Call to Order Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures - Proclamation in honor of Jim Wilson
City Council Regional Board Reports Announcements - Downtown Parking Study- Public Meeting - Elections for City Council seats for District 1 and District 5 will be held May 9, 2015 - Last Day to register to vote will be April 9, 2015 - Road Bond Election - Public Meeting- HARC Amendments - Warrant Round-Up - Aquatics Award Action from Executive Session
Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that may be acted upon with one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda. B Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary C Consideration and possible action to accept the City’s Quarterly Financial Report, which includes the Investment Reports for the City of Georgetown, Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC), and the Georgetown Economic Development Corporation (GEDCO) for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Haines, Controller D Forwarded from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to enter into a Lease Agreement for three years in the amount of $119,712.54 with Municipal Asset Management, Golden, CO on behalf of Marathon Fitness, Sugar Land, Texas for Cardio Equipment for the Recreation Center -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager E Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of firefighting equipment and personal protective clothing from CASCO Industries using the Buy Board Contract at a total cost not to exceed $90,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief F Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of emergency medical supplies from Bound Tree Medical through a purchasing cooperative inter-local agreement between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County at a cost not to exceed $60,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief G Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of emergency medical supplies from Life Assist, Inc. through a purchasing cooperative inter-local agreement between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County at a cost not to exceed $90,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief H Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Cellular Digital Antenna System (DAS) for the Public Safety Operations and Training Center (PSOTC) from Brycomm for $138,381.00 -- Wayne Nero, Chief of Police and Mike Peters, Information Technology Director I Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Library Audio-Video System from Ford Audio-Video in the amount of $56,638.84 -- Mike Peters, Information Technology Director and Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer J Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to accept the independent audit of all accounts of the City reported in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014 -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Haines, Controller K Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to renew a contract for utility bill printing and mailing services with Dataprose and to approve funding at an annual cost of $232,560. -- Leticia Zavala, Customer Care Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer L Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to authorize payment to Tyler Technologies for online web account management and payment processing fees in the amount of $87,000 -- Leticia Zavala, Customer Care Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer M Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a portion of a 10-foot Public Utility Easement out of Lot 4, Estates of Westlake, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet Y, Slides 279-282 of the Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas, and being located at 516 Highland Springs Lane, Georgetown, Texas, 78633 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator N Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution pertaining to the cancellation of the May 9, 2015 General Election for District 1 due to an unopposed candidate – Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
O Discussion and possible action on a draft Resolution in support of national action on the misuse of antibiotics, as presented by the Southwestern organization Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK), in order to address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections, which currently infect approximately 2 million Americans every year, including members of our own community -- Rachael Jonrowe, District 6 Councilmember
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2014/15 Annual Budget due to the consolidation of Water Services in the Western District that had not been finalized when the budget was originally adopted. First Reading -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance amending Chapter 6.20 of the Code of Ordinances relating to Taxicabs, Buses and Other Vehicles for Hire; Repealing conflicting Ordinances and Resolutions;; Providing a severability clause; Providing for a penalty; and Establishing an effective date -- Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Wayne Nero, Police Chief (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances Chapter 2.36.030 “City Commissions, Committees and Boards” regarding appointment, terms and organization, repealing conflicting Ordinances and Resolutions, Providing a Severability Clause and establishing an effective date -- Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Jessica Brettle, City Secretary (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance adding Chapter 12.03 entitled "Sidewalk Use Regulations" to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown – Matt Synatschk, Historic Planner and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance adopting the 2014 Sidewalk Master Plan-- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, PMP® and Edward G. Polasek, A.I.C.P, Director, Transportation Services (action required)
orwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Second Reading of an Ordinance adopting the Overall Transportation Plan (OTP) -- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, PMP® and Edward G. Polasek, A.I.C.P, Director, Transportation Services (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance amending Section 10.16.150 entitled “Downtown Parking Zone” of the Code of Ordinances of the City Of Georgetown to include the north side of 9th Street between Austin Avenue and Rock Street and both sides of 8th Street between Myrtle Street and Church Street, directing the Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate signs indicating such Zones, repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions, providing a severability clause, providing for publication and setting an effective date -- Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager and Mark Miller, Transportation Manager (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 8.05 of the Code of Ordinances Relating to “The Intentional Feeding of Deer;” Creating an Offense, Providing a Penalty Clause, Repealing Conflicting Ordinances, Providing a Severability Clause and Establishing an Effective Date -- Keith Brainard, District 2 Councilmember, and Shirley J. Rinn, Executive Assistant to the City Manager (action required)
Project Update and Status regarding American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Downtown Facilities, Downtown Parking, Lease Agreements related to City-Owned Property; Overall Transportation Plan, West Majestic Oak Lane and Apache Mountain Lane; Council Project Log, and Project Updates for the Georgetown Economic Development Corporation (GEDCO), the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC), and the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB), LCRA Transmission Services Corporation Proposed Leander to Round Rock RR138-kV Transmission Line Addition in Williamson County, and Possible Direction to staff -- Jim Briggs, Interim City Manager
Call to Order Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures - Proclamation in honor of Jim Wilson
City Council Regional Board Reports Announcements - Downtown Parking Study- Public Meeting - Elections for City Council seats for District 1 and District 5 will be held May 9, 2015 - Last Day to register to vote will be April 9, 2015 - Road Bond Election - Public Meeting- HARC Amendments - Warrant Round-Up - Aquatics Award Action from Executive Session
Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that may be acted upon with one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda. B Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary C Consideration and possible action to accept the City’s Quarterly Financial Report, which includes the Investment Reports for the City of Georgetown, Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC), and the Georgetown Economic Development Corporation (GEDCO) for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Haines, Controller D Forwarded from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to enter into a Lease Agreement for three years in the amount of $119,712.54 with Municipal Asset Management, Golden, CO on behalf of Marathon Fitness, Sugar Land, Texas for Cardio Equipment for the Recreation Center -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager E Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of firefighting equipment and personal protective clothing from CASCO Industries using the Buy Board Contract at a total cost not to exceed $90,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief F Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of emergency medical supplies from Bound Tree Medical through a purchasing cooperative inter-local agreement between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County at a cost not to exceed $60,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief G Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of emergency medical supplies from Life Assist, Inc. through a purchasing cooperative inter-local agreement between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County at a cost not to exceed $90,000 for the remainder of fiscal year 2014-2015 -- John Sullivan, Fire Chief H Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Cellular Digital Antenna System (DAS) for the Public Safety Operations and Training Center (PSOTC) from Brycomm for $138,381.00 -- Wayne Nero, Chief of Police and Mike Peters, Information Technology Director I Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of a Library Audio-Video System from Ford Audio-Video in the amount of $56,638.84 -- Mike Peters, Information Technology Director and Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer J Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to accept the independent audit of all accounts of the City reported in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014 -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Haines, Controller K Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to renew a contract for utility bill printing and mailing services with Dataprose and to approve funding at an annual cost of $232,560. -- Leticia Zavala, Customer Care Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer L Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to authorize payment to Tyler Technologies for online web account management and payment processing fees in the amount of $87,000 -- Leticia Zavala, Customer Care Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer M Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a portion of a 10-foot Public Utility Easement out of Lot 4, Estates of Westlake, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet Y, Slides 279-282 of the Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas, and being located at 516 Highland Springs Lane, Georgetown, Texas, 78633 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator N Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution pertaining to the cancellation of the May 9, 2015 General Election for District 1 due to an unopposed candidate – Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
O Discussion and possible action on a draft Resolution in support of national action on the misuse of antibiotics, as presented by the Southwestern organization Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK), in order to address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections, which currently infect approximately 2 million Americans every year, including members of our own community -- Rachael Jonrowe, District 6 Councilmember
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2014/15 Annual Budget due to the consolidation of Water Services in the Western District that had not been finalized when the budget was originally adopted. First Reading -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance amending Chapter 6.20 of the Code of Ordinances relating to Taxicabs, Buses and Other Vehicles for Hire; Repealing conflicting Ordinances and Resolutions;; Providing a severability clause; Providing for a penalty; and Establishing an effective date -- Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Wayne Nero, Police Chief (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances Chapter 2.36.030 “City Commissions, Committees and Boards” regarding appointment, terms and organization, repealing conflicting Ordinances and Resolutions, Providing a Severability Clause and establishing an effective date -- Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Jessica Brettle, City Secretary (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance adding Chapter 12.03 entitled "Sidewalk Use Regulations" to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Georgetown – Matt Synatschk, Historic Planner and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance adopting the 2014 Sidewalk Master Plan-- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, PMP® and Edward G. Polasek, A.I.C.P, Director, Transportation Services (action required)
orwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Second Reading of an Ordinance adopting the Overall Transportation Plan (OTP) -- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, PMP® and Edward G. Polasek, A.I.C.P, Director, Transportation Services (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance amending Section 10.16.150 entitled “Downtown Parking Zone” of the Code of Ordinances of the City Of Georgetown to include the north side of 9th Street between Austin Avenue and Rock Street and both sides of 8th Street between Myrtle Street and Church Street, directing the Traffic Engineer to erect appropriate signs indicating such Zones, repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions, providing a severability clause, providing for publication and setting an effective date -- Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager and Mark Miller, Transportation Manager (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 8.05 of the Code of Ordinances Relating to “The Intentional Feeding of Deer;” Creating an Offense, Providing a Penalty Clause, Repealing Conflicting Ordinances, Providing a Severability Clause and Establishing an Effective Date -- Keith Brainard, District 2 Councilmember, and Shirley J. Rinn, Executive Assistant to the City Manager (action required)
Project Update and Status regarding American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Downtown Facilities, Downtown Parking, Lease Agreements related to City-Owned Property; Overall Transportation Plan, West Majestic Oak Lane and Apache Mountain Lane; Council Project Log, and Project Updates for the Georgetown Economic Development Corporation (GEDCO), the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC), and the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB), LCRA Transmission Services Corporation Proposed Leander to Round Rock RR138-kV Transmission Line Addition in Williamson County, and Possible Direction to staff -- Jim Briggs, Interim City Manager