Minutes - 09/01/2016
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MINUTES FROM THE HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION WORKSHOP HELD ON THE 1 DAY OF SEPTEMBER
2016, IN THE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1212 AVENUE M, IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, COUNTY OF WALKER, TEXAS, AT
1:30 P.M.
The Council met in a combined workshop session with the following:
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Andy Brauninger, Joe Emmett, Tish Humphrey, Joe P. Rodriquez, Paul Davidhizar, Ronald
Allen (arrived at 2:11 p.m.)
COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: Lydia Montgomery, Don H. Johnson, Keith D. Olson
OFFICERS PRESENT: Lee Woodward, City Secretary
SPECIAL SESSION \[1:30 P.M.\]
1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Andy Brauninger called the meeting to order at 1:34 p.m.
2. WORKSHOP
a. The City Council will meet with the Walker County Commissioners, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Gulf Coast
Strategic Highway Coalition.
The Council met with Judge Danny Pierce, Commissioner Glen Reader, Commissioner Jimmy Henry, and Commissioner B. J. Gaines,
along with representatives of the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition (former Polk County Judge John Thompson and Executive
Director Gary Bushell). (The Commissioners Court adjourned and left at 2:43 p.m. and the Council took a short recess until 2:50
p.m.)
b. Discussion of an alternative proposal submitted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for water service to the Ellis and
Estelle Units. \[City Manager Matt Benoit\]
Mayor Brauninger shared information on an alternate proposal from TDCJ, with a three-year phase in to the in-city rate, to be
considered at the September 6 meeting.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Brauninger adjourned the meeting at 3:28 p.m.
Lee Woodward, City Secretary