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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS Members of the audience may address the City Council on any Work Session item at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers are allowed three minutes each, grouped by agenda item and called in the order of the agenda. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers and on the visitor's side of the Work Session Room) and give it to the City Secretary before the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda only. Items on a Regular Meeting agenda should be addressed at the respective Regular Meeting. Items not currently on an agenda may be addressed during the citizen comments portion of any Regular Meeting. |
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CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA Council may ask for discussion or further information on any item posted in the consent agenda of the next Regular Meeting. Council may also ask that an item on the consent agenda be pulled and considered for a vote separate from the consent agenda at the next Regular Meeting. All discussions or deliberations are limited to posted agenda items and may not include new or unposted subject matter. |
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WRITTEN BRIEFINGS Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a written briefing. |
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Licensing, Permitting and Inspection Solution Council is asked to consider approval of a contract to purchase software licensing for land management, licensing, permitting, and inspection software from Salesforce, and a corresponding contract to purchase the implementation services from Vivid GovTech for implementation of the software. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the March 19th regular meeting.
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FY 2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 2 Council is requested to consider FY 2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 2, which is scheduled for formal consideration at the April 2, 2024, Regular Meeting. FY 2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 2 includes adjustments to the General Fund and Federal Coronavirus Relief and Recovery Fund appropriations to allocate American Rescue Plan Act funds according to Federal guidance. |
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Sale of Property at 600 Rayburn Street Council is requested to consider approval of the sale of 600 Rayburn Street to Garland Housing Finance Corporation and provide an executed deed without warranty. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the April 2, 2024 Regular Meeting. |
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Reservation, Diversion, and Use of Raw Water Agreement with North Texas Municipal Water District Council is requested to allow the City Manager to execute the Reservation, Diversion, and Use of Raw Water agreement with the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD). This contract will allow the City of Garland to continue the receipt of 1,500 acre-feet per year of cooling water for the Garland Power & Light (GP&L) Ray Olinger Plant to be used for the turbine generators, auxiliary equipment and steam boilers. |
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Victim Assistance, First Responder Programs Grant Application FY25 Council is requested to consider approving an application and accepting grant funds, if awarded, for the Victim Assistance, First Responder Programs Grant to support first responders and support staff who experience trauma because of their profession. |
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VERBAL BRIEFINGS Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a verbal briefing. |
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Introduction of Ariel Traub, Managing Director of Legislative & Public Affairs Mitch Bates, Deputy City Manager, will present Ariel Traub, Managing Director of Legislative & Public Affairs. She will lead the development, implementation, and administration of the city's legislative strategy and fostering positive intergovernmental relations. |
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Strategic Communications Plan and Community Survey Staff will present Council with a proposed Strategic Communications Plan and Community Survey. Unless otherwise directed, a bid for the Strategic Communications Plan and will be scheduled for formal consideration at the March 19, 2024, Regular Meeting. |
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Administrative Services Committee Report Chairperson Morris of the Administrative Services Committee, with the assistance of City Staff, will present Council with a Committee report. |
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ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Council member, with a second by another member or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time. |
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EXECUTIVE SESSION Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Government Code, Sections: |
The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.087, and 551.089 of the Texas Government Code to discuss or deliberate the following:
- Economic development matters regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City in the vicinity of Holford Road and Arapaho Road with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations and potential offers of a financial or other incentive to such business prospect (551.087); and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).
- The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or security devices (551.089) and attorney/client matters related to the same (551.071).
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ADJOURN All Work Sessions of the Garland City Council are broadcast live on CGTV, Time Warner Cable Channel 16 and Frontier FIOS TV 44. Meetings are rebroadcast at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesdays - Sundays. Live streaming and on-demand videos of the meetings are also available online at GarlandTX.tv. Copies of the meetings can be purchased through the City Secretary's Office (audio CDs are $1 each and DVDs are $3 each). |
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NOTICE: The City Council may recess from the open session and convene in a closed executive session if the discussion of any of the listed agenda items concerns one or more of the following matters:
- Pending/contemplated litigation, settlement offer(s), and matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information deemed confidential by Rule 1.05 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Sec. 551.071, Tex. Gov't Code.
- The purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property, if the deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third person. Sec. 551.072, Tex. Gov't Code.
- A contract for a prospective gift or donation to the City, if the deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third person. Sec. 551.073, Tex. Gov't Code.
- Personnel matters involving the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissalof a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint against an officer or employee. Sec. 551.074, Tex. Gov't Code.
- The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Sec. 551.076,Tex. Gov't Code.
- Discussions or deliberations regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have to locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect of the sort described in this provision. Sec. 551.087, Tex. Gov't Code.
- Discussions, deliberations, votes, or other final action on matters related to the City's competitive activity, including information that would, if disclosed, give advantage to competitors or prospective competitors and is reasonably related to one or more of the following categories of information:
- generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs, including forecasts of those costs, capital improvement plans for generation units, and generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling;
- bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation, and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies;
- effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts;
- risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage;
- plans, studies, proposals, and analyses for system improvements, additions, or sales, other than transmission and distribution system improvements inside the service area for which the public power utility is the sole certificated retail provider; and
- customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies. Sec. 551.086; Tex. Gov't Code; Sec. 552.133, Tex. Gov't Code]
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Each year, the City Council reviews and updates its goals for the Garland community and City operations. City management uses these goals to guide operational priorities, decision-making and resource allocation.
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