City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening everyone. We're about to we are opening our council meeting at this time. We welcome at the prayer and the pledge. Dear Father in heaven, we thank you for this opportunity to come together to address needs of our city. We ask that you give us the wisdom and the knowledge and love. We ask that you continue to let our city be a beacon of hope, light, and let it grow in such a way that would be pleasing to you and it would meet the needs of needs of all of those that are around. We thank you for those who have come tonight to share with us and to to helpfully expand and improve anything that's we're doing in the city with their their support. And Lord, we just thank you for this day. This is a day you made. We're rejoice and glad in it in Jesus name. Amen. Amen.

I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

So once again, thank you so much for joining us this evening. We know that your time is important and we thank you for taking it all to share with us. Uh at this time it brings us to uh recognition of visitors. Uh one thing that your note is the the statement that's there and I'll read it because we had had a little conflict on which way to go and this is uh based on the information. So, public comments from the audience. At this time, members of the public w will be allowed to speak on city related matters only. No personal matters or matters under litigation will be allowed. The length of time may not exceed three minutes. City council shall not speak under this term. In accordance with the Texas Open Meeting Act, the council may not deliberate or take action on matters except as properly posted in accordance with the law. So with that being said, do we have any public this won't qualify?

Right. Well, [clears throat] at this at this point say that in in uh in my opinion chang no ma'am. No, ma'am. You're out of order. Huh? Council members aren't supposed to talk. That's what I said. Out of order at this point. This is not acceptable. So, we would go on to the next order of business if there are no public comments. And it brings us to the next item, approval of minutes number one, regular session, February 17th, 2026.

I'll make a motion we approve. I second. Okay. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Item number two, consider and approve city secretary certification of unopposed candidate in precinct number five.

So we need a motion to Okay. The certification just the certification would be a mo probably to uh receive or would it be Yeah. Okay. A motion to receive the certification.

We receive the certification. Okay. I'll second. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Motion carries. At this time, do we go ahead and do it? It's it's already done. She That's just the certification she's providing the council.

Thank you. All right, that brings us to [clears throat] uh item number three. Consider and approve a resolution counseling the election of city council member in precinct number five scheduled for May 2nd, 2026.

Well, I'll make a motion that we approve the resolution cancelling the election of city council member in precinct 5 scheduled for May 2nd, 2026. I see. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. Okay. Bring us to item number five. Consider and approve a resolution and agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the temporary closure of the state right away [clears throat] for Camp Street Blues Festival in Crockett.

Mayor and Council, I have the P in your packet the resolution as well as the agreement with Text. [snorts] This is what we do every year when we uh close roadways of text dot. Um on page 16, page 16 is where the uh the map and the road closure information is. Um for Saturday, they're going to have some local closures on [snorts] uh Friday evening. Um and then on Saturday there'll be uh closures from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. um of some of the state right away of of East Golad basically from uh 2nd Street up to the up to fourth street on the square.

Um so this is needed in order to request the closure for from text dot from council. I've make a motion we approve the closure. Okay, [snorts] I second. Okay, it's been moved and second in this. Okay,

all in favor? Motion carries. I just had to draw it out. It wasn't clear. Okay. Brings us to item number uh from number five. I'm losing this. uh consider and approves temporary street closure of Third Street, Camp Street for Fannon Street to Houston Avenue and Fannon Street from Second to Fourth Street and Second Street from Golad to Fannon for this for the Camp Street Blues Festival.

That this mayor and council, this is going to be for the city streets that are involved as well, which is Second Street, Third Street, which is Camp Street, and then Fannon that will be closed. Um outside of the text dot right away they're providing we're we're providing barricades but they have volunteers and man out manpower staffing for the to monitor the barricades. Um and uh they will also they already have their insurance for the event. Um so I believe it's in order to close those streets as well.

I Yeah. Go ahead. I'll make a motion to close temporary street of Third Street. Consider approved temporary street closure of Third Street. Okay. Second. Okay. It's been moved and second. All in favor? Motion carries.

Okay. That bring us to item number six. Consider and approve the temporary suspension of Crockett Code article um four. What is it? Yes. [laughter] Five with one eye. I lost that one. Section 152 24 limited [clears throat] event area in the time frame described in Chem Street Blues Festival Map. Mayor and Council, on page 18 of your packet, I have the uh the referenced the reference article article 4 section 152 24 consumption of alcohol in public places. Um this is what uh we did last year in order to suspend our um open container um ordinance for the area of the event during the time frame of the event. [snorts]

Okay. Is there questions on that? Does is there understanding on that? Is it's just in that perimeter? Yes, sir. Inside the barricades. Okay. Yes, sir. Well, I'm in I'm basically in agreement with it as long as it's u given to uh others that are wishing to have festivals as well.

Sure. Yeah. And they also included this in their uh insurance policy as well, their liability insurance policy that they'll there'll be alcohol to go with it. Okay. Any Other discussion make a motion to uh approve the temporary suspension of the rocket code article four

four. Yeah. 24 hours limit to the event area. A second. Okay. It's been moved and second. Any discussion? All in favor? All oppose? one. Motion carries. Thank you. Okay. Item number seven, consider and approve whether to enter into a shared use agreement with Crockett Eye Clinic for the use of improvements to a city parking lot near the public library. Mayor, council, um Crockett Vision, uh Crockett Eye Center has requested, um for some consideration for additional parking. They in May, in May, they're bringing on two additional opthalmologist um eye doctors. So, there'll be a total of four eye doctors operating out of that office. They currently already have problems um meeting, you know, all their customers needs. A lot of times they're ended up parking across the road on on Golad along 8th Street across from a First Baptist Church and then they're walking across and there's no crosswalks or kind of managed and a lot of their

uh customers are elderly and they just have that concern that they don't have adequate parking. So they're requesting that they enter into some type of agreement with the city. Um, one of the mechanisms for us to have that kind of agreement other than just, hey, it's open and it's available, you know, for the public, unless council says we can restrict the use,

they would be able to park there, but it would they would not really be able to advertise that as available space for them for their customers. They can't just say, "Hey, go park here, you know." Yeah. So, if they we entered in a shared use agreement, um I want to know what council's feelings are on the parameters of such of an agreement. We uh a few years back we had an old building that we owned there that was in that in that area. We we um did an asbesus abatement, tore the building down. Since then, we've done all the sidewalks and the retaining walls and we've really cleaned that area up. We haven't invested any money in the pavement or concrete itself though. So there's still the old foundation of the old building and then some patches of asphalt and just you know so what they requested is if they were to come in and work with us and invest some money into it, could we do a shared use agreement um to allow their parking to meet their parking needs? as well as um in this shared use agreement, if we were to have an event at the library, say where we need additional parking, you know, we're we're not restricted from using it. We can use it, but they could also um advertise and try and if they have customers that need to park there, they can. um some of the unknowns depending on uh council's initial decision. I will go out and get some bids as far as the proper way to fix that area up. There's kind of two directions that we can do. One is tear out any of the areas that is not concrete. Kind of saw cut it all out and pour concrete to where it's all a concrete pad there. Um, estimates just based on the square footage is somewhere probably around 10 to 12,000 for concrete. Asphalt is probably about the same, but basically they would go in a stabilized area and pour a 2-in layer of asphalt over that entire area from the street all the way back to that retaining wall. And that's going to be probably about the same price. We did

get one bid u from a a contractor that was in town, just a a quote to kind of get an idea of what it would cost. and they quoted 14,000, but um a couple of the other contractors that we've worked for in the PA with PA in the past, they were around $2 a foot for asphalt. And so we think we can get that price down to maybe 10 to 12. But we do want some confirmation that that asphalt will not separate from that concrete. If you're putting asphalt over some areas that are stabilized dirt versus concrete, I do feel like there may be some likelihood cracking and you know some lines and separation in the future because it has different foundations. So we just need to look into that. But before I start digging in and getting prices and spent a lot of time I want to know how council feels about a shared use agreement. Um

now they said they would take care of at that time and he said he would be interested in doing that. Yes sir. Um I don't know how much money he's willing to put in like what cost or benefit we would have to pay for it otherwise ourselves. Um, basically I'll go to him. I'll get the cost together, see how much he's willing to, whether it be all of it or a portion of it, then bring him back to council and and ask council if y'all are willing to to pay for the other uh portion of it. Obviously, if we pay if they pay for more of it, I could see them getting more

less restrictions and more benefits for their investment. Wouldn't the best way to be to get a get a bid and then we can't hear. Wouldn't the best way be to get a bid and then go to them and see what they would share what they would pay? Yes, sir. My next question would be where where would the monies be coming from and and um how would we afford to

from our operations budget? Okay. So, um, we're not finished with our streets and we have a whole lot of other things that we have, uh, coming up. So, how would that work into the into the budget? Just by managing the budget, I mean, I I would manage it and put it within the our budgeted means, you know, I don't have another source.

I don't have another source of revenue, you know, that I can put towards it. So, at this time, it would be within our our budget budgeted means. Okay. So, yeah, I can't I can't answer that unless y'all tell me to do so. Then I can give y'all some specifics. And I do need to know what the exact cost is going to be. I do feel like it'll probably be on the low end, 8,000 on the high end, 12 to 13,000 probably.

I think and I think for him getting that parking, let's don't jump out there and say something. We don't I I think he'll he'll want to do as much as he can. And one thing that that for those of you that use the library a lot, we do need extra parking when they have any event. I've been parking on that. I mean, it's not smooth,

but for the last time, they've had two really nice events. We have nice hand rails and sidewalks. It's a good way to go in and walk around and that they have the steps. So it it is a nexus here. My question also is that um why would we have to go into a shared use agreement when we already own the

why we why why is it that we just can't do a lease and lease that parking lot out to him and whatever he would like to invest it allowed him to invest whatever it can be done under a lease agreement but then it's his parking lot and we can't use it cuz he's leasing. Well it depends on what's in the lease. No,

no, it depends on how is it depends on what's in the lease. It doesn't have to be a share because I mean if he if he leases it like you explained to me from 8 to 5 and then the rest of the time is the city but it's it's a lease agreement. So it can be a lease agreement or sh

there I mean we're talking about is there anything going up there after 5:00? Is there anything going on up there in Crockett after 5:00? So if he's got it from 8 to 5, he's got it. Yeah. Well, there's nothing really close going on doing the if you pass through there on a daily basis, there's no no one parking there or anything like that.

It's not very u it's currently not it's drivable, but it's not in, you know, it doesn't look like a painted striped parking lot inviting the people to know to park there. So, um, people [clears throat] that know, they'll park there, but we're not really putting signs out. And, uh, so, like I said, it can go from a lease agreement, like you're saying, uh, to some type of a shared use,

we would we would find the the legal, um, document that would allow him to spend some money on it and vice versa. I just, well, I would I'm sorry. I would just like to, you know, I think I use the library a lot and I do that is my optometrist, but I am just thinking that [clears throat] this is a community. The more shared things we can get, it's easy on everybody because we're the same people serving the same entities. And if it's an opportunity to work as a shared agreement, that mean even future things that happen, they're going to be shared in terms of repairs, they're going to be shared in in that that essence. And it just it make good neighbors because we know that sometime the parking does get tight and we'll even end up over on the funeral home side. But if they're having some I mean if you've seen it when they have that day

they've been generous to us for an overflow at the funeral home parking lot. They don't bother you about it. And so why not be neighborly to the neighbors on the side of you? And it's not like it's going to be a free ride and it's not like we're going to make money out of we're all getting we're just taking advantage of taking the opportunity to work together because most of the lots I mean most of the park and even when they park across the street on the other side that's technically a private parking space but nobody has ever said it. So I think in that little cohesive area, it's more of a a neighborly thing and if they if they were they can be shared across it, it would make it so much better for all of us to work together.

I'd like to make a motion other So that means that we need to make a U. So that means that other businesses we need to have shared agreements with them as well for parking. I would bring that to y'all at those times. I'd like to make I'd like to make a motion as well. I move that Crockett Wait, it's Crockett Crockett Crockett. I move that the Crockett Clinic.

Excuse me. He He just I I'd like to make the motion we uh enter into a shared agreement with Crockett eye clinic. Okay. A motion is on det. Has been second. All in favor? Motion carries.

I'll bring that back to council before we approve any details. Okay. Okay. and one opposed. Thank you. I think it should be at least. Okay. Uh now with that being covered, uh it brings us to under the new business. And I'm going to read this also because we've gotten the art we've gotten um legal recommendation on of the best way to do our new business so that it won't create conflict and we won't introduce things out of order. And I will read as it's written. The new business consideration of future agenda items. New business items must be presented as a motion without discussion. If the motion receives a second and a majority vote, the item will be placed on a future agenda for deliberation and possible actions. Don't have to interpret it. It says what it says that if before we go to discussion of another item, it would have to be treated as a future item and that would be done by way of an agenda item and it would go to the floor. If we can get a motion, it would carry uh and then a second and then the vote would determine whether it would be on the agenda or not.

I'll make a motion we adjourn. Okay. Uh it's not I'll make a motion we adjourn. We we in we in a discussion. I second this. We in a disc. No I mean that was just it's not a discussion. It's just a statement. I make a motion with you. Do you have unless it's a if you have

I mean I have do have a question about it. I mean I do I mean what I'm going ask you have a motion on the floor that needs to be addressed before we discuss anything else. I see. Okay. It was a second already. It was a motion on the floor. I'm sorry. It was and that was what the way it should be done. Motion. Make a motion we adjourn.

Okay. A motion to adjurnn. I second it. Okay. All in favor? All oppose. All I mean everybody's raising both hands at the same time. Okay.

22 minutes. Thank you. Have a good night. You too. Take care.