A - CITY OF CLEAR LAKE SHORES TEXAS MEETING MINUTES March 4, 2025 @ 6:30 PM These are the certified minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council for the City of Clear Lake Shores, County of Galveston, State of Texas, which was held on the above-mentioned date and time. 1. CALL TO ORDER & DETERMINATION OF QUORUM: Mayor Chronister called to order at 6:30 pm Present: Mayor Chronister, Councilman Terrell, Councilman Fisher, Councilman Waters, Chief David Donaldson, City Attorney D. Gregg. Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Fenwick, Councilman Scanlon, City Admin. Mike Kramm, Finance Director Cheryl Hunter, 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG: Mayor led the Pledge. 3. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL: Councilman Ed Waters: No report. Councilman Rick Fisher: Thanked the volunteers for the Cajun Cook-off Councilman Jeff Terrell: No report Councilman Alex Scanlon: Absent Mayor Pro Tem Amanda Fenwick: Absent Mayor Chronister: Congratulated Peyton Fenwick on winning the cheer championship in her division; Cajun Cook-off was great and Civic Club raised a lot of money; Shell Bottom boat ramp is getting worse. Use caution when launching any boat. There will be discussion if need to close the boat ramp to prevent damage to boats and trailers; TPWD stated that we are about a week away from getting an application for construction; the Clubhouse door was wide open this past weekend and things are missing in the kitchen area. Kitchen area will remain locked unless in use. 4. STAFF REPORTS: Chief David Donaldson: He called a meeting with the business owners/managers and discussed the DWI issue. He mentioned that there is a potential problem with patrons being overserved. He isto hold another meeting with them tomorrow Wed. 03/05/25; Stats for February City Administrator Mike Kramm: Mayor Chronister read the report attached. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS: At this time, any person with city-related business may speak to the City Council. If the topic of discussion is related to an item on the agenda, the comments may be made now or at the time the agenda item is discussed. Ifthe topic of discussion is not related to an item on the agenda, the City Council cannot deliberate or take any action at this time. Comments from the public should be limited to a maximum of three (3) minutes per individual. No yielding of time is permitted. No comments 6. CONSENT AGENDA: a. Check Register: 02/13/25 - 02/26/25 b. Council meeting minutes: 02/18/25 (regular) 1st Motion: Councilman Fisher made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda 2nd Motion: Councilman Terrell MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS 7. NEW BUSINESS: Discussion and Possible action may be taken on the following items: a. Consider approval of new logo design for the City of Clear Lake Shores. 1st Motion - Councilman Waters 2nd Motion - Councilman Fisher MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS b. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to Section 551.72 authorizes a governmental body to deliberate in executive session on certain matters concerning real property; A governmental body may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person. Recessed to Executive Session: 6:45 pm Reconvened from Executive Session: 7:25 pm C. ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to Section 551.72 authorizes a governmental body to deliberate in executive session on certain matters concerning real property; A governmental body may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person. 1st Motion: Councilman Waters made motion to authorize Mike Kramm to move forward with possible negotiations regarding real property discussed in Executive Session. 2nd Motion: Councilman Fisher MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUS 8. ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Chronister called for adjournment at 7:26 pm Approved: 3/8125 (Date) * * Signature of Mayor Attest: & hiinky L A Signature of Ciy Secretary Council Meeting Min. 03.04.25 City Administrator's Report March 04, 2025 Jorge and Odi attended training with League City Public Works last Monday to learn more about using the crack sealing equipment we recently purchased. want to thank Jody Hooks, Pat Self, and all the guys there for not only recommending the equipment, but for also offering to train our staff at no cost. We have been inconsistent in the past in requiring silt fencing on construction projects. met with our third party building official last week and that oversite will be corrected moving forward. We received a check from FEMA as reimbursement for Hurricane Beryl damage and cleanup. Thanks again to Cheryl for all her efforts. The Police Department began identifying non-working streetlights a few weeks ago. The Roads & Drainage Committee members are also assisting in this effort as they survey their zones. We report these outages to CenterPoint via their website. Some of the lights have already been repaired. We will bring a new version of the Employee Personnel Policy to council for approval at the first meeting in April. appreciate any feedback on the document at least a week prior sO we can incorporate any changes.