City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. It's now 6:30 and I call this regular meeting of the Victoria City Council to order. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance 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. The first item on our agenda this evening is announcements. I want to welcome everyone to the first council meeting of 2026. All meetings of the city council are open to the public and held in the council chambers at city hall unless otherwise noted. We encourage anyone wanting to attend or interested in speaking at a council meeting or workshop to contact the city clerk in advance for more information. Um the city offices will be closed Monday, January 19th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday regular business hours will re resume Tuesday morning, January 20th at 8:00 a.m. We invite everyone to join us for our free monthly series, Donuts in Victoria, where you connect with city staff and community partners to learn about the latest happenings and hot button topics in Victoria. And the best part, donuts and coffee are always on the menu. Donuts in Victoria is held the third Wednesday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 at the Victoria Recreation Center in the multi-purpose room. We are also recruiting for our citizen advisory boards, including our planning commission, parks, and recreation committee. And for more information on either of those, please go to the city's website or contact our city clerk. There are no other announcements this evening. So, we're moving on to the next order of business, which is to adopt the final agenda. Council, can I get a motion to adopt the final agenda?

Motion to adopt the final agenda. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I.

Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item on the agenda is open forum. This is the opportunity for anyone to address the council on an item that is not on the agenda and not application form that will be coming to the council at a future date. No one has registered to speak in advance and there's no one in the audience this evening. So that so we will move on to the next item on our agenda which is the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda are routine administrative and do not require deliberation or are housekeeping items that are required by law. Consent agenda items are pro approved with one vote unless someone requests an item to be considered separately. Our first meeting of the year is our annual organizational meeting with several routine items. Uh, Miss Hardy, does staff wish to pull any consent agenda items for separate discussion and vote this evening?

None from staff. Madame Mayor, is there any member of the council who would like to pull an item for separate discussion and vote? And there's no one in the audience this evening. So, uh, we will entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda. I'll make a motion to adopt the January 12, 2026 consent agenda. Thank you, Council Member Vansky. Can I get a second? Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. There are no items on our regular agenda this evening. So with that, we'll move on to reports and emerging issues. Attorney VS, you're up first. Anything from you this evening.

Mayor, council, I don't have anything uh Victoria specific. You can imagine it's been quite busy in our office with uh current events going on. We got a lot of inquiries from cities, with police forces about things that are going on. So we're very busy with that, but nothing uh of concern here in Victoria. Very good. Thank you, Miss Hardy. Anything from staff? None from staff, madame mayor. And members of the council, are there any items for you this evening? None for me, mayor. All right. Seeing none, there are no more items to come before the body this evening. So, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. Move to adjurnn. Can I get a second? Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I.

Any opposed? We stand adjourned. We'll be back in just a few moments for our annual meeting of the Economic Development Authority. Trying to sit over here. Good evening. It is now 6:36 and I call the I call to order the Economic Development Authority meeting. This is our annual organization meeting. Are there any additions to the agenda other than the um annual organization meeting?

None for me. For me. Okay. Our first order of business is to approve the January 8th, 2025 EDA minutes. So moved. Second. All in favor? Didn't get that. Who? Chad got the second on it. Who got the first? That would be me. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Our next order of business is to elect the Economic Development Authority officers for 2026. Can I get a motion?

Motion to approve the organizational appointments for the Victoria Economic Development Authority for 2026. Can I get a second? Second. All in favor? I I. Motion carries. There are no other items of business to come before this body today. With that, I'd like to ask for a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second. All in favor at this time. I I motion carries. Thank you all and we stand adjourned.