3. Authorize the purchase of one 2026 John Deere 310P Backhoe Loader from RDO Equipment through the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing program (#011723-JDC) not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($127,000.00).

[3. Authorize the purchase of one 2026 John Deere 310P Backhoe Loader from RDO Equipment through the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing program (#011723-JDC) not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($127,000.00).]

AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2026 JOHN DEERE 310P BACKHOE LOADER FROM RDO EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM, NUMBER 011723-JDC, NOT TO EXCEED $127,000. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS OR MR. LEGH-PAGE, WHOEVER WANTS TO.

SINCE MAYOR PRO FRANKS SAID IT FIRST. GO AHEAD.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THE PURCHASE PRICE COMPARED TO THE BUDGETED PRICE.

AND IT'S NOT A NEW ITEM. IT'S A PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BUDGET ITEM.

I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THAT REAL QUICK. YES. SO THE ITEM WAS BUDGETED.

WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED $133,000 FOR THIS ITEM.

WE'RE ASKING FOR NOT TO EXCEED $127,000. IF YOU SAW ON THE ATTACHMENT, THE EQUIPMENT PRICE THEY QUOTED US WAS $126,564. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BETWEEN WHEN THE BID, WE GET THE BID, IF THERE'S ANY SLIGHT MODIFICATION THAT WE GO UP TO THE 127. BUT AS YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM IS IN THE UTILITY FUND.

AND SO ANY OF THE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 133 WE BUDGETED AND THE 127 THAT WOULD JUST GO TO FUND BALANCE IN THE WATER FUND.

MR. LEGH-PAGE. I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE ME.

JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE OTHER BIDS OR DO WE ONLY GET EQUIPMENT FROM THIS ONE PLACE? SO I CAN ANSWER THAT. WHAT WE DO IS WE GO THROUGH THE.

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WE GO THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED SOURCEWELL. IT'S A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.

SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO AND THEY GET COMPETITIVE BIDS ON OUR BEHALF.

AND THEY DO THIS FOR ANY CITY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT SIGNS UP FOR THEM.

AND SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING A BETTER PRICE ON BACKHOE LOADERS THAN WE WOULD GET IF WE WENT AND JUST BOUGHT ONE, BECAUSE THEY ARE BIDDING ON THIS ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE STATE.

AND SO THEY GET A STATE CONTRACT TO GET THE PRICES LOWER THAN IF WE WENT AND BID ON IT INDIVIDUALLY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IF WE WENT AND GO AND DID PUT OUT A BID TO BUY A BACKHOE LOADER, THEY DO ALL OF THAT WORK FOR US AND THAT'S HOW WE END UP PURCHASING IT.

WE USE OTHER ONES TOO. WE USE HOUSTON, GALVESTON PURCHASING AUTHORITY.

THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL OF THEM, BUT THIS WAS THE ONE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BEST PRICE.

WHY DO WE NEED IT? DO WE HAVE ONE THAT'S DOWN? ARE WE ADDING ANOTHER ONE? THIS IS A REPLACEMENT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE OTHER ONE? IT HAD OUTGROWN ITS USEFUL LIFE.

AND SO WE PUT IT ON AUCTION TO SELL IT, AND THEN WE REPLACE IT.

SO WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR WITH OUR VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IS WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE UP EVERY YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR AGE IS, AND THEN WE DETERMINE IF THEY CAN STILL LAST OR IF IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED.

WE GO OFF OF USEFUL LIFE. AND IN THE CASE OF THIS ONE, WE HAD A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IT WAS OVERDUE ON.

IT'S TIME TO BE REPLACED. I'M NOT SURE. DO WE KNOW? RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE WAS OUR OTHER ONE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE OPTIONS THAT ARE I MEAN, THAT'S $10,000 FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE IF OUR OTHER ONE DIDN'T HAVE IT.

I JUST DID A QUICK SEARCH AND FOUND A 310. THEY GO UP TO $130,000 UNLESS YOU HAVE ALL THE PREMIUM ADD ONS.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. WHY WE WOULD NEED ALL THESE PREMIUM ADD ONS IF IT'S A FRONT LOADER, LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD WORK AND I DON'T.

I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD NEED ALL THIS, THIS STUFF.

WAS THERE A 2025 MODEL THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT WAS $90,000 WAS, IS A USED ONE THAT'S TWO YEARS OLD, SOMETHING THAT'S THERE BECAUSE THERE, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A POLICE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT THAT 213 IS NOT CORRECT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST SAID OUT OF THE BLUE. SO THE 126 MAY BE CORRECT, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED THE MERCEDES OPTIONS ON THIS. IS IT LEATHER SEATS? IS IT? LIKE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE A VERY BASIC, VERY BASIC FRONT LOADER. NOW THAT THAT FRONT LOADER THAT WE HAD IS IT'S IF IT'S ALREADY GONE AND WE ALREADY SOLD IT, OR COULD WE HAVE USED THE BUCKET ON IT BECAUSE THOSE BUCKETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND THAT COULD HAVE EASILY SAVED OFF.

SO AGAIN, I WAS IT WAS BEFORE ME, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION OFF OF IT.

I LIKE TO BUY CARS AND I LIKE TO BUY STUFF, BUT I ALWAYS, I SEE WHAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON THERE.

SO JUST A LOT OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR IT TO, TO HAVE IT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER ONE? IS IT GONE? OH NO, WE DON'T GET RID OF EQUIPMENT UNTIL.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE E.3 AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM E.3 AS PRESENTED FROM MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES WITH MR. LEGH-PAGE VOTING NO. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F.

[1. Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a two-year interlocal agreement between the City and the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred One and No/100 Dollars ($154,701.00) to be paid to the City annually for law enforcement services on the portion of the President George Bush Tollway (PGBT) within the jurisdictional limits of the City of Sachse.]

ACTION ITEMS. ITEM 1. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A TWO-YEAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY NTTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,701 TO BE PAID TO THE CITY ANNUALLY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES ON THE PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY PGBT WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE. MISS NASH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHIEF SYLVESTER WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ABOUT OUT THIS NTTA PROGRAM THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

OBVIOUSLY, DPS USED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND THEY WILL NOT BE MOVING FORWARD.

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AND SO CHIEF SYLVESTER WILL PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE CHANGES BEING MADE RELATIVE TO THIS.

HELLO, CHIEF. HELLO, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

I EXPECT AT THIS POINT ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT BACK IN THE EARLY SUMMER, DPS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD DISCONTINUE OR NOT RENEW THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES ALONG THEIR TOLLWAY SYSTEM.

SO WHAT THE TOLLWAY HAS ELECTED TO DO IS COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF THE 39 OR SO AFFECTED JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THEIR TOLLWAY SYSTEM TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THOSE JURISDICTIONAL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES WITHIN THE TOLLWAY SYSTEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THIS.

CURRENT CONDITIONS, SOME INTERLOCAL PROVISIONS, EXPECTED IMPACT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE.

AND NEXT STEPS FOR YOU. SO AS WE SPOKE HERE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, THEIR CONTRACT ENDED AUGUST 31ST.

SO SINCE THAT TIME, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO CALLS AS THEY OCCUR WITHIN THAT PORTION OF THE TOLLWAY.

OF NOTE, THERE IS NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE OR CONTRACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OF THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURN WAY, OR TOLLWAY AND SACHSE.

POLICE AND FIRE HAVE ALWAYS HAD PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRE AND MEDICAL RESPONSE.

POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND DPS HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRASH INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CALLS, DEBRIS, PERSONNEL IN ROADWAYS, STRANDED MOTORISTS, ETC. WHICH FRANKLY, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE HANDLED BY THE TOLLWAY ASSISTANCE VEHICLES THAT YOU'VE SEEN CONGREGATED DOWN IN PLANO, WHERE THEY'VE GOT 30 OF THEM STACKED UP THERE.

YEAH, THEY GOT A BUNCH OF THEM [LAUGHTER]. THEY DO. SO JUST A LITTLE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WHILE DPS WAS WORKING THE TOLLWAY UNDER THEIR CONTRACT. WE'VE HAD 20 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THAT THROUGH, THROUGH THE END OF JUNE OF 2026.

AND THAT INCLUDES FIRE RESPONSE PRIMARILY FOR MAJOR ACCIDENTS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ROLLS OUT TO CRASHES ON THE TOLLWAY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS AS WELL BECAUSE FRANKLY, IT TAKES DPS SOME, SOME TIME TO GET THERE AND WE CAN GET THERE QUICKER.

AND WE WANT TO BACK UP OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS ACTUAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON THE TOLLWAY BY YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY OR PRIOR TO THIS ILA OPPORTUNITY, IT'S BEEN FAIRLY MINIMAL, A HANDFUL A MONTH OR LESS.

SO THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR AN INITIAL TWO YEAR TERM.

IN MEETING, WE MET NOT ONLY AS A GROUP OF CHIEFS WITH THE NTTA DIRECTOR, BUT ALSO INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR REGARDING CONTRACT PROVISIONS. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, THE INTERLOCAL THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS SIMILAR TO EVERY AGENCY.

THEY WANT TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME RELATIVE TO THEIR PRICING MODEL AND RELATIVE TO THE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE CONTRACT.

I'VE SPOKEN TO MY COUNTERPART IN ROWLETT. THEY HAVE ALSO PRESENTED THIS IN A WORKSHOP TO THEIR COUNCIL.

AND THE PROVISIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE CHANGING FROM WHAT THEY HAD WITH DPS WAS THEY DESIRE A 180 DAY TERMINATION NOTICE REQUIREMENT. SHOULD WE ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND DECIDE AT SOME POINT TO EXIT DPS ADHERED TO THAT 30 DAY NOTICE THAT THEY HAD EXISTING, BUT IT CAUSED THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY TO SCRAMBLE AND LOOK FOR OPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS APPROPRIATE COVERAGE THAT THEY DESIRED FOR THEIR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. SO WE WOULD WE, AS YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTINE PATROL, CRASH RESPONSE AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE, AS WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN RELATIVE TO ANY CRIMINAL MATTERS EMANATING FROM THE TOLLWAY.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ROUTINE PATROL MEANS, BECAUSE I DELVED INTO THAT PRETTY THOROUGHLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGARDING WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM US. THIS IS NOT ASSIGNING AN OFFICER TO SIT ON THE TOLLWAY DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WHETHER IT BE VISIBLE OR WHETHER THEY'RE JUST DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE TOLLWAY OR STATIONARY, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH OUR EXISTING PERSONNEL.

I'M NOT PROPOSING TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF OR EQUIPMENT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. BECAUSE OF OUR STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY IS A MILE LONG.

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GENERALLY, IT'S NOT REAL PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO JUST SIT UP THERE AND RUN RADAR BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET SOMEBODY STOPPED, WE'RE IN PLANO OR WE'RE IN WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROWLETT.

SO WE DO DO ENFORCEMENT ON OCCASION NOW, I EXPECT WE WOULD DO A NOMINAL INCREASE IN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY THERE, BUT OUR PRIMARY EMPHASIS WOULD REMAIN ON OUR INTERIOR STREETS AND SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR CRASHES.

THE TOLLWAY SYSTEM IN OUR SECTION OF THE CITY IS NOT A HEAVILY CRASHED IMPACT AREA RELATIVE TO THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO AS PART OF THAT, ILA, AS YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, THEY'RE ASKING FOR US TO COMMUNICATE CRASH DATA TO THEM, WHICH WE NATURALLY WOULD DO. AND NUMBERS AND TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO OTHER THAN CRASH INCIDENTS.

WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS AN ANNUAL PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF $154,701.

AND THAT IS THE SAME FORMULA THAT THEY'RE USING FOR EVERY OTHER ENTITY THAT THEY ARE PRESENTING THIS ILA TO.

IT'S BASED ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE RATE THAT DPS CHARGES TO THEM, WHICH CALCULATES NOT ONLY THE DPS TROOPER RATE OF PAY, BUT ALSO FACTORS IN THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, FULLY EQUIPPED GAS.

EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO OPERATION OF A TROOPER ON THE TOLLWAY IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR FORMULA.

SO THAT SLIDES TO US, AND THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS FOR TWO YEARS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY HAD 30 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

AND THIS IS THE AVENUE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PURSUE NOW.

WHAT HAPPENS TWO YEARS FROM NOW? WE'RE STILL UNSURE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

WE'VE HEARD THAT THEY MAY DESIRE TO ENLIST THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF TO TAKE OVER A LARGER PORTION OF THE TOLLWAY.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, INITIALLY, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE.

I'VE HEARD VARYING REASONS, BUT NONE FROM THE SHERIFF HERSELF.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC REASONS MAY BE TONIGHT.

AND THIS FUNDING WOULD BE SOURCED VIA TOLL TAG FEES.

IT'S NOT DEPENDENT ON ANY STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND OF COURSE, AS IT STANDS TODAY, ANY CITATIONS THAT WE ISSUE DO NOT GO TO THE TOLLWAY FOR EITHER ADJUDICATION OR ALSO FINE DISBURSEMENT THAT WOULD STAY WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM AS IT IS NOW.

WHAT DO I EXPECT FOR THE IMPACT? I DON'T EXPECT ANY INCREASED IMPACT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AS IT STANDS WITH ANY INJURY CRASHES, TOXIC CHEMICAL SPILLS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY CONTINUE TO RESPOND AS THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY.

AS THEY RESPOND TO INCIDENTS, WE ALWAYS BACK THEM UP AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WHAT I THINK THAT WE'LL SEE IS OBVIOUSLY OUR STAFF, OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO CRASHES AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING OF THOSE TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC CONTROL AT SCENES.

WE WILL HAVE THE NTTA COURTESY TRUCKS THAT WILL CONTINUE WORKING IN OUR AREA AS THEY HAVE BEEN.

BUT AS AGAIN, AS WE DO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW WAITING AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR DPS TO RESPOND, WE WILL GO UP TO THE SCENE AND PROVIDE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TRAFFIC DIRECTION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

WE TALKED ABOUT OUR RESTRAINED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PHILOSOPHY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR PRIORITY OF EFFORT WITHIN OUR INTERIOR STREETS.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL SEE INCREASED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON THE HIGHWAY AS A WHOLE.

OF COURSE, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WE'RE STILL GOING TO MAINTAIN AND OTHER PD RESPONSE.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS PAST MONTH.

SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST, WITH THE DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY, ROADWAY HAZARD CAUSED BY STRANDED MOTORISTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT OVERALL, OUR FIRST MONTH WITHOUT DPS WORKING THAT AREA, WE WORKED FOR MINOR CRASHES, A COUPLE DUE TO RAIN AND A COUPLE OF THEM THAT THAT WE RESPONDED TO THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ANYTHING BUT CALL NOTES AND A COUPLE THAT HAD ACTUAL CRASH REPORTS COMPLETED.

SO OVERALL I THINK THE IMPACT TO US WILL BE STAFF. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR RESPONSE TIMES ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND I'LL JUST MAKE THIS COMMENT THAT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, BUT WE STILL WILL BE RESPONDING TO ALL THESE ALL THESE THINGS.

I THINK THE RECOMMENDED OPTION FOR ME IS TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT SO THAT THE CITY IS COMPENSATED FOR THE

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RESOURCES THAT ARE UTILIZED ON THE TOLLWAY SYSTEM.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU CHIEF. YOU STOLE MY THUNDER AT THE VERY END. BUT WHETHER WE ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT OR NOT, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE FROM SACHSE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT.

WHEN WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS A MUCH, MUCH LESS TERMINATION NOTICE.

AND NOW IT'S 180 DAYS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUALMS WITH THAT, OR IS THERE A NEGOTIATION AT ALL WITH THAT? I THINK THE THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION.

GORFIDA WILL ATTEST TO THAT. HIS FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS SEVERAL OTHER CITIES OF WHICH ARE LARGER THAN OURS AND SMALLER THAN OURS, AND THEY ARE STICKING FIRM TO THIS 180-DAY REQUIREMENT.

AGAIN, I REALLY BELIEVE THE IMPACT. YES, THERE WILL BE IMPACT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ABSORBED WITHIN OUR EXISTING STAFF MODEL, WITHIN OUR EXISTING RESPONSE TIME, CAPABILITIES AND GOALS.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT TO US.

OKAY. SO NO ISSUES WITH 180 DAYS. NO, SIR. OKAY.

AND JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A POLICY, IF IT'S YOUR OPINION, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

BUT WE'VE ALWAYS, AS WE GET CALLS AND OPINIONS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE LOUD CARS OR ALLEGEDLY FAST CARS ON 190 AND STICKING AN OFFICER OUT THERE AND PATROLLING, WE'D MUCH RATHER HAVE THEM ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE BUSINESSES.

AND JUST TO REITERATE, THAT'S NOT CHANGING. I MEAN, YES, WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME OUT THERE, BUT YOUR POLICY OPINION IS WE WANT THEM IN THE STREETS.

WE WANT THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUSINESSES. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND THE LAST THING IS, IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF CLARIFY, WHENEVER THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON THE PGBD, WHENEVER THERE WAS A CRASH INVESTIGATION, YOU ALL RESPONDED, BUT DPS DID THE CRASH INVESTIGATIONS, CORRECT? WE WILL SPEND ADDITIONAL TIME COMPLETING AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THAT CAN TAKE HOURS UPON HOURS.

IT DEPENDS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF SYLVESTER. I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

WE DON'T OFTEN SEE OUR SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING, GETTING REIMBURSED.

SO I THINK THIS IS AWESOME. AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF SEE HOW IT GOES. I'M CURIOUS, THE 154,000, IS THAT THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE OFFERING EVERY CITY, OR IS IT BASED ON MILEAGE? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S SPECIFIC TO US. EACH THEIR FORMULA IS BASED ON LANE MILES WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTION, SUCH AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, ROWLETT, THEY HAVE SEVEN MILES OF LANES AND SO THEIR PAYMENT IS EXPONENTIALLY LARGER.

PLANO. RICHARDSON. CARROLLTON. IRVING. SIMILARLY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES.

HEY, CHIEF, IS DPS, ARE THEY WITHDRAWING ALL THEIR TROOPERS, LIKE FROM ALL GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY OR IS IT JUST SMALLER CITIES OR? SO THEY'VE DISCONTINUED. THEY'VE. THEY ELECTED NOT TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT.

AND SO THEY HAD A 70 ODD TROOPERS ASSIGNED TO THE TOLLWAY SYSTEM IN VARIOUS SECTORS THROUGHOUT THAT SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WITHDRAWN. AND SO THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY WORKING THE TOLLWAY SYSTEM CURRENTLY.

NOW, THEY MIGHT HEAR THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID TO DO SO.

AND THEY'VE PUBLICLY STATED THAT THE REASON THAT THEY'RE PULLING THESE TROOPERS OUT IS BECAUSE OF OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

OKAY. AND THEN JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON MAYOR PRO TEM QUESTION.

WITH THE, WITH THE EXTRA INVESTIGATIONS THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE OR WHATEVER, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN HIGHWAY 78 OR MERRITT, WHATEVER. SO IS THERE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INVOLVED THAT Y'ALL NEED TO, YOU KNOW, FOR PROTECTION ON WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SPEED, YOU KNOW, MOVING AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF INVESTIGATIONS YOU MIGHT NEED.

SO THERE'S HIGHWAY SAFETY TRAINING THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COG. AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT.

BUT OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN GENERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY TACTICS RELATIVE TO CRASH INVESTIGATIONS.

WE HAVE PROCEDURES, POLICY AND TRAINED CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONISTS THAT SPECIFICALLY ARE CALLED OUT TO WORK.

SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY CRASHES AS THEY MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

RIGHT I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS LIKE A NEGOTIATION PLOY TYPE THING, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

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YOU KNOW, IN TWO YEARS WHAT, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. SO THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. MR. MILLSAP. OKAY. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT, BUT THEN THIS BRINGS BACK THE QUESTION IS, IT'S $154,000 OF ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING IN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT THAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THAT MONEY RETAIN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW YOU TO BUY SOME THINGS.

I AGREE WITH THAT LINE OF THINKING [LAUGHTER]. THAT YOU DON'T. THAT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR.

IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET SINCE IT'S A ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY BUDGETED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO BE DOING MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, BASICALLY.

BUT ALSO ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY PORTION OR OF AN INVOICE AS TO WHICH NTTA QUESTIONS THE VALIDITY OR LACK OF SERVICES PROVIDED. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S ALMOST SAYING IF THEY DON'T THINK YOU'RE WORKING HARD ENOUGH, [LAUGHTER] THEY CAN CUT THE MONEY AND NOT PAY IT.

IS THERE ANY PROVISION THEN THAT IF YOU'RE WORKING MORE THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED, WE GET TO INCREASE THE BUDGET? NO, SIR. [LAUGHTER] BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I DID HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.

AND I'M SATISFIED THAT OUR PROPOSAL FOR HOW WE WOULD RESPOND AND HOW WE WOULD WORK THAT AREA.

WE WOULD BE WELL WITHIN THE INTENT AND LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AND COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND THE CHIEF AND I DISCUSSED THIS, AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR CITY DOES REPRESENT MANY OTHER CITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE SAME CONTRACT, BUT THEY WERE JUST NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE. WE SENT THAT BACK WITH THAT LANGUAGE STRIKE OUT AND PUT IN SOME MORE TERMS THAT WERE MORE MEASURABLE.

AND THEY WERE JUST THEY JUST DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE ANYTHING. I THINK WE GOT LIKE ONE THING CHANGED IN THERE AND THAT WAS IT SO.

OKAY AN OPTION OR THEY WOULD EVEN CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNLESS WE WERE DERELICT IN OUR RESPONSE, MEANING WE DON'T RESPOND OR WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THINGS AS THEY OCCUR, WHICH WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE BASICALLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO ACCESSES TO THE TOLL ROAD IN CITY OF SACHSE ANYWAY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. MISS NASH. COUNCILMAN ALSO MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHIEF AND I ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT HE THEY ALREADY TRACK, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR CALLS ACROSS THE CITY.

WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE PULL OUT ALL THE DATA RELATIVE TO THIS FOR TRACKING PURPOSES, SHOULD WE EVER GET AUDITED, THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THAT IN A SEPARATE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AT THE READY, SHOULD THERE BE AN AUDIT AND THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THAT.

BUT AS HE MENTIONED, WE HAVE VERY MINIMAL CALLS OUT THERE.

SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP ALL THAT INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED SHOULD WE EVER GET ASKED AND AUDITED.

THANK YOU, MISS NASH. AND JUST BACK ON THE TERMINATION AGREEMENT.

IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, THAT'S SIX MONTHS NOTICE.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CHIEF SYLVESTER OR STAFF? THANKS, CHIEF. THANK YOU. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. COME ON DOWN.

MARTY HABOK. 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE. SACHSE, TEXAS.

TOP OF THE HILL. QUICK AND EASY IS THE BILLING FLAT RATE EVERY MONTH, OR IS THERE BOOKKEEPING THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO SEND IN AN INVOICE? AS IN IF YOU'RE BUSY OR NOT BUSY OR IS IT JUST FLAT RATE? HERE IT IS. THANK YOU. IT'S BILLED EVERY MONTH WITH NO REPORTING REQUIREMENT RELATIVE TO BILLING.

YEAH. THANK YOU CHIEF. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO DRESS THIS UP? COME ON DOWN. JANE REED 2204 CORNWALL LANE. I GUESS. IT'S JUST A COMMENT.

I GUESS I JUST DOES NOT SIT WELL. OR WHEN YOU HEAR THE POLICE CHIEF SAY THAT IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE TO PUT A POLICEMAN ON GEORGE BUSH FOR PERIODS OF TIME THAT JUST DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME.

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BUT I'VE HEARD THAT AS WELL. THAT HAPPENS ON 78 TOO.

THEY DON'T. SO I GUESS THE. THE ROUTINE PATROL.

I GUESS NONE OF Y'ALL MUST LIVE IN THIS AREA BECAUSE I LIVE ON CORNWALL RIGHT OFF MURPHY AND I CAN LAY IN BED AND I'M HEARING SPEEDERS ALL NIGHT LONG. AND. AND THEY'RE COMING FROM GEORGE BUSH AND THEY'RE COMING FROM BUNKER HILL.

SO I JUST SO I GUESS THIS CITY DOES NOT. DOES NOT FEEL LIKE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF. THEY RATHER GO PATROL THE, THE STREETS.

I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED ON WHAT TO SAY ABOUT [LAUGHTER] THAT I COME TO IF I HAVE A CHILD DIE ON GEORGE BUSH AND I FIND OUT THAT THIS CITY HAS BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE TO HAVE POLICE PATROL OUT THERE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO SIT WELL. CHIEF SYLVESTER.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE EVER SAID IT'S NOT PRODUCTIVE.

TRY TO CATCH SOMEONE THAT'S SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD CAN BE HIGHLY DANGEROUS ONE.

AND WHERE THAT PERSON'S GOING TO END UP BEING STOPPED WILL NOT BE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WILL BE IN RICHARDSON, PLANO, GARLAND, ROWLETT, SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND I WOULD NEVER. I WOULD NEVER SUGGEST NOR EXPECT THAT WE TURN A BLIND EYE TO ANYTHING. AND FOR MISS REED TO SAY THAT THEY'RE ALSO NOT ON 78 IS ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCALLY FALSE. WE ARE ON 78 EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT, MAKING TRAFFIC STOPS, MAKING ARRESTS FOR VARIOUS OFFENSES, AND CONTINUE TO DO SO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. RELATIVE TO GEORGE BUSH ITSELF, I'VE STATED THAT THERE WILL BE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT. WE'RE NOT TURNING A BLIND EYE TO ANYTHING.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS SOMEONE GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR THAT ENTERS OUR COMMUNITY IS OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN 15 OR 20S.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEYOND THAT.

THANK YOU CHIEF. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF SYLVESTER.

ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL OR MOTIONS.

MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

WE GOT A MOTION TO DISCUSS MOTION TO APPROVE F.1 AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TO APPROVE ITEM F.1 AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION SOME MORE IF YOU WANT TO.

IF NOT, WE WILL VOTE ON THIS MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F.2.

[2. Discuss and consider approving a resolution awarding group insurance renewal bids 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.

Cory Hood, Account Executive with HUB International, will present. ]

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION AWARDING GROUP INSURANCE RENEWAL BIDS TO UNITED HEALTHCARE FOR GROUP MEDICAL INSURANCE. AETNA FOR GROUP DENTAL INSURANCE.

SURENCY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF COBRA RETIREE. EXCUSE ME.

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 A VOLUNTARY GROUP ACCIDENT, CRITICAL ILLNESS AND MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE TERMS AND EXCUSE ME. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE VARIOUS GROUP AGREEMENTS BY, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND SAID PARTIES FOR SAID COVERAGES, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MISS NASH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

RELATIVE TO THE 2027 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RENEWAL, CORY HOOD IS OUR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE WITH HUB INTERNATIONAL, WHO IS OUR BROKER FOR INSURANCE SERVICES AND NEGOTIATES ON OUR BEHALF.

JANA VENTURA, OUR HR DIRECTOR, IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE AND OUR PLAN.

BUT CORY WILL WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN JANA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I WAS GONNA SAY IT LOOKS LIKE MR. HOOD IS GOING TO START THE PRESENTATION, SO WELCOME, MR.

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HOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I WAS HERE BACK IN JUNE TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A STATE OF THE AFFAIRS AS FAR AS THE NATIONAL AND TEXAS EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND HEALTH CARE SPACE. SO I WANTED TO CONTINUE ON THAT CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS WALK THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THE RFP RENEWALS. THE AGENDA TONIGHT WILL WALK THROUGH BOTH THE MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION, AS WELL AS THE OTHER ITEMS FOR RENEWAL THAT ARE ON RATE GUARANTEES AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS OF OUR BENEFITS.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THOSE LINE ITEM COVERAGES.

STARTING WITH MEDICAL AND PHARMACY AT THE TOP, DENTAL AND VISION.