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OCTOBER 2006 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING & WORKSHOP
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING AND WORKSHOP
RED OAK CITY COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting and Workshop of the Red Oak City Council will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2006, at 6:00 P.M., in the Reagan Room of the Red Oak Municipal Center, 200 Lakeview Parkway, Red Oak, Texas, at which time the following will be discussed and considered, to wit:
Mayor:
Councilmembers:
City Manager:
Ron Bryce
Eric Smith
Ken Pfeifer
Mayor Pro Tem:
Scott Lindsey
City Secretary:
Ben Goodwyn
Casey Hargrove
Judy Grant
Gary Autrey
I. CALL TO ORDER – The Mayor will call the meeting to order, declare quorum if present, and declare notices legally posted pursuant to Open Meetings Act.
Mayor Bryce called the meeting to order at 6:29 P.M. and declared a quorum to be present and notices legally posted. Members present were Mayor Ron Bryce, Mayor Pro Tem Ben Goodwyn, Councilmember Eric Smith, Councilmember Scott Lindsey, Councilmember Casey Hargrove and Councilmember Gary Autrey.
II. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Smith gave the Invocation and led the Council and Citizens in the Pledge of Allegiance.
III. CONSENT AGENDA – Consent Items
“All matters listed under Item IV. Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be a separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.”
A. Consideration of approving the minutes of the September 11, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting and the September 14, 2006 and September 18, 2006, Special City Council Meetings.
B. Consideration of approving the absence of Councilmember Eric Smith from the September 11, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting.
C. Consideration of approving a EDUCT Training Grant in the amount of $188,450 and a Homeland Security Safer Grant for staffing in the amount of $617,760, for the Red Oak Fire Department.
Mayor Pro Tem Goodwyn made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Hargrove to approve Consent Agenda Items A; B; and C. The motion was unanimous.
IV. COUNCIL BUSINESS – OPEN SESSION
D. Discussion and workshop on Vision 2020.
City Manager Ken Pfeifer opened the discussion and workshop. Council and Staff discussed the Strategic Economic Plan, the Five-Year Facility Plan, the Three-Year Annexation Plan and the revision of Vision 2020.
E. Consideration of approving any action as a result of Executive Session.
Mayor Pro Tem Goodwyn made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Lindsey to approve an annual salary of $55,000 for the City Secretary and an annual salary of $110,000 for the City Manager, to be effective October 1, 2006. The motion was unanimous.
V. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Section §551.071 of the Texas Government Code (the “Act”), the 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. Pursuant to Section §551.074, of the Texas Government Code (the “Act”), the Council will convene in Executive Session(s), to deliberate personnel matters:
A. Council will convene into Executive Session to deliberate the yearly evaluation of the City Secretary and the City Manager.
Mayor Bryce convened the Council into Executive Session at 8:15 P.M. and reconvened into Open Session at 9:28 P.M.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Bryce adjourned the meeting at 9:30 P.M.
_____________________________
Ron Bryce, Mayor
Attested: ____________________________
Judy Grant, City Secretary
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING AND WORKSHOP
RED OAK CITY COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting and Workshop of the Red Oak City Council will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2006, at 6:00 P.M., in the Reagan Room of the Red Oak Municipal Center, 200 Lakeview Parkway, Red Oak, Texas, at which time the following will be discussed and considered, to wit:
| Mayor: | Councilmembers: | City Manager: |
| Ron Bryce | Eric Smith | Ken Pfeifer |
| Mayor Pro Tem: | Scott Lindsey | City Secretary: |
| Ben Goodwyn | Casey Hargrove | Judy Grant |
| Gary Autrey |
I. CALL TO ORDER – The Mayor will call the meeting to order, declare quorum if present, and declare notices legally posted pursuant to Open Meetings Act.
Mayor Bryce called the meeting to order at 6:29 P.M. and declared a quorum to be present and notices legally posted. Members present were Mayor Ron Bryce, Mayor Pro Tem Ben Goodwyn, Councilmember Eric Smith, Councilmember Scott Lindsey, Councilmember Casey Hargrove and Councilmember Gary Autrey.
II. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Smith gave the Invocation and led the Council and Citizens in the Pledge of Allegiance.
III. CONSENT AGENDA – Consent Items
“All matters listed under Item IV. Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be a separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.”
A. Consideration of approving the minutes of the September 11, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting and the September 14, 2006 and September 18, 2006, Special City Council Meetings.
B. Consideration of approving the absence of Councilmember Eric Smith from the September 11, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting.
C. Consideration of approving a EDUCT Training Grant in the amount of $188,450 and a Homeland Security Safer Grant for staffing in the amount of $617,760, for the Red Oak Fire Department.
Mayor Pro Tem Goodwyn made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Hargrove to approve Consent Agenda Items A; B; and C. The motion was unanimous.
IV. COUNCIL BUSINESS – OPEN SESSION
D. Discussion and workshop on Vision 2020.
City Manager Ken Pfeifer opened the discussion and workshop. Council and Staff discussed the Strategic Economic Plan, the Five-Year Facility Plan, the Three-Year Annexation Plan and the revision of Vision 2020.
E. Consideration of approving any action as a result of Executive Session.
Mayor Pro Tem Goodwyn made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Lindsey to approve an annual salary of $55,000 for the City Secretary and an annual salary of $110,000 for the City Manager, to be effective October 1, 2006. The motion was unanimous.
V. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Section §551.071 of the Texas Government Code (the “Act”), the 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. Pursuant to Section §551.074, of the Texas Government Code (the “Act”), the Council will convene in Executive Session(s), to deliberate personnel matters:
A. Council will convene into Executive Session to deliberate the yearly evaluation of the City Secretary and the City Manager.
Mayor Bryce convened the Council into Executive Session at 8:15 P.M. and reconvened into Open Session at 9:28 P.M.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Bryce adjourned the meeting at 9:30 P.M.
_____________________________
Ron Bryce, Mayor
Attested: ____________________________
Judy Grant, City Secretary
