Thegfeart ofilake Palestine  COFFEECITY,TEXAS  7019 Pleasant Ridge Road CR 4217* Coffee City, TX2 75763 Phone: (903)876-3414 * Fax: (903)873-2433  CITY OF COFFEE CITY City Council Meeting July 15, 2024 @ 61 pm 7019 Pleasant Ridge Rd Coffee City, TX 75763  NOTICE ISI HEREBY GIVEN OF A COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNICL OF COFFEE CITY. TOI BEI HELDON MONDAY.July 15,2024, at 6:00] PM AT THE COFFE CITY, CITY HALL, 7019 PLEASANT RIDGE. RD, COFFEE CITY, TEXAS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TOI MEET IN A CLOSED SESSION ON ANY AGENDA ITEM SHOULD THEI NEED ARISE AND APPLICABLE PURSANTTO. AUTHORIZATION BY TITLE: 5, CHAPTER551, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.  Council Members  Jeff Blackstone - Mayor (P) Ruthie Seward - Place 1( (P) Marquis Castleberry - Mayor Pro-Tem (P)  Carrie Ousley - Place 3(A) VACANT- Place 4 Ollie Harmon - Place 5(P)  1. Call Meeting to Order:  Mayor. Jeffi Blackstone called the meeting to order at 6:04 PM. 2. Roll Call and Announce if quorum is present: Mary McDonald. announced: roll call and a quorum was) present.  3. Opening remarks:  4. Consider and Act upon approving items 58 &6.  Ruthie Seward made a motion to approve the city financials for. June 2024 and the meeting minutes for the June. 3, 2024s special called meeting. Ollie Harmon. seconds the motion. Motion carries.  5. Approving City financials for June 2024.  6. Approving meeting minutes for the June 3, 2024 Special Called Council Meeting. 7. Consider and Act upon approving the Order of General Election for November 5, 2024. Mr. Blackstone stated that they would have three council spots available along with the mayor, place. Ruthie Seward made a motion to approve the order of general election for the November 5, 2024. Ollie 8. Consider and Act upon approving the Interlocal Agreement with Henderson County Election Office. Ollie Harmon made a motion to approve the interlocal agreement with Henderson County Election 9. Consider and Act upon opening a new account with Austin Bank for disaster relief funds. Mr. Blackstone stated that there was disaster relieffundraiser on the fourth ofJuly at Bella Vista to raise moneyf for the city. He. stated. that he doesn' 't have the total raised yet but hope to have it by next week. He stated that he didi hear from Bella Vista and they hadj just finished paying everyone that needed to be paid.  Harmon seconds the motion. Motion carries.  office. Ruthie seconds the motion. Motion carries.    He stated that he hasn't heard from Micah as far: as his funds that were going to be donated to the city. Ollie Harmon made a motion to approve opening a new account with Austin Bank for disaster 10. Consider and Act upon adding 3 council members to the signature card at Austin Bank for the Mr. Blackstone stated that we currently had himself, Marquis and Ruthie as members on the signature cards and he recommends that we keep the same three people. Ollie Harmon made a motion to addJeff Blackstone, Marquise Castleberry and. Ruthie Seward to the signature card for the disaster relieffund.  relief funds. Ruthie Seward seconds the motion. Motion carries.  disaster relief fund account.  Ruthie Seward 11. EDC Report:  Vicki Castleberry gave the EDC report. She stated that they held their meeting on June 22"d and they discussed. the welcome signs and still working on them. She stated. she has reached out to. 3 or 4 companies and waiting, for a response. She stated that the board discussed. the HOTtaxes that that supposebly came from the resort and a request) for reimbursement. She stated that this month, the funds were deducted from the report showing ai negative balance. She stated that they will be discussing it more and possibly  speaking with their attorney. 12. Fire Department Report: month of May 2024. 13. Municipal Court Report:  No member from the fire department was present. Jeff Blackstone announced the number of calls for the  Mary. McDonald, gave the court report. She reported that $8,584.13 was collected. inj fines, $2,033.17 would be remitted to the state and $4,072.98 would be transferred to the General Fund.  14. Open Forum:  Open Forum is limited to items currently on the agenda. Speakers must sign in 5 minutes before the beginning oft the meeting. Speakers will be given 3 minutes to speak.  Any person that is unable to attend and wishes to submit questions to the council can e-mail the  questions to the City Secretary at cipsecretary@cityocofpeciny.com  15. Adjournment:  Ruthie Seward made ai motion to adjourn the meeting. Ollie Harmon seconds the motion. Motion carries.  Meeting adjourned at 6:23 pm.  The City Council oft the City ofCoffee City reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during the course ofthis meeting to discuss any matters listed on1 the agenda, as authorized by the Texas Government Code, including, but not limited to, Section 551.071 (Deliberation about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), 551.087 (Economic Development), 418.175-183 (Deliberations about Homeland Security Issues) and as authorized by the Texas Tax Cod, including, but not limited to, Section 321.3022 (Sales Tax Information). ICERTIFY' THATA COPY OF THE: MONDAY,JULYIS.02, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA BY THE COFFEECITY CITY COUNCIL WAS POSTED ATTHE CITY HALL PUBLIC NOTICE BOARD AND CITY  CERTIFICATION  VESSPAPYPRAPAYULY 12, 20241 BY 5:001 PM.  Ahhoc MARYMCDONALD CITYSECRETARY  JEFH BLACKSTONE ZAAT MAKOR