06-24-2024 AgendaNEDERLAND CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
NOTICE is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Nederland City Council to be held on Monday,
June 24, 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.
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 – June 10, 2024 regular meeting
b. May 2024 Departmental Reports
c. Tax Assessor Collection Report – May 2024
4. REGULAR AGENDA
a. Appointments
i. Consider action re-appointing Darrell Bush to the Civil Service Commission.
ii. Consider action re-appointing Kevin Smith, Mike Louviere and Michael Whitehead
to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
iii. Consider action re-appointing David Knight, Mitch Macon, Mike Spell and Ricky
Root to the Construction Appeals Board.
iv. Consider action re-appointing Dylan Fairly, Alex Rupp, Lance Howell, Scott
Watjus and Mark Byars to the Planning and Zoning Board.
b. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2024-14, suspending the effective date for an
additional ninety days beyond the effective date, proposed by Texas Gas Service
Company, a division of One Gas, Inc., in connection with its statement of intent to increase
rates within the incorporated areas of the Central-Gulf Coast Service area, Central Texas
service area, filed on June 3, 2024.
c. Consider action approving an amendment to the Clothing Allowance Standard Operating
Procedure.
d. Consider action approving Resolution No. 2024-07, appointing a Plan Sponsor for the
City’s 457 deferred compensation plan with MissionSquare Retirement.
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e. Consider action approving Resolution No. 2024-08, ratifying the action of the Nederland
Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors related to the incentive offered
to AYG Foods dba Layne’s Chicken.
f. Consider action approving Change Order No. 2 – Seattle Avenue and 27th Street Storm
Sewer Improvements project.
g. Consider action approving final payment and release of retainage – Seattle Avenue and
27th Street Storm Sewer Improvements project.
h. Consider action approving Ordinance No. 2024-15, abandoning a 20’ X 100’ alleyway
adjacent to 1023 Helena Avenue (0.0459 acre of land, part of a 20 feet wide alley in Block
4, Burson Addition, recorded in Volume 1, Page 125, Map Records, Jefferson County,
Texas) and retaining an easement.
i. Consider action approving a Real Estate Agreement with Energy Transfer regarding a
2.069 acre tract of land and a 20’ X 100’ abandoned alley adjacent to 1023 Helena Avenue.
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.
Personnel – Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.074
Discuss Personnel Appointments: City Clerk, Director of Finance, Police Chief,
and City Attorney
6. RECONVENE
Reconvene into regular session and discuss and take action, if any, on items discussed in
Executive Session.
7. APPOINTMENT
a. Consider action authorizing the appointment of the City Clerk, Director of Finance, Police
Chief, and City Attorney in accordance with the City Charter.
b. Consider setting the monthly compensation of the City Attorney and City Judge.
8. COMMUNICATION
City Manager’s Report:
a. Miscellaneous
9. ADJOURN
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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”