item Five: Discussion concerning all: aspects of an: agreement between the City ofl Elkhart and the Elkhart Council discussed proposed agreement between the EYAA and the City of Elkhart. Council acknowledged the agree- ment with the attachment marked. Exhibit] Bt tol be correctedt to reflect Exhibit A and labeled as such. Exhibit Ais an aerial view ofs site mowing area outlined for EYAA. Council discussed adding the adjustment oft thel EYAA water billing account tot the next agenda for discussion. Billing was held pending proposed agreement between entities. Councilman Raymond Dunlap made the motiont to approve the agreement between the EYAA and the City of Elkhart with effective dates of. January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the mo-  Nolan.  ley and Daryll Faulk ont thel Elkhart City Council.  Daryl! Faulk.  cerning all aspects oft the expansion ofl EIl Dorado Chemical withint the City of Elkhart.  the city with the facility expansion. "Aye", the motion carried.  Elkhart and thel Elkhart Volunteer Firel Department.  Youth and Athletic Association for use oft the City Park.  tion. All voted" "Aye", the motion carried.    Agenda Item! Six: Discuss and take action, ifany, ,on the reimbursement tol BJ Perry for uniform purchases of2 pair of Council discussed in detail withl Mr. Perry regarding quality of waders inc comparison to other recently purchased faulty waders andt the waders purchased for BJI Perry and field employeel Michael Wall and! boot purchase for BJ Perry. Council lady Lucial Butleri madet the motion to reimburse BJ Perry $671.01 for the purchase of2 pair of waders and one pair oft boots. Councilman Chuck Conner: seconded the motion. All voted' "Aye", the motion carried. Agenda Item Seven: Discuss and take actionl hearing from] Public Works Supervisor BJI Perry concerning a document Council lady Lucial Butler madet the motion tot take no action at this time and for thei item tol be discussed at budget time. Agenda Item Eight: Discuss and take action appointing Carla Sheridan as Authorized Entity Administrator for regis- tering System for Awardi Management with the U.S. Government for grant purposes. Councilman Chuck Conner made the motiont to: authorize Carla Sheridan as Authorized. Entity Administrator. for registering System for Award Manage- ment witht the U.S. Government for grant purposes. Councilman Raymond Dunlap seconded the motion. All voted Agenda Item Nine: Discuss and take action sending BJ Perry tol Nacogdoches to Water Laboratory Class December Councilman Raymond Dunlapi madet thei motion tos send BJ Perry to take the water class int the city truck and toi include Agenda Item' Ten: Discuss and take action sending new hires tol Palestine for al Basic Water Operations Class for Council lady Lucial Butler madet the motion tos send Michael Wall, Jacobl Beckham and Ryan Gean tol basic water class January 10th and 1lthf fort thej price of$170.00 per student. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted  waders and 1 pair ofboots.  regarding aj proposed pays scales/raises for Public Works employees.  Council heard from] BJ Perry regardingl his request to consider aj pay scale for fielde employees. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted" "Aye", the motion carried.  "Aye", thei motion carried. 11tht through the 13th, 2018.  hotel stay. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted "Aye", the motion carried.  $170.00 per student. "Aye", the motion carried.  Agenda Item Eleven: Discuss and take action concerning adjustments for the month ofl November 2018. Council lady Lucial Butlerr madet thei motion to approve adjustments for the month ofl November 2018. Councilman Agenda Item Twelve: Discuss and take action onp proposed increase of garbage rates duet to the waste service ratei in- Thec council was provided explanation concerning garbage servicei increasingi it's rates after the budget of 2017-2018 was adopted. Discussion with Council ensued regarding adding thei increase for the ratei int the Ordinance for rates ata Councilman Raymond Dunlap madet thei motion to approve the. .89 cent increase on garbage charges for customers. Agenda Item Thirteen: Discuss andt take action hearing from Grant Committee concerning all aspects of the CDBG Council lady Lucial Butler madet the motion tot take no action. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All vot- Agenda Item Fourteen: Discussion concerning the: 3rd quarter CenterPoint Franchise fee for the City of Elkhart. Thei item wast toi inform council on the decreased amount ofthe 3rd quarter franchise fee from CenterPoint Energy due tor new' Tax Law andi reimbursement requirements. The reimbursement only effecting the 3rd quarter franchise fee will  Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted" "Aye", the motion carried.  crease after last years budget adoption.  later meeting.  Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted" "Aye", the motion carried.  Grant.  ed"Aye", the motion carried.    ber returningt to normal fees. No action was taken ont thei item toi inform council for reason of decrease of 3rd quarter franchise fees. Motioned by Lucial Butler tot taker no action, seconded by Councilman Raymond Dunlap. All voted  "Aye", no actiont taken.  Agenda Item Fifteen: Discuss and take actions setting a date for the budget workshop. man Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted"Aye", thei motion carried.  Council lady" Taylor Bentley madet the motion tos set the budget workshop dates for November 26th and 27th. Council- Agenda Item Sixteen: Discuss and take action on approval off financials for the month of October 2018. Council lady Lucial Butler made the motion to approve financials for the month of October 2018. Councilman Chuck Agenda Item Seventeen: Discuss and take action ona approval of minutes for the month of October 2018. New duly elected officials werel provided an explanation for a choice to abstaini ifo chosen, regarding the item for con- sideration ofa approval on minutes for the month of October 2018 since they were not on the council at the time meet- Councilman. Raymond Dunlap madet the motion to approve the minutes for the dates of October Ist and 15th, 2018. Councilman Chuck Conners seconded the motion. Council lady" Taylor Bentley abstained. Councilman Daryl! Faulk  Conner seconded the motion. All voted* "Aye", the motion carried.  ings took place.  abstained. The majority ruled, motion carried. Agenda Item Eighteen: Adjournment.  Council lady Lucial Butler madet the motion to adjourn. Councilman Chuck Conner seconded the motion. All voted  "Aye", the motion carried." The council meeting ofl November 19, 2018 adjourned at 8:40 p.m.  mpsbla  Mike Gordon Mayor  ZISE- Carla Sheridan - City Secretary