Several annexations are on the agenda at tonight’s Texarkana Texas City Council meeting.
One involves just under 14 acres of land owned by Highland Park Baptist Church of Texarkana. Another 175 acres identified in the Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Macedonia-Eylau Municipal Utility District.
Here is the complete agenda for the meeting, which will be held at Texas side City Hall and gets underway at 6pm:
I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JAY DAVIS
III. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATION
Citizens Life Saving Award
United Way Kick Off Week ProclamationIV. MAYOR’S REMARKS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
Upcoming City Council Meetings
Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.Monday, September 25, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
Parks & Recreation Activities:
September 9th Fall Dixie Baseball begins Spring Lake Park
September 9th Fall Soccer League begins Wallace Park
September 9th SABA Stick Camp begins Wallace Park
Additional Parks & Recreation information can be found on the city’s website at
<http://www.texarkanatexas.gov>V. OPEN FORUM: COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Per Council rules, comment time is limited to five minutes, or ten minutes if using a translator. Before comments are made, a speaker must complete an information sheet and give to the City Secretary. If your comment pertains to an agenda item with a scheduled public hearing or public comment, the Council requires
that you make your comment at that time; you do not need to complete an information sheet.VI. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
VII. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Consent Items
1. Consider approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held on August 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM.
2. Resolution No. 2023-116 implementing new Section 212.0081 of the Texas Local Government Code by adopting a written list of all documentation and other
information that the City requires to be submitted with a plat application. Public Hearing: Council Vote: August 28, 2023Action Items
3. Ordinance No. 2023-112 confirming the appointment of Chris Black as the Fire Chief for the Texarkana, Texas Fire Department. Public Hearing: Council Vote: August 28, 2023
4. Resolution No. 2023-115 casting all Council votes for one nominee for Director on the Board of Directors of the Bowie Central Appraisal District. Public Hearing:
Council Vote: August 28, 2023VIII. FIRST BRIEFINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2023-109 amending PD-88-4 for site plan approval on Lot 6, Parcel 2, Block 3, Galleria Oaks #1, located in the 1600 block of Moores Lane. Jan Nelson, Power of Attorney for Ronald and Rebecca Nelson, owners, and Stacy McKee, agent. Public Hearing: September 11, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
2. Resolution No. 2023-111 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with United Healthcare to provide medical insurance benefits for City employees.
Public Hearing: Council Vote: September 11, 20233. Ordinance No. 2023-113 amending Chapter 8, “Animal Care and Control”, section 8-12 “Livestock and fowl” of the Code of Ordinances to authorize single-family households keeping hens and educational institution exception to per acre livestock limits. Public Hearing: September 11, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
4. Ordinance No. 2023-114 amending the ten-year water and sewer rate structure established by Ordinance No. 2022-100, by reducing the Riverbend water service fee for Fiscal Year 2023-24 by 65 cents, from $4.15 per 1,000 gallons to $3.50 per 1,000 gallons. Public Hearing: September 11, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
5. Ordinance No. 2023-118 discussing and considering all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Texarkana, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2023”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such certificates. Public Hearing: September 11, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
6. Ordinance No. 2023-119 discussing and considering all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of “City of Texarkana, Texas, Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2023”, including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds. Public Hearing: September 11, 2023
Council Vote: September 11, 2023IX. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2023-098 approving the voluntary annexation and zoning district classification of approximately 13.977 acres in the H. S. Janes HRS A-306 (1000 S.
Bishop Rd.) to the city limits of Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. Highland Park Baptist Church, owner. Public Hearing: August 28, 2023 Council Vote: August 28, 2023 Agenda City Council August 28, 20232. Ordinance No. 2023-104 approving the full-purpose annexation and zoning district classifications of approximately 175 acres in the H. S. Janes HRS A-306, identified in the Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Macedonia-Eylau Municipal Utility District,
including annexation of a discrete portion of U.S. Highway 59 contiguous to the acreage. Public Hearing: August 28, 2023 Council Vote: August 28, 20233. Resolution No. 2023-099 approving the fiscal year 2024 Master Fee List. Public Hearing: August 28, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
4. Ordinance No. 2023-102 amending the budget estimate of the revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and adopting the budget and appropriating resources for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024. Public Hearing: August 28, 2023 Council Vote: September 11, 2023
X. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
XI. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Staff UpdatesXII. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS
1. City Council
2. City Staff
XIII. ADJOURNMENT