City of Wallis Regular City Council Meeting Wednesday, May 21.2025 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, May 21, 2025 at 6:00pm. 1. Call to Order Mayor Little called the meeting to order at 6:00pm 2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Little led the invocation and Pledge 3. Roll Call and Certification of a Quorum A quorum was present. Present were Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne, Councilmember Belinda Halfin, Councilmember Debroha Boren, Councilmember Clark Main Jr., Councilmember David Marek and Mayor Little. 4. Communication from the Public Alice Hoffman reminded Council of Austin County Area Chamber Round Table to be Held at Wallis Community Room on July 18th at 10am. Frank Rohan spoke to Council about history of Wallis. 5. Consent Agenda Motion made by Councilmember David Marek, second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to approve minutes from the April 16, 2025 Regular Meeting. Motion passed unanimously. 6. Department Reports a. Public Works monthly report = Royce Macha reported that Nick Tidwell took his waste/water exam and now holds a D wastewater operator license. He will be taking a one-year course for a Class C water operator license. No action. b. Police Department/Admin monthly report = No action C. Municipal Court monthly report - No action d. Code Enforcement - No action 7. Financial Review Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Debroha Boren to approve Financial Review and payment of bills. Motion passed unanimously. 8. Action on Follow up Items, if necessary a. MIT Grant Sewer portion of the Grant has closed out b. Water Well #1 Grant = Bradley from BEFCO spoke to council on update to Grant. He went over the options to use the remaining grant funds. Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Clark Main Jr. to approve Option 1 for use of remaining grant funds, Option 1) Existing Water Well 1 to Furnish and install new pressure switch panel, furnish and install Scada antennas and cables. Existing Water Plant 2, Furnish and install new Scada Touchscreen at WP2, furshish and install Scada antennas and cables, Scada allowance for water well 1, Water Plant 2 and Public Works warehouse. Motion passed unanimously. C. Millbrooke Update City had a meeting with DR Horton on 5/21. Homes will be 1,300 = 2,000 square feet. Roads and curbs will be completed soon and once walkthrough is complete DR Horton will take over and start on homes. DR Horton will be building in 4 phases. 33 homes in phase 1, 22 homes in phase 2, 22 homes in phase 3 and remainder in phase 4 d. RFQ for City Attorney - No proposals were submitted, due date was May 7, 2025. e. EDC Update - None 9 New Business a. Administer Oaths Mayor Little administered oaths to new Councilmembers Joyce Parma and Belinda Halfin. b. Mayor Position Motion made by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Joyce Parma to call a Special Election in November for Mayor position. Motion passed unanimously. C. Mayor Pro-Tem Motion by Councilmember Jimmy Lavergne, second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to appoint Councilmember Clark Main Jr. as Mayor Pro-Tem. Motion passed unanimously. d. Re-appointment of Municipal Judge and Alternate Judge Motion by Councilmember Clark Main Jr., second by Councilmember David Marek to re- appoint Bernice Burger as City of Wallis Municipal Judge and Kyle Fredericksen as Alternate Judge. Motion passed unanimously e. Administer Oaths to Judges Mayor Pro-Tem administered the oaths to Municipal Judge Bernice Burger and Alternate Judge Kyle Fredericksen. F. Amendment to Engineering Contract GLO CDBG 22-085-054-D311 Motion by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember Clark Main Jr. to accept and approve the amendment to Engineering Contract with Wilson Engineering on the MIT-Grant Project D311 as presented. Motion passed unanimously. g. Millbroooke Subdivision 3 Phase Plat Tabled h. Preservation District Ordinance Motion made by Councilmember Clark Main Jr., second by Councilmember David Marek not to approve the Preservation District Ordinance as presented by EDC. Motion passed with 3 votes for the motion and 2 votes against. i. Professional Agreement Motion by Councilmember Belinda Halfin, second by Councilmember David Marek to accept the Professional Agreement between the City of Wallis and Chrissy McGee. Motion passed unanimously. j. Signature Cards for First National Bank Motion by Councilmember Clark Main Jr., second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to approve the removal of outgoing Councilmember Deborah Boren and outgoing Mayor Preston Little from the signature cards at First National Bank, tabled adding Joyce Parma to the signature cards at this time. Motion passed unanimously k. Quotes for Maintaining interior portion of Mynarik Park through July 4th event. Motion by Councilmember David Marek, second by Councilmember Joyce Parma to reject all quotes and have public works continue to maintain the interior portion of the park. Motion passed 4 votes for the motion and 1 against. I. Shredding/Maintaining outside acreage at Mynarik Park Motion made by Councilmember David Marek, second by Councilmember Belinda Halfin to accept the quote from Greg Mach for a 3-year period to shrecding/maintaining the outside acreage at Mynarik Park as stated on the quote. Motion passed 4 votes for and 1 vote against. m. Future Agenda Items Replace Park Sign Hotel Occupancy process 10. Adjourn Meeting Meeting was adjourned at 8:35pm 0/ GKA S 3 03220 Clark Main Jr., Mayor PKo-Tem Sheila Moseley, City Searetary ATTEST: