HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Minutes 11-07-2024The City Council of the City of Plainview met on November 7, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., at City
Hall, 202 W. 5th Street, Plainview, Texas.
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Mayor Starnes presided. Members present Council Members Mary Elizabeth Dickerson -
District 1, Steve Martinez -District 2, Mike McDonough -District 3, Gary House -District 4,
Daniel Rascon-District 5, and Evan Weiss -District 6. Council Member Lorie Rodriguez -
District 7 was absent.
Staff members present were Jeffrey Snyder -City Manager, Slater Elza-City Attorney, Jeff
Johnston -Assistant City Manager, Isauro Gutierrez -Director of Information Technology,
Derrick Watson -Chief of Police, Bobby Gipson -Fire Chief, Neil Weems -Director of Public
Works, Valessa Gutierrez -Interim Finance Director/HR Manager, Melinda Brown -
Community Engagement Manager, Kristi Aday-Director of Economic Development,
Brocke Lively -Landfill Superintendent, and Belinda Hinojosa-City Secretary.
Guests Present: Susan Blackerby
Invocation — Mayor Starnes
2. Excused Absences — Council Member Lorie Rodriguez
3. Announcements
4. Presentation of Convention and Visitor's Marketing Plan
Presenter: Melinda Brown, Community Engagement Manager
Presented information on the CVB Marketing Plan and the new logo.
Mayor Pro Tern Weiss arrived at 11:36 a.m.
5. Review of City Council agenda items for November 12, 2024
Presenter: Jeffrey Snyder, City Manager
The Council and staff reviewed the agenda items for the November 12, 2024 meeting.
Consent Calendar
a) Minutes of October 17, 2024 and October 22, 2024
b) Authorize Change Order for Landfill Cell Construction Project
c) A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, Approving the
Request for the Plainview Chamber of Commerce to Host the 2024 Chamber of
Commerce Christmas Parade; Authorizing the Filing of the Agreement for the
Temporary Closure of State Right -of -Way with the Texas Department of
Transportation for this Event; Declaring that the Event Serves a Public Purpose;
and Agreeing to Comply with Regulations. (Resolution R24-649)
d) Authorize Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release between City of Plainview
and G Pearl's Properties, Barbara Pickett and Delores Sue Thompson
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Regular Agenda
a) Consider the request for funding to support Hope House of Plainview
b) An Ordinance of the City Of Plainview, Texas Amending the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Plainview Texas Chapter 8: "Offenses and Nuisances" By Adding a
New Article 8.07, "Regulation of Sex Offender Residency" to Make it Unlawful for
Persons Required to Register on the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex
Offender Database to Reside Within 1,000 Feet of Property Where Children
Assemble or Gather; to Prohibit Renting or Leasing Residential Housing to
Predatory Sex Offenders; Providing Affirmative Defenses; Providing a Variance
Request Procedure; and Providing for Severability, Repealer, Continuation of Prior
Law, Penalty, Publication, and Effective Date. (Ordinance No. 24-3771 — Second
Reading)
c) An Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Plainview, Texas:
Repealing Chapter 8, Article 8.05 Entitled "Juvenile Curfew'; Providing an Effective
Date, Repealer Clause, and Severability Clause; and Providing for Publication.
(Ordinance No. 24-3772 — Second Reading)
d) An Ordinance of the City Council of the City Of Plainview, Texas: Amending the
Code of Ordinances, City of Plainview, Chapter 4, By Adding Article 4.14 Titled
"Short -Term Rentals", Which Creates a Registration Requirement for the
Operation of Short -Term Rentals, Provides for Permit Denial and Revocation
Standards, and Requires Short -Term Rentals to Pay Hotel Occupancy Fees to the
City (Ordinance No. 24-3773 - First Reading)
e) A Resolution of the City of Plainview Suspending the December 19, 2024 Effective
Date of Atmos Energy Corp., West Texas Division's Requested Rate Change to
Permit the City Time to Study the Request and to Establish Reasonable Rates;
Approving Cooperation With the Cities Served by Atmos West Texas and
Authorizing Intervention in Atmos West Texas' Requested Rate Change
Proceedings Before the Commission; Hiring Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys and
Consulting Services to Negotiate with the Company and Direct any Necessary
Litigation and Appeals; Requiring Reimbursement of Cities' Rate Case Expenses;
Finding that the Meeting at Which this Resolution is Passed is Open to the Public
as Required by Law; Requiring Notice of this Resolution to the Company and Legal
Counsel (Resolution R24-648)
f) Authorize Professional Services Agreement for the Water Treatment Plant Sand
Filtration System Replacement Project
g) Authorize the Purchase of Solid Waste Landfill Compactor through the BuyBoard
Purchasing Cooperative
h) Authorize the Purchase of Solid Waste Side Load Refuse Truck through the
BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative
i) Authorize the Purchase of Backhoe/Loader through the BuyBoard Purchasing
Cooperative
j) Authorize the Purchase of three Mowers through the BuyBoard Purchasing
Cooperative
k) Executive Session — Property
1) Executive Session — Personnel: Director of Finance
6. Adjournment
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