City of Lubbock, Texas Special City Council Meeting Thursday, May 27, 2021
Daniel M. Pope, Mayor Steve Massengale, Mayor Pro Tem, District 4 Juan A. Chadis, Councilman, District 1 Shelia Patterson Harris, Councilwoman, District 2 Jeff Griffith, Councilman, District 3 Randy Christian, Councilman, District 5 Latrelle Joy, Councilwoman, District 6 W. Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager Chad Weaver, City Attorney Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
http://www.mylubbock.us Internet/Video Link: https://zoom.us/j/97566060796 or Teleconference Phone #s U.S.: +1-346-248-779; +1-312-525-56799; +1-646-558-86566; +1-669-900-9128; +1-25333-2155-8782; +1-33001-715-8592; Inter ID#: 975 6606 0796 City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas City of Lubbock City Council Meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary's Office at 775-2061 or write to Post Office Box 2000, Lubbock, Texas 79457 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Note: On occasion the City Council may consider agenda items out of order. Pursuant to the Executive Orders of Governor Abbott, and other authority provided by the Texas Attorney General, the City Council will convene in-person and via video and/or teleconference. If the Executive Orders of Governor Abbott are amended and prohibit the use of video and/or teleconference access to the meeting, the meeting will be held in-person only.
4:00 p.m. - The City Council convenes in City Council Chambers in Open Session and immediately recesses into Executive Session
1. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code Section 551.071, seeking the advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a consultation with the attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code:
2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.086, to discuss and deliberate, on the following competitive matters of Lubbock Power & Light, reasonably related to the following categories: a. generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs, including forecasts of those costs, capital improvement plans for generation units, and generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling; b. bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies; c. effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts; •Discuss and deliberate purchased power matters. d. risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage; e. plans, studies, proposals, and analyses for system improvements, additions, or sales (other than transmission and distribution system improvements inside the service area for which the public power utility is the sole certificated retail provider); f. customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies.
At the conclusion of the Executive Session, the City Council reconvenes in Regular Session
City of Lubbock, Texas Special City Council Meeting Thursday, May 27, 2021
Daniel M. Pope, Mayor Steve Massengale, Mayor Pro Tem, District 4 Juan A. Chadis, Councilman, District 1 Shelia Patterson Harris, Councilwoman, District 2 Jeff Griffith, Councilman, District 3 Randy Christian, Councilman, District 5 Latrelle Joy, Councilwoman, District 6 W. Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager Chad Weaver, City Attorney Rebecca Garza, City Secretary
http://www.mylubbock.us Internet/Video Link: https://zoom.us/j/97566060796 or Teleconference Phone #s U.S.: +1-346-248-779; +1-312-525-56799; +1-646-558-86566; +1-669-900-9128; +1-25333-2155-8782; +1-33001-715-8592; Inter ID#: 975 6606 0796 City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas City of Lubbock City Council Meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary's Office at 775-2061 or write to Post Office Box 2000, Lubbock, Texas 79457 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Note: On occasion the City Council may consider agenda items out of order. Pursuant to the Executive Orders of Governor Abbott, and other authority provided by the Texas Attorney General, the City Council will convene in-person and via video and/or teleconference. If the Executive Orders of Governor Abbott are amended and prohibit the use of video and/or teleconference access to the meeting, the meeting will be held in-person only.
4:00 p.m. - The City Council convenes in City Council Chambers in Open Session and immediately recesses into Executive Session
1. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code Section 551.071, seeking the advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a consultation with the attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code:
2. Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.086, to discuss and deliberate, on the following competitive matters of Lubbock Power & Light, reasonably related to the following categories: a. generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs, including forecasts of those costs, capital improvement plans for generation units, and generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling; b. bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies; c. effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts; •Discuss and deliberate purchased power matters. d. risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage; e. plans, studies, proposals, and analyses for system improvements, additions, or sales (other than transmission and distribution system improvements inside the service area for which the public power utility is the sole certificated retail provider); f. customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies.
At the conclusion of the Executive Session, the City Council reconvenes in Regular Session