September 15, 2022 – City Council Meeting Agenda

Sep 9, 2022

CITY OF SEYMOUR CITY COUNCIL

PUBLIC NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING

Regular City Council Meeting on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., at the Portwood Art & Civic Center, 800 E. Morris Street, Seymour, Texas 76380. All notices have been duly posted in accordance and conformance with the Government Code of the State of Texas, Section 551.072 ( c) The City of Seymour attempts to make its meetings accessible to all its citizens. If you have need of auxiliary aids, please notify the ADA Coordinator at 889-3148, as soon as possible in advance. The following agenda will be considered:

1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance by Mayor Jon Hrncirik

2. Prayer

3. City Administrator Dr. Jeffrey Brasher will recognize the City of Seymour Department, and Employee of the Month.

4. Announcements from the Mayor or MPT

5. Citizen Comment(s)

6. City Administrator Report

a.) Contract/ SFRC Golf Membership totals

b.) City of Seymour Employee list

c.)Written supervisor monthly reports

d.) City Events: Halloween Celebration at City Hall, Saturday, October 29,

2022 starts at 6:00 p.m.

e.) Financial Report

7. Public Hearings

a.) City of Seymour to conduct a Public Hearing establishing an ad valorem levy tax rate for the City of Seymour Texas, 2022. The Proposed Tax Rate for the City of Seymour is 0.43625 per $100 value, which is lower than the Voter-approval tax rate of 0.45803.

b.) City of Seymour conducting a Public Hearing regarding the Fiscal Year, 2022-2023,

Proposed Budget for the City of Seymour.

8. Consent Agenda

a.) Approve the July 25, 2022 & August 25, 2022, meeting minutes .

b.) Approve the City of Seymour AP bills for the month of August, 2022.

c.) Approve Resolution No. 1531, adopting the Procurement of Administrative

Services for the 2023-2024 CDBG Application.

d.) Approve Resolution No. 1532, designating the Baylor Co. Banner as the official

newspaper for legal notices and announcements for the City of Seymour, Texas, as

required by Texas Local Gov. Code, 52.004.

e.) Approve Resolution No. 1533, the Atmos Rate Review Mechanism for 2022.

f.) Approve “Junk Only” for Clean-Up Week for the week of October 15^th -23^rd, 2022.

g.) Approve Resolution No. 1534, adopting the Engineering services for the 2023-

2024, CDBG Application.

9. Action Items

a.) Discuss, consider, and take action to adopt Ordinance No. 2022-12,

establishing the ad valorem tax rate for the City of Seymour, Fiscal Year 2022, at

0.43625 per $100 valuation, which is lower than the Voter-approval tax rate of

0.45803. The rate represents the Operation and Maintenance by conducting

a formal vote of the city council for said ordinance.

b.) Discuss, consider, and take action to approve Resolution No. 1530,

adopting the Fiscal Year 2022-2023, City of Seymour Budget and conduct a

Formal Vote of the City Council for said resolution.

c.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding VFW Hall/Bar Area bids located at

910 E. Nevada Street, Seymour, Texas.

d.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding reimbursement of 15K to the SVFD

for the down payment to purchase a Seymour Volunteer Fire Department Pumper

Truck.

e.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding bid notice for a TORO 4500 D, lawn for

the City of Seymour departments.

f.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding live -streaming City of Seymour

Council meetings.

10. Executive Session

a.) An Executive Session, closed to the public and pursuant to Chapter 551 of the

Texas Local Government Code under § 551.0171,Consultation with City Attorney;

Special Utility District-Baylor Water.

b.) An Executive Session, closed to the public and pursuant to Chapter 551 of the

Texas Local Government Code under § 551.072, Lowe Stout Building.

11. Action regarding Executive Session

a.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding Executive Session with City

Attorney.

b.) Discuss, consider, and take action regarding Executive Session on Lowe Stout

Building.

12. Adjournment of meeting

Note: Council reserves the right to vote or to act in open session or go into

Executive Session upon any of the items listed in this agenda.

Mayor, City Council or City Administrator, may consult with City Attorney at any given time during a Council meeting.

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify the above notice of the meeting of the City

Council of the City of Seymour, Texas is a true and correct copy of the said notice that I posted on the official posting place(s) at Seymour City Hall, 301 North Washington Street, Seymour, TX, a place of convenience and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said notice posted this, Friday, September 9, 2022, at 3:30 p.m.

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Conchita Torrez, City Secretary TRMC