The following is the agenda for the Brownwood City Council meeting slated to take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 28 at the Council Chambers at Brownwood City Hall:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Invocation
4. Items to be withdrawn
5. Introductions, Announcements, and Recognitions
6. Citizen Presentations Any citizen who desires to address the City Council on a matter not included on the agenda may do so at this time. The City Council may not deliberate on items presented under this agenda item. To comply with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, the Council respectfully requests that prior to addressing Council that each person submit a citizen presentation form that is located at the entryway to the Council Chambers, stating your name, address, and topic of presentation. All presentations are subject to a five (5) minute time limit.
7. Approval of Minutes
A. Regular Called Meeting – July 14, 2020
8. Claims and Accounts
9. Public Hearing A. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance on first reading for a request to change the zoning classification of2313 Avenue B, being Block 16, Lot Pt. 5, of the Grandview Addition, from R-3 Multi-family Residential District to C-2 General Business District.
10. Requests and Presentations
A. Consider ratification of action taken by the Brownwood Municipal Development District (BMDD) Board to approve a Hotel Building Improvement Incentive Program (BIIP) grant to Billy V. Stewart not to exceed $80,000 for a property located at 504 W. Commerce.
B. Consider ratification of action taken by the BMDD Board to award a bid for the demolition of the old Ice House & Timmins warehouse buildings located on Baker and Lee Streets to Martin Earthworks for $261,469. Council Agenda – July 28, 2020 Page 2 of3
C. Consider ratification of the BMDD Board to approve matching funds to Ranger College for $30,322 for a Texas Workforce Commission Jobs and Education for Texas Grant Program to implement a robotics, electronics and drone technology program in Brownwood.
D. Consider ratification of the BMDD Board to approve the purchase of new playground equipment for Trigg Park from Child’s Play, Inc. not to exceed $25,000.
E. Consider authorizing a request to move funds totaling $20,000 within the current budget in order to repair and update the SCADA network before the end of the fiscal year.
11. Ordinances and Resolutions
A. Consider a resolution regarding vanous surplus property and declaring the disposition of same.
12. Agreements and Contracts
A. Consider amending the current Brownwood Professional Firefighter Association Meet and Confer Contract.
B. Consider authorizing the City to lease property located at 521 E. Baker from the Brown County Small Schools Co-op for Covid-19 response and to be paid for with Coronavirus Relief Funds.
13. Consent Agenda
A. Consider ratification of the BMDD Board to approve a Building Improvement Incentive Program (BHP) grant to Pintail Companies, LLC not to exceed $16,010 for a property located at 115 S. Broadway.
14. Reports
A. COVID-19 Update
B. Budgetary Control Report
15. Executive Session: The City Council may convene into a closed executive session in the Haynes Conference Room, pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551 , Government Code Vernon’s Annotated, in accordance with the authority contained in the following section:
551.071 – Consultation with Attorney
551.072 – Deliberation Regarding Real Property
551.087 – Deliberations regarding economic development negotiations
A. Discussion regarding a lease of BMDD owned property located at 2605 Morris Shepperd Drive.
16. Action as a result of the Executive Session Council may take action as a result of Executive Session.
A. Possible ratification of BMDD board action of a lease of BMDD owned property located at 2605 Morris Sheppard Drive.
17. Adjournment