BRUCEVILLE #6 Eddy She City of Buuceille-Eddy Rising inta the Sutune 144 Wilcox Drive www.bruce/lle-eddy.us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254) 859-5779 City Council Meeting Minutes February 24, 2022, 6:00 pm 1. Meeting Call to Order by Mayor Linda Owens at 6:00 p.m. Roll call Councilmembers: Connally Bass-Mayor Pro-Tem, Ricky Wiggins, James Tolbert, Richard Prater, and Cecil Griffin. City employees: Pam Combs-City Secretary, Michael Dorsey-ChiefPolice, and Officer Roman. 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. None 3. Police Report- Chief Dorsey a. Police Report-Calls for Service: Total 102; Arrest, Offense, Incident Report: Total 13; Crash Repots; total 3; Citations & warning: Total 101 b. Oath of Office and introduction of our new Police Officer, Javario Savannah. C. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action on increasing our Police Officer starting pay, and pay increase after 1 year. Starting - $30,000/r($14.42 Hr); After 90-days- $31,000/Yr ($14.90 Hr); 12 months - $32,500/Yr ($15.62 Hr) Proposed Officer salary (effective current budget year) Starting - $32,500/r/(S15.62 Hr) 12 months - $35,000 ($16.82 Hr) Motion made by Ricky Wiggins to raise the officer's starting salary to $32,500.00 per year and after 12 months the salary will be raised up to $35,000.00 per year, 2nd by Connally Bass, yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes. d. Code Enforcement-21 pending violations, 6 properties in citation status, total active cases :27 4. Water Dept Report- Gene Sprouse-not present 5. Engineering Report-Johnny Tabor-not present, but he did email an Engineer Report please see it attached. Consent Agenda: 6. Council to discuss, consider, and approve the minutes from January 27, 2022 council meeting. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins we accept the minutes from January 27, 2022, 2nd by Connally Bass, yeas 5 nays 0, motion passes. BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City of Buucerille-Eddy Rising into the Sutwre 144 Wilcox Drive www.bruce/lle-eddy.us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254) 859-5779 7. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve the preliminary plat for D & J Ranch Addition, off of Melissa Street. The city received approval email from Johnny Tabor, City Engineer, on 2-1-2022. Motion made by Ricky Wiggins to accept the preliminary plat for D & J Ranch Addition offMelissa with the exception ofitem #3 under the Plat Notes of that preliminary plat be omitted, 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes. 8. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve the preliminary plat for Betancourt Addition near 1933 Old Moody Road. The city received approval email from Johnny Tabor, City Engineer, on 2-1-2022. Motion made by Connally Bass to approve the preliminary plat for Betancourt Addition, 2nd by Richard Prater yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes. 9. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly approve water line easement from Frank Cromwell. City Council adjourned into executive session at 6:31 pm, Council meeting reconvened at 6:53 pm. Motion made by James Tolbert, for our staff to check with the County Engineer to see ifwe can obtain an easement from the county to install this water line for Mr. Cromwell and Mr. Killough. 2nd by Connally Bass, yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes Finances: 10. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action on approving accounts payable for January 2022 for the general and water fund accounts. Motion made by Connally Bass to approve the accounts payable for January 2022 for general and water fund accounts. 2nd by Ricky Wiggins yeas 5 nays 0 motion passes. 11. Council to discuss, consider, and possibly take action on approving financial reports for January 2022 for the general and water fund accounts. Motion made by Connally Bass to approve the financial reports for January 2022 for the general and water fund accounts, 2nd Ricky Wiggins yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes. Meeting adjourned at 6:57 pm, Motion made by Cecil Griffin 2nd by James Tolbert, yeas 5 nay 0, motion passes. rea - Pam Cemls 3-24-23 Linda Owens, Mayor Pam Combs, City Secretary City of Bruceville-Eddy Engineer's Report 2-24-2022 1. USDA Rural Development = New Wastewater System: As reported in January, we have completed the USDA Rural Development required revisions. Two sets of each contract documents and specifications (10 total sets) were delivered to Terri Chenoweth of USDA Rural Development on January 18, 2022. To date, the USDA RD State Office has not issued any review for Plans, Contract Documents and Specifications. 2. Hydraulic Analysis & System Mapping Update: We completed the map revisions and delivered a preliminary set for Gene's review on 2-17-2022. We are waiting on Gene's review. 3. TCEQ Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP = Senate Bill 3): We completed the engineering part of the EPP and emailed the information to the City on 2-7-2022. The entire TCEQ EPP Senate 3 must be submitted to TCEQ by the March 1, 2022, deadline. 4. Railroad Permits for USDA RD - New Wastewater System: The required five permit agreements have been completed and signed by the railroad and forwarded to the City for recordkeeping. BRUCEVILLE Eddy She City of Bucerille-Eddy ising inta the Sutwre 144 Wilcox Drive www.brucew/lle-eddy.us Phone: (254) 859-5964 Eddy, Texas 76524 Fax: (254)859-5779 CITY COUNCIL SIGN IN SHEET Meeting February 24, 2022, 6:00pm Name Address No one signedin