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Home My WebLink About07/25/2011 - Regular Agenda Packet - City Council (101119- --14141 t:.'!:','or f;r Mayor f"'>'`°_ ":°`` 'c`:_ _r`'." '` Council members Nancy Berry Blanche Brick Mayor Pro Tem Jess Fields Dave Ruesink Karl Mooney City Manager Katy-Marie Lyles David Neeley Julie M. Schultz Agenda College Station City Council Regular Meeting Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM City Hall Council Chamber, 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 1. Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation, Consider absence request. Presentation: Recognition of Reliable Public Power Award. Hear Visitors: A citizen may address the City Council on any item which does not appear on the posted Agenda. Registration forms are available in the lobby and at the desk of the City Secretary. This form should be completed and delivered to the City Secretary by 5:30 pm. Please limit remarks to three minutes. A timer alarm will sound after 2 1/2 minutes to signal thirty seconds remaining to conclude your remarks. The City Council will receive the information, ask staff to look into the matter, or place the issue on a future agenda. Topics of operational concerns shall be directed to the City Manager. Comments should not personally attack other speakers, Council or staff. Consent Agenda Individuals who wish to address the City Council on a consent or regular agenda item not posted as a public hearing shall register with the City Secretary prior to the Mayor's reading of the agenda item. Registration forms are available in the lobby and at the desk of the City Secretary. The Mayor will recognize individuals who wish to come forward to speak for or against the item. The speaker will state their name and address for the record and allowed three minutes. A timer will sound at 2 1/2 minutes to signal thirty seconds remaining for remarks. 2. Presentation, possible action and discussion of consent agenda items which consists of ministerial or "housekeeping" items required by law. Items may be removed from the consent agenda by majority vote of the Council. a.Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for July 12, 2011 Retreat, and July 14, 2011 Workshop and Regular Council Meeting. b.Presentation, possible action, and discussion to award a construction contract to Allstate Signal and Construction in the amount of$276,591.75. City Council Regular Meeting Page 2 Monday, July 25, 2011 c.Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding ratification and approval of expenditures in a total amount not to exceed $55,000.00 for FY11 for the purchase of Westlaw online research services and printed materials from West Group for the City's Legal Department. d.Presentation, possible action, and discussion to award a construction contract for the Victoria Avenue Extension Project to Knife River, Inc. in the amount of$1,804,427.41. e.Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding a resolution reducing the Cemetery Committee size from nine to seven members as per the current Cemetery Committee's recommendation. f. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the approval of a resolution adopting the Community Development Department's FY 2012 (PY 2011) Action Plan and Budget. Regular Agenda Individuals who wish to address the City Council on a regular agenda item not posted as a public hearing shall register with the City Secretary prior to the Mayor's reading of the agenda item. The Mayor will recognize you to come forward to speak for or against the item. The speaker will state their name and address for the record and allowed three minutes. A timer will sound at 2 1/2 minutes to signal thirty seconds remaining for remarks. Individuals who wish to address the City Council on an item posted as a public hearing shall register with the City Secretary prior to the Mayor's announcement to open the public hearing. The Mayor will recognize individuals who wish to come forward to speak for or against the item. The speaker will state their name and address for the record and allowed three minutes. A timer alarm will sound at 2 1/2 minutes to signal thirty seconds remaining to conclude remarks. After a public hearing is closed, there shall be no additional public comments. If Council needs additional information from the general public, some limited comments may be allowed at the discretion of the Mayor. If an individual does not wish to address the City Council, but still wishes to be recorded in the official minutes as being in support or opposition to an agenda item, the individual may complete the registration form provided in the lobby by providing the name, address, and comments about a city related subject. These comments will be referred to the City Council and City Manager. 1. Public Hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the impacts of Senate Bill100 and its effects on future City elections. 2. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on recommendations by the Sunset Review Commission, and appointing Councilmembers to boards and commissions. 3. Adjourn. If litigation issues arise to the posted subject matter of this Council Meeting an executive session will be held. APPROVED: -- -..__.__.-------- City Manager • City Council Regular Meeting Page 3 Monday, July 25, 2011 Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas will be held on the Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas. The following subjects will be discussed, to wit: See Agenda. Posted this 22nd day of July, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. ity Secreta I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of College Station, Texas, is a true and correct copy of said Notice and that I posted a true and correct copy of said notice on the bulletin board at City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, in College Station, Texas, and the City's website, www.cstx.gov . The Agenda and Notice are readily accessible to the general public at all times. Said Notice and Agenda were posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. and remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours proceeding the scheduled time of said meeting. This public notice was removed from the official posting board at the College Station City Hall on the following date and time: �►oZLQ-\1 A voiN by ,Q11Qi) \Ov' • Dated this day of�►I,��) , 2011 By 1/4-11 1G/n"1_� Subsc/bed and s rn to b fore me on this the -IAQ day of �,��/ , 2011.E �� n 1rA'!.Py`ot,. SARAH GERONIME (.� _ ��'n Notary Public,State of Texas )11 "l otary Public—Brazos County, Texas My commission expires: ' My Commission Expires qr JUNE22,2015 j The building is wheelchair accessible. Handicap parking spaces are available. Any request for sign interpretive service must be made 48 hours before the meeting. To make arrangements call (979) 764-3517 or (TDD) 1-800-735-2989. Agendas may be viewed on www.cstx.gov. 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