Council Meeting 9/8/2025 | City of Bogata, TX

BOGATA REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Date: September 8, 2025, Time: 7:00pm

Bogata Community Center, 201 NW 2nd St, Bogata, Tx 75417

I. CALL TO ORDER / ESTABLISH QUORUM

Dakota Ross, Chris Kennedy, Teresa Allison, Melissa Kerby, Cecil (Tex) Loftin

II. INVOCATION

III. PUBLIC COMMENTS- Members of the public may speak on an agenda item during the public forum section of the meeting or at the time the agenda item is called for discussion by the Mayor. Speakers are allowed three (3) minutes per speaker, and the time cannot be saved, transferred, or assigned.

Members of the public wishing to address the Council on non-agenda items may do so with a three

(3) minute per speaker limit. Consistent with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Council members cannot discuss not respond to non-agenda presentations.

All speakers are expected to maintain a proper decorum when presenting and while in Council chambers. Threats, personal insults, vulgar or profane language is out of order and may result in forfeiture of remaining time and possible removal from the meeting.

Citizens wishing to comment must make the request in writing and deliver the requests to the City Secretary 10 minutes prior to the meeting.

CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS- Pursuant to TEX GOVT CODE 551.041S(b) each Crime Board member may announce city events/community interest and request that items be placed on future Crime Board agendas.

CONSENT AGENDA: All matters listed under this item are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by any council member on any item, that will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.

A. Department Reports

1. Fire Department

2. Public Works

3. Police Report

4. City Financial

5. Mayors Report

B. Approval of previous meetings – August 4, 2025, and July 7, 2025, and July 17,2025 - roll call; no quorum established; meeting canceled.

OLD BUSINESS – TAKE ACTION ON

Reconsider changes to the office hours for City Hall (8a -5p; Monday – Friday) Dakota Ross

NEW BUSINESS - DISCUSS TAKE - ACTION ON.

A. Appraisal District needs a new nomination for a Director form our area, for the remainder of the year and for a two (2) year term beginning on January 1, 2026.

Council to offer nominations.

B. Discussion on bringing our QuickBooks application up to date so we will have more accurate finance control and reporting capabilities, with the assistance of our CPA. Mayor and City Secretary

C. Discuss the need to streamline the numerous accounts at the bank. Mayor and City Secretary

D. Review and discuss updating the rate codes within our billing service (Ampstun) system. Some services are not billing accurately. Mayor and Public Works Secretary

E. Discussion / Action on: Background Checks for law enforcement and city employees. Tex Loftin

IX EXECUTIVE SESSION: The City does not routinely list Executive Session items. This provision has been added to the agenda with the intent of meeting all elements necessary to satisfy TEX GOVT CODE 551.144(c). The council may vote and/or act upon each of the items set out in this agenda. In addition, the City Council of the City of Bogata has the right to adjourn into executive session at a time during the course of this meeting to discuss any matter authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney); 551.072 (Personnel Matters)551.076 (Deliberation regarding the deployment of security devices or the implementation of security policy; 551.087 (Deliberations regarding Economic Development negotiations).

Contract with Chris Bruton executed 1-29-2024.

Settlement with former Chief Bruton.

Contract dispute for internet service.

Interviews for the position of Police Chief.

Tim Martin

William Suiter

X. ADJOURNMENT-

Attendance by Other Elected or Appointed Officials- NOTICE OF POTENTIAL QUORUM: It is anticipated that members of City Council or other city board, commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the other city boards, commissions and/or committees. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also notice as meeting of other boards, commissions and/or committees may participate in discussion on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for that board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.

CERTIFICATE:

I hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the front door of City Hall on September 3, 2025, at a place convenient and readily accessible to the public at all times, and to the city’s website, https://cityofbogata.com in compliance with Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.

Larry Hinsley, Mayor Bobbie Jarvis, City Secretary