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Min 01/17/2023 City of Wichita Falls i _� 32 Jr `fn : City Council Meeting ,r :`-'-'1" > > ..-..� Minutes ,�a "; � \---P% �� • a January 17, 2023 5 ' g�c^ 4" WIC�� T E XAS iJt= i4, $/Skies 4o/dera Opparturyties Item 1 - Call to Order The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. on the above date in the Council Chambers at Memorial Auditorium with the following members present. Stephen Santellana - Mayor Bobby Whiteley - Mayor Pro Tem/At-Large Tim Brewer - Councilors Jeff Browning - Steve Jackson - Larry Nelson - Darron Leiker - City Manager Kinley Hegglund - City Attorney Marie Balthrop - City Clerk Absent: Councilor Michael Smith, District 1 Mayor Santellana called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Item 2a — Invocation Pastor Tim Puckett, Heritage Assembly of God, gave the invocation. Item 2b — Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Santellana led the Pledge of Allegiance. Item 3a — Employee of the Month — Sgt. Brian Sheehan, Police Department 8:32 a.m. Mayor Santellana recognized Sgt. Brian Sheehan as the Employee of the Month for January 2023 and shared a brief video. Mayor Santellana congratulated Sgt. Sheehan and presented him with a plaque, letter of appreciation, dinner for two, and a check, and thanked him for his service. Item 4-6 — Consent Items 8:35 a.m. Darron Leiker, City Manager, gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve the consent agenda. Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 4 — Approval of Minutes of the December 20, 2022, Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Item 5a — Resolution 01-2023 Resolution authorizing award of bid for the purchase of roll-out refuse and yard waste carts from Rehrig Pacific Company in the amount of $88,155.00. Item 5b — Resolution 02-2023 Resolution authorizing the purchase of eleven (11) in-car camera systems for new Police patrol units through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Purchasing Cooperative from COBAN Technologies, Inc., in the amount of$67,595.00. Item 6 — Receive Minutes (a) Wichita Falls Business Park Association Development Review Board, June 17, 2014 (b) Wichita Falls Business Park Association Board of Directors, May 16, 2019 (c) Amended Minutes of the Wichita Falls 4B Sales Tax Corporation (4BSTC) August 17, 2022 (d) Wichita Falls 4B Sales Tax Corporation (4BSTC) October 13, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 Page 2 (e) Wichita Falls Business Park Association Development Review Board, October 20, 2022 (f) Wichita Falls Business Park Association Board of Directors, October 20, 2022 (g) Planning & Zoning Commission, November 9, 2022 (h) Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation, November 17, 2022 (i) Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee, December 13, 2022 Item 7a — Ordinance 01-2023 8:37 a.m. Ordinance appropriating $1 ,500,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for assistance to local nonprofit organizations and authorizing the City Manager to execute all related documents. Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Ordinance 01-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Browning and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 7b — Ordinance 02-2023 8:46 a.m. Ordinance appropriating no more than $600,000.00 of General Fund General Liability Reserves for the emergency repair of the Health Department and MPEC facilities and declaring an emergency. Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Ordinance 02-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Browning and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 7c — Ordinance 03-2023 8:51 a.m. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 Page 3 Ordinance appropriating $122,364.00 of grant funds pursuant to the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Criminal Justice Division, FY 2023 Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Program, appropriating said funds to the Special Revenue Fund, and authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to accept and share said funds. Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Ordinance 03-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Jackson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8a — Resolution 03-2023 8:54 a.m. Resolution Renaming Cleveland Avenue to Cleaver Street. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 03-2023 Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8b — Resolution 04-2023 8:59 a.m. Resolution authorizing the sole-source purchase of various end caps and replacement parts for six reverse osmosis trains at Cypress Water Treatment Facility and associated labor for installation, from Worth Hydrochem of Okla., Inc., in the amount of$211,660.64. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 04-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Jackson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 Page 4 Item 8c — Resolution 05-2023 9:02 a.m. Resolution authorizing award of bid to Retail Motorcycle Ventures, Inc. dba BMW Motorcycles of North Dallas for the purchase of three (3) BMW Police Motorcycles for the Wichita Falls Police Department in the amount of $92,933.31 . Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 05-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Nelson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8d — Resolution 06-2023 9:03 a.m. Resolution authorizing the purchase of four (4) TS2 traffic signal cabinets for the Traffic Engineering Division through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative from Paradigm Traffic Systems, Inc. in the amount of $58,800.00. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 06-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Nelson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8e — Resolution 07-2023 9:08 a.m. Resolution granting a one-year extension to the existing contract with American Medical Response Ambulance Services, Inc. (AMR). Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 07-2023. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 5 OF 10 Motion seconded by Councilor Jackson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, and Nelson Nays: Councilor Whiteley Item 8f— Resolution 08-2023 9:10 a.m. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to make application for a grant from the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Criminal Justice Division, FY 2024 Body-Worn Camera Grant Program, in the amount of $942,603.00. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 08-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Nelson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8q — Resolution 09-2023 9:14 a.m. Resolution authorizing a five-year license agreement with the YMCA of Wichita Falls granting extended reservation privileges for the use of ball fields in University Kiwanis Park and Lake Wichita Park for youth baseball leagues. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 09-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Nelson and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8h — Resolution 10-2023 9:18 a.m. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 6 OF 10 Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Anthony Inman Construction, Inc. for Construction Manager at Risk services related to the Memorial Auditorium Building Renovation Project, with an estimated construction cost of $12,500,000. Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 10-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Browning and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8i — Resolution 11-2023 9:28 a.m. Resolution authorizing award of bid for the purchase of carpet and padding for the MPEC Exhibit Hall from the low bidder, Royal Thai Americas (2017) Inc, in the amount of $196,141 .65. Moved by Councilor Browning to approve Resolution 11-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Nays: None Item 8j — Resolution 12-2023 9:30 a.m. Resolution approving an amendment to the existing $2,750,000 performance agreement between the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation (WFEDC) and P&WC Aerospace, Inc. (Pratt & Whitney) to assist with the company's proposed new product line and employment expansion at the existing Wichita Falls facility. Moved by Councilor Brewer to approve Resolution 12-2023. Motion seconded by Councilor Browning and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Browning, Nelson, and Whiteley CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 7 OF 10 Nays: Councilor Jackson Item 9 — Announcements concerning items of community interest from members of the City Council. No action will be taken or discussed. 9:33 a.m. Councilor Whiteley congratulated the employee of the month, and thanked the non-profit organizations for their work as the community depends and thrives on their services. Councilor Jackson asked Terry Floyd, Director of Development Services, the number of applications received and if Base Camp Lindsey applied. Mr. Floyd stated they received 30 applications and Base Camp Lindsey did not apply. Mayor Santellana also congratulated the employee of the month, discussed the Memorial Auditorium project and encouraged citizens to reach out to the Council with any questions. Mr. Leiker encouraged citizens to take a tour of Memorial Auditorium if they have any questions. He thanked Amy Fagan, Interim Director of Health, and her staff for their work during the flood and for all of the information that has been provided to the public. Mayor Santellana thanked staff for their quick responses to recent concerns and stated he is very grateful for their hard work and timely responses. Item 10 — Comments from the Public to Members of the City Council Concerning Items That Are Not on the City Council Agenda 9:42 a.m. There were no comments from the public. Item 11 — Executive sessions City Council adjourned into Executive Session at 9:42 a.m. in accordance with Texas Government Code §551 .074. Councilor Browning left the meeting at 10:59 a.m. City Council reconvened at 11:32 a.m. Mayor Santellana reconvened in open session and announced that no votes or polls were taken. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 8 OF 10 Item 12 — Appointments to Boards and Commissions 11 :32 a.m. Moved by Councilor Whiteley to remove Robert Clement from the Helen Farabee Centers Board. Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and failed by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer and Whiteley Nays: Councilors Jackson and Nelson. Moved by Councilor Whiteley to reappoint Ben Filer to Place 3 on the TIF #2 Board with a term to expire 12/31/2024. Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Jackson, Nelson, and Whiteley Moved by Councilor Whiteley to move Jose Garcia from Place 6 — Alternate to Place 2 on the Zoning Board of Adjustments with a term to expire 12/31/2024. Motion seconded by Councilor Brewer and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brewer, Jackson, Nelson and Whiteley Item 13 —Adjourn Mayor Santellana adjourned the meeting at 11:35 a.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this 7th day of February 2023. Stephen Santellana, Mayor ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 9 OF 10 /7'76L4L B Marie Balthrop, TRMC MMC City Clerk CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 17, 2023 PAGE 10 OF 10