COUNCIL AGENDA

BURLESON CITY HALL – 7:00 P. M.

(141 W. RENFRO)

July 28, 2005

Call to Order

Invocation – The Community of Christ, Rick Maupin

Pledge of Allegiance

Items for Council Action

Items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda for separate discussion.

Items to be withdrawn by staff.

Consent Agenda

All items under this section are recommended for approval for the "Consent Agenda ". These items are of a routine nature and require only brief deliberation by the Council. The City Staff has briefed the Council on these items. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendation.

1a.	Approve the minutes of the July 14, 2005 regular session of Council and amend the minutes of the June 9, 2005, regular session.
1b.	Financial transactions.
1c.	Ordinances proposed for final reading. 1. Ordinance B-738, amending Section 17-92 of the Burleson Code of Ordinances regarding wrecker service agreements. (Final reading) 2. Ordinance C-582, denying the request of ATMOS Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division, for an annual Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program (GRIP) rate increase in this municipality, as a part of the company's statewide gas utility distribution system; approving cooperation with other cities within the ATMOS Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division distribution system as part of the ATMOS Cities Steering Committee (ACSC); authorizing ACSC to hire legal and consulting services and to negotiate with the company and direct any necessary litigation; authorizing intervention as part of ACSC in any appeal of the city's action to the railroad commission; approving costs incurred as reasonable and providing a requirement for prompt reimbursement of costs; finding that the meeting at which this ordinance is passed is open to the public as required by law; and providing for notice of this ordinance to ATMOS Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division. (Final reading)
	3. Ordinance B-740, amending Section 7-23 through 7-29 of the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances regarding requirements for the mowing of weeds grass and uncultivated plants. (Final reading)
1d.	Abandonment of a waterline easement in Gateway Station and authorize the City Manager to execute the abandonment documents.
1e.	Ordinance D-045, amending the Planned Development standards for Senter Meadows on 6.719 acres located in the 400 block of Oak Street . (First reading)

Presentations

2a.	Presentation of the 911 Silent Hero Award to Telecommunications Operator Steve Haas.
2b.	Citizen Appearances.
	(Citizens who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will 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 discussing 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.)

Human Resources

3a.	Approval of the City's employee health and dental plans and approval of the COBRA and Section 125 flexible spending administration for FY 2005-2006.

Community Development

4a.	Ordinance D-046, changing the zoning from I Industrial to MF2 Multiple Family on 10 acres located at 600 Burleson Boulevard . (First reading)

Engineering

5a.	Remove from the table and consideration of a contract with Insituform Technologies, Inc for the rehabilitation of the I-35, 8” waterline located along the east side frontage road and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract.

Staff Reports

6a.	Monthly Financial Report for June, 2005.

Council Action

7a.	Nomination for the Board of Trustees for the TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool.

Legislative update

8a.	Legislative update.
	(In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council members may comment on routine city matters, may ask questions of staff that require only responses of factual information or statements of existing city policy, or may request that non-routine matters of public concern be placed on a future agenda. Council members may not discuss non-agenda items among themselves.)

Council Comments

9a.	Non-agenda council comments.
	(In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council members may comment on routine city matters, may ask questions of staff that require only responses of factual information or statements of existing city policy, or may request that non-routine matters of public concern be placed on a future agenda. Council members may not discuss non-agenda items among themselves.)

Staff Comments

10a.	Non-agenda staff comments.
	(In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, city staff members may comment on routine city operations and projects. Staff members may respond to questions from others only with statements of factual information or existing city policy.)

Executive Session

11a.	Pursuant to Sec. 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, the city council reserves the right to convene in Executive Session(s), from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting for any posted agenda item, to receive advice from its attorney as permitted by law. In addition the Council will convene in executive session to discuss the following:
	(A) pending or contemplated litigation including but not limited to the following:
		(1) City of Burleson vs. Club Mark Corporation.
		(2) Floyd Bartula, et al. V. City of Burleson , Texas
		(3) City of Burleson , Texas and City of Cleburne , Texas v. City of Joshua , Texas
		(4) AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Litigation, US District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
		(5) Andrea Conzoneri-Kyle vs. City of Burleson , Texas .
	(B) a settlement offer;
	(C) a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the chapter.
11b.	Pursuant to Sec. 551.072, deliberation regarding the purchase, exchange, lease or sale of real property for future expansion of certain programs and services.
11c.	Pursuant to Sec. 551.076, deliberation regarding security devices.
11d.	Pursuant to Sec. 551.087, deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations including (1) discussion or deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; OR (2) deliberation of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described in (1) above.
11e.	Pursuant to Section 418.183(f) of the Texas Government Code ( Texas Disaster Act) regarding critical infrastructure.

11f.	Reconvene into open session for possible action resulting from any items posted and legally discussed in Executive Session.

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