Printed Agenda

AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
City of Garland
Work Session Room, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 North Fifth Street
Garland, Texas
Monday, November 13, 2023
6 p.m.

DEFINITIONS:

Written Briefing: Items that generally do not require a presentation or discussion by the staff or Council. On these items the staff is seeking direction from the Council or providing information in a written format.

Verbal Briefing: These items do not require written background information or are an update on items previously discussed by the Council.

NOTICE: Pursuant to Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code, one or more members of the City Council may attend this meeting by internet/video remote means. A quorum of the City Council, as well as the presiding officer, will be physically present at the above identified location. Members of the public that desire to make a public comment must attend the meeting in person.

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:

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) Personnel matters involving the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint against an officer or employee. Sec. 551.074, Tex. Gov't Code.

(5) The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Sec. 551.076, Tex. Gov't Code.

(6) Discussions or deliberations regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have 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.

(7) 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]

Public Comments on Work Session Items

Persons who desire to address the City Council on any item on the Work Session agenda are allowed three minutes to speak. Speakers are taken only at the beginning of the meeting, other than invited testimony.

Speakers are grouped by Work Session item and will be taken in the order of the Work Session agenda. Speakers must submit to the City Secretary a completed speaker's card before the beginning of the meeting. Speaker cards will not be accepted after the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speaker cards are available in the lobby, at the visitor's side of the Work Session Room, and from members of staff.

Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda – any item relating to a Regular Session agenda item should be addressed at the Regular Session and any item not on an agenda may be addressed during the open microphone at the end of the Regular Session.

Consider the Consent Agenda

A member of the City Council may ask for discussion or further information on an item posted as a consent agenda item on the next Regular Meeting of the City Council. The Council Member may also ask that an item on the posted consent agenda be pulled from the consent agenda and considered for a vote separate from consent agenda items on the regular agenda. All discussions or deliberations on this portion of the work session agenda are limited to posted agenda items and may not include a new or unposted subject matter.

Written Briefings:
Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a Written Briefing.

2023 Capital Improvement Program Budget Amendment No. 2

Written staff presentation regarding amendments to the 2023 Capital Improvement Program Budget.

City Health Plan Third-party Administrator Extension

Written staff presentation regarding extending the city's contractual commitment with BCBSTX , which is ending December 31, 2023.

Investment Portfolio Summary

Staff is presenting Council with a Quarterly Investment Portfolio Report as required by state law.

Council is asked to consider Affirming the City Council Investment Strategy and Policy in accordance with State law.

There is a requirement in the Public Funds Investment Act, Government Code 2256.005 that the governing body review and affirm the investment strategy and policy annually. There are no proposed changes to the City Council Investment Policy or strategy.

Verbal Briefings:
Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a Verbal Briefing.

Downtown | Forest Jupiter TIF (TIF#1)

Chairperson Joseph Schroeder of the Tax Increment Finance #1 Board, with the assistance of staff, will present Council a recommendation to revise the TIF #1 Project and Financing Plan to include updated revenue projections, project expenditures, and extension of the geographic boundaries and termination date.

Tax Increment Finance Zone #3

Chairperson Patrick Abell of the Tax Increment Financing #3 Board, with the assistance of staff, will present Council a recommendation to revise the TIF #3 Project and Financing Plan to include updated revenue projections, project expenditures, and extension of the geographic boundaries and termination date.

Agenda Item 8643 has been deleted. Please remove this line from the agenda.

Street Department Updates

Staff will present Council with various updates on the Street Department's programs, projects and initiatives.

Administrative Services Committee Report

Committee Chairperson Morris and City Staff will provide an Administrative Services Committee recommendation on amending Rules of Order and Procedure and City Council Policies, Division 5, Section 1, Facility naming and dedication plaques

Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Council Member B.J. Williams

Arleen Macias - Tax Increment Finance #3 Board

Announce Future Agenda Items

A member of the City Council, 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 a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.

Council will move into Executive Session

EXECUTIVE SESSION
AGENDA

The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.072, 551.086, 551.087, and 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss the following:

1. Competitive matters of a public power utility (551.086) and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).

2. Economic development matters related to commercial or financial information that the City has received from one or more business prospects that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in the vicinity of South Garland Avenue and I-635 and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations (551.087), including possible purchases of real property (551.072), and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).

Adjourn