353 CITY COUNCIL = REGULAR MEETING ADLES Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM Council Chambers - 301 South Harrison St. San Augustine, TX 75972 NCE TB3 TEL: (936) 275.2121 / FAX: (936) 275.9146 MINUTES 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 5:03 PM. PRESENT Mayor Leroy Hughes Alderman Marcus Hafford Alderwoman Pamela Teel Alderman Juan Diaz Alderman Herman Wilson Alderman Dan Fussell City Attorney Steven Poston City Manager Jeaneyse Mosby City Secretary Jeremy Lynch A. Prayer B. Pledge To the Flags C. Welcome Guests 2. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS At this time, any person with business before the Council not scheduled on the agenda may speak to the Council. No formal action can be taken on these items at this meeting. Please limit to three minutes each. No presentations were made. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S) Motion to approve minutes of previous meetings made by Teel, Seconded by Hafford. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell Motion passed. A. 2/18/25 Regular Meeting 4. ADMINISTRATION - DEPARTMENT REPORTS Activities/Updates/Announcements/tems of Community Interest A. Update on Police Department Activity - Chief Jonathan Sowell 354 Chief Sowell gave the update on the police department's activity for the month of February, 2025. Activity included: 23 reports filed, 6 felony arrests, 6 misdemeanor arrests, 4 occasions of assisting other agencies, 308 calls for service answered, 4 auto accident reports filed, 28 citations written, and 120 warnings issued. Chief Sowell also reported on issues resolved regarding El Potosino restaurant and Rivers Garage, and he stated that he had met with a representative from Immigration and Customs Enforcement who wanted to get word out that they are performing strategic strikes at people with felony warrants or other criminals, not mass deportations, and will start branching out from Houston and other areas soon. B. Update on Municipal Court Activity - Judge Jeff Cox Judge Cox reported the Municipal Court Activity for month of February, 2025. There were 26 citations received, with fines and court costs collected totaling $1500.00. $817.00 was remitted to state, $683.00 was kept by the City. C. Update on Main Street Program - Shelby Curtis Shelby Curtis reported that the Volkswagen group will arrive in town on Thursday at about 4:00 PM. A plaque will be given to them, and they will stay at Mission Dolores for the night. Main Street is in the final days of planning for the Heritage Days festival. There will be vendors and sidewalk sales that Friday, and Saturday will be the full festival. D. Update on Library Activity - Celeste Rainey Celeste Rainey reported that 1100 people came through the library in February. So far 654 have visited in March. Evergreen Resources is sending an intern from SFA to gather information connected with chances of getting more grants. He will be visiting us and other libraries from neighboring counties for about a month. Tori has started planning summer reading programs. Celeste is still going to Head Start on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the Broaddus daycare on Wednesdays. The library is going to share a booth at the Heritage Days festival with Evergreen Resources. Tori has started a new "Iditaread" challenge reading program that a couple of kids have already completed. The homeschool group is still visiting every other week. E. Update from City Manager - Jeaneyse Mosby Mrs. Mosby reported that all of the grants the City has going are active. The vehicles that were okayed for the electric department have been purchased and are being used. One member of the electric department has left for another job, but a replacement may already be lined up. The old department vehicles have already been put up for bids. The financial reports were provided, discussion followed. The first round of AMI meters have been ordered for route 1. The hope is to have them all in by the end of September but no later than the end of December. 355 There were discussions about the traffic light in front of Brookshire Brothers, potholes in the streets and what is being done to fix them, the fund set aside to help offset high electric bills, electric boxes at the baseball park, and the one-way signs for the square. 5. DISCUSSION AND ACTION A. Consider Approval of Ordinance 2025-001 Authorizing an Exemption from City Ad Valorem Taxes for Properties Containing Qualifying Child-care Facilities for the Tax Year 2024 and Each Tax Year Thereafter; Providing for Severability; Providing for a Savings Clause; and Providing an Effective Date Mrs. Mosby explained the details of the ordinance, discussion followed. Motion to approve Ordinance 2025-001 authorizing a 100% exemption from city ad valorem taxes for properties containing qualifying child-care facilities for the tax year 2024 and each tax year thereafter; providing for severability; providing for a savings clause; and providing an effective date made by Fussell, Seconded by Diaz. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell : Motion passed. B. Discuss Ordinance 2025-002 Adopting The City of San Augustine Investment Policy Mrs. Mosby explained the specifics of the ordinance, discussion followed. Motion to table the item made by Diaz, Seconded by Hafford. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell Motion passed. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION The council went into executive session at 5:43 PM. A. Pursuant to Texas Government Code $551.071 Consultation with Attorney; Update on Termination of Vendor Agreement B. Pursuant to Texas Government Code $551.074 Personnel Matters; Overview of Personnel 7. REÇONVENE OPEN MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION IF ANY ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM #6 The council reconvened from executive session at 6:41 PM. Motion to pay AIC Automation $10,000.00 that is owed for equipment for the City, and that as soon as that payment is received, the equipment be delivered to the City, made by Fussell, Seconded by Wilson. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell Motion passed. 356 Motion for the City to hire a consultant to check the condition of the work done by AIC Automation according to the contract made by Fussell, Seconded by Diaz. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell Motion passed. Motion to authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to continue to hold negotiations with AIC Automation made by Diaz, Seconded by Wilson. Voting Yea: Hafford, Teel, Diaz, Wilson, Fussell Motion passed. No action was taken on item 6B. 8. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 6:43 PM. he ity Council reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time auines - course of this ma ting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Te a Government Code, Section 61.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberatio apout Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberauon about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (PE sonnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations About Secuny Devices) and 551.087 (Economi Dévelopment). 1, the undersigned authority does hereby ertify that tha votice of Meeting was posted on the front door at City Hall of the City of San Augustin a place convenient and readily accessible td the general public at all times and said Not - was sted on the following date and time: by, and remained So osted continuously for at least 7 hours preceding the sche eed time of said meeting. L pve Ko V - Leroy Hughes, Mayor Jeremy Lynch, City Secretary