City of Abilene

Pre-Council Work Session of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Abilene, Texas, to be held in the Basement Conference Room of City Hall, 555 Walnut, on Thursday, June 22, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. to consider the following:

Discuss consent and/or regular agenda items.

Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Abilene, Texas to be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 555 Walnut, on Thursday, June 22, 2000 at 9:00 a.m.

Item

Description

Source

Status

1.0

ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS

AND PROCLAMATIONS

Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Proclamations

 

Alexander

Southward

Earnest

Alexander

 

2.0

DISPOSITION OF MINUTES

Approval of May 25, 2000 and June 8, 2000 Pre-Council and Council Minutes.

Moore

 

3.0

CONSENT AGENDA

All items listed below are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of an item unless a citizen or Councilmember requests, at which time it will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

   

3.1

Resolutions

Oral Resolution approving wreck repairs by R. L. Anderson International, Inc.

   

3.2

Oral Resolution approving request for fireworks display permit from Abilene Chamber of Commerce for July 4, 2000.

   

3.3

Oral Resolution approving professional services letter of agreement from Tippett & Gee Engineers-Architects, Ltd. for the design of electrical services for the O. H. Ivie to Abilene Pipeline.

   

3.4

Bid Awards

Renovation of Civic Center south entrance steps and the addition of a handicapped ramp, Bid #CB-0042.

   

3.5

Antilley Road Railroad crossing removal, Bid #CB-0041.

   

4.0

4.1

REGULAR AGENDA

Resolutions

Oral Resolution approving street use license agreement with First Assembly of God.

   

4.2

Ordinances

Public Hearing: SNC-02600 - Ordinance to name an unnamed north-south street located between East Highway 80 and Sandy Street to the name of Schaffner Road.

   

4.3

Public Hearing: TC-02800 - Thoroughfare abandonment of WTU Lane between Sandy Lane and the Union Pacific Railroad.

   

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.3

OTHER BUSINESS

Appointment and evaluation of Public Officials, Executive Session (See Personnel Section notice); possible action.

Pending & Contemplated Litigation, Executive Session (see Litigation Section notice); possible action.

Deliberation regarding real property, Executive Session (see Real Property Section notice); possible action.

   

If personnel or litigation issues arise as to the posted subject matter of this City Council Meeting, an executive session will be held.

(Litigation)

The City Council may consider pending and contemplated litigation subjects. The following subjects may be discussed:

City v. Christian Academy of Abilene

Castillo v. City

Harber v. City

Childress v. City, et al

Edwards v. Weber v. City

City v. Davis/Landers

Litigation is, by its nature, an on-going process, and questions may arise as to trial tactics, which need to be explained to the City Council. Upon occasion, the City Council may need information from the City Attorney as to the status of the pending or contemplated litigation subjects set out above. After discussion of the pending and contemplated litigation subjects, in executive session, any final action, or vote taken, will be in public.

(Personnel)

City Council may consider appointment, employment, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of public officers or employees, City Manager, City Attorney, Municipal Court Judge, City Secretary, and City Board and Commission Members. A complete list of City Boards and Commissions are on file in the City Secretary's Office. After discussion of appointment and evaluation of Council Appointees and Board and Commission members in executive session, any final action or vote taken will be in public.

(Real Property)

City Council may consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property in a closed meeting when deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person, pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.072.

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NOTICE

Persons with disabilities who would like special assistance or need special accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact Jo Moore, City Secretary, 676-6202 at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this meeting. Telecommunication device for the deaf is 676-6360.

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Abilene, Texas, on the 16th day of June 2000, at 5:00 p.m.

Jo Moore, CMC, City Secretary


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