09-09-24 AgendaNEDERLAND CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
NOTICE is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Nederland City Council to be held on Monday,
September 9, 2024, 4:30 p.m., at the Nederland City Hall, 207 North 12th Street, Nederland, Texas,
for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. The City Council reserves the right to
retire into Executive Session concerning any of the agenda items whenever it is considered
necessary and legally justified pursuant to Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
Members of the public can participate remotely via Zoom Teleconferencing. Citizens may join
the Zoom Meeting by clicking on the Virtual Council Meeting https link on the City of Nederland’s
website or calling the Zoom Call in Number and entering the Meeting ID# on the City of
Nederland’s website.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS. Citizens may provide comments regarding the
items listed on the Consent or Regular Agenda. Citizens shall raise their hand to be recognized by
the Mayor and will address the City Council from the podium after providing their name and
address. Comments shall not exceed three minutes.
1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. CONSENT AGENDA—All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the
City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these
items unless a councilmember so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the
Consent agenda and considered separately.
a. Minutes – August 26, 2024 regular meeting
b. Consider action approving a revision to the August 12, 2024 Minutes.
c. Street Closure Requests:
i. Consider action authorizing the closure of Boston Avenue between 13th Street and
17th Street and all intersections on Tuesday, October 1st for the National Night Out
event and the Nederland Fire Department Open House.
ii. Consider action authorizing the closure of Boston Avenue between 15th Street and
17th Street and all intersections on Saturday, October 26th for the “Monsters in the
Park” event.
iii. Consider action authorizing the closure of Boston Avenue between 15th Street and
17th Street and all intersections on Thursday, October 31st for the Nederland
Chamber of Commerce’s “Trunk-R-Treat” event.
4. REGULAR AGENDA
a. Conduct a Joint Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving comments regarding the
request to re-zone property located at 1011 Chicago Avenue, described as Lot 27, Block
10 of Nederland Addition from property zoned R-2 (duplex residential) to C-3 (highway
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retail) for the construction of a commercial building to store materials for their
construction business.
b. Consider action approving Resolution No. 2024-12, to support the South East Texas
Regional Planning Commission in expanding its boundaries to accept Jasper County.
c. Consider action engaging the RWL Group for consultant services related to the bid for
windstorm insurance and to provide consulting services related to other City insurance
and risk management matters.
d. Consider action authorizing the solicitation of proposals for Windstorm Insurance.
e. Consider action approving a Cyber Liability and Data Breach Response Interlocal
Agreement with the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool.
f. Consider action awarding bid for the Nederland Water Treatment Plant Clarifier
Rehabilitation project.
g. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2024-17, amending the fiscal year 2023-2024
budget.
h. Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget:
i. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2024-18, an appropriations ordinance
adopting a budget in accordance with Article VII of the City Charter of the City of
Nederland.
ii. Consider action setting the maintenance and operations portion of the tax rate at
$0.318527 per $100 assessed valuation for the fiscal year 2024-2025.
iii. Consider action setting the interest and sinking fund portion of the tax rate at
$0.108264 per $100 assessed valuation for the fiscal year 2024-2025.
iv. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2024-19, adopting the tax rate for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025.
v. Consider action authorizing the purchase of water meters for the Utility Billing and
Collections department.
vi. Consider action authorizing the purchase of a vacuum truck for the Streets
Department via state-approved contract.
vii. Consider action approving the 2024-2025 Wage & Classification Plan.
viii. Consider action approving an amendment to the Cell Phone Allowance Standard
Operating Procedure.
ix. Consider action approving an amendment to the Clothing Allowance Standard
Operating Procedure.
5. EXECUTIVE SESSION (No Public Discussion on These Items)
The City Council will announce that it will go into Executive Session, pursuant to Chapter
551 of the Texas Government Code, to discuss matters as specifically listed on the agenda,
or as authorized by law.
Deliberations about Real Property – Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.072
regarding the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of the real property located at 1308
Boston Avenue.
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6. RECONVENE
Reconvene into regular session and discuss and take action, if any, on items discussed in
Executive Session.
7. Discussion and possible action arising out of or related to Executive Session regarding the real
property located at 1308 Boston Avenue.
8. ADJOURN
Don Albanese, Mayor
City of Nederland, Texas
ATTEST:
Joni Underwood, City Clerk
City of Nederland, Texas
“PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.07, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER
WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN), A PERSON LICENSED UNDER
SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (HANDGUN LICENSING
LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A HANDGUN THAT IS CARRIED
OPENLY”
"CONFORME A LA SECCIÓN 30.07, DEL CÓDIGO PENAL (ENTRADA SIN
AUTORIZACIÓN POR TITULAR DE LICENCIA CON UNA PISTOLA VISIBLE), UNA
PERSONA CON LICENCIA BAJO EL SUBCAPÍTULO H, CAPÍTULO 411 DEL
CÓDIGO DE GOBIERNO (LEY DE LICENCIAS DE PISTOLAS), NO PUEDE ENTRAR
EN ESTA PROPIEDAD CON UNA PISTOLA VISIBLE”