agen 09-16-21NEDERLAND CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
NOTICE is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Nederland City Council to be held on
Thursday, September 16, 2021, 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.
This meeting will be OPEN to in-person attendance by the public; however due to the spacing
restrictions in the City Council Chamber, masks are encouraged. The City will continue to provide
citizens an alternative method to attend and participate in City Council meetings. 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.
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 30, 2021 regular meeting, July 14, 2021 special meeting, and August
18, 2021 special meeting
b. Consider action authorizing the closure of Boston Avenue between 15th Street and 17th
Street on Sunday, October 3rd for the Leadership Southeast Texas fundraiser.
4. REGULAR AGENDA
a. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2021-14, denying the distribution cost recovery
factor rate increase request of Entergy Texas, Inc. filed on August 31, 2021.
b. Consider action authorizing the closure of various streets for the Nederland Economic
Development Corporation’s Fall Concert Series on October 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th.
c. Consider action approving Resolution No. 2021-28, ratifying the action of the Nederland
Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors related to the purchase of 1131
Atlanta Avenue, 1125 Atlanta Avenue, 1119 Atlanta Avenue, and 147 Twin City
Highway.
d. Consider approving a work authorization with Schaumburg & Polk, Inc. for engineering
services related to the 2021-2022 Concrete Pavement Improvements project.
e. Consider action authorizing the solicitation of bids for the 2021-2022 Concrete Pavement
Improvements project.
f. Consider action approving Change Order No. 2 – Canal Avenue Elevated Water Storage
Tank and Avenue G Elevated Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation project.
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g. Consider action approving final payment and release of retainage – Canal Avenue
Elevated Water Storage Tank and Avenue G Elevated Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation
project.
h. Consider action approving an amendment to Ordinance No. 78 – ditch maintenance.
i. Consider action approving an amendment to Ordinance No. 107 – lowering the speed limit
on Nederland Avenue between 27th Street and the Highway 69 frontage road to 30 miles
per hour.
j. Policies:
i. Consider action amending the City of Nederland’s Cell Phone Policy.
ii. Consider action amending the City of Nederland’s “Friends Helping Friends”
Standard Operating Procedure.
iii. Consider action amending the City of Nederland’s Retiree Insurance Benefit Policy.
k. Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget:
i. Consider action approving the 2021-2022 Wage & Classification Plan.
ii. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2021-15, an appropriations ordinance
adopting a budget in accordance with Article VII of the Charter of the City of
Nederland.
iii. Consider action setting the maintenance and operations portion of the tax rate at
$0.375573 per $100 assessed valuation for the fiscal year 2021-2022.
iv. Consider action setting the interest and sinking fund portion of the tax rate at
$0.141633 per $100 assessed valuation for the fiscal year 2021-2022.
v. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2021-16, adopting the tax rate for the fiscal
year beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30, 2022.
5. COMMUNICATION
City Manager’s Report:
a. Miscellaneous
6. ADJOURN
Don Albanese, Mayor
City of Nederland, Texas
ATTEST:
Gay Ferguson, City Clerk
City of Nederland, Texas
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“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”