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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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Reserve at Shiloh Development Agreement
Council is requested to approve a development agreement between the Reserve at Shiloh LLC. and the City. |
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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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Interview for Appointment to the Texas Municipal Power Agency
Information was posted on the City's website for 21 days regarding the qualification for the Texas Municipal Power Agency Board Member in order to provide an opportunity for citizens to apply for the position. Qualified applicants were requested to submit a letter of interest and resume by June 15, 2024. At the close of the notice period on June 15, 2024, two applicants, Peter Zehr and James Ratliff, responded. Council is scheduled to formally appoint a representative to the Texas Municipal Power Agency at the July 2, 2024, Regular Meeting. |
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Interviews for Appointment to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board
Information was posted on the City's website for 21 days regarding the qualification for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board Member in order to provide an opportunity for citizens to apply for the position. Qualified applicants were requested to submit a letter of interest and resume by May 31, 2024. At the close of the notice period on May 31, 2024, three applicants, Christina Segoviano, Marc Abraham and Mark Enoch, responded. Council is scheduled to formally appoint a representative to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board at the July 2, 2024, Regular Meeting. |
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Audit Committee Meeting Report
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore, Chair of the Internal Audit Committee, and Jed Johnson, City Auditor, will provide 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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Deliberate or discuss:
The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.086 and 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss:
- Competitive matters of a public power utility related to risk management information and strategies (551.086) and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).
- Attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the March 2024 environmental health event (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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