AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

JANUARY 11, 2022 @ 7:00 P.M. 

Notice is hereby given the City Council for the City of Parker will meet on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. at the Parker City Hall, 5700 E. Parker Road, Parker, Texas, 75002. The City Council meeting will be open to the public and live streamed.  The City of Parker will provide disposable face masks and hand sanitizer.

AMERICAN PLEDGE: 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.

TEXAS PLEDGE: Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.

• PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION (P&R) – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022, 6 PM - Canceled
• COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (COMP) COMMITTEE - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022, 6 PM
• MINNIE’S PANTRY – CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
• TCEQ UPDATE

1. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 16, 2021. [SCOTT GREY] 
2. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 1, 2021. [SCOTT GREY]
3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 7, 2021. [SCOTT GREY]
4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 21, 2021. [SCOTT GREY]

5.  CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON DISSOLVING THE NOISE COMMITTEE.

6.  CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 809, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHCILES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON FARM-TO-MARKET (FM) HIGHWAY NO. 2514 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE INCORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

7.  CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND APPOINTMENT OF A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY AND CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 810 APPOINTING LARENCE M. (TREY) LANSFORD III, ESQ. AS CITY ATTORNEY.

8.  UPDATE(S):

• ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF DUE TO COVID-19 FOR THE RECORD (Each valued at between $0 - $500).   [PETTLE]
• Duane and Kim Hinshaw donated $1,000 to the P&R Commission (check #1301)
• Hal Camp donated peanut brittle estimated value $25.00 to the Police Department
• Bobby and Michelle Varner donated candy estimated value $15.00 to Administration/Public Works
• Bobby and Michelle Varner donated Patty O’s Toffee estimated value $75.00 to the Police Department
• David and Stephanie Leamy donated a cookie tray estimated value $25.00 to the Police Department
• Bill Johnson donated a gift basket containing various food with an estimated value of $100.00
• Sara, Kim, Leila and Hanna (Soleimani) donated a cake estimated valued at $15.00
• The Patterson’s donated homemade cookies estimated valued at $15.00
• Mary Ellen Cavanaugh donated snacks with an estimated value of $60.00.

10.  RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN: 

1. Government Code Section 551.074 Personnel—To deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee.
2. Government Code Section 551.071(1)—Consultation with City Attorney concerning Pending or Contemplated Litigation.
3.   Government Code Section 551.071(2) – Consultation with Attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas Clearly conflicts with this chapter (Open Meetings Act).

11.  RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING.

12.  ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND/OR ACTION ON ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED ABOVE. 

In addition to any specifically identified Executive Sessions, Council may convene into Executive Session at any point during the open meeting to discuss any item posted on this Agenda.  The Open Meetings Act provides specific exceptions that require that a meeting be open.   Should Council elect to convene into Executive Session, those exceptions will be specifically identified and announced.   Any subsequent action, as a result of this Executive Session, will be taken and recorded in open session.  

I certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on or before January 7, 2022, by 5:00 p.m. at the Parker City Hall, and as a courtesy, this Agenda is also posted to the City of Parker Website at www.parkertexas.us.

The Parker City Hall is Wheelchair accessible.  Sign interpretations or other special assistance for disabled attendees must be requested 48 hours in advance by contacting the City Secretary’s Office at 972 442 6811.