CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – 6:30 PM 1.Executive Session: Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076,551.087, 418.183(f) and 418.106(d) & (e). Executive Session may be held,under these exceptions, at any time during the meeting that a need arises for the City Council to seek advice from the City Attorney as to the posted subject matter of this City Council meeting. 1.Section 551.074: Deliberation regarding Personnel Matters a)City Council, Place 6 b)Boards and Commissions 2.Discuss items listed on tonight’s City Council agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session.
Administration Of Oath Of Office And Presentation Of Certificate Of Election
A. Administer Oaths of Office to Council Member, Place 1, Council Member, Place 3,and Council Member, Place 5
Citizen Appearances/Public Comments Citizen comments emailed to Lindsay Rawlinson (lrawlinson@richlandhills.com) on an item either listed on this agenda or not listed on this agenda will be heard at this time. Citizens in attendance at the meeting who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will also be heard at this time. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, unless the subject matter of the presentation is on the agenda, the city staff and City Council members are prevented from discussion of the subject and may respond only with statements of factual information or existing city policy. Public comment will not be taken on items that the Council has previously considered in a public hearing
CONSENT AGENDA All items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. A. Approve minutes from the May 8, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting and the May 16, 2023 City Council Special Called Meeting B. Consider Resolution 576-23 supporting the City of Richland Hills’s application to the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2023 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Call for Projects
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS Consider Ordinance 1472-23 granting Atmos Energy Corporation a franchise to construct, maintain and operate pipelines and equipment in the City of Richland Hills for the transportation, delivery, sale and distribution of gas in, out of, and through the city
Consider the appointment or the calling of an election to fill the vacancy of Council Member, Place 6
8. COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. (The Texas Open Meetings Act effective September 1, 2009, provides that “a quorum of the city council may receive from municipal staff, and a member of the governing body may make, a report regarding items of community interest during a council meeting without having given notice of the subject of the report, provided no action is taken or discussed.” The Open Meetings Act does not allow Council to discuss an item concerning pending City Council business unless it is specifically, appropriately posted on the agenda.) An “item of community interest” includes the following: •information regarding holiday schedules; •honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; •reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or otherentity that is scheduled to be attended by a city official or city employee; and •announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city 10. ADJOURNMENT
May 22, 2023 Work Session & City Council
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – 6:30 PM 1.Executive Session: Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076,551.087, 418.183(f) and 418.106(d) & (e). Executive Session may be held,under these exceptions, at any time during the meeting that a need arises for the City Council to seek advice from the City Attorney as to the posted subject matter of this City Council meeting. 1.Section 551.074: Deliberation regarding Personnel Matters a)City Council, Place 6 b)Boards and Commissions 2.Discuss items listed on tonight’s City Council agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session.
Administration Of Oath Of Office And Presentation Of Certificate Of Election
A. Administer Oaths of Office to Council Member, Place 1, Council Member, Place 3,and Council Member, Place 5
Citizen Appearances/Public Comments Citizen comments emailed to Lindsay Rawlinson (lrawlinson@richlandhills.com) on an item either listed on this agenda or not listed on this agenda will be heard at this time. Citizens in attendance at the meeting who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will also be heard at this time. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, unless the subject matter of the presentation is on the agenda, the city staff and City Council members are prevented from discussion of the subject and may respond only with statements of factual information or existing city policy. Public comment will not be taken on items that the Council has previously considered in a public hearing
CONSENT AGENDA All items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. A. Approve minutes from the May 8, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting and the May 16, 2023 City Council Special Called Meeting B. Consider Resolution 576-23 supporting the City of Richland Hills’s application to the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2023 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Call for Projects
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS Consider Ordinance 1472-23 granting Atmos Energy Corporation a franchise to construct, maintain and operate pipelines and equipment in the City of Richland Hills for the transportation, delivery, sale and distribution of gas in, out of, and through the city
Consider the appointment or the calling of an election to fill the vacancy of Council Member, Place 6
8. COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. (The Texas Open Meetings Act effective September 1, 2009, provides that “a quorum of the city council may receive from municipal staff, and a member of the governing body may make, a report regarding items of community interest during a council meeting without having given notice of the subject of the report, provided no action is taken or discussed.” The Open Meetings Act does not allow Council to discuss an item concerning pending City Council business unless it is specifically, appropriately posted on the agenda.) An “item of community interest” includes the following: •information regarding holiday schedules; •honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; •reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or otherentity that is scheduled to be attended by a city official or city employee; and •announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city 10. ADJOURNMENT