Agenda, CC, January 5, 2023

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CITY OF COLEMAN,
TEXAS CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Agenda

The City Council
of the City of Coleman, Texas will meet in session on Thursday,
January 5, 2023, at 5:15 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 200 West Liveoak, Coleman, Texas. All items
on the agenda are for possible discussion and action. Council may vote and/or act upon each of the items listed on
this Agenda. One agenda item will be
discussed at a time, in the order determined by the Mayor, unless logic and
practical considerations allow similar topics to be considered together for purposes
of convenience and efficiency. Consent items are considered to be non-controversial and will be voted
on in one motion unless a
council member asks for separate discussion. The City Council of the City of Coleman, Texas, reserves the right to
meet in closed, executive
session on any of the items
listed below should the need arise
and if authorized by Title 5,
Chapter 551, of the Texas Government
Code. You may watch the meeting :from
your computer, tablet            or             smartphone            at:                     http://cityofcolemantx.us/meetings/     or https://facebook.com/CityofColemanTX/.

1.     
Call
to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flags
of the United States of America
and the State of Texas.

2.      2.  Introductions, Announcements, and Recognitions

3.     3.  Items to be withdrawn

4.    
Citizen Presentations: Any citizen who
desires to address the City Council on a matter not included on the agenda may do so at this time. The City Council may not
deliberate on items presented under
this agenda item. Presentations are subject to five (5) minutes for items
not on the agenda. If
you wish to speak to an item on the agenda, you will be
allowed to speak when the council
addresses the item. There is
a (3) minute time limit
for items on the agenda. The presiding officer (with the consent
of a
majority of the City Council) may grant additional
time. To comply with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, the Council respectfully
requests that prior to addressing Council, that each person submit a Speaker
Request Form stating your name, address, and topic of presentation. The form is located at the entryway to Council
Chambers.

5.    
Consider and act upon the approval of minutes for the City of Coleman Council Meeting held on December
15, 2022.

6.   Discuss,
consider, and act upon adoption of a resolution designating the Coleman
Chronicle and Democrat-Voice as the official City newspaper for publications
required by State law and/or by City Charter.

7.    
Discuss, consider, and act upon approving an Investment Policy for the City of Coleman.

8.     Discuss,
consider, and act upon approving a resolution of the City of Coleman, Texas
authorizing the recommendation of the Coleman Economic Development Corporation
and the Coleman Community Coalition
to renew for the year of 2023 with GSLI/Choose Texas Program for $14,995.00 to
be used for marketing Coleman.

9.     Discuss,
consider, and act upon approving a resolution of the City of Coleman, Texas
authorizing the recommendation of the Coleman Economic Development Corporation and the
Coleman Community Coalition for granting funds in the amount of $25,000 to Full Strut Media
and CAL Johnson for the inaugural season of My Hometown America.

10.  Discuss,
consider, and act upon approving the recommendation of the Coleman Economic
Development Corporation and the Coleman Community Coalition for the renewal of
advertising/signage with CCYAC for
both the CEDC and
CCC in the amount of $500.00 each.

11.  Discuss,
consider, and act upon approving the recommendation of the Coleman Economic
Development Corporation and the Coleman
Community Coalition for the renewal
of ARCIT Advertising-Community Leader
Level at $2,500.00.

12.  The
City shall conduct a Public Hearing in a called meeting, regarding the adoption
of an amended comprehensive Subdivision Ordinance. The purpose of this meeting is to allow citizens an opportunity
to discuss the proposed ordinance. The
City encourages citizens to participate in the development of the subdivision regulations and to
make their views known at this public hearing.

13.  Following
the public hearing, the City
Council may consider the adoption, on first reading, of an amended comprehensive Subdivision
Ordinance that will provide rules and regulations for the platting
and subdividing of lands for additions to the City of Coleman; providing standards and
specifications for streets, utilities and other public improvements; providing
for the payment by the subdivider of installation
costs of utilities within the subdivision;
providing for the extension of utilities to such subdivisions;
and providing other rules regulating
the platting and subdividing of land
within the City of Coleman.

14.  Discuss, consider, and act upon the first reading
of an Ordinance of the City of Coleman, Texas amending Chapter 2 of the Coleman
Code of Ordinances; amending section 2.01.001 definitions; amending
section 2.01.005 to regulate vicious
animals; amending section
2.01.006 to regulate public
nuisance animals; amending section 2.01.007 to provide
for the requirements for a public nuisance animal;
amending section 2.01.008
to provide for an order of removal

from the city if an animal
receives a specified number of convictions for certain offenses; amending
section 2.01.009 to provide for authority to impound a vicious animal or a
public nuisance animal; renumbering the existing sections
2.01.006. Ferrets, through
section

2.01.011. Penalty as
follows: sec. 2.01.010. Ferrets; sec. 2.01.011. Defecation of animals on public or private property; sec. 2.01.012. Noise.; sec. 2.01.013. No feeding of stray animals
or feral cats on public property.; sec. 2.01.014. Exceptions.; and sec. 2.01.015. Penalty.; amending the renumbered 2.01.015 penalty clause
to provide for minimum fines
in the amount of $250.00 for a first conviction,
$350.00 for a second conviction of the same offense,
$500.00 for a third conviction of the same offense; amending section 2.03.001
regulating the impoundment of animals; repealing all prior ordinances or ordinance provisions in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance; providing
for severability of the provisions of this ordinance; providing an open
meetings clause; and providing for an effective date for this ordinance.

15.  Discuss, consider, and act upon the first reading
of an Ordinance of the City of Coleman, Texas amending and establishing a fee schedule
for certain animal control services.

16.  Adjournment

Certification

I certify that the above
notice of meeting was posted at City Hall, 200 W. Liveoak, Coleman Texas, and
on the City of Coleman internet website on Friday,
December 30, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. and remained
so posted continuously for at least seventy-two (72) hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
I further certify
that the media was properly
notified. A list of those notified will be available upon request.

Special Accommodations

The City of Coleman
is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Reasonable accommodations and equal access to communications will be provided to those who provide
notice to the City Secretary by calling 325-625-4116 or by going by 200 W.
Liveoak, Coleman Texas during normal business hours at least (48) forty-eight
hours in advance of the scheduled meeting.