BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City of Bucerille-Eddy Rising into the Sutwre 144 Wilcox Drive ww.bruce/lle-eddy,us Phone: (254)859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254)859-5779 City Council Meeting Minutes April 28, 2022, 6:00 pm 1. Call to Order at 6:00 pm by Mayor Linda Owens Council Members roll call: Ricky Wiggins, Richard Prater, James Tolbert, absent Connally Bass and Cecil Griffin. City Employees: Pam Combs- City Secretary, Gene Sprouse -Public Works Director, Chief Dorsey, Officer Savannah, Officer Richard. and Thomas Arnold - Code Enforcement 2. Citizen Presentations- The City Council welcomes public comments at this point on items not specifically listed on the agenda. Speakers must sign up before the meeting begins. Speakers are limited to five (5) minutes each. The Council cannot respond to matters not listed on the agenda until a future meeting. Brent McCain-He wanted to thank the Fire Department and First Responders. 3. Police Report-Chief Dorsey a) March 1-March 31, 2022: Calls for Service: Total 131, Arrest, Offense, Incident Reports: Total 25, Crash Reports: Total 3, Citations & Warnings: Total 178. b) Council to discuss, consider, and approve putting the Ballistic Glass Vehicle Package on the 2017 Chevy Tahoe (Unit 1), 2017 Chevy Tahoe (Unit 2), 2021 Ford Explorer (PIU1) 2021 Ford Explorer (PIU2), and the 2022 Dodge Durango (SUVI). Motion made by Ricky Wiggins to approve the Ballistic Glass Vehicle Package on all 5 vehicles totaling $37,700.00 from the. Asset Forfeiture Account, 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3 nay 0 absent 2, motion passes. c) Code Enforcement : 22 Pending Violations ; 9 properties in Citation Status, total 31 active cases. 4. Water Report - Gene Sprouse a) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve an increase to the on call pay from $30.00 to $70.00. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins, we will address it during next budget year, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. b) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve an increase to the meeting pay from $30.00 to $50.00. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins we will address it during next budget year, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3 nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. c) Update on Robin Road Gene told the council the project on Robin Road was finished and they are doing the cleanup. 1 BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City of Bucerille-Eddy ising into the Sutwe 144 Wilcox Drive ww.brucew/lle-eddy.us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254) 859-5779 d) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve the repairs on the 2010 Ram Pickup (emergency situation) Motion made by Ricky Wiggins to fix the 2010 Ram Pickup at One Way Automotives in the amount of $2675.83, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 5. Engineering Report- 1. USDA Rural Development - New Wastewater System: USDA Rural Development sent a letter on April 13th approving the Plans, Contract Documents and Specifications for1 the project. My office met with the Mayor, City Secretary, and USDA Rural Development representatives at City Hall on April 19th to discuss remaining items required by the City before the issuance of closing instructions. 2. Hydraulic Analysis & System Mapping Update: We completed the second map revisions and delivered the set for the City's review on 4-21-2022. We are waiting on the City's review, comments, and/or mark-up. 6. Update on Sewer - Mayor Owens-On April 19th Linda Owens, Pam Combs, Johnny Tabor, Kent Manton and Representatives from USDA had a meeting regarding the sewer. We were told the finally plans dated May 6, 2021, and specifications and contract documents dated January 17, 2022, for subject contracts have been approved. City is waiting on 7 sewer easements from the citizens to be signed, before we can go forward. Once we received them and our attorney approves the easements, we will be forwarding everything to Terri Chenoweth with USDA. Consent Agenda: 7. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve the minutes for the March 24, 2022 council meeting. Motion made by Richard Prater to approve the minutes for the March 24, 2022 council meeting, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 8. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve replacing water meter at 1154 S. Agnes Wills Road, presented by Andrew Perez. Cancel per. Mr. Perez, he was unable to attend the meeting. 9. Council to discuss, consider, and approving Ordinance # 2022-1-27. The council has already approved the rezoning back on January 27, 2022 council meeting. Back in January I did not have the ordinance ready to be signed or approved, sO you are. just voting on signing the ordinance. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins to approve signing Ordinance #2022-1-27,2md by Richard Prater, yeas 3 nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 10. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve the new City Administrator Agreement. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins that we send the City Administrator Agreement that we reviewed and also the job duties and the benefit information to Mr. Manton. 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 2 BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City of Buuceille-Eddy Rising into the Sutwre 144 Wilcox Drive www.bruce/lle-eddy.us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254) 859-5779 11. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly nominate a member of the city's governing body for consideration of becoming a member ofthe governing body of the district. The term for the Place 5 Director (Precinct 1 Region) of the McLennan County Rural Transit District Board of Directors has expired. Please see the attached letter and Resolution # 4-28-2022. Motion made by James Tolbert to decline to participate for the McLennan County Rural Transit District Board of Directors, 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 12. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly taking application for court/water clerk. Motion made by James Tolbert to take applications until May 13th for court/water clerk, 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 13. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly discuss salaries for the office personnel, presented by Linda Owens. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins, postpone until we are working on next year's budget 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 14. Finances: a) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action on approving financial reports for March 2022 for the general and water fund account. Motion made by James Tolbert to approve the financial reports for March 2022 for the general and water fund account, 2nd by Ricky Wiggins yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. b) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action on approving accounts payable for March 2022 for the general and water fund accounts. Motion made by James Tolbert to approve the accounts payable for March 2022 for the general and water fund accounts, 2nd by Ricky Wiggins, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. c) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action to create an interest-bearing mirror account for the Grant Fund to start earning interest. Motion made by Richard Prater to approve an interest-bearing mirror account for the Grant Fund to start earning interest, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. d) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action to transfer $210,000.00 from the Grant Fund Account to the interest-bearing mirror account. Motion made by Richard Prater to approve transferring $210,000.00 from the Grant Fund Account to the interest-bearing mirror account. 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. e) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action to transfer $250,000.00 from MRLA Account to MRLA Investment Account. Motion made by James Tolbert to approve transferring $250,000.00 from MRLA Account to MRLA Investment Account. 2nd by Ricky Wiggins, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. 3 BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City ef Bucerille-Eddy Rising inta the Sutwre 144 Wilcox Drive www.bruce/lle-eady,us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254)8 859-5779 f) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action to create a new bank account for IRS Treasury Asset Forfeiture to keep track of the two-asset forfeiture (County and Federal) accounts separately. Chief Dorsey and I have talked about it and he is okay to separate. Motion made by James Tolbert to create a new bank account for IRS Treasury Asset Forfeiture to keep track of the two-asset forfeiture (County and Federal) accounts separately, 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. g) Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action to transfer $316,424.87 (which is the balance. See Excel Sheet) out of Asset Forfeiture Bank Account to new bank account for IRS Treasury Asset Forfeiture account. Motion made by James Tolbert to transfer $316,424.87 (which is the balance. See Excel Sheet) out of Asset Forfeiture Bank. Account to new bank account for IRS Treasury Asset Forfeiture account. 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. Meeting adjourned into Executive Sessions at 6:48 pm to discuss Items # 10, 12, and 13. No action taken during Executive Session. Council meeting back into session at 7:17 pm. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm. Motion made by James Tolbert, 2nd by Richard Prater, yeas 3, nay 0, absent 2, motion passes. Srda Pan Cembs 5-863022 Linda Owens, Mayor Date: Pam Combs, City Secretary Date: * 4