CIYOF TOURDANTON  MINUTES OF A REGULAR CALLED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JOURDANTON, TEXAS AT THE JOURDANTON MUNICIPAL COMPLEX CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT1 16041 HOMWAYVE.OURDAMTON. TEXAS, 78026, ON  MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M.  Present:  Mayor Robert A. Williams Council member Katrina) Wiatrek Council member Pamela Manning Council member Karen) Pesek Counciln member Raul Morales  Cily Manager Debbie Molina Cily Secretary Melissa Gonzalez City Attorney Molly Solis  CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Robert Williams called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Invocation lead by Laura. Alvarez, Pastor at Jourdanton. Methodist Church. Pledges lead! by the Early Childhood Center First Grade Students.  HEARING OF RESIDENTS  1.1 The City Council may present anyf factual response toi items brought up by citizens. (Attorney General Opinion - JC-0169) (Limit of three minutes each). The City Council welcomes citizen participation and comments at all regular council meetings. As a courtesy to your fellow citizens and out of respect to our elected officials, we request that if you wish to speak that you follow these guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in at forfeiture ofy your remaining time a. Limit your discussion to one or two issues that you wish to address rather b. Show the City Council, the City Manager, and staff the same respect and Sherry Rankine expressed) her concerns about properties around. Jourdanton: inc disarray. Ms. Ranking saids sher noticed many properties will tall grass, many non-ruming vehicles, and construction materials. She asked if Code Enforcement can take al look att these properties ands get back tor making. Jourdanton al beautiful commnity.  to speak and removal from the meeting: than a generalized statement; and courtesy you expect to be shown to you.  CONSENT AGENDA  2.1 Action to approve the minutes for the October 7, 2024 regular meeting. Councilmember Pesek made ai motion, seconded by Councilmember. Manning, to approve the minutes from the  October 7, 20247 regular meeting. The motion! passedi unanimously. PRESENTATIONSIRECOGNITIONS  NIA  ITEMS CONSIDERATIONIDISCUSSION  4.1 Discussion and possible action authorizing City Manager to extend the deadline for the Request for Proposal for Solid Waste Services to November 7, 2024, and  award on November 18, 2024.    Councilmember Wiatrek made ai motion, seconded by Councilmember Morales, toe extend the deadline for the Request for Proposal for Solid) Waste Services tol November 7, 2024, and award onl November, 18, 2024.  Ther motion, passedi unanimously. EXECUTIVE SESSION Enteredi into Executive: session at 6:17 pm Retumnedfrom) Executive, session 6:38p pm  5.1 Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551.074 Personnell Matters and 551.071 Consultation with Attorney. the city of. Jourdanton City Council will convene in executive session on the following items: 1. Discussion and update on the Chief of Police hiring process.  OPEN SESSION  5.2 Discussion and possible action to approval the hiring oft the City Manager recommended candidate, Santos Gonzales, for Chief of Police. Councilmember. Pesek made a motion, seconded by Councilmember. Manning, to approve) hiring the City Manager's recommended candidate for the ChiefofPolice, Santos Gonzales, pending normal HRP procedures with as start date  ofNovember 4, 2024. STAFF/BOARD REPORTS  6.1 City Manager monthly report. (no action)  Brush Pickup: Public) Works: Hydrant Flushing: Street Department: DWSFR (Water Projects):  Public Works continues to accept only recyclables every Tuesday from 8:00 amt to) Noon att the city, yardl locatedat 1449 Lillian Drive, Jourdanton, Texas. The next dates fors small brush, householdt trash, recyclables, and tires will  be Saturday, Novémber 2, 2024 andl November 16, 2024 att thes same time and place. Parks crew continues ton mow andi trim trees atr rights-of-ways and city owned properties. The October. 2024 Dead End& Hydrant Flushing is posted on thes website and the cily's Facebook page. There were 6V work orders created for pothole and street? repairs ofy which5 51 have been completed. Some streets will On August 30, 2024, Cily Engineer Brady Kosubs submitted the plans for the new well to7 TWDB. TCEQ has approved the proposedi well. TWDB: submitted ai letter tot the city withi recommendations. that Brady Kosub answered top promptly. The permit for they water well will be presented tol Evergreen UWCD att their next) meeting. City Engineer Brady Kosub stated the, rehabilitation of(y WWTP lif station, (2). sewer line installation, (3), water Well, and (4) Tamarac lifs stations would begini int this order. Mr. Kosub stated since the sitej for the, new lif station Cily Manager. Debbie Molina) has contacted! Lowery Property Advisors. Carl Eisenhauery from) Lowerys statedi that he Woulds send us ane estimate oft the cost) for the property. Ity will noti include thes survey because they doi not dos surveys. Jourdanton: s application ADV23-0211. has been identifiedo as a potential grant) recipient for the CDBG-2024 Commnity Development (CD) Program. On October 15, 2024, Melissa, Samantha, andIa attendeda: meeting with AACOG. Wes were awardedt training andi technical assistance during thes second) halfofther meeting. The grant) for Sewer system improvements int the, neighborhoods int thel Pecan Street, Mesquite Street, Cantrell Street, and! Waltom TxDot) will be publishing an) RFC at thel beginning of2 2025 for thes sidewalk project for both sides ofSlate Highway  take longer because thes street department has tor repair a large portion.  CWSRF (Sanitary Sewer Projects): FIF (Drainage. Project): 2024 TXCDBG:  for Tamaraci has been locatedi noe environmental testing would ber needed.  No date has beens scheduled to conduct the appraisal.  Avenue. Theg grant is for $500,0001 with ai match of825,000 (5%).  TxDot-Sidewalks:    168 South, starting from State Highway 97. The entire project is at) no cost 101 the City. A representative, from TxDot has contactedi the Mayor to conduct ai meeting with) him andI Iwithin the next couple weeks for ant mpdate. 6.2 MONTHLY REPORTS (Information available in City Council Packets. No  Discussion or action to occur) a. Police Department b. Municipal Court C. Permits d. Utility Department  e. September 2024 Financial and Accounts Payable Report. (unaudited)  MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MESSAGES  7.1 Discussion of social calendar of events and council general Councilmember, Wiatrek mentioned that there ares still many school activities taking place throughout the week such Councilmember. Pesek mentioned: that thisi is attorney Molly, Solis' last meeting shey willl ber representing the city before Councilmember. Maming saidi that the commnitly votingf fort the pumpkin decorating contest at the library) hass started Ms. Maming also mentionedi that the Community. Baby Shower that was ont the 18h ofOctober was as success. Mayor Williams mentioned: thate early voting has started ande encouragedi thec community t01 vote. Attorney Molly Solis said. she has ai wonderful time representing the city andi thanked the cily for their support.  amoumemensinomaton (no action can be taken).  as volleyball, FFA, andj football. she starts her newj journey as County Attorney. today and will runz until October 30th.  ADJOURN 8.1 Adjourn. passed nanimously.  Councilmember. Maming made ai motion, seconded by Councilmember Wiatrek, to adjourn the meeting. The motion  Mayor Williams adjourned the meeting at 6:51 pm  Blath.Willany Robert A. Williams, Mayor  TApalmyliy Melissa Gonzalez, City Secretary