PUBLIC NOTICE

City Council

Workshop Meeting

June 21, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

City Annex - 185 Country Club Road

Notice is hereby given that a Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Lucas will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at 7:00 PM at the Lucas City Annex, 185 Country Club Road, Lucas, Texas, at which time the following Agenda will be discussed.

 

Agenda

 

Call to Order

Call to Order

Roll Call

Determination of Quorum

Reminder to turn off or silence cell phones and pagers

 

Citizen Input

The Mayor and City Council invites citizens to speak on any City business item. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, comments of public interest will be heard, but no action may be taken by the City Council other than to refer the item to a future agenda. Please complete and submit to the City Administrator a “Public Meeting Appearance” sheet prior to the meeting.

 

1) Citizen’s Comments.

 

Staff Reports

The City Staff and/or City Engineer provide the Mayor and City Council with reports of the City business.

 

2) Reports

a) Finance

b) Municipal Court

c) Collin County Sheriff

d) Fire Department

e) Community Development

f) Public Work

g) City Administrator

h) City Council

 

Regular Agenda

3) Discuss and Consider a Development Agreement between the City of Lucas and Rockland Farms regarding annexation.

 

4) Discuss and Consider the approval of the changes to the Policy & Procedure

Manual for the City of Lucas.

 

5) Discuss and Consider a third (3rd) amendment to Ordinance # 2006-05-00566 by amending Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances, “Water System Regulations”,

Article 10 “Drought Contingency Plan” by amending the current water restrictions.

 

6) Discuss and Consider the Collin County Parks Grant in the amount of $80K

regarding an application to be submitted by the City of Lucas’ Parks & Open Space Board.

 

7) Discuss and Consider a replacement for the Planning & Zoning Commission due to CM Wayne Millsap being elected to City Council.

 

8) Discuss and Consider whether to include copies of the Public Information

Request(s) (PIR) submitted to the City Secretary’s Office in the Council packets.

[Fisher]

 

9) Discuss and Consider grass & high weed violations, how they are handled, how Council wants the code officer to handle the situations. [Fisher]

 

10) Discuss and Consider consistent legal counsel attendance at the City of Lucas’ meetings. [Zriny]

 

11) Discuss and Consider a proposed smoking ordinance for the City of Lucas.

[Millsap]

 

12) Discuss and Consider the establishment of a Home Rule Charter Commission. [Zriny]

 

13) Discuss and Consider setting a date for Coffee with Council. [Peele]

 

14) Discuss and Consider the appointment of a chairperson, the location, and time for Founder’s Day to be held on October 13, 2007. [Peele]

 

15) Discuss and Consider a tornado warning system for the City of Lucas. [Barratt]

 

16) Discuss and Consider the process and procedure for hiring a new City

Administrator.

 

Executive Session

The City Council may convene in Executive Session in accordance with the Texas Government Code. All decisions regarding the discussion of the Executive Session must be made in Open Session.

 

17) City Council pursuant to §551.071 (2) of the Texas Government Code may

convene into Executive Session for the purpose of seeking confidential legal

advice from the City Attorney.

 

Routine Business

 

18) Discuss and Consider any action necessary regarding the Executive Session.

 

19) Discuss and Consider items to be placed on a future agenda.

 

20) Adjournment.

 

As authorized by Section 551.071 (2) of the Texas Government Code, the City Council may

convene into closed Executive Session for the purpose of seeking confidential legal advice from the City Attorney regarding any item on the agenda at any time during the meeting.

 

Approval

Approved by Mayor Bill Carmickle, June 15, 2007.

 

Certification

I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at Lucas City Hall by 5:00 p.m. on or before Friday, June 15, 2007, as required in

accordance with Government Code §551.041.

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Kathy Wingo, TRMC, City Secretary

This building is wheelchair accessible. Any requests for sign interpretive services or other special requests for assistance of the hearing impaired must be made 48 hours in advance of the meeting. To make such arrangements, please call 972-727-8999 or send email to secretary@lucastexas.us.