?The Kennedale City Council will meet in a special meeting by teleconference on Tuesday April 14, 2020 at 5:00 PM.? {{more: continue …}}?Members of the public may view the meeting by visiting www.cityofkennedale.com/joinmeeting and/or by dialing 1-877-853-5257 (toll-free) and using – Access Code 76060-76060.?
Special instructions regarding joining the meeting …
- To reduce background noise, all participants are muted. Please leave yourself on mute unless you are called upon by the Mayor and are actively speaking. Toggle between mute and unmute by pressing *6 on your keypad.?
- Anyone wishing to address the Mayor and City Council regarding an item on this agenda may do so as the item is considered. If you would like to speak on the current item, please indicate as much by pressing *9 on your?telephone keypad or the ?Raise Hand? button under the ?Participants? tab on your computer or smart device.?
- If you have joined via telephone only, the Mayor may call upon you to speak using the last four digits of your phone number. If you have joined by browser or app, ensure that you enter your name as you would like to be recognized during the meeting. As usual, speakers should begin by stating their name and address, will be allotted three (3) minutes, should limit their comments to the current item, and should address the Council as a whole, rather than individual Councilmembers or staff.?
Agenda …??
- Consider an Ordinance, renewing the Mayor?s Local Disaster Declaration in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- Summary: This item has been added to the agenda for use in the event Mayor Brian Johnson has issued an Amended?Declaration of Public Health Emergency since the last meeting and a renewal by Council becomes necessary. If so,?the City Attorney’s Office will prepare an Ordinance that would allow the Council’s consideration of extending the?Mayor’s updated declaration. It may be that paragraph 7 of the current Declaration eliminates the need for further?action by Council.
As of the publication of this packet, the Council had extended the most recent declaration (Mayor
Second Amended Declaration of Public Health Emergency) through 11:59?p.m. on April 30, 2020, via adoption of Ordinance 695 at the special meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
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Since that meeting, staff has filed each of Mayor Johnson’s three declarations with the Texas Department of?Emergency Management (TDEM), which accepts these on behalf of the Governor’s Office. This step secures the?City’s ability to seek future reimbursement for unbudgeted expenditures associated with the emergency, should those?funds become available.?
- Discussion of issues relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. Similarly to the previous item, this item has been added to the agenda in the event there is a need.
- Any additional information will be provided before the meeting as appropriate.?
- Discuss, consider, and provide staff direction regarding an economic assistance grant or loan program for local small?businesses relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the City?s local disaster declaration.?
- Summary: This item is posted so that the Council may engage in general discussion and provide direction to staff regarding the development of an assistance program benefiting local businesses who may have been negatively impacted as a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.?
Additional information may be provided to the Council before this meeting.?Links:??
- Recent Council Meeting VideosCouncil
Meetings for the City of Kennedale
- Upcoming and past agendas of the Council,
Commission and Committees of the City of Kennedale @ Agendas
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