Agenda Items

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A. PROCEDURAL MATTERS, HONORS AND RELATED NON-ACTION ITEMS:

1. CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR SKUROW

2. ROLL CALL: CITY SECRETARY

3. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE: MAYOR SKUROW OR DESIGNEE

4. FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITION, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED:

• PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2020 TO BE NATIONAL ASSISTED LIVING WEEK - MAYOR SKUROW

• PRESENTATION BY REPUBLIC SERVICES: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR A REPORT FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF REPUBLIC SERVICES ON THE STATUS OF OPERATIONS AND FUTURE SERVICE PLANS - CITY MANAGER

5. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST THAT MAY NOT BE DISCUSSED:  

6. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT: The City Manager may present announcements, comments and updates on City operations and projects.

7. PUBLIC COMMENT - AUDIENCE AND PRESENTER SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND PUBLIC HEARING INPUT AT PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL:

B. ACTION ITEMS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES:

8. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF ITS SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 REGULAR MEETING – MAYOR SKUROW AND CITY SECRETARY

Minutes

9. RESOLUTION NO. 804 – EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS COVID-19: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTER AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ISSUED ON MARCH 17, 2020 – MAYOR SKUROW

RESOLUTION NO. 804

10. ORDINANCE NO. 2219—AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF UP TO $3,000,000 IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF “CITY OF PORTLAND, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2020: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2219 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF UP TO $3,000,000 IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF “CITY OF PORTLAND, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2020”; SECURING THE PAYMENT THEREOF BY AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND A PLEDGE OF CERTAIN SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE CITY’S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM; AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATED THERETO – DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

. ORDINANCE NO. 2219-AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE

11. PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF PROPOSED 2020-2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET: THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED 2020 – 2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET – CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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