[00:00:08]
CALL TO ORDER THE JULY NINE, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLEASE SET THAT TO VIBRATE OR TURN IT OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE DO ASK THAT YOU STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. WITH THAT, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR MATTHEW PORTE, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVID ARE PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM JEFF FORRESTER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER. PRESENT.
COUNCILMAN GINO MALIKI. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE LED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN MALIKI, IF YOU PLEASE, JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY, FATHER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR MERCY. FATHER, AS WE ARISE THIS MORNING, JUST IN AWE AT YOUR CREATION. FATHER, I JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THIS VINE CITY AND ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. FATHER, BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY'RE SEPARATED. EITHER BE WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS AROUND THE GLOBE. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. AND SO I WILL HAVE, MISS AMELIA KING JOIN ME
[PR1. Eagle Scout - Amelia King.]
DOWN FRONT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.SO IT'S ALWAYS SO ENJOYABLE. AND INSPIRING TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL IN THEIR YOUTH, BUT ARE MAKING SUCH A MAJOR IMPACT AND ARE SETTING THEMSELVES UP TO BE A LEADER IN THE FUTURE. LEADERSHIP REQUIRES MANY THINGS, BUT SERVICE AND A SERVANT'S HEART IS CENTRAL TO THAT. AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE FACT THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT DESIGNATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAPSTONE PROJECT THAT YOU COMPLETE AS A SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO LET AMELIA KING TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT SHE UNDERTOOK HERE FOR MY EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. I ORGANIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE RAMP AT IN-SYNC EXOTICS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY FOR LARGE CATS HERE IN WYLIE. I COMMUNICATED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND COLLECTED MONEY FOR THE PROJECT AND LED PEOPLE ON THE DAY OF THE PROJECT TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAMP. AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A PICTURE OF YOUR PROJECT UP THERE. WE GO. AND SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY SERVES THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE WHO GO HERE AND PROVIDES ACCESSIBILITY FOR ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF ANY MOBILITY CHALLENGES, BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO BENEFIT ONE OF OUR AMAZING LOCAL NONPROFITS. SO AGAIN, A PROJECT THAT GOES A LONG WAY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON AS WELL OVER THE YEARS. AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU MAKING THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW YOU'VE MADE A LONG INVESTMENT INTO THE SCOUTS. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF DEDICATION, AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE SOMEONE A GOOD LEADER IN THE FUTURE. NO MATTER HOW YOU CHOOSE TO DISPLAY THAT LEADERSHIP, BEING ABLE TO SACRIFICE, BEING ABLE TO HAVE SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-MOTIVATION TO GO OUT AND GET A PROJECT DONE FROM START TO FINISH, THAT BENEFITS OTHERS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE DOES. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GET TO THE END OF SCOUTS AND BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ON BEHALF OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ
[00:05:05]
FOR YOU. HELD THAT WHEREAS AMELIA KING HAS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND WHEREAS THE CONFERRING OF AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS BESTOWED UPON A BOY SCOUT. AND WHEREAS LESS THAN 5% OF ALL SCOUTS ATTAIN THIS GOAL, WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT CARRIES WITH IT GREAT HONOR AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO SERVE AS A GUIDE AND ROLE MODEL FOR BOTH COMMUNITY AND NATION.AND WHEREAS SUCH AN AWARD IS EARNED IN THAT THE RECIPIENT MUST PERFORM AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AND PASS THE RIGID REQUIREMENTS EXACTED TO ACHIEVE THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. AND WHEREAS AMELIA KING'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT WAS TO PLAN, ORGANIZE AND LEAD A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE RAMP TO HELP ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN VISIT OR VOLUNTEER AT IN-SYNC EXOTICS. WILDLIFE RESCUE AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER. IN RECOGNITION. THEREFORE I AM MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS. HEREBY CONGRATULATE AMELIA KING FOR HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD CONFERRED UPON HER BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO AMELIA KING ON THIS, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY, 2024. IN HONOR OF HER ACHIEVEMENT OF ATTAINING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND WITH THAT. THAT IS OUR ONLY PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR
[COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
COMING AND ALLOWING US TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE YOU, MISS STORM, OUR NEXT IS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DID WE HAVE ANY FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING? NO MAYOR WITH NO FORMS TURNED IN. JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC IF ANYONE HAD WISHED TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE ASK YOU TO COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE. YOU'RE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES FOR A GROUP, BUT WE CANNOT RESPOND TO ISSUES NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, WITH NONE PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING, WE'LL MOVE[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. STAFF AND COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION? AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN MALIKAI? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO[1. Consider, and act upon, the award of contract #W2024-67-I to LMC Corporation for repairs and improvements of the Thomas and Mattie Brown House exterior, in the estimated amount of $89,791.84, through a cooperative purchasing contract with Buyboard and authorizing the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
THE REGULAR AGENDA. THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE AWARD OF CONTRACT. W 20 2467 DASH, I TO LMC CORPORATION FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE THOMAS AND MATTIE BROWN HOUSE. EXTERIOR IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $89,791.84 THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT WITH BY BOARD AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS ONE. WE ARE LOOKING TO, AWARD THIS CONTRACT FOR PAINTING AND SOME REPAIRS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE THOMAS BROWN HOUSE IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WYLIE. WHEN WE INITIALLY HAD DONE THE PLACEHOLDER FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE AGENDA REPORT, IT DID AT THAT TIME INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF SOME HANDRAILS, AND THE PRICE ALSO REFLECTS THAT, SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MODIFICATION TO THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE. THEREFORE, WE WON'T BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HANDRAILS AT THIS TIME, BUT WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REPAIRS TO THE, LIKE THE SOFFIT ON THE ON THE PORCH. THERE'S SOME WINDOWS THAT NEED SOME REPAIRS AND THEN THE OVERALL PAINTING, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE AGENDA REPORT, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE LESS AND WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE HANDRAILS, ADDITIONALLY, I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE HRC WOULD NEED TO REVIEW THE WORK THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE, WOULD THE[00:10:08]
REPAIRS TO THE WOOD AND ALSO THE PAINTING, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT. SO I'M ALSO GOING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. SO IS THERE GOING SO WITH YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING IT TO THE HRC. IS THERE A REASON YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO DISCUSS WITH THEM THE HANDRAILS AS WELL, OR IS THAT DUE TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WITH HANDRAILS BECAUSE IT'S JUST HANDRAILS. BUT WE'RE LEARNING, THE HANDRAILS WILL REQUIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DESIGN THEM SINCE THEY ARE CONSIDERED A MODIFICATION ON A HISTORIC FACILITY. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD TAKE THAT TO HRC. OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SORRY, ONE MORE THING ON THAT, THAT THE ORIGINAL HOUSE DID NOT HAVE HANDRAILS. THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL CAME FROM.OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT THE TOTAL IS WITHOUT THE HANDRAILS, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING IT MIGHT BE IS IN, MISS OLLIE MIGHT BE THE ONE TO ANSWER THIS. IS THIS GOING TO END UP JUST HAVING TO GO TO SHIPPO BEFORE GOING TO HRC? NO. OKAY I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IF THAT WAS GOING TO TRIGGER IT OR NOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS WITHOUT THE HANDRAILS? NO, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT. THIS WAS FAIRLY RECENT. OKAY. DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO COME BACK THROUGH HERE THAT WE SHOULD TABLE THIS? THAT'S AN OPTION. WE COULD I CAN BRING IT BACK ONCE WE HAVE THAT OR WE CAN. WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO. MAYOR PRO TEM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO THIS WOULD SINCE THERE IS THE HANDRAIL QUESTION, WE WOULD BE APPROVING THIS UP TO THIS AMOUNT UP TO YES, IT WOULD BE LESS. BUT UP TO. SO WE COULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE UP TO THIS AMOUNT PENDING, THE HANDRAILS WILL COME BACK TO A LATER TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO OKAY. COUNCILMAN MALIKAI, GO AHEAD. BRANT, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL, HE CAN'T UNLESS, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, IS IT SAFE WITHOUT THE HANDRAILS? IF HRC, FOR SOME REASON DOES NOT APPROVE THE HANDRAILS, IS IT SAFE FOR, THIS ACCESSIBILITY? RAMP? IS IT STILL SAFE FOR THE DISABLED FOLKS, OR DO WE HAVE TO FIND A SECOND SOLUTION TO IT? THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. WE DO HAVE A RAMP THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THAT IS ADEQUATE. THE AFTER IT GOES TO HRC, IT'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WON'T BECAUSE IT'LL IF Y'ALL APPROVE THIS TONIGHT YOU CAN TABLE THIS AND BRING IT BACK AFTER IT GOES TO HRC. IF THAT'S A DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE, OR YOU CAN JUST APPROVE IT UP TO THIS AMOUNT TONIGHT. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU'RE PREPARED, MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR? OKAY MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM AS WRITTEN. EXPENSE UP TO THE AMOUNT OF $89,791.84 FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE MADDIE AND THOMAS BROWN HOUSE. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN MALIKAI? I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS
[WS1. Discuss Fiscal Year 2024-25 General Fund, Utility Fund, and 4B Fund Budgets.]
EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA INTO OUR WORK SESSIONS. OUR FIRST WORK SESSION IS TO DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND AND FOUR B FUND BUDGETS. MR. PARKER, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS WILL JUST BE, LOOKING BACK OVER THE GENERAL FUND FROM LAST MEETING, I KNOW Y'ALL JUST YOU'VE HAD YOUR BOOKS ABOUT, OR YOUR BUDGET BINDERS. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF NOW. SO YOU PROBABLY HADN'T. I MEAN, THEY'RE SMALL. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL WOULDN'T HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT ALL AND HAD IT ALL MEMORIZED, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY, SMALL JUST IN CASE YOU YOU, HAD ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO. AND THE 4TH OF JULY. I MEAN, NOBODY TOOK ANY TIME OFF OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? SO, AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW, OUR CERTIFIED VALUES ARE, A LITTLE OVER 7 BILLION, NEW CONSTRUCTION[00:15:01]
IS A LITTLE OVER 211 MILLION PROPOSED SALES TAX INCREASE OF A 10% OVER THIS YEAR, ASSUMES THAT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS A LITTLE OVER $0.58, WHICH INCLUDES THE 3.5% REVENUE CAP, PLUS THE INCREMENTAL RATE MILLION AND A HALF IN EMS REVENUES. AND, ONE POINT MILLION, 1.9 MILLION IN GRANTS. SORRY. MELISSA FILLED MY HEAD WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION EARLIER. IT'S FASCINATING TO ME, BUT I WON'T DIVULGE THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I MAY NOT GET IT ALL ACCURATELY. ALL ACCURATE, THE, BASE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A 10% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE, WE HAVE WE'RE GETTING THE FINAL NUMBERS ON THE 22ND, RIGHT. LETTY OF, OF THIS MONTH. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WE DID HAVE THEM. PRICE. ADDING ANOTHER PLAN. A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HSA PLAN. WE THINK WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO AROUND 12, WITH ADDING THE HSA PLAN AND INCREASING THE SPECIALTY, PRESCRIPTIONS, THAT, THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, THAT USE THOSE. SO BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DOWN. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE FINAL NUMBERS NEXT YEAR, THERE IS A 5% PAY PLAN, SIR. YOU SAID 12% IS WHAT THAT WOULD BRING IT DOWN TO. YES. SO STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT'S PROJECTED HERE. YEAH. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT. BUT YES, OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT DOWN. LADIES WE HADN'T LET LETTY LOOSE ON HIM YET. SO AS SOON AS SHE GETS, I'M SURE WE'LL PROBABLY BE BELOW 10. BUT IT DOES INCLUDE A 5% PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT AT MID-YEAR IF NEEDED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND ALSO, THEIR STEP INCREASE, AS WELL AS, AVERAGE A 3. MERIT FOR THE GENERAL, PAY PLAN. QUICK QUESTION ON THAT AS WELL. YES, SIR. THE 508 ON THE PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENTS. YES, SIR. IS THAT DOES THAT ONLY ACCOUNT FOR SIX MONTHS? SO IT WOULD BE OKAY. A MILLION NEXT YEAR TO COVER THE FULL. IT'D BE ANOTHER 500 AT THE START OF THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO COVER IT FOR A YEAR. YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. AND WE HAVEN'T, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE CHIEFS LATELY. THEY HADN'T BEEN SCREAMING, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THINGS HAVE KIND OF SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR WHAT THE DEAL IS. WE'LL WE WON'T PROBABLY KNOW THAT UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER, WHEN EVERYBODY ADOPTS THEIR BUDGETS.BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE EVERYTHING'S SETTLED DOWN, SO THEN IN FOUR BE YOU CAN JUST SEE THERE HOW IT'S BROKEN OUT BETWEEN FOUR BE AND THE UTILITY FUND WITH THE 10% HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE AND THE MERITS. AND JUST A REMINDER, WE DID, RECLASSIFY, PARKS EMPLOYEES THAT WERE PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. WE MOVE THOSE OVER TO, FOUR B, WHICH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS FUNDED BY SALES TAX. SO THAT'S, $750,000. THE, BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, A LITTLE OVER 24 MILLION PROPOSED REVENUES IS A LITTLE OVER 65 MILLION. OUR PROPOSED EXPENDITURES IS JUST OVER 64 MILLION. WE HAVE 470,000. AND RECURRING EXPENSES, ONE TIME EXPENSES IS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION. AND THEN THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES IS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FY 25 AT, A LITTLE OVER 21 MILLION. THIS DOES ASSUME THAT THERE'S A 2, UNSPENT EXPENDITURES, FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, FY 24. AND THAT LEAVES US WITH AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 33. AND I'M NOT. THESE HAVE STAYED THE SAME. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. THESE ARE THE SAME THAT THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE REQUEST THAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR OR LAST YEAR, LAST MEETING, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THESE UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
[00:20:06]
I'LL STOP AND ASK COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR COUNCIL ON ANYTHING IN THE GENERAL FUND. IN THE GENERAL FUND I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH GENERAL FUND LAST TIME BEFORE HE MOVES INTO UTILITY OR FORBI. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS, STATEMENTS OR POSITIONS AND REQUESTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE? AND WE DO, NEXT MEETING BEFORE WE MOVE ON. NEXT MEETING WE WILL NEED SOME DIRECTION ON TAX RATE. SO YOU KNOW, MELISSA AND I AND DEBBIE, WELL, MELISSA'S NOT THIS NEXT WEEK, BUT AFTER THAT, WE'RE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH ANY OF Y'ALL ANYTIME. IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE TO GET THOSE ANSWERED FOR Y'ALL. YOU CAN EITHER EMAIL THEM, WE CAN MEET IN PERSON, WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED TO DO ON THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAPPY TO MEET AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, I WILL ASK. IT'S A TIMING QUESTION, AND IT MAY BE FOR MELISSA. I NOTICED THAT THE LAST NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE ARE KIND OF ARE BASED ON. I THINK APRIL 30TH IS WHAT IT SAID IN THE SLIDES. DO WE HAVE WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF NUMBERS, OR WILL WE ONLY HAVE THE FINAL. BECAUSE I KNOW WE GET EMAILS. YEAH, WE WANT UPDATES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS TRENDING. WE WON'T HAVE THE CERTIFIED TOTALS UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT MEETING IN JULY, SO WE'RE STILL GOING FIRST IN AUGUST THEN? YEAH, WE'RE STILL IT'S THE END OF JULY. SO WE'LL RECEIVE THE CERTIFIED VALUES ON JULY 25TH. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING.RIGHT? OKAY NOW THAT THAT HELPS JUST TO HAVE A TIME FRAME. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD SURPRISES BOTH DIRECTIONS BEFORE WITH WHAT COMES IN. AND SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TIMING IS TO EXPECT, I GUESS MORE SOLIDIFIED NUMBERS. I KNOW SOMETIMES DALLAS AND OTHERS ARE LAGGING, BUT COLLIN IS THE MAJORITY AND SO AND WE DO GET UPDATED INFORMATION WEEKLY FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL SO FAR. OKAY. I JUST I KNOW LAST YEAR IT WAS TRENDING TOWARDS, A LOT OF VALUES WERE COMING DOWN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THEIR PROCESS OF REVIEWING THAT AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU DIDN'T YOU WERE KIND OF A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS, IT SEEMED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, JUST WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE MARKET AND APPRAISALS AND VALUES. AND SO I JUST WAS WAITING TO SEE, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION UNDER PROJECTION LAST YEAR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, LIKE 470, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THE FINAL NUMBERS CAME IN. SO JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE SCALE WOULD BE ON WHEN TO EXPECT THAT. SO THANK YOU. I THINK LAST YEAR WAS A LOT OF, COMMERCIAL PROTESTED COMMERCIAL, VALUES IS THE DIFFERENCE I THINK THAN THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THE UTILITY FUND AND, WATER SEWER RATES WILL BE ON NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA AS WELL TO APPROVE, SO BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, A LITTLE OVER 31 MILLION PROPOSED REVENUES, FOR FY 25 ARE A LITTLE OVER 31 MILLION. EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE OVER 29 MILLION. THERE'S 336,000 IN RECURRING EXPENSES.
PERSONNEL REQUESTS. 2.7 MILLION IN 1 TIME USES FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF, 30.4 MILLION.
THIS DOES ASSUME THAT THERE'S A 5% WATER RATE INCREASE AND A 5.5% SEWER RATE INCREASE. THAT WAS ALL CALCULATED IN THE STUDY DONE IN 2023. AND WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF 90 DAYS. OPERATING EXPENSES, EXPENDITURES, OUR CURRENT ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE IS 390 DAYS. SO THIS IS A VERY HEALTHY, FUND BALANCE. AND WE DO HAVE, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, THESE ARE THE PERSONNEL REQUEST, THE TRAINING COORDINATOR AND, PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE, RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING UP WITH EVERYBODY'S WATER CERTIFICATIONS, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THROUGH T-C-E-Q AND ALL THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL AS WE'RE BRINGING, WHAT'S IT CALLED? TOMMY CDL. THANK YOU. LEFT ME FOR SOME REASON. WE'RE BRINGING THAT, IN-HOUSE, TO TRAIN, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES OVER THERE TO GET THEIR CDL LICENSE,
[00:25:08]
ALSO A GIS ANALYST IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS, IT SAYS WATER ON THERE, BUT THEY'LL BE, WILL BE DOING A LOT OF, LABEL AND MARKING OUR WATER AND SEWER LINES UNDER THE GROUND USING GIS UPDATE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL BECAUSE WE'VE RUN ACROSS HERE LATELY, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE NECESSARILY ALL OUR WATER AND SEWER LINES ARE, ADDING A FLEET TECHNICIAN, AS TOMMY HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IN HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT BRINGING MORE FLEET IN-HOUSE TO SAVE DOWNTIME AS WELL AS MONEY. AND THEN A UTILITY TECHNICIAN, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, MAYOR PRO TEM, SO ON THE OUR UTILITY FUND SUMMARY, OUR TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT CAME IN. THEY EXPLAINED THEY HAD A BUNCH OF UPCOMING COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MUDDY CREEK. YES. UPGRADES, ETC. WILL OUR FUND BALANCE BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER INCREASE IN SERVICE FEES TO THE CITIZENS MID-YEAR? YES. ALL OF THAT'S ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT STUDY THAT WE DID. SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT INCREASE. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE REFER TO MUDDY CREEK SERVICE FEES CHANGES, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT SUPPLIES THE WATER. SO THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR COST TO US INCREASES. THAT DRIVES OUR WATER COSTS. THEY ALSO HANDLE OUR SEWER. CORRECT. AND THE PLANT THAT HANDLES IT, DUE TO THE GROWTH OF WILEY, HAS TO BE EXPANDED. AND THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS. RIGHT. SO WE'RE WE PARTNERED WITH MURPHY TO HAVE OUR OWN, WELL, I GUESS WE CONTRACT THROUGH THE WATER DISTRICT TO PROVIDE, SEWER TREATMENT, WHICH IS A MUDDY CREEK SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN MURPHY, SO WE SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF COST OF THAT EXPANSIO, I BELIEVE IT WAS $90 MILLION, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT THIS EXPANSION IS, COSTING, TO HAVE DONE SO. BUT BUT THE SEWER STUDY INCLUDED ALL THOSE NUMBERS IN THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT EXPANSION WAS COMING, AND I DON'T REMEMBER IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE A $20 MILLION SAVINGS, THE NUMBERS CAME IN LOWER THAN WHAT THE WATER DISTRICT WAS ANTICIPATING. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE AND PEOPLE MAY THINK, WHY ARE WE WHY ARE WE SEEING RATE INCREASES? IT HAS DIRECTLY TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE BILLED THROUGH THE WATER DISTRICT, CORRECT. AND THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS OF EXPANDING MUDDY CREEK. CORRECT I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE, RECOMMENDED, REQUESTS. A LOT OF IT IS, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT. I HAVE LEARNED, OVER TALKING TO TOMMY, A LOT OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS AGING, WE HAVEN'T REPLACED, SOME OF THAT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THIS IS, THE BIG ITEMS IN HERE, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE FOR, THE DOGWOOD WATER LINE REPLACEMENTS AT A MILLION AND A HALF, WHICH IS A BIG CHUNK OF THAT, 2.7 MILLION THERE. THAT WAS DESIGNED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, SO THE REPLACEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE, NEXT YEAR, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS HERE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TOMMY IS. HE'S HERE BECAUSE I PROBABLY COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT A BYPASS PUMPING INFRASTRUCTURE OR A WATER. VALVE EXERCISE TRAILER. I MEAN, I KNOW IT EXERCISES THE VALVES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL WORKING, BUT HE GETS EXCITED ABOUT THAT STUFF. AND SO THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAD DONE SEVERAL DESIGN STUDIES AND WE HAVE, HILLTOP AND DOGWOOD THAT ARE ON IT FOR THIS YEAR.YES, SIR. I DIDN'T SEE ANY ANY ENGINEERING STUDIES. WAS THAT WERE PUT ON FOR TO BE READY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. WERE THERE ANY THAT WERE CONSIDERED, UNDER THE FUND WITH THE HEALTHY FUND
[00:30:01]
BALANCE THAT THAT WERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO START THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THINGS FOR, TIM IS HERE. HI, TIM. DO YOU HAVE ANY, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY THAT HE RECOMMENDED THE ONLY THING THAT WAS, HE RECOMMENDED, BUT IT, I GUESS HAD COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND IS THE DEMOLITION OF THE, OVER ON ALLEN EAST. WHAT'S THAT? OH, THE FORMER TREATMENT, THE DECOMMISSIONING.THANK YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW, THAT WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. YEAH. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST GETTING IN A GOOD ROTATION OF WHERE WE DESIGNING ONE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING ONE EACH YEAR. SO THAT'S. I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANY DESIGNS. THAT'S WHY I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF BEEN ROTATING SO DOGWOOD IS UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE COMPLETE BY NEXT FISCAL YEAR ONCE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION. YEAH. AND THEN HILLTOP. YEAH.
AND HILLTOP IS THE DESIGN NEXT YEAR. THE DESIGN. OKAY. WE'LL DO THE REPLACEMENT THEN. IT'LL BE READY THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UTILITY FUND BEFORE WE MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT, THE FOUR B FUND, AGAIN, THIS IS, THROUGH SALES TAX, WHICH WE GET, PART OF OUR SALES TAX FUNDS FOR B AND, AND PART OF IT FUNDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIO. SO THE BEGINNING ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE IS, A LITTLE OVER 4.5 MILLION PROPOSED REVENUES, A LITTLE OVER 6.2 MILLION, THERE'S ABOUT 5.8 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WHICH WITH ABOUT 190,000 OF RECURRING AND ABOUT 2.7 MILLION IN 1 TIME EXPENSES, WHICH LEAVES OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE A LITTLE OVER 2.1 MILLION, WE HAVE ABOUT 800,000, AS YOU'LL SEE THERE, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING WITH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE SPENT THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN WITH, DOG PARKS, SPLASH PADS AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS, THE RENOVATION OF THE FIELD, THE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND BASEBALL FIELDS. SO, QUITE A QUITE A BIT OF INVESTMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED FOR, FOR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR PARKS, WHICH IS WAS NEEDED. IT'S PRETTY COOL IF WE CAN GET THE SPLASH PADS OPEN AND BE BETTER. STOPPED RAINING. DO WE HAVE A TIMING UPDATE? NO, I SEE WE HAVE SOMEONE BACK THERE. YEAH, I DON'T BRANT, BRENT'S NOT HERE. SEE, HE HE OPENED HIS MOUTH AND THEN IT STARTED RAINING, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S HE'S NOT HERE. AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE HURRICANES TO WORRY ABOUT, RIGHT. SO SOME SOME PERSONNEL REQUESTS, THE THREE, THE TOP ONE AND THE BOTTOM TWO ARE, PART OF CARMEN'S PLAN TO TRANSITION PART TIME TO THE FULL TIME. IT REDUCES THE PART TIME STAFF. THERE IS AN OFFSET THERE. I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 18,000 PER POSITION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY, PART TIME TO FILL ONE FULL TIME POSITION. AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS TRANSITION, FOR, FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS NOW. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THERE IS, IRRIGATOR, THAT IS TO ADD AN IRRIGATION POSITION SINCE WE'VE ADDED OR ADDING THE TWO NEW SPLASH PADS. IT WILL HELP WITH THAT. PLUS, THEY'RE JUST THOSE GUYS ARE ALWAYS BUSY. THERE'S IF YOU HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM AT YOUR HOUSE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND THEN HERE'S JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ONE TIME EXPENSES, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE, THEY HAVE A, A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR, YOU'LL SEE IN THEIR, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR SAGE CREEK. RIVERWAY. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO THEY'VE BEEN REPLACING ABOUT TWO A YEAR, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THEN THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING AT COMMUNITY PARK. THAT'S FOR THE DESIGN OF IT, AND THEN I KNOW SEVERAL OF Y'ALL HAVE MENTIONED, SHADE STRUCTURES, FOR PICKLEBALL, AS WELL AS SOME LIGHTING AND THEN, THE RENOVATION OF THE SOUTH FIELD DRAINAGE OVER HERE AT
[00:35:06]
FOUNDERS. THEY DID THE NORTH, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE SOUTH, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE ON HERE IS THE PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS MASTER PLAN, THAT IS A, HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND, LOOK AT THE OVERALL SITE AND DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE NOW THAT WE'RE BUILT OUT BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS ARE OUT OF ROOM OVER THERE AS AS WELL AS, JUST A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL STORAG.SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, IS TO KIND OF MASTER PLAN THAT WHOLE, SITE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO OVER THERE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT FOR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING, IT'S THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS. SO, YES, THE BUILDINGS, THE STORAGE PLACES FOR OUR EQUIPMENT, IT'S THE OPERATIONAL USES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REDESIGNING THE PARK OVER THERE. OH NO. YEAH. CORRECT. YEAH. IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE NEED FOR FACILITIES.
FACILITIES? ACTUAL FACILITIES. YES SIR. SO THAT'S THE BIG THINGS ON THERE. AND THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT IN THERE THAT, A COUPLE OF VEHICLES AND, TRACTORS, JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN A LIFE. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS HAS A QUESTION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
MAYOR, MR. BURTON, THE TWO LINE ITEMS FOR PLANS ON COMMUNITY AND FOUNDERS. IT SAYS PLANS DASH PARKING. WHAT? WHAT ARE THOSE SYMBOLIZING? SO THE, ACTUALLY. SO THE. THE PARKING FOR COMMUNITY. THAT'S JUST THE DESIGN FOR THE DESIGN PIECE OF IT. WHERE ALL IS GOING ON NOW? AS WELL AS IT FOUNDERS, FOUNDER, THEY WANTED TO ADD PARKING OVER BY THE NEW PIRATE COVE PARKING LOT. RIGHT. SO WE GOT TO GET THAT DESIGN. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, A COMMUNITY PARK, THERE'S A PIECE OF IT THAT THEY'VE BEEN SLOWLY PAVING THE BACK PART OF. IT'S ALL, GRAVEL. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE DESIGN. AND THEN, DOWN THERE, A COUPLE OF LINES LATER WHERE IT SAYS CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR COMMUNITY PARK. THAT'S THE ACTUAL PAVING OF THAT. OKAY, DOES THE DO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE, WELL, I GUESS WE HAVEN'T DONE AN RFP. SO IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE BUDGET, IT'LL JUST ROLL OVER TO GENERAL FUND IN IN LOOKING AT WHAT'S HERE FOR THE DESIGN, LIKE IF THE DESIGN DOESN'T COST 120,000, THEY JUST GO BACK TO FOUR, BE FUND BALANCE, GO BACK TO THE FOUR. BE OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, TO DO THE PARKING AT AT FOUNDERS WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION. IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE CHOSE THE RENOVATION OF THE FIELD OVER THE WELL. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF ON THE PLANS FOR PARKING, IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A WHOLE LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THAT'S WHY THE PLAN COST IS YOU KNOW, RESEMBLING WHAT'S HERE BECAUSE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OR IF IT'S JUST PARKING OR LAYOUT OR WHAT IT WAS. BUT KNOWING THAT NO MATTER WHAT, IT WILL END UP GOING BACK. YEAH, IT JUST GOES BACK TO FOR ME, THAT MAKES SENSE. THE FUND BALANCE.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO, THE NEXT WORK SESSION WITH THE EDC. YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND REITERATE, AS YOU DID, THAT AS FAR AS FROM THE FOUR B, THIS IS SALES TAX MONEY, THAT IS DEDICATED TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE GETTING REPLACED. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE OTHER HALF, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE FIELDS GETTING BROUGHT UP TO BETTER, BETTER USABILITY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK. ALL THE LEAGUES THAT USE IT HERE FOR THE KIDS AROUND TOWN, THE SHADE STRUCTURE AT PIRATE COVE THAT WILL GO IN OVER THE TOP TO MAKE IT MORE USABLE IN FUTURE SUMMERS. I KNOW WE'RE STILL FINISHING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE EXPANSION WITH SOME LIGHTS AND SHADE FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO MAKE THEM MORE, YEAR ROUND AND EXTEND SOME OF THEIR USAGE DURING DIFFERENT TIMES. SO REPLACING SOME OF THE AGING STUFF AND THEN KIND OF FINISHING OUT NICELY, SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE STARTED ELSEWHERE. YES, SIR. SO YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON FOUR B OR IF ANYTHING, YOU WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE PRIOR TWO FUND BALANCE FUNDS THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING? SO JUST NEXT MEETING DIRECTION ON,
[00:40:03]
GENERAL FUND TAX RATE, AGAIN, HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, TO DISCUSS ANYTHING IN DEPTH AFTER YOU HAVE TIME TO. I MEAN, WE'RE IN IT EVERY DAY, SO IT'S A WE IT'S HARD. I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT Y'ALL AREN'T WHERE I AM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR THE LAST 60 DAYS, EVERY DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND MEET, TO CLARIFY ANYTHING AND GET DIRECTION AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT FROM COUNCILMAN MALIKI. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK. YES, SIR. OBVIOUSLY, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE WITH MY KIDS, BUT DURING THE BASEBALL SEASON AND WHATNOT, THE SPORTS SEASON, THE PARKING GETS REALLY CONGESTED THERE. ON THE DESIGN PORTION OF IT. IS THERE ENOUGH ALLOCATED TO IT TO SEE OTHER MAYBE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN HAVE ADD PARKING TO IT OR STRIPE IT A DIFFERENT WAY, OR THOUGHT SOME DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE CAN FIT MORE CARS SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE WEEKS WHERE BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, ALL OF THEM ARE BEING PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME? OR DO WE NEED TO? MAYBE SINCE WE HAVE A HEALTHY LEFT BUDGET ON FOR BE TO INCREASE THAT PART OF IT NOW TO HAVE A BROADER SPECTRUM OF PARKING ON THAT COMMUNITY PARK SPECIFICALLY? YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I'M NOT SURE, WHAT ALL THIS INCLUDES, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED OVER THERE WITH SPACE WITH THE. YOU HAVE THOSE SOCCER FIELDS TO THE EAST, AND I KNOW THEY USE THAT NEXT TO THE I STILL CALL IT THE SENIOR CENTER, YEAH. THEY USE THOSE FOR, FOR PRACTICE FIELDS. SO WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED. BUT BUT I'LL GET WITH CARMEN AND BRANT TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO OVER THERE TO TRY TO ON THE, I GUESS ON AS YOU GO INTO THE PARKING ON THE LEFT SIDE, WE HAVE ALL THOSE FIELDS THAT DO A LOT OF PARK PRACTICE. IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE BACK END TOWARDS THE HOUSES IS BARELY USED MOST OF THE TIME. AT TIMES IT'S NEVER USED. SO JUST IN TERMS OF DESIGN PURPOSES AND FITTING A LOT MORE AS WE'RE GROWING, THERE'S MORE TEAMS, MORE SPORTS. THANK GOD EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO OUT THERE AND BE OUT IN THE NATURE, DESIGN PORTION OF IT. I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF MAYBE EVEN DEVELOPING SOME OF THOSE FIELDS FOR ACTUAL SPORTS WITHIN OUR LEAGUE, AND NOT JUST PRACTICE FIELDS TO ALLOW SOME OF THE TEAMS OR SOME OF THE THINGS TO BE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE BATTING PRACTICES GO THERE AND IT'S JUST DESIGN PORTIONS THAT ARCHITECT CAN THINK BETTER THAN I CAN. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY IF THERE ARE NONE THEN WE WILL MOVE FROM THIS WORK SESSION TO OUR SECOND WORK SESSION THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. WILEY EDC BUDGET, AND WE'LL GIVE OUR GUESTS JUST A SECOND TO STEP OUT WHILE HE GETS HIS SETUP HERE TO. SURE. GIVE ME DO YOURS, MISS STORM. ACTUALLY, WHILE HE GETS ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE BACK INTO[WS2. Discuss the FY 2024-25 WEDC Budget.]
SESSION. WE'RE IN OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE ON OUR SECOND WORK SESSION, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. WILEY EDC BUDGET. GOOD EVENING. GRINER JASON GRINER, WILEY EDC. THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN TONIGHT, TONIGHT YOU HAVE OUR DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET. AND, JUST TO, HAVE A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING. THIS IS A DRAFT NARRATIVE, DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW, FUND BALANCE AND DEBT SERVICE DETAIL, THESE NUMBERS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON SOME ENGINEERING NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN. AND WE'RE STILL MAKING SOME CHANGES IN THE BUDGET SOFTWARE. BUT, AS YOU'LL RECALL, EACH YEAR, OUR BOARD AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE BUDGET. BUT OUR EACH YEAR, OUR BOARD GOES THROUGH THE BUDGET AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER BY STAFF, REVIEWED INTERNALLY, DISCUSSED WITH OUR BOARD THROUGH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD. THIS IS HIGH LEVEL, FISCAL YEAR 20, 2025 BUDGET. AND, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION OR FEEDBACK TONIGHT, THOSE CHANGES WILL GO BACK TO OUR BOARD. IT REQUIRES FULL VOTE AND APPROVAL BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE CITY. SO ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN HERE JUST STOP ME AT ANY POINT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. BUT, IN THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE EDC NARRATIVE AND DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AS LONG AS OUR AS WELL AS OUR FUND BALANCE[00:45:04]
AND DEBT SERVICE DETAIL, WE ALSO HAVE TWO EXPORTS FROM THE BUDGET SOFTWARE, JUST REAL HIGH LEVEL.AND I'LL ZOOM IN HERE FOR ANYONE IN THE ROOM OR WATCHING ONLINE HERE. BUT AS YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD THREE PEOPLE. WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, AND SENIOR ASSISTANT, SAM RETIRED, AND WE HAD AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND A SENIOR ASSISTANT. AND WE PROMOTED ANGEL TO DIRECTOR OF BRT AND ENDED UP HIRING RACHEL HERMES, COMING BACK IN, GREAT ADDITION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEN WE'VE CROSS-TRAINED FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, ADDED AN ADMIN ASSISTANT. AND THEN LAST YEAR, BUDGETED FOR PROMOTION FOR RACHEL TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND FOR A NEW OFFICE MANAGER. AND WE HAD THE LUXURY OF BRINGING BACK AN INTERN AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE, AS A MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE BACK DOWN TO FIVE, LOOKING TO CRYSTAL BALL, REALLY FOR THE FUTURE, WE HAVE A PLANNED RETIREMENT WITH ANGEL, OUR BIRD DIRECTOR RETIRING IN A YEAR AND A HALF. AND PART OF THAT PROCESS. THEN WE'VE HIRED OUR NEW OFFICE MANAGER, WHO ACTUALLY HAS BIRD EXPERIENCE OF EXCELLENT PATHWAY FOR HER TO MAYBE MOVE IN LESS TRAINING INVOLVED WITH LEARNING THE BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION FUNCTION OF OUR OFFICE. AND IN AN IDEAL WORLD, MAYBE IN 12 MONTHS, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, NEW HIRE FOR OFFICE ADMIN IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT MEANS EVERYONE IN OUR ORGANIZATION FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO BIRD DIRECTOR TO ADMIN ASSISTANT AND OUR OFFICE MANAGER, ALL HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR OFFICE, KNOW ALL OF THE PROCESSES IN AND OUT. AND, WE'LL PROBABLY SETTLE IN AT FIVE AFTER THAT CROSS TRAINING NEXT YEAR. THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER FOR US ON INTO THE FUTURE. AS ALREADY STATED, WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH HALF CENT SALES TAX. IT'S COLLECTED BY OVER 400,000 PEOPLE THAT SHOP AT OUR TARGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THERE'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE THAT SHOP IN WYLIE EVERY WEEK, WE FUNNEL THAT MONEY FROM 250,000 PEOPLE INTO THIS MARKET FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS. MOST OF THIS, THEN, IN THE BUDGET, YOU SEE, IS QUALIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, SOME INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFIED PROJECTS WITH YOUR, PRIMARY JOBS, IN COMPANIES THAT DRIVE SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX, DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW IN HERE FOR YOU. THIS IS GOING TO MIRROR, WHAT ESSENTIALLY IS OUR FUND BALANCE HERE. FUND SUMMARY. THIS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR YOU AS WEL.
BUT OUR DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW CAN'T CHANGE IT NOW. OH GO BACK PAGE. THERE WE GO, BUDGET OVERVIEW ON THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, EDC FISCAL YEAR, FY 25 EDC ESTIMATES 17.5 MILLION IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 8.3 MILLION STAFF ESTIMATES.
ESTIMATES THE FOLLOWING EDC REVENUES WITH 4.9 MILLION. IN SALES TAX, 4.1 MILLION IN PROCEEDS OF SALE OF EDC OWNED PROPERTIES, 4800 IN RENTAL INCOME AND 112,000 IN ALLOCATED INTEREST. THAT ALSO REFLECTS THE 10% INCREASE IN SALES TAX. ALLUDED TO A MINUTE AGO, OUR EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 ARE ESTIMATED AT 13.9 MILLION PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE UP FROM 629,000 TO 667. INCENTIVES ARE DOWN FROM 1.9 TO 1.7. DEBT SERVICE STAYED THE SAME AT 1.2 MILLION. AS YOU RECALL. WE CAN'T DO ANY PRINCIPAL REDUCTION, FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS ON EITHER OF THOSE LOANS, WE HAVE $1 MILLION BUDGETED JUST AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR ACQUISITION. THAT WOULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION CONVERSATION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND OUR BOARD, FOR PROJECT COMES UP THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE. AND, REALLY, THEN ESTIMATING FISCAL YEAR 25, ENDING FUND BALANCE AT 3.6 MILLION. OUR NOTABLE CHANGES IN HERE. AGAIN, I ALLUDED TO PERSONNEL SERVICES FROM 629 TO 667. OUR SPECIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL SERVICE MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER, UP FROM 37,000 TO 67,000. THERE'S $30,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT CODE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR FOR CONSULTANT, MR. PARKER AND I STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH SOME DETAILS THERE, FIGURING OUT IF THAT'S A SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND EDC. FOR REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT IN RELATION TO THE CITY'S 19 ACRES, ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION THERE, WE CAN AMEND THAT NUMBER AS NEEDED. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR REAL ESTATE IS DOWN FROM 234,000 TO 71,000. MOST NOTABLE DECREASE THERE. WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY BUILDINGS AND THEY WILL BE GONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. A LOT OF DEMOLITION THIS LAST YEAR. SO THAT ACCOUNT CODE IS REDUCED. SPECIAL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE, 10.3 MILLION, DOWN TO $8 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE REMAINING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR THE 544 GATEWAY PROPERTY, COOPER PLAZA WATER AND SEWER LINE OVER OFF ALLEN EAST AND THE GAS LINE, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 33% OF THE EXPENSE FOR COOPER PLAZA COULD BE SPENT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE AND BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, TRAVEL
[00:50:01]
AND TRAINING IS UP FROM 73,000 JUST TO REMIND, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNCIL MAY KNOW, BUT THIS IS WITH IT BEING AN OPEN WORK SESSION. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, COOPER PLAZA IS THE LARGE PROJECT THAT IS UNDERWAY AT THE CORNER OF BROWN AND 78, AND THE 544 GATEWAY ADDITION IS THE PROJECT BY BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND FUZZIES? YES, OFF OF 544. SO I JUST WANTED TO IF SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS OR I KNOW WE HAVE SOME GUESTS THIS EVENING WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON AS WELL, JUST SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THE WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING AND POINTING THAT OUT, THEY KNOW WHERE WHERE THAT IS AND WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. AND GOOD POINT. WE ACTUALLY SPLIT SPECIAL SERVICES, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE WATER AND SEWER LINES AFTER THEY'RE INSTALLED. WE, WE TOOK IT FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PUT IT INTO SPECIAL SERVICES, BUT WE SPLIT IT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, WHAT, $12 MILLION? TEN LAST YEARS IS EVEN LARGER THAN THAT. BUT $10 MILLION IS ONE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEM, DOESN'T SHOW ENOUGH DETAIL FOR SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY THE PUBLIC, TO LOOK AT THAT LINE ITEM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. WE SPLIT THAT. THEN NOT ONLY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, SPLITTING THAT INTO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, REAL ESTATE AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION, BUT ALSO TO TRACK THE NON TAX NATURE OF THOSE EXPENSES RELATED TO THE SERIES 2022 NOTE, WHICH IS TAX EXEMPT, THAT WAS $8.1 MILLION. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION FOR SPECIAL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE, 8 MILLION OF THAT WOULD GO TO REFLECT THE, TAX EXEMPT LOAN THAT WE BORROWED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE 544 GATEWAY PROPERTY IS ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. COOPER PLAZA'S NORTH OF $8 MILLION, THE TEX-DOT IMPROVEMENTS ARE $1.2 MILLION. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE. WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN THAT ACCOUNT CODE. THEN WE HAVE $9 MILLION IN EXPENSES THIS FISCAL YEAR, NOT TO MENTION THE EIGHT NEXT YEAR, TRAVEL AND TRAINING IS UP FROM 73 TO 92. AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS COMING BACK AROUND 15,000 OF THAT. RIGHT THERE IS FOR WILEY DAYS, EXPENSES FOR OUR TEAM TO GO DOWN AND PARTICIPATE IN LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS, DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE UP FROM 60,000 TO 91,000 WHILE WE ARE AT ICSI, WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET WITH SOME REPS FOR CELL PHONE DATA AND TRACKING COMPANY. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THEN AT THE TABLE. WE BROUGHT THAT BACK TO OUR BOARD AND OUR BOARD FELT COMFORTABLE WITH PROPOSING THAT WE PAY FOR THAT SOFTWARE SERVICE. IT WILL INCLUDE THREE LICENSES. ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR MR. KELLY OVER HERE. HE LIKES ALL THE CELL DATA FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE, GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN TELL EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, WHO'S COMING INTO THE MARKET, AND FOR PROMOTION AND TOURISM PURPOSES. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AS WELL THAT LINE ITEMS INCLUDED IN THERE AS IS, THE MAJORITY OF THAT AUDIT AND LEGAL. I REDUCED THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FROM 50,000 TO 20,000 FOR LEGAL, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T USING THOSE FUNDS. SO I REDUCED IT BY $30,000 AND IT'S BACK. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE CRS THAT WE'RE WRITING FOR, ALL THESE REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEGOTIATION AS FAR AS, AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE'RE SELLING, AGAIN, SO STAFF ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 25 ENDING FUND BALANCE AT 3.6 MILLION, I'VE PROVIDED THE FUND SUMMARY IN HERE AS WELL AS THE PRINTOUT FROM THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE REPORT. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY DETAIL THAT YOU'D WANT OR BREAK OUT, OR ANY INFORMATION MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER, IS A PROCESS. AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD AND THEN RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE TO COUNCIL PENDING ANY CHANGES YOU GUYS HAVE. BRING IT BACK TO YOU OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR. GARNER, SO I TELL ME IF IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY WHEN WE LOOK AT FROM 23 TO 20 4 TO 25, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A $4 MILLION DROP, AND THEN ABOUT A $5 MILLION DROP AS FAR AS THE ENDING BALANCE, WHICH I WOULD TRANSLATE THAT INTO INVESTMENTS IN PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. SO WOULD YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS POSSIBLY COMING BACK IN THE FUTURE TO HELP BRING THAT BALANCE UP IN 25 TO A LITTLE BIT HEALTHIER BALANCE THAN WHAT'S LISTED IN THE PROJECTED FOR OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE? CORRECT. OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE USED TO BE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO WE REFINANCED ALL OF OUR DEBT IN 2020, AND RIGHT BEFORE THE INTEREST RATES WENT BACK UP, WE BORROWED THE ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION. KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY FAST ENOUGH IN A NORMAL BUDGET CYCLE, WE DON'T HAVE THE CASH RESERVES TO PUT IN THAT LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE.WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON A LOT OF CASH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT MAKES SENSE. WHY WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, WHY THERE WAS SUCH A HEALTHY BALANCE THERE AND SO IT'S NOT NORMALLY THAT HEALTHY. IT IS NOT OKAY. YEAH. IT'S FOR US, WE'RE USUALLY NOT SITTING ON THAT LEVEL OF CASH AND MOVING FORWARD. ONCE WE GET ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, GET NEW REVENUE IN FROM SELLING SOME LAND, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT REAL
[00:55:03]
ESTATE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO GO STRATEGICALLY TACKLE NEXT? OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT A TREND IS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT JUST TO MAKE SURE OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE EDC BOARD I KNOW COUNCILMAN MALIKI KNOWS THIS AS WELL. WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF WITH DEBT LEVELS OR DEBT INTEREST AT A HISTORIC LOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE MONEY OUT THEN AND ESSENTIALLY HOLD IT. SO TO SPEAK, FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE UPCOMING, WHICH HELPED US AVOID THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE MARKET THAT WE'RE SEEING BECAUSE, YEAH, I KNOW MR. PARKER CAN SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL THAT WE'VE SEEN ON OUR BONDS AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, TOO. AND SO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY TOOK THE MONEY OUT AND ESSENTIALLY SET IT ASIDE, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE PROJECTS, BUT DO IT AT A LOWER RATE AND REFINANCE SOME OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATE DEBT THAT ALREADY EXISTED ON THE BOOKS AT THAT TIME, AND SO, YES, BUT WHEN THE PROPERTIES CONVEY, FROM COOPER AND 544, THEN COUNCIL AND THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE HOW TO USE THAT. WE ARE RESTRICTED, AS HE MENTIONED ON PAYBACK, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE WE CAN'T CALL ON THE DEBT, CAN'T MAKE PREPAYMENTS, SO TO SPEAK, OR PAY IT DOWN, AND WE'LL HAVE TO, AS A GROUP, MAKE A DECISION OR WHOMEVER IS SERVING AT THAT TIME, MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT PROJECTS OR HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THE FUNDS. COUNCILMAN MALIKI, THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH. AS I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WE DID THAT REFINANCE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK NOW, IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE THAT WE REDID ALL OUR DEBT AND TOOK THE MONEY WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO INSTALL, PUT IT ON COOPERS PLAZA AND GATEWAY. AND IT WORKED OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE $120,000 ON INTEREST COMING IN. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I THINK WE PROBABLY PAID FOR PAST COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THE INTEREST PORTION OF IT, MY QUESTION IS WE'RE SITTING IN A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE ASKING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COOPERS PLAZA. I KNOW EDC HAS GONE OUT AND SET A PROJECTION OF WHAT'S COMING IN. TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST IS COOPER PLAZA AND GATEWAY. WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE, HAVING SOME CONCRETE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN THERE, I KNOW WE TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THE WATER LINE TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE COOPER PLAZA, SO THAT KIND OF DID A LOT OF WORK. I SEE A LOT OF DIRT BEING MOVING THERE, AND EVERYBODY'S ASKING, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT WITH ALL THE FUND BALANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WITHOUT NAMING NAMES OR PROJECTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. BUT HOLD ON BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS. THIS IS WE'RE WE'RE STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE GOT TO STAY ON TOPIC HERE. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT. IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET. WE HAVE $9 MILLION ON THE EDC BUDGET. SO HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO GO TO COOPERS PLAZA? AND DOES HE ANTICIPATE SPENDING THAT MONEY THIS YEAR OR NOT? SO IN OUR $9 MILLION IN ANTICIPATED EXPENSES IN PROJECTED 24 EXPENDITURES, WE'VE GOT THREE MONTHS REMAINING REALLY, FOR THIS YEAR, 33% OF THE EXPENSE THEN RELATED TO COOPER PLAZA IS INFRASTRUCTURE.IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF IT ISN'T SPENT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT WILL BE CARRIED FORWARD AS CASH NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT ACCORDINGLY. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SPEND IT AS FAST AS WE CAN. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS, I MEAN, AS YOU AS YOU ALL RECALL, THIS WAS BORROWED TWO, TWO YEARS AGO. REALLY? AND THE IDEA WAS TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'VE GOT REAL ESTATE DEALS PENDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLETION, AND I COULDN'T HARDLY GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DONE QUICK ENOUGH. AND FROM DRAINAGE ANALYSIS TO REDESIGNING IT TO SOME ISSUES WITH WATER LINE COSTS GOING FROM 800,000 TO 1.7 MILLION, AS YOU RECALL, FROM WHEN YOU WERE ON OUR BOARD, THOSE COST JUST KEPT ESCALATING.
THEY'VE STABILIZED A LOT. NOW WE'VE GOT CONTRACTS IN PLACE, ONE PENDING FOR COOPER PLAZA, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN. CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN OR I GUESS THE CONTRACTOR HAS ALREADY BEEN SELECTED BY OUR BOARD. AND, WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION OF ALL OF THESE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SAY IN FRONT OF YOU THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT WE'LL WRAP UP ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE TAIL END OF THAT. THE REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE REPRESENT, SALE OF THE CORNER LOT, WHICH IS WITH MCCLURE PARTNERS, DIFFERENT LLC NOW. BUT THERE'S A 7-ELEVEN ON THE CORNER, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONTRACT SINCE 2020. AND WE'VE AMENDED THAT MULTIPLE TIMES. A LOT TWO AND LOT THREE ARE PENDING. WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN BOTH OF THOSE. THOSE WOULD BE QSR RESTAURANT PADS, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE YET. AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON THE BUDGET. YES, SIR, AND THEN REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH LOT ONE AND LOT TWO ON THE 544 GATEWAY PROPERTY. THAT'S IT.
AS FAR AS REVENUE, THEN? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU MORE, BUT
[01:00:02]
THAT WILL WRAP UP OUR WORK SESSION. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. FROM THAT WE WILL MOVE. WE[RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WILL RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY IS ONE. CONSIDER THE SALE OR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT BROWN EUBANKS. FM 544 COOPER. FM 544 SAND AND JACKSON. OAK. REGENCY STEELE AND STATE HIGHWAY 78 BROWN AND UNDER. SECTION 551.087. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. ES2 DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE WEDC HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, AND TO DISCUSS THE OFFER OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS. 2020 2-1C 2022 DASH TEN, C 2020 3-1, C 2020 3-2D 2020 3-5, C 2023, DASH NINE, B 2023 DASH 11 B 2024, DASH ONE C 2020 4-2D 2020 4-4, C 2020 4-4, E WITH THAT, I WILL RECONVENE US INTO OPEN SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE[RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
[READING OF ORDINANCES]
SESSION WITH NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT FROM EXECUTIVE, WE WILL MOVE TO THE READING OF THE ORDINANCES. MISS STORM, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES MAYOR.WE HAVE ONE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024. DASH NICHOLAS. SORRY THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT. I THINK IT'S 20. HANG ON. THE TOP OF MY PAGE READS DIFFERENT THAN THE AGENDA. SO LET ME VERIFY THAT REAL QUICK. DOES 20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 39, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024, REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT IS ALL MAYO. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRANG, MOTION. EXCUSE ME.
MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO. WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN DUKE. I SECOND THAT MOTION WITH THE SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL CAST YOUR VOTE.
AND DO WE NEED TO HIT IT AGAIN? ALL RIGHT. NEED EVERYONE TO VOT. PLEASE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.