Aug 21, 2023 City Council

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LET'S CALL THIS MEETING OF THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2023.

THE TIME MS. GRANGER 6:30 P.M.

WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M..

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'VE ASKED MISS HOWARTH TO LEAD OUR INVOCATION AND MR. LINDSEY TO LEAD OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE. OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER.

WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN BE GATHERED TOGETHER TONIGHT AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS RESIDENTS TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE.

PLEASE BLESS US TO.

BE POLITE AND KIND AND TO HEAR AND ACCEPT THE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS THAT WE ALL MAY HAVE.

PLEASE WATCH OVER US OF OUR PLEASE WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL OF OUR MILITARY WORLDWIDE.

AND PLEASE PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

AND WE ASK THESE THINGS, NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE NATIONAL AND STATE PLEDGES.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM B1 PUBLIC COMMENT.

[B. Public Comment]

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.

DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AT THIS TIME ON AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C.

[C. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]

ITEM ONE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THEIR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

THANK YOU, SIR. LAST WEDNESDAY, WE HAD OUR FIRST FAMILY PICKLEBALL NIGHT.

IT WAS ENTERTAINING, TO SAY THE LEAST.

THERE ARE ABOUT 75 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE OVER AT THE MICHAEL J.

FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER.

IT WAS A FREE EVENT FOR ALL FAMILIES TO COME IN AND PLAY, WHETHER YOU KNEW WHAT A PICKLEBALL WAS OR NOT.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE.

EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WHILE YOU WERE WAITING TO PLAY.

WE HAD THE PING PONG TABLES.

WE HAD THE FOOSBALL TABLES, VIDEO GAMES.

THEY HAVE A NINTENDO SWITCH OVER THERE.

SO I GOT TO PLAY A LITTLE MARIO KART AND WE'RE PLANNING OUR NEXT FAMILY NIGHT.

I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE DODGEBALL, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

IT COULD BE ANOTHER PICKLEBALL NIGHT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW FALL CLASS SCHEDULE OUT FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF.

NEW CLASSES ARE INCLUDE MARTIAL ART, NUNCHUCK CLINIC.

COME ON, MAN.

THAT IS AWESOME.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG, RIGHT? I HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED.

THERE'S A WOMEN'S SELF-DEFENSE CLASS, A MOMMY AND ME YOGA, HAPPY ARTIST AND PARENT AND ME.

PRESCHOOL, FUN AND GAMES, TO NAME A FEW.

I WONDER IF I CAN GO TO THE MOMMY AND ME YOGA CLASS WITH MY DAUGHTER.

WILL I QUALIFY IF I? NO. [LAUGHTER]. OKAY. ANYWAY, SO CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

I THINK YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG CROWD FOR RULES INTERPRETATIONS.

BUT I COULD BE WRONG. OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. MISS NASH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NEWS RELATIVE.

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE MADE, AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT THERE IS A GOOD LIST HERE.

OUR RECENT NEW HIRE POLICE DISPATCHER, ABIGAIL HUGHES, WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM THE 9-1-1 REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS ACADEMY, WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER AND VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON OUR STAFF.

ZACHARY HUDSON JUST EARNED HIS BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY TESTER LICENSE.

HE HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE 2018, WAS PROMOTED IN 2022, AND HE CONTINUES TO DO GOOD THINGS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

ALSO, SOME FOLKS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DANIEL DEACUTIS AND DIANA NAVARETTE, ALSO GOT THEIR TCFP INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURE FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION.

SO AGAIN, KUDOS TO THEM.

LIEUTENANT KEN MESSICK ALSO GOT HIS CFP STRUCTURE, MASTER STRUCTURE, FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION.

ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, LONG WHEN HE DID GET HIS FINISH, HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

AND HE'S BEEN WITH US JUST SINCE FEBRUARY.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, KYLE MURRAY GOT HIS AQUATICS FACILITY OPERATOR LICENSE AND HE CONTINUES TO DO THINGS TO TRY TO EXPAND HIS CAPABILITIES AND HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET

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BUT FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE A KUDO TO THE MAYOR.

MAYOR BICKERSTAFF WAS RECENTLY SELECTED AS MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS CLASS 15.

SO THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS IS, IT'S A GRADUATE LEVEL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, AND IT REALLY IS TO RECRUIT, DEVELOP AND SUPPORT STEWARDS OF THE REGION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR BICKERSTAFF.

IT'S A VERY PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND FINALLY, TWO OTHERS, NEW EMPLOYEES.

WE'VE GOT SOME NEW CROSSING GUARDS, BABYLIN ARCILLA AND RICHARD MARION.

THEY HAVE JOINED US TO BE CROSSING GUARDS WITH US.

AND WE HAVE A NEW PART TIME REC AIDE DARIUS MEANS, WHO IS OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND INCIDENTALLY, HE IS WORKING ON HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE.

SO VERY PROUD OF THESE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CONTINUING WORK ON BETTERING THEMSELVES AND GLAD THEY'RE ON OUR TEAM.

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. AND I WILL SAY WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH CROSSING GUARDS.

SO SO DEFINITELY THE GOOD NEWS THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN EVENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARN A LOT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE A FEW.

WE DO HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION PROCESS ONGOING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE YOUTH ADVISORY POSITIONS OPEN FOR BOTH THOSE FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD.

SO JUST A COUPLE HOURS A MONTH YOU CAN HAVE A VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A YOUTH ADVISOR.

SO PLEASE CHECK THE CITY WEBSITE AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY SECRETARY BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.

ALSO, TOO, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, IF YOU READ THE AGENDA, IT'S HEAVY ON BUDGET TONIGHT.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT, WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, NOT TOMORROW, BUT THE WEEK AFTER AT 7 P.M., AUGUST 29TH.

THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CITY REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT WILL BE AN IN-PERSON MEETING, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU DO WATCH IT ON LIVE STREAM, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, AGAIN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH AT 7 P.M..

WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE HEAT IS ON, AS THEY SAY, A GLENN FREY SONG.

IF YOU'RE THAT OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT, WHICH I AM, OF COURSE.

WE DO HAVE WATER RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

WE HAVE REALLY EVER SINCE.

BUT IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO WANT TO WATER A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THAT BEING SO HOT.

BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

AND SO EVEN NUMBERED HOMES YOU MAY WATER ON THURSDAY AND OR SUNDAY HOMES ENDING IN EVEN NUMBERS AND THEN ODD NUMBERS YOU MAY WATER ON WEDNESDAY AND OR SATURDAY. SO YOU CANNOT WATER BETWEEN 10 A.M.

AND 6 P.M.

ALL THAT DETAIL, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

SO PLEASE, WE WOULD JUST ASK IN THIS HOT WEATHER JUST CONSERVE WATER THE BEST YOU CAN.

CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY.

WE NORMALLY HAVE A MEETING ON THE FOURTH.

WE PUSHED THAT BACK ONE DAY.

WE DID THAT LAST MEETING, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

WE DO HAVE THE EXTREME GREEN AND RECYCLING AND BULK TRASH COLLECTION EVENT FOR RESIDENTS WILL BE HOSTED HERE AT CITY HALL IN THE PARKING LOT FROM 8 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.

AGAIN, MORE DETAILS ON THE CITY WEBSITE FOR THAT.

AND THEN IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT MISS NASH WAS TALKING ABOUT, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER KUDOS TO GIVE OUT.

VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR OWN CITY SECRETARY, MISS GRANGER, WAS RECENTLY AWARDED A MAJOR SCHOLARSHIP WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION.

SO LEAH HAS WORKED REALLY HARD IN HER COMMITMENT TO GET HER CERTIFICATION, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE WAS REWARDED WITH THAT SCHOLARSHIP.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, MS. GRANGER. JOB WELL DONE.

AND ALSO, TOO, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BUHLER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SECOND NATIONAL ACTION FOR THE FUTURE COMMITTEE, IF YOU WILL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S CALLED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 20/30 PROGRAM COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

MISS ROSE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS A DELEGATE AND SHE IS PARTICIPATING IN HER FIRST CONVENTION.

SO MISS BUHLER WAS SELECTED FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND HERE'S THE BEST PART.

SHE WAS ONLY ONE OF TEN CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS SELECTED FOR THIS ROLE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OUTSTANDING. CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D CONSENT AGENDA.

[D. Consent Agenda - All items listed on the consent agenda will be considered by the City Council and will be enacted on by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or a member of the public so requests.]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SO REQUESTS.

ITEM D ONE APPROVED THE JULY 31ST, 2023 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM TWO APPROVE THE AUGUST 7TH 2023 MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM THREE APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT ONE TO THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SACHSE FOR HOUSEHOLD

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ITEM D FOUR ACCEPT THE 2023 CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS AS APPROVED BY DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.

ITEM D FIVE ACCEPT A SUBMISSION OF THE 2023 NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 0.626779 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE OF 0.803834 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE.

ITEM D SIX APPROVE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET AT THE SEPTEMBER 5TH COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM D SEVEN APPROVED A SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024 PROPOSED TAX RATE AT THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.

ANYONE ON COUNCIL OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS OFF THE.

HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MISS HOWARTH.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OR CHANGES, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MISS HOWARTH TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

EXCUSE ME. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E, REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS.

[1. Conduct a public hearing and consider the adoption of an ordinance related to the Sachse Public Improvement District No. 1; ratifying and conforming prior actions of the City Council in connection with the District; approving an Operations and Maintenance Service and Assessment Plan Update for maintenance of authorized improvements within the District which lies within the corporate limits of the city; levying assessments against the assessed property to pay for maintenance of authorized improvements within the District; providing for the collection of assessments; creating a charge and lien against the assessed property; providing for penalties for delinquent assessments; creating a District Project Fund; making legislative findings; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.]

NUMBER ONE, RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING PRIOR ACTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRICT, APPROVING AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR MAINTENANCE OF AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WHICH LIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, LEVYING ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE ASSESSED PROPERTY TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE OF AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, CREATING A CHARGE AND A LIEN AGAINST THE ASSESSED PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS, CREATING A DISTRICT PROJECT FUND, MAKING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND AS ALWAYS MENTIONED, WRITTEN BY AN ATTORNEY.

FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT, MISS NASH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARY PETTY IS HERE TONIGHT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS FIRST ITEM, NUMBER ONE, AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SO THIS FIRST ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE PID FOR THE AREA NEAR IN AND AROUND AND WITH THE STATION. SO MARY IS HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, MARY IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR WITH P3 WORKS AND SHE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN SHE'LL BE HERE FOR THE SECOND ITEM AS WELL.

RIGHT. HELLO, MISS PETTY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARY PETTY P3 WORKS.

WE ARE YOUR PID ADMINISTRATOR.

YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR AGENDA THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN.

JUST TO RECALL SEVERAL THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME LEGAL STUFF AND SOME HISTORY.

REMEMBER, CHAPTER 372 IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHEN YOU DO LEVY AND ASSESSMENT FOR AN O&M PID THAT YOU NEED TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLISH NOTICE.

SO. TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS PREVIOUSLY.

YOU TOOK ACTION ON A RESOLUTION TO CALL THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

THOSE NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE NOTICES HAVE TO BE MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF RECORD AS PROVIDED BY DALLAS COUNTY.

AND SO TONIGHT, YOU JUST ADOPTED YOUR DALLAS COUNTY CERTIFIED ROLLS.

AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE WAS, IF YOU RECALL THE HACK ON DALLAS COUNTY.

THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THEM GETTING ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.

WE'RE STILL SEEING PARCEL IDS AND OR OWNERSHIP COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT GETTING UPDATED TIMELY.

AND SO WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP AND ASSIST WITH THOSE PHONE CALLS THAT COME IN, BUT DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PARCELS THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.

THERE'S SIX.

AND SO THOSE WERE SENT TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF RECORD, WHICH WAS THE BUILDER, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHO THE OWNER OF RECORD WAS IN JANUARY AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE REQUIRED LEGALLY TO USE. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER INSTANCES WHICH WE'VE HAD THIS ONGOING.

AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BUILDERS TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP DURING THE YEAR, THOSE OWNERSHIP COMPONENTS, THE BUILDERS MAY OR MAY NOT PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG WHEN IT GETS MAILED TO THEM. AND SO WE CONSTANTLY REMIND THEM.

BUT THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL AND ASK US, HEY, I DIDN'T GET THE MAILED NOTICE, THE NOTICE WAS SENT.

IT WAS SENT TO THE OWNER OF RECORD THAT DALLAS COUNTY HAD ON RECORD.

BUT THEN WE SUBSEQUENTLY FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, INCLUDING THE MEETING TONIGHT AND THE INFORMATION.

YOUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET IS VERY SMALL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOUR ASSESSED VALUE IS GROWING AND SO THE MAINTENANCE ON IT IS LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE AREAS THAT ARE COMPLETED BECAUSE THE VALUE IS ONLY PARTIALLY THERE ON SOME PARCELS AND FULLY THERE ON PRIMARILY YOUR RESIDENTIAL PARCELS.

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AND SO YOUR BUDGET IS VERY LIMITED FROM AN ACTION ITEM OF WHAT YOU ALL PERFORM, BUT ALSO VERY LIMITED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT REVENUES IT GENERATES.

AGAIN, THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE.

THERE'S AN APPENDIX AT THE BACK THAT OUTLINES WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO MOWING MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU ACCEPTED AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THE CAPITAL PAID FOR IT.

AND THEN ALSO A REPLACEMENT RESERVE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE ASSETS THAT ARE EXPENSIVE THAT YOU DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS, YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE A LARGE INCREASE IN YOUR ASSESSMENT.

AND SO YOU GRADUALLY BUILD UP A REPLACEMENT RESERVE ACCOUNT.

AND SO YOU SEE THAT LINE ITEM IN THERE AS WELL.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

AS IN PAST YEARS, THIS ASSESSMENT IS 0.05 PER $100 OF VALUE.

YOUR COLLECTION COSTS ARE IN ADDITION TO THAT.

PRIMARILY, THOSE ARE CLOSE TO 0.0108.

AGAIN, AS THE VALUE GROWS, THE ASSESSMENT GROWS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.

BUT YOUR COLLECTION COSTS DON'T TYPICALLY GROW, SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE COLLECTION CROSS AS A MILLAGE RATE CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS IT DID FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

SO AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU OPEN THE HEARING OR TO ANSWER THEM AFTERWARDS.

OKAY. WE'LL SEE IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

FIRST, MISS PETTY.

QUESTIONS FOR MISS PETTY COUNCIL OR STAFF.

YOU DID GOOD. THANK YOU, MISS PETTY.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL NOW I DO NOW DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

SO ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.

AGAIN, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. PETTY OR MISS NASH OR MOTIONS.

DON'T EVERYBODY JUMP UP AT ONCE.

MR. LINDSEY. YEAH.

SO WE DID NEED A MOTION ON THIS, RIGHT? WE DO. ALL RIGHT.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM E ONE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM E ONE AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND, MISS HOWARTH? I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

I COULD SEE THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E 2 CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE 2023 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN, INCLUDING THE

[2. Consider an ordinance accepting and approving the 2023 Annual Service Plan Update to the Service and Assessment Plan, including the Assessment Roll, for the Sachse Public Improvement District No. 1, and providing an effective date]

MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS PART TWO OF THIS DISCUSSION.

OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST PART THAT YOU JUST APPROVED WAS THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PID.

THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

SO THIS IS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED.

SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING THAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE SERVICE PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED AS PART OF THIS PID.

AND SO I CAN LET MISS PETTY TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS ITEM.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK IN MORE DETAIL? I HAVE NO MORE INFORMATION RELEASED.

SHE'S GOT IT COVERED.

SO YOU'RE SAYING SHE DID.

SHE DID A GOOD JOB. SUCH A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU, MISS PETTY. YES, SIR.

THIS IS A CONSIDER ITEM.

SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. MOTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

MS. HOWARTH.

IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM E TWO AS PRESENTED.

HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HOWARTH TO APPROVE ITEM E TWO AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A SECOND. MR. LINDSEY.

SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LINDSEY. MS. BUHLER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MISS PETTY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E THREE.

[3. Consider placing a proposal to adopt a tax rate of $0.650416 per $100 of assessed property values for the 2023-2024 fiscal year as an action item on the September 18, 2023, City Council meeting agenda.]

PROPERTY VALUES FOR THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR AS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.

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SO MISS NASH WILL WALK US THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.

MISS NASH? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, YOU SEE THIS ITEM THAT PROPOSES A TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS RATE ACTS AS A MAXIMUM TAX RATE TO CONSIDER.

SO AS YOU RECALL, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED REGULATIONS THAT DO IMPOSE VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS ON HOW THESE RATES HAVE TO BE COMMUNICATED.

SO I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE PUBLISH THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER.

SO THIS ACTION ITEM ALLOWS THE STAFF TO COORDINATE ANY OF THE NECESSARY PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOTIFICATIONS.

BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHOUT UNDERGOING ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED.

THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT IN THE BEYOND THIS.

BUT REMEMBER, BY SETTING THIS MAXIMUM RATE, IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE YOU TO ADOPT THIS RATE.

WHEN YOU VOTE ON THE RATE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING LOWER.

BUT THE STATE REQUIRES THAT YOU SET A MAXIMUM.

AND THIS IS THE RATE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN YOUR LAST BUDGET, YOUR 2022, 2023 BUDGET.

AGAIN, YOU DO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO THE ABILITY TO SET A LOWER RATE WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AND YOU ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. AND SO JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, THIS MAXIMUM RATE WE CAN ADOPT, OBVIOUSLY, THE BUDGET HAS A LOWER RATE IN IT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT THAT'S JUST BY LAW. WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS FOR MISS NASH.

I DO HAVE A SPEAKER'S CARD ON THIS ONE, MARTY.

MARTY HUBBO 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE.

TOP OF THE HILL. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE STATE DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

THIS YEAR'S VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE IS $0.80.

ROUGHLY. THE NO NEW REVENUE, WHICH YOU FAILED TO MENTION, IS $0.63 WITH ROUNDING.

IF YOU LOOK.

AT YOUR 7 OR 10 PEER CITIES THAT YOU ALL PICKED.

THE AVERAGE TAX RATE IS ABOUT 0.53.

AND IF YOU THROW, THAT MAY BE OFF BECAUSE GARLAND IS IN THERE, WHICH IS EIGHT TIMES BIGGER THAN US AND ROWLETT'S IN THERE, WHICH IS TWICE AS BIG AS US, AND I THINK THEY'RE AROUND 0.7.

BUT I THINK IF YOU AVERAGE THEM ALL TOGETHER, IT COMES OUT TO 0.54.

SOMEBODY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? Y'ALL LOVE TO GET COMPARED TO ALL THESE OTHER CITIES YOU LOVE TO GET PAID LIKE ALL THESE OTHER CITIES, AND WE DON'T GET THEIR SERVICES.

I DON'T GOT ON DEMAND TRASH PICKUP.

AND YOU FAILED TO PUT THAT IN YOUR SURVEY.

I DON'T HAVE A POOL.

THERE'S A LOT OF CITY SERVICE.

I DON'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Y'ALL RENT THAT OUT FROM GARLAND.

THERE'S A LOT OF CITY SERVICES THAT I DON'T GET, BUT MY TAX RATE IS HIGHER THAN THEM.

A WHOLE LOT HIGHER.

SO I NEED SOMEBODY TO STAND UP AND SAY, WHEN IS MY TAX RATE GOING TO GO DOWN? GO DOWN. AND I DON'T MEAN MY TAX RATE.

I MEAN THE TAXES THAT I PAY, YOU DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT THAT.

THEY JUST KEEP GOING UP.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 24 YEARS AND THEY JUST KEEP GOING UP AND MY SERVICES DON'T MOVE.

I DON'T GET THEM.

SO I NEED AND IF YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO PAY LESS TAXES, JUST SAY IT.

JUST SAY YOU LIVE IN SACHSE AND WE'RE GOING TO TAX YOU TILL YOU JUST CAN'T BE TAXED ANYMORE AND LET US KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE PEER CITY'S SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. AND Y'ALL ARE MISSING THE BOAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HUBBO. ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MR. MILLSAP.

OKAY. TURN YOUR MIC THERE A LITTLE BIT.

TURN IT DOWN. JUST TURN IT TOWARDS YOU.

OKAY. ITEM THREE SHOWS THAT OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 6 5.

WHERE DID THE PROPOSAL COME FROM? HE SAID, SINCE OUR NO NEW TAXES ARE SIX TWO, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH A SIX FIVE AS PROPOSED? TO COUNCILMAN MILLSAP THAT WAS FROM ME.

THAT IS MY RECOMMENDED RATE TO YOU THAT I'LL BE DESCRIBING AGAIN IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.

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OKAY. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF IS BASED ON THIS TAX RATE OF 6,5.

YES, SIR. SO IF WE GO BACK TO ADJUST SINCE THE COUNTY APPRAISAL.

OUR PROPERTY APPRAISAL.

BOTH COLLIN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY HAS COLLECTIVELY 15.7% INCREASE.

WE'RE GETTING THAT MUCH MORE MONEY THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, THEORETICALLY.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR ANOTHER PENNY AND A HALF TO $0.02.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO ME.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE WERE TO SAY TONIGHT AND WE SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE LOOK AT A BUDGET BASED ON NO NO TAX RATE.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU AND YOUR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A LOT OF RE JUGGLING NUMBERS? YES, SIR. WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE CUTS.

OKAY. SO MAKING CUTS THEN IS BASED ON THIS.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY LAST YEAR, SO WE ADDED THINGS IN THE BUDGET AUTOMATICALLY.

ASSUMING THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THIS MUCH MORE MONEY.

YES, THEY WERE PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON JULY 31ST AND GAVE TO YOU IN MY BUDGET ON AUGUST 15TH.

OKAY. I JUST FEEL LIKE MY PERSONAL FEELING IS THAT WE'RE GETTING A 15.7% INCREASE IN REVENUE WITHOUT RAISING TAXES WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SERVICES ADEQUATELY.

OUR FUND BALANCES SEEM TO BE WELL IN PLACE.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN THE RED ANYWHERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THIS TO PUT IT DOWN AS NO NEW TAX RATE.

AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE I'M NOT GOING TO MOTION IT BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO SECOND IT IF I MOTION IT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, SMART MOVE AND THAT WOULD GIVE THE STAFF THEN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO GO BACK AND HAVE TIME TO READJUST IT RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL ANOTHER TWO WEEKS AND SAY NO.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SCURRY TO MAKE THE DEADLINES.

WELL, MR. MILLSAP, IF I MAY, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ITEM FIVE.

WHAT. THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ITEM FIVE IF YOU WANT TO ADJUST THE TAX.

I MEAN, BECAUSE ALL THIS IS DOING IS JUST SETTING THE MAXIMUM.

IT'S YEAH. BUT WE ALL COMMONLY COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU ONCE YOU SET IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CUT BECAUSE THE BUDGET'S ALREADY BEING PROPOSED BASED ON THIS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS.

WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE TO SAY, CUT IT NOW, YOU GUYS, THE STAFF HAS TO GO BACK AND CUT IT OVERNIGHT TO MEET THE DEADLINE.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO IT'S ALMOST FICTITIOUS TO ME TO SAY IT COULD BE CUT IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE CUT.

WELL, AND AGAIN, I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN ITEM FIVE.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

YEAH, THAT STATEMENT IS INCORRECT.

THIS IS THE MAXIMUM LIKE IT WAS STATED IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS ITEM THAT THIS IS THE MAXIMUM WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET A LOWER TAX RATE.

I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU NOT TO CHALLENGE STAFF TO FIND THOSE CUTS.

YOU FIND THOSE CUTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS, IS TO GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND FIND THE CUTS.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR 15 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SITTING OUT THERE OR SITTING UP HERE IS, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE TAX RATE.

NO ONE DOES. I DON'T WANT TO PAY IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY IT. NOBODY WANTS TO PAY IT.

BUT TO KEEP SERVICES WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHETHER YOU THINK THEY'RE GOOD OR BAD, IT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY NO MORE SUPPLEMENTALS AND THAT ALL NEEDS TO GO AWAY, THAT'S FINE.

IF YOU WANT TO CUT MONEY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BRING IT UP.

IF YOU WANT TO CUT MONEY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU BRING IT UP.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS BOOK THAT THEY GIVE US EVERY TWO WEEKS.

WE'VE LOWERED THE TAX RATE OVER $0.10 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

AND. I THOUGHT WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

BUT IF IT'S GOING BACK UP, I'M SURE GOING TO DIG INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE IF I CAN FIND SOMETHING.

MR. MILLSAP. OKAY.

IF YOU WANT ME TO PROPOSE IT, I WOULD PROPOSE IT.

BE GLAD TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE TO PROPOSE IT OR DO IT BY MYSELF.

BUT IN REALITY, WHAT I JUST SAID WAS, BASED ON NO NEW TAX RATE OF 6 2, WE'RE GETTING 15% MORE.

DO WE NEED AN INCREASE OF 15% INCOME THIS YEAR FROM WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD LAST YEAR WITH EVERYTHING IN OUR BUDGET OR IS ALREADY PAID FOR A BUNCH OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OR PART OF IT'S PAID FOR.

I THINK IT'S SAYING CUT.

WHAT WE HAVE TO CUT IS JUST A POLITICAL WAY OF SAYING WE WANT MORE TAXES.

AND THAT TO ME BECOMES A OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE SOCIAL ENGINEERING.

THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.

THEN THAT BECOMES SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CLEANSING BECAUSE IT'S GETTING SO HIGH.

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POINT BLANK WITH IT.

LOOK AT ALL THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT'S COME TO TOWN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THAT'S ALREADY GONE BROKE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO OPERATE IN SACHSE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM STAFF OR EXCUSE ME, FROM COUNCIL? MR. PRESTENBERG? YES.

JUST LOOKING AT I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO ACTUAL BUDGET ITEMS, BUT I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE ITEM FIVE.

THAT'S FINE. BUT I'M JUST I'M NOT I'M JUST SAYING THE COST OF LIVING HAS GONE UP.

I MEAN, JUST OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, IT'S JUST ASTRONOMICAL.

SO. YOU CAN LOOK IN THIS BUDGET AND FIND JUST HOW PERSONNEL COSTS HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED, RIGHT? CAPITAL COSTS, SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.

IT'S THERE. RIGHT.

BUT ALL WE'RE DOING TODAY, JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING HOME SHOPPING, YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T GO OVER THAT.

WE CAN SPEND AS LITTLE BELOW THAT.

THERE'S A LOW BARRIER.

RIGHT. BUT WE CAN SPEND LESS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MAX.

RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST IT'S GIVING US THE STATE TELLS US IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

LET'S DO IT AND START DEBATING NUMBER FIVE.

MR. LINDSEY. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATES $0.80.

I THINK IT'S MAYBE $0.85.

I FORGOT LOOKING THERE, THOUGH.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS WE WE COULD ACTUALLY SET THE RATE A LOT HIGHER.

I THINK WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE RIGHT HERE BY SAYING THIS IS THE MAX.

ANYTHING THAT WE DECIDE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THIS RATE WOULD BE SWITCHING THINGS AROUND, TRADING ONE THING FOR ANOTHER OR CUTTING BELOW THIS RATE.

I KNOW I'VE SAID BEFORE, SOMETIMES WE APPROVE AN AGENDA ITEM AND THE WHEELS ARE ALREADY SET IN MOTION.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

IT'S COSTING US NOTHING TO GO AHEAD AND SET THIS RATE AND ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS DISCRETION.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE MAX RATE THERE IS ABOUT 2.4 CENTS ON $100,000 OF PROPERTY.

THAT'S $24.

SO $200,000 HOME.

THAT'S $48, $300,000 HOME, 72 HOURS AND SO FORTH, NOT 72 HOURS.

THINK OF THE HOURS OF THE DAY.

BUT $72 WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH SMALL AMOUNTS.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERY DOLLAR THAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BUDGETS ARE STRAPPED.

BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTENBERG SAID, ALL OF HER COSTS HAVE GONE UP EXTREMELY HIGH.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILS IN THE BUDGET COMING UP IN ITEM FIVE.

SO I'M JUST COULD NOT BE MORE FOR SETTING THIS MAX RATE AND THEN SEEING THE TOWN HALL AND GETTING OTHER INPUT AND SEEING WHERE WE LAND FROM THERE.

I WOULD JUST SAY TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF MR. HUBBO'S COMMENTS, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME TAX RATE THAT OTHER CITIES DO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THOSE OTHER CITIES.

WE DON'T PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS BROUGHT UP.

WE DON'T HAVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, GARLAND DOES.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE SAME TAX RATE AS MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS BROUGHT UP.

OUR TAX RATE HAS BEEN LOWERED THE LAST NINE YEARS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

AS MR. PRESTENBERG POINTED OUT, PRETTY AMAZING.

WE CAN KEEP IT FLAT.

SO I COMMEND STAFF FOR THAT.

SO WE HAVE LOWERED THE TAX RATE THE LAST NINE YEARS AND ALSO TO THE ARGUMENTS ALWAYS MADE THAT WE PAY MORE TAXES EVEN THOUGH WE LOWER OUR TAX RATE.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE GONE UP AND THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY IN OUR CASE.

AND SO YOUR ARGUMENT IS, IS THAT THE WRONG PLACE? IT'S THEM AND YOUR STATE LEGISLATURES THAT WANT TO SET HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO OKAY.

WITH THAT? MR. LINDSEY WELL, I WILL SAY FOR THE RECORD, I MEAN, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF YOUR TAXES THAT YOU PAY WILL NEVER GO DOWN.

I'M COMPLETELY HONEST TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION OVER THE YEARS, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE PAYING MORE THAN WHAT YOU DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I THINK YOU'RE PAYING LESS.

I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I'D LOVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY AND DO SOME MORE ANALYSIS ON THERE, AND I CERTAINLY WILL MYSELF JUST SO I'M BETTER PREPARED.

BUT THE FACT IS INFLATION IS CONTINUING TO GO UP.

IT WAS 11% LAST YEAR.

WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD BE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT A RATE OF $0.70 OR $0.75.

SO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT WITH ALL THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE, I BELIEVE WE ONLY LOST MAYBE ONE BUSINESS OUT OF THE STATION PROJECT, THOUGH.

BUT ALL OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE HAS ALREADY STARTED TO HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

CERTAINLY MY HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

DOES THAT MEAN THIS YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING I MEAN, IN FUTURE YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING LESS THAN WHAT YOU DID THIS YEAR? DOLLAR PER DOLLAR? NO, BUT WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION, I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE YES.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY MY COMMITMENT.

AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE E THREE AS PRESENTED.

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SO IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM E THREE AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND.

MISS HOWARTH? SECOND.

SECOND FOR DISCUSSION OR NO SECOND.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH.

ANY DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL? NO. MATT, YOU GOOD? OKAY? OKAY.

PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, PER OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, I HAVE TO READ EACH NAME AND THE ACTION BY EACH NAME, SO BEAR WITH ME.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS VOTING YES.

MISS HOWARTH VOTING YES.

MR. MILLSAP VOTING NO.

MR. LINDSEY VOTING YES.

MAYOR BICKERSTAFF VOTING YES.

MISS BUHLER VOTING YES.

AND MR. PRESTENBERG VOTING YES.

MOTION PASSES.

IS THAT OKAY, JOE? OKAY.

[LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO TO JAIL OR ANYTHING.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E4.

[4. Discuss and provide feedback on Capital Improvement Plan Update.]

MS. NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVING ALONG TONIGHT ON THE BUDGET.

THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

COREY WILL GO THROUGH INFORMATION WITH YOU RELATIVE TO WHERE WE ARE ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTS, WHAT'S UNDER DESIGN, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FOR 2023, 2024 AND HAVE A DIALOG WITH YOU ALL AND DIRECTION ON WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

HELLO, MR. NESBIT. HELLO, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

AS MRS. NASH SAID, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GO OVER, WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CURRENT YEAR AND TALK ABOUT SOME FUTURE PROJECTS AND THEN GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU BASED ON STAFF'S DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET.

SO WE'VE HAD QUITE A BUSY YEAR.

HERE'S A LIST OF KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

THE SOUTHEAST WATER TOWER, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S BEEN DONE.

WE COMPLETED SOME UPGRADES TO OUR PUMP STATIONS AND AND LIFT STATIONS.

THAT WAS DONE HERE IN JULY.

WE WERE WAITING ON A GENERATOR FOR A PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION THAT'S BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL FINISH THAT THIS FALL.

IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE MAXWELL CREEK PUMP STATION, YOU SEE THE BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND AND THERE'S FOUR PUMPS IN THE GROUND NOW.

SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY QUICK ON THAT.

EVEN WITH 105 DEGREE HEAT, IT'S BEEN THEY'VE BEEN GOING PRETTY GOOD ON THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL COMPLETE THAT NEXT NEXT SUMMER.

AND THEN WE'VE JUST STARTED THE THIRD GARLAND STABILIZATION PROJECT SOUTH OF MILES AND PLEASANT VALLEY.

SO THAT ONE IS STARTING RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO HAVE ROADWAY PROJECTS.

WE COMPLETED THE HA5 SURFACING.

THAT WAS DONE LAST SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIME PERIOD.

WE COMPLETED FIVE ALLEYS AND THEN 2121 PROJECT THAT WAS FINISHED LAST DECEMBER.

WE ALSO DID THREE MAJOR ROAD OVERLAYS WOLFORD, BEN DAVIS AND BLACKBURN INGRAM.

THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER AS WELL.

ALSO, THE INFAMOUS SIGNAL PROJECT WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.

I'M GLAD THAT'S DONE.

HUDSON DRIVE WAS COMPLETED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY THAT ONE WAS DONE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH ENCORE AND GETTING THE STREETLIGHTS, AND SO WENT THEIR DESIGN TEAM ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE JUST FINISHED THE OTHER THREE ALLEYS FOR THE 2202 PROJECT.

THEY'RE BASICALLY WAITING FOR GRASS TO GROW, WHICH IS NOT HAPPENING VERY FAST, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

SO THAT PROJECT IS DONE NOW AS OF THIS MONTH, AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HERE.

THEY'VE ORDERED THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AND HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK OR TWO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE SOME GROUND MOVEMENT OUT THERE.

SO. TALKED ABOUT SOME PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN, THE MUDDY CREEK SEWER PROJECT.

YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME OF THAT.

THAT'S THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CITY TO TO TAKE OFFLINE THE SACHSE ROAD LIFT STATION.

SO THAT ONE, WE JUST DID AN EVALUATION OF THE ROUTE EVALUATION AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT ON ON DESIGN THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED ON A SACHSE SOUTH SACHSE SOUTH ESTATES PIPE BURSTING PROJECT.

I JUST HAVE DESIGN SUBMITTED 30% PLANS ON THAT.

SO THAT WILL BE GOING HERE SHORTLY.

HOPEFULLY LIKE TO BID THAT THIS SPRING.

AND THEN WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE FINAL IMPACT FEE, STUDY INFORMATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE MET WITH THE CONSULTANT LAST WEEK AND SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPLETED AS WELL AND YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME OF THAT COME FORWARD.

ROADWAY PROJECTS UNDER DESIGN.

MERIT ROAD. WE WILL BRING TO YOU AN UPDATE HERE THIS FALL TO KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON WHERE EVERYTHING IS AT.

AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS DEALING WITH THE USDA AND THEIR FLOODPLAIN REVIEW.

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AND SO TRYING TO GET SOME MOTION OUT OF THAT AND SOME COMMENTS, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE OFFICIAL COMMENTS BACK FROM THEM YET.

SO TRYING TO GET SOME ACTION FROM THEM ON THAT SO WE CAN SUBMIT THE 90% PLANS TO TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS ALMOST DONE.

I THINK THERE'S SEVEN PARCELS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING.

AND AGAIN, WAITING TO GET WITH DALLAS COUNTY ON THE COURT ON THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDING.

BUT A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THESE OBSTACLES AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'VE MET WITH FRANCHISE COORDINATION LAST SUMMER.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR DESIGNS FOR THE RELOCATION, AGAIN, PENDING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, AND THEY'LL START HERE AFTER THAT.

SO AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU THIS FALL WITH AN UPDATE WITH [INAUDIBLE] ASSOCIATES AS WELL.

THE FIRST BOND PROJECT, BAILEY ROAD, THAT'S UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE 65% PLAN.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS FALL WE'LL GET THE 95% PLANS DONE AND THEN START BIDDING IT PROBABLY FIRST OF THE YEAR AND THEN AWARD CONSTRUCTION IN SEPTEMBER OR SPRING.

SORRY, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN WE JUST AWARDED THE HUDSON SCREENING WALL PROJECT.

SO THE CONTRACTORS WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS ON THAT.

SO THAT ONE WILL START HERE PRETTY SOON AS WELL.

PROJECTS WE HAVE KIND OF IN THE HOPPER, SO TO SPEAK.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE DATES ON HERE 2025, 2026 AND 2028 FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

WE ARE WORKING ON DOING AN RFQ FOR SACHSE ROAD PHASE TWO.

YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THAT HERE THIS FALL AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, WE DO PACER RATINGS EVERY YEAR.

EVERY OTHER YEAR WE DO STREETS ON THE ODD YEARS AND ALLEYS ON THE EVEN YEARS.

SO THE STREET COLLECTION IS DONE NOW AS ACTUALLY NOW.

AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE EVALUATION ON THE NEW INFORMATION FROM THE CONSULTANT THEY SAID NEXT WEEK.

SO I'M SAYING AUGUST, MAYBE SEPTEMBER ON THAT.

SO WE'LL HAVE NEW PACER SCORES AND ALL THAT STUFF AS WELL.

SO THAT'LL BE KIND OF SHOW YOU THE SNAPSHOT BETWEEN THE FOUR EVERY OTHER YEAR, KIND OF SHOW YOU HOW THINGS ARE GETTING GREENER OR BETTER.

SO THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE TO KIND OF TELLS A GOOD STORY AS WELL.

AND SO THIS IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2023-24.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND STARTING EVALUATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY.

IT'S 2.6 MILLION.

AS PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $675,000 TO GO FOR TINA, ANGIE PLACE AND KELLY STREET AND LISA COURT.

AND THERE'S SOME ALLEY WORK ALSO THERE.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THAT $675,000.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT TO GO FROM THE OPTICOM TO THE GPS UNIT TRACKING UNIT FOR THE VEHICLES, THAT'S $200,000.

WE'RE GOING TO DO HIGH RIDGE ALLEY ALSO.

THAT'S ABOUT $200,000.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MAJOR ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECTS, EASTVIEW AND THEN DEWITT STREET AND SACHSE STREET FOR $650,000.

AND THIS IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.

SO THIS IS JUST SPECIFIC OR PROJECT SPECIFIC ITEMS. AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE PACER SCORE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THE STREETS HERE THIS NEXT MONTH OR SO.

AND AGAIN, NEXT YEAR WE'LL START DOING THE ALLEY EVALUATION AS WELL, PROBABLY NEXT SPRING, NEXT SUMMER TO DO THAT.

ONE THING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND WE'LL BRING TO YOU AGAIN THIS FALL IS WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP TO DO AN ANNUAL SUPPLY OF CONCRETE.

SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHERE WE CAN GET 3 TO 5 CONTRACTORS, UNIT BIDS, UNIT QUANTITIES, UNIT PRICING, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BID EACH PROJECT.

CERTAINLY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO AWARD THESE PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE SET UNIT PRICES THAT WE CAN AWARD TO OUR SELECTED CONTRACTOR.

SO THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY SPEED UP OUR CONCRETE REPAIR, ASPHALT REPAIR AND GIVE US ACTUALLY MORE CONTROL THAN TRYING TO DO INTER LOCAL PRICING AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE KIND OF VICTIM TO OR WE'RE KIND OF DIDN'T GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT THIS LAST YEAR.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT HERE THIS FALL.

IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND ACTUALLY IT WOULD HELP US A LOT ON OUR KIND OF OUR SMALLER MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

AGAIN, UTILITY PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO START DESIGN ON A THERE'S ONE MORE SLOT AT THE PUBLIC WORKS PUMP STATION FOR A PUMP.

SO WE ADD ANOTHER PUMP OUT THERE AND THEN UPGRADE THE EXISTING PUMPS THAT ARE THERE.

SO THAT'S A PROJECT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO GO FORWARD WITH 800,00.

THIRD STREET CIP PROJECT.

THAT WOULD BE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIRD STREET WITH UTILITIES AND THEN COME BACK IN AND DO AN OVERLAY OR SOMETHING AT THAT AFTER THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE FOUR INCH CAST IRON SEWER LINES, WATER LINES.

SO IT'S AN OLDER AREA OF TOWN THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO DO THAT AS A FULL CIP PROJECT, $630,000, MAYBE NOT A POPULAR PROJECT UNLESS YOU LIVE NEXT TO IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME SEWER MANTLE ODOR REMEDIATION AND PUTTING FILTERS ON MANHOLES THAT ARE BEHIND NEIGHBORHOODS AND CERTAIN CRITICAL

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SO THAT'S A $200,000 PROJECT WE'D LIKE TO START NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST SEWER EXPANSION, THE DESIGN PROJECT FOR THAT, AND THEN THE PIPE BURSTING PROJECT THAT'S UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT NEXT YEAR.

ONE OF THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THE UTILITY RATE STUDY.

THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SEVERAL YEARS.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU NEXT NEXT FALL, NEXT SUMMER TO DO THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE WORKING ON THE THIRD GARLAND STABILIZATION PROJECT.

THAT'S 1.7 MILLION THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

SO. CONCERT LAST NIGHT, SO I CANNOT HEAR VERY WELL.

CAN YOU PUT THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TO YOUR MOUTH.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.

THANK YOU. OUR OTHER PARKS AND FACILITIES PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDING HUDSON SCREENING.

WELL, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S $820,000 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

THAT'S $150,000.

WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME FACILITY MAINTENANCE HERE ON CAMPUS.

THAT'S 300,000 WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WITH PARKS TO DO JOE STONE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT'S 240,000 HERITAGE PARK.

THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT IS 1.7.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PARK FACILITY.

AND SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU HOPEFULLY WITH A CONTRACT FOR THAT THIS FALL AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL FINANCE'S SLIDE, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS ROUGHLY THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

$28 MILLION DOLLARS FOR CIP PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD NEXT YEAR.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR CIP.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO OLD BEN DAVIS ROAD NEXT TO THE ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ALLEY PROJECT IN 2025.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOND PACKAGES ALSO.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING ORCHARD ESTATES STREET AND ALLEY REPAIRS.

WE CAN DO SOME SOUTH RIDGE STATE STREET AND ALLEY REPAIRS.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE JUST SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT BASED ON PACER SCORES THAT NEED SOME ATTENTION.

AND WE'LL COME BACK AS WE DEVELOP THAT CIP WITH MORE MORE NUMBERS ON THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2429 ROAD PROJECTS.

ALSO FOR UTILITIES.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE'RE GOING TO REPAINT THE WATER TANKS WITH OUR NEW LOGO THAT THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE ON MAXWELL CREEK.

SO THAT'S A $450,000 PROJECT.

WE'RE THEN GOING TO START ALSO WORKING ON UTILITY MASTER PLANS THAT COMES THAT WILL COME AFTER THE IMPACT FEE STUDY GETS COMPLETED.

WE'LL WORK ON DOING OUR MASTER PLAN IS CURRENTLY 2007, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON BRINGING THAT TO YOU.

AND THEN AS THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING UTILITY WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE START SETTING ASIDE FOR VEHICLES, UTILITY VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, LARGER MAJOR ITEMS THAT THE UTILITY FUND.

WE'RE GOING TO SET UP A WATER TANK MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING PROJECT.

WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

IT'S ABOUT 60, $70,000 A YEAR TO DO ONE TANK.

SO WE SET UP AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO GET THOSE DONE.

WE DO THEM EVERY YEAR, BUT TO COME UP WITH AN ACTUAL PLAN INSTEAD OF DOING THEM OUT OF OPERATION AS A MAINTENANCE BUDGET.

AND THEN AGAIN, ALSO THE SOUTHEAST SEWER EXPANSION PROJECT THAT WILL BE ON THE BOOKS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THEN ALSO FACILITIES AND PARKS.

WE'RE WORKING ON AN [INAUDIBLE] PARTNERING PROGRAM.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING $25,000 A YEAR FOR THAT LIKE ENTRY SIGN, MONUMENTATION, STUFF LIKE THAT, SIMILAR TO THE SCREENING WALL, BUT MAYBE ON A ON A MORE LOCAL OR SPECIFIC SCALE FOR LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO RECOMMEND JK JACKSON PARK FUTURE PHASES $2 MILLION FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE MULTI CITY TRAIL WITH WYLIE AND MURPHY ON THAT WAS 300 OR $3 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT AND THEN THE NEXT COMING YEARS.

AND WITH THAT, A LOT OF INFORMATION.

YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN HERE IN THE BUDGET, BUT CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR COMMENTS AND DIRECTION.

THANK YOU, MR. NESBIT. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS FOR STAFF.

MS. NASH, DID YOU WANT TO.

JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, COREY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 24 TO 29? SO THESE PROJECTS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT IS TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THE 23-24 BUDGET SPECIFICALLY.

BUT I ASK COREY TO START INCLUDING THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING REALLY A TRUE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR MIND THAT WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO START PLANNING FOR AND BUDGETING FOR IN OUR FUTURE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL GET HIT UP A LOT WITH PEOPLE WONDERING WHEN PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT ARE ON THEIR STREET, THEIR ALLEY, THEIR WHATEVER.

WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DO A MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND WE'RE DOING AN IMPACT FEE STUDY RIGHT NOW THAT WILL PLAY INTO A LOT OF THAT.

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SO YOU'LL BE MORE OF THIS TO COME.

BUT AS COREY SAYS IN THIS LAST SLIDE, WE'RE REALLY HERE TO MOSTLY GET YOUR IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR 23-24, BUT LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE THOUGHTS OF PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS NASH.

MR. LINDSEY. YEAH, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $450,000 TO PAINT THE NEW LOGO ON THE WATER TOWERS.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SO PART OF THAT IS, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE PAINTING YOUR ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE.

THEY HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN TO BARE METAL AND REDO.

AND BASICALLY, I MEAN, THEY KIND OF BASICALLY HAVE TO START OVER.

SO PART OF THAT'S CREATING A SET OF STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PAINT REQUIREMENTS, THICKNESSES.

IF THEY FIND A RUST SPOT OR SOMETHING MITIGATION FOR THAT.

SO AND THEN THE NEW LOGO.

BUT YEAH, OKAY. SO THE PRIMARY PURPOSE WE'RE DOING THIS IS RUST MITIGATION, THE INTEGRITY OF THE WATER TANKS.

AND AS A SIDE EFFECT, IT WILL HAVE THE NEW LOGO WHENEVER WE'RE DONE.

YEAH. AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

AGAIN, THESE NEED TO BE REDONE EVERY, EVERY SO MANY YEARS.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO DO THAT.

OKAY. ON THE OPTICONS, WHICH IS THIS YEAR I SAW WAS $200,000.

IS THAT COVERING ALL SIGNALS IN SACHSE? YES, SIR. OH, THAT'S TERRIFIC.

IT USED TO BE SO EXPENSIVE FOR THOSE THEY HAD THE PATENT.

I GUESS PRICES HAVE 200,000 IS A LOT.

BUT OPTICON WITH 3M, I WAS EXPECTING THAT TO BE LIKE A MILLION.

SO IS THAT WHAT YOU FOUND? IS. YEAH. SO WE'VE DONE.

YEAH, WE DID THE NEW THREE, THE THREE NEW SIGNALS THAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY ALREADY HAVE THIS, THE GPS SYSTEM IN IT.

AND SO THIS WILL DO THE OTHER 14 OR 11 SIGNALS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE USING BUY BOARD PRICING.

SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCOUNT FOR TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

BUT YEAH, JUST LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, AT LEAST ONE THING WAS LESS THAN EXPECTED.

THANK YOU.

MISS BUHLER. THANK YOU, COREY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I NOTICED BLACKBURN AND WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY ARE NOT ON THESE, AND THOSE ARE TWO OF OUR HIGHEST TRAVELED ROADS, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS, AND WE'RE NOT SAVING FOR THEM.

I KNOW THEY'RE BOTH COMPLICATED PROJECTS, BUT I THINK IF WE WAIT FIVE MORE YEARS TO START PLANNING FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

WE'LL EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS WITH THOSE TWO WITH THAT PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY WITH GETTING COG FUNDING OR COLLIN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT THE PRICE TAG IS SO BIG.

AND THEN MAYBE THIS COMES TO ANOTHER BOND PROJECT THAT WE RECOMMEND AT SOME POINT.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S SUCH A BIG PROJECT AND SUCH A HIGH PRICE TAG THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD FUND THAT WITH JUST OPERATION AND FISCAL AND, AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

SO IT'D HAVE TO BE SOMETHING BIGGER.

I THINK MISS NASH WANTS TO JUMP IN.

I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE WITH REFINANCING OF SOME OF OUR CURRENT BONDS AND THE ABILITY TO PAY OFF SOME OF THEM SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED, SOME OF THEM WILL BE CALLABLE NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FOR THE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK IS PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN FUND WITHIN OUR EXISTING CIP, NOT PROJECTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND, WHICH DEFINITELY BOTH BLACKBURN AND WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY WOULD REQUIRE.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE THOUGH, IS COREY, IF YOU FLIP TO SLIDE EIGHT, WE DO HAVE WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY ON THERE FOR EVALUATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT PORTIONS OF IT THAT WE KNOW ARE FAILED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES OF NOW AND THEN HOPEFULLY DO WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS TO DO THINGS THAT WE DON'T END UP HAVING TO TEAR UP YET AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO REDO THE ROAD.

AND SO BECAUSE IT'S CONCRETE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT BY PANEL AND BE ABLE TO TAKE IT ON THAT WAY AND TO HANDLE SOME OF THE BIGGER ISSUES RIGHT NOW THAT WE KNOW ARE FAILURES, BUT THEN START TO PLAN, THAT WOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER DISCUSSION, MORE LIKE BONDING OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTIES, THE COG, THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD SAY MISS BUHLER BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT, IS THAT IT'S EASY TO THINK IT'S BEING OVERLOOKED, BUT IT'S SUCH A BIG PROJECT, LIKE YOU SAID, I GUESS IT'S FAIR TO SAY IT FALLS OUTSIDE OF A TRADITIONAL CIP PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO EXPLORE LIKE COLLIN COUNTY JUST DID A 600 OR $678 MILLION DOLLAR BOND PROPOSAL, SO MAYBE WE COULD GET PART OF THAT OR WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT EXPLORING SOME OF THAT. BUT YEAH, CERTAINLY WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE OUTSIDE FUNDING OR ACTUALLY DO SOME KIND OF BOND FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE DID GET COLLIN COUNTY MONEY.

THEY STOPPED WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY AT THE COUNTY LINE A BIT.

[LAUGHTER] MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

COREY DID WE COMPLETE THE ON WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY?

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DID WE DO BOTH SIDES OF THAT? YES. PRIOR TO BEGINNING HERE, I THINK WE DID SOME PANEL REPLACEMENT IN 2019, 2018, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING PROBABLY A LOT MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THAT, BUT SIMILAR.

SO THAT 2.6, IS THAT GOING TO DO FULL ROAD REPLACEMENT OR IS THAT PANEL REPLACEMENT? I DIDN'T THINK SO.

THERE'S NO WAY. WELL, WITH THE CONCRETE, NO WAY.

WE'LL GO BACK WITH CONCRETE. BUT WITH THE 2.6, WE CAN DO MUCH LARGER SECTIONS IS OUR GOAL.

AND ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

GINA, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO ASK, SHAME ON YOU.

ALL OF BEN DAVIS ROAD.

AND THE WORD IS THAT OUR PORTION OR IS THAT THE PORTION? IS THAT THE TOTAL PACKAGE OR IS THAT OUR PORTION? THAT'S NOT. THAT'S MY TOTAL PACKAGE FOR NOW.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT.

SO PUT AN ASTERISK BY THAT ONE.

SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT, NOT TO INCLUDE THE MONEY FROM THE PROPERTIES THAT IS IN ESCROW.

CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES. WHEN DOES THAT TIME OUT? IT WAS A TEN YEAR ESCROW, SO GIVE ME A CLOSE TO DATE.

I DON'T HAVE A DATE ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. GET BACK TO ME ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT WAS.

I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. I SHOULD HAVE.

WELL, WE COME BACK TO YOU. YEAH, I'LL RESERVE THE RIGHT.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY PANEL REPLACEMENTS WAS 2019.

SUMMER 2019.

JUST FYI, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES.

THANKS, COREY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK ABOUT OLD BEN DAVIS ROAD.

THAT'S A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD THERE.

AND ALSO A CAR HAZARD.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

BUT IT GETS A TON OF USE EVERY DAY, TWICE BY MY FAMILY.

BUT I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE MEMORY CARE MONEY OR WHATEVER, THAT MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO BE.

I BELIEVE IT'S 50%, BUT THERE'S A 25 YEAR.

THE AGREEMENT IS FOR 25 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE TIME.

BUT YEAH, I CERTAINLY WANT TO GET THAT DONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TIME. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON THAT QUICK.

SO, SOME OF THE ESTIMATES ARE FLAT, LIKE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ALLEYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD TALKING ABOUT THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS LIKE 400,000 HERE, 400,000 THERE.

WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE ARE THESE WORST CASE ESTIMATES, ARE THESE BEST CASE, ARE THEY IN THE MIDDLE? WHAT? SO THAT'S BASED ON KIND OF CURRENT PRICING FROM OTHER PROJECTS AND THEN KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT? RIGHT. SO WHEN WE GET OUT THERE, IF WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER PANEL, WE'LL DO ANOTHER PANEL, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

WE CAN DO STREET MAINTENANCE TAX WE CAN DO WE CAN USE OUR ACTUAL ONGOING STREET MAINTENANCE MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT STUFF.

SO WE'RE ESTIMATING IT.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE GET TO IT, WE'LL CORRECT IT OR IF WE NEED TO ADD SIDEWALK TO IT OR, YOU KNOW, SO THAT NUMBERS, IT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.

BUT CERTAINLY ONCE WE GET OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT, IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED, WELL WE CAN ADJUST THE SCOPE.

I GUESS IF YOU'RE DOING AN ESTIMATE AND YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO IT TILL THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR, WE PROBABLY JUST MIGHT AS WELL ADD 10% ON TO WHAT WE THINK IT IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY PRICES ARE GOING.

BUT IF WE DON'T SPEND IT, I'D MUCH RATHER NOT SPEND IT AND SAY, HEY, WE WERE $50,000 UNDER BUDGET THEN COMING BACK AND ASKING OR GETTING.

WELL. AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE ALL THESE CONTRACTS ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF, BUT ALSO IF WE CAN GET THE ANNUAL SUPPLY OF CONCRETE AND THEY MAY THE CONTRACTORS MAY WANT A SIX MONTH ESCALATION OR 5%, WHATEVER IT IS, RIGHT.

BUT WE'LL PUT THAT INTO THE CONTRACT.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS GOING FORWARD THAT WE CAN WE'LL HAVE A YEAR'S WORTH OF CONCRETE TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS SO.

SO YEAH, I WROTE THAT DOWN.

I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

WHEN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PRE-PURCHASED ALL THAT FUEL AND GAS PRICES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF, IT SAVED THEM.

YEAH, IN THE WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY EVAL AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR 2.6.

WE'RE JUST. WHAT ARE WE GETTING? I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IS IT JUST A VERY FEW SECTIONS BEING REPLACED? SO WE'LL GET WE'LL GET WITH A CONSULTANT OR A CONTRACTOR AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND DRIVE IT, LOOK AT THE WORST SPOTS AND COME UP WITH QUANTITIES AND SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN DO FOR THAT 2.6 MILLION.

TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT TRIP.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. ON THE FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

WEST CREEK IS NOT THAT LONG.

WILLIFORD IS A LONG ROAD.

SACHSE ROAD IS A LONG ROAD.

WOULD THERE BE BENEFIT TO DOING THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN NOW? I KNOW THAT IS PLANNED FOR TWO, FOUR, SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE TITRATION OF THE PROJECTS.

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SO WE CAN CHANGE.

THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING.

YES, YOU CAN. YEAH.

BUT IF WE DID THAT BECAUSE LET'S SAY WEST CREEK, I THINK IT WAS A MILLION, SO THE ENGINEERING IS GOING TO BE 150,000.

LET'S JUST SAY IT'S GOING TO BE 200,000 BY THE TIME WE DO IT, RIGHT? MORE OR LESS. YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE IT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER.

PLUS. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THAT? YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ONE? SO I JUST FOR A PROJECT THAT WE KNOW WE'RE DOING, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL? I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND IF WE HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING OFF IF EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME IN OVER BUDGET OR RIGHT AT BUDGET.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT.

WE TRIED TO PUT SOME OF THAT INTO THE BOND NUMBERS WHEN WE DID IT, KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TEN YEAR BOND AND WE'RE TRYING TO ESTIMATE THAT IN 2021.

SO WE DID PUT SOME SOME FACTORS IN THERE.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS TURN OUT, THAT IT COULD BE CLOSER OR WE MAY HAVE TO USE IT AGAIN.

WE CAN ONLY CAN USE WHATEVER WAS APPROVED IN THE BOND FOR THAT PROJECT.

RIGHT? WE'D HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH STREET MAINTENANCE TAX OR OTHER SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO TO COVER THAT GAP OR DELTA.

SO. YOU GOOD? OKAY, LET'S CHECK. MS. BUHLER. OKAY.

SORRY. DESIGN AND BUILD FOR NEW PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING TBD.

SO THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO START THE FACT FINDING MISSION ON QUOTING AND ALL THAT DESIGN STUFF AND THEN COME BACK TO US AT SOME POINT.

YEAH. SO WE'VE JUST BEEN GETTING INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH THE CONSULTANT ON THAT.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH HIM WITH THE COMPANY.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE THIS FALL DESIGN CONTRACT.

AND SO.

THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT. I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER YET ON THAT, BUT WE KIND OF HAVE A PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

OH, WE'LL SEE. IT'LL BE LIKE THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE DISCUSS.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

YOU? THANK YOU, MR. NESBIT. I DO HAVE SPEAKER CARD.

MARTY HUBBO. I'M GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SIR. OKAY.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? DOES STAFF HAVE THE FEEDBACK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR? TURN IT ON HERE THERE WE GO.

YES. MOSTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IS I'VE HEARD WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE AND THAT POTENTIALLY MAYBE MOVING SOME THINGS AROUND, INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY HAS THAT ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS.

AND CERTAINLY WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING DISCUSSION.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK AGAIN.

YOU'LL HAVE A BOND UPDATE AGAIN THIS FALL.

YOU'LL HAVE A MERRITT ROAD UPDATE THIS FALL, AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK AND CONTINUING TO REFINE THE CIP.

YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF THE CIP ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANNING MORE FREQUENTLY.

NOW THAT WE ARE OUT OF COVID AND WE ARE PLANNING PROJECTS AND MOVING FORWARD ON THINGS AND WE'VE GOT A BOND, WE'VE GOT OUR BOND PROJECTS, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT ON A MUCH MORE FREQUENT BASIS AND GETTING COUNCIL INPUT.

I TAKE IT THAT'S A YES? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

[5. Consider receipt of the City Manager's Proposed Budget for programs and services for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.]

MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M CHANGING GEARS HERE REAL QUICK.

DAVID BALDWIN AND I WILL ACTUALLY BE TAG TEAMING THE PROPOSAL OR THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING YOU THIS BUDGET PERIODICALLY SINCE JULY 31ST, BRINGING IT TO SEVERAL MEETINGS.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO PAST TONIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN CERTAINLY IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT WEEK.

AND SO THIS IS MORE OF A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

YOU DID RECEIVE AS REQUIRED BY CHARTER ON AUGUST 15TH, A COPY OF THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND SO I'LL QUICKLY WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE SLIDES.

SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT AGAIN WHAT THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET IS GOING TO BE, SOME GENERAL FUND ASSUMPTIONS AND PROPERTY TAX RATES.

DAVID WILL SPECIFICALLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE REVENUES AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT WE WILL ADDRESS THROUGH THAT AND.

I APOLOGIZE. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

GO OVER THE SUMMARY OF FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE SOME FINANCIAL POLICY UPDATES THAT WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON AND GET FEEDBACK ON TONIGHT.

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MY PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET TO YOU.

MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

AUGUST THE 15TH.

IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ON OUR BUDGET WEB PAGE.

CITYOFSACHSE.COM/BUDGET. AND WE HAVE PRINTED COPIES AVAILABLE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY AND THE LIBRARY.

I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU AND SORT OF PAT ON THE BACK TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THIS DOCUMENT.

IT LOOKS BRAND NEW AND IMPROVED THIS YEAR.

THEY'VE GOT SOME GREAT SOFTWARE THAT THEY HAVE NOW AND THEY CAN PULL THE DATA DIRECTLY FROM OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PROGRAM, OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. IT REALLY HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA IS CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MOVING DATA MANUALLY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

AND IT CERTAINLY HAS SAVED STAFF TIME AND EFFORT IN HOW THEY COMPILE IT AND HELPED US DELIVER YOU A TIMELY BUDGET.

WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN THE PAST, DAVID AND HIS STAFF WAS ABLE TO PUT HOT LINKS IN THAT BUDGET.

WHEN YOU CLICK ON A PAGE, YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO WHERE YOU WANT.

I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN DESIRED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT SOFTWARE AND CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.

AND WE DO NOW. AND THE DAVID AND RYAN AND CAITLIN, THEY'VE DONE JUST A FANTASTIC JOB AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR EFFORTS ON THIS BUDGET.

I WILL INTERRUPT YOU WITH THE AMEN ON THAT ONE.

YEAH, IT'S VERY NICE.

SO JUST AGAIN, TO GO OVER THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, GENERAL FUND ASSUMPTIONS ON THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES, THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. YOU DO HAVE A CERTIFIED VALUE OF PROPERTY TAXES OF ABOUT $4.13 BILLION DOLLARS, AND THIS BUDGET ASSUMES KEEPING THE TAX RATE FLAT AT 0.650416, WHICH WAS YOUR SAME TAX RATE AS THE CURRENT 22-23 FISCAL YEAR.

AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, SALES TAX IS GROWING, BUT WE BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY AND WE HAVE REFLECTED THAT IN THIS BUDGET.

OUR FRANCHISE FEES ARE STILL STRONG, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LICENSES OF PERMITS, ACTIVITY IS SLOWING.

BUT WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY, CERTAINLY DOWN IN THE AREAS OF TOWN THAT ARE GROWING DOWN AT THE STATION AND SOME OF OUR OTHER RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT OVERALL SLOWING EXPENDITURES.

TWO VERY IMPORTANT POINTS.

WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF SERVICES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS COME TO EXPECT AND SO IS OUR RESIDENTS.

WHILE LIMITING OUR BASE BUDGET GROWTH DESPITE INFLATION, WE HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO STAY AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT, WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE FAIRLY COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAY MARKET COMPETITIVE AS WELL AS BRING FORWARD THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD INTEREST IN, PLUS WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED THROUGH OUR RESIDENT SURVEYS.

JUST SOME FURTHER ASSUMPTIONS.

AGAIN, GROWTH IS LEVELING OFF, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE INFILL AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AT FIFTH STREET, WOODBRIDGE CORNERS AND OF COURSE, DOWN AT THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. SO WE ARE PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR AN EXIT FROM THE HIGH GROWTH PHASE.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY OUR RESIDENTS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WHEN YOU DISCUSS THE TAX RATE IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM E THREE.

BUT JUST ANOTHER REMINDER ON THE DEFINITION OF THE DIFFERENCES OF THE TAX RATES.

SO WE HAVE A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE COUNTIES CALCULATE AS A HYPOTHETICAL TAX RATE THAT WOULD RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES AS LAST YEAR.

OF COURSE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN TAXABLE VALUES AND THEN THE NEW PROPERTY IS ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL IS EXCLUDED FROM THE CALCULATION.

SO ANY OF THE NEW PROPERTY ADDED IS NOT PART OF THAT.

THEN YOU HAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

NOW THAT IS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE THAT A TAXING UNIT CAN ADOPT WITHOUT HOLDING AN ELECTION.

AND IT'S REALLY SPLIT INTO TWO RATES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE AND THAT RATE IS NEEDED TO RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES AS LEVIED IN THE PRIOR YEAR, AGAIN, EXCLUDING NEW PROPERTY PLUS WITH AN INCREASE OF THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

AND THAT INCLUDES AN UNUSED INCREMENT ADJUSTMENT.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADOPTED AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, MAYOR, THEY MAKE IT NICE AND COMPLICATED AT THE STATE.

INDEED THEY DO. AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THE TAX RATE BESIDES THE RATE IS YOUR DEBT TAX RATE, AND THAT IS SET TO PAY OUR TAXING UNITS THE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT THEY NEED IN THE COMING YEAR BASED ON BONDS AND OTHER DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT WE'VE ISSUED.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE DARK BLUE WOULD BE WHAT IS CONSIDERED NO NEW REVENUE.

THE LIGHT BLUE IS CONSIDERED VOTER APPROVAL.

AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AS A TREND HERE, WE'RE SHOWING IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE ARE REDUCING IF YOU LOOK AT THE NO NEW REVENUE OVERALL,

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AND WHAT WE'RE PUTTING DOWN IN 2024 IS THE APPROVED RATE WHICH WOULD REFLECT OUR 23-24 PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT FOR THE MOST PART, WE CONTINUE TO GO AT OR BELOW NO NEW REVENUE.

BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE RECOMMENDING GOING ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND AGAIN TO REFLECT THE PROGRAMS AND INTERESTS THAT OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU WANT US SET FORWARD MOVING FORWARD.

SO LOOKING HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROPERTY TAX RATES ACTUALLY LAY OUT, SPECIFICALLY BROKEN DOWN BY YEAR.

AND THEN CERTAINLY THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS TO KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME AS THE 22 TO 23 RATE AT 0.650416.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID SO HE CAN TALK ABOUT REVENUES AND WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION.

HELLO, MR. MELVIN. HELLO, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART MANY TIMES IN THE PAST.

YOU'VE SEEN IT WITH OUR MOST RECENT FULL FISCAL YEAR COLLECTIONS.

SO 2022 FISCAL YEAR COLLECTIONS.

THIS NOW, THIS PIE CHART REFLECTS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET AT $27.2 MILLION DOLLARS.

PIE CHART LOOKS LARGELY THE SAME, EXCEPT THAT BLUE AREA HAS INCREASED A BIT PER THE PROPOSED RATE.

THAT BLUE AREA IS OUR STABLE REVENUE SOURCE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT PUTS US IN A IN A GOOD FOOTING FOR THE 24 BUDGET.

AS GINA MENTIONED, A COUNCILMEMBER DID HAVE AN INQUIRY TO SEE CELINA AND CEDAR HILL REVENUE CHART.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT, THIS EVENING SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO SEE IT.

SO HERE'S HOW THINGS LOOK IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THE GENERAL FUND, I BELIEVE, WAS AT ABOUT $68,000, SHOWING ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES.

THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY AT THE WORKSHOP WAS, YOU KNOW, A LIVE LOOK AND THINGS CHANGE.

AND SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED VERY SLIGHTLY.

THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BUDGET AND THEN ADDING BACK THE FUND BALANCE DRAW DOWN.

SO ON PURPOSE, EXPENDITURES IN THIS BUDGET EXCEED REVENUES IN ORDER TO DRAW DOWN OUR OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT OUT, THE GENERAL FUND SHOWS $54,000 REMAINING.

FOR THE UTILITY FUND RECALL THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWN PROJECTS, THERE WAS $4 MILLION THAT WAS GOING TOWARDS THE PARKS PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY. SO WHEN YOU BACK THAT OUT, YOU GET TO A -$7 MILLION NUMBER, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS SPEND FROM THE CURRENT AND PRIOR YEAR RESOURCES.

SO THE REAL NUMBER IS 2.97 OR ALMOST $3 MILLION IS IF YOU TAKE OUT THE INTENTIONS THAT COREY HAS TOWARDS CAPITAL BUDGET. IF YOU TAKE OUT THE FUND BALANCE DRAWDOWN, THEN OTHERWISE THE GENERAL OR THE UTILITY FUND WOULD HAVE ALMOST $3 MILLION AVAILABLE.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS UNCHANGED FROM WHEN YOU LAST SAW IT.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RETAINS $630,000 OF SURPLUS.

THAT'S JUST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF FROM THE PROPOSED OR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

AND VEHICLE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND NOW REFLECTS ADJUSTMENTS MADE.

I INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST SHOWING COLLECTED BY THE FUND FROM, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $10,000 TO $50,000.

AND THEN SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS INCREASED THE FUNDING TO THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND AND SO IT'S SHOWING IN THAT BALANCE THERE.

ANOTHER FAMILIAR GRAPH THAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU MANY TIMES.

I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT WITH THIS.

THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, IT DOES DRAW DOWN THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE FROM $16 MILLION AND GETS IT BACK INTO THE THE COUNCIL POLICY THAT THAT TARGET OF 25 TO 35%.

SO IT'S AN ESTIMATE THAT I'M SHOWING THERE FOR 2024.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A LOW AND A HIGH BAR.

SO AT 25 TO 35% TARGET OF THE ENDING FUND BALANCE, THERE'S ABOUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF WIGGLE ROOM TO REMAIN WITHIN THE FISCAL POLICY.

IN THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OR IN THE POLICY SECTION WE HAVE.

ONE THING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT IS WE'VE LINKED TO TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THAT.

THE FIRST ONE IS A RED LINE VERSION THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE EDITS THAT I'M PROPOSING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES.

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SO SIMILAR TO THE NEW GEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS REVIEW OF OUR POLICIES ON AUGUST 7TH.

THESE UPDATES ARE PRIMARILY BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE THERE, AGAIN, WE'RE SHOWING RED LINED AND CLEANED VERSIONS.

THE FIRST THING THAT I'VE DONE THERE IS MADE ADJUSTMENTS FOR READABILITY, FOR BREVITY, FOR CLARITY TO TRY AND TAKE OUT THE THE ACCOUNTING JARGON THAT REALLY IS AT TIMES HONESTLY NOT VALUE ADDED, BUT IS JUST THERE AND KIND OF CONFUSES THE MESSAGE.

THERE CAN BE NO BREVITY IN BUDGETS.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH, YOU BET. [LAUGHTER] WE'VE ALSO ADDED A TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SO THAT POLICY IS 16 PLUS PAGES AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD ITS OWN TABLE OF CONTENTS SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL CAN BETTER NAVIGATE THROUGH IT.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED A DISBURSEMENT APPROVAL LEVEL FOR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION, AND THEN WE'VE FACILITATED PURCHASING WHILE MAINTAINING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO FROM THE LAST TIME THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WERE LOOKED AT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $1,000 PURCHASES.

AND THAT REALLY LIMITED THE ABILITY TO TO FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE CITY.

SO WE'VE INCREASED THE SMALL PURCHASE LIMIT FROM $1000 TO $3000.

AND THE REASON WHY IT STOPPED AT $3,000 IS ONCE YOU MAKE A PURCHASE OVER $3,000, THERE'S THE HUB OR THE DRAWN A BLANK.

RIGHT NOW WHEN I'M WHEN I'M HERE.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES YOU NEED TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF QUOTES AND SO THAT'S ITS OWN PROCESS OF ITSELF.

SO WE'RE INCREASING THE LIMIT, BUT STOPPING RIGHT THERE AT AT $3,000.

IT ALSO UPDATES THE TAX RATE DEBT LIMIT.

ANOTHER COMMON THEME THAT I'VE MENTIONED IS DEBT AS A PART OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE PER OUR POLICY SHOULDN'T EXCEED 30% OF THE TOTAL RATE. AND WE DON'T DO THAT NOW.

WE WOULDN'T DO THAT WITH THE PROPOSED RATE.

HOWEVER, WE'RE EEKING JUST THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE RATE.

THE POLICY ITSELF SAYS THAT COUNCIL SHOULD REVIEW AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT TO THAT POLICY AS NECESSARY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING IS JUST GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM.

I DID TALK TO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER, JASON HUGHES, WHO'S BEEN UP AT THIS PODIUM MANY TIMES.

AND I'VE ASKED HIM, IS IS THAT A REASONABLE IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ELSEWHERE? AND HE MENTIONED THAT THAT THE 30 TO 35% IS REASONABLE.

HE'S SEEING MANY TIMES 30 TO 40% OF A OF A DEBT RATE AMONG OTHER CITIES.

WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME OTHER RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT OF 751 INCIDENCES OF CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ACT AS A TAXING UNIT AND HAVE BOTH AN M&O RATE AND AN I&S RATE, THAT 16 OF THEM OR HAVE A RATE OF 70% OR MORE, THAT 47 OF THEM HAVE A RATE OF 50% TO 69%, THAT 243 OF THEM HAVE A RATE OF 30% TO 49%. SO I THINK IT PUTS US IN A IN A GOOD PLACE AND NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT TO RAISE OUR OUR DEBT LIMIT ITEM FROM 30% TO 35% PER OUR POLICY. AND THEN THE THE POLICY.

ANOTHER CHANGE THAT I'VE MADE IS REMOVING THE FORCED 95 TO 98% OF ANTICIPATED REVENUES.

IT SAYS THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD SHOULD PROJECT A CERTAIN REVENUE AMOUNT.

AND THEN I'M FORCED FOR MOST OF THE REVENUES EXCEPT FOR PROPERTY TAX AND TRANSFERS, TO THEN REDUCE THE BUDGET TO 95 TO 98% OF THAT.

AND THAT'S TO FORCE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONSERVATISM SO THAT WE ALWAYS COLLECT MORE THAN WE'VE BUDGETED.

AND PER OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WE'VE REMOVED THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE BUDGET, IN WHAT WE PROVIDE AND PRESENT.

AND SO MY GOAL WOULD BE TO LET YOU KNOW OF ANY ASSUMPTIONS THAT I'M MAKING AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND KIND OF TAKE THE HANDCUFFS OFF ON THE POLICY, FORCING THE FULL PROJECTIONS.

SO I WAS UNAWARE.

BUT COREY. COREY DID TAKE MY SLIDE AND AND SHARE IT.

I WILL SAY WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS.

YEAH, RIGHT. SO OLD NEWS HERE.

IF YOU TAKE THAT CIP PLAN THAT SHOWS ON THE CIP, THAT SHOWS ON PAGE 206 AND FURTHER, IT SHOWS THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CIP AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF ESTIMATES.

SO THAT FIRST YEAR OF THE CIP IS THE BUDGET YEAR, AND THAT IS THIS SPECIFIC AMOUNT HERE, JUST UNDER $29 MILLION.

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ONCE WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT, THEN I'LL ADD TO THIS AMOUNT.

ALL THE PRIOR AUTHORITY THAT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN COUNCIL OR THAT YOU'VE GIVEN COREY IN THE CIP ANYTHING THAT HE'S NOT SPENT.

SO I'LL COME BACK AND REQUEST THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT NOTE OFF TO THE SIDE.

WE'LL CALL THAT A CARRY FORWARD BUDGET AND IT'S REQUESTING THE UNSPENT PRIOR CAPITAL PROJECT AUTHORITY BECAUSE WITH A LOT OF THESE MULTI YEAR PROJECTS, YOU CAN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE IN THAT FIRST YEAR WHERE THE WHERE THE PROJECT IS REQUESTED.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO GINA.

MS. NASH. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS, CERTAINLY DISCUSSION TONIGHT ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE, DAVID AND I JUST GAVE TO YOU ALL RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET, YOU HAVE YOUR FULL BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD LEADING UP TO NOW, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THIS EVENING, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO.

SO WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER THE 5TH TO DO THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.

FURTHER BUDGET DISCUSSION.

YOU WANT TO HAVE IT AND SET A DATE FOR BUDGET ADOPTION AND THEN COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.

THAT IS WHEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPT THE BUDGET.

THEN WE HAVE TO RATIFY THE TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS A REMINDER, WE WILL HAVE THE BUDGET TOWN HALL NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH AT 7 P.M..

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WITH ALL OF THAT, WE I'M HERE.

DAVID'S HERE. DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATIVE TO THE BUDGET? OKAY, NOW.

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. MR. PRESTENBERG? YES.

THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SO JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND MAJOR REVENUE PORTION, I SEE PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH. WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.

RIGHT. 13 WENT UP 13.3% FROM LAST YEAR, THE PROPOSED THIS YEAR.

SALES TAX SO WE'RE PROJECTING OR BUDGETING FOR A 2% DROP, I THINK ROUGHLY BALLPARK WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES WE'RE PUTTING IN, WE THINK.

THE RECESSION AND ALL THAT STUFF OR WHATEVER IS GOING TO HIT US THAT HARD.

IT'S GOING TO DROP ABOUT 2%.

2% BUDGET OVER BUDGET.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATISM ESTIMATE, RIGHT? SO LET'S SEE FOR OUR PROJECTION RIGHT NOW, OUR PROJECTION EXCEEDS OUR PRIOR YEAR BUDGET.

I AM ANTICIPATING A GROWTH IN THE SALES TAX.

I'M TRYING TO THINK RIGHT NOW I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 3%.

SO TRYING TO KEEP IT CONSERVATIVE IN THE GROWTH RATE.

BUT THEN I'M PROJECTING 95 TO 98% OF THAT PER CURRENT POLICY.

SO IT PUTS US AT OVERALL ABOUT A DECREASE FROM BUDGET OVER BUDGET.

OKAY. AND THEN LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAXES BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR OR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, 61% IN SALES TAX, AROUND TEN AND A HALF.

WHAT I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WHAT'S THAT RATIO, THE SWEET SPOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AIM FOR.

OR SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX.

USUALLY THERE'S A LIKE A SWEET SPOT THERE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? OR.

I DON'T HAVE A SWEET SPOT.

I MEAN, REALLY.

HE'S A COOL GUY. YOU KNOW THAT.

[LAUGHTER] I HAVE A SWEET SPOT.

I LIKE TO PLAY BASEBALL. THE BAT HAS A SWEET SPOT.

BUT AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX, I'VE HEARD A WIDE RANGE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT SWEET SPOTS.

WE PROVIDED A MIX OF DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEIR REVENUE BASES.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE A RANGE OF OTHER CITIES THAT MIGHT RELY ON LESS ON PROPERTY TAX, MORE ON SALES TAX, MORE, A LOT MORE ON DEVELOPMENT FEES AND OTHER FEES.

I THINK IT RANGES AND THEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SIZE OF CITY DEBT ISSUANCES, ETCETERA.

BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY GUIDANCE THAT SAYS THAT WHERE A SWEET SPOT SHOULD BE.

OKAY. WELL, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO STRIVE FOR US.

LIKE WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE THE OVERALL PLAN FROM A EDC, FROM FINANCE, EVERYTHING ALL PUT TOGETHER.

I DON'T WANT TO FORCE YOUR DIRECTION.

YOU AS THE POLICYMAKER, I'VE INHERITED A CERTAIN MIX AND WE'VE KEPT THAT PIE ABOUT WHERE IT IS.

I WOULD LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM MY CITY MANAGER AND FROM COUNCIL FOR THAT.

OKAY. I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PUSH DIRECTION.

IF I HAD SOMETHING, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE CALLING IT OUT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, STATE LEGISLATION SAYS OR OTHER GUIDANCE.

OKAY. AND LAST THING, VERY MINUSCULE PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT THE MIXED BEVERAGE TAX IS DROPPING CONSIDERABLY FROM 72 TO 50,000.

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I THINK THAT WAS BASICALLY JUST LOOKING AT COLLECTIONS, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE, AS I RECALL.

ALL RIGHT. COOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE A SPEAKER'S CARD.

MARTY HUBBO.

MATTHEW HUBBO 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE.

TOP OF THE HILL.

YOU HAVE A LOVELY CHART ABOUT HOW OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS YOUR TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN.

BUT IT'S FUNNY, MY TAXES HAVE GONE UP FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CHART IS TO NOT OFFEND YOUR EARS.

IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF BABY POO AND IT'S A GREAT SMOKE AND MIRROR THAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE WITH.

MR. LINDSEY, HE'S ALREADY SAID HE'S GOING TO TAX ME INTO OBLIVION ON MY PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAYS.

AND THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND FOR YOU TO KNOW.

TWO VERY GOOD YOUNG MEN FROM PUBLIC WORKS BLOCKED MY DRIVEWAY THE OTHER DAY AND I SAID, HEY, YOU GIVE ME THREE MINUTES.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT. THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS ITEM.

SURE IT IS. KEEP AT THE BUDGET.

NOPE. YOU GOT TO. IT IS. GIVE ME A MINUTE.

NO, KEEP IT TO THE BUDGET.

IT IS. BE QUIET.

YOUR INTERRUPTIONS ARE UNPROFESSIONAL AND RUDE.

LET ME STOP YOU AND LET ME STOP.

YOU NEED TO STOP THE CLOCK BECAUSE I'M ON YOUR TIME WHEN YOU DO IT.

THE RULES WE HAVE ARE OUR RULES, NOT YOUR RULES.

SO FINE. KEEP IT TO THE BUDGET OR FORFEIT YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.

IT IS CONTINUE TO.

VERY NICE YOUNG MAN FROM PUBLIC WORKS BLOCKED MY DRIVEWAY AND I SAID GIVE ME THREE MINUTES AND I'LL GET OUT.

AND THEY DID.

VERY NICE YOUNG MAN.

BUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS PUMPING OUT THE BIG SWAG IN THE SEWER LINE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND WHEN THIS CAME UP ON THE DISCO BALL DOWN AT THE STATION, YOU SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON.

WELL, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT THERE'S AN F 550 FOR A NEW VACUUM TRUCK THAT'S IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

COULD HAVE GONE THERE, COULD HAVE GONE FOR THE BIG SWAG IN MY SEWER LINE.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I FEEL VERY GOOD KNOWING WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAX ME INTO OBLIVION.

AND THERE IS A DISCO BALL DOWN AT THE FIFTH STREET AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SALES TAX ARE GOING DOWN? BECAUSE FIFTH STREET IS NOT GOING TO DO NOTHING UNTIL GEORGE JETSON IS MAYOR.

AND YOU'VE WASTED $8 MILLION AT LEAST DOWN THERE.

THAT'S WHY.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE AWARD WINNING FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO TELL ME IS.

HOW MUCH MY TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE IN SACHSE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE GOING UP.

SO GIVE ME A NICE BIG CHART THAT SAYS YOUR TAXES FOR A $250,000 HOUSE ARE GOING UP THIS MUCH.

YOUR TAXES FOR A $500,000 HOUSE ARE GOING THIS MUCH AND QUIT HIDING BEHIND THE BABY POO OF THE GRAPHS THAT Y'ALL LIKE TO PUT UP THERE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MY DISCO BALL.

THANK YOU, MR. HUBBO. MR. MILLSAP, COULD YOU.

FINANCE DIRECTOR, COULD YOU SHOW THE COMPARISON OF THE PIE CHART THAT I'D ASK YOU TO GET, SAY, FOR CEDAR HILL AND SACHSE? RIGHT. I HAVE THE TWO CITIES AND ON THE FOLLOWING SIDE I HAVE SACHSE, SO I CAN SWITCH BACK AND FORTH FOR YOU.

OKAY. SO IF I CAN JUST POINT OUT THE PIE CHART THAT I SHOWED EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS 2024 BUDGET SHOWING HERE, OUR 2022 COLLECTIONS.

AND THEN THIS FOLLOWING SLIDE HERE IS AGAIN SACHSE'S 2022 COLLECTIONS.

OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT SALES TAX.

PRIMARILY CELINAS 9%.

SO YOU'RE HERE WAS 24 SACHSE, WHAT, AROUND 10%.

OKAY. SO THAT'S ONE THING.

THE PROPERTY TAXES.

CEDAR HILL IS 50.

WE'RE WHAT, 60? 57 AND CELINA IS 25.

26. AND CELINA IS A VERY NEW CITY, OBVIOUSLY, COMPARED TO THE OTHERS AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT SIZE IS.

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WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MARKET AND CONTINUE TO MAKE EFFORTS TO GET OUR SALES TAX UP AND TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO THROW OUT A CONCEPT OR A CONCEPT, I GUESS IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH EDC AND OTHER PROJECTS, HAVING SOME DESTINATION LOCATIONS IN SACHSE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME FOR A REASON.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO COME OVER HERE TO BUY A HAMBURGER, WHETHER IT BE ROY ROGERS OR SOME OTHER NEW HAMBURGER STUFF THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE.

BUT THEY MIGHT COME FOR A DESTINATION LOCATION.

AND WE HAVE THREE DESTINATION LOCATIONS.

THEY'RE SMALL, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE DOWN IN OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK AND I'VE MENTIONED ONE OF THEM BEFORE, THE PLACE THAT RESTORES ANTIQUE PIANOS AND DOES CUSTOM FURNITURE, THAT'S A REAL DESTINATION LOCATION.

IT DIDN'T BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN, BUT WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO THE METROPLEX FOR A SERVICE THAT ISN'T READILY AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE METROPLEX, THEY SAY, WELL, WHILE WE'RE HERE, LET'S EAT LUNCH OR US EAT OR, US, DO THIS.

THAT GIVES US A REASON TO HAVE SOME OF THESE FOOD LOCATIONS THAT ARE UNIQUE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN FOR THAT.

THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE DOWN THERE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS DELL'S JET SKI SHOP.

THE GUY THAT DEVELOPED THE JET PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR JET SKIS AND HAS THE PATENT ON IT WORKS OUT OF THAT OFFICE.

HOW DID THAT LOCATION AND THAT'S A WORLDWIDE JET SKI PROPULSION PROGRAM.

WE DON'T REALIZE THAT THAT IS A DESTINATION LOCATION.

ANOTHER ONE THAT IS REALLY UNIQUE THERE IS THE SIGN COMPANY THERE, ONE OF THE VERY FEW PLACES IN THE METROPLEX.

YOU CAN GET A NEON SIGN REPLACED OR REPAIRED, AND NEON SIGNS ARE GETTING TO BE VERY POPULAR.

YOU GO TO ANY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.

IT'S QUITE OFTEN TO HAVE NEON SIGNS HANGING IN THERE JUST AS A PART OF AMBIANCE.

YOU KNOW, THEIR DECOR.

SO THOSE ARE THREE DESTINATION STATIONS RIGHT THERE THAT WE NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON MORE THAN WE HAVE.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING THAT IS MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT REFURBISHING THE DRIVEWAY INTO AN ENTRANCE INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK THERE.

PARK LANE. YEAH.

AND MAKE IT TO WHERE ACTUALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU'RE DRIVING A SEMI MAKING DELIVERIES, YOU'RE GOING SOUTH ON 75.

YOU CAN'T TURN YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT TURN AS A DESIGNED WITHOUT RUNNING ACROSS A CURB AND YOUR WHEELS FALLING OFF THE CONCRETE AND DRAGGING YOUR AXLE.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE IT.

AND THERE'S SOME STILL SOME LAND DOWN THERE.

VACANT LAND COULD BE DEVELOPED, AND THAT WOULD BE A PLACE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE INCREASING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THESE PLACES AND MAYBE INCREASE SOME MORE.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM STAFF? FOR STAFF, I SHOULD SAY.

MR. LINDSEY YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ON PAGE 28 OF THE BUDGET, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT WENT FROM APPROXIMATELY 340,000 TO 382,000.

I DID THE ROUGH MATH.

THAT'S ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF $280.

I DO WISH THAT IT COULD BE STATED BETTER.

I DEFINITELY LIKE YOUR THOUGHT ON THERE, BUT WHENEVER I LOOK AT THE PAGE, I LOOK AT TRUTH AND TAXATION, AND IT'S GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 28 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LIBERTY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE NUMBERS IN.

IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO EACH OF US TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MATH, FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS.

ALSO, EVERYBODY'S APPRAISAL DIFFERS.

SOME PEOPLE'S APPRAISALS WERE FLAT THIS YEAR, SO THE PROPERTY TAX WOULD ACTUALLY BE EXACTLY THE SAME.

SO EVERY INDIVIDUAL, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL HAS TO CALCULATE THEMSELVES.

I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS WITH SOMEBODY.

I'M SURE STAFF WOULD BE AS WELL TO FIGURE OUT ANY INDIVIDUAL CASE THAT'S DIFFERENT.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION TOO, THAT JETTING TRUCK THAT WE HAVE IS 20 YEARS OLD.

IT'S TIME TO GET A NEW ONE SO THAT WE CAN BETTER REMOVE THE SLUDGE ON YOUR SEWER MAINS DOWN THERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. SO, GINA, ON DIFFERENT ISSUES, DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS, WE'VE HAD A GRAPHIC ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT.

I THINK OF THE WATER SEWER UTILITY DRAINAGE.

WORK WITH ME HERE. FUND.

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IF YOUR WATER BILL IS THIS, YOU'LL PAY $0.26 MORE.

IF YOUR WATER BILL IS THIS, YOU'LL PAY $0.50 MORE.

WE'VE HAD THAT WITH THE BUDGET AS WELL.

IS THAT TYPICALLY AT THE FINAL PRESENTATION OR IS THAT PART OF OR IS THAT JUST AFTER WE POST IT? WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE AS COUNCILMAN LINDSEY ALLUDED TO.

IT'S PART OF THE TRUTH AND TAXATION STATEMENT THAT HAS TO BE PRODUCED AT THE FRONT OF THE BUDGET.

ONCE YOU ADOPT AND SELECT A TAX RATE, IT CAN BE DONE.

I MEAN, YOU CAN DO THE CALCULATION YOURSELF TO THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT.

YES, BUT YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO DO THE WORK.

SO WHAT IT POINTS OUT ON PAGE 28, TO COUNCILMAN LINDSAY'S POINT IS THERE IS A CALCULATION HERE THAT SHOWS YOU FOR THE AMOUNT AND THE CERTIFIED TAX RULES WITH YOUR TAX RATE, APPROXIMATELY, YOU CAN DO A CALCULATION THAT SHOWS YOU HOW TO PAY THAT.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, ONCE WE ADOPT A RATE, IT'S WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN AT THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA OR IN FRONT OF THE BUDGET.

AND THEN IT SAYS, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED FOR AND AGAINST THAT TAX RATE.

BUT IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT WHAT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IS ON A ON A HOME ON THERE.

AND COUNCILMAN LINDSEY.

LET ME KNOW WHERE THAT TAX RATE WAS LEVEL BECAUSE MINE HAS NEVER BEEN LEVEL, SO LET ME KNOW WHERE I NEED TO MOVE OR IF I GET THAT 65 I BET. I BET HE CAN TELL YOU.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF FROM COUNCIL.

ARE YOU GOOD, MAYOR? I SAW YOU.

GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.

MORE DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.

WHAT HAVE YOU. THIS IS A CONSIDER AND WHAT WE'RE ACCEPTING, IF YOU SO CONSIDER IT, IS TO TAKE RECEIPT OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. WE'RE NOT ADOPTING ANYTHING TONIGHT.

WE'RE JUST RECEIVING OFFICIALLY THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM E FIVE AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E FIVE AS PRESENTED.

HAVE A SECOND, MISS HOWARTH.

SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH'S.

YOU GOOD? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E SIX.

[6. Discuss amending the Master Fee Schedule by amending services and rates and providing an effective date.]

MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE FINAL PART OF THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS TO DISCUSS A FEW AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE TO THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

THERE'S VERY FEW OF THEM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.

JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

DAVID AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING THOSE CHANGES AND GIVING YOU SOME SPECIFICITY WITHIN THE POWERPOINT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS WHEN YOU DO THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION.

HELLO, MR. BALDWIN. HELLO.

BACK AGAIN, MAYOR. COUNCIL.

SO CITY POLICY SAYS THAT USER FEES SHALL BE ADOPTED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND INCLUDED IN THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEGINNING ON PAGE 278.

THAT'S IN THE APPENDIX SECTION.

THE MASTER FEES SCHEDULE NOW INCLUDES A TABLE OF CONTENTS, MUCH LIKE WE ADDED FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP YOU NAVIGATE IT MORE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN ALSO HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE MASTER FEE POLICY THAT HAVE CHANGES.

AND SO THE REMAINING SLIDES ALL SPEAK TO THOSE CHANGES MORE BROADLY.

SO THE RATES SHOWN HERE UNDER ENGINEERING, HEALTH AND SANITATION HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO RECOVER COSTS AND PROVIDE A CONSISTENCY OF FEE AT $300.

IN ADDITION, ON THE BOTTOM THERE, THE CARE OF PUBLIC TREES HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, SO IT'S BEEN UPDATED IN ORDER TO INDICATE A CLEAR RATE, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY IT WAS KIND OF AMBIGUOUS WITH THAT THE HOURLY RATE OF CITY WAGE OF CITY MAINTENANCE WORKERS.

SO SHOWING THERE, THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE FEE LISTED.

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THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE PRIOR MASTER FEE SCHEDULE RATE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, AND THE NEW RATE HERE IS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

NEXT IS THE MUNICIPAL COURT FINES AND FEES.

AND SO THESE FEES WERE SET BY STATUTE.

THE OLD RATE SHOWING THERE OF $3 HAS JUST BEEN UPDATED.

THE STATUTE HAS BEEN HAS READ AT $4.90.

SO OUR MASTER FEE SCHEDULE IS REFLECTING THAT AND THEN PREVIOUSLY NOT LISTED IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT FINES.

SO IN THE INTENTION OF ADDING CLARITY, WE'VE ADDED THE OTHER TWO FEES THAT AGAIN ARE STATUTE PER STATUTE.

BUILDING PERMITS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEE UNDER THAT SECTION IS WATER METER COSTS.

THESE COSTS ARE SIMPLY UPDATED TO REFLECT THE REVISED CITY COSTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PORTION INCREASES SLIGHTLY THOSE MULTIJET METERS.

HOWEVER, THE OCTAVE METERS ARE REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS UPDATING WITH THE CURRENT CITY COSTS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING.

FOR REFUSE SERVICES THAT'S UPDATED.

THESE FEES ARE UPDATED TO REFLECT CWD'S ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENTS.

THE RATES SHOWN ALL ARE GROWING BY APPROXIMATELY 2%, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POLYCARP REPLACEMENT, AND THAT'S GROWING AT APPROXIMATELY 7%.

FOR THE WATER RATE SCHEDULE.

WATER RATES WERE INCREASED ABOUT 3% OR 3% PER OUR LAST WATER RATE STUDY.

THIS IS THE FINAL ADJUSTMENT OF THAT FIVE YEAR STUDY.

AND PART OF THE BUDGET IS ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS IS TO RENEW THAT STUDY.

AND SO GIVEN THAT RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, THAT OF COURSE WILL BE THE NEW STUDY WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN 23-24 AND NEW RATES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR FUTURE YEARS.

AND FURTHER WATER RATE ADJUSTMENTS AT 3% GROWTH.

CONNECTION FEES.

IT'S MORE WATER METER RELATED FEES THAT ARE UPDATED TO REFLECT REVISED COSTS TO THE CITY.

THOSE CHANGES, SOME ARE UP, SOME ARE DOWN ABOUT 8% INCREASE, 8% DECREASE AND 2% INCREASE.

AND THEN FOR RESIDENTIAL FEES, WATER RATES ARE UPDATED AGAIN PER THE FIVE YEAR STUDY.

RATES WERE GROWN AT 3% PER THAT STUDY.

THE EXCEPTION IS FOR THE TWO VOLUME CHARGES THAT SHOW THERE AND THOSE HAVE GROWN BY 2%.

AND THAT IS THOSE ARE THE CHANGES TO THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE.

AGAIN, IT APPEARS IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.

NOW'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY DISCUSSION AS IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.

THIS WOULD BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL VIA CONSENT CALENDAR AT THE NEXT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

THANK YOU, MR. BALDWIN. MS. BUHLER, THE CARE OF PUBLIC TREES AND STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAY.

WHAT KIND OF SCENARIO WOULD WE CHARGE THAT FEE TO A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS? YOU BET. I'M A FIGUREHEAD, SO I'M ABOUT TO STEP OVER RIGHT WHEN COREY GETS BEHIND ME.

YOU GOT SOMEONE BEHIND YOU? SO THAT IS BASED ON HAVING STAFF TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND TO REMOVE A TREE OR SOMETHING THAT'S FALLING IN THE ROADWAY.

SO THAT $50 AN HOUR IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE STAFF PERSON TO DO THAT WORK.

AND BEFORE IT WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SPECIFY THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST INTERNALLY, THAT'S NOT A CHARGE THAT'S SET OUT TO THE WHOEVER CALLS OR BUSINESS OR? NO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO DO IT ON OUR OWN.

WE WOULD CHARGE SOMEBODY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. BALDWIN OR SINCE MR. NESBIT SHOWED UP OR.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? NONE. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, OR NO MOTIONS PER SE, BUT DIRECTION FOR STAFF.

MS. NASH, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WITH ANY OF THESE ITEMS TONIGHT? OTHERWISE, TO WHAT DAVID SAID, WE WOULD JUST PUT THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER 5TH UNLESS YOU ALL DIRECTED US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES OR WANTED TO SEE IT AGAIN.

AND IF BY SOME CHANCE WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE CAN CONTACT, YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT

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AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT IF YOU ALL WANTED TO PULL IT THAT NIGHT AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, YOU CERTAINLY COULD.

OKAY, GREAT. MR. BALDWIN YOU GOOD? YEP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM SEVEN ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME MS. GRANGER? 8:15 P.M..

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.