Reading of City Council Agenda
Descriptions or captions of Agenda items read by the City Secretary prior to commencement of city council.
Property: Item 1 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 2 - 4 Ordinances: Items 5 - 16
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
(Item 2) ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Citywide Cisco Smartnet Maintenance Agreement for the Information Technology Department - $1,400,146.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund (Item 2a) INX, INC for Citywide Cisco Smartnet Maintenance Agreement through the City’s Master Agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for the Information Technology Department (Item 4) SCL A-1 PLASTICS, LTD (Bid No.1) for Household Recycling Containers for the Solid Waste Management Department - $622,125.00 - General Fund (Item 7) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to provide online payment services for the processing of permits for the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department
(Item 10) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control for the City’s Immunization Field and Program Services (The “Grant”); declaring the city’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health and Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Health and Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - one year - $3,110,577.00 (Item 11) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Contribution Agreement and an Operating Agreement between the City of Houston, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL URBAN YOUTH FOUNDATION and the HOUSTON ASTROS for a Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park (Item 15) ORDINANCE appropriating $216,261.00 out of General Improvements Consolidated Construction Fund and awarding construction contract to ARROW SERVICES, INC for Asbestos Abatement, Interior Demolition and Build Back at City of Houston Municipal Courts IT Renovation Project, setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines;
(Item 17) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 7, 2009, to receive nominations for appointments or reappointments for Positions Four and Six on the ETHICS COMMITTEE, with two-year staggered terms (Item 18) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 7, 2009, to receive nominations for Positions One, Two and Two Alternate At-Large Positions of the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one-year terms to expire December 31, 2009 (Item 9) ORDINANCE approving first amendment to Grant Agreement between the City and WILLIAM A. LAWSON INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY for a fifty (50) unit elderly housing apartment complex located at 5220 Scott Street; appropriating $1,200,000 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) in connection therewith
Jan 07, 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.
Property: Item 1 Purchasing and Tabulation of Bids: Items 2 - 4 Ordinances: Items 5 - 16
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
(Item 2) ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 out of Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for Purchase of Citywide Cisco Smartnet Maintenance Agreement for the Information Technology Department - $1,400,146.00 - Central Service Revolving Fund (Item 2a) INX, INC for Citywide Cisco Smartnet Maintenance Agreement through the City’s Master Agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) for the Information Technology Department (Item 4) SCL A-1 PLASTICS, LTD (Bid No.1) for Household Recycling Containers for the Solid Waste Management Department - $622,125.00 - General Fund (Item 7) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to provide online payment services for the processing of permits for the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department
(Item 10) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control for the City’s Immunization Field and Program Services (The “Grant”); declaring the city’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Health and Human Services Department to act as the City’s representative in the application process; authorizing the Director of Health and Human Services Department to accept the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the grant - one year - $3,110,577.00 (Item 11) ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Contribution Agreement and an Operating Agreement between the City of Houston, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL URBAN YOUTH FOUNDATION and the HOUSTON ASTROS for a Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park (Item 15) ORDINANCE appropriating $216,261.00 out of General Improvements Consolidated Construction Fund and awarding construction contract to ARROW SERVICES, INC for Asbestos Abatement, Interior Demolition and Build Back at City of Houston Municipal Courts IT Renovation Project, setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines;
(Item 17) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 7, 2009, to receive nominations for appointments or reappointments for Positions Four and Six on the ETHICS COMMITTEE, with two-year staggered terms (Item 18) MOTION to set a date not less than seven (7) days from January 7, 2009, to receive nominations for Positions One, Two and Two Alternate At-Large Positions of the HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for one-year terms to expire December 31, 2009 (Item 9) ORDINANCE approving first amendment to Grant Agreement between the City and WILLIAM A. LAWSON INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY for a fifty (50) unit elderly housing apartment complex located at 5220 Scott Street; appropriating $1,200,000 out of the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund (Fund 2409) in connection therewith