Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the governing body of the Town of Anderson will be held on the 13th of June 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall located at 415 Hill St, Anderson, TX 77830, at which time the following subjects will be considered, to wit:
1. Call meeting to order and establish quorum.
2. Invocation
3. Pledges to the flags.
“Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.”
4. Public Comment
5. Mayor’s Update
a. Introduce Ashley Ver Shurr as new Town Attorney
b. Grimes County Broadband Planning Committee
c. July 9th Ceremony honoring Kenneth Anderson at Fanthorp
d. Aug 24th Northside Mustang Club
6. Presentations to the Council:
a. Third Annual Freedom Picnic, Saturday, July 6th – Mary Beth Wesley
b. September Brunch Event on Main Street – John Miller
7. Consent Agenda:
All consent items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and vote.
a. Approval of the May 14, 2024 Town Council Meeting Minutes
b. Approval of the list of claims and bills
8. Reports:
Informational reports only, no action to be taken.
a. Permit report
b. Sewer Report
c. Grants Report
i. 2017 Harvey Grant
ii. ARPA Grant
iii. 2023-2024 CDBG
iv. CDBG MIT-MOD
v. Harvey Reallocation Funds
vi. RCP
d. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
9. Business:
Discuss, consider, and possibly take action regarding:
a. Consider and approve road improvement quote from Grimes County Road & Bridge for Cedar, Houston, and Austin Streets. (Jon Steiber, Grimes County Engineer present)
b. Consider and approve adopting the 2021 International Building Codes. (Jon Steiber, Grimes County Engineer present)
c. Consider and approve the Town’s adoption of the Grimes County 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan. (David Lilly, Grimes County Emergency Management Services Coordinator present)
d. Consider and approve authorization to issue requests for proposal for administrative services (RFP) and requests for qualifications for engineering services (RFQ) for grant pre-application (Phase I), application (Phase II), and implementation services for Texas Community Development Grant Program for 2025/2026 Community Development Fund (and all eligible activities per the application guidance) as administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
e. Consider and approve the addition of William Borski and Harold Minor as bank signatories, and remove Darryl Alford and Kason Menges as signatories, on all accounts held at First National Bank – Anderson for the Town of Anderson.
f. Consider and approve the creation of a new checking account entitled Wastewater TDA at First National Bank – Anderson for use of funds received from the CDV23-0078 grant from TDA.
g. Discussion and possible action to provide support, supplies, funding and/or manpower to upcoming events in Anderson including Juneteenth, Freedom Festival, and Founder’s Day.
10. Around Town
11. Discussion of agenda items for the next scheduled meeting
12. Adjourn
This meeting shall be conducted pursuant to the Texas Government Code Section 551.001 et seq. At any time during the meeting the Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session on any of the above posted agenda items in accordance with the sections 551.071, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct (Consultation with Attorney), §551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), §551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), §551.074 (Personnel Matters), and/or §551.087 (Economic Development). All items listed above are eligible for Council discussion and/or action.
I, the undersigned Mayor, do hereby certify that the above notice of the Regular Meeting of the above-named Town of Anderson is a true and correct copy of the said notice which was posted in the bulletin board at the front of the Town Hall, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, on the 10th day of June 2024, at 4:00 p.m.
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Marc Benton, Mayor, Town of Anderson