[Getconnected] Bryan City Council Regular Meetings scheduled for
October 23, 2007
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Mayor Mark Conlee
Councilmembers
Mayor Pro Tem Jason Bienski
Ben Hardeman
Ann Horton
Paul Madison
Al Saenz
Mike Southerland
AGENDA
BRYAN CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007 - 4:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BRYAN MUNICIPAL BUILDING
300 SOUTH TEXAS AVENUE, BRYAN, TEXAS
1. CALL TO ORDER (Room 305)
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION - The City Council has determined a necessity to
go into a closed to the public session under the provisions of Section
551, Texas Government Code, and the following topics may be discussed:
* under the authority of Section 551.071, consultation with
attorney - receive legal advice regarding lease of property at Coulter
Airfield for construction of new hangars, and seek advice of legal
counsel regarding code violations at 5943 East State Highway 21, Bryan,
Texas;
* under the authority of Section 551.074, personnel matters -
discussion regarding selection process for position of City Attorney;
* under the authority of Section 551.087, economic development
negotiations - discussion regarding possible economic incentives for
retail development in east Bryan and possible development in central
Bryan; and
* under the authority of Section 551.072, real estate - discussion
regarding the possible acquisition of land in central Bryan for economic
development purposes.
3. OPEN SESSION FOR ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF NECESSARY
(COUNCIL CHAMBERS)
4. INVOCATION (Approximately 6:00 p.m. - Reverend Joseph Alaniz III,
Sanctuary of Praise) AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
* Automotive Service Excellence Award for Fleet Services
* Proclamation Recognizing World Town Planning Day
* Comprehensive Plan State Award from Texas Chapter of the
American Planning Association
* Texas Downtown Association Downtown Festival Award for Texas
Reds
* Johnson Elementary - National Blue Ribbon School
6. HEAR CITIZENS
7. PUBLIC HEARING - ENTERPRISE ZONE FOR SANDERSON FARMS
Receive public comment regarding the City of Bryan's participation
in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program for Sanderson Farms (Processing
Unit). (Ordinance)
8. CONSENT (AUTOMATIC APPROVAL) AGENDA
This agenda consists of ministerial or "housekeeping" items
required by law. Items may be removed from the consent agenda by
majority vote of the Council.
a. Approval of Minutes - Workshop and Regular Meetings of October 9,
2007.
b. Consideration - Purchase of Equipment for the Transportation
Department
Consider approving the purchase of one CAT 420E backhoe loader in
the amount of $71,210 from Mustang CAT of Houston, Texas, through the
Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative. Source of Funds:
Transportation Budget. (Quote)
c. Consideration - Agreement with US TELTEC
Consider approving the proposed agreement with Dennis H. Goehring,
dba US TELTEC, Inc., for economic development services for the City of
Bryan in an amount not to exceed $122,479.92. Source of Funds: General
Fund.
d. Consideration - Contract for Demolition of Homes
Consider approving the contracts with B/CS Construction for the
demolition of four dilapidated homes and the construction of four new
replacement homes. The projects are part of the City of Bryan Community
Development Services Department Homeowner Assistance Rehabilitation/
Reconstruction Program, funded through Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Grant funds for assisting
low-to-moderate income homeowners and improving the overall housing
stock of Bryan. Source of Funds: Community Development Block Grant and
HOME Funds. (Bid Tabulation)
e. Consideration - Metro Crest Medical Services Contract
Consider approving a three-year contract with Metro Crest Medical
Services in the amount of $80,000 annually, for medical director
services and medical protocols as required and specified by the State
Department of Health Services of Texas. This will allow the Bryan Fire
Department to continue to provide ambulance services to the City of
Bryan and Brazos County. Source of Funds: Bryan Fire Department
Operating Budget. (Insurance)
f. Consideration - Metal Commercial Container Repair
Consider approving the first one-year extension to an existing
contract for metal commercial container repair services with Double W
Service, L.L.C., of Meridian, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $80,180.
Source of Funds: Solid Waste Refuse Containers. (Extension Letter)
g. Consideration - Annual Maintenance Agreement for HTE Application
Consider approving the annual maintenance agreement for HTE
Application in the amount of $106,868.95. Source of Funds: General
Fund. (Agreement and Invoices)
h. Consideration - Service Agreement with Motorola
Consider approving the service agreement with Motorola for
maintenance of the City of Bryan's trunked radio system infrastructure,
mobile radios, and portable radios in the amount of $168,765.72. Source
of Funds: Information Technology Department. (Motorola Service
Agreement)
i. Consideration - Employee Group Life and AD&D Insurance
Consider award of proposal for Employee Group Life and AD&D
insurance for the 2008 plan year to Standard Insurance Company in the
estimated annual expenditure of $97,089. Source of Funds: Fiscal Year
2008 approved budget, divided among funds and departments.
j. Consideration - Employee Group Long Term Disability Insurance
Consider award of proposal for Employee Group Long Term Disability
insurance for the 2008 plan year to Standard Insurance Company in the
estimated annual expenditure of $112,835. Source of Funds: Fiscal Year
2008 approved budget, divided among funds and departments.
k. Consideration - Health Insurance Plan
Consider awarding contracts for the City of Bryan's employee
health insurance plans. The contracts include medical and dental claims
administration and preferred provider network to Blue Cross-Blue Shield
in the 2008 estimated annual administrative/network amount of $387,925,
prescription drug claims administration to Caremark/Pharmacare in the
2008 estimated annual fee of $26,874, employee assistance program to
Deer Oaks in the 2008 estimated annual cost of $12,344, and
employee-paid vision program to Spectera which is a voluntary employee
paid vision program. (Proposals)
l. Consideration - Keep Brazos Beautiful Funding
Consider authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract with Keep Brazos
Beautiful, Inc., providing funding in the amount of $32,000 to support
general operating expenses in fiscal year 2008, with $2,000 of the
operational expenses supporting the annual litter clean up event.
Source of Funds: Solid Waste Fund.
m. Consideration - The Research Valley Partnership Funding
Consider authorizing the Mayor to sign an agreement with The
Research Valley Partnership providing funding for Fiscal Year 2008 in
the amount of $293,287. Source of Funds: General Fund.
n. Consideration - Approval of the 2007 Property Tax Roll
Consider approval of the 2007 Property Tax Roll in the amount of
$20,392,539.04. (Approval Letter)
o. Resolution - Brazos County Emergency Communications District
Funding
Adoption of a resolution approving the budget of the Brazos County
Emergency Communications District; and authorizing the Mayor to sign the
funding/services agreement in the amount of $1,221,974. Source of
Funds: City of Bryan Fire and Police Departments Budgets. (Budget Plan)
p. Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance - Police and Fire
Departments Staffing Ordinance
Second and final reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan,
Texas, repealing Ordinance No. 1716 adopted by the City Council
pertaining to classifications and number of positions in the Fire and
Police Departments pursuant to Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government
Code; pertaining to classifications and positions in the Fire Department
and Police Department for 2008 fiscal year; adding three additional
Lieutenant positions and six additional firefighter positions in the
Fire Department authorized in the 2008 fiscal year budget, adding two
additional police officer positions authorized in the 2008 fiscal year
budget and adding one additional Police Sergeant position in the Police
Department authorized in the 2008 fiscal year budget. Source of Funds:
Fire and Police Department Budgets.
q. Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance - Atmos Energy
Second and final reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan,
Texas, denying the rate increase proposed by the Atmos Energy
Corporation, Mid-Tex Division; authorizing participation in a coalition
of cities known as Atmos Texas Municipalities; authorizing the hiring of
lawyers and rate experts; requiring the reimbursement of municipal rate
case expenses; and making other findings and provisions related to the
subject.
r. Second and Final Reading of an Ordinance - Amendment to Purchasing
Ordinance
Second and final reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan,
Texas, amending Chapter 2, "Administration", Article IX, "Finance",
Division 2, "Purchases", of the Bryan City Code, by revising Sections
2-1156, 2-1157, and 2-1158 and adding Section 2-1160, setting a figure
above which any contracts or purchases must be approved in advance by
the City Council and delegating authority to the City Manager. The
ordinance increases the City Manager's spending authority from $35,000
to $50,000.
9. STATUTORY AGENDA
This agenda consists of items previously approved by Council
action, such as adoption of items that are part of an approved budget or
capital improvement projects, first readings of ordinances, or action
which is required by law or delegated to the City Manager. Items may be
removed from the statutory agenda at the request of two Councilmembers.
a. Consideration - Professional Services Agreement
Consider approving the first extension of an annual professional
services agreement with Mathews and Freeland, L.L.P., in an amount not
to exceed $100,000 to provide the City of Bryan with professional legal
services in certain areas including the City of Bryan's application to
amend its water utility certificate of convenience and necessity, the
City of Bryan's application for bed and banks authorization to reuse the
City of Bryan's municipal return flows and other water specific issues.
(Original Contract)
b. Consideration - East 29th Street Widening Project, Change Order
Number Eleven
Consider approving change order number eleven to the East 29th
Street Widening project in the amount of $212,000, resulting in a new
contract amount of $2,626,721.46. Source of Funds: 2005 Certificates
of Obligation. (Change Order)
c. Consideration - Information Technology Products and Services
Consider authorizing the purchasing manager to place a single
blanket purchase order with INX, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for the
purchase of information technology products and services through a State
of Texas Department of Information Resources contract in an estimated
total of $180,000. Source of Funds: Information and Technology
Services Budget. (Contract)
d. First Reading of an Ordinance - Code Enforcement Officers Citation
Authority
First reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan, Texas,
amending Chapter 1, "General Provisions", of the Bryan City Code, by
amending Section 1-15, "Citations for Violation of City Codes and State
Laws" and authorizing code enforcement officers to issue citations for
code violations.
e. First Reading of an Ordinance - Texas Enterprise Zone Program
First reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan, Texas,
ordaining the City's participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program
pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303, Texas
Government Code (Act), providing Tax Incentives, designating a liaison
for communication with interested parties, and nominating Sanderson
Farms (Processing Division) to the Office of the Governor Economic
Development and Tourism through the Economic Development Bank as an
enterprise project. (Ordinance)
f. First Reading of an Ordinance - Dangerous Animal Ordinance
First reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan, Texas,
amending Chapter 10, Article III, "Dangerous Animal", Section 10-96, to
reduce the time period to appeal to the Municipal Court the
determination of the animal control authority that an animal is a
dangerous animal from thirty days to fifteen days in accordance with
state law; and clarifying the appeal process from Municipal Court.
g. First Reading of an Ordinance - Tree Ordinance
First reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan, Texas,
amending Chapter 106, "Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places", by
adding as Article VII, "Planting, Maintaining Trees and Shrubs on
Public Property and Public Rights-of-Way"; to provide requirements for
care of trees located on public property and on city-owned public
rights-of-way; establishing a director responsible for the controls and
supervision of tree care and providing the authority and duties of the
director and the coordination among city departments; providing a
definition of "Parkway Area"; establishing the duty of property owners
abutting city-owned public rights-of-way to maintain the trees and
shrubs in the portion of the public right-of-way defined as the "Parkway
Area" adjacent to their property.
10. REGULAR AGENDA
This portion of the agenda consists of items requiring
individual consideration by the Council.
a. Consideration - Appointment to Brazos County Appraisal
District Board of Directors
Consider the appointment of one individual to represent the City
of Bryan on the Brazos County Appraisal District Board of Directors for
a two-year term beginning January 1, 2008. (Letter)
b. Consideration - Appointment of Board of Directors for Reinvestment
Zone Number Twenty One
Consider appointing a Board of Directors for Reinvestment Zone
Number Twenty One located in Downtown Bryan. (Board Appointment Letter)
c. Consideration - Loan Agreement
Consider authorization by the City of Bryan to consent to the
execution of a modification, renewal and extension of a loan agreement
with customary closing documents to Compass Bank for the purchase of
56.217 acres of land in west Bryan.
d. First Reading of an Ordinance - Railroad Crossing Closures
First reading of an ordinance of the City of Bryan, Texas, closing
portions of 16th Street, Pruitt Street and 21st Street at their
respective crossings with the Union Pacific Railroad in the City of
Bryan, Texas. (Agreements)
11. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Intergovernmental Committee - Councilmember Bienski
12. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND COUNCIL CONCERNS
Update on Current Capital Improvement, Development and Redevelopment
Projects
Staff/citizen Recognition
Reports on Attendance at Meetings and Events
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Future Council Agenda Items
13. ADJOURN
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TRANSLATION OR ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY OF
BRYAN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WENDY WELDON AT 209-5120 AT LEAST 48
HOURS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED TIME OF THE MEETING SO THAT YOUR REQUEST MAY
BE ACCOMMODATED.
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Wendy D. Weldon
Communications Director
City of Bryan
P.O. Box 1000 I Bryan, TX 77805
979.209.5120 (P) I 979.209.5106 (F)
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