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[I. COMMENCEMENT]
SECONDS.THOSE IS HEREBY GIVING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY THE 16TH, 2024 AT 6:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF FLUTE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, FLUTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MEMBERS MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY, 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
5 5 1 0 7 3 DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS.
5 5 1 0 7 6 DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 7 5 1 8 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA AND MEETING LINK ARE POSTED.
ITS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CLUTEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK BEFORE THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. BA, WOULD YOU BLESS US? DEAR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU'RE WE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSING UPON WE ASK YOU AFFECTED.
WE JUST, UH, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER.
ALL THESE ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES TO HELP US OUT AND, UH, LORD, WE JUST PRAY.
GOD UNDER PLEDGE PLEASE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW HAVE ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL CALVIN SHIFFLET.
SO WE WILL FOREGO THEOR S CITIZEN VISITORS COMMENTS SECTION AND WE WILL MOVE INTO
[III. BUSINESS ITEMS]
THE BUSINESS ITEMS AND BUSINESS ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 DASH 2024, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF THE STRAT RIDGE SPORTS PLAT BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.BUCK BASEBALL, SBC, RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 DASH 2024.
RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY CL TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BUCKS BASEBALL SBCE FOR USE OF THE STRAT RIDGE SPORTS PLEX, WHEREAS THE BUCKS BASEBALL, SBC INC IS A NEED TO BASEBALL FIELDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE YOUTH BASEBALL IN THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY INCLUDED ENCOURAGES THE USE OF CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES TO PROMOTE EXERCISE SPORTSMANSHIP, TEAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP.
WHEREAS NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE STRATON ROUGE SPORTS PLEX IS A PRODUCTIVE USE OF CITY FACILITIES THAT FULFILLS THE INTENT OF THE STRATON RIDGE SPORTS PLEX.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE TEXAS HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTION OF THE STRAT RIDGE SPORTS BLACK SPORTSPLEX USE AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE STRAT RIDGE SPORTS BLACK BY WILL BLACKSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, OR CJ SNIPE CITY MANAGER, PASSED AND ADOPTED THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2024.
WE WOULD BE ASSIGNED BY MYSELF AND TESTED BY ROSA POINTER.
THAT AND APPROVED US FORM BY CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, CITY ATTORNEY.
WILL YOU WANT TO YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY ACTUALLY I WAS DOING, APPARENTLY IT'S VERY POPULAR WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE HOME GROUND NOW, UH,
IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG EIGHT DAYS FOLKS.
UH, WE DEALING WITH THIS, UH, BASICALLY BUCKS SBC UH, BUCKS BASEBALL, SBC, UH, AND ITS AFFILIATE GROUP HAVE CLEANED UP, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN PAST THE FIELDS BEFORE THE STORM.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB BRINGING 'EM BACK UP INTO PLAYABLE CONDITIONS.
THEY REDID THE SOIL, THEY REDID GRASS, UH, AFTER THE STORM, THEY'VE BEEN OUT ACTUALLY TO CLEAR UP THE, TO CLEAR UP THE DEBRIS OFF THE FIELDS AND REMOVE,
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MOVE SOME OF THE DAMAGED STUFF OVER TOWARDS THE, UH, AREA SO IT'S EASIER TO PICK UP BY EVERYBODY.AND SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS BASICALLY TO BE ALLOWED NON-EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE FIELDS THAT THEY PREPARED, UH, FOR THEIR SEASON.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT SEASON IS ALMOST, UH, INTERMINABLE.
SO THEY USE IT FOR PRACTICES FOR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL.
UH, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT TERM, I WOULD SAY FROM JULY, 2024 TO JULY, 2025, ONE YEAR WOULD BE MY, WOULD BE MY, UH, MY NOTE THERE.
AND I'M SORRY MR. DUNCAN, I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT INFORMATION WHEN YOU DRAFTED THIS LOVELY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED IT.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO OPERATE THE LEAGUE.
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO INVEST A WHOLE LOT.
THEY'RE PROVIDING ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP ON THE FIELDS.
AND SO WE THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE USE.
UH, NOW WE DO HAVE THE OPERATING EXPENSE OF THE LIGHTS, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME SWEAT EQUITY THAT'S BEEN EARNED GIVEN WHAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY PUT INTO IT.
FOR THIS YEAR, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
'CAUSE WE HAD HAD THE OPEN MEETING WITH ABOUT THE PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THE COMMUNITY WANTED WAS RIGHT FOR THE PARKS TO BE USED OR THE BASEBALL FIELDS TO BE USED AND STUFF FOR YOUTH.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT UM, IT IS, IT IS OUR YOUTH, SO YEAH.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAYBE REVIVE, MAYBE NOT LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT, UH, ANOTHER BASEBALL PROGRAM, UH, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR MEETING, UH, BECAUSE SELECT CLUB IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND WHAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THERE USED TO BE, WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF PLACES, THERE USED TO BE BACKSTOPS AND FIELDS WHERE KIDS COULD PLAY YEAH.
AND SO WHAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE TRYING TO REINVIGORATE SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS LIKE, UH, COBB, TEMPORARILY, MAYBE OVER HERE AT THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN ALSO AT, UH, WESLEYAN ON OFF OF WESLEYAN BEHIND THE CHURCH.
SO, UH, THE GOAL IS TO GET, I'M, I'M A BASEBALL NUT AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
AND THEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT MORE, I GUESS USER-FRIENDLY OR FAMILY-FRIENDLY WOULD BE GREAT IN THE LONG TERM.
BUT THIS IS A GOOD START WE FELT LIKE SO.
TYPICALLY THAT PART HAS ALWAYS BEEN ADULT USE AND THE ADULT LEAVES HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR THE WHAT, THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE COVID? BASICALLY, SINCE BEFORE COVID, I THINK THE LAST YEAR WE DID, WE HAD ONE TEAM SIGN UP TO PLAY.
ARE THEY GONNA BE HAVING TOURNAMENTS OUT THERE? NO.
THESE ARE PRACTICE FACILITIES ONLY.
BRING IN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
BUT NO, THEY'RE, THIS IS ALL PRACTICE FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE USING IT FOR.
NOT DOING ANY GAMES OR ANY ACTIVITY LIKE THAT JUST PRACTICE.
THEY PLAY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE GAMES RIGHT NOW I THINK ARE TAKING PLACE UP IN PEARLAND AND ALSO LEAGUE CITY.
SO I KNOW LITTLE LEAGUE, THEY USED TO GUYS TOOK IT OVER AND THEY WERE HAVING SELECT TOURNAMENTS OUT THERE AND BECAUSE THEY WERE TAKING IN MONEY, THEY ALMOST COST CHARTER BECAUSE OF DOING THAT.
ALLY INFORMATION FROM ANGELES AREA AGREEMENT ADDRESSES THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS IT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON, MADDOX, THAT WE PASS RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 DASH 2024 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
DO WE NEED TO ADD THE ONE YEAR? YES.
CAN I MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? SURE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS IT WITH AN AMENDMENT OF ONE YEAR FROM JULY 24 TO JULY 25.
YOUR SECOND STILL GOOD ON THAT.
HE'S LAUGHING BECAUSE IN MY HEAD I ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ONE DAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
HEARING NONE ALL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 44 DASH 1 24 APPROVING THE APPLICATION TO JOIN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
N-C-T-G-C-E-O-G PURCHASING CORPS.
THIS IS VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH LIKE HGAC BY THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, FEMA PA PROVIDERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED THROUGH THAT CO-OP THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SPEED THE PROCESS UP AT GETTING SOME ASSISTANCE.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING TO JOIN THIS CO-OP AND THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE AGREEMENTS BACK TO YOU NEXT TIME.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 44 DASH 2024.
RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY INCLUDE TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE APPLICATION TO JOIN THE NORTH NORTH TEXAS, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL
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OF GOVERNMENTS, N-C-T-C-O-G PURCHASING CORPORATIVE, WHERE CITY OCCLUDE IS A HOME ROOM MUNICIPAL TO REQUIRED TO FILE A COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCUREMENTS OF GOOD SERVICES UNDER CHAPTERS 2 71 AND 2 52 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 71 0.038 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY MAY PARTICIPATE IN CORPORATE TO PURCHASING PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AT PRICES ESTABLISHED THROUGH PURCHASE CONTRACTS OF THE CONTROLLER.
AND WHEREAS AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A QUALIFIED PURCHASE CORPOR CORPORATE PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS THE N-C-T-C-O-G IS SUCH A PROGRAM QUALIFIED BY THE TEXAS STATE CONTROLLER, WHEREAS PARTICIPATION IN THE N-T-C-T-C-O-G PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC, ECONOMICAL, AND FINANCIAL PR, FINANCIALLY PRUDENT OPTION TO OBTAIN GOODS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS FUNDS.
AND NOW THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AN APPROVED APPLICATION TO JOIN THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE TO BE EXECUTED BY THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2024, APPROVED BY MYSELF AND ATTEST BY ROAD APPOINTED AND APPROVED AS FORM BY CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, CITY ATTORNEY.
AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF A, IT'S LIKE A COOPERATIVE, LIKE TIPS LIKE HGAC BY, IN THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, PUBLIC, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FEMA APPLICATIONS, BUT WE CAN USE 'EM FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER SOURCES OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, INSURANCE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
IT'S JUST ONE MORE TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT FOR PURCHASING.
SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 44 DASH 1 24 AND SECOND FIVE.
I'LL SECOND COUNCILPERSON BOND DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[IV. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ]
WE HAVE A NEW NOTICE OF ANNOUNCEMENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.CITY COUNCIL BUR BUDGET WORKS.
YOUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BE TUESDAY, JULY THE 23RD AT 6:30 PM THEN SECOND, 6:30 AM SHE MARKED IT OUT ON YOUR AGENDA.
THAT WASN'T, I NOTICED THAT ON THE EMAIL.
I WAS LIKE AT 6:00 AM SHE SHOW UP MORNING.
DON'T WANNA GET STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ORIGINAL WAS SCHEDULED FOR OUR SATURDAY AT NINE.
SO WE WANNA MAXIMIZE YOUR MORNINGS.
YEAH, THAT'S YOUR, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE ALL DAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WILL BE ON THURSDAY, JULY THE 25TH AT 6:30 PM THE FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP RECORD VOTE ON PRELIMINARY TAX RATE AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR A TAX RATE AND BUDGET.
THURSDAY, AUGUST THE FIRST, 2024 AT SIX 30.
AUGUST THE EIGHTH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AUGUST THE 22ND, 2024 AT 7:00 PM LABOR DAY HOLIDAYS, CITY OFFICE IS CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND.
PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET TAX RATE, ROLL CALL VOTES AND ADOPT BUDGET ORDINANCE.
AND THEN TAX RATE ORDINANCE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH AT SIX 30 AND A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO FOLLOW.
THEN A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2024, AND A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH, 2024.