 Richland Hills City Council |
City Hall, 3200 Diana Drive
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.
| 1. | CALL TO ORDER |
| 2. | INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE |
| 3. | PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC COMMENTS -- Public. |
| 4. | PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS -- Consider the
following: A) Mayor Ragan to present fifteen-year service award to Ms. Barbara Mann, Finance/Accounting Manager; B) Mayor Ragan to persent thirty-year service award to Battalion Chief Morris Foster, Fire Department; C) Mayor Ragan to proclaim November 2011 as “Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month” in Richland Hills as the well-being of the residents of Richland Hills are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early detection, causes and effective treatments and D) Mayor Ragan to proclaim October 23-October 29, 2011 as RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN WEEK and encourage all citizens to participate in alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug and violence prevention activities, making a visible statement that we are strongly committed to creating safe and caring environments for every child to grow up in an further encourage all citizens to pledge, “No us of Illegal Drugs, No Illegal Use of Legal Drugs.”
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| 9/22/2011
E-mail from the City Secretary to the City Manager | |
| 9/22/2011
Red Ribbon Week Proclamation | |
| 5. | BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS -- Appointments and
resignations.
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| 6. | CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 2010-11 BUDGET AMENDMENT -- Consider the following: A) Conducting a public hearing on the proposed amendment in accordance with Section 12.02 of the City Charter and B) Approving an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget. |
| 10/11/2011
Ordinance | |
| 10/11/2011
Hotel Fund Transfer Document and Summary of Expenditures | |
| 7. | APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TO
RECONSTRUCT LABADIE DRIVE – Consider discussing and approving
an interlocal agreement with Tarrant County to reconstruct Labadie Drive
from Baker Boulevard to Evelyn Drive.
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| 8/19/2011
Memorandum from the Director of Public Works to the City Manager. | |
| 8/19/2011
Interlocal Agreement | |
| 8. | CONSIDER DISCUSSING AGREEMENT PERMITTING
ENCROACHMENT ON CITY PROPERTY -- Consider discussing
encroachment agreement adopted by the City Council at its Tuesday,
April 26, 2011 regular meeting; particularly, insurance requirements.
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| 10/11/2011
Encroachment agreement | |
| 9/27/2011
E-mail from the Director of Public Works to the City Manager. | |
| 10/11/2011
Minutes of Agenda Item Number 19 of April 26th Regular Council Meeting. | |
| 9. | APPROVE PLACEMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT SURPLUS
EQUIPMENT ON INTERNET AUCTION SITE FOR DISPOSAL –
Consider discussing and approving the placement of Amkus Rescue
System (Jaws of Life) and Lifepak 10 an Lifepak 112 cardiac monitors and
one Ferno ambulance stretcher/cot on internet auction site for
disposal.
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| 9/15/2011
Memorandum from the Fire Chief to the City Manager. | |
| 10. | APPROVE RESOLUTION NOMINATING CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
TO TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS –
Consider discussing and approving a resolution nominating a candidate
for election to the Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors which
election will be conducted Wednesday, December 14, 2011.
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| 9/15/2011
Letter with enclosure from Mr. Jeff Law, Executive Director, Chief Appraiser, TAD to the City Manager. | |
| 11. | APPROVE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX MATCHING GRANT FUNDING
APPLICATION GUIDELINES -- Consider discussing and approving Hotel
Occupancy Tax Tourism and Special Events Matching Grants Guidelines.
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| 10/11/2011
HOT grant application document as developed by the Economics Development Specialist. | |
| 10/11/2011
HOT applicatioin guidelines developed by the Economic Development Specialist.
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| 12. | CONSIDER CANCELING NOVEMBER 22 AND DECEMBER 27, 2011
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS -- Consider discussing and approving
canceling the Tuesday November 22, 2011 and Tuesday, December 27,
2011 Regular City Council Meetings.
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| 13. | APPROVE EMPLOYMENT OF OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT -- Consider discussing and
approving the employment of an outside law firm to represent the interests
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment concerning matters placed before the
board.
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| 14. | DISCUSS AND APPROVE REDUCING TIME FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS
AND REMOVING PUBLIC COMMENTS INPUT ITEM FROM
BEGINNNIG OF THE AGENDA -- Consider discussing and approving
reducing the citizens comment time for agenda items and public
comments from five minutes to three minutes, removing public comments
at the beginning of the council meeting and retaining public comments a
the end of the council meeting as presently in place. This item was
placed on the agenda by Council Member DeSoto.
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| 15. | REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS -- Any Council Member
may remove any item from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion
and action at this time.
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| 16. | CONSENT AGENDA -- A) Approval of Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Regular Meeting Minutes.
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| 9/13/2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Regular Meeting Minutes | |
| 17. | PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC COMMENTS -- Public. |
| 18. | 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 The City Council may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the City. 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; particularly, follow-up on August 23, 2011 discussion regarding the expectations and goals of the City Council related to the duties of the City Manager. Section 551.076: Deliberation regarding Security Devices The City Council may deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices; particularly, receive a report from the Chief of Police regarding security of city facilities. 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. 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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| 19. | ADJOURNMENT
This facility is wheelchair accessible. If you plan to attend this meeting and you have a disability that requires special arrangements at the meeting, please notify the City 72 hours in advance of the meeting so that reasonable accommodations can be made. For sign interpretive services, please call also 72 hours in advance.
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