CITY OF RAGER REGULAR MEETING MINUTES A Regular Meeting oft the Governing Body of the City of Ranger, Texas, was held on Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. originally scheduled for Monday, March 24, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall, 400 West Main Street Ranger, Texas. The following subjects were discussed, to wit: The original meeting scheduled for Monday, March 24, 2025 was postponed until Thursday, March 27, 2025 due to power outage in City Hall and nearby homes. Council Members and City Staff Present: Honorable Charlie Archer Mayor Commissioner Vicki Doyle Place 1 Commissioner Jim McCullough Place 2 Commissioner Robert Butler Place 3 Commissioner Jared Calvert Place 4 Interim City Manager Lambert Little Fire Chief Darrell Fox City Secretary Hope Delatorre Finance Director/Municipal Clerk Carol Stephens Police Officers Andrew Ruelas, Trace Douglas Agenda Item 01: Call to Order-Mayor Charlie Archer Roll Call/Quorum Check Hope Delatorre City Secretary Invocation of Prayer Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag Agenda Item 02: Citizen's Presentation-At this time, anyone on the list will be allowed to speak on any matter other than personnel matters or matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed THREE minutes. No Council/Board discussion or action may take place on a matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law. Citizens Janet Pearsoll and Crystal Loomis led a prayer for the City of Ranger. Helen Cozart had signed up to speak on the Vietnam Wall that Heals and requesting support to bring the Wall that Heals to the Ranger College for the Monday meeting but was unable to make the Thursday meeting. Commissioner Butler gave a brief background on the wall and its importance to the community. Brian Rogers brought up the importance of remembering the seven identified dangerous buildings in the City of Ranger and asks for status updates at upcoming meetings. CITY OF RANGER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 27, 2025 CONTINUED Agenda Item 03: Announcements from City Commission or Staff-Comments may be made by council or staff, BUT NO ACTION TAKEN on the following topics without specific notice. Those items include: Expressions of Thanks, Congratulations or Condolence; Information on Holiday schedules; Recognition of public officials, employees or citizens other than employees or officials whose status may be affected by the council through action; Reminders of community events or announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of the people of the municipality. Mayor Archer expressed his deep condolences and called for a moment of silence for the tremendous losses to the City of Ranger, including: Wayne Bradford, Jannice Graham, Leland Pate, and B Jameson. Commissioner Butler informed that the Ranger Veterans Support Group will be holding a meeting April 8 from 10:30-12:00. Commissioner Butler also expressed gratitude to the REDC and to Mayor Archer. City Secretary announced that the Ranger City Hall will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025 due to Good Friday. Agenda Item 04: Discuss/Consider: Accounts Payable Finance Director, Carol Stephens, went over a list of the bills that were paid. No Action Taken Agenda Item 05: Discuss/Consider: Minutes of previous meetings: a. March 10, 2025 Workshop Meeting b. March 10, 2025 Regular Meeting Motion made by Commissioner Doyle to approve the minutes from the March 10, 2025 meetings. Seconded by Commissioner Butler. Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 06: Discuss/Consider Departmental Reports: Regular and comprehensive Departmental Reports are offered during the first Commission meeting each month. This agenda item exists solely for the opportunity to report something of significance that warrants immediate discussion. The REDC requested approval to bid for property on the City of Ranger's behalf and to meet the applicant (Brian Rogers) for the vacant REDC seat for approval at the next meeting. Motion made by Commissioner Butler for City staff to prepare a letter for approval to bid at the auction. Seconded by Commissioner Calvert Unanimously Approved Page 2 of 6 CITY OF RANGER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 27, 2025 CONTINUED Agenda Item 07: Discuss/Consider: Utility deposit policies- Clarify that each active utility account requires a deposit. The Commission discussed possible administrative changes to utility building policies. These potential changes included: courtesy calls on cut-off day, grace periods, and changes in the fee schedule. Motion made by Commissioner McCullough to approve the policy requiring a deposit on each account. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 08: Discuss/Consider: Approve signing a Letter of Intent for additional water sales to Staff Water Supply Corporation. Motion made by Commissioner Butler to authorize the increase for Staff Water Supply water sales to 16.6 million gallons. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 09: Discuss/Consider: Rescinding/reversing March 25, 2025 3-0 council vote terminating the lease with Ranger Airfield Maintenance Foundation. Requested item by RAMF. Jared Calvert with the RAMF gave his presentation on the termination of the RAMF lease with the City of Ranger due to "failure to carry insurance. 99 Motion made by Commissioner Butler to reinstate the lease with the RAMF. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Abstained by Commissioner Calvert Motion Passed Agenda Item 10: Discuss/Consider: Auction surplus Public Works equipment Motion made by Commissioner Butler to use Renee Bates Auctioneers to auction off surplus public works equipment with a listing of items to be presented at the next meeting. Seconded by Commissioner McCullough Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 11: Discuss/Consider: Cancel agreement with Geek Squad; return to Kennedy Computer Solutions (KCS) for IT/Computer maintenance. Page 3 of 6 CITY OF RANGER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 27, 2025 CONTINUED Motion made by Commissioner Calvert to cancel agreement with Geek Squad and return to Kennedy Computer Solutions. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 12: Discuss/Consider: Increase EMS fees Motion made by Commissioner Calvert to increase EMS fees due to State TDI Average Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 13: Discuss/Consider: Approve a map of the town segments for the comprehensive clean-up activity. There was a meeting of the Clean-up Advisory Committee where they created a map that divided up the City of Ranger into sectors. Commissioner Butler highlighted the importance of identifying the derelict and dangerous buildings per sector. Motion made by Commissioner Calvert to approve the map as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 14: Discuss/Consider: Status of pumps at Waste Water Treatment Plant. No Action Taken. Agenda Item 15: Discuss/Consider: Wildfire Mitigation Grant The Commission discussed putting together a list of equipment to purchase with the grant to be approved at next meeting. They also considered staffing programs and lines of credit to cover the cost until reimbursed by the grant. Motion made by Commissioner Butler to authorize the city manager to implement the request for proposals for the bid items. Seconded by Commissioner Calvert Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 16: Discuss/Consider: Approve historical marker at the Swimming pool. Brian Rogers spoke on behalf of The Willow Park Pool Association to ask the Commission to sign a document allowing them to start the process for a Historic Marker to be placed at the pool. Page 4 of 6 CITY OF RANGER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 27, 2025 CONTINUED Motion made by Commissioner Butler to approve the historical marker and starting the process of getting the marker. Seconded by Commissioner McCullough Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 17: Discuss/Consider: Terminate agreement with Civic Plus for website and other services. Motion made by Commissioner Calvert to terminate the agreement. Seconded by Commissioner Doyle Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 18: Discuss/Consider: Terminate agreement with Frey Software. Motion made by Commissioner Calvert to terminate the agreement. Seconded by Commissioner Butler Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 19: Discuss/Consider: Approve hiring a Police Officer. Motion made by Commissioner Butler to approve the hiring of a contract officer. Seconded by Commissioner Calvert Unanimously Approved Agenda Item 20: Adjournment Motion made by Commissioner Doyle to adjourn. Seconded by Commissioner Butler Unanimously Approved These minutes were approved on the, day of 20 CITY OF RANGER, TEXAS ATTEST: - V - 0 - - : 5 5 ot a * CITY OF RANGER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 27, 2025 CONTINUED Hope Delatorre, City Secretary Charlie Archer, Mayor Page 6 of 6