CITY OF UNCERTAIN

Minutes of December 12, 2023

The December 12, 2023 regular monthly session of the Uncertain City Council was held at the Uncertain City Hall.

Mayor Judye Patterson called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.

Roll Call:  Judye Patterson, Bub Mueller, Annette Dukes and Martha Brown were present., Trish Jones and Kristy Bouchey were present by telephone/zoom.

Visitors and Open Forum:  Steve Battenfield was present.  He is interested in the fire department. He has 40 years fire department experience.  He trained at Texas A&M and has experience training volunteer fire departments.

Reviewed November 14, 2023 minutes Bub made a motion to approve. Martha seconded.  Motion carried.

The monthly and year to date 2023-2024 financial reports were presented. Annette made a motion to accept all but TXDBG.  Martha seconded.  Motion carried.

Monthly bills – Bub made a motion to approve all expenditures needed for normal business operations until the next meeting; Martha seconded.  Motion approved.

VFD Monthly Call Report – None 

OLD BUSINESS

Road Construction- Complete except striping. Dirt work needs to be added to the edge of payment and grass in the ditches. 

NEW BUSINESS

May 4, 2024 Elections – The Mayor, Place 2 held by Bud and place 4 held by Martha are up for reelection.  The first day to file is January 17, 2024.  February 16 is the last day to file.  

Depository for Municipal Funds – Sent out 4 bids.  Texas Bank & Trust and Texas National were the only two to respond.  Vera Bank and Chase did not respond.  Bid Evaluation showed both banks could provide all services based on objectives.  In the end Bub made a motion based on cost of service criteria and our needs to designate Texas National as our bank depository.  Annette seconded.  Motion carried.  

Other Proposed Topics for Future Meetings.  Grass was added to the list of proposed topics.

Bub made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:05P.M.  Annette seconded.  Motion approved

Judy VanDeventer, City Secretary