Oct 21, 2024 City Council

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IT'S NOT MY ALARM, BUT WE'LL GO WITH IT.

WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE NOW TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

[A. Meeting Opening]

THE TIME IS GRANGER 6:30PM.

WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30PM.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

ITEM 2 INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I'VE ASKED MISS HOWARTH TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MR. LINDSEY TO LEAD THE PLEDGES.

IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE.

OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER TO COME AS A CITY COUNCIL, TO CONSIDER THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE AND WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON US TONIGHT THAT WE'LL BE ACT IN WISDOM, AND HEAR ALL SIDES, AND TREAT EACH OTHER AND ALL THOSE HERE WITH WISDOM AND RESPECT.

PLEASE WATCH OVER US, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND PROTECTED WHILE THEY PROTECT US.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS GOVERNANCE.

WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER US TONIGHT AND WE SAY THESE THINGS IN THY NAME, JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN US.

IN THE US AND TEXAS PLEDGES.

PLEDGE]. THANK YOU.

MAY BE SEATED. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM B, RECOGNITION.

[B. Recognition]

IF I WILL HAVE THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT JOIN ME DOWN FRONT.

IS THIS GOOD, ESTHER? OKAY. COME ON. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. SO WE LOVE THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, AND GALS, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY HAVE A TOUGH JOB.

THEY REALLY DO. YOU KNOW, CODE COMPLIANCE WHEN I WAS A STAFF MEMBER WASN'T ALWAYS THE MOST GLAMOROUS JOB BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS OUR CITY LOOKING GREAT, MAKES SURE WE HAVE OUR CODES COMPLIED WITH.

SAFETY IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND HONOR THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND IN HONOR OF NATIONAL CODE COMPLIANCE MONTH AND SAY THANK YOU IN A MORE FORMAL WAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL READ ABOUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND IS DURING HURRICANE KATRINA, GEORGE H.

EXCUSE ME. GEORGE W BUSH DECIDED TO ESTABLISH THIS RECOGNITION IN 2005 AND SO WE ALWAYS THINK OF KATRINA AND THE HURRICANE AND ALL THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DEVASTATION THAT WENT WITH THAT. BUT IT'S GREAT THAT THIS RECOGNITION CAME OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE'RE DEALING WITH STUFF THAT MAKES OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE.

SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS NASSAU CODE COMPLIANCE MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005 BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINA, TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE IMPACT THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OFTEN HAVE A CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING ROLE AND OFTEN DO NOT RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO IN IMPROVING LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED, HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE THE GOALS OF PREVENTING NEIGHBORHOOD DETERIORATION, ENHANCING AND ENSURING SAFETY AND PRESERVING PROPERTY VALUES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF HOUSING, ZONING AND NUISANCE CODES AND ORDINANCES AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WANTS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND CODE PROFESSIONALS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024 AS NATIONAL CODE COMPLIANCE MONTH IN SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNIZING AND EXPRESSING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

MAKE SURE YOU OPEN IT UP. THERE WE GO.

THAT IS WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THE STAFF.

YOU ALL HAVE MET VICTORIA MITCHELL.

I INTRODUCED HER LAST YEAR WHEN THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR STAFF, BRENDA MCINTOSH, WHO JUST JOINED US IN SEPTEMBER, LATE SEPTEMBER.

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SO WE WANTED TO WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU ALL AS WELL.

THANK YOU AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO TO HELP MAKE SACHSE SAFE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT RECOGNITION WE'RE GOING TO DO IS RECOGNIZE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE 2024 RICHARD E LILLY.

EXCUSE ME, RICHARD R LILLY, FAICP PLANNING EXCELLENCE.

EXCELLENCE. ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

SAY THAT FAST. COME ON DOWN.

EMAILS WITH YOU.

OKAY, SO THIS IS A PRETTY COOL THING.

I'M GOING TO LET MATT HOLD THIS RIGHT HERE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I GUESS, MATT, THIS AWARD STARTED FAIRLY RECENTLY.

IT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE OR IS THAT JUST ANOTHER PLAQUE WITH ANOTHER YEAR ON IT? THAT'S LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT. WELL, THAT'S WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

SO, MATT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, MATT'S OUR EXCUSE ME, IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THATS I CALL HIM, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

SORRY ABOUT THAT AND SO MATT IS LEADS THE TEAM THAT HELPS US WITH OUR ZONING AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS AWARD AND, MR. LILLY, I DO REMEMBER HIM.

HE'S A FACE OF THE PLANNING COMMUNITY, VERY INVOLVED IN ACP AND THE TEXAS AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT, MATT, AND RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER AWARD HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB AND IT'S YOU GET SOMETIMES YOU GET A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTIONS AND IT'S GREAT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO SACHSE AND DEVELOP IN SACHSE.

BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE ANSWERS ARE EASY, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.

BUT Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AWARD FROM THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.

VERY WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU MATT.

SO. I GET THE PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU RAY.

APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DO.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM, SEE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[C. 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.

I HAVE A FEW CARDS. THE FIRST ONE, MARTY HOLBROOK.

I'M GOOD. THANKS, SIR.

MISS JANE READ.

YEAH. IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. OKAY.

JANE READ 2204 CORNWALL LANE SACHSE.

I'M VERY NERVOUS, SO BEAR WITH ME.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THIS.

SO I GUESS THE.

WE'RE SPEAKING.

I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE WHAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

CORRECT? OR YOU CAN SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS OR DISCUSSION ONLY ITEMS. OKAY. YEAH.

WELL, I HAD SEVERAL I SUBMITTED FORMS AHEAD OF TIME.

YEAH AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED ALL THOSE.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THOSE WOULD BE AT LEAST READ OUT.

ACKNOWLEDGED. NOT READ.

OKAY, WELL, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD BE READ.

OKAY. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A COPY OF THEM, AND THEY I'M ASSUMING THEY WILL READ THEM.

SO I CANNOT READ WHAT I PRESENTED.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT TO.

IF YOU WANT TO READ FROM YOUR COMMENT CARD, YOU CAN.

OKAY, WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST SPENT MY TIME.

I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET, AND THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT THE CITY CONTRACTS OUT, $99,000 FOR CONTRACT MOWING AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THE

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A NEW TORO MASTER MOWER AND A LANDSCAPE TRAILER AND THE COMMENT WAS WE ADDED A THIRD CREW TO THE PARKS STAFF FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SHUFFLING VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT.

THIS HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.

THE ADDITION OF THE THIRD TRUCK, TRAILER AND MOWER WILL ALLOW FOR BETTER EFFICIENCY WITH ALL THE NEEDS, ALL THE NEED TOOLS TO GET ALL THE JOBS DONE. I'M READING.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF YOU'RE BUYING A NEW TRUCK AND A NEW MOWER AND A NEW TRAILER, WHY IS THE CITY SPENDING ALMOST $100,000? AND PLUS THEY'RE SPENDING $20,000 ON TRUGREEN TO TAKE CARE OF THE I GUESS FERTILIZING AND WHATNOT.

SO MY OTHER I'VE GOT I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO AGENDA E5 AND E7 AND E6, BUT I AM OUT OF TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WILL KNOW NEXT TIME.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IF I HAD PRESENTED A CARD.

I THOUGHT THAT'S SO Y'ALL COULD SEE AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS, BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOT.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS.

PARDON? WE'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

NO, BUT I MEAN BUT I WAS TOLD WHEN I CAME IN HERE THAT I COULD READ THOSE.

LIKE I SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MISS READ IS CORRECT.

SHE DID SUBMIT WRITTEN REQUESTS, WRITTEN QUESTIONS, I SHOULD SAY, FOR E5, E6, AND E7 AND AS I MENTIONED, COUNCIL DOES HAVE A COPY OF THOSE QUESTIONS OR THOSE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. OKAY.

NEXT CARD I HAVE IS CHRIS RAYNER.

REAL QUICK HERE. [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. MY NAME IS CHRIS REINER.

I'M THE OWNER OF DETROIT CUSTOM ON IN COLLISION ON INDUSTRIAL.

I'VE BEEN DOWN ON THE STREET FOR 20 YEARS NOW AND 20 YEARS GOES BY.

I MEAN, BASICALLY, IT'S FREE ENTERPRISE, RIGHT? I WAS APPROACHED A COUPLE A MONTH OR TWO BACK.

I GUESS YOU GUYS PICKED A CONTRACT UP WITH CWD AND LADY COME TO MY SHOP AND TOLD ME, HEY, WE'RE TAKING OVER.

RATES AREN'T GOING UP.

NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WE'RE BUYING YOUR CONTRACT OUT.

I HAD JUST A MONTH PRIOR RE-SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC, AND I NEGOTIATED IT FOR 158 BUCKS A MONTH.

SO NOW I GET THIS NEW BILL FROM CWD FIRST MONTH 21990.

THAT'S $740 MORE A YEAR.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS ABOUT BASICALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL WAS WHEN YOU SIGNED OFF.

I NEVER GOT A NOTIFICATION OF IT.

BUT, I MEAN, YOU'RE COSTING YOUR CITIZENS MONEY BY DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF AND I'VE CONTACTED CWD AND THEY SAID ANNUALLY THE PRICE WILL BE GOING UP. SO WHY AM I FINE ONE DAY I NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT.

I HAVE IT ALL IN PLAY.

I'M HAPPY YOU GUYS GET INVOLVED AND IT'S A MESS.

CAN ANYONE HAVE ANY ANSWERS FOR THIS OR.

WELL, I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT.

WELL I KNOW, BUT OKAY. BUT I MEAN, WELL YOU GUYS DISCUSS IT AMONGST YOURSELVES OR.

WELL, STAFF WILL DEFINITELY GET WITH YOU OR REACH OUT TO ME AND LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S BS.

YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN LIKE, LIKE THIS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN LADY FROM CWD COMES DOWN AND SAYS, NOTHING'S CHANGING, YOUR RATES WILL NOT GO UP, NOTHING CHANGES AND I CALLED BS WHEN SHE WAS THERE BECAUSE I KNEW I'D BE HERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES EVERY TIME.

NO OFFENSE. SEEMS LIKE WHEN CITIES AND GOVERNMENTS GET INVOLVED IN PRIVATE ENTITIES, THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES.

SO WITH THAT, STAFF WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

YEP. THANKS, Y'ALL.

OH, YEAH. I'M SORRY MISS NASH WOULD LIKE TO JUST IF I COULD.

YES. ASK YOU.

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW JARED.

JARED, COULD YOU JUST MAKE SURE TO GET ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION I NEED? SO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH. IF I CAN JUST GET ANSWER WHY? IT WENT UP WHEN I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T GOING UP.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

WHAT? SOMEBODY IN MY OFFICE WILL PROBABLY CALL YOU TOMORROW.

I HAD MY OFFICE CALL YOU GUYS, AND YOU GUYS COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER.

I HAD HER CALL CWD THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RATES ARE GOING UP, AND THEY.

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YOU GUYS SAID THE SAME THING.

YOU CAN'T SUPPLY US WITH ANY KIND OF INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

WELL, I'M THE CITY MANAGER, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET A CALL FROM SOMEBODY IN MY OFFICE.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU BET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. RAYNER. ANYONE ELSE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D.

COUNCIL STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES.

[D. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]

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

MISS BUHLER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THIS WEEKEND'S FOLLOWING EVENT.

IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY EVENT.

WE HAD GREAT GAMES FOR THE KIDDOS AND AWESOME VENDORS.

I'M SORRY. GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. WE'RE FINE.

WELL, I'M NOT FINE.

SO YOU CAN'T INTERRUPT THE MEETING.

WE'RE NOT. YES YOU ARE.

GO AHEAD, MISS BUHLER, THE VENDORS WERE GREAT, AND THE KIDDOS LOVED THE PUMPKINS.

IT WAS PACKED. THERE WERE LOTS OF HAPPY KIDS WITH PUMPKINS AND CANDY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY OUR THANKS TO THE STAFF WHO WORKED ALL DAY AND AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND JUST DID A GREAT JOB.

EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS BUHLER.

MR. MILLSAP. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT A NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR ON BOARD NOW, AND I VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I THINK YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME NEAT CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO PROJECTS THAT'S ONGOING AND MAYBE SOME NEW ONES.

THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WERE ABOUT TO GO TO A LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT WENT WELL.

SO MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

YEAH, JUST TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING EVENT.

THIS EVENT WAS KIND OF A NEW AND IMPROVED EVENT.

EXPANDED EVENT OVER OUR PUMPKIN PROWL EVENT.

IT ENDED WITH THE PUMPKIN PROWL, WHICH WAS ABOUT 4000 PUMPKINS.

BUT DURING THE DAY DON'T HAVE A GOOD HEADCOUNT YET, BUT THERE'S A PRETTY STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG.

WE HAD BANDS, WE HAD DANCERS.

WE HAD A MAGICIAN.

THAT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH.

COSTUME CONTEST, HOWLING AND WITCH CACKLING CONTEST.

I DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, BY THE WAY.

CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT. I ALSO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PETTING ZOO.

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

I DID DO THE HAUNTED MAZE.

THAT WAS KIND OF NICE BECAUSE THE I'M GONNA CALL IT THE SCARE LEVEL WAS ADJUSTED THROUGH THE DAY AS THE DAY WENT ON.

THE HAUNTED MAZE, IF YOU WILL, GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITING.

SO I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE KIDS THAT CAME OUT EARLY AND THE YOUNG KIDS COULD GO THROUGH IT WITHOUT BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT.

WE HAD A CARNIVAL ZONE.

WE HAD THE BOHO MARKET WITH LOTS OF VENDORS.

WE HAD LOTS OF FOOD.

I DID PARTAKE IN BOTH OF THOSE.

THE 4000 PUMPKINS, AS I SAY ALL THE TIME, AS WE DO THIS ON THE BASEBALL FIELD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME, HOW MANY HOURS IT TAKES TO SET THAT UP SPECIFICALLY AND PUT ALL THOSE PUMPKINS AND CANDY OUT, BUT IN ABOUT 37 SECONDS, THEY'RE ALL GONE.

EVERY PIECE OF CANDY, EVERY PUMPKIN IS GONE.

SOMETIMES THERE'S PARENTS CRYING.

SOMETIMES THERE'S KIDS CRYING.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, SO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

MISS HOWARTH, JUST ON THE SAME VEIN, I GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS YESTERDAY WITH SOME FOLKS THAT I KNOW AND FRIENDS THAT THEY WENT TO THE FOLLOWING EVENT. HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD AND HOW EXCITED THEY WERE ABOUT THE PARK EXPANSION THAT THEY HADN'T, I GUESS HEARD THAT WAS THERE, AND THEN THEY KIND OF WANDERED OFF THE DOWN THE TRAIL AND WAS LIKE, HOLY SMOKES, WHAT IS THIS? AND THEY WERE JUST VERY IMPRESSED.

AND ONE OF THEM IS A PARK DESIGNER.

SO HE GAVE US A GOLD STAR.

SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE PARK IS WELL APPRECIATED.

SO WE GOT PROFESSIONAL PRAISES.

WE GOT SOME PROFESSIONAL PRAISE.

YEAH AND HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? I DIDN'T QUESTION AND I LOVE HEARING THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE.

I WAS WITH THE SACHSE MUSTANG BAND AT THEIR BAND COMPETITION IN WACO HOME OF DOCTOR PEPPER.

I HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT SO I EDUCATED THEM ON THAT.

SO I HAD A GREAT COMPETITION DOWN THERE.

SO SORRY TO MISS [INAUDIBLE], BUT I HEARD IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

SO AND THIS ACTUALLY MUSTANG BAND DID PRETTY DOGGONE GOOD.

SO NINTH OUT OF 30. SO TAKE THAT LITTLE MOMENT TO BRAG AS FAR AS ANNOUNCEMENTS, AS YOU ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE, WE HAVE A NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER, OF COURSE, AND EARLY VOTING STARTED TODAY.

THAT DOES RUN THROUGH TODAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST.

ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 5TH.

IF YOU WERE ANYWHERE AROUND CITY HALL TODAY, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE WANTING TO VOTE AND THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

HOWEVER, IT CAN BE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PLANNING TYPE SITUATION FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO VOTE.

SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO DALLAS COUNTY.

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SAME THING FOR COLLIN COUNTY IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

I KNOW THE CITY DID POST ABOUT THAT AS WELL, SO YOU CAN FIND THOSE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

SO JUST PLAN AHEAD IS PROBABLY THE BEST MESSAGE WE CAN GIVE YOU.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'RE IN DALLAS COUNTY, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE HERE IN THE COURTROOM RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

IF YOU'RE IN COLLIN COUNTY. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE IN THE MIKE FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO JUST REMEMBER THAT.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY A PRETTY HEAVY TURNOUT BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT TUESDAY AND OF COURSE, ON ELECTION DAY AS WELL.

SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MISS GRANGER, IS OUR POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT MRS GRANGER.

HER EMAIL IS ON HER CITY SECRETARY WEB PAGE.

SO ALSO TOO ON OCTOBER 26TH, FROM 10 TO 12, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.

VERY EXCITING TIME TO DO THAT.

THIS IS PART OF OUR 2021 BOND PROJECT AND SO WE'RE READY TO CELEBRATE AND IT'S GOING TO BE RIBBON CUTTING, GUIDED TOURS, GIVEAWAYS, FREE ADOPTIONS.

YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT.

FREE ADOPTIONS, NO FEES.

SO COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL GRAND OPENING T-SHIRT WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

OF COURSE. SO IT'S JUST A GREAT EVENT TO CELEBRATE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS COMING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 10 TO 12.

THE NEXT FARMER'S MARKET IN SACHSE IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. THAT'S IN THE FIFTH STREET DISTRICT.

THAT'S ALWAYS HOSTED ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

I SHOULD SAY THERE WILL BE SOME GREAT VENDORS THERE AS ALWAYS, SO GET READY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS.

CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 11TH IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERAN'S DAY AND THEN THE TWO AWARDS I KIND OF ALLUDED TO IN OUR PROCLAMATION SECTION.

SO RECENTLY, THE CITY WAS RECOGNIZED AS A BRONZE SCENIC CITY IN TEXAS.

THIS IS A PRETTY RIGOROUS PROGRAM THAT CITIES GO THROUGH FROM A BEAUTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT STANDPOINT AND THIS RECOGNIZES TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES THAT IMPLEMENT THESE HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS AND SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CERTIFICATION BASED ON THE CITY'S ORDINANCES AND CODE LANGUAGE AND SO AT THE TML CONFERENCE, WE WERE RECOGNIZED WITH THE BRONZE SCENIC CITY IN TEXAS. SO IT WAS A GREAT AWARD.

THANK YOU, STAFF FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

IT'S A GREAT AWARD AND THEN WE ALSO GOT ANOTHER AWARD AT TML.

THIS YEAR, WE WERE HONORED, AS WITH THE 2024 MUNICIPAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TML AND THIS HONORED AND RECOGNIZED MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS FOR CITIES OVER 25,000 POPULATION AND THIS IN THIS PARTICULAR AWARD RECOGNIZED THE EMPLOYEE CULTURE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS CREATED INTERNALLY AND THIS COMMITTEE FOSTERS POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS, INVESTMENT IN THE CITY STAFF, AND ALSO THE COMMITMENT TO THOSE IDEAS THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND SO, AGAIN, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE RECOGNIZED THE CITY FOR THAT ACHIEVEMENT. THE CULTURAL ALWAYS GET IT WRONG CULTURAL COMMITTEE AND THE GREAT WORK THEY DID AND AGAIN, A GREAT PAT ON THE BACK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF MISS NASH AND HER TEAM THAT LED THAT AND AS I TOLD MISS NASH, WHEN THEY GOT THE WHEN WE GOT THE AWARD, IT IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT AND IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, I'LL PUT OUR EMPLOYEES UP AGAINST ANYBODY OUT THERE AND Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB AND SO IT IS NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOUR PEERS FOR THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT AWARD.

OKAY WITH THAT ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

AND YES, I ALMOST FORGOT YOU, MISS NASH.

GO AHEAD, MISS NASH.

WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE JOINED OUR TEAM SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I HAVE A BIT OF A LIST, BUT I DO WANT TO WELCOME THEM TO THE CITY.

YOU ALREADY GOT TO MEET TONIGHT.

BRENDA MCINTOSH IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THAT JUST JOINED OUR TEAM.

ESTELLA RENEE REYNOSO IS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT.

ARTURO RAMIREZ IS A PARKS AND REC MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN.

DUSTIN DICKEY, WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE TECH.

TRACY CUSSEN, SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD.

HANNAH MERRICK IS ALSO A PART TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT.

DEBORAH LOHR, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER KIMBERLY BURTON IN HR AS OUR NEW ANALYST.

LONDON EDWARDS, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER CATHERINE CHAMBERLAIN IS OUR NEW UTILITY BILLING SUPERVISOR.

AS COUNCILMAN MILLSAP MENTIONED EARLIER, RANDALL CROSS IS OUR NEW MANAGER OF LIBRARY SERVICES.

ANGELO VALDIVIA IS A MAINTENANCE TECH AND STREETS AND BECKY SCOTHORNE IS ONE OF OUR NEW SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS.

SO LOTS OF NEW FACES AROUND THE CITY.

YEAH, QUITE THE LIST THERE, MISS NASH.

THANK YOU. IS THAT ALL YOU HAD? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM E.

[E. Consent Agenda]

ITEMS ARE ROUTINE OR ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.

HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND OR DO NOT WARRANT DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL WILL ACT UPON THESE ITEMS WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. LET'S SAY COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS THAT ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024 MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM TWO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES.

ITEM THREE ACCEPT THE MONTHLY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2024.

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ITEM SIX AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NO DIGITECH FOR PIPE BURSTING.

IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PONDEROSA BONANZA SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT SS 2509 THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM TIPS PROGRAM CONTRACT NUMBER 20110401, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $450,000.

ITEM SEVEN AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2024 JOHN DEERE.

324 G SKID STEER SKID STEER FROM RDO EQUIPMENT COMPANY THROUGH THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM NUMBER 011723.

JDC NOT TO EXCEED $77,334.

ITEM EIGHT. APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CHEVROLET TAHOE COMMAND VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $97,828.

ITEM NINE APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, SBC, SCBA, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $106,164.

IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT? MR. MILLSAP I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM TWO.

ITEM TWO. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM TWO.

MISS HOWARTH.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MINUS ITEM TWO.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HOWARTH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS ITEM TWO.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

SECOND. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

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

YEAH.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM TWO.

ITEM TWO AGAIN APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES.

MR. MILLSAP.

OKAY. LOOKING OVER THE MINUTES AND VISITING WITH SOME PEOPLE, INTERESTED CITIZENS, SOMETHING WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

SO I LOOKED IT UP.

AND I THINK THERE'S A CORRECTION WE NEED TO ADDRESS HERE ON THE MINUTES.

I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S JUST PROBABLY A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AND IT'S ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE CONTRACT FOR RON HOBBS MANAGER AT RISK. THAT MAY BE WHY IT'S CALLED MANAGER AT RISK.

IT'S SORT OF RISKY, BUT ANYWAY, WHEN YOU READ THE CONTRACT, SIR, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN OF THE CITY OF SACHSE SERVICE CENTER BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND RON HOBBS, ARCHITECTS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $973,100 AND NO HUNDREDS AND THEN IN PARENTHESES IT SAYS 937,000.

SO I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S JUST A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.

WE KNEW YOU COULD. IT'D BE EASY TO CHANGE.

SO I THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S GO CHECK.

SO I GO BACK AND LOOK AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THE AGENDA AND ON THE TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT, IT HAS THE SAME THING.

IT SAYS $973,100 AND NO $100 AND THEN IN THE PARENTHESES IT SHOWS $937,100.

THEN I GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE OVERHEAD PROJECTION THAT WAS USED TO DO IT, AND IT HAD THE SAME THING.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS.

I CAN'T REALLY POINT FINGERS AT ANYBODY EXCEPT POINTING AT ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ALL TOOK AN OATH TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND WE ALL DISCUSSED IT AND VOTED ON IT, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN CATCH THAT MISTAKE.

SO ANYWAY, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

IS IT 973,000 OR 937,000? AND IF IT'S LEFT UP TO ME TO MAKE A DECISION, I SAY, LET'S PUT IT DOWN AT 937,000.

SAVE US ABOUT $40,000.

BUT ANYWAY, IT NEEDS TO BE A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE [INAUDIBLE] MISS NASH? WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.

WE CAN, I MEAN, JOE, WE CAN PULL THIS AND GO BACK IN AND DO A CORRECTION.

I MEAN, I YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND HOLD OFF. HOLD OFF ON APPROVING THE MINUTE.

WE CAN HOLD OFF ON APPROVING THE SET OF MINUTES AND GO BACK AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON AND THEN FROM WHAT WE VOTED ON, WE EITHER NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO

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WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THE CHANGE BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE RESEARCH.

YEP. YES.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM FROM COUNCIL? IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.

MR. GORFIDA, OR JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE TABLE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES TO THE NEXT.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. GOTCHA.

OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT REQUEST, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE OR EXCUSE ME TABLE OR POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES TO A FUTURE MEETING.

SO THAT'S THE MOTION WE'RE LOOKING FOR, MISS HOWARD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE OR THAT WE TABLE ITEM TWO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.

YOU HAVE A DATE? CERTAIN ON THAT.

NOVEMBER 4TH. NOVEMBER 4TH.

NOVEMBER 4TH. I WOULD SAY POSTPONE UNTIL POSTPONE.

OKAY. UNTIL NOVEMBER 4TH.

GOTCHA. OKAY. MOTION BY MS. HOWARTH TO POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SO CAST YOUR BALLOT TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS.

OH. I'M SORRY.

MR. I'M SORRY. MR. [INAUDIBLE] SINCE THE MOTION WAS MADE LAST COUNCIL THAT WE, MRS. HOWARTH MADE IT AND THAT SHE MOVED, THAT WE ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED.

WE DID THAT.

THAT WAS LEGAL. LEGITIMATE.

BUT WHAT? I WOULD THEN NEVER GO BACK AND DO OUR HOMEWORK.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL THAT RON HOBBS PRESENTED TO US TO IDENTIFY WHICH DOLLARS IS ADEQUATE OR ACCURATE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE PACKET.

BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ADD SOME INTEGRITY TO IT IF WE SAY, HERE'S THE PROPOSAL SO WE KNOW WHICH ONE IT REALLY IS. IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE SOLVED AND BE CONSISTENT.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY.

SO PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS ON THE MINUTES UNTIL NOVEMBER 4TH.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS.

[1. Receive an introduction and update from Medical City Sachse.]

DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM ONE RECEIVE AN INTRODUCTION AND UPDATE FROM MEDICAL CITY SACHSE MRS. NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AS YOU KNOW, I MEET FAIRLY REGULARLY WITH EMILY FLETCHER, WHO HANDLES A LOT OF THE MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NOW MEDICAL CITY SACHSE CAMPUS HERE IN TOWN, AND SPOKE WITH HER, AND SHE REQUESTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE C-SUITE OF MEDICAL CITY SACHSE TO COME AND JUST SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES SINCE THEY PURCHASED THE FACILITY BACK IN FEBRUARY.

OKAY. COME ON DOWN, GUYS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. BICKERSTAFF GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

LIKEWISE. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING US A FEW MINUTES JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF MEDICAL CITY SACSHE.

I'M BEN COOGAN, FOR THOSE I HAVEN'T MET, SERVE AS THE CEO FOR MEDICAL CIT SACHSE.

IN ADDITION, I SERVE AS THE CEO FOR MEDICAL CITY PLANO OVER IN COLLIN COUNTY AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FRISCO AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THAT I PREPARED HERE FOR THIS EVENING THAT I'LL GO THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY.

BUT JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THE FIRST INITIAL 7 OR 8 MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE, PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY TREMENDOUS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, MAINTAIN A LOT OF THE GOOD CONNECTIVITY THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WEREN'T THE FIRST OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE FACILITY.

WE TOOK IT OVER IN FEBRUARY FROM A REALLY A LOCAL NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITY AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF STAFF MEMBERS, OVER 80% OF THE STAFF, AS WE CAME IN, AS MEDICAL CITY, WE MAINTAIN THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WITH US AND MORE SO EVEN THAN THAT INCREASED AND DEEPENED THE OFFERINGS THAT MEDICAL CITY SACHSE HAS NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.

SO A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS JUST ON WHO WE ARE.

I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANO AS WELL AS SACHSE.

WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT ENCOMPASSES, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE SPEND TIME ACROSS ALL THREE OF THOSE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT SLIDE. SAM JOHNSON AND KIM CARAWAY ARE TWO OF OUR PRIMARY HOSPITAL OPERATIONS LEADS FOR THE CAMPUS.

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SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND JUST OUR ROLES WITH MEDICAL CITY AND OUR PARENT COMPANY, HCA.

I'VE BEEN PART OF THE MEDICAL CITY NETWORK HERE IN TOWN NOW FOR JUST OVER 12 YEARS.

I GOT MY START AT MEDICAL CITY DALLAS BACK IN 2013, AND SO REALLY PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GROWN AS A SYSTEM AND NOW HAVE EXPANDED OUR ABILITIES AND OUR REACH OUT TO THIS PART OF OUR MARKET.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST OUR OVERVIEW AND REALLY OUR CONTINUUM FROM AUGUST 2023, WHEN WE FIRST SET FOOT IN THE FACILITY FOR A TOUR WITH EMILY, WHO OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, GUIDED US THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO OUR GO LIVE BACK IN FEBRUARY TO SOME OF OUR FIRST AS A FACILITY.

THAT'S WHERE I'LL PAUSE AND JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO REALLY THAT MARCH THROUGH MAY TIME FRAME.

WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF SERVICES THAT, FRANKLY, THE HOSPITAL AND SURROUNDING FACILITIES JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO.

THIS POINT COUPLE JUST OF NOTE, OUR FIRST CARDIAC CATH LAB CASE WE PERFORMED IN MARCH AND HAD JUST A TREMENDOUS OUTCOME FOR THAT FIRST PATIENT.

WE STOOD UP A STEMI CALL PANEL.

SO AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, FOR OUR EMS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT NEED THAT ACCESS POINT, THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INFUSE INTO THAT ACCESS POINT, INTO THE HOSPITAL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF FOLKS THAT COME IN TO THE ER FOR CHEST PAIN OR FOR STEMI OR OTHERWISE, A POTENTIAL HEART ATTACK.

THAT WAS REALLY KEY FOR US BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL, AND THEN LAUNCHED SEVERAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES THAT WERE NEW TO THE FACILITY AND THE AREA TO BROUGHT ON ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY TO THE CAMPUS BACK IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME.

SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY REALLY IN THAT MARCH THROUGH MAY TIME FRAME, THAT REALLY JUST HELPED US POSITION THE HOSPITAL WELL FOR THESE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS GOING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, JUST A NUMBER OF FIRSTS.

OBVIOUSLY THE SIGNAGE HAS CHANGED.

SO IF YOU NOTICE THAT COMING DOWN, GEORGE BUSH LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT.

SO WE THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENCE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT SUCCESS STORY IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH OF THE FACILITIES.

WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR YOU ALL.

REALLY, YOU KNOW, AS HOSPITAL OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATORS, WE LOOK AT A LOT OF KEY METRICS FOR OUR FACILITIES.

I WANTED TO CALL OUT A FEW KEY AREAS THAT HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY SINCE WE TOOK OVER THE CAMPUS IN FEBRUARY ER, VISITS, INPATIENT ADMISSIONS, OUR EMS RUNS, AND THEN TOTAL SURGERIES.

YOU CAN SEE SIMILAR THEME ACROSS ALL OF THESE, REALLY, AS WE'VE GROWN THE SERVICE LINES AND GROWN OUR CAPACITIES AND THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS THAT PRACTICE AT THE HOSPITAL.

SO YOU'LL SEE A PRETTY HEALTHY CHANGE FROM THAT JULY TO AUGUST TIME FRAME.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS WHEN WE REALLY GOT OUR LEGS UNDER US AND A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES LIKE CARDIOLOGY AND EMERGENCY CALL SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO REALLY GOOD TRAJECTORY FOR THE FACILITY WAS LOSING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STABILIZE AND NOT JUST STABILIZE BUT GROW, FRANKLY, QUITE A BIT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.

SO AGAIN, FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT OUR POSITION AND JUST OUR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SACHSE AND THIS IS OUR REALLY GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA, SO TO SPEAK.

YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR SERVICE AREA, REALLY THE AREAS SHADED IN GREEN, THAT'S ALMOST 400,000 POTENTIAL PATIENTS FOR US.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE VERY, VERY QUICKLY AS WE LOOKED AT THE FACILITY THAT SACHSE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST GROWING ZIP CODES IN OUR DFW METROPLEX.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR US THAT MEANS AN OBLIGATION.

THAT MEANS AN OBLIGATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE AND YOU KNOW, DEEPEN OUR FACILITY CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY, FRANKLY, TO THE HOSPITAL IS YOU KNOW, BUILT FOR WHAT IT IS TODAY 32 BEDS TOTAL.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF FUTURE PLANS TO EXPAND THAT AND EXPAND ON THE LAND AROUND IT THAT WE PURCHASED WITH THE FACILITY AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, VERY HEALTHY IN TERMS OF JUST THE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE LINES AND, YOU KNOW, AS THE AREA CONTINUES TO GROW, WE SEE NOTHING BUT REALLY HEALTHY GROWTH TO OUR NORTH AND IMMEDIATE AREAS AROUND THE FACILITY AS WELL.

JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, NO ONE HAD SWOOPED IN AND PURCHASED THIS BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST AN OUTSTANDING CHASSIS.

A LOT OF THE PATIENT REVIEWS THAT WE GET AND CONTINUE TO GET HERE AT THIS POINT, JUST OUTSTANDING FEEDBACK FROM OUR PATIENTS IN TERMS OF CARE AND THEN ALSO JUST THE INTERACTION AND LOOK AND FEEL OF THE FACILITY TOO.

IT'S VERY PATIENT FRIENDLY.

SO YOU KNOW, FRANKLY WE CHANGE THE SIGNS BUT NOT MUCH INSIDE.

YOU KNOW, SOME COLORS ON THE WALL AND THAT'S ABOUT IT BUT THAT'S A COMPLIMENT TO THE DESIGNERS AND THE INITIAL OPERATORS THAT CAME IN AND STOOD THIS UP THREE PLUS YEARS AGO NOW. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS AREAS FOR SUPPORT AND CAPITAL INFUSION WERE REALLY AROUND SURGICAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE

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SO THE MOB, THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING THAT'S ON THE CAMPUS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HCA, THE MEDICAL CITY ACQUIRED THAT STILL IS BEING OPERATED BY THE LANDLORD THERE. BUT WE FEEL IMPORTANT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PRESENCE IN TERMS OF OUR PHYSICIAN BASE OUT AT, SACHSE TOO.

SO WE AS A HOSPITAL SYSTEM ARE BUILDING OUT QUITE A BIT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THAT BUILDING FOR OUR PHYSICIANS THAT WORK BOTH AT SACHSE AND AT PLANO, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY THERE AND SEE PATIENTS AND KEEP PATIENTS IN SACHSE FOR THOSE KIND OF MEDICAL SERVICES, NOT JUST AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT IN THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICES AS WELL.

SO JUST AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR INITIAL FUTURE PLANS HERE AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.

THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE FROM OUR TRUNK OR TREAT CELEBRATION I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS THERE, BUT THAT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC TURNOUT LAST THURSDAY.

YOU KNOW, GREAT TURNOUT AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE WERE NOT OUR GREAT IDEAS.

THEY WERE A CONTINUATION OF WHAT TRINITY REGIONAL WAS DOING ALREADY AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUST TO TAP INTO THAT GREAT RESPONSE FROM OUR CITY PARTNERS AROUND THAT.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE PREPARED FOR THIS EVENING.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACILITY OR MEDICAL CITY.

HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU SIR. QUESTIONS FOR MR. COOK. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

OH, THEY ALL POP UP AT ONCE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. OH, OKAY.

MR. PRESTENBERG.

YES. HEY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

JUST WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING YOUR FACILITY TO I GUESS IT'S THE PRESBYTERIAN DOWN THE ROAD IN PLANO.

METHODIST? THERE IS. THERE'S BOTH.

THERE'S PRESBYTERIAN.

PLANO. THR PLANO.

THERE'S A METHODIST RICHARDSON, WHICH IS PROBABLY CLOSER.

OKAY. THAT'S THE ONE.

THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS ARE BORN. DO YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME AMENITIES OR POTENTIAL TO SERVE AND DO THE SAME SORT OF SURGERIES AND ADMISSIONS THAT HOSPITAL DOES? OR IS IT YOUR SPECIALTY? A CERTAIN OTHER GENRE? I'M NOT. NO. GREAT QUESTION.

TO USE MAYBE ONE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU TOUCHED ON OR HINTED AT.

WE DO NOT DELIVER BABIES YET, SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OB SERVICE.

WE DO WOMEN'S SURGERY.

SO GYN SURGERIES WE CAN PERFORM AT SACHSE.

REALLY? BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PHYSICIAN BASE INITIALLY.

WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS TAP INTO OUR PHYSICIAN RESOURCES AT PLANO TO START BUILDING THESE SERVICE LINES.

SO WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON ORTHOPEDICS, CARDIAC SERVICES AND REALLY SPINE SURGERY.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE AREAS INITIALLY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STAND UP, SO TO SPEAK.

GENERALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SERVICE LINES AND WHAT A FACILITY IS ABLE TO ADD, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 12, GENERALLY 12 MONTHS TO ADD A NEW SERVICE LINE.

THAT INHERENTLY MEANS PHYSICIANS THAT PRACTICE IN THAT SPECIALTY SOMETIMES MEANS CAPITAL AND EQUIPMENT MEANS COMPETENCIES AND TRAINING FOR OUR NURSES ON THE FLOORS.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE JUST PART OF THE DEAL.

SO A LOT OF THESE DO TAKE TIME TO MATURE OVER OVER THE YEARS.

WHAT WE GENERALLY DO AS A BOTH FACILITY AND AS A HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS WE PLAN FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS.

SO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING CYCLE IS AT LEAST THREE YEARS THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY FALL DURING THIS TIMEFRAME AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM WHAT OUR OTHER FACILITIES IN THE AREA DO AND DON'T HAVE, AND HOW CAN WE COMPLEMENT AND THEN ALSO POSITION MORE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN SACHSE? BUT THAT'S A AGAIN, IT'S A LONG TERM CYCLE AND SO WE DO EXPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES COMING ON AS WE GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND BEYOND.

OKAY. SO LOOKING AT YOUR ER ADMISSIONS AND STUFF AND HOW THEY'RE INCREASING, IS THERE A SELECT ER ADMISSION THAT YOU ALL ACCEPT OR DO YOU ALL ACCEPT EVERYTHING FROM CAR ACCIDENTS TO A KID FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS TO WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, ALL ACCIDENTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

YEAH. NOT ON THERE.

I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN SACHSE WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS THERE WERE BASICALLY NO SERVICES OFFERED OTHER THAN AN ER.

THAT'S BASICALLY ALL IT WAS.

THAT THAT HOSPITAL WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANYTHING UNTIL A BASIC CATH LAB, AND THEY COULDN'T GET THAT GOING.

TOOK THEM OVER TWO YEARS AND STILL COULDN'T GET IT GOING.

SO THE FIRST THING, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS Y'ALL DID IS GET THE CATH LAB OPEN.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEND TO USE OUR UTILIZE OUR MS TO TAKE ANYBODY WITH CHEST PAIN THERE.

YOU HAVE A CATH LAB SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE EFFORT AS WELL AS SURGICAL SERVICES THE ROBOT, I ASSUME IT'S A DA VINCI ROBOT, CORRECT? YEAH, I ASSUME JUST WITH A PICTURE AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE LIST OF DOCTORS THAT ARE NOW ON YOUR WEBSITE, AND YOU HAVE MULTIPLE

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THE EXPANSION OF THAT PLACE ALREADY IS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME, SO I'M REALLY SURPRISED, BUT HAPPILY SURPRISED THAT Y'ALL ARE KIND OF GOING IN GUNS BLAZING, SO TO SPEAK.

SO I JUST, I, EMILY, HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR THE THREE YEARS TO COME THERE AND BRING SURGICAL CASES THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.

BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

MR. LINDSEY.

YEAH. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST SO VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

PEOPLE LIKE EMILY THAT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

DOING THESE EVENTS IS DEFINITELY A WONDERFUL THING.

HAD JUST A QUESTION FROM THE PRESENTATION.

IT SAID MS RUNS.

SO IS THAT ANY TIME AN AMBULANCE ACTUALLY PULLS UP TO YOUR FACILITY? THOSE ARE CORRECT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT JUST A SACHSE THEN.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER CITIES AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE VOLUMES OF WHAT? OH, SURE. NO, GREAT QUESTION AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE SACHSE THE EMS PROVIDERS GENERALLY WE WILL SEE EMS TRAFFIC FROM GARLAND, ROCKWALL, WYLIE A LITTLE BIT OF RICHARDSON, ROWLETT.

SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE 4 OR 5 THAT WE WOULD SEE MOST OFTEN AND GENERALLY THEIR PROTOCOLS ARE SERVICE LINE DRIVEN ALSO.

SO AS WE STAND UP AS STEMI CALL SCHEDULE OR A CARDIAC CALL SCHEDULE, THEY KNOW WE HAVE THAT SERVICE AND SO, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY YOU'RE GOING TO RESPOND AND TAKE YOUR PATIENTS TO THE CLOSEST FACILITY THAT HAS THAT SERVICE.

THERE'S SOME EXCEPTIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT DRAWS IN THE MS FROM AROUND US AND SO WHEN WE DID THAT CHANGE AND STARTED THE CARDIAC CATH PROCEDURES EARLY SUMMER, THAT'S WHAT I THINK RESONATED WITH MS AND THAT WAS WHAT DREW A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC AND FRANKLY, KIND OF DOUBLED THAT TYPE OF VOLUME THERE IN ABOUT A MONTH.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE.

I JUST HAD NO IDEA. I HADN'T SEEN OR DROVE PAST ANY OF THE AMBULANCES FROM OTHER PLACES.

SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ALL THE WAY FROM ROCKWELL ARE ABLE TO GET SERVED HERE.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

SURE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. I GUESS I GOT TO ASK A REALLY DUMB QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE NEEDING THIS SERVICE, BUT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU DO NOT DELIVER BABIES.

I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. YOU SAID YOU DO NOT DELIVER BABIES.

NO, SIR. NOT YET.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THEN, IF SOMEONE PULLS UP TO YOUR EMERGENCY DRIVEWAY AND IN NEED OF HAVING A BABY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE BABY IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE THEY CAN COME IN, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE SERVICE TO MOM AND THE LITTLE BABY, YOU KNOW, AS AFTER BIRTH.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NOT QUITE. OKAY.

SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER ASK.

YOU KNOW, OUR EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIANS ARE CERTAINLY TRAINED TO HANDLE ANY KIND OF EMERGENT DELIVERY LIKE THAT.

THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING THERE DOES HAVE A MEDICAL CITY DALLAS OB GROUP THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND WORKING ON SITE.

THEY STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, BUT GENERALLY US AND ANY E.R.

THAT WE STAFF AS A FACILITY, WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY IN OUR ER.

SO THAT'S WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.

SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER THAT.

THAT'S I THOUGHT A BETTER ANSWER CLEARANCE BECAUSE SOMEBODY OUT HERE LISTENING TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING TONIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING.

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU NEVER KNOW.

BUT YOU WEREN'T ASKING FOR YOU.

RIGHT. YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO AGAIN, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU BEFORE AND BEING OUT AT THE.

WE WERE AT BRADLEY BLAST, AND I WAS HONORED ENOUGH TO BE INVITED TO Y'ALL'S.

I WOULD MAYBE CALL IT RECHRISTENING OR REBRAND OPENING OUT THERE, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU ALL EMBRACED SACHSE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER SUCCESS STORIES WE'VE HAD.

IT IS. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, AND YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY NOW.

AND MR. LINDSEY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT EITHER, THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF SEXY AMBULANCES THERE, BUT NOT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES.

NOT LIKE I SAID. NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE, BUT THAT'S GREAT THAT Y'ALL PROVIDE THAT SERVICE EVEN BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

SURE. SO THAT IS AN AMAZING JOB YOU'VE DONE AND MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TOUCHED ON IT AS WELL, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RATE OF EXPANSION Y'ALL HAVE DONE IS BEEN PRETTY REMARKABLE. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MISS FLETCHER, I WON'T USE THE WORD BOTHER, BUT MISS FLETCHER ALWAYS HAS MY NUMBER, AND SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US AND BEING THAT LIAISON, SO TO SPEAK AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT RELATIONSHIP CONTINUING GOING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM F2.

[2. Receive an update from the Neighborhood Services Division.]

MISS NASH. WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU GET TO SEE RAY TWICE TONIGHT UP HERE.

HE GOT SOME RECOGNITION, BUT NOW HE IS GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE, AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS NOW ON WHAT PROGRAMS AND THINGS

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SO, MISS. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? RAY. GOOD, SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, RAY MENDEZ, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

SO I'M GOING TO START BASICALLY BY GIVING YOU JUST A, AN OVERVIEW OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.

OF COURSE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NORMALLY DO WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION AND THEN I'M GOING TO RECAP FOR YOU OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24.

THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS.

SOME ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S NEW FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND THEN ONCE I CONCLUDE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE MISSION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE USE OF PROACTIVE, NEIGHBORHOOD BASED CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL GEARED TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OUR CITIZENS DESIRE AND EXPECT.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR SERVICES INCLUDE, AS I MENTIONED, PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE INSPECTIONS.

WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CWD IN COORDINATING OUR TRASH AND RECYCLING AND BULK COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.

WE ALSO ASSIST THEM IN CONDUCTING OUR TWO ANNUAL EXTREME GREEN RECYCLING EVENTS.

WE ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR VECTOR SERVICES AND THEN WE ALSO ASSIST IN COORDINATING, AT TIMES, VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE PROJECTS FOR RESIDENTS.

SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SOME OF THE AREA CHURCHES AND FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY PROVIDE US WITH VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL ASSIST US IN CLEANUP PROJECTS, OR MAYBE THINGS LIKE REPLACING FENCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24, WE INITIALLY HAD PROJECTED THAT WE WOULD HIT PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 1600 CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES.

WE FELT A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON THAT.

WE ENDED UP WITH 1419.

AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR AT THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL POSITION, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS WAS BILLY.

HE RETIRED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

SO FOR ABOUT A GOOD FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT SHORT STAFFED AND THAT'S WHY WE FELL SHORT ON THAT NUMBER.

WITH REGARD TO THE PERCENTAGE OF CASES THAT ARE CLOSED THROUGH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS USUALLY GREATER THAN 85%.

WE'VE USUALLY BEEN RIGHT UP THERE.

WE CAME IN SLIGHTLY UNDER THAT AT ABOUT 84%.

THE TOTAL DAYS TO CLOSE.

AGAIN, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THAT IS 30 DAYS OR LESS.

WE DID PRETTY GOOD THERE IN TERMS OF CLOSING CASES WITHIN ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF TEN DAYS.

TOTAL CONTRACTOR ABATEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 35.

SO OUR TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE THERE IS THAT BULK TRASH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IS NO LONGER THE TOP ONE.

THAT'S GONE DOWN THIS YEAR.

OUR HIGHEST TOTAL CAME IN THE FORM OF HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS VEGETATION.

SO WE HAD 360 IN THAT CATEGORY, 197 FOR BULK TRASH, 142 FOR BLIGHT, A 102 FOR BANDIT SIGNS, AND THEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ROUNDED UP THE TOP FIVE AT 84.

OUR VEGETATION VIOLATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 25.36% OF THE TOTAL.

BULK TRASH WAS 13.88, AND THE ENTIRE TOP FIVE MADE UP 62% OF THE VIOLATIONS.

SO HERE'S JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF WHAT THOSE VIOLATIONS REPRESENT.

STARTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU HAVE BULK TRASH, VEGETATION, HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS, BANDIT SIGNS WHICH CAN BE PRETTY OBTRUSIVE FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THEM OUT THERE IN THE AREAS OF BLIGHT AND THEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR, WE COMPLETED TWO EXTREME GREEN EVENTS.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOTAL OF 550 VEHICLES THAT CAME THROUGH OUR EVENT IN MAY AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED UP IN SEPTEMBER BY AN ADDITIONAL 345.

I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL NUMBERS ON THOSE EVENTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD NOT HAD IN THE PAST, AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING, SO I THOUGHT I'D SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL.

FOR OUR MAIN EVENT, WE ACTUALLY DISPOSED OF 11,200 POUNDS OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, 05,300 POUNDS OF SHREDDED PAPER, 1,700 POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS, 3,700 POUNDS OF SCRAP METAL, 2,800 POUNDS OF TIRES AND 50,960 POUNDS OF TRASH. FOR OUR SEPTEMBER EVENT, WE DISPOSED OF 7,100 POUNDS OF HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE, ALMOST 7,000 POUNDS OF

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AGAIN, AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE TOOK OVER THE APARTMENT AND DUPLEX INSPECTIONS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FROM OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE ACTUALLY DID 119 OF THOSE INSPECTIONS THIS YEAR.

AS YOU RECALL, IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WE ADOPTED OUR SINGLE FAMILY REGISTRATION PROGRAM AND AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE'RE AT ABOUT 123 HOMES. THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN KIND OF GETTING TO WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.

WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE'D PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO BETWEEN 5 AND 700 HOMES AND SO WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE REGISTRATIONS COMING IN MORE REGULARLY, INCLUDING I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS UP HERE, WE SUBSCRIBED TO A COUPLE OF REAL ESTATE WEBSITES.

SO WE DO GET THESE ADVERTISEMENTS OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING PUT OUT FOR RENT OR FOR LEASE, AND SO WE FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE IF THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED.

SO ADDITIONAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS.

THE USAGE OF THE COMMUNITY TOOL SHED HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE PRETTY MUCH ARE OUT THERE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS NOW.

FOR LAST YEAR, FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD 365 TOTAL TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE COMPLETED, WHICH AVERAGED FOR ABOUT 30.41 PER MONTH, OR ALMOST SEVEN PER WEEK.

WE ALSO STARTED SOMETHING NEW WITH OUR MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL COURT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE TRANSITIONED TO A NEW CITY PROSECUTOR WHO'S A MEMBER OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY STAFF AND WE ALSO SHIFTED THE COURT'S ARRAIGNMENT SCHEDULE FROM TUESDAY EVENINGS TO THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.

SO I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL DOING A TUESDAY DOCKET, MAINLY FOR POLICE CITATIONS AND ANIMAL SERVICES AS WELL.

BUT THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY SET UP A CODE DOCKET FOR US AT 230 ON THURSDAYS.

WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT SUCCESSES AS WELL.

WE'VE HAD TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE KIND OF MONITORED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ESSENTIALLY WERE SUBSTANDARD IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD TO NEW OWNERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN OR ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REHABILITATED AND I HAD SOME PHOTOS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU REGARDING THOSE.

THE TOP PHOTOS ARE FOR THE PROPERTY ON OAK LAWN.

IF YOU RECALL, THAT ONE HAD A REALLY POOR FOUNDATION.

SOME OF THE MASONRY WORK WAS FALLING APART.

THE CHIMNEY STACK WAS IN ALMOST IN PIECES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT FAR RIGHT PHOTO ON THE TOP IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.

IT'S CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED FOR SALE OR FOR LEASE.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE PROPERTY ON CREEKSTONE.

THAT ONE'S KIND OF BEEN A THORN IN OUR SIDE, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IF NOT LONGER.

BUT THAT PROPERTY SOLD AS WELL.

IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMODELED.

WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN DOWN TO THE STUDS.

THE FOUNDATION WAS REDONE.

THEY'VE ADDED A NEW ROOF, THEY'VE PAINTED THE STRUCTURE, ADDED NEW WINDOWS AND THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO EITHER.

MARKETING AS WELL FOR SALE OR FOR LEASE.

ADDITIONALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION WAS, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD OUR TERRIBLE MAY STORM JUST AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS.

LOGAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN KIND OF BRINGING THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO HELP IN THAT RESPONSE AND THE COMMUNITY TOOL SHED ACTUALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME TOOLS NOT ONLY TO RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR STAFF THAT WERE GOING OUT AND HELPING TO CLEAR DEBRIS OFF OF CITY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

SO THAT PROVED TO BE PRETTY EFFECTIVE.

HAD SOME PHOTOS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE AS WELL.

SO THAT FIRST, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THAT FIRST PHOTO IS LOGAN SORT OF KIND OF CHECKING OUT THE AREA, TRYING TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I THINK THERE HE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE WOODBRIDGE AREA.

THE SECOND PHOTO IS AGAIN LOGAN AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DAVID BALDWIN, WHO ARE PART OF THE GROUP THAT WAS HELPING US CLEAR TREES.

FROM ONE LOOKS HAPPY AND ONE DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY AT ALL.

THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. HE'S LIKE, HURRY UP, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

AND THEN THERE YOU SEE SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE HELPING THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, USING BOTH FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT FROM THE TOOL SHED AS WELL.

SO WHAT'S NEW FOR THIS YEAR? IN THE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, LAUREN ROSE, MYSELF, CHIEF BAXTER AND CHIEF SYLVESTER MET AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE BETWEEN THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION AND THE VOLUNTEERS IN POLICING.

AS YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

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CONCURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, THE VIPS ARE VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE FELT THAT THEY COULD ASSIST US SIGNIFICANTLY IN BEING PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING SEVERAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY THE AREA OF FOCUS THAT WE FELT WE COULD USE THEM OR USE THEIR ASSISTANCE IN WOULD BE IN THESE FOUR AREAS.

BANDIT SIGNS, VEGETATION IDENTIFYING PROPERTIES WITH HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS.

IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE IMPROPER PARKING.

WE REFER TO IT IN OUR CODE AS AS UNPAVED PARKING OR PARKING ON THE GRASS, AND THEN ALSO HELPING US IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF RENTAL PROPERTIES FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THESE FOURS BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY'RE EASY TO ASSESS AND IMPLEMENT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED CELL PHONES FOR THE VIPS TO USE, AND WE'VE DOWNLOADED THE SEECLICKFIX APP ONTO THEIR CELL PHONES, AND THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GO OUT, IDENTIFY THESE PROPERTIES AND CREATE THE COMPLAINT.

WELL, THEY'RE OUT THERE. ONCE THE COMPLAINT IS GENERATED, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

THOSE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO EITHER BRENDA OR VICTORIA, AND THEY'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE INSPECTIONS.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE RECENTLY COMPLETED TWO TRAINING SESSIONS WITH THE VIPS.

WE DID THOSE LAST WEEK, ONE ON TUESDAY AND ONE ON THURSDAY.

THE TRAINING SESSIONS INCLUDED A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CODE ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THESE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, UTILIZING THE SEECLICKFIX APP TO CREATE AND ENTER THE COMPLAINTS.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 13 INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING, AND OUR GOAL WAS TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL TODAY AND HAVE THEM KICK OFF THIS PROGRAM THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 28TH.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MENDEZ.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. MENDEZ? MR. MILLSAP. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

WHEN YOU CHANGED YOUR COURT DOCKET TO 230 IN THE AFTERNOON.

YES, SIR. FOR THESE ARE DO YOU HAVE ANY PROVISIONS FOR CITIZENS THAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE CITATION THAT ACTUALLY WORK OUT OF TOWN, OUT OF THE CITY OF SAC CITY DURING THE DAY SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME AT NIGHT AS A.

YES, SIR. THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COURT CLERK, AND THEY CAN WORK AROUND THAT, THEIR SCHEDULE.

THEY CAN ALSO HANDLE THE CITATION BY MAIL IF THEY WANT TO JUST PLEA OUT.

THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT 230 OR ELSE.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR.

AND ANOTHER QUESTION ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES YOU HAD TARGET.

YOUR TARGET WAS 1600.

YES. TARGET.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE A QUOTA? NO, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY.

THAT'S JUST BASED ON BEING FULLY STAFFED.

WHAT WE FELT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE IN TERMS OF PROACTIVE AND COMPLAINT AND RESPONSE AND IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS 40 PLUS YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CITY COUNCIL GOING ON, I WAS AT THE BUDGET BUILDING MEETING ONE NIGHT, AND THEY WERE GOING OVER EACH DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWED $300,000 OR BUDGET AND 250,000 OF CITATIONS, AND IT COST THE SPENDING OF THAT WAS SALARY.

SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS BEING A FIXED SPEED TRAP AND THAT LUCKILY WE GOT OUT OF THAT.

RIGHT AND I GUESS ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WHEN WE CREATE THESE CASES, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ISSUING NOTICES, WE'RE NOTIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS OF A VIOLATION.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CITATION.

AGAIN, HISTORICALLY WE AVOID TRYING TO BE PUNITIVE.

OUR GOAL IS COMPLIANCE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVERY CITIZEN TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE VIOLATION IS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE THEM A FIRST, SECOND, SOMETIMES EVEN A THIRD WARNING, AND SOMETIMES WE GO AS FAR AS TRYING TO FIND THEM, ASSISTANCE IN HELPING THEM TO GET TO THAT POINT TO WHERE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. MR. PRESTENBERG? YES.

HEY, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE IT. HOPEFULLY ALL THOSE BANDIT SIGN VIOLATIONS WARRANT THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

NO. YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE. WE TYPICALLY AVOID POLITICAL SIGNS.

YEAH. SO LOOKING AT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES AND THEN THE SEECLICKFIX APP.

YES, SIR. IF I GO ONLINE TO MY APP AND I SEE A VIOLATION, OR I SEE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE, I'M MR. WATCHDOG HERE, BUT GOING FOR A WALK AND I SEE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST CRAZY.

IF I TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND SUBMIT IT, DOES THAT EQUATE TO A CODE VIOLATION?

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SO BASICALLY WE'RE THE DETERMINERS OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A VIOLATION OR NOT.

OKAY. SO I SEE TALL GRASS THAT'S THREE FEET HIGH.

YOU VALIDATE IT, YOU GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

THEY SAID, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY, WE'LL MOW IT TONIGHT.

THEY MOW IT. IS THAT CONSIDERED A VIOLATION THAT WAS FIXED OR IS IT? THAT'S CONSIDERED VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE? YES. OKAY, AWESOME.

DO YOU SEE A LOT OF USE OF THE SEECLICKFIX APP OUTSIDE OF JUST YOUR TEAM OR CITY OFFICIALS OR.

NO, WE DO. WE ACTUALLY HAVE I WANT TO SAY, WHEN I LOOK LAST, SOMEWHERE AROUND 360 REGISTERED USERS.

SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY USE IT, SOME A LOT MORE THAN OTHERS.

BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE COMPLAINTS THAT BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT AS A GUEST OR ANONYMOUSLY.

SO WE DO SEE A LOT OF THOSE AS WELL.

OKAY. AWESOME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEEM TO STRUGGLE WITH IS BULK TRASH.

YES, SIR. THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY REPORTS IT, OR Y'ALL DRIVE BY AND SEE IT.

WE NOTIFY THE PERSON YOU HAVE 7 TO 10 DAYS.

A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S IN THE WINDOW.

SO THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS, HOW DO WE WHAT OTHER TOOLS DO WE HAVE OR WHAT OTHER IDEAS DO WE HAVE COMING UP THAT HELPS US DEAL WITH THOSE. SO SAME THING WITH HIGH GRASS.

YOU KNOW WE'LL GIVE YOU 7 TO 14 DAYS TO COMPLY.

OKAY. RIGHT.

SO SO AS YOU RECALL WHAT WE DID.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AT LEAST ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE USE OF THESE NEW ORANGE TAGS.

SO BASICALLY THAT TAG GIVES THEM FIVE DAYS.

SO WE GIVE THEM FIVE DAYS FROM THE TIME THAT WE GIVE THEM THE TAG AND IF THEY DON'T REMOVE IT FROM THE CURB OR DISPOSE OF IT THEN THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A CITATION.

WE ALSO DID THE PILOT PROJECT IN WESTGATE, WHICH WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AND SINCE THEN IT'S ACTUALLY MAINTAINED ITSELF FAIRLY WELL.

ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS DID GO DOWN.

WHEN I DID OUR PRESENTATION BACK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, THEY STARTED TRENDING DOWNWARDS WHERE THEY WERE AT ABOUT 117.

WE ENDED UP WITH 197 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE TO CAUTION THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE STORM RECOVERY, BECAUSE WE WERE IN RECOVERY MODE, WE SORT OF SUSPENDED ENFORCEMENT FOR THAT TIME FRAME. BUT SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE GEARED THAT BACK UP.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE SPECIFICALLY WITH BULK TRASH AND WITH VEGETATION IS THAT WE'RE JUST GIVING ONE NOTICE.

NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING BEYOND THAT.

SO IF THEY DON'T CORRECT IT, THEN WE'RE ISSUING A CITATION ON THE VEGETATION SIDE.

WE'RE SENDING THOSE TO OUR CONTRACTOR, WHICH YOU SEE NOW THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED AS WELL.

SO IF THEY DON'T GET IT DONE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ABATE IT FOR THEM.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE, THIS IS IN OUR ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, WE DO GIVE THEM ONE NOTICE AND THAT NOTICE IS SERVES AS AN ANNUAL NOTICE.

SO IF THEY GET ANOTHER SIMILAR VIOLATION WITHIN THE TIME FRAME, WE CAN GO BACK AND ABATE THE PROPERTY ONCE AGAIN WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE AND THEN WE BUILD THEM FOR THAT.

SO THE GOAL IS NOT ENFORCEMENT, IT'S NOT A CITATION.

IT'S COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. SO IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS A REPEAT OFFENDER, LET'S SAY IT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR.

BUT YOU PUT AN ORANGE TAG OUT AND THEY REMOVE IT WITHIN FIVE DAYS AND LIFE IS GREAT.

WELL, ON THEIR THIRD TIME OF THE YEAR, DO YOU ALL KEEP THAT IN THE SYSTEM? AND LIKE YOU SAID, YES, IT'S RECORDED IN OUR CASE FILE SO WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE THOSE THAT HISTORY IN THERE.

SO IN THAT SITUATION, EVEN IF IT WAS BULK TRASH, WE WOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR ABATE IT AS WELL, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO COST THEM EVEN MORE BECAUSE WE CHARGE THEM WHATEVER THE CONTRACTOR CHARGES US, PLUS THE DUMP FEES AND THEN WE TACK ON A $250 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON TOP OF THAT AND THEN WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION? RATHER THAN JUST LEAVING A TAG OR YOU ACTUALLY CONTACTING THE HOMEOWNER OR HOME RESIDENT? I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE IS THE GOAL, NOT CITATIONS.

CORRECT AND WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CWD AND TRYING TO GENERATE SOME NEW MATERIALS.

WANDA IS OUR NEW BASICALLY COMMUNITY CONTACT.

WANDA SMITH, AND SHE'S WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH US, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES WITH THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT AS WELL, ALTHOUGH THAT TECHNICALLY DOESN'T REALLY GET SERVICED BY THE BULK COMPONENT.

SO SHE'S WORKED WITH US IN TRYING TO PUT OUT NEW MATERIAL ON THEIR NOT ONLY THEIR WEBSITE, BUT STUFF THAT WE CAN PUT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS

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YEAH, THAT TAKES EFFORT ON THE RESIDENTS PART, AS WE LEARNED WHEN WE GOT NEW TRASH CANS, WHEN WE CHANGED PROVIDERS, THERE WERE TAGS THAT WERE TAPED ON THE TRASH CAN FOR MONTHS THAT WERE NEVER REMOVED.

SO THAT THAT TAKES AN EFFORT.

SO ARE WE ONCE AGAIN, ARE WE CONTACTING THOSE PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEM OR ARE WE JUST LEAVING A TAG? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

YEAH. NO, WE TRY TO MAKE CONTACT A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO OUT THERE IN THE FIELD, WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS GET A RESPONSE AT THE DOOR.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY BE WORKING OR SOMETIMES THEY JUST WANT TO COME TO THE DOOR.

WE TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH CONTACT AS POSSIBLE.

SOMETIMES WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT.

BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. WE EVEN HAVE A TRIFOLD MATERIALS THAT CWD HAS PROVIDED WITH US TO US, THAT HAVE THE SCHEDULE THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS WELL. SO IF YOU ALL TRY TO MAKE CONTACT AND DON'T DO Y'ALL LEAVE MATERIALS OTHER THAN THE TAGS.

YEAH, WE'LL LEAVE IT. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR.

THANK YOU.

MR. LINDSEY. YEAH.

NO QUESTIONS, JUST ACCOLADES.

YOU'VE TAKEN THE DEPARTMENT FURTHER THAN WHAT I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

I'VE SEEN IT EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M REALLY JUST PROUD OF WHERE WE'VE EVOLVED TO THE NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS A THING WHERE NUMBERS NEVER TELL THE WHOLE STORY.

YOU KNOW, THE AS YOU ALLUDED TO, WHENEVER YOU RESPOND AND COUNCILMAN FRANKS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SUSPENSION PERIOD.

THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE WE HAD LENIENCY ON THERE.

SO WE YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, TOOK ALTERNATIVE MEASURES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND THAT FIRST WEEK OF THE STORM CLEANUP WAS JUST NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING WITH YOU COORDINATE ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING TO GET OUR STREETS CLEAR AND JUST THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THAT WE HAD TO TRY TO GET LIFE BACK TO NORMAL JUST ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE VIPS PROGRAM, EVEN IF IT JUST COVERED JUST THE BANDIT SIGNS ALONE.

THAT'S JUST SUCH A HUGE WIN.

I MEAN, TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESOLVE SOMETHING WITH THE VOLUNTEER.

THEY'RE OUT THERE. THEY'RE SEEING THOSE I KNOW AS A VOLUNTEER.

YOU KNOW, I'VE OFTEN WANTED TO PICK UP SIGNS, AND IT'S LIKE, NO, WE GOT TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE REMEDY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND, AND TO FREE UP YOUR STAFF TO TAKE THE MORE SERIOUS ISSUES.

SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. YES, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

MISS BUHLER.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBER LINDSAY.

YOU ALL WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR STORM CLEANUP.

I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE TASK THROWN AT REALLY? EVERYONE IN THE CITY. ALL CITY STAFF MEMBERS PITCHED IN, BUT THEY YALL DID A GREAT JOB, YOU ALL COMMUNICATED REALLY WELL AND I KNOW THAT HAS TO DO WITH ESTHER AS WELL.

BUT I LOVE THE SIGNS THAT HELPED KIND OF INDICATE WHEN THEIR PICKUP WAS COMING AND I THINK OUR BANDIT SIGN ISSUES ARE GETTING BETTER.

I LOVE SEEING THAT IMPROVE AND JUST THE EDUCATION ASPECT, JUST SEEING THE NUMBERS DOWN FROM THE TARGET.

I JUST THINK THAT'S GREAT.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO EDUCATE AND WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS RATHER THAN TO FINE THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD CONCUR WITH MISS BUHLER.

MR. LINDSEY. REALLY, EVERYBODY.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT OR ALLUDED TO IN THE PROCLAMATION YOU DON'T HAVE AN EASY JOB, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S AND I WOULD SAY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT IS THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM.

SO TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT WITH DIPLOMACY AND GRACE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, I WOULD CONCUR THAT THE GOAL IS NOT THE CITATION.

THE GOAL IS EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

YES, SIR AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT AND AS MR. LINDSEY SAID, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVEN MORE OF WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU MAYOR. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. MENDEZ. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G OUT OF ONE.

[1. Discuss and consider a resolution awarding a bid to United Healthcare for group medical insurance; Aetna for group dental insurance, Surency for administration of COBRA, retiree billing, flexible spending, health savings, and health reimbursement accounts; Alliance Work Partners for the employee assistance program; NY Life for group life and disability insurance; Legal Shield for voluntary prepaid legal services; AFLAC for voluntary group accident, critical illness, and medical supplemental insurance; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the terms and conditions of the various group agreements, by and between the City of Sachse and said parties for said coverages; providing a repealing clause; and providing for an effective date.]

AETNA FOR GROUP DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF COBRA.

RETIRED RETIREE BILLING.

FLEXIBLE SPENDING, HEALTH SAVINGS AND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS.

ALLIANCE WORK PARTNERS FOR THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

NEW YORK LIFE FOR GROUP LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE.

LEGAL SHIELD FOR VOLUNTARY PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES.

AFLAC FOR VOLUNTARY GROUP ACCIDENT, CRITICAL ILLNESS AND MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE VARIOUS GROUP AGREEMENTS BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE SAID PARTIES FOR SUCH COVERAGES.

PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MRS. NASH? MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN FOR US TO CONSIDER OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF

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OUR BENEFITS CONSULTANT HUB MONICA BLAKELY IS OUR CONTACT THAT WE USE.

SHE'S VP OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSULTING, AND SHE WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

I KNOW SHE HAS SOME OTHER STAFF HERE.

I ALSO HAVE JANA VENTURA, OUR HR DIRECTOR, TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR CURRENT BENEFITS AND THINGS THAT WE OFFER.

BUT MONICA WILL GIVE YOU THE PRIMARY OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.

THEN STAFF WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.

ONCE WE GET THE GO AHEAD FROM CITY COUNCIL.

OKAY. COME ON UP, MIKE.

IT'S YOUR TURN. MONICA. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

[INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE HERE TO REVIEW YOUR 2025 RENEWAL.

REALLY FOCUSING ON THE MEDICAL PLAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE OTHER PLANS ARE UNDER RATE GUARANTEE FOR EITHER ANOTHER YEAR OR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS.

FOR THIS RENEWAL. OVERVIEW.

YOUR MEDICAL PLAN WITH AETNA, IT'S FULLY INSURED.

YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR MEDICAL PLANS THAT ARE OFFERED.

THERE ARE TWO PLANS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.

YOU HAVE AN HSA AND AN EPO, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN A PPO PLAN WITH NO OUT-OF-NETWORK BENEFITS AND THEN THE OTHER TWO PLANS ARE NARROW NETWORK OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES TO SELECT. WE DID GO OUT TO MARKET THIS YEAR.

AETNA RESPONDED ALONG WITH ALL THE MAJOR CARRIERS.

THE AETNA RENEWAL RECEIVED A 35% INCREASE, PRIMARILY DUE TO UTILIZATION, AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

THAT WOULD HAVE REPRESENTED A $764,000 ANNUALIZED PREMIUM INCREASE FROM WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR 2024.

SO THROUGH THE MARKETING PROCESS, WE DID EVALUATE, LIKE I MENTIONED, VARIOUS CARRIERS, UNITED HEALTH CARE CAME IN VERY COMPETITIVE.

THEY DID ALSO INCLUDE $100,000 ONE TIME CREDIT AND WHEN YOU FACTOR THAT INTO THE OVERALL ANNUALIZED PREMIUM.

THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS THE RENEWAL DOWN TO 9%, ROUGHLY ABOUT A $201,000 PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT FOR 2025.

SO SHOULD I PAUSE THERE BEFORE WE CONTINUE? YOU COULD DO YOUR PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE DENTAL PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY WITH AETNA THAT WILL REMAIN WITH AETNA.

IT'S UNDER RATE GUARANTEE THAT YOU HAVE ONE MORE YEAR UNTIL THAT RENEWAL.

THE VOLUNTARY VISION IS WITH ASSURANCE WITH THE EYEMED NETWORK THAT'S UNDER A FOUR YEAR RATE GUARANTEE.

SO THAT IS NOT UP FOR RENEWAL UNTIL 2027.

THE LIFE AND DISABILITY PLAN WITH NEW YORK LIFE THAT IS UNDER A THREE YEAR RATE GUARANTEE, AND THAT RENEWS IN 2026.

YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THROUGH INSURANCE.

THAT'S YOUR HRA, HSA, FSA, COBRA ADMINISTRATION AND RETIREE BILLING THAT IS UNDER A FOUR YEAR RATE GUARANTEE THROUGH ONE ONE 2028.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH ALLIANCE WORK PARTNERS THAT RECEIVED NO INCREASE.

THE LEGAL AND IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION PLAN THROUGH LEGAL SHIELD IS UNDER A THREE YEAR RATE GUARANTEE UNTIL ONE ONE 2026.

THE VOLUNTARY BENEFITS THROUGH AFLAC FOR ACCIDENT, CRITICAL ILLNESS AND HOSPITAL INSURANCE THAT IS UNDER A TWO YEAR RATE GUARANTEE UNTIL ONE ONE 2026. FOR THE MEDICAL UTILIZATION.

SO THIS IS AN AETNA REPORT.

THIS CAPTURES WHAT WE CALL A ROLLING 12.

SO JULY OF 2023 THROUGH JUNE OF 2024 YOU'LL SEE YOUR SUBSCRIBER COUNT.

THAT'S ALL. YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ENROLLED UNDER THE MEDICAL PLANS, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 161 EMPLOYEES THROUGH FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD, YOU'LL SEE YOUR PREMIUM AT 2.1 MILLION.

MEDICAL CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD IS 1.6 MILLION 958,000 FOR PHARMACY, TO GIVE YOU A TOTAL PAYOUT OF 2.6 MILLION. SO YOUR LOSS RATIO IS COMING IN AT 125% FOR THIS ROLLING 12.

THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGH.

A BREAK EVEN LOSS RATIO IS MORE TOWARDS 80%.

SO IN ESSENCE THE CARRIER IS PAYING OUT MORE IN CLAIMS THAN THEY ARE RECEIVING IN PREMIUM AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT THREE MONTHS.

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SO YOU'RE RUNNING STILL OVER 100%.

WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE YOUR MEDICAL PHARMACY CLAIMS DISTRIBUTION THAT ACTUALLY IT'S TINY.

SO LET ME LOOK HERE.

SO THAT'S OF THE CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID, 64% REPRESENTS YOUR MEDICAL SPEND ON THE PHARMACY SIDE, 36% HAVE BEEN PAID THERE. SO THE PHARMACY IS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT HIGH.

WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT CLOSER TO 20% AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT LARGE CLAIMS, THESE ARE CLAIMS OVER 25,000 AND PAID CLAIMS. IT DOES BREAK IT OUT FROM MEDICAL TO PHARMACY TO GIVE YOU A TOTAL CLAIM PAYMENT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CLAIMANTS.

WE HAVE 26 CLAIMANTS LISTED HERE AT 1.6 MILLION.

THIS REPRESENTS 63% OF THE TOTAL CLAIM SPEND AND THEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE RESULTS WITH UNITED HEALTH CARE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE OPTIONS.

HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR HSA PLAN.

THE MID PLAN IS GOING TO BE YOUR PPO PLAN AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW PLAN THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING.

IT'S CALLED SURESTE.

IT'S A CO-PAY PLAN.

ALL OF THESE PLANS HAVE THE SAME UNITED HEALTH CARE NETWORK.

SO IT IS A BROAD NETWORK.

THESE ARE NOT NARROW NETWORK OPTIONS AND WE TRY TO MIRROR AS CLOSELY WITH THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY WITH THE UNITED HEALTH CARE PLANS THAT ARE OFFERED.

SO WHEN WE LOOK HERE AT THE BOTTOM, WE FACTORED IN THAT $100,000 CREDIT TO BRING YOUR ANNUALIZED RENEWAL PREMIUM TO TWO, RIGHT UNDER 2.4 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS A LITTLE OVER $200,000 IN ANNUALIZED INCREASE.

SO 9% AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UNITED HEALTH CARE IS ALSO OFFERED IS IF WE COULD GET ENROLLMENT IN THAT NEW SUREST PLAN WE NEED JUST 10% UNDER THAT PARTICULAR PLAN, AND THEY WILL GUARANTEE A RATE CAP FOR NEXT YEAR OR 2026 OF 9.9% INCREASE.

SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH, THAT'S THE MOST AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS ALL THREE PLANS.

SO NOT JUST THE NEW PLAN AND THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MR. PRESTENBERG, THANK YOU FOR.

YEP. THERE YOU GO.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR IT JUST IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT THERE'S SUCH HUGE INCREASES.

AND I'M NOT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET INTO DIFFERENT CLAIMANTS OR WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE PEOPLE, THREE CLAIMANTS OR FOUR CLAIMANTS THAT ARE ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION IN JUST PHARMACY ALONE.

RIGHT? IS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT I MEAN, THAT CAN BE AT THAT POINT, IT'S NOT EDUCATION.

IT'S JUST THERE'S AN ISSUE, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLAIMANT NUMBER ONE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THAT PERSON'S CLAIMS IS RELATED TO PHARMACY, AND IT'S DUE TO A CONDITION THAT THEY'RE UNDERGOING.

SO SAME WITH FOUR AND FIVE AND.

YEAH AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE SPECIALTY TYPE DRUGS TYPICALLY.

AND THEY CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ON THE LOW END AND WE SAY LOW END 5000 A MONTH.

THAT'S TYPICALLY FOR LIKE MUSCULAR SKELETAL TYPE OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TO I'VE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW 25,000 A MONTH.

SO BUT WHEN THEY LOOK AT A CLAIM IT CLAIM IT, LET'S JUST SAY CLAIM IT ONE WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE.

THEY HAVE AN ISSUE.

DO THEY LOOK AT IT. IS IT A TEMPORARY ISSUE OR IT'S A PERMANENT ISSUE OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.

SO THEY I MEAN, WHEN THEY'RE EVALUATING THE RISK, THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ONGOING.

SO THIS PERSON COULD BE MAYBE PREPARING FOR A TYPE OF PROCEDURE OR, WELL, IT COULD JUST BE A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE SOMEONE'S TRYING TO GET A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS IF IT WAS RELATED TO, SAY, A THIRD PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THAT INCIDENT INSTANCE, A CAR ACCIDENT, THEN THERE WOULD BE SUBROGATION INVOLVED AND EVEN.

RIGHT. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IT COULD BE THEIR OWN FAULT FOR A CAR ACCIDENT, BUT IT'S STILL A TEMPORARY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, HEALING OR, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL NEEDS.

SO. YEAH AND THEN SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE MORE MAINTENANCE TYPE CONDITIONS THAT THEY JUST HAVE TO TAKE REGULAR MEDICATIONS FOR.

TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT YOU SAID 2.1 MILLION MR. PRESTENBERG. I'M SORRY, MISS NASH WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS.

LET ME JUST STEP IN FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS, THIS ISSUE COME UP BEFORE WHERE AS WE'RE PREPARING, WHEN WE ARE GOING OUT FOR BIDS AND WE, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY NO, THAT

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SO WE CAN'T THAT'S FIRST AND SECOND, WE ARE NOT SELF-INSURED AND SO BUT WE'RE ALSO SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, SO I GENERALLY KNOW WHO THESE CLAIMANTS ARE.

THEY THEY DON'T TELL ME AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. RIGHT.

THEY DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE ARE ABLE TO AS WE'RE PREPARING AND DOING A NEGOTIATION THAT'S HAPPENED IN YEARS PAST WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY, WE KNOW WHO THIS CLAIMANT IS AND WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING OFF OUR PLAN, THEY'RE GETTING ON A SPOUSE'S PLAN OR THEY'RE RETIRING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE WILL STEP IN DURING THE BID PROCESS.

IF WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE A CHANGE AND THAT HAS HELPED US IN THE PAST.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SITUATION THIS YEAR TO YOUR POINT, THESE ARE ONGOING ISSUES FOR THESE EMPLOYEES OR THEIR SPOUSES OR CHILDREN OR WHOEVER IS ON THE PLAN THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOWER THIS OR THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE OR THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

OKAY AND SO DOES THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE ON THAT ONE CHART, ITS EMPLOYEES, PLUS SPOUSAL OR KIDS OR WHATNOT.

SO THIS COUNT RIGHT HERE IS JUST AN EMPLOYEE COUNT.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MEMBERS.

SO IT'S NOT DEPENDENTS.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A CERTAIN PLAN THAT IF WE GET SO MANY ENROLLEES IN THAT PLAN THIS YEAR, IT CAPS FOR NEXT YEAR.

WHAT'S THE I MEAN, I MIGHT HAVE SPACED OUT ON THAT, BUT IS THERE AN INCENTIVE OR IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PUSH THAT OR FROM A CONTRIBUTION STANDPOINT? AND THEN YEAH, FROM A CONTRIBUTION STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYEES TO, TO ENROLL INTO THAT PARTICULAR PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF EDUCATION AROUND THAT AS WELL OKAY.

YEAH. MISS NASH, GO AHEAD.

SORRY AND THIS IS MORE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY.

SO WE ARE INCREASING THE COST FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ON THE PPO.

WE'RE INCREASING THEIR MONTHLY COSTS TO BE ON THAT, AND WE ARE WORKING ON TRAINING.

ACTUALLY, JANA AND I WENT OVER HER SLIDES TODAY TO REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO GET EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AN HSA IS AND HOW VALUABLE IT IS TO YOU, AND SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU'RE YOUNGER, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOREVER.

IT'S YOUR MONEY.

AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALKING THROUGH AND EXPLAINING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT MORE EDUCATION ON THE SUREST PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S A NEWER PRODUCT.

AND SO WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THESE OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

I'M GOING TO DO THE SUREST PROGRAM BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW EMPLOYEES I'M I'M JUMPING IN FEET FIRST.

I'M GOING TO TRY THIS.

I HAD BEEN ON THE PPO FOR A LONG TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN, CONSULTATION WITH HR, I COULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THIS AND IT'LL HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, SAVING ON COSTS AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GENTLY DO IS STEER EMPLOYEES TOWARDS THE HSA AND SURESTE. WE'RE INCREASING THE COST ON THE PPO.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE DRAMATIC ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START STEPPING THAT PROGRAM UP TO MAKE IT MORE A LITTLE MORE COSTLY ON THE EMPLOYEE TO MAKE SURE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO COST YOU MORE MONEY NOW.

OKAY. I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, AND I KNOW THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE SLEEP EVERY YEAR AND WE COME BACK AND WE DO THIS 12 MONTHS LATER AND IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS SUBMITTED EARLIER.

BUT DO WE FOR SPOUSES, DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF CONTRIBUTION FROM IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO INSURANCE AT THEIR PROFESSION BUT UTILIZE US? OH, I'M SORRY, MISS NASH.

YES. SO CURRENTLY YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE YOUR SPOUSE ON OUR PROGRAM, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING ON INSURANCE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THEY HAVE THE OPTION, BUT IS THERE IF THEY CHOOSE THE OPTION.

IS THERE A FINANCIAL.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT COSTS ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S PRETTY HIGH COMPARED TO AND JANA CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE SPEAKING OF IS A SURCHARGE.

WE DON'T HAVE A SURCHARGE SPECIFIC TO THE SPOUSE HAVING COVERAGE THROUGH THEIR OWN EMPLOYER, BUT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROXIMATELY 20% PREMIUM CONTRIBUTION. BUT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, YOU WOULD HAVE A FAMILY AND YOU'D HAVE A RIGHT SPOUSE.

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WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT WAS AT MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYER.

IT WAS I THINK THAT'S BECOMING PRETTY COMMON.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

SURE. THANK YOU.

MR. MILLSAP.

WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PLANS HERE, AND SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, YOU NEED A HOSPITAL VISIT.

IS OUR HOSPITAL GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THOSE, OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO PRESBY OR GO TO SOME METHODIST OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOSPITAL IS ELIGIBLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE MEDICAL CITY SACHSE.

YES. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY YES.

THEY ARE A NETWORK MEDICAL CITY.

BAYLOR PRESBYTERIAN UNITED HEALTH CARE IS, YOU KNOW, A LARGE NETWORK.

SO THEY'RE IN-NETWORK.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

WHERE DO I START? WELL YOU DECIDE. YES.

SO 9% INCREASE.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT I EXPECTED.

TEN AT THE END.

LET ME REPHRASE THAT.

I EXPECTED A 30% INCREASE IN THE BEGINNING.

AND THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED DOWN AND OR CHALLENGED WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A SURCHARGE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATES, IT'S NOT IF YOU LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE ONLY VERSUS EMPLOYEE SPOUSE, IT'S NOT EXACTLY DOUBLE.

IT'S DOUBLE PLUS. SO THERE ESSENTIALLY IS A SURCHARGE BUILT INTO THAT AS WELL AS WITH CHILDREN AND OR FAMILY.

EMERGENCY ROOMS. ALMOST ALL EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUT-OF-NETWORK, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.

INSURANCE IS JUST THAT MR. PRESTENBERG IT IS INSURANCE WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE A HIGH CLAIMANT.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET A GOOD YEAR AND DON'T HAVE A HIGH CLAIMANT.

SO WE RELISH AND CHERISH THOSE, BUT IT'S JUST THAT IF WE HAVE NO CONTROL, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE AMOUNT OF MEDICATION THAT SEEMS TO BE THAT'S BETWEEN THE MEMBER AND THEIR PHYSICIANS.

THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO INTERVENE IN THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T SAY.

WELL, WE CAN ONLY WE'RE ONLY GOING TO COVER UP TO THIS AMOUNT OR WE'RE ONLY GOING TO COVER THESE MEDICATIONS.

THAT'S THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

THEY DO THAT FOR US.

SO NICE OF THEM TO MANAGE YOUR HEALTH.

YEAH, I THINK I HIT ON THE HIGHLIGHTS.

THANKS. OKAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MR. PRESTENBERG.

HEY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

I'M NOT.

I WASN'T CALLING OUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HIGH CLAIM.

IT WAS MORE OF. HOW DO WE LOOK AT WHAT LAST YEAR WAS? DO WE PUT ANY PARAMETERS ON? HEY, THAT PERSON JUST HAD A BAD YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEY NEEDED HELP AND ASSISTANCE.

BOOM. WE GOT IT FOR THEM.

NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AND YOU KNOW CITY MANAGER TOTALLY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE SAY WHO IS THIS AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I WAS MORE OF JUST SAYING, ARE WE LOOKING AT IT AS TO 24, 25? ARE WE EXPECTING THE SAME THING? AND SO THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT.

SO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, MR. LINDSEY. YEAH.

SO WITH THIS COST INCREASE, HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT HOW TO ABSORB THIS COST INCREASE? YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

AND WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IS WE BUDGET PRETTY CONSERVATIVELY FOR ANY POSITION THAT WE HAVE THAT'S VACANT, TO ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE HIGHER LEVELS OF INSURANCE AND THEN WHEN WE HIRE THE EMPLOYEE, IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT MONEY WE HAVE SORT OF AS A BUFFER WITHIN THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND TO HELP US KIND OF SOFTEN THE HIGHS AND LOWS.

SO WHEN I FIRST CAME TO SACHSE IN 2015, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HEALTH INSURANCE FUND THAT WAS HEALTHY.

WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ONE AND SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THE GENERAL FUND WAS ABSORBING ALL OF THAT PAIN, DEPENDING ON TO COUNCILMEMBER FRANKS POINT OF IF WE HAD A BAD YEAR THAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF WE HAD NO SHOCK ABSORBERS, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN OUR BUDGET, AND WE HAD TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THE IDEA IS THAT WE SORT OF TRY TO HAVE THAT, FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SOFTEN SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO WE DO HAVE ENOUGH IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THIS CHANGE AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON BECAUSE WE ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, TO

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AND USUALLY HUB KIND OF WARNS US AND SAYS, HERE'S GENERALLY PROBABLY WHAT YOU SHOULD BE PLANNING ON DURING YOUR BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THEN WE DON'T GET SHOCKED AND HAVE TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

AWESOME. VERY GOOD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS FUND AND SO WHENEVER WE'RE PUTTING ALLOCATIONS TO THIS FUND, WE'RE HAVING TO DO SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF THIS.

SO IT'S AN ASSUMPTION ESTIMATE.

WE WORK WITH HUB. THEY TRY TO GET US THOSE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE TO THROW THE MONEY IN AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNTIL, FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT AND JUST I THINK IT'S KIND OF BEEN POINTED OUT.

BUT JUST TO REITERATE ON ALL THESE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE HEALTH CARE PLANS AND THE DENTAL AND THE LEGAL EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A TOTAL NUMBER THERE OF EVERYTHING, THOUGH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE AMOUNT THAT'S LEVIED AGAINST TAXPAYERS.

IT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THERE IS EMPLOYEE DEDUCTIONS OUT OF THE PAYCHECK.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY JUST KIND OF ESTIMATION OF NOT EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM BROKEN DOWN, BUT JUST LIKE ON THE MEDICAL SIDE, LIKE HOW MUCH IS TAXPAYER FUNDED VERSUS HOW MUCH IS EMPLOYEE TAX JUST ROUGH, I THINK.

OH YEAH.

SO ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS WE PAY 100% EMPLOYEE ONLY ON THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN IN THE NEW SERVICE PLAN AND THEN ON THE DEPENDENT TIERS, IT AVERAGES AT ABOUT 80%.

AND WE HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM I COULD EMAIL THEM TO YOU.

AS FAR AS LIKE A DOLLAR BREAKDOWN.

YEAH. JUST BE CURIOUS. SURE.

ABSOLUTELY AND LET'S SEE, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

THANK YOU, MISS HOWARTH.

JUST A I THINK A CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYONE.

THERE MAY BE PEOPLE LISTENING THAT THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS THAT WE WON'T HAVE AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT THIS PREMIUM IS GOING TO COST UNTIL EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS GONE THROUGH ENROLLMENT AND CHOSEN A PLAN.

SO THAT NUMBER IS SUBJECT TO SOME FLUCTUATION DEPENDING ON WHAT CATEGORY THESE FOLKS FALL IN AND SO WE WON'T HAVE A FINAL NUMBER UNTIL THEY SIGN UP AND WE KNOW WHO SIGNED FOR WHAT PLAN.

I KNOW THAT WAS A STICKING POINT IN THE PAST THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE FUDGING NUMBERS BECAUSE IT WAS ONE NUMBER WAS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER, BUT UNTIL THAT PROCESS OF THE ENROLLMENT INTO THE PLANS IS FINALIZED, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY GET TO PICK WHICH ONE THEY GO INTO AND THEN WHAT WE PAY CHANGES.

SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

IF I'M CORRECT, AND I WANT TO KIND OF PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WHAT HUB DOES FOR US IS THEY SORT OF TRY TO MAP WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY DOING VERSUS WHAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD CHOOSE IF THEY STAYED WITH THE SAME TYPE OF HEALTH INSURANCE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING THIS YEAR WITH A HUGE EFFORT ON EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN START STEERING THEM INTO SURESTE OR THE HSA PLAN, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT DECREASE.

SO BUT THE OTHER THING, TOO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TO GO IN AND CHOOSE WHAT HEALTH INSURANCE THEY WANT.

WE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY MAP THEM.

WE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY SIGN THEM UP AND SO IF THEY DON'T GO IN AND PHYSICALLY DO THAT, THEY WON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT THEM THIS YEAR TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HSA, THE PPO AND SURESTE, BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENCE AND A BEING IN THE PPO WILL AFFECT THEIR WALLET MORE AND SO THEY REALLY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO STAY IN THAT PLAN.

OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

MR. MILLSAP, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR STATEMENT JUST NOW, DOES AN EMPLOYEE HAVE TO TAKE INSURANCE? NO, SIR, BUT THEY HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE SAYING.

THEY DO NOT CHOOSE INSURANCE.

SO THEN THAT WAY THERE'S NO QUESTION LATER IF THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, BUT I REALLY DID KNOW EVERYBODY HAS TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING WHAT THEY PICKED, WHETHER IT'S NOTHING OR SOMETHING. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MISS BAGLEY. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A CARD FROM MARTY HOLYOKE.

MARTY HOLYOKE, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE, TOP OF THE HILL.

I'M CONFUSED.

DURING THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, YOU ALL SAT HERE AND SAID THAT THE BIRTH OF PRESTENBERG SLUSH FUND IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AS INSURANCE WAS CAPPED AT 10%.

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BUT FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, YOU MISSED IT BY 10%, AND THEN YOU MISSED IT BY $200,000.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO PRESTENBERG SLUSH FUND TO BAIL YOURSELF OUT.

SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW WAS THIS HITTING THE BUDGET? DID YOU BUDGET FOR THIS TOTAL AMOUNT, OR ARE YOU HAVING TO USE SOMETHING TO BAIL YOURSELF OUT BECAUSE YOU SAT HERE IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS AND SAID, WE GOT IT COVERED.

10% CAP AND WE'RE GOOD AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW.

SO WHO THE HELL RUNS THIS RAILROAD? BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY GOOD AND I GOT $500,000 OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN.

TELL THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT WEEK.

SO JUST LET ME KNOW HOW IT'S HITTING THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I KNOW MISS READ YOU HAD SUBMITTED A QUESTION.

DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? YES. OKAY.

I WAS GOING TO SAY SHE'S GOING TO RESET THE CLOCK FOR YOU, BUT.

YEAH. OKAY. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE.

JANE REED, 2204 CORNWALL LANE.

NOW MY QUESTION.

LET ME SEE. LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

OKAY. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT IT REGARDS TO HOW LONG HAS SACHSE USED HUB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AS ITS CITY HEALTH BENEFITS CONSULTANT AT $33,500.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A BROKER HAS BEEN SHOT FOR.

AND THEN I IF A SPOUSE HAD ACCESS TO INSURANCE AT THEIR EMPLOYER, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO BE PUT ON THE CITY'S PLAN INSTEAD? IF SO, DO THEY HAVE A SURCHARGE? AS I MEAN, THERE'S SURVEYS THAT SPOUSAL CLAIMS ARE THE NUMBER ONE.

THEY HAVE THE MOST CLAIMS AND SO, I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S PRUDENT TO IF THE SPOUSE HAS ACCESS TO INSURANCE AT THEIR EMPLOYER, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE CITY'S PLAN.

BUT Y'ALL ARE LETTING THEM DO THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WE'LL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS.

YES. OKAY. AND THEN IF THE CITY SWITCHES TO UNITED HEALTH CARE, THERE WILL THE CITY CONTINUE TO BE CHARGED THE $8,750 FOR THE ONLINE BENEFITS ENROLLMENT TOOL PLATFORM THAT'S BUDGETED? IS THIS A CHARGE RELATED IN ANY WAY TO HUB BENEFITS CONSULTING? OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS REED.

MISS NASH. YES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE BENEFIT CONNECTOR.

IT IS HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ENTER OUR EMPLOYEES INFORMATION SEAMLESSLY.

WE HAVE A VERY TINY HR STAFF, AND OPEN ENROLLMENT HAS TO BE DONE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND SO WE HAVE ELECTED TO USE THAT SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS QUICKLY AND EASILY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND RELATIVE TO OPEN ENROLLMENT.

THE OTHER QUESTION. WE DO ALLOW SPOUSAL ACCESS TO OUR INSURANCE, EVEN IF THEY HAVE INSURANCE AT THEIR CURRENT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND HUB HAS BEEN OUR BENEFITS CONSULTANT SINCE 2014.

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. OKAY.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM FROM THE AUDIENCE? SEEING NONE.

OKAY, SO, COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A CONSIDER ITEM FOR THIS.

SO WE WILL NEED AN ACTION ON THIS MOTION SPECIFICALLY MR. LINDSEY. YES, SIR.

SORRY. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G1 AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LINDSEY TO APPROVE ITEM G1 AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MISS HOWARTH SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. PRESTENBERG.

HEY, JUST REAL QUICK ON THE WHILE WE WAIT.

SO WE'RE APPROVING TODAY THE SWITCHING FROM AETNA TO THE UNITED HEALTH CARE PLANS, RIGHT? BUT WE'LL KNOW LATER ALL THE DIFFERENT.

LIKE YOU WERE SAYING. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN HOWARTH ABOUT THE WHO SIGNS UP FOR WHAT PLAN AND THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO HIT OUR BUDGET.

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OKAY. IT'S JUST KIND OF A WEIRD WAY TO DO IT, BUT.

OKAY. YES AND I WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION ALSO THAT IN CASE IT WAS UNCLEAR WHEN I SAID IT, WE DID BUDGET FOR AN INCREASE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT INCLUDED.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN LINDSEY, IF IT WAS TO BE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED FOR, WE DO HAVE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO WITHIN THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. SO THIS WAS ALL CONTEMPLATED.

THIS INCREASE WAS ALL CONTEMPLATED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND DO WE HAVE THAT IN CASE THERE WAS ANY OTHER ISSUES AND WE DO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.

OKAY AND THEN WE WILL ONCE WE.

SO IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT, THEN EMPLOYEES WOULD GO THROUGH REQUIRED OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THEN THEIR NEW HEALTH INSURANCE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE.

OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

I HIT IT.

[INAUDIBLE].

NO, YOU'RE MY WITNESS.

HERE. OH, YES..

YEAH IT'S JUST STUCK, APPARENTLY.

I'M SORRY.

YES, MA'AM. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, MISS HOWARD.

I APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

[H. Executive Session]

CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5510.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DELIBERATIONS.

CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR INVESCO LLC FOR A PROJECT GENERALLY LOCATED AT ALONG BUNKER HILL ROAD AND MILES ROAD.

SACHSE, TEXAS. THE TIME IS GRANGER.

08:17PM. WE ARE ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:17PM.

OKAY, WE ARE NOW BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

TIME IS GRANGER. 9:01PM.

WE RECONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AT 9:01PM.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM I.

[1. Take any action as a result of Executive Session - deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive for BH Invesco, LLC.]

TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE FOR INVESCO LLC.

IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE IN THE AUDIENCE, MR. LINDSEY LEGALLY.

YES. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND INVESCO LLC, SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT. IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT.

YES. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? [INAUDIBLE]. I TAKE THAT BACK.

NO. I SECOND.

OKAY. SECOND BY MR. MILLSAP. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

HEARING NONE. CAST A BALLOT.

[INAUDIBLE]. DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR VOTE WILL BE.

[INAUDIBLE]. SO, MISS GRANGER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, MINE'S DOING THE SAME THING AS BEFORE. SO JUST FYI, IT WON'T BE EVEN ON THERE.

HE'S ON ANOTHER ONE.

YEAH, THERE WE GO.

I GOT IT NOW. I GOT IT.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 2.

COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS VOTING NO.

MR. MILLSAP VOTING NO.

ITEM J ADJOURNMENT.

THE TIME MS. GRANGER? 9:03PM.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:03PM.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.