Bastrop City Council Meeting November 7, 2023
Notes from meeting taken by Connie Clark, Editor/Bastrop County Beacon
PRESENTATIONS
City Manager’s Report – utility bills were sent out with an error and those customers have been contacted; Code Rodeo meetings will be held this month; session about road improvements will be held this week.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
Stephanie Jenkins spoke about cemetery cleanup needs. Curt Harrison from Frontier Waste introduced himself for bidding the project next year.
CONSENT AGENDA
All items were approved.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
9A.Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-41 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, authorizing and allowing for (1) an increase in the employee contribution rate to Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS); and (2) adopting: (i) annually accruing updated service credits and transfer updated service credits; and (ii) annually accruing annuity increases, also referred to as cost-of-living adjustments (COLAS) for retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees, as attached in Exhibit A; providing for findings of fact, enactment, repealer, severability, providing for an effective date, codification, proper notice, and move to include on the December 12, 2023, agenda for second reading. – Submitted by: Tanya Cantrell, Human Resource Director – APPROVED
9B.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2023-163 of the City Council to the City of Bastrop, Texas, approving a contract with Electric Cabs of North America to provide transportation services in the amount not to exceed one hundred thirty thousand four hundred and ten dollars ($130,410); attached in Exhibit B; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. – Submitted by: Candice Butts, Main Street Manager – TABLED UNTIL NOVEMBER 14
9C.Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-42 of the Bastrop City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter 1 General Provisions, Article 1.10 Parks, Section 1.10.002 Park Rules: and providing for findings of fact, repealer, severability, codification, effective date, proper notice and meeting; and move to include on the December 12, 2023, Council agenda for second reading. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Recreation Manager – APPROVED WITH LANGUAGE CHANGES
9D.Hold public hearing and consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-35 approving the Reed Ranch Planned Development District, changing the zoning for 24.462 acres out of the Nancy Blakey Survey from P2 Rural to a Planned Development District (PDD) with a P4 Mix base zoning, located at 615 W Highway 71, within the city limits of Bastrop, Texas. Submitted by: Kennedy Higgins, Planner, Development Services – APPROVED
EXECUTIVE SESSION
10A.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding a petition submitted by JMA Entity LLC, for the removal from the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Tract 1: being a 2.333-acre tract, lot, or parcel of land out of and being a part of the Nancy Blakey Survey, A-98, in Bastrop County, Texas and Tract 2: being a 5.292-acre tract or parcel of land out of and being a part of the Nancy Blakey Survey, A-98, in Bastrop County, Texas. – NO ACTION TAKEN
10B.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code sections 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel and discuss professional engineering contract matters and potential acquisitions of real estate related to the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 Project and other matters. – NO ACTION TAKEN
10C.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding a potential agreement with Corix, SpaceX, and Gapped Bass LLC related to real property. – CITY MANAGER WILL GO BACK TO CORIX
10D.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding Texas Local Government Code Chapter 42, Subchapters D and E, and matters related to the extraterritorial jurisdiction. – NO ACTION TAKEN
10E.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding a development agreement for the project known as the Hill located at Hwy 95 and Arena Drive. – NO ACTION TAKEN
10F.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Section 551.074 to conduct the first annual performance evaluation of the City Manager as described in her employment agreement. – APPROVED
ADJOURNMENT
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