Items I & II

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call

Item III

Citizen Comment

Consent Agenda

Consent Items
A. Consider a Resolution authorizing, and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to negotiate and execute any necessary documents for a lease agreement for fiber-optic circuits with Longview Cable Television, Inc. – Justin Cure, Director of Information Services.
B. Consider the approval, acceptance and expenditure of the NEH Cares Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in an amount up to $264,004.00 to pay for library staff salaries and books that have been impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic during fiscal years 2020 and 2021 – Jennifer Eldridge, Library Manager.
C. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the
City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the
purchase of a chiller for City Hall via the city’s purchasing agreement with
the local government purchasing cooperative administered by the Texas
Association of School Boards (“TASB Buyboard”) for an amount not to
exceed $78,500.00 from the fiscal year 2019-2020 appropriated budget –
Rolin McPhee, Director of Public Works.
D. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the General Manager of
Longview Transit to act on behalf of the City of Longview in matters
pertaining to the Federal Transit Administration grants program – Scott
Lewis, General Manager of Longview Transit.
E. Consider a Resolution approving the Longview Transit Public
Transportation Agency Safety Plan, including necessary updates and
revisions – Scott Lewis, General Manager of Longview Transit.
F. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the
City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the
purchase of a transit bus via the State of Oklahoma interlocal agreement
for an amount not to exceed $133,704.00 using Federal Transit
Administration Funds – Scott Lewis, Longview Transit General Manager.
G. Consider a Resolution to apply for, accept and expend an emergency
federal grant award in the amount up to $98,199 from the U.S.
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the Coronavirus
Emergency Supplemental Funding Program to be used to prevent,
prepare for and respond to the coronavirus - Mike Bishop, Police Chief
and Holly Fuller, Partners in Prevention.
H. Consider a Resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement between the
City of Longview and Gregg County for the purposes of obtaining
emergency, non-congregate sheltering as needed for Gregg County first
responders and/or city first responders employed and/or living within the
cities of Longview, Kilgore, Gladewater, White Oak, Lakeport, Clarksville
City, Easton, and Warren City and obtaining FEMA reimbursement for
same, all in accordance with the requirements of the FEMA public
assistance funding approved for same - J.P. Steelman, Fire Chief.
I. Consider a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City
Manager's designee to negotiate, finalize, and execute all agreements
and other documents necessary or convenient to obtain emergency, noncongregate
sheltering from local hotels as needed for Gregg County first
responders and/or city first responders employed and/or living within the
cities of Longview, Kilgore, Gladewater, White Oak, Lakeport, Clarksville
City, Easton, and Warren City in accordance with the requirements of the FEMA public assistance funding approved for same - J.P. Steelman, Fire Chief.

Item V

Consider a Resolution appointing the Mayor Pro Tem – Mayor and City Council.

Items VI & VII

VI. Update on COVID 19

VII. Adjourn
Any final action, decision, or vote on a matter deliberated in a closed meeting will only be taken in an open meeting that is held in compliance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a closed meeting or executive session as authorized by Texas Government Code, Sections 551.001, et seq. (the Texas Open Meetings Act) on any item on its open meeting agenda in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, including, without limitation Sections 551.071-551.088 of the Texas Open Meetings Act. In addition, the City Council may consider a vote to excuse the absence of any City Council Member for absence from this meeting or for absence from any previous City Council meeting.
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