GUNIERI 105 N. 4th Street, P.O. Box 349 Gunter, TX 75058-0349 903-433-5185. Fax: 903-433-8039 MINUTES Gunter City Council Special Meeting Wednesday, September 25, 2024 6:00 p.m. Meeting Opened At 6:00 p.m.  EST.1901  Members Present: Mayor Pro Tem William Stevens, Cyndy. Davis, Alan Richins, Wade  Burtsfield  Members Absent: Mayor Karen Souther, David. Self  Staff Present: City Secretary. Detra Gaines, Director of Planning & Development Eric Wilhite,  City Attorney Courtney. Morris  Pursuant to Chapter 551 oft the Texas Government Code, notice is hereby given ofa Special Meeting oft the City Council ofthe City of Gunter, Texas tol be held on September 25, 2024, at 6:00j p.m. in the Gunter Public Safety Building located at 105N4ths Street, Gunter, Texas, 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 ai record ofattendance. 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 to speak at a public hearing may be CALLTO 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 of the audience wishing to. speak must be recognized by  at which time the following will be discussed and considered:  location of the meeting.  submitted any time before the public hearing is closed.  the Presiding Officer.1  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 of 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 toi recite existing policy in  response to the inquiry.] No citizen comments    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 a 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.]  SPECIAL AGENDA  2. COUNCIL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SESSION  Mayor Pro Tem William Stevens Opened. Executive Session at 6:01 p.m. Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, The Council will convene into executive session (closed meeting) to discuss the following: 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: Mayor. Pro Tem William Stevens Closed. Executive Session at 7:29 p.m.  a. BNSF Litigation  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.  3. Discuss, consider, and act upon any Executive Session items.  NoAction  4. Discuss, consider, and act on determining agenda items to be placed on: future City Council meeting agendas and direct the City Secretary as to which future agendas the  item should be placed upon.  NoAction ADJOURN  Adjourned. At 7:30 p.m.  Karen Souther,    ATTEST: R Detra Gaines, City Secretary    ER,