NOTICE
CITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TRANSPORTATION CENTER
305 E. AUSTIN STREET
TUESDAY JULY 20, 2021 @ 5:30 P.M.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Jefferson City Council will be held on July 20, 2021 at 5:30 PM at the Transportation Center at 305 E. Austin Street, Jefferson, Texas, at which time the subjects to be considered or upon which any formal action may be taken are as listed below. Items do not have to be taken in the order shown on the meeting notice. Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified with the consent agenda will be acted on at one time.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER – MAYOR
2. INVOCATION
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. WELCOME GUESTS AND VISITORS
Public Comments – Limited to citizens and business owners of the City of Jefferson, must sign up in advance on the list and must limit to 3 minutes conversation. Jefferson City Council may ask questions but shall not discuss items that are not on the agenda. On a subject that is not on the agenda a person may add an item to a future City Council Agenda by contacting City Hall a minimum of 5 days prior to a regular City Council Meeting
5. SWEARING IN OF ALDERWOMAN WARD 2- ROBIN MOORE
6. MAYOR’S COMMENTS
a. 2021 Street Campaign update
b. FY22 Budget Update
c. Town Hall topics for August-Non-Golf Cart vehicles on city streets-Quiet Zone Study, Citizen
Action Committee Launch
7. CONSENT AGENDA
(City Council reserves the right to remove items from the Consent Agenda and consider
and /or approve individually)
a. Consider and/or approve minutes of June 15, 2021, regular meeting and June 25,
2021 special meeting
b. Consider and/or approve Monthly Financial Reports
c. Consider and/or approve 3rd Quarter Budget Report
d. Consider and/or approve 3rd Quarter Revenue Report
e. Consider and/or approve acceptance of approximately $417K of American Rescue
Funds (50% in 2021 and 50% in 2022)
f. Consider and/or approve Re-establishment of Historical Marker and medallion for the
George Washington Brown House
8. ACTION ITEMS
a. Consider and/or approve building permit application for Kathy Torrans at 701 N. Alley
b. Consider and/or approve building permit application for Paul & Hillary Sims at
911 S. Line
c. Consider and/or approve building permit application for James Souter at 520 N. Walnut to install
culverts
d. Consider and/or approve an improvement for easements and entrance on Lake and Dallas
Street and sidewalk to Market Street
e. Consider and/or approve appointing Mayor Pro Tem
f. Consider and/or approve Resolution for Official Action to Authorize Individuals to sign
checks on behalf of the City of Jefferson
g. Consider and/or approve Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives for TEXPOOL
h. Consider and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Finstrom
i. Consider and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Turner
j Consider and/or approve appointment to JEDCO by Ald. Moore
k. Consider and/or approve appointment to Jefferson Tourism Board by Ald. Finstrom
l. Consider and/or approve appointment to Jefferson Tourism Board by Ald. Turner
m. Consider and/or approve appointment to Jefferson Tourism Board by Ald. Moore
n. Consider and/or approve Amburn replacement process discussion
o. Consider and/or approve Amburn replacement nominations (if council choose a nomination
process
p. Consider and/or approve appointment of Karen Jones to calculate tax rates
q. Consider and/or approve Walt Underwood to have Food Truck at Hwy 49 & 59 (100 N. Walcott)
r. Consider and/or approve a request from Ernest D. Young to purchase 350 feet of dead-end West
Dixon Street, direction- South Willard Street toward the railroad tracks
s. Consider and/or approve payment of membership bill for Marion County Chamber of Commerce-
Paul Moore
9. DISCUSSION
a. Building permit application issued for 211 E. Clay Street – Ald. Richard Turner
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Jefferson City Council reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during the
Course of the meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by the Texas
Government Code.
1. Section 551.071- Consultation with an Attorney
2. Section 551.072-Deliberations concerning Real Property
3. Section 551.073-Deliberations concerning gifts/donations
4. Section 551.074- Personnel Matters
5. Section 551.076-Deliberations concerning Municipal Security
6. Section 551.087-Economic Development
10. ADJOURNMENT
Certificate of Posting
I, Doris M. Hines, City Secretary for the City of Jefferson, Texas do hereby certify that this Notice of
Meeting was posted at City Hall, 102 N. Polk Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on this _16TH_______ day of July, 2021, at _11:00 a.m___________ and remained to posted for at least 72 continuous hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
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Doris M. Hines, City Secretary