Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. J. KENT FRIEDMAN, as Chair of the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY, for a term to expire August 31, 2011, and the reappointment of the following to the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - MS. SYLVIA K. BARNES, for a term to expire August 31, 2010 Position Four - MR. CURTIS V. FLOWERS, for a term to expire August 31, 2011 Position Five - MS. JANIE REYES, for a term to expire August 31, 2011 Position Eleven - MR. ROLAND GARCIA, for a term to expire August 31, 2011
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and GERRY FUSCO CONSULTING for Professional Services relating to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control (BARC); providing a maximum contract amount - $135,000.00 - General Fund
Miscellaneous: Items 1-5 Accept Work: Items 6-15a Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 16-21 Ordinances: Items 22-49
RECOMMENDATION from the Acting Director of Human Resources Department for approval of the amended Holiday Schedule for Calendar Year 2009
Items 16, 24, 25, 32, 34, and 38
Item 16: STATE OF TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION for payment of Annual Certification and Re?certification fees for Firefighters for Fire Department - $190,000.00 - General Fund Item 24: ORDINANCE amending Exhibit "A" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-193 by adding one (1) Assistant Chief Position; four (4) Master Identification Officer Positions; and by deleting three (3) Police Communication Specialist III Positions; substituting the amended exhibit as part of the current Police Department Classified Personnel Ordinance Item 25: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2005-607, passed on May 11, 2005, which approved and authorized the submission of the 2005 Consolidated Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including a grant application for the thirty-first year of the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program, among others Item 32: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2009-0031 for the purpose of correcting various errors in the listing of voting precincts affecting certain single member districts Item 34: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance Number 2008-1003 to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City and the METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, for transit fare media for City Employees - $230,000.00 - General and Other Funds Item 38: ORDINANCE appropriating $6,560,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for a Houston Municipal Courts Case Management System (“SYSTEM”); approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and SOGETI USA, LLC for Software Design and Development Services; providing for expenses relating to the design and implementation of the system
Item 50: RECEIVE nominations for Position 10 of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System Board of Trustees, for current unexpired term ending June 30, 2011 Item 51: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Sullivan to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by Joint Referral Committee, on request from William Bickerstaff of W. W. Bickerstaff and Associates, Incorporated, on behalf of Candlelight Development Joint Venture (Alvin L. Freeman, Manager and Tom L. Shepard, Manager), for abandonment and sale of a 14-foot-wide utility easement located within Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 3, of the Candlelight Place Section 3 Subdivision, out of the Sam McClelland Survey, A-544, Parcel SY9-096 Item 52: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Solid Waste Management Item 53: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and GERRY FUSCO CONSULTING for Professional Services relating to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control (BARC); providing a maximum contract amount - $135,000.00 - General Fund Item 54: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amended and restated agreement among the City of Houston, Texas, Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial Heights Zone), and the MEMORIAL-HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY to finance certain public infrastructure improvements
Sep 02, 2009 City Council
Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. J. KENT FRIEDMAN, as Chair of the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY, for a term to expire August 31, 2011, and the reappointment of the following to the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position One - MS. SYLVIA K. BARNES, for a term to expire August 31, 2010 Position Four - MR. CURTIS V. FLOWERS, for a term to expire August 31, 2011 Position Five - MS. JANIE REYES, for a term to expire August 31, 2011 Position Eleven - MR. ROLAND GARCIA, for a term to expire August 31, 2011
REPORT FROM CITY CONTROLLER AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY including but not limited to, a revenue, expenditure and encumbrance report for the General Fund, all special revenue funds and all enterprise funds, and a report on the status of bond funds
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and GERRY FUSCO CONSULTING for Professional Services relating to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control (BARC); providing a maximum contract amount - $135,000.00 - General Fund
Miscellaneous: Items 1-5 Accept Work: Items 6-15a Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 16-21 Ordinances: Items 22-49
RECOMMENDATION from the Acting Director of Human Resources Department for approval of the amended Holiday Schedule for Calendar Year 2009
Items 16, 24, 25, 32, 34, and 38
Item 16: STATE OF TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION for payment of Annual Certification and Re?certification fees for Firefighters for Fire Department - $190,000.00 - General Fund Item 24: ORDINANCE amending Exhibit "A" of City of Houston Ordinance No. 2008-193 by adding one (1) Assistant Chief Position; four (4) Master Identification Officer Positions; and by deleting three (3) Police Communication Specialist III Positions; substituting the amended exhibit as part of the current Police Department Classified Personnel Ordinance Item 25: ORDINANCE amending City of Houston Ordinance No. 2005-607, passed on May 11, 2005, which approved and authorized the submission of the 2005 Consolidated Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including a grant application for the thirty-first year of the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) Program, among others Item 32: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2009-0031 for the purpose of correcting various errors in the listing of voting precincts affecting certain single member districts Item 34: ORDINANCE amending Ordinance Number 2008-1003 to increase the maximum contract amount for contract between the City and the METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, for transit fare media for City Employees - $230,000.00 - General and Other Funds Item 38: ORDINANCE appropriating $6,560,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for a Houston Municipal Courts Case Management System (“SYSTEM”); approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and SOGETI USA, LLC for Software Design and Development Services; providing for expenses relating to the design and implementation of the system
Item 50: RECEIVE nominations for Position 10 of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System Board of Trustees, for current unexpired term ending June 30, 2011 Item 51: MOTION by Council Member Khan/Seconded by Council Member Sullivan to adopt recommendation from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by Joint Referral Committee, on request from William Bickerstaff of W. W. Bickerstaff and Associates, Incorporated, on behalf of Candlelight Development Joint Venture (Alvin L. Freeman, Manager and Tom L. Shepard, Manager), for abandonment and sale of a 14-foot-wide utility easement located within Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 3, of the Candlelight Place Section 3 Subdivision, out of the Sam McClelland Survey, A-544, Parcel SY9-096 Item 52: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to Solid Waste Management Item 53: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and GERRY FUSCO CONSULTING for Professional Services relating to the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control (BARC); providing a maximum contract amount - $135,000.00 - General Fund Item 54: ORDINANCE approving and authorizing first amended and restated agreement among the City of Houston, Texas, Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Houston, Texas (Memorial Heights Zone), and the MEMORIAL-HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY to finance certain public infrastructure improvements