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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Coastal Bend Council Of Governments - 12/12/2008 ,i MINUTES RECEIVED COASTAL BEND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS December i2, 2008 - 2:00 PM DEC 2 2 2008 Corpus Christi, Texas * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *CITY 8SEOREEARY'Sc OFFICE MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilman Lee Roy Kieschnick, Chairman Brent Ocker Judge Linda Lee Henry, lst Vice Chairman Glenn Sullivan Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria, 2nd Vice Chair. Bill Roberts Judge Terry Simpson, Secretary Oscar Soliz City Commissioner Al Garcia, Treasurer Josie Herro • Judge C. H. Mills Councilmember Billie Erwin Judge Raul Ramirez 'Commissioner Rindle Wilson Michael Guerra Commissioner Fred Nardini Commissioner Peggy Banales . Mayor Pro Tem JoAnn Ehmann GUESTS PRESENT: Rolandro Rodriguez, Taft 'EDC Thomas-V. Gonzales, Nueces County STAFF PRESENT: • John Buckner Betty Lamb R. J. Thomas Richard Bullock Frank Garcia Mark Bohrer 1. CALL TO ORDER • • • Chairman Lee Roy Kieschnick called the meeting to order at 2:05 PM. John Buckner called the roll. Seven of twelve counties were represented and 18 out of 34 votes were in attendance. Chairman Kieschnick noted a - quorum was present. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 24, 2008 MEETING A motion was made by Mr. Soliz to approve the minutes of the October 24, ' 2008 meeting. Councilmember Erwin seconded this motion. The minutes of the October 24, 2008 meeting were approved by unanimous vote of the members present. • 3. TREASURER'S REPORT City Commissioner Al Garcia, CBCOG Treasurer, presented this report for `'the '`months 'of October • 2008' and November 2008. Commissioner Garcia = 'referred to the first page of the two reports mailed to the membership with. the -agenda. He summarized the information in the reports. Mr. Soliz moved for the approval of both the October and November 2008 Treasurer's Reports. Judge Mills seconded this motion. The Treasurer's Reports for SCANNED • Minutes Page 2 December 12, .2008 the months of October and..November 2008 was..approved by unanimous vote of:.the members:present at, the end of the .meeting. - • 4 ITEMS.;REQUIRING ACTION BY;.THE COUNCIL OF. GOVERNMENTS ; A. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 1. Confirmation of Committee Appointments Referring to Attachment A-1, Chairman Kieschnick presented the Council on Aging's recommended officers for 2009: Chairman, Adan Alaniz, Jr. from Nueces County; Vice-Chairman Billie Erwin from Rural Nueces County; and, Secretary Hector Benavides from Nueces County. Upon a motion from Mr. Soliz, seconded by Commissioner Garcia, the Council On Aging Officers for 2009 were confirmed by unanimous vote of the members present. 2 . Request to authorize up to two board members to attend the National Conference of Regions in Washington, D.C. on February 22-24, 2009 sponsored by the National Association of Regional Councils. Commissioner Longoria moved to authorize two board' members . to attend this conference. Coucilmember Erwin seconded this motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote of the members present. At this point, Chairman Kieschnick announced that it was time to appoint the Nominating Committee for 2009 CBCOG Officers and Executive Board Members. He appointed Mr. Oscar Soliz, Chairman and the following members to this committee: Commissioner Oscar Ortiz, City Commissioner Al Garcia, Judge Linda Lee Henry, Judge Terry Simpson, Mayor Henry Garrett and Judge Arnold Saenz. B. BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT — -Mr.—Brent Ocker, Chairman of the Budget Committee, presentedthis - — report. Consideration of the 2009 CBCOG Budget Mr. Ocker reported that seven out of ten committee members were present for the committee . meeting on December 2, 2008. He noted that the draft budget indicated the coming year was in good shape and that the fund balance expected at the end of 2009 would be above the previously established CBCOG policy. minimum of $450,000. He explained that there were several items that were indicated in bold print in the committee report to the CBCOG in the meeting agenda. Those items were recommended by the committee to be included in -the 2009 'budget=but the CBCOG'needed to `consider and agree•also if these were to be included in the final adopted budget. Those items were: : (1) that continued Membership 'in the Corporation . for Texas Regionalism [CTR] be renewed for $5,000; (2) that CBCOG maintain its co-sponsorship role in the Gulf Coast. Strategic Highway Coalition with a $10,000 payment to the Deep East Texas Minutes Page 3 December 12, 2008 Council of Governments; and, that a 4% Cost of Living _salary increase be authorized for the CBCOG staff. John Buckner provided some background'on the role of CTR on behalf of COGs in Texas and the $5,000 annual payment for membership. Judge Simpson explained the reasoning behind the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition'.and the co-sponsorship payment. There..was also .some brief discussion regarding the age and functionality of the two old CBCOG owned vehicles. Mr. Ocker made a motion to accept and approve the 2009 CBCOG Budget as presented with the highlighted items noted. Judge Simpson seconded this motion. The 2009 CBCOG Budget was accepted and approved as presented by unanimous vote of the members present. C. COUNCIL ON AGING REPORT Ms. Billie Erwin, Chairman of the Council on Aging, presented this — report. - RESOLUTION NO. 2770 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING'S REGIONAL AREA PLAN BUDGET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, DIRECT SERVICES, VENDOR SERVICES AND SUBCONTRACTED ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF PLANNED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BASED ON FISCAL YEAR 2009 ESTIMATED FUNDING FROM TITLE III OLDER AMERICANS ACT, STATE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS AND OTHER FEDERAL SOURCES TOTALING ,$2,789,439 INCLUDING ESTIMATED CARRYOVER FROM PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. Mr. Soliz made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2770. Mr. Roberts seconded the motion. Resolution No.. 2770 was adopted by unanimous vote of .the members present. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NON-ACTION ITEMS Richard Bullock reported that the Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) was holding public hearings on a funding allocation of $1.3 Billion in Community Development Block grant funds for disaster recovery supplemental projects pertaining to Hurricane Dolly and Hurricane Ike. The nearest public hearing was going to be in Harlingen on December 15. Judge Simpson added that Oralia Cardenas with ORCA has put out a notice that persons unable to attend these public hearing could provide comments on line to her office. • Richard Bullock also announced that the US Census Bureau has asked the CBCOG to help them sort out some information as to the new criteria for the size of census tracts and block groups for the 2010 'census. The CBCOG would be, contacting local officials where these new criteria might have an impact. . ;;Commissioner. Longoria- reported . that after s.ix years ..of effort, the . land ;for the, new- veteran' s.-cemetery.-has had _all- ..the title work completed and its --has been , donated. to -:the .Texas, : Veteran'-.s ..-Land-:,Board• so that that -entity can apply for funds' to complete the project: • She estimated that another" 2 to 3 years would be needed to finally establish an operational veterans cemetery in this region. Minutes Page 4 December 12, 2008 Commissioner Longoria also announced that Nueces County was moving forward with a countywide drainage district and a public meeting was going to be held in Robstown- next:_week topresent information and receive public comment on the proposed district. 6. ADJOURN With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:48 PM. Duly adopted at a meeting of the Coastal Bend Council of Governments this 23rd day of January 2009. Councilman Lee Roy Kieschnick, Chairman ATTEST: Judge• Simpson, Secretary g Terry Y P Y.. . ... . ._ .. ,. ., ,.