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City Council Regular meeting
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NOTICE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF MARTINDALE
January 06, 2009, 7:00 PM
City Council Meeting
409 Main Street
Martindale, Texas 78655
This Notice is posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. (VERNONS TEXAS CODES) on or before 5:00 PM on the 2nd day of January, 2009, in the City Hall at 409 Main Street, Martindale, Texas 78655. An Open Meeting will be held concerning the following subjects:
Roll Call Mayor
Recognize Guests Mayor
PUBLIC COMMENTS
At this time 3-minute comments will be taken from the audience on Non-Agenda related topics. To address the Council, please submit a Public Participation/ Witness Form to the City Secretary.
Please Complete the Public Participation/ Witness Form in its Entirety.
NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
REPORTS:
Police Report Police Chief Jeff Caldwell
Municipal Court Judge Mary Alice Llanas
Building Inspections Bureau Veritas/Jeff Caldwell
Flood Plain Administration Randy Bunker
City Administrator Jeff Caldwell
COMMITTEE REPORTS: (Only if needed)
Martindale Volunteer Fire Department -
Ordinances John Schmidt
Parks Susan Schmidt
Roads and Property Karen Linebarger
Wastewater - Mr. Brad Craft/Dorothy Jo Hardwick
Historical Preservation Commission Carlton Carl
Planning & Zoning Les Harrison
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Patricia Petersen
may request items be pulled for separate discussion and/or action
ITEMS:
1. Approve payment of Bills Payable.
2. Approve minutes of prior meetings:
16-Dec-08 Regular CCM
ITEMS:
3. Discussion, consideration and/or action on the Wastewater operations and accounts. (Dorothy Jo Hardwick)
4. Discussion, consideration and/or action on the issue of the excess traffic fines liability owed to the State by the city. (Mayor Petersen)
5. Discussion, consideration, and/or action on adopting the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. (Mayor Petersen)
6. Discussion, consideration and/or action on amendments to the Citys personnel manual. (Mayor Petersen)
7. Discussion, consideration, and/or action on entering into an agreement with the Guadalupe-Blanco River trust to assist the City in raising funds to purchase 1.75 acres of land adjacent to the Allen Bates River Park in order to expand the Park. (Mayor Petersen)
ITEMS:
8. Discussion, consideration and/or action on proposed interlocal agreement with the city of San Marcos related to ETJ and planning. (Mayor Petersen)
9. Discussion, consideration and/or action on issue of entering into earnest money contract with Concepcion Gonzales for 1.75 acres of proposed park land.
10. Discussion, consideration and/or action on issue of contacting with a title company to verify information and clear up title issues with the property being donated by Guadalupe County for park land.
11. Discussion, consideration and/or action on enacting an ordinance to implement the position of city administrator in the city code.
ADJOURNMENT:
Posted prior to 5:00 o'clock P.M. on or before the 2nd day of January, 2009.
Martindale City Council
Caldwell County, Texas
City Secretary Mayor
The City of Martindale encourages compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the conduct of all public meetings. To that end, persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids such as an interpreter for a person who is hearing impaired are requested to contact the Martindale Mayors Office at (512) 357-2639 as soon as the meeting is posted (72 hours before the meeting) or as soon as practical so that appropriate arrangements can be made. While it would be helpful to receive as much advance notice as possible, the City of Martindale will make every reasonable effort to accommodate any valid request regardless of when it is received. Braille is not available.