CITY OF YOAKUM R 6 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 6 Tuesday, March 11, 2025 EX Carl L. O'Neill, Mayor 5:30 PM Michael Mitchell, Tanya Wenzel, Mayor Pro-Tem Yoakum City Hall Kenneth E. Kvinta, City Manager Michael Brandt, Councilmember Theresa A. Bowe, City Attorney Clerk Daniel Driskell, Councimember Conference Room City Mitchell A. Franz, Councimember 808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum, TX. Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the City Council of Yoakum, Texas to be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM at Yoakum City Hall, 808 Hwy 77A South, Yoakum, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to action and public comment. Public comments shall be limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. Any person making impertinent, profane or slanderous remarks, or who becomes boisterous while addressing the Council or while attending the Council meetings, shall be removed from the room at the discretion of the presiding officer and shall be barred from further audience before the Council during that session of the City Council. The City Council reserves the right to convene into closed/executive session on any agenda item in compliance with and allowed by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 Government Code, Vernon's Texas Code, Annotated (V.T.C.A.). 1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER (In compliance with V.T.C.A., Gov. Code, Sec. 551.041) 2. INVOCATION = Mayor Pro-Tem Tanya Wenzel 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF VISITORS/RECOGNITIONS a) Receive complaints from Karissa Johnson against current and former City of Yoakum employees, and other concerns and complaints that have developed since May 6, 2018 and are germane to the business and/or operation of the City of Yoakum (speaker requests 6 minutes for this item) 5. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councimember requests an item to be removed and considered separately.) a) ADOPTION OF MINUTES from the meeting of February 11, 2025 b) Consider adopting a resolution (recorded as No. 2025-08) accepting a Certificate of Unopposed Candidates, cancelling the May 3, 2025 City of Yoakum General Election, and declaring each unopposed candidate elected to office for City Council Places 1, 2, &: 3 c) Consider adopting a resolution (recorded as No. 2025-09) authorizing the filing of a grant program application to the Office of the Governor in coordination with the Operation Lone Star Project for FY 2025-2026 d) Consider adopting a resolution (recorded as No. 2025-10) authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Municipal Maintenance Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the maintenance of certain State Highways and/or portions of State Highways in the City of Yoakum e) Consider adopting a resolution (recorded as No. 2025-11) suspending the proposed gas reliability infrastructure program (GRIP) interim rate adjustment of Texas Gas Service Company f) Consider adopting a resolution (recorded as No. 2025-12) authorizing an amendment to the City of Yoakum Manual of Fees and Service Charges, specifically Utilities, Section VI. Sewer Rates & Fees g) Consider approving incentives for the Library Summer Reading Program as presented h) Consider proclaiming the month of April 2025 as Fair Housing Month ) Consider proclaiming the week of April 7th through April 11th as Library Week Consider proclaiming the week of April 13th thru April 19th as Telecommunications Week CITY COUNCIL AGENDA - 2 March 11, 2025 k) Consider proclaiming the week of April 13th thru April 19th as Animal Care & Control Appreciation Week / Consider adopting a revision to the City of Yoakum Personnel Manual related to accumulated compensatory time m) Consider adoption of an updated City of Yoakum Pool Crisis Management Plan n) Annual review and approval of the Hazardous Communication Policy 6. OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING to receive citizen comments and to assess compliance to abate violations of the Chapter 683 in the Texas Transportation Code. The Council will make a determination whether there is a junked vehicle creating a public nuisance and shall be authorized to issue an order for the removal and disposition of the junked vehicle, if the junked vehicle is found to be a public nuisance a) 2008 Blue Nissan, PAT, 4D, LP# DYB0383, VIN: 5N1AR18U58C626804, Exp. Date: 2024, 205 S. South St. b) 2021 Black Chevy Sil, PK, LP# NZN9228, VIN: 1GCPYCEF4MZ197228, Exp. Date: 01/2025, 811 West May St. c) 1997 Maroon Chevy, CTA, UT, LP# BS2D309, VIN: 16NEC13R7V1423406, Exp. Date: 2023, 807 West May St. d) 2000 Beige Buick, CCU, 4D, LP# JHT6208, VIN: 264W552/81319178, Exp. Date: 2022, 705 Davis Ave. e) 2001 Blue Ford FOX, 4D, LP# LMP318, VIN: 1FAFP33P71W332263, Exp. Date: 2014, 305 Davidson St. f) 1986 White Toyota, MR2, 2D, LP# BJ4F070, VIN.T7AW15C080058673, Exp. Date: 2024, 111 Arnold St. g) 2003 Gray Nissan, FRO, PK, LP# AU25657, VIN: 1N6ED277X3C406082, Exp. Date: 2023, 110. Arnold St. h) 2003 Red Chevy, PK, LP# GGT0820, VIN: 26CEC19V331381272, Exp. Date: 2024, 509 Hopkins St. i) 1999 Green Dodge PK, LP# GBD7960, VIN: 1B7KC23Z021636962, Exp. Date: 2023, 806 Boyle St. j) 2002 White Chevy, TRL, LL, LP# 9CCXV, VIN: 16NE5165226122977, Exp. Date: 2021, 601 Tozik St. k) 2010 Black Dodge, JOU, LL, LP# RLP2331, VIN: 3D4P65FV8T118170, Exp. Date: 2024, 601 Tozik St. I) 2009 Black Saturn, UT, LP# HYR5930, VIN: 36SC1537995532724, Exp. Date: 2024, 109. Jakubik St. m) 1992 Maroon Chevy, PK, LP# HBS2932, VIN: 16CDC14H8N/220486, Exp. Date: 2020, 100 Pulliam St. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING 7. Action resulting from Public Hearing on Junk Vehicles 8. Consider approving a request from the Yoakum Area Chamber of Commerce for the closure of certain streets and utilization of City property in coordination with the 97th Annual Tom Tom Festival activities to be held June 5. - June 7, 2025 (speaker requests 2 minutes for this item) 9. Discuss and consider any necessary action regarding a request from the Yoakum Independent School District for construction assistance for drainage issues 10. OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING to receive citizen comments regarding a moratorium limiting the placement of manufactured homes within the City of Yoakum city limits CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING 11. Consider an ordinance on emergency reading extending the moratorium on the placement of manufactured homes within the City of Yoakum city limits 12. Consider approving the waiving of Community Center rental fees for certain City sponsored events 13. Receive written comments from Aaron Boxer to proposed RV Park regulation as requested by the Mayor (speaker requests 7 minutes for this item) 14. Consider adopting a revised HUB City RV Park Policy 15. Receive a report and consider operational changes to the City of Yoakum Municipal Pool for 2025 Summer Schedule 16. Consider an ordinance on emergency reading repealing ordinance No. 2003 regulating game rooms and amusement redemption machine businesses CITY COUNCIL AGENDA - 3 March 11, 2025 17. CITY STAFF REPORT on projects and administrative developments, city functions, and department projects: a) Discuss upcoming community events of note 1) Yoakum Area Chamber of Commerce Tom Tom Festival - June 5-7, 2025 2) Friends of the Library luncheon - April 7, 2025 3) Update on the proposed Community Garden 4) Yoakum Memorial Cemetery Historic Designation announcement 5) 2025 GCRPC Mid-Coast Hurricane Conference - April 3, 2025, Victoria, TX. 6) Yoakum Heritage Museum "Then & Now" Display b) City Functions 1) TML Mid-Year Conference - March 20-21, 2025 in Austin 2) Update on truck route concerns 3) Yoakum EDC Economic Excellence Recognition 4) Texas Municipal League Legislative Update c) Future Agenda Items 1) Consider amendments to the City of Yoakum Pay Plan and schedule a workshop to receive information 2) Receive audit of Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget 3) Final amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget 18. EXECUTIVE SESSION a) Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property (V.T.C.A., Gov. Code, Sec. 551.072) b) Consultation with City Attorney regarding pending litigation (V.T.C.A., Gov. Code, Sec. 551.071) MEETING REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC 19. Action resulting from Executive Session 20. MEETING ADJOURNED CERTIFICATION: certify that the above and foregoing notice was posted on the glass window adjacent to the front door of City Hall, facing the outside, and on the City of Yoakum website (www.yoakumbxgow), on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM o'clock. 4 - - - a Meces CBo Theresa A. Bowe, City Clerk This meeting is held in the Conference Room of the Yoakum City Hall Conference Room located at 808 Hwy 77A South. is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking is available. Requests for accommodations for The building 48 hours prior to this meeting. Contact the City Clerk's Office at 361-293-6321, ort fax 361-293-3318, interpretive or dlycler@yoakumt.gou. services must be made YOAKUM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ADVISORY BOARD and' YOAKUM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD QUORUM NOTICE A quorum of Yoakum Hotel Occupancy Tax Advisory Board and' YEDC Board may be in attendance at the above referenced Council meeting. City OF Agenda removed from window on. 3/12/2025 at 7:30AM o'clock. By: * - erea EOC OF Theresa A. Bowe, City Clerk TEXN * NA o