REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6:00 P.M., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

CITY HALL

 

AGENDA

 

1.         CALL MEETING TO ORDER

 

2.                  INVOCATION

 

3.         MINUTES

 

3A.      Consider and act on minutes of the Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Regular City Council Meeting.

 

4.         CITIZENS’ INPUT

 

4A.      Citizens are requested to sign up prior to council meeting if requesting time to address council.  Presentations will be limited to no more than three (3) minutes.

 

5.         BILLS

 

5A.      Consider and act on payment of bills over $5,000.00 from October 6, 2007 to October 19, 2007.

 

6.         NEW BUSINESS

 

6A.      Consider and act on a joint election agreement between the City of Uvalde and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District establishing a uniform election date and uniform polling locations.

 

6B.      Consider and act on an Outside the City Limits request from Glen Casey for water and sewer service at the proposed North Vanham Subdivision on the corner of Knox and Rio Grande Street.

 

7.                  BOARD APPOINTMENTS/RE-APPOINTMENTS

 

7A.      Building Standards Committee

 

8.                  REPORTS

 

8A.      Third Quarter Report of the Uvalde Convention & Visitors Bureau by Joanne Nelson, Director of the Convention & Visitors Board.

 

8B.      Report by Joe A. Cardenas, Assistant City Manager, regarding the status of Municipal Court Tickets.

 

9.         DISCUSSION

 

9A.      Discussion regarding the taxation of tangible personal property in transit which would otherwise be exempt pursuant to Texas Tax Code, Section 11.253.

 

10.              EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

The City Council of the City of Uvalde, Texas will convene in executive session in accordance and for the purposes permitted by the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.072 Deliberations about Real Property and Section 551.074 Personnel Matters.

 

10A.    Discuss the purchase of real property.

 

            10B.    Discuss personnel matters.

 

11.              RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

11A.    Consider and act on the purchase of real property.

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Certificate:     I certify that the above and foregoing notice was posted in compliance with 551.043, Texas Government Code at 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 19, 2007.            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ________________________________

John H. Harrell, City Manager

 

City Hall Municipal Building is wheelchair accessible with accessed and special parking available on the West Side of the Building.  The Council Chamber is accessible by elevator to the second floor.  Requests for special services

must be received forty-eight (48) hours prior to meeting time by calling City Hall (830) 278-3315.

In this Notice of Open Meeting, the posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in open session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in open session if it is otherwise appropriate to discuss the matter in executive session.  If, during the discussion of any agenda item, a matter is raised that is appropriate for

discussion in executive session the council may, as permitted by law, convene into executive session to deliberate on the matter.

The posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in executive session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in executive session.  The council may discuss in open session any matter for which notice has been given in this notice of open meeting including an agenda item posted for executive session.  In no event, however, will the council take action on any agenda item in executive session, whether it is posted for open or executive session discussion.

 

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the attached agenda of meeting of the City of Uvalde City Council is a true and correct copy and that I posted a true and correct copy of said notice on two glass public notice cases at City Hall, readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the 19th  day of October 2007 and will remain so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.

 

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Audrey M. Garza, City Secretary

 

I certify that the attached agenda of items to be considered by the City Council was removed by me from the City of Uvalde City Hall glass public notice cases on the _______________ day of _____________________, ________.

 

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