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AGENDA                       

 

CITY OF TAYLOR, TEXAS

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 400 PORTER ST.

July 22, 2008, 6:00 P.M.

 

CALL TO ORDER AND DECLARE A QUORUM
INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

CITIZENS COMMUNICATION

(The City Council welcomes public comments on items not listed on the agenda.  However, the Council cannot respond to matters not listed until posted on a future meeting agenda.)

 

CONSENT AGENDA

(The Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Council may act on with one single vote. The Mayor or a Council member may pull any item from the Consent Agenda to discuss and act upon it individually as part of the Regular agenda.)

1.      Minutes for July 8, 2008.  (Susan Brock)

2.      Ordinance 2008-22, Downtown Neighborhood Zoning Ordinance.  (John Elsden)

3.      Ordinance 2008-23, Hotel/Motel Tax amendment.  (Jim Dunaway)

4.      Concur with financials for June, 2008 (Rosemarie Dennis)

 

REGULAR AGENDA – REVIEW/DISCUSS & CONSIDER/ACTION:

 

5.      Proclamation:  National Night Out, August 5, 2008.  (Mayor)

6.      Proclamation:  Recognition of Taylor Tennis Tournament Trophy winners.  (Mayor)

7.      Proclamation:  National Breast Feeding Month, August, 2008.  (Mayor)

8.      Consider and take action with respect to the appointment of hearing officers for the City for the purpose of holding the TEFRA hearing related to a financing for Temple College at Taylor Foundation, Inc. and related publication of notices of such hearing.  (Frank Salvato)

9.      Consider and take action on the Economic Development Grant Agreement with Temple College at Taylor Foundation (TCAT) regarding the construction of the East Williamson County Higher Education Center (EWCHEC).  (Frank Salvato)

10.  Consider approving Ordinance 2008-18 establishing speed limits on Highway 95/Main Street.  (Danny Thomas) 

11.  Consider Work Authorization No. 4 with KSA Engineers, Inc. for the Safe Route to Schools Grant Program.  (Danny Thomas)

12.  Consider awarding bid for 2008 Manhole Rehabilitation project.  (Danny Thomas)

13.  Consider Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Quarterly Reports from Taylor Chamber of Commerce.  (Jim Aanstoos, President)

14.  Consider TEDC Budget for FY 2008/2009.  (Jason Ford, President)

15.  Consider tax abatement agreement for expansion and/or relocation of a company in accordance with Chapter 312, Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act, of the Texas Tax Code: Blackland Publishing.  (Bob van Til)

16.  Executive Session I.  The Taylor City Council will conduct a closed executive meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Government Code, in accordance with the authority contained in Section 551.087 to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial and/or financial information on a business prospect that the City of Taylor, Texas, seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City of Taylor, Texas, and with which the City of Taylor, Texas, is conducting economic development negotiations and/or deliberate the offer of financial or other incentives to the business prospect.

17.  Consider action from Executive Session.

18.  Executive Session II.  The Taylor City Council will conduct a closed executive meeting under Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code in order to meet with it’s City Attorney on a matter in which the duty of the Attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas authorize and allow such a closed meeting and which Rules conflict with the Texas Open Meetings Act.  

19.  Consider action from Executive Session.


ADJOURN

 

The Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed in this Agenda.  The Council reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda, whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Open Meetings Act.  I certify that the notice of meeting was posted in the Taylor City Hall Lobby before 6:00 pm on July 18, 2008 and remained posted for at least 72 continuous hours before the scheduled time of said meeting.  I further certify that the following news media was notified of this meeting:  Taylor Daily Press.

 

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Susan Brock, City Clerk