January 25, 2016 - If during the course of the meeting, any discussion of items on the Agenda that should be held in executive or closed session, the Council will convene in executive or closed session, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Government Code Section 551.041 and Texas Revised Civil Statues.
The City Council of Tenaha will meet in regular session on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 5:15 p.m. at the Tenaha Municipal Building located at 238 N. George Bowers Drive, Tenaha, Texas.
Order of Business:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge & Prayer
4. Welcome Guests
5. Consider approval of the minutes from the regular meeting held on November 16, 2015. – ACTION
6. Consider approval for October 19, 2015 meeting minutes correction. (Agenda Item #15 – pending Pilgrim’s Pride Construction Quote) - ACTION
7. Consider approval of the Financial Statements for the months of November and December 2015. - ACTION
8. BSNF Railroad Street Closure Update - ACTION
9. Discuss and possibly take action on permitting KSA to study the City’s WWTP capability to receive the Pilgrim’s Pride feed mill waste stream. – ACTION
10. Discuss and possibly take action on reviewing the Courts collection process and authorize Elizabeth to participate in collections. – ACTION
11. Status update on job descriptions and certifications.
12. Discuss, make suggestions and possibly take action on amending the following handbook items: - ACTION
a. 5.3 Holidays (page 31) – Rate of Pay
b. Timekeeping (page 26)
c. 2.11 Purchasing (page 13) – Purchases of less than $25.00; Purchases between $25.00 and $500.00; Purchases exceeding $500.00
i. Establish PO process to comply with handbook.
13. Discuss and possibly take action on updating the water deposit process applied to water customer accounts that have been turned off. – ACTION
14. Review TML denied property claim and become familiar with issues facing the City Hall building.
15. Discuss and review insurance coverage quote received from TML for water/waste water equipment currently uninsured. Determine: 1) what equipment is mission critical to the operation; 2) what items should be added immediately to the policy to eliminate a potential liability to the City.
16. Department Head Report
a. Marshal Department Report – Jimmy Wagstaff
b. Municipal Court – Jenny Hicks
c. Public Works – Stacy Cranford
d. City Secretary – Sheryl Clark
17. Closed Session – Section 551.074 – Personnel Matters
a. Revisit and discuss Judge’s weekly hours
b. 1/14/2016 Incident
c. Revisit the Director of Public Works working timeline
18. Return to Open Session
19. Council Comments
20. Adjourn
