August 9, 2021 at 12:00 PM - Board of Commissioners Meeting

1. Convene Meeting with opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance and roll call

2. Recognize Guests

3. Open floor to members of the public, or of the Governing Body, for inquiries about a subject not listed on the Agenda.  Speakers shall limit their remarks to three (3) minutes or less.  Specific factual information, or existing policy, may be stated in response to an inquiry.  Any Deliberation or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the Agenda for a subsequent Meeting 

4. Minutes of prior meeting(s) not previously approved

5. Budget Workshop

5.A. Discuss Revised Annual Operating and Capital Budget for the 2020/2021 Fiscal Year

5.B. Discuss Proposed Annual Operating and Capital Budget of the 2021/2022 Fiscal Year

6. Expense Account(s) for Reimbursement

7. Bills for Payment (Includes item(s) above, if any, and supplements at the table)

7.A. Payment(s) that exceed $15,000

7.B. Accounts Payable - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board meeting

7.C. Payroll - Beginning check number, ending check number and total dollars issued since last Board Meeting

8. Monthly Investment Report for July 2021

9. Annual Physical Inventory of the Port District's Fixed Assets for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2021 

10. Write Off Fixed Assets as of July 31, 2021

11. Unaudited General Fund Operating Statement for the First Nine Months of the Fiscal Year 2020/2021

12. 2021 Certified Tax Values

13. Consider Adopting Revised Employer Retiree Elections Policy

13.A. First reading of Revised Employer Retiree Elections Policy

13.B. Waive second reading of Revised Employer Retiree Elections Policy

14. Warehouse 5 Update

15. Temporary Chiller Rental - Consider Approval up to $5,000 for Additional Rental Time due to Winter Storm Uri Freeze

16. Consider Approval of Consultant Agreement with Rick Maldonado, Lobbyist for one (1) year

17. Port Access Program Rider 37 Grant Update

18. Marketing Report

19. Port Travel

19.A. For Executive Port Director to travel to Houston, Texas as needed in August/September for litigation.  Travel will be by personal vehicle. 

20. CLOSED MEETING for Private consultation with an attorney for the Governmental Body, under §551.071 of the Act.  The consultation may either be in person or, as authorized by §551.129(a) of the Act, by telephone conference call, video conference call, or communications over the internet.  If any part of the consultation is in an open meeting of the Governmental Body and is therefore a public consultation, each part of the public consultation must be audible to the public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting.  The consultation is regarding, but not limited to, the following matter(s):

20.A. TMY Barge Dock Facility Issues

20.A.1) Attorney Updates

20.A.2) Consider Approval for Schnabel Engineering Services up to $20,000 for TMY Litigation

20.B. Pier 10

20.B.1) Attorney Updates

20.C. Army Corps of Engineers Hickory Cove Real Estate

20.D. Marathon Oil

21. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate the purchase, exchange, leases, or value of real property, under § 551.072 of the Act, regarding the following matter(s):

21.A. Discuss Status of Potential Acquisition of Real Property in Navigation District

21.B. Economic Development Pursuant to Gov't Code Sec. 551.087

21.B.1) Sabine to Galveston Coastal Spine Levee

21.C. Border Street Complex

21.C.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

21.D. Georgia Street

21.D.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

21.E. Childers Road

21.E.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

21.F. Alabama Street

21.F.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

21.G. Dravo

21.G.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

21.H. Pier Rd

21.H.1) Possible tenant lease(s)

22. CLOSED MEETING to Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a District officer or employee, under §551.074(a)(1) of the Act, regarding the following matter(s):

22.A. Compensation of Each Employee

23. Return to Open Meeting

24. Set date, time and place of any presently anticipated Special Meeting to be held prior to the next Regular Meeting

25. Specify changes to the date, time and/or place of one or more particular Regular Meeting(s) if any of such factors are presently anticipated to be changed from standard Board Policy

25.A. September 13, 2021

26. Adjourn Meeting