Richland Hills City Council

The Regular Session is open to the public. If Executive Session is required, it will be held in the Council Conference Room, and is closed to the public. Please note that although the Council will generally consider the items on the agenda in the order shown below, the Council may elect to re-order items in order to accommodate the needs of the Council, city staff, presenters, or the public generally. Therefore, members of the public interested in any agenda item are encouraged to be in attendance at the start of the meeting.

6:30 P.M. -- Pre-Council

1.	CALL TO ORDER
2.	INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE
3.	PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC COMMENTS -- Public.
4.	PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITIONS -- Consider recognizing and presenting awards to the following: A) Mayor Ragan to present twenty-year service award to Mr. David Peck, Sergeant, Police Department.
	8/23/2011  Biography of Sergeant David Peck
5.	BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS -- Appointments and resignations.
6.	DISCUSS AND APPROVE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1201-11 REGARDING CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE -- Consider discussing and approving an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1201-11 regarding the Charter Review Committee to read “The Charter Committee shall hold its first meeting after a majority of members have been appointed.” This item was tabled at Council’s Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Special Meeting.
	8/23/2011  Ordinance
7.	APPROVE CITY PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ENTERPRISE PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT PROGRAM -- Consider discussing and approving City participation in National League of Cities Enterprise Prescription Discount Program that allows residents to receive discounts of up to twenty (20) percent on prescription at no cost to the resident and addresses those most in need, specifically, those without insurance.
	8/1/2011  Memorandum with attachment from the Police Chief to the City Manager.
8.	APPROVE STANDARD FORM CITATION VERIFICATION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC. -- Consider discussing and approving standard form citation verification services agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., entering into an automated Scofflaw Program for the purpose of collecting unpaid civil penalty related to automatic photo red light violations.
	8/23/2011  Verification Services Agreement
	8/17/2011  Memorandum
	8/23/2011  Interlocal Agreement
9.	CONSIDER DISCUSSING AND APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH PALMER PRICE, INC. FOR WATER AND SEWER RATE UPDATE – Consider discussing and approving an agreement with Palmer Price, Inc. for a not-to-exceed amount of $15,000 to complete an update to Water and Sewer Rates for Fiscal Year 2012 for the City of Richland Hills.
	8/3/2011  E-mail from the Director of Public Works to the City Manager.
	8/3/2011  Agreement
10.	DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH POLICY REGARDING EMPLOYEE TRAVEL EXPENSE AND AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCES -- Discuss and Establish policy regarding employee travel expense and automobile allowances. This item was placed on the agenda by Council Member Lopez.
11.	CONSIDER DISCUSSING AND APPROVING A POLICY REQUIRING ALL BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS BE SCHEDULED FOR THE COMMUNITY BOARD ROOM -- Consider discussing and approving a policy requiring the City Secretary to schedule all board and commission meetings at the Community Board Room. This item was placed on the agenda by Council Member Goveas.
12.	CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 PROPOSED BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN -- Consider discussing the following: A) Conducting a public hearing regarding Fiscal Year 2011-12 Proposed Budget and Capital Improvements Plan and B) Close public hearing.
13.	APPROVE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR FENCING AND DISPOSAL OF LIVE AND DEAD TREES AT 7064 DOVER LANE -- Consider discussing and approving an award of contract for Alternate 1 ($5,800) and Alternate 2 ($6,509) to Garrett Demolition to dispose of live and dead trees and install wood and chain link fencing.
	7/15/2011  E-mail from the Director of Public Works to the City Manager.
	7/15/2011  Bid Tabulation
	7/15/2011  Proposal
14.	CONSIDER APPROVING NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETARY REQUESTS -- Consider discussing and approving non-departmental budgetary requests for funding submitted by “We’re All About the Dress,” Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning and Zoning Commission and Richland Hills Historical Society.
	8/23/2011  Documents
15.	CONSIDER ADOPTING POLICY FOR REVIEW OF ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND AGREEMENTS MODIFIED BY COUNCIL INSTRUCTION -- Discuss and consider adopting a policy permitting Council review of any ordinance, resolution, or agreement passed by Council at a meeting subject to modification as instructed by the Council, to insure that such ordinance, resolution, or agreement accurately reflects such Council instructions regarding modifications to be made, and applying such policy to previously passed ordinances, resolutions, and agreements.
16.	DISCUSS AND APPROVE ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY EVENT PLANNING COMMITTEE -- Consider discussing and approving the establishment of a City of Richland Hills Events Planning Committee for special occasions as needed. This item was placed on the agenda by Council Member Goveas.
17.	REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS -- Any Council Member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and action at this time.
18.	CONSENT AGENDA -- A) Approval of Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Regular Meeting Minutes.
	8/9/2011  Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Regular Meeting Minutes
19.	PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC COMMENTS -- Public.
20.	EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, executive session may be held under one or more of Sections 551.071, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.087, 413.183(f) and 418.106(d) & (e), either at the end of the Regular Session or at any time during the meeting on any item on the agenda if a need arises for the City Council to seek advice from the City Attorney or otherwise convene in closed session as permitted by such sections of the Open Meetings Act. The City Council may take action on any agenda item listed for executive session consideration upon reconvening in open session. Please refer to agenda for the items posted. The sections referenced above are generally described as follows: Section 551.071: Consultation with Attorney The City Council may conduct a private consultation with its attorney when the City Council seeks the advice of its attorney concerning any item on this agenda, about pending and contemplated litigation, or a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Board of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551. Section 551.072: Deliberation regarding real property: The City Council may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property. Section 551.073: Deliberation regarding Prospective Gift or Donation Section 551.074: Deliberation regarding Personnel Matters The City Council may deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of public officers, including the City Manager, City Secretary, City Attorney, Municipal Judge and non-advisory city boards and commission members. A complete list of the city boards and commissions and the membership of those boards and commissions is on file in the City Secretary’s Office. Section 551.076: Deliberation regarding Security Devices The City Council may deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Section 551.087: Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations The City Council may discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and which the City is conducting economic development negotiations or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect; 1) particularly, discussion of potential economic development incentive agreement for development of real property. Section 418.183(f): Texas Disaster Act The City Council may deliberate information: (1) for purposes of preventing, investigating, or responding to an act of terrorism or related criminal activity and involving emergency response providers, their staffing, contact information and tactical plans; (2) that relates to the risk or vulnerability of persons or property, including infrastructure, to an act of terrorism; (3) that relates to the assembly of an explosive weapon, the location of a material that may be used in a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon, or unpublished information pertaining to vaccines or devices to detect biological agents or toxins; (4) that relates to details of the encryption codes or security keys for a public communication system;(5) that relates to a terrorism-related report to an agency of the United States; (6) that relates to technical details of particular vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to an act of terrorism; (7) that relates to information regarding security measures or security systems intended to protect public and private property from an act of terrorism; or (8) any other topic subject to discussion in closed session pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act. Section 418.106(d) & (e): Local Meetings to Discuss Emergency Management Plans regarding Pipeline Safety The City Council may discuss emergency management plans providing for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery in executive session when those plans contain sensitive information relating to critical infrastructure or facilities, and the safety or security of the infrastructures or facilities could be jeopardized by disclosure of the emergency management plan
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