GUNERI 105N. 4th Street, P.O. Box 349 Gunter, TX 75058-0349 903-433-5185 Fax: 903-433-8039 MINUTES Gunter City Council Regular Meeting Thursday, October 3, 2024 5:00 p.m. Meeting Opened At 5:07 p.m.  EST.1901  Members Present: Mayor Karen Souther, Cyndy. Davis, Alan Richins, Wade Burtsfield, Mayor Staff Present: City Secretary Detra Gaines, Director of Planning & Development, Eric Wilhite, Director of Parks & Public Services AdamAdams, City Attorney Courtney Morris  Pro Tem William Stevens Members Absent: David. Self  Pursuant to Chapter 551 ofthe Texas Government Code, notice is hereby given ofa Regular Meeting of the City Council oft the City of Gunter, Texas to be held on October 3, 2024, at 5:00j p.m. ini the Gunter Public Safety Building located at 1051 N4th Street, Gunter, Texas, at 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 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 oft the meeting, members of the audience wishing to speak must be recognized by  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 thej 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    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 oft three 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.] 2. Mayor's Report  Drainage Study  REGULAR AGENDA  3. Discuss, consider, and act upon the acceptance ofa) Public Improvement District (PID) Cyndy. Davis made the motion to accept the Public Improvement District (PID) Petition. Alan Richins seconded the motion. Motion passed 4-0 4. Discuss, consider, and act upon a Resolution awarding and authorizing Grant Works to move forward with grant pre-application, application, and implementation services on behalf oft the City of Gunter for the 2025-2026 Texas Community Development Grant Fund Program as administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture and authorizing the Mayor as the City's designated representative to negotiate and agree to a final fee on Wade Burtsfield. made the motion to approve. Resolution 202-1D--I4warding and Authorizing Grant Works to assist with grant pre-application, application, and implementation servicesfor the 2025-2026 Texas Community Development Grant Fund. Program on behalfofthe City of Gunter. William Stevens seconded the motion. 5. Discuss, consider, and act upon a Resolution for the Grayson Central Appraisal District (GCAD) approving the acquisition of abandoned railroad property adjacent to current Alan. Richins made the motion to approve. Resolution #2024-10-03-2 allowingforthe Grayson Central Appraisal District (GCAD) approving the acquisition ofabandoned railroad property adjacent to current location at 5121 N. Travis Street, Sherman, Texas.  Petition.  behalf ofthe city.  Motion passed 4-0  location at 512N N. Travis Street, Sherman, TX.  Wade Burtsfield seconded the motion. Motion passed 4-0 6.1 Discussion with council to review BNSF Timeline.  Discussion continued with Mayor Karen Souther regarding BNSF Timeline. 7. Discuss, consider, and act upon. Appointing vacant seat on the EDC.  Cyndy Davis made the motion to Appoint Micah West to the EDC. Place 7. Wade    Burtsfield: iseconded. the motion. Motion passed 4-0 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SESSION  No Closed. Session  Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, The Council will convene into A. $551.071: Consultation with the City Attorney on ai matter in which the duty oft the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct oft the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act regarding pending or contemplated litigation; oras settlement offer re:  executive session (closed meeting) to discuss the following:  a. BNSF Litigation  RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION  Ina 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. 9. Discuss, and take appropriate action on any Executive Session item.  No Closed Session  10. 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.  No action ADJOURN  Adjourned. At 6:04, p.m.  Karen Souther, Mayor  6  OF Cte  Am-  Detra Gaines, City Secretary  ER,