CITY OF TAYLOR, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 400 PORTER ST.
August 14, 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 17,
July 22, July 31, and August 5, 2008. (Susan Brock)
REGULAR AGENDA – REVIEW/DISCUSS & CONSIDER/ACTION:
2. Recognize members
of the Downtown Neighborhood Subcommittee. (Mayor)
3. Conduct First Public
Hearing on 2008/2009 Ad Valorem Tax Rate and discuss 2008-2009 Budget*
(*NOTE:
This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $346,169
or 6% and of that amount $114,834 is tax revenue to be raised from new property
added to the roll this year. The City of Taylor City Council will vote on the
tax rate at a meeting to be held on September 4, 2008 at 6:00 pm, at City
Hall.)
4. Conduct Public
Hearing and consider introducing Ordinance 2008-25 to rezone property owned by Edward
Ray Tealer, Sr. located at 1013 to 1019 Scott Street, also known as Block 1,
Lots 19-22, City of Taylor, from Light Industrial (M-1) to Single Family
(R-1). (John Elsden)
5. Consider renewing
professional services agreement with the BeneTex Group. (Starla Hall)
6. Consider health
insurance benefits for City employees. (Starla Hall)
7. Consider Time
Warner digital conversion of local access Channel 10. (Frank Salvato)
8. Consider
introducing Ordinance 2008-24 electing for the City to make current service and
prior service contributions to the City’s account in the municipal accumulation
fund of the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) at the actuarially
determined rate of total employee compensation. (Rosemarie Dennis)
9. Consider request
from Airport Advisory Board to host Fly-In with motor sports venue on September
27, 2008 at the Taylor Municipal Airport. (Danny Thomas)
10. Consider
introducing Ordinance 2008-26 amending Sign Ordinance to add sign definitions.
(John Elsden)
11. Consider amending
Economic Development Grant agreement with TCAT Foundation for construction of
the East Williamson County Higher Education Center (EWCHEC). (Frank Salvato)
12. Consider request
for the City to become a member of Transportation Excellence for the 21st
Century (TEX-21) organization. (Jim Dunaway)
13. Consider
approving Resolution R08-10 supporting the discontinuation of the diversion of
transportation user revenues to non-transportation uses and the appropriation
of all revenue generated from highway user fees and taxes to fund
transportation projects. (Jim Dunaway)
14. Executive
Session. 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.
15. 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 August 11,
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
