Notice is hereby given that a regular
meeting of the governing body of the City of
Columbus, Texas will be held on
Thursday,
December 27, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Council Chambers on the second floor
at City Hall, 605 Spring Street, Columbus,
Texas,
at which time the following subjects will be
discussed, to wit:
1.
Call to Order.
2.
Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
3.
Consent Agenda:
a.
Approval of invoices.
b.
Approval of Minutes of December 10,
2007 Regular Meeting.
c.
Approval of October Financial
Statements.
d.
Approval of November Financial
Statements.
4.
Citizen’s Presentations and Comments.[1]
5.
Discussion of City Manager’s Report
including Structure Fire, Drainage
Improvements, Striping Project, River
Status, Hwy 71 Water Project, Sales Tax
Result, Recycling Update.
6.
Consideration and Action to Award
Fuel Bid for the period of January 1, 2008
to June 30, 2008.
7.
Discussion and Action to approve
Rhonda Schneider as the City ‘s
Representative on the Colorado County
Central Appraisal District.
8.
Consideration and Action to Approve a
Budget Amendment for the City’s Portion of
Retirement Benefits for E. Hernandez under
USERRA.
9.
Presentation and Discussion of
November Police Report.
10.
Items from Councilmembers.2
11.
Announcements.
12.
Adjournment.
“The City Council for the City of Columbus
reserves the right to adjourn into executive
session at any time during the course of
this meeting to discuss any of the matters
listed above, as authorized by Texas
Government Code Sections 551.071
(Consultation with Attorney), 551.072
(Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073
(Deliberations about Gifts and Donations),
551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076
(Deliberations about Security Devices) and
551.086 (Economic Development).”
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby
certify that the above Notice of Meeting of
the governing body of the City of Columbus,
Texas is a true and correct copy of said
Notice and that I posted a copy of said
Notice on the second glass door of the City
Hall entrance and drive-up window by
December 21, 2007 or before 6:30 p.m.,
places convenient and readily accessible to
the general public at all times; to remain
so posted continuously for at least 72 hours
preceding the scheduled time of said
Meeting.
DATED THIS
21st Day of December,
2007
COLUMBUS, TEXAS
BY:_______________________________
David
Meisell, City Manager
The City
Council Chamber is wheelchair accessible and
accessible parking spaces are available.
Requests
for accommodations or interpretive services
must be made at least 48 hours prior to the
meeting. Please contact City Secretary Patti
Glaeser 979.732.2366 or fax 979.732.8213 for
additional information.
1During
this agenda item, citizens may comment for
the record on items which are not on the
agenda. However, the Council may not
participate in discussion or deliberation on
any item that is not on the agenda.
Citizens may request that a topic be added
to a future agenda.
Citizens who wish to comment on a posted
agenda item may do so when that item is
addressed by the Mayor. Citizen’s comments
are limited to five minutes.
2 Limited to statements. Issues raised by
councilmembers under this item cannot be
deliberated by Council. The Open Meetings
Act does not allow Council to deliberate
items that don’t appear on the agenda.