ICity of Wallis Regular City Council Meeting Wednesday, February 19, 2025 This is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting for the City of Wallis, Texas, held on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 1. Call to Order Mayor Little called the meeting to order at 6:03pm 2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Led by Mayor Little 3. Roll Call and Certification of Quorum A quorum was present. Present were Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne, Councilmember Belinda Halfin, Councilmember Deborha Boren, Councilmember David Marek and Mayor Little. Councilmember Clark Main Jr. was absent. 4. Communication from the Public - None 5. Consent Agenda Motion by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember David Marek to approve minutes from January 15, 2025 and February 5, 2025. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Action on Department Monthly reports, if necessary a. Public Works monthly report - No action b. Police/Admin monthly report - No action C. Municipal Court monthly report - No action 7. Financial Review Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember David Marek to approve the financial report and payment of bills. Motion passed unanimously. 8. Action on Follow Up items, if necessary a. Mit-Grant Update - Mayor Little went over the update from Weishuhn Engineering as presented in packet. b. Downtown Revitalization Project Update - Meter has been installed by CenterPoint, waiting on completion of work on electrical box. C. Water Well #1 Grant Update - Mayor Little went over update as presented in packet d. TWDB Water/Wastewater Grant Update - Langford Community Management Services has been approved for grant writer, HR Green Engineering for wastewater portion and Weishuhn Engineering for water portion of the grant. Paula Rodriguez from Langford will be working with the city to gather information for PIF's, which are due March 7, 2025. Motion made by Councimember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne to allow the TWDB application to include (1) Upgrades to existing wastewater plant and (2) for new wastewater plant. Motion passed unanimously. e. Battery Farm Update Permit was approved by Safebuilt, however after review by Marti Frost and City there were concerns about portions of the permit review that were overlooked and permit will be resubmitted to Safebuilt for further review. f. GIS System Update - Manholes are being added to the map, when this is completed training will be scheduled. g. Millbrooke Subdivision Update - Currently the ground clearing has started. h. Code Red Registration Update - There are 420 signed up for Code Red at the current time. I EDC Update - EDC has joined the Austin County Rotary and they are wanting to do a project at the Nature Park on Commerce Street, would like to work on upgrades to the park. Council agreed to let the Austin County Rotary to proceed with plans on ways to upgrade the park. 9. New Business a. Introduction of Langford Community Management Services - Representative for Lanford was unable to attend. b. Presentation by James Weishuhn James Weishuhn gave a presentation to Council on Hydro Study. Mr. Weishuhn went over Budgetary Cost Estimates for Public Water Supply System Upgrades. There were Eight scenario's that Mr. Weishuhn went over with Council. Motion made by Councimember Debroha Boren, second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to approve Scenario 6- Existing System Plus 100 connections in Millbrooke Subdivision, Proposed Commercial Businesses, Duplexes, Scroggins Road Subdivision & 300 home subdivision near high school. Description Provide two-1,500 gpm booster pumps at Marek St. Plant, increase elevation storage tank at well #1 to 100,000 gallons and increase height, and distribution pipe improvements. Condition - 363 connections available for growth. Motion passed unanimously. C. Municipal Maintenance Agreement = Resolution No. 2025-04 Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Deborah Boren to approve Resolution No. 2025-04, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WALLIS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF WALLIS, FOR THE MAINTENANCE, CONTROL, SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN STATE HIGHWAYS AND/OR PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF WALLIS; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. Motion passed unanimously. d. Agenda Request- Allice Hoffman/Gladys Hovis Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne to approve the use of the Community Room once a quarter on week night from :30pm-8:00pm at no cost for group events for families in City of Wallis by Youth and Family Services. Motion passed unanimously. e. Tractor and Shredder Quotes Motion made by Councimember Deborah Boren, second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to approve the purchase the Farmall 95A tractor from Hlavinka in East Bernard and Rhino 12ft Shredder, totaling $84,298.00. Paid partly by insurance and remainder from Mynarik Park account. Motion passed unanimously. f. Ordinance No. 25, 25B Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember David Marek to repeal Ordinance No. 25 & 25B and to refer to Ordinance No 103A (Subdivision Ordinance) for construction and building. Motion passed unanimously. g. Executive Closed Session = Gov. Code Sec. 551.087, Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. Council went into Executive Closed Session at 8:33pm. h. Reconvene from Executive Closed Session Council reconvened into regular session at 8:59pm. Motion by Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne, second by Debroha Boren to approve working on Commercial and multi-home Permitting process and fees. Motion passed unanimously, i. Future Agenda Items Commercial & multi-home permitting process and fees Code Enforcement RFQ for Attorney Collapsed Culvert issue at Railroad across from Nature Park 10 Adjourn Meeting Mayor Little adjourned the meeting at 9:03pm. She osR 9A Preston Little, 'Mayor Sheila Moseley, Gity Secretary ATTEST: