Items I - III

I. Call to Order
II. Invocation
III. Pledge of Allegiance

Item IV

Citizen Comment

Item V

Election Item
Presentation of Oath of Office to Council Member Elect of District No. 3, and Council Member Elect of District No. 4 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item VI

Presentation of a 30 year pin to Mike Grisham – Don Dingler, Chief of Police.

Consent Agenda

A. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus implements via the city’s purchasing agreement with the local government purchasing cooperative administered by the City of Fort Worth – JP Steelman, Fire Chief.

B. Consider a Resolution awarding a contract to and authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents with Enmon Enterprises, LLC dba Jani King of Shreveport, Louisiana, for janitorial services for the Police Department – Jaye Latch, Purchasing Manager.
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C. Consider a Resolution approving a Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention local Juvenile Service Project grant contract between the City of Longview and Longview Teen Court, Inc., in the amount of $21,740.00 and authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents with Longview Teen Court, Inc., for the performance of said contract – Kimber Lewinski, Executive Director of Longview Teen Court.

D. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the application, receipt and expenditure of grant funding in the amount of $39,946.00 from the United States Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for crime prevention activities and crime analytics software for Longview Police Department – Holly Fuller, Partners in Prevention Manager.

E. Consider approval of the following minutes: May 8, 2014 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item VIII A

PUBLIC HEARING to receive citizen input on the Substantial Amendment to Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 Consolidated Action Plan and Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 HOME budget – Martell Armstrong, Housing and Community Development Manager. THIS ITEM REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

Item VIII B

PUBLIC HEARING to receive citizen input on the Five Year Consolidate Plan and Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015 Annual Housing Plan and the Annual Consolidated Action Plan and the accompanying budgets and policy documents – Martell Armstrong, Housing and Community Development Manager. THIS ITEM REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

Item IX A

Consider a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Longview, Texas, approving the amended Consolidated Action Plan and HOME budget for the City of Longview for Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014 – Martell Armstrong, Housing and Community Development Manager.

Item IX B

Consider a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Longview, Texas, approving the Five Year Consolidate Plan and fiscal year 2014 - 2015 Annual Housing Plan and the Annual Consolidated Action Plan, which includes the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME) grant funds – Martell Armstrong, Housing and Community Development Manager.

Items X & XI

X. Items of Community Interest
XI. Adjourn