SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Directors of the City of Kendleton City Council ("Council") met, open to the public, in the Senior Citizen Center, 109 Guess Street, Kendleton, TX 77451 at 12:00 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020. Minutes 1. Meeting called to order at 12:15 pm by Mayor Darryl K. Humphrey 2. Invocation and Pledge given by Councilman Lester Aldridge 3. Roll Call and Declaration ofa a Quorum at 12:20 pm -alli in favor, no apposed Mayor Darryl K. Humphrey- -F Present Councilman Lester Aldridge- -P Present Councilman Louis Byars-F Present Councilwoman- - Etta Patterson Councilman - George Starks Councilwoman Carolyn Kindred-Jenkins - Absent City Consultant Georgina Ybarra - Present [Late Arrival: 1:15 pm] City CPA/ Ayanna Merchant- - Present [Late Arrival: 1:15 pm] 4. Public Comments and Announcements- - No public comment/Amouncemens, made 5. Concise Special Reports: A. Braxton. Street Project & Outstanding Projects.. B. RVPark, Maintenance Department & Crawford: Street... Mayor Darryl Humphrey Councilman Lester Aldridge Councilman Louis Byars Councilwoman Carolyn. Jenkins .Councilman George L. Starks Councilwoman Etta Patterson .Georgina Ybarra, City Consultant - Nothing to report - Nothing to report C.E Braxton & Gin Road.. Nothing to report D. HP Johnson, N. Lum Rd, Spur 541, & Kendleton Grocery. Absent E. Willie Melton Blvd. & King Kennedy Park.. Nothing to report F. FM: 2919& Combined Streets Nothing to report G. FEMA & City Projects.. - Nothing to report 6. City Council discussed thef following items: a) Discuss and/or approve engineer's recommendation to award construction contract for CDBG GLO - Page: 10 of3 Disaster Recovery for First Street and Crawford Street Paving and Drainage Improvements to low bidder Matula & Matula Construction Inc. - [Councilman Aldridge] Do we have a copy of the bid? [Mayor Humphreyl idon'ti have it with me but we: do have a copy oft the bid at the City! Hall Office; $80k difference between Matula & Matula and the current company that's here now; funding will give the city funding to place pavement/concrete down to Lawson, or do as much as we can with it to fix street issues; Councilwoman Patterson! Who was the lowest bidder? [Mayor Humphreyl If not mistaken, Matula bid $523k and something and the company out here did $613k and some change; give or take, by the time other things are taken account for, we will have $78-80k we will be able to use towards draining or street paving; Another difference is the company out here will take 90 days and Matula will take 180 days; Not surel ift the city has to uset the same company to doi thel Lawson Street project. [Councilman. Aldridge] Lawson is in real bad shape; Iwould like to see that fixed. [Mayor Humphrey) We can go together as a group to access the area and negotiate with Matula to see what can be done; We can also pay Matula to open up the street from 15t Street to FM2919 and then get the County to lay asphalt; we have paperwork on properties except the Petitt's. [Etta] Paperwork for easement is at City Hall; the original people who signed in agreement or on file and that can't be changed because they are the original owners; paperwork was notarized; [Counciiman Aldridge] Last time that paperwork was requested, it was not found. Counciwoman Patterson) Yesit was, the paperworkwas previously provided to Mayor Humphrey, Bouche Mickey, and Commissioner Morris. [Mayor Humphrey) Do you have a copy? Provide a copy. VOTE: Motion moved by Councilwoman Patterson and seconded by Councilman Louis Byars. Motion approved by all four b) Discuss financial reports and budget - [Ayanna Merchant) the report is still missing information in some sections because documents have not been provided. [Georgina Ybarra] Has contacted Amegy c) Discuss and/or approve the submitting of a Community! Development Block-G Grant Section 108 application the in amount of $5,000,0001 for a new! Sewer Plant and' Water' Well - [Councilman. Aldridge] has Georgina already started on it; Mayor Humphreyl in order to start the project, it has to be approved first; believes application willi include a new building for water and bill maintenance. VOTE: Motion moved by Councilman d) Discuss and/or approve entering a contract with FCR Collection Services for delinquent bill collection- [Christinal not enough information has been gathered from delinquent accounts to send to collections at this time. [Mayor Humphreyl As far as going into an agreement, we have all the information given at the last meeting; we: shouid be able to go forward with a contract. [Councilman Aldridgel We should notl let people go sO long without paying on accounts; why dov we have to pay someone to make people pay. Mayor Humphrey) This is for people who move away without paying, not for regular shutoffs. Councilwoman Patterson] We need to disconnect people after one missed month of payment so that we do not have this problem. [Christina) we are currently enforcing shutoffs. VOTE: Motion moved by Councilwoman Patterson and seconded by Councilman Byars. Motion approved by allj four councils, e) Review proposals for new light company for city purposes - [Counciwoman Patterson] we need to: see all bidder's prices before we vote. [Mayor Humphreyl we dor not have time for that; quotes are temporary and we need to act fast; our city is not that big and iti is financially convenient for us to pick one when the opportunity is good. VOTE: Mation moved by Councilwoman Patterson and seconded by Counciman councils; none opposed. tot request credit card statements. VOTE: Not approved at this time. Aldridge and seconded. by Councilwoman Patterson. Motion. Approved, unopposed. unopposed. Byars. Motion. Approved by allj four councils, unopposed. Discuss and/or approve monthly (May 2020) Financial Statements 7. Discuss and/or approve the following minutes: April 23, 2020, May 14, 2020, and. June 11, 2020 - VOTE: Not approved at this time Page 2of3 8. Executive Session: - No Executive Session held at this time. 9. Meetinga adjourned: at1:41 pm- - motioned by Councilman Lester Aldridge, seconded by CouncilmanLouis Byars Approved: DES Mayor Darryl K Humphrèy, Sr. Attested: City ChristinaFlores Aa Page 3 of3