Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)
A resolution (1) acknowledging that public Confederate monuments and the names of public places, including parks and streets, named for Confederate figures do not promote a welcoming and inclusive city; (2) supporting the Mayor’s Task Force on Confederate Monuments, which is made up of a diverse group of city leaders who will provide various recommendations to the city council; (3) providing timelines for the Mayor’s Task Force and the Cultural Affairs Commission, as well as requiring that the Task Force hold at least two public meetings to receive public input; (4) providing for the city council to take further action as needed, including authorizing the renaming of certain public places, on November 8, 2017, and directing city staff to take any and all appropriate actions to implement the city’s policy in accordance with the Charter, City Code, and other rules, regulation, and policies as well as all applicable state and federal law; (5) directing the city manager to immediately remove and store the Alexander Phimster Proctor monument (of Robert E. Lee); (6) authorizing the city manager to transfer funds or appropriate funds from excess revenue, as necessary, to remove all public Confederate monuments; and (7) acknowledging that, consistent with City Council Rules of Procedure, Rule 6.2(b), the Mayor shall not place any item on the agenda that has been voted on by the city council within the one-year period preceding the date requested for placement of the item on the agenda - Financing: Current Funds
Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)
A closed executive session may be held if the discussion of any of the above agenda items concerns one of the following: 1. seeking the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. [Tex, Govt. Code §551.071] 2. deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.072] 3. deliberating a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the city if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.073] 4. deliberating the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee unless the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.074] 5. deliberating the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.076] 6. discussing or deliberating commercial or financial information that the city has received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and with which the city is conducting economic development negotiations; or deliberating the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect. [Tex Govt. Code §551.086]
A public hearing to receive comments on a $0.7825/$100 property tax rate for the 2017-18 fiscal year as discussed on August 16, 2017; City Council will vote to adopt a tax rate on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Dallas City Hall, 6ES at 9:00 a.m. - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
Office of Financial Services 4. First reading of the appropriation ordinances for the proposed FY 2017-18 City of Dallas Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City A. FY 2017-18 Annual Budget: Council Amendments
Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)
A closed executive session may be held if the discussion of any of the above agenda items concerns one of the following: 1. seeking the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. [Tex, Govt. Code §551.071] 2. deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.072] 3. deliberating a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the city if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.073] 4. deliberating the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee unless the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.074] 5. deliberating the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.076] 6. discussing or deliberating commercial or financial information that the city has received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and with which the city is conducting economic development negotiations; or deliberating the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect. [Tex Govt. Code §551.086]
Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)
A resolution (1) acknowledging that public Confederate monuments and the names of public places, including parks and streets, named for Confederate figures do not promote a welcoming and inclusive city; (2) supporting the Mayor’s Task Force on Confederate Monuments, which is made up of a diverse group of city leaders who will provide various recommendations to the city council; (3) providing timelines for the Mayor’s Task Force and the Cultural Affairs Commission, as well as requiring that the Task Force hold at least two public meetings to receive public input; (4) providing for the city council to take further action as needed, including authorizing the renaming of certain public places, on November 8, 2017, and directing city staff to take any and all appropriate actions to implement the city’s policy in accordance with the Charter, City Code, and other rules, regulation, and policies as well as all applicable state and federal law; (5) directing the city manager to immediately remove and store the Alexander Phimster Proctor monument (of Robert E. Lee); (6) authorizing the city manager to transfer funds or appropriate funds from excess revenue, as necessary, to remove all public Confederate monuments; and (7) acknowledging that, consistent with City Council Rules of Procedure, Rule 6.2(b), the Mayor shall not place any item on the agenda that has been voted on by the city council within the one-year period preceding the date requested for placement of the item on the agenda - Financing: Current Funds
Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)
A closed executive session may be held if the discussion of any of the above agenda items concerns one of the following: 1. seeking the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. [Tex, Govt. Code §551.071] 2. deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.072] 3. deliberating a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the city if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.073] 4. deliberating the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee unless the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.074] 5. deliberating the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.076] 6. discussing or deliberating commercial or financial information that the city has received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and with which the city is conducting economic development negotiations; or deliberating the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect. [Tex Govt. Code §551.086]
A public hearing to receive comments on a $0.7825/$100 property tax rate for the 2017-18 fiscal year as discussed on August 16, 2017; City Council will vote to adopt a tax rate on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Dallas City Hall, 6ES at 9:00 a.m. - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
Office of Financial Services 4. First reading of the appropriation ordinances for the proposed FY 2017-18 City of Dallas Operating, Capital, and Grant & Trust Budgets - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City A. FY 2017-18 Annual Budget: Council Amendments
Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)
A closed executive session may be held if the discussion of any of the above agenda items concerns one of the following: 1. seeking the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. [Tex, Govt. Code §551.071] 2. deliberating the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.072] 3. deliberating a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the city if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the city in negotiations with a third person. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.073] 4. deliberating the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee unless the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.074] 5. deliberating the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices. [Tex. Govt. Code §551.076] 6. discussing or deliberating commercial or financial information that the city has received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and with which the city is conducting economic development negotiations; or deliberating the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect. [Tex Govt. Code §551.086]