REGULAR MEETING: 7:00 P M
1. CALL TO ORDER
1.1 Invocation (Castro)
1.2. Roll Call
1.3. Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting of March 18, 2008...................................................................... 1
2. CITIZENS COMMENTS/PUBLIC FORUM (Time Limit- 5 minutes)
Citizens wishing to comment or present to Council, please sign in at desk
3. REPORTS TO COUNCIL
3.1 Police.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
3.2 Fire Commissioner.................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3.3 Treasurer.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.4 Engineers................................................................................................................................................... 5
Marco Almeida of Marcoís Lawn & Landscape Co.
3.5 Building Official........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.6 Mayor and Council:................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Border:
Meeting with Director of Harris County Flood Control District, a meeting with State Senator Patrick, a meeting with several cities re: City of Houston water rate hikes
Whiting:
Bridle Spur update
........ 3.7 HVCEFFC (Conduit Bonds) ............................................................................................................................................. 8
3.8 City Secretary............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4. CONSENT AGENDA
The consent agenda is a meeting method many government councils use to help make meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the City Council for reading and study are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion of the Council with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of City Council. The expenditures listed in the consent agenda are items already approved in the current city budget.
4.1 Disbursements: Summary, Deposits......................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Professional Service Invoices
4.3 City Operations
4.4 Authorize the Mayor to acquire a credit card for use by the City Secretary when ordering merchandise or service (the credit card will have a limit of $1,000.00) 11
4.5 Authorizing payment of AAA Asphalt Paving, Inc.'s Pay Application No. 2 for work related to the Ridgeley Drive Paving & Drainage Improvements Project in the amount of $175,852.78 (Package 3) – CMI.................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.6 Authorizing final payment to Marco's Lawn & Landscape Co., Inc. for work related to the Water Line Repair at 1209 Pine Chase Drive in the amount of $235.50 - CMI" 13
DISCUSSION
5.1 Presentation and discussion with City Attorneys re: emails and public business of the City 15
5.2 Council comments/discussion regarding concerns related to 4mails circulated by councilmembers
… Address by Mayor Border re Council member Anderson email dated 18 March 2008
… Address by Mayor Pro tem Castro re Council member Anderson emails dated 26 Feb and 18 Mar 2008
… Address by Council member Shannon Whiting re Council member Anderson emails
… Address by Council member Brian Henault re Council member Anderson emails
6. ACTION ITEMS (CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON):
6.1 The future disposition of the 8108 Bromley (Mayes property) parking pad in the city right-of-way. 16
6.2 Authorizing the city to recoup the latest COH water rate increase....................................................... 17
7. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS
(Comments should be in regard, and limited, to the items discussed in the preceding portions of the Agenda)
8. ADDITIONAL CITIZENS COMMENTS (Time Limit- 5 minutes)
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. ADJOURNMENT
Posted_______________at__________ by Susan Blevins, City Secretary
City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above as authorized by Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), 551.087 (Economic Development), and 551.086 (Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters). Following the executive session, if any, City Council may act in open session on any item discussed in the executive session.
I, Susan Blevins, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting and Agenda for the City Council of the City of Hilshire Village was posted in a place convenient and readily accessible at all times to the general public in compliance with Chapter 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, on _________, 2008 at ________ a,m, p.m.
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