REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Directors of the City of Kendleton City Council ("Council") will meet, open to the public, in the Senior Citizen Center, 109 Guess Street, Kendleton, TX 77451 at 7:00 P.M. THURSDAY, JUNE1 11, 2020. Minutes 1. Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm by Mayor Darryl K. Humphrey 2. Invocation and Pledge given by Councilman Lester Aldridge 3. Allegiance given by all that were present 4. Roll Call and Declaration of a Quorum at 7:05 p.m. Mayor Darryl K. Humphrey- - Present Councilman Lester Aldridge - Present Councilman Louis Byars - Present Councilwoman Carolyn. Jenkins - Present Councilman Starks Present Councilwoman Etta Patterson -F Present 5. Public Comments and Announcements. General public a. Debra Starks [202 Branch Circle): Requested the city to add city bumps on Willie Melton Blvd; Cars speeding 85-95mph; Children play in the streets and they may get hurt RESPONSE: [Mayor Humphrey] Will talk to Conrad and an engineering company out of Austin about donating speed bumps; Will also look into prices for bumps and possiblyasking the company that will handle Crawford project; Looking for someone to sponsor 6-7 bumps for Willie Melton Blvd.; Bumps should start at Mrs. Minor's house and end at the end oft the subdivision; If anyone sees someone speeding, call the Constable/Sherrif's office and RESPONSE: [Councilman Aldridge] Take down license plate numbers for anyone speeding b. Pamela Miller [3906 Willie Melton Blvd): Is there a way for the rain drainage to be controlled? It never flooded in the past and lately it has rained, and the water goes into the yard. This has RESPONSE: [Mayor Humphrey] Sometimes we get al lot ofr rain in as short period oft time that ito does not have enough time to drain quickly; We may have to look at our drains to assure. they! have been cleaned out; We are aware that the drainage problem at FM2 2919 and' Willie Melton is not leveled and are currently working with the County on getting the ditch to c.Christina Flores [106 Collins Ct): Can we send residents letters concerning the grass maintenance? Residents are cutting their grass and leaving trash in the road, this may be contributing towards report it. or playing loud music; Reporti it to councilmembers and/or Mayor. happened at least 71 times now. match the level oft the road. the drainage issues. RESPONSE: [Council Aldridgel People are leaving the grass tog growt tool highandt then cutting COMMENTS: [Council Etta] Everyone is leaving grass trimmings in the street no matter how long the grass is; We need to send out letters to everyone pertaining on proper lawn maintenance; [Mayor Humphrey) We! send the guys through there to clean up hoping that the homeowners will see the way it is done and follow-through but they don't Second Concern: The train noise is crazy especially at night. They are not following their own horn itand leaving it; Ordinance needs to be enforced guidelines for residential areas. RESPONSE: [Mayor Humphreyl Has previously spoken to KCS about the honking and blocking of FM 2919; He will communicate with them again about the long honking at 2 am; make/keep notes of the honking; the lack of fencing may cause them to be more COMMENT: [Pamela Miller] There is no need for them to honk with extra precaution at: 2 precautious am; She lives in that area too and struggles every night with the noise 6. Concise Special Reports: A. Braxton. Street Project & Outstanding Projects.. .Mayor Darryl Humphrey Braxtoni is coming along verywell; driveways are getting done andi is going tot talk to them morea about speed bumps; There is a 25f ft easement, some poles need tol be moved back; Bids for the Crawford project are in and ther more appropriatel bidder will bes selected; Juneteenth celebration is underway; food will be provided and delivered to our séasoned residents. [Council Jenkins] Juneteenth Nothing to report at this time; will allow Mayor Humphrey to update about the Crawford Project coordinator would like for Mayor Humphrey to speak at the celebration B. RVPark, Maintenance Department & Crawford Street... .Councilman Lester. Aldridge Councilman Louis Byars .Councilwoman Carolyn. Jenkins Braxton & Gin Road.. Nothing to report D. HPJohnson, N. Lum Rd, Spur 541, & Kendleton Grocery. Still waiting for the store to open up; Someone is dumping trash in front of Newman Church; Dumpster is no longer there; [Humphrey) Store will open up on the 15th and he will get the Speed bumps are a must at this point; Fences are going up and residents are not getting the proper permits to do sO. |Mayor Humphreyl note who is building and report it to City Hall. [City Secretary Christina] No permits have been granted in two weeks; there is a $2k fee for building without a permit [Council Etta & Jenkins] Guidelines for fence construction need to be more Nothing to update on her area buti is concerned: about thel large holes att the end of Willie Melton, in the RV Park area. [Mayor Humphrey! has talked to Commissioner Morales about the problem and is attempting to get asphalt for us; A letter needs to be sent to Road & Bridge requesting maintenance guys to pick up the trash at the church E. Willie Melton Blvd. & King Kennedy Park.. Councilman George L. Starks available to the resident. F. FM2919, & Combined. Streets .Councilwoman Etta Patterson the repairs G. FEMA & City Projects.. H. B&EUtilities. Georgina Ybarra, City Consultant Evans Kirkpatrick, Director of Operations No update at this time; some information provided in the budget No update; Did not attend meeting No update; Did not attend meeting Open Annexation Matters & Public/Private Development Projects.-Martye Kendrick, General Council 7. CityCouncil discussedi thet following items: a) Review and/or approve the following Regular City Council Minutes April 23, 2020 and May 14, 2020- b) Discuss Financial reports: [Ayanna Merchant] Profit & Loss Report and Balance Sheet; Spoke over the financial report updates made since the last workshop; is still adding credit card expenses and payroll information to the report. [Council Jenkins] Had questions over some details on the report that are not as detailed; Ayana stated that she will provide a more detailed breakdown in next month's report Discuss Budget for FY 2020-2021: [Georgina Ybarra] Custom Summary Report; Spoke over the deposits from previous incomes; Juneteenth contributions are low this year; GLO and FEMA account information has been added to the report; still needs to make several adjustments to the report, including payroll details; Next meeting the report will include May 2020's expenses; AVR expenses may be B&E's d) Discuss water utility bill collection agency: [Christina Flores) FCR does not charge for the actual service; They bill the client nol lowerthan 75% of the owed amount; They profit 25% of whatever amounti is collected from the client. [Mayor Humphrey] Asked if we are aware of how much is currently in arrears on utility payments sfrom residents. Was informed that residents were never billed for December 2019 and May 2020 and after all adjustments, the residents willl have ar minimum of $129 on accounti ift they didi not pay ont their own will. [Georgina Ybarra] We are going to get the software that will allow us to take meter reading ourselves. [Mayor Humphrey) We need tot find someone to replacing current operator, Evan, immediately. e) WCAI Price changes. [Christina Flores] WCA is raising their prices by $.41/household. Al letter was provided by Steve at WCA informing the city about thei increase; Increase was initially scheduled for. July 1, 2020 but Not approved at this time; Council has not received the minutes responsibility. due tot the short notice, it will be officially increased August 1, 2020. 8. Executive Session: No Executive Session held at this time. 9. Meeting was adjourned at 8:18 pm - motioned by Councilman Aldridge, seconded by Councilman Byars Approved: Mayor Daryk Humphley,Sr. BES Attested: Flores Tu