Coronavirus: San Angelo City Council Emergency Virtual Council Meeting

SAN ANGELO, TX – The San Angelo City Council will meet in emergency session Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. to take public comment and take action on Gov. Abbott's extension of emergency orders. 

Here's what the City is doing:

City Council Agenda Emergency Meeting via Audio/Video Broadcast 04/01/2020

Notice is hereby given in accordance with an order of the Office of the Governor issued March 16, 2020, of an Emergency Meeting of the City Council of the City of San Angelo scheduled for April 1, 2020 at 2:00 PM.

The Council Chambers at McNease Convention Center – South Meeting Room, 501 Rio Concho Drive, San Angelo, Texas will not be open to the public.

Council members and staff will attend virtually in order to advance the public health goal of limiting face-to-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). There will be no public access to the regular meeting location.

A public, free-of-charge audio/video broadcast of the meeting will be available on the City’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/CityofSanAngeloTx.

The Meeting Agenda and the Agenda Packet are posted online here. Members of the public who wish to submit written comments on a listed agenda item must submit their comments via email to [email protected] with a subject in the following format:

“Public Comment: [item number, description] – April 1, 2020.” All comments relevant to posted agenda items received by 10:00 a.m.

April 1st will be added to the published agenda packet prior to the meeting. Call 325-657-4405 for staff assistance. Comments received after 10:00 a.m. will not be accepted.

A recording of the meeting will be available to the public in accordance with the Open Meetings Act upon written request.

Emergency Provision Notice: In accordance with Texas Government Code Section 551.045, this is an emergency meeting of the City Council, declaring an emergency/urgent public necessity, for the purpose of considering the following emergency agenda items:

1. Call to Order/Roll Call to Establish Quorum
2. Special Instructions All members of the City Council and staff should begin speaking by stating their full name and SMD position or role within the City.
3. Public Comment At this time Council Members may ask staff members questions regarding Public Comments submitted via email.
4. Emergency Agenda. Consider declaring an extension to the declaration of a local disaster with amendments(Presentation made by City Attorney Theresa James)
5. Adjournment