The Brownwood City Council will convene Tuesday, August 22, at 9:00 am at City Hall with many items of business on the agenda. See below.
The City Council may deliberate and/or act on the following items:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Invocation
4. Items to be withdrawn
5. Introductions, Announcements, and Recognitions
6. Citizen Presentations
Any citizen who desires to address the City Council on a matter not included on the agenda
may do so at this time. The City Council may not deliberate on items presented under this
agenda item. To comply with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, the Council
respectfully req uests that prior to addressing Council that each person submit a citizen
presentation form that is located at the entryway to the Council Chambers, stating your name,
address, and topic of presentation. All presentations are subject to a five (5) minute time limit.
7. Approval of Minutes
A. Regular Called Meeting, August 8, 2023
8. Claims and Accounts
9. Public Hearing
A. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance on first reading on a request
from Howard Payne University to close and abandon an undeveloped alley which
is 20′ wide and 202’long and located in the McClelland Addition Block 11 , 12.
The alley is west of E. Lipscomb Street and lies between Center Ave and Clark
Street.
B Consider the approval of a Chapter 380 Agreement with Howard Payne University
for the expansion of intramural facilities.
10. Requests and Presentations
A. Consider accepting the audit report for the year ending September 30, 2022.
Council Agenda – August 22, 2023
B. Move that the City of Brownwood hold public hearings on the tax rate and budget
for FY 2023/2024, a period beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on
September 30, 2024, on August 29, 2023, at 9:00 am and 5:30 pm at Brownwood
City Hall located at 501 Center Ave.
C. Consider ratification of the Brownwood Municipal Development District Board
action to purchase two parking lots from Downtown Brownwood, Inc. located at
the Comer of Fisk A venue & E. Lee Street and 201 E. Anderson for a purchase
price of $55,440 and spend an additional $10,000 for repairs to create additional
free public parking in Downtown Brownwood.
11. Ordinances and Resolutions
A. Consider an ordinance on first reading adopting the 2021 Editions of the
International Building Code; International Residential Code; International Property
Maintenance Code; International Mechanical Code; International Fuel Gas Code;
International Existing Building Code; International Energy Conservation Code;
International Plumbing Code; International Fire Code; and the 2020 Edition of the
National Electric Code for the City of Brownwood.
B. Consider an ordinance on first reading approving a negotiated settlement between
the Atmos Cities Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corporation regarding the
company’s 2023 rate review mechanism filing.
12. Consent Agenda
A. Consider an ordinance on second and third/final reading rescinding and repealing
Chapter 42, Article III, Juvenile Curfew, contained in the Brownwood Code of
Ordinances, which established a juvenile curfew.
B. Consider Mayoral reappointments to the Brown County Appraisal District Board
and the Brownwood Housing Authority Board.
13. Reports
A. Special Called Meetings, August 29, 2023, 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
B. City closed for Labor Day, September 4, 2023.
14. Executive Session
The City Council may convene into a closed executive session in the Haynes Conference
Room, pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551 , Government
Code Vernon’s Annotated, in accordance with the authority contained in the following
section:
Section 551.074 – Personnel Matters
A. City Manager’s annual evaluation.
15. Action as a result of the Executive Session
Council may take any action necessary as a result of the Executive Session.
Council Agenda – August 22, 2023
16. Workshop
A. Downtown Master Plan presentation by Freese & Nichols and discussion.
17. Adjournment