364 GRAHAM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION MAY 8, 2025 COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT Mayor: Alex Heartfield Mayor Pro-Tem/Place 1: Shana Weatherbee-Wolfe Councilmember Place 2: Jeff Dickinson Councilmember Place 3: Jack Little Councilmember Place 4: Brant Lundgren COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT None. STAFF PRESENT Eric Garretty, City Manager B.J. Cook, Code Enforcement Officer Cassie Kieschnick, Executive Assistant Chris Denney, IT Director David Aleshire, Assistant Fire Chief Deanna Bullock, Library Director Jim Don Laurent, Fire Chief Melinda Brown, Assistant City Manager/GEICIGIA Executive Director Mike Watts, Animal Control Officer Randall Dawson, Director of Public Works/Building Official 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Alex Heartfield called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. 2. NOTICE OF POSTING: NOTICE OF THIS REGULAR CALLED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAHAM TEXAS WAS DULY POSTED AT A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE DATE AND TIME OF THIS MEETING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 3. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS PRESENT Mayor: Alex Heartfield Mayor Pro-Tem/Place 1: Shana Weatherbee-Wolfe Councilmember Place 2: Jeff Dickinson Councilmember Place 3: Jack Little Councilmember Place 4:1 Brant Lundgren 4. OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGES TO U.S.. AND TEXAS FLAGS Cathy Partridge led the invocation followed by the U.S. Pledge and Texas Pledge. 5. OFFICIAL CEREMONY: Administration of the Oath of Office to new Police Officer Juan Garcia Jr. by the Honorable Judge Jim Reeves. 6. PUBLIC FORUM None. 7. REPORTS Individual Department Heads provided overviews for Council on ongoing updates of their respective departments which included: Code Enforcement, Animal Control, Fire, Library, Chamber/Visit Graham, GEIC/GIA, and Public Works. City Manager Eric Garretty provided reports on the Lake Graham Water Level, Key Dates and Upcoming Events, Boards Update, Plug Power Payments Report, Update on Brush pickup, and Project Status Report. 8. CONSENT AGENDA. Following a motion made by Shana Weatherbee-Wolfe and seconded by Brant Lundgren, the following Consent Agenda was approved unanimously 5 - 0. a. Approve the Minutes oft the Regular Called Meeting held on April 24, 2025; and Page 1 of2 365 b. Approve a request from Graham Chamber of Commerce for the closure of Oak Street from 2nd to 7th Street, on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 5:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in support ofthe Possum Pedal Bike Ride; and C. Approve a request from Visit Graham for the closure of Second Street from Elm Street to Oak Street, and the closure ofOak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Saturday June 7, 2025, in support of the 10th annual Food Truck Championship of Texas. 9. CONSIDER AND ACT TO SET A DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSES OF CANVASSING THE ELECTIONS RESULTS OF MAY 3, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION. Motion made by Jack Little and seconded by Brant Lundgren to set May 13, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, for the purposes of canvassing the elections results of thel May 3, 2025, General Election. Motion passed unanimously 5 - 0. 10. CONSIDER AND ACT TO AUTHORIVAE THE CITY MANAGER TO. APPROPRIATE UP TO $40,000, FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERCURING ENGINEERING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF PREPARATION OF THE PHASE 2 DETAILED GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE SALT CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL PROJECT AND THE STATE HIGHWAY 16 SHARED USE: PATH PROJECT. Agenda Item No. 10 died for lack of motion. Supplementary motion made by Jack Little and seconded by Jeff Dickinson to direct the City Manager to WITHDRAW from the application process for the Phase 2 detailed grant for the Salt Creek Hike and Bike Trail project and the State Highway 16 Shared Use Path project. Motion passed unanimously 5 - 0. 11. CONSIDER AND ACT TO APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 213 WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN POLICIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM THROUGH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Motion made by Jack Little and seconded by Brant Lundgren to approve and adopt Resolution No. 213 which sets forth certain policies in connection with the Resilient Communities Program through the General Land Office. Motion passed unanimously 5 0. 12. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. None. 13. RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING PROVISION OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE: Mayor Alex Heartfield recessed the Council into Executive Session at 9:22 a.m. a. Sec. 551.074 Personnel Matters Deliberations regarding a proposed employment agreement with the City Manager. 14. RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TAKE SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE REQUIRED. Mayor. Alex Heartfield reconvened from Executive Session at 9:56 a.m. Motion made by Jeff Dickinson and seconded by Jack Little to authorize the Mayor to execute the City Manager's proposed employment agreement as amended. Motion passed unanimously 5 - 0. 15. ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business, the meeting was adjdyrned at 956 a.m. Motion made by Jack Little and seconded by Alex Heartfield. R. Alex Heartfield, MAYOR mareBwno Marci Bueno, City Secretary/Financial Official Page 2 of2