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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSEPTEMBER 24, 2024 REGULAR MEETING 5_30 PMTHURMAN BILL BARTIE, MAYOR RONALD BURTON, CPM DONEANE BECKCOM, CITY MANAGER MAYOR PRO TEM SHERRI BELLARD, TRMC COUNCIL MEMBERS: CITY SECRETARY WILLIE BAE LEWIS, JR. TIFFANY L. HAMILTON EVERFIELD ROXANN PAIS COTRONEO HAROLD L. DOUCET, SR. CITY ATTORNEY THOMAS KINLAW, III DONALD FRANK, SR. AGENDA City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, September 24, 2024 5:30 P.M. CT The City Council Of The City Of Port Arthur Will Conduct The Regular Meeting Scheduled For Tuesday, September 24, 2024 At 5:30 P.M. CT, By Telephonic And Videoconference In Addition To Allowing In Person Attendance. A Quorum Of The City Council Will Be Physically Present In The City Council Chamber, Fifth Floor, City Hall, 444 Fourth Street Port Arthur, Texas. The Public May Participate In The Meeting In Person Or By Dialing One Of The Following Toll-Free Numbers And Entering The Meeting ID: 864 0791 0836 And Passcode: 011298 (877) 853-5247 US Toll Free (888) 788-0099 US Toll Free In Compliance With The Americans With Disabilities Act, The City Of Port Arthur Will Provide For Reasonable Accommodations For Persons Attending City Council Meetings. To Better Serve You, Requests Should Be Received 24 Hours Prior To The Meeting. Please Contact The City Secretary’s Office, At (409) 983-8115. Website: http://www.portarthurtx.gov 1 City Council Regular Meeting City Hall Council Chamber City Of Port Arthur September 24, 2024 5:30 PM PLEASE TURN OFF OR MUTE ALL MOBILE DEVICES I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL Mayor Bartie _____ Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom _____ Councilmember Lewis, Jr. _____ Councilmember Hamilton Everfield _____ Councilmember Doucet, Sr. _____ Councilmember Kinlaw, III _____ Councilmember Frank, Sr. _____ City Manager Burton, CPM _____ City Secretary Bellard, TRMC _____ City Attorney Pais Cotroneo _____ Police Chief Duriso Or Designee _____ II. PROCLAMATIONS Proclamations III. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS A. Speakers (1) Charles Prince Of The Family Heirloom Private Foundation Regarding Public Private Partnership (2) Joan Jones Regarding The Pay Scale Of Water Bills (3) Kelly Anderson Regarding Nuisance Property B. Presentations – None C. City Manager’s Staff Reports – None D. Employee Recognition – None 2 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 III. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS – CONTINUED E. Correspondence – None F. Discussions (1) A Discussion Regarding A Status Update On The Animal Shelter Project And Construction Zone (Requested By Councilmember Kinlaw) (2) A Discussion Regarding An Update On Status Of The 19th Street Drainage Project (Requested By Councilmember Lewis) (3) A Discussion Regarding Security At The Pleasure Island Marina (Requested By Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom) (4) A Discussion Regarding An Updated Water Utility Budget And The Expected Impact Of Unfunded Projects (Requested By Councilmember Hamilton Everfield) 3 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 P.M. To Receive And Consider Public Comment(s) For All Interested Citizens With Regard To The City Of Port Arthur’s Proposed Tax Rate For The 2024 Tax Year A Tax Rate Of $0.626272 Per $100 Valuation Has Been Proposed By The Governing Body Of City Of Port Arthur PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.626272 per $100 NO-NEW REVENUE TAX RATE $0.585995 per $100 VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $0.626272 per $100 The No-New-Revenue Tax Rate Is The Tax Rate For The 2024 Tax Year That Will Raise The Same Amount Of Property Tax Revenue For City Of Port Arthur From The Same Properties In Both The 2023 Tax Year And The 2024 Tax Year The Voter-Approval Rate Is The Highest Tax Rate That City Of Port Arthur May Adopt Without Holding An Election To Seek Voter Approval Of The Tax Rate The Proposed Tax Rate Is Greater Than The No-New-Revenue Tax Rate. This Means That City Of Port Arthur Is Proposing To Increase Property Taxes For The 2024 Tax Year The Public Will Also Be Able To View The Public Hearing Via The City’s Website At www.portarthurtx.gov V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER) Pursuant To 551.0415 Of The Texas Government Code, The Mayor And Council May Make Announcements Regarding Items Of Community Interest, Which Include The Following: (1) Expressions Of Thanks, Congratulations, Or Condolence; (2) Information Regarding Holiday Schedules; 4 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 V. REPORTS / ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF TWO (2) MINUTES PER COUNCILMEMBER) – CONTINUED (3) An Honorary Or Salutary Recognition Of A Public Official, Public Employee, Or Other Citizen, Except That A Discussion Regarding A Change In The Status Of A Person's Public Office Or Public Employment Is Not An Honorary Or Salutary Recognition For Purposes Of This Subdivision; (4) A Reminder About An Upcoming Event Organized Or Sponsored By The Governing Body; (5) Information Regarding A Social, Ceremonial, Or Community Event Organized Or Sponsored By An Entity Other Than The Governing Body That Was Attended Or Is Scheduled To Be Attended By A Member Of The Governing Body Or An Official Or Employee Of The Political Subdivision; And (6) Announcements Involving An Imminent Threat To The Public Health And Safety Of People In The Political Subdivision That Has Arisen After The Posting Of The Agenda **Possible Action May Not Be Discussed In Conjunction With The Information Provided In The Report VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (1) P.R. No. 23906 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing Members To The Port Arthur Coalition For Homeless Advisory Board (Requested By Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom) 5 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 VII. CONSENT AGENDA NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The Following Items Are Of A Routine Or Administrative Nature. The Council Has Been Furnished With Background And Support Material On Each Item, And/Or It Has Been Discussed At A Previous Meeting. All Items Will Be Acted Upon By One Vote Without Being Discussed Separately Unless Requested By A Council Member Or A Citizen, In Which Event The Item Or Items Will Immediately Be Withdrawn For Individual Consideration In Its Normal Sequence After The Items Not Requiring Separate Discussion Have Been Acted Upon. A. Travel Request / Travel Expense Reports Request For Pre-Approval Of Travel Pursuant To 78-269 (b)(8) Of The Code Of Ordinances (ORD 18-63) (A1) Mayor Thurman Bartie: Texas Municipal League Conference (Approved Conference) Texas Association Of Black City Council Members Membership Dues Houston, Texas October 9 - 11, 2024 $125.00 B. Minutes – None C. Resolutions (1) P.R. No. 23889 – A Resolution Authorizing The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation To Accept A Proposal From Preferred Facilities Group – USA For The Facade Repairs To The Building At 501 Procter Street, Through The Buy Board Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program, Contract No. 728-24 For An Amount Not To Exceed $9,039.34; Funds Available In EDC Account No. 120-80-625- 5312-00-00-000 6 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 VII. CONSENT AGENDA – CONTINUED (2) P.R. No. 23908 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Service Order With ClearGov Of Maynard, Massachusetts For The Purchase Of Budgeting, Transparency, And Financial Reporting Subscription Services Through BuyBoard Cooperative Purchase Contract 692-23 In The Amount Of $48,204.00 For Fiscal Year 2025; Funding Available From The Information Technology Department In General Fund Account No. 001-09-023-5450-00-10- 000 (3) P.R. No. 23917 – A Resolution Amending The City Of Port Arthur Community Benefits Plan (CBP) Policy (4) P.R. No. 23918 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Industrial District Agreement With Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. (5) P.R. No. 23929 – A Resolution Ratifying The City Manager's Decision To Approve The Engagement Of An Additional Trash Collection Contractor, Aftermath Disaster Recovery, Inc. Of Prosper, Texas, With A Not-To-Exceed Budgetary Impact Of $54,424.00. Funding Is Available In The ARPA Revenue Loss - Garbage Collection Support Account, ARP010-GRE-RNT (6) P.R. No. 23930 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Participate In The Grant Application Process For The Texas Water Development Board’s (TWDB) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Program. Funding Appropriation Will Be Required If The Application Is Selected For An Award. The Funds Will Be Provided With 51% Principal Forgiveness And 49% As A Loan VIII. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION – NON-CONSENT A. Resolutions – Non-Consent (1) P.R. No. 23913 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Port Arthur Police Chief Advisory Committee (Requested By Councilmember Hamilton Everfield) 7 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 VIII. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION – NON-CONSENT – CONTINUED (2) P.R. No. 23920 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Commercial Refuse Disposal Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur, Texas And Beckett & Beckett, Inc. Of Orange, Texas For The Purpose Of Disposing Of Refuse At The City's Sanitary Landfill (3) P.R. No. 23921 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Commercial Refuse Disposal Contract Between The City Of Port Arthur, Texas And Gulf Waste CES Of Lake Charles, Louisiana For The Purpose Of Disposing Of Refuse At The City's Sanitary Landfill (4) P.R. No. 23922 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts Between Its Third Party Administrator (Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Texas, Inc.) For The City Of Port Arthur's Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO And Prescription Drug Plan For Its Medicare Eligible Retirees And/Or Medicare Eligible Dependent(s), And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute All Documents. Fund No: 614-11-025-5127-00-00-00 (Health Insurance Fund) (5) P.R. No. 23923 – A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute Contracts Between Its Third-Party Administrator (Administrative Services Only) For The City Of Port Arthur Group Medical, Dental Insurance, Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death And Dismemberment, And Excess Loss Indemnity With Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Texas, Inc. Fund No: 614 (Health Insurance) (6) P.R. No. 23927 – A Resolution Rescheduling The October 8, 2024 Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting (Requested By Mayor Bartie) (7) P.R. No. 23931 – A Resolution Nominating A Member And/Or Members To The Board Of Directors Of The Jefferson Central Appraisal District For The 2025 And 2025-2027 Term (8) P.R. No. 23932 – A Resolution Appointing And/Or Reappointing Member(s) To The Zoning Board Of Adjustment 8 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 VIII. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL ACTION – NON-CONSENT – CONTINUED B. Ordinances – Non-Consent (1) P.O. No. 7254 – An Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of A 1.417 Acre Tract Of City-Owned Vacant Land, Identified As Parcel No. 268047 (Tract 7B), Located At Port Plaza Drive And Medical Center Boulevard, And Further Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Special Warranty Deed For The Conveyance (2) P.O. No. 7266 – An Appropriation Ordinance Adopting A Budget For The Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 And Ending September 30, 2025, In Accordance With Section 7, Article XII Of The Charter Of The City Of Port Arthur (3) P.O. No. 7267 – An Appropriation Ordinance Approving And Adopting A Budget For The City Of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation For The Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2024 And Ending September 30, 2025 In Accordance With Section 12.03 Of The Bylaws Of The Corporation (4) P.O. No. 7268 – An Ordinance Adopting A Tax Rate For The Tax Year 2024 (Fiscal Year October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025) (5) P.O. No. 7269 – An Ordinance Approving The 2024 Tax Roll For The Use And Support Of The Municipal Government Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas; And Providing For The Interest And Sinking Fund And Apportioning Each Levy For A Specific Purpose (6) P.O. No. 7282 – An Ordinance Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas Denying The Statement Of Intent Of Texas Gas Service Company, A Division Of One Gas, Inc. To Increase Rates In The In Corporated Areas Of The Central-Gulf Service Area; Requiring Reimbursement Of Municipal Rate Case Expenses; Finding That The Meeting Complies With The Open Meetings Act; And Declaring An Effective Date For This Ordinance 9 AGENDA SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 IX. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING *************************************************** NOTE: If The Meeting Extends Past 11:59 PM, The City Council May Elect To Recess The Meeting And Reconvene At 9:30 AM On September 25, 2024. During The Recess, No Action Will Be Taken On Any Item Of Remaining Business And No Executive Sessions Will Be Held To Discuss Any Matters, All In Accordance With The Open Meetings Law *************************************************** RULES OF DECORUM – PERSONS ADDRESSING COUNCIL & AUDIENCE MEMBERS 1. Recognition by Presiding Officer. No person shall address the Council without first being recognized by the Presiding Officer. 2. Speaking Procedure; Limitation on discussion and questioning. Each person addressing the Council shall step up to the microphone provided for the use of the public and give his name and address in an audible tone of voice for the records, state that subject he wishes to discuss, state whom he is representing if he represents an organization or other person, and unless further time is granted by majority vote of the Council, shall limit his remarks to five (5) minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any member thereof. No person other than members of the Council and the person having the floor shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, whether directly or through a member of the Council, without the permission of the Presiding Officer. 3. Improper References, Disorderly Conduct By Person Addressing The Council; Any person making, expressly or impliedly, personal, impertinent, slanderous, derogatory, discourteous, snide, or profane remarks or who willfully utters loud, threatening or abusive language, or engages, in any disorderly conduct which would impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct, the order by the Presiding Officer, and if such conduct continues, may, at the discretion of the Presiding Officer, be ordered barred from further audience before the Council during that Meeting. 4. Addresses After Motion Made or Public Hearing Closed. After a motion has been made or a public hearing has been closed, no member of the public shall address the Council from the audience on the matter under consideration without first securing permission to do so by majority vote of the City Council. 5. Campaign Speeches Prohibited. No persons will be allowed to address the City Council by making campaign speeches for or against any candidate who has announced or does announce his intention to run, or issue already ordered on a ballot for election. 6. Disorderly Conduct. No person in the audience shall engage in disorderly conduct such as hand clapping, stamping of feet, whistling, using profane language, yelling, and similar demonstrations, which conduct disturbs the peace and good order of the meeting. 7. Limitations on Use of Supplemental Lighting. Limitations on use of supplemental lighting for television and motion picture cameras to create the least amount of interference with or disturbance of Council proceedings and/or discomfort to the public. 8. Persons Having Complaints, Allegations, or Charges Against Individual City Employees. No person shall make any complaint, specific allegation, or charge against an individual City Employee by name in a public meeting unless he first shows that he has pursued appropriate administrative channels. ENFORCEMENT OF DECORUM Warning. All persons shall at the request of the Presiding Officer, be silent. Removal. If, after receiving a warning from the Presiding Officer, a person persists in disturbing the meeting, such Officer may order him to remove himself from the meeting. If he does not remove himself, the Presiding Officer may order the Sergeant-at-arms to remove him. Resisting Removal. Any person who resists removal by the Sergeant-at-arms shall be charged with violating V.T.C.A, Penal Code 42.05. Motions To Enforce. Any Councilmember may move to require the Presiding Officer to enforce this division, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Council shall require him to do so. RULES OF PROCEDURE The City Secretary shall make public, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Law, an agenda containing all business to be discussed at a meeting of the City Council. Persons Requesting To Be Heard On Agenda Items (1) Residents. Any resident who wishes to address the Council on any matter may do so by notifying the City Secretary in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Law. (2) Nonresidents. Any nonresident wishing to address the Council shall notify the City Secretary and specify his interest in the matter being considered. The City Secretary shall present such request to the Presiding Officer for approval before placing the name on the Agenda. Specific Agenda Items. After a motion, second and discussion by the City Council on any specific agenda item, and before a vote is taken, the Presiding Officer shall recognize any citizen in the audience wishing to address the council on such item, who shall be permitted to address the Council thereon for a period of three (3) minutes. “Specific Agenda Items” are defined as any item specified on the Notice of Meeting posted for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Law and which becomes the subject of a motion before the Council. This is an abridged version of the City of Port Arthur Code of Ordinances Article II, Sec. 2-75 (a).