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AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 11TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M. WE DO ASK THAT IF YOU'RE WITH US THIS EVENING AND YOU DO HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SET TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP OUT TO OUR ATRIUM. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES, MAYOR. MAYOR MATTHEW PORTER, PRESENT.
COUNCILMAN DAVID ARE PRESENT. COUNCILMAN DAVE STRANG. COUNCILMAN STRANG INFORMED US HE WOULD BE RUNNING LATE THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS INFORMED US HE WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING.
COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM GENOME PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE LED BY MYSELF, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE BY COUNCILMAN HOOVER. DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ALL OF US HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TO MAKE DECISIONS IN A WAY THAT INVOLVES OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT INVOLVES VOLUNTEERS BEING ABLE TO SERVE. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO STEP UP TO SERVE US AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND IN THE MILITARY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PUT YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION UPON THEM AS THEY GO ABOUT PROTECTING US. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING PEACE TO THIS CITY AND TO THE WORLD, AND PUT US INTO A POSITION TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THE GIFTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE BE SEATED. SO THIS EVENING, OUR
[PR1. Wylie Way Student.]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS, AND WE WILL START THOSE DOWN FRONT AND AS I CALL YOU DOWN FOR THOSE, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME.SO FIRST, THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE A WILEY WAY STUDENT WITH US. I KNOW THAT WE HAD MOST OF OUR STUDENTS HERE AT OUR LAST MEETING, BUT WITH SCHOOL BEING OUT SUMMER HITTING, WE WANTED TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU WILL COME DOWN AND JOIN ME, MISS LUCY FREEMAN.
SO I HAVE SHE COMES TO US TODAY FROM GROVES ELEMENTARY IN KINDERGARTEN. AND THIS IS FROM MISS MENDEZ AND MISS MIJANGOS. LUCY IS A GREAT FRIEND WHO CELEBRATES EVERYONE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SHE CHEERS FOR HER CLASSMATES WHEN THEY DO A GOOD JOB, AND ALWAYS HELPS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHEN THERE IS A NEED. LUCY IS A GREAT ROLE MODEL WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
I LOVE HER HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL ATTITUDE AND HOW KIND SHE IS TO ALL HER FRIENDS. MISSUS MENDEZ AND MISSUS MIJANGOS ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN THEIR CLASSES. CONGRATULATIONS.
[PR2. In-Sync Exotics.]
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APOLOGIES. I TURN THAT OFF. OUR SECOND THIS EVENING IS FOR IN-SYNC EXOTICS SO I CAN TELL BY THE SHIRTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOU HERE, SO COME ON DOWN. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THEM IN TO HONOR US. I HANDED OVER THE MICROPHONE AND GOT TOLD THAT THEY BROUGHT A COUPLE OF FRIENDS, AND THEY DIDN'T LET US KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE US. A COUPLE OF TAME MASCOTS, AND MADE US BELIEVE THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE. YOU CAN STAND ON BOTH SIDES.OF. SO FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, N'SYNC EXOTICS IS A BIG CAT SANCTUARY AND RESCUE THAT'S BEEN HERE IN WILEY, AND WE'RE VERY HONORED TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENING, 25 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE OFFICIALLY AS A 501 C3 BEEN OPERATING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU STARTED BEFORE THEN, BUT 25 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AMAZING WORK. WE ARE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO HAVE VICKI AND HER TEAM HERE IN WILEY. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY GOING AND SEEING AND SUPPORTING, AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE, BUT OFTEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME VERY LONG ROAD TRIPS. YOU ALL ALSO AGAIN HAVE ONE. IT WAS IT 12, 11, 12 AWARDS THIS YEAR. SO IT'S JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB. BUT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER AND LET YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ALL YOU HAVE GOING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP AS WELL AS TO LET YOU TELL EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. OKAY. YES, WE HAVE OUR 25TH YEAR GALA ANNIVERSARY BASH GOING ON JUNE 28TH, AND TICKETS ARE FOR SALE RIGHT NOW, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS A REALLY GOOD TIME. LAST YEAR WAS OUR TRIAL RUN AND IT WAS. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SO THIS YEAR I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT, LOT BETTER AND APPRECIATE THE CITY OF WILEY FOR SUPPORTING OUR GALA AGAIN THIS YEAR LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR, AND APPRECIATE YOUR ADOPTION ON ONE OF OUR CATS FOR YOUR LITTLE GIRL, CHLOE. YEAH. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE GOING ON, GUYS? WE JUST TOOK IN 27 SAVANNAH CATS ALL AT ONCE. SAVANNAH CATS? IT'S AN AFRICAN SERVAL AND A DOMESTIC CAT THAT ARE BRED TOGETHER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE DONE. BUT THE MORE THAT THEY'RE BRED, THE MORE THAT THE SERVAL IS BRED OUT OF THEM. SO YOU HAVE LIKE F1, F2, F3, WE HAVE A LOT OF F-5S AND SIX THAT STILL NEED HOMES. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A F5 OR SIX SAVANNAH CAT, LET ME KNOW WHAT ELSE WE GOT GOING ON. THAT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE GOT THE TWO WHITE LIONS FROM SIEGFRIED AND ROY AND THREE LEOPARDS FROM SIEGFRIED AND ROY. WE HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. THE A-FRAME HOUSE THAT I USED TO LIVE IN IS NOW BEING TURNED INTO A NEW INTERN HOUSING UPSTAIRS. AND A VISITOR VISITATION AREA DOWNSTAIRS, SO PEOPLE CAN GO IN THERE AND TAKE A BREAK FROM THE HEAT OR GET OUT OF THE RAIN AND THAT KIND OF THING. WHAT ELSE WE GOT? WE GOT THE WATERMELON TOSS COMING UP. ISN'T THAT 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, JULY 5TH? YEAH.
WATERMELON TOSS COMING UP. WE GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON. IT'S BEEN CRAZY. WHAT ELSE? WE HAVE 71 CATS. WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, SINCE THE SAVANNAH CATS, WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 90. YEAH, 90. SO 38 ARE TIGERS, FOUR LIONS. SO OPEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 11 UNTIL SIX.
SELF-GUIDED TOURS. YOU CAN COME OUT. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE AM I? APPRECIATE LIKE YES, TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN WITH US. YOU KNOW, FROM THE
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VERY BEGINNING IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GREAT. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.WELL, BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION, I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND KIND OF WHAT THEY DO WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. YEAH. LET LET YOU SPEAK FOR THEM. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I'M LAUREN RICKER, WORK WITH VICKI ON FUNDRAISING. ALSO A WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEEDING VOLUNTEER. I'M MATT MARVIN. I'M JUST AN INTERN. JUST AN INTERN. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOURS THEY PUT IN? I'M AUBREY. I'M ALSO AN INTERN. I'M SARAH, I'M ONE OF THE ANIMAL CARETAKERS. AND THEN I ALSO HELP LEAD THE BONE TOURS AND FEEDING TOURS THAT ARE AMAZING, THAT YOU CAN DO ON THE WEEKENDS. I'M ALADY AND I'M AM A VOLUNTEER, AND I CLEAN AND I'M A THE DIRECTOR OF DONOR RELATIONS. HI, I'M DANIEL, I'M ALSO AN INTERN. I'M AMY, AND I'M ALSO AN INTERN.
I'M NIKKI RICKER. I'M BASICALLY A MEDIATOR BETWEEN VICKI AND LORNE. I'M KAY AND I AM AN ADMINISTRATIVE VOLUNTEER. I WORK PREDOMINANTLY WITH LORNE AND FUNDRAISING, BUT OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AS NEEDED FROM OTHER OTHER MEMBERS. HI, I'M CARRIE OSTERMAN, I'M THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND AN ENCLOSURE CLEANER. I'M HALEY, I'M AN INTERN. I'M ISABELLA, I'M ALSO AN INTERN. I'M LINDA TILLY, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER IN A CAGE CLEANER. I'M MADISON, AND I'M ALSO AN INTERN. I AM PAOLA, AND I'M ALSO AN INTERN. YOU GUYS WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M TUFFY HAHA. AND YEAH, WELL, THEY THEY SAY THEY ACTED LIKE THEY WANTED. I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GROWL OR ROAR, BUT THEY TALKED. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S CHRISTINA AND WHO ELSE IS HERE? CHRISTINA. JULIANA. ANNA. THERE YOU GO. YAY! OH, WE HAVE A SHORT PROCLAMATION TO READ. WHEREAS IN-SYNC EXOTICS IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE CITY OF WYLIE. AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF IN-SYNC EXOTICS IS TO PROVIDE A CARING, SAFE HAVEN TO SOME OF GOD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. AND WHEREAS IN-SYNC EXOTICS IS CURRENTLY THE FOREVER HOME TO MORE THAN 70 LIONS, TIGERS, COUGARS, SERVALS AND OTHER EXOTIC FELINES. AND WHEREAS UNDER THE 25 PLUS YEARS OF VICKI KAY'S LEADERSHIP, IN-SYNC EXOTICS HAS FULFILLED ITS MISSION BY RESCUING AND REHABILITATING HUNDREDS OF NEGLECTED, ABUSED AND UNWANTED EXOTIC FELINES. AND WHEREAS IN-SYNC EXOTICS IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WYLIE COMMUNITY AND A DESTINATION THAT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO WYLIE, WHO SHOP, DINE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY SERVICES WYLIE HAS TO OFFER NOW.
THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE WYLIE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF WYLIE, AND THE CITIZENS OF WYLIE. ON THIS, THE 11TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE IN-SYNC EXOTICS IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE IN-SYNC EXOTICS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICE OF VICKI KAHI AND THE MORE THAN 130 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS THAT PROVIDE A NEEDED SANCTUARY FOR NEGLECTED, ABUSED AND UNWANTED CATS. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ALL.
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I WILL LET YOU KNOW WE CAN WORK A DEAL. YEAH. DID YOU WANT TO COME DOWN FOR THIS ONE? YEAH. SO[PR3. Municipal Clerk’s Office Achievement of Excellence Award]
NEXT THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS HERE AS WELL AS MISS STORM. SO IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD. SO THIS AWARD IS GIVEN OUT TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. IT'S GIVEN OUT BY THE MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION AND HAS ONLY BEEN GOING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WELL, ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, IT SEEMS. TIME SEEMS TO FLY. WHEN YOU GO BACK TO 2020, YOU THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT IT'S BEEN A FEW MORE YEARS THAN THAT. BUT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE LED BY REGISTERED MUNICIPAL CLERKS HERE WITHIN THE STATE. WE HAVE TWO CURRENTLY ON STAFF, WITH A THIRD WORKING ON THAT DESIGNATION AS WELL. DOES HAVE A DETAILED APPLICATION PROCESS THAT I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH, AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT YOU ALL ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO LET YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. MISS STORM, IF YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE OFFICE HANDLES, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BREADTH THAT YOU GUYS UNDERTAKE AND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL DO, SOMEONE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY ATTRIBUTE TO YOUR POSITIONS. THANK YOU. I'M STEPHANIE STORM, I'M THE CITY SECRETARY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2006. SO GOING ON MY 19TH YEAR. OUR OFFICE IS SMALL, BUT I WOULD SAY WE'RE MIGHTY. AND WHAT WE DO, WE DO A LOT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES KIND OF DETAILS. OUR OFFICE KIND OF FOCUSES ON THE INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR THE CITY. WE HANDLE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS OPEN. WE OPEN MEETINGS, ACT COMPLY, MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS COMPLY WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. WE ENSURE THAT'S UPDATED AND CURRENT, ADMINISTER AND FACILITATE THE CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. I'M TRYING TO WE HELP DEPARTMENTS AND DISCUSS TRYING TO AUTOMATE PROCESSES AND WORKFLOWS TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO INTERNALLY FOR STAFF, WHETHER THAT BE CREATING ELECTRONIC FORMS OR THOSE JUST MANUAL PROCESSES THAT COULD BE AUTOMATED AND ROOTED. CAN YOU ALL THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING? THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE DO, BUT I'LL PASS THE MIC DOWN. I'M JASMINE SORRY, MY I LOST MY VOICE AND I'M THE RECORDS AND INFORMATION ANALYST. I'M MARY BRADLEY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 24 YEARS THIS WEEK, BUT ONLY IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. THREE YEARS.AND I AM THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SO YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THAT. BUT WHY DON'T YOU GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA, FOR INSTANCE, HOW MANY DIFFERENT REQUESTS THAT WE GET FROM A VOLUME STANDPOINT IN GENERAL FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS ALONE? SO WE DO NOT TYPICALLY PROCESS POLICE RELATED REQUESTS UNLESS IT IS MIXED WITH FIRE AND DISPATCH. THEN OUR OFFICE HANDLES. BUT PD RECORDS HANDLE THEIR OWN. SO JUST ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS FOR THE CITY WE ARE AVERAGING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN 25 TO 35 NEW REQUESTS AND ONE WEEK. AND JUST DOING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. LOOKING AT LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHICH WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THOSE ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER LAST YEAR WERE UP ALMOST 300 REQUESTS THIS YEAR BY THIS TIME THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. SO IT HAS INCREASED A LOT THE VOLUME AND THAT THAT IS ONE ASPECT, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE JOB BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FROM THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND AND COMPLY WITH THOSE WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS, AND THERE'S REALLY NO LEEWAY ON THAT UNLESS THERE IS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE TO. SO THOSE ARE PRIORITY DRIVEN AND TAKE PRIORITY IF WE RECEIVE A REQUEST. SO THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING. WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HANDLING THOSE, THEY DON'T GET A HANDFUL OF THEM A YEAR.
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THOSE ARE VERY DETAILED. THOSE ARE I KNOW THEY VARY IN SCOPE, BUT SOME OF THOSE CAN BE HUNDREDS OF THINGS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THEM, THAT HAVE TO BE GONE THROUGH, HAVE TO BE TURNED OVER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REMAINING TRANSPARENT TO THOSE WHO ARE MAKING THOSE REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. ELECTION TIME IS A BUSY TIME FOR YOU ALL AS WELL. THEY REALLY DO HANDLE A LOT OF THE VERY INTEGRAL PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE SUCH AN EXCELLENT STAFF. SO THEY DID NOT WANT TO PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING FROM ME. SO I DON'T DON'T KNOW IF THAT SAYS THEY THEY GOT TIRED OF LISTENING TO ME, AT LEAST AT THE LAST MEETING. I GOT TIRED OF LISTENING TO MYSELF AT THAT MEETING. BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO HONOR. SO RATHER THAN PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION LIKE TO LET THEM PRESENT THE EXCELLENCE AWARD THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH, CONGRATULATIONS.[PR4. Juneteenth 2025.]
THIS EVENING, WE ARE ALSO HONORING THE UPCOMING JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. SO I KNOW WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR THAT THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO THIS YEAR MARKS OUR SIXTH ANNUAL AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. SO I KNOW THEY WILL PROBABLY ALL SAY THIS AS WELL, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU IT'S SATURDAY. IT'S AT OLD CITY PARK. IT RUNS FROM 10 TO 3. THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS GOING ON. I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS VENDORS OUT THERE. IT'S A GREAT TIME. IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY TIME WHERE YOU CAN BRING EVERYONE DOWN TO COME OUT AND CHECK OUT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON. SO I'LL START YOU OFF WITH THAT AND THEN TURN IT OVER AND LET YOU GUYS TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND YOUR ROLE WITHIN THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE AND CELEBRATION THAT'S UPCOMING. HELLO, MY NAME IS TANYA JOHNSON. I SERVE AS THE TREASURER ON THE BOARD. I ALSO WORK QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT HATS, SO YOU MIGHT SEE MY NAME ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I'M JUST EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND WYLIE PD TO BRING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN COME OUT AND CELEBRATE. DON'T BE CONCERNED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING JUST FOR BLACK OR BROWN PEOPLE.IT'S FOR EVERYONE. IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S STEEPED IN A GREAT, RICH TEXAS HISTORY.
AND SO WITH THAT NOTE, I'LL PASS IT ON TO THE LEFT. HI, MY NAME IS SHANTELL MCMURRIN. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TANYA. I AM THE SECRETARY, ALSO WEARING MANY OTHER HATS. LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S A GREAT EVENT. WE'RE DOING MULTIPLE THINGS ACROSS THE CITY. WE JUST DID A MISS JUNETEENTH PAGEANT AND WE GAVE AWAY $4,200 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GREAT. WE ALSO HAVE THE FESTIVAL COMING UP ON SATURDAY. ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT I LEAD IS THE GALA WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE RAISE TOYS FOR TOTS AND FEED SENIOR CITIZEN HERE. SO WE TRY TO GET GIFT CARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP LATER. GOOD EVENING I'M MISSUS EMMA STAFFORD. I AM JUNETEENTH HISTORIAN. AND JUNETEENTH FIRST TIME VENDOR.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS SATURDAY IF YOU REVIEW MY EXHIBIT OF THE NIGHT CHAMBER, THE LANTERN QUILTS, YOU'LL LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, TAKE OUT YOUR BILLFOLD AND PURCHASE MY BLACKBERRY COBBLER, MY PEACH COBBLER, MY CRACKLIN BREAD, OR MY TENNESSEE BARBECUE ON CORNBREAD. DID YOU BRING ANYTHING TO SHARE? THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE EVENT. I JUST GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE. HI, MY NAME IS RODNEY LEWIS. I'M PRESIDENT OF JUNETEENTH, OF WILEY. EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO, I HAVE TO DO. BUT WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR THIS YEAR. I MEAN, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE MOTHER DAUGHTER TEA. WE'VE DONE THE PAGEANT. WE'VE DONE SENIOR LADIES TEA, THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. YES. THE LINE DANCING FIRST FRIDAYS. WE'RE JUST DOING THINGS TO JUST GET INTO COMMUNITY, HELP THE COMMUNITY DO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO. WE JUST HAVE TO DRIVE TO PLANO OR OTHER PLACES TO GET THERE. AND WE WANT TO KEEP HELP, KEEP SOME OF THE MONEY HERE IN WILEY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE AN EVENT ALSO ON FRIDAY
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NIGHT. YES, FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HERMAN MARSHALL. WE HAVE A JUKE JAM SO YOU CAN COME OUT, LISTEN TO SOME LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND MUSIC, HAVE A FEW COCKTAILS AND JUST HELP SUPPORT A GREAT EVENT AND A GREAT BUSINESS IN OUR DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AREA. THANK YOU. ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN ON EXHIBIT AT THE SMITH LIBRARY THIS UPCOMING YEAR. BROWN HOUSE HAS INVITED PEOPLE. SET IT UP THERE. I HAVE DONE IT IN TENNESSEE AT LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS AS A HISTORY CLASS. I DID IT WILEY EAST IN THE LIBRARY, AND THE HISTORY TEACHERS HAD THEIR STUDENTS TO COME THROUGH AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE ITEMS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME THINGS THERE THAT EVEN TODAY, SOME AREAS ARE USING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. OKAY. SO AND THEY HAVE SOME SMILES FOR YOU, SOME TEARS, BUT STILL SOME FEMINISM. OKAY. WELL AGAIN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU POINTED OUT ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, NOT JUST PUTTING ON SOME EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO GIVING BACK WITH THE SCHOLARSHIPS, WITH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WITH SENIORS, HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE A NEED FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I DO HAVE A SHORT PROCLAMATION TO READ FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING. IF YOU LET ME HOLD THAT. WHEREAS ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863, PRESIDENT LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, DECLARING THAT ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITH ANY WITHIN ANY STATE OR DESIGNATED PART OF A STATE, THE PEOPLE WHEREOF SHALL THEN BE IN REBELLION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE THEN THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER FREE. AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, UNION SOLDIERS LED BY MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER LANDED AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, WITH NEWS THAT THE CIVIL WAR WAS OVER AND THAT THE ENSLAVED WERE NOW FREE. AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION AT THE END OF SLAVERY, WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH, IS THE OLDEST KNOWN PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH COMMEMORATES AFRICAN AMERICAN FREEDOM AND CELEBRATES THE MANY SUCCESSES GAINED THROUGH GREATER OPPORTUNITY AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE REMINDING EACH OF US OF THE PRECIOUS PROMISES OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY WHICH ARE AT THE CORE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. AND WHEREAS WE UNITE AND CELEBRATE AS A COMMUNITY, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE WILEY CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF WILEY. ON THIS, THE 11TH DAY OF JUNE 2025, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE 2025 AS JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CELEBRATION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND IN THE HERITAGE OF OUR NATION AND CITY, AND TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND TAKE PART IN WILEY'S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IN OLD CITY PARK ON JUNE 14TH.
SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FILL OUT A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND TURN THAT IN IN ORDER TO SPEAK.
COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR SIX IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE DO REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER TEXAS STATE LAW AND THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS NOT ABLE TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY ITEM THAT IS
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NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MISS STORM, DID WE HAVE ANY FORMS TURNED IN TO[CONSENT AGENDA]
SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING? NO MAYOR WITH NONE TURNED IN. WE'LL THEN MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL AND STAFF, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS.COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR PRO TEM I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM B JUST FOR AN EXPLANATION PART, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE AND THEN I CAN COME BACK TO YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL OR STAFF WOULD LIKE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONSIDERATION WITH NONE INDICATED? COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR PRO TEM MALIKI, I KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING TO MAKE A MOTION, SO I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED EXCLUDING ITEM B. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ABSENT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR
[B. Consider, and act upon, a Final Plat, being a Replat of Lot 1R, Block A of Sanden Addition, creating four light industrial lots on 33.665 acres, located at 601 Sanden Blvd.]
AGENDA, WHICH WILL NOW START WITH ITEM B. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A FINAL PLAT BEING A REPLAT OF LOT ONE R BLOCK A OF SAND. IN ADDITION CREATING FOUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOTS ON 33.665 ACRES LOCATED AT 601 SAND AND BOULEVARD. MR. HASKINS, I'LL START BY TURNING IT TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM AND LET HIM ASK WHAT QUESTION HE MIGHT ON THAT ITEM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MR. HASKINS, GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED AN EXPLANATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY, THE SAND IS A BIG PROPERTY OVERALL. WE HAVE THESE FOUR NEW LOTS THAT ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE LOTS. THEY'RE NOT TURNING. WE'RE NOT TURNING THE ZONING INTO ANYTHING ELSE. WE'RE JUST REPLANTING THEM AND SEPARATING. PLATTING THESE FOUR, FOUR LOTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, I GUESS JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING, THAT THEY WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED AS THEY ARE SOLD ONE AND TWO, WILL THEY ■HAE ACCESS TO FM 544 DIRECTLY AND OR TO SEND THE BOULEVARD AT LEAST LOT ONE AND THREE? OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT SAND IS SELLING THEM OFF. THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US. CORRECT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE JUST DOING A PLAT, AS LONG AS THE PLAT IS TECHNICALLY CORRECT. CORRECT. AND THEIR CURRENT PLATS AND CURRENT SITE PLANS MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. BUT YEAH, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT USING THE LANDS. AND YOU KNOW, AS WILEY GROVES LANDS GET MORE VALUABLE. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY LOOK AT IT AS THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING THOSE OFF. AND LOTS ONE AND LOT THREE OR I'M SORRY, LOT TWO AND LOT THREE WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO FM 544. ASSUMING THAT THE SPACING IS CORRECT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOT 544 IS A 45 MILE AN HOUR STREET. YES, SIR. AND AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE DESIGN MANUAL, THEN THEY WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS AND THEY WILL COME OVER TO US OR THEY AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE DESIGN, IT'S THOSE SITE PLANS WILL GO TO PNC FOR APPROVAL.OKAY? YES, SIR. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE, MAYOR. AND JUST MORE OF AN EXPLANATION THAN A QUESTION. REALLY? OKAY, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THIS ITEM, AND IF THERE ARE NONE INDICATED, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON ITEM B.
MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM B AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEM B IS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN HOOVER? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ABSENT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER
[1. Interview applicants for Board of Review vacancies for a term to begin July 1, 2025 and end June 30, 2027.]
ONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS INTERVIEWING APPLICANTS FOR THE BOARD OF REVIEW VACANCIES FOR A TERM TO BEGIN JULY 1ST, 2025, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2027. WITH THAT, WE'LL START FROM THE TOP. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT INTERVIEWED AND SEE WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING, IS MR. JAMES COKE. DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU WILL HIT THE LITTLE SPEAKING VOICE THAT'S ON THE MICROPHONE TO TURN IT ON FOR US. SO I ALWAYS START EVERYONE OFF, TYPICALLY WITH THE SAME QUESTION. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING. I'M IN MY FIRST QUESTION THAT I TYPICALLY WILL ASK IS, JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE BOARD AND IF YOU HAVE ANY, WHETHER PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THAT YOU THINK WOULD LEND ITSELF. CERTAINLY, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR[00:35:03]
HAVING ME. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CHIEF HENDERSON. MY NAME IS JAMES COKE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WILEY FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. I TRANSPLANTED FROM SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, 11 YEARS AGO, WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. I HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF REVIEW SINCE 2021, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CONVENING OF THE MEETINGS. SO VERY GOOD JOB. BUT I, I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. I INSURANCE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR AS WELL, CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO INVESTIGATE INSURANCE FRAUD AND POTENTIALLY BRING THEM TO CHARGES. AS I STATED BEFORE, SERVED ON THE BOARD OF REVIEW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN. OKAY, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR. MR. COLLEGE, GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST ON SERVING AGAIN ON THE BOARD OF REVIEWS. WHAT YOU CONSIDER. YOU TAKE ON, SAY SOMETHING COMES IN FRONT OF YOU AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T. BUT SAY SOMETHING. COME. OBVIOUSLY BEING AN INVESTIGATOR AND DEALING WITH INVESTIGATIVE THINGS, TALK TO ME. THE PROCESS THAT YOU'D GO THROUGH IN YOUR MIND IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHAT CAME IN FRONT OF YOU. CERTAINLY. WELL, LOOK AT ALL THE FACTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US. INTERVIEW ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO BE INTERVIEWED CAN BE THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT IT AND ADDRESS ANY OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS. OF COURSE, LOOKING AT ALL THE EVIDENCE AND SEE WHERE IT POINTS AND GATHER AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.OTHER QUESTIONS. DOESN'T APPEAR. WE HAVE A LOT THIS EVENING. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU CAME BEFORE US A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS WELL, AND MOST OF US WERE HERE AT THAT TIME AS WELL. SO I'LL ASK ONE LAST TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL ASK. AND I KNOW IT WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO GET TO.
EVERYONE STILL HAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO GENERALLY HOPEFULLY WE DON'T DON'T NEED YOU ALL TO MEET, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT IT BECOMES NECESSARY, STILL AVAILABLE, REASONABLE AVAILABILITY TO BE ABLE TO COME TO A MEETING. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT, OF COURSE, DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE STANDING MEETINGS, SO TO SPEAK. OF COURSE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. SO NEXT ON MY LIST THIS EVENING I HAVE MR. PHILIP TIMMONS. DID MR. TIMMONS MAKE IT THIS EVENING. HE DID EMAIL STAFF AND IS VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING. BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO. HE TEACHES THIS EVENING SO HE COULD NOT ATTEND FOR THE INTERVIEW. I KNEW WE HAD TO MOVE IT ON HIM FOR THAT. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, MR. TIMMONS, BASED ON HIS APPLICATION, HAS LIVED IN WILEY ABOUT 13.5 YEARS, IS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING AT COLLIN COLLEGE, AND WAS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BOARD. AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER APPLICANT THAT WE HAD THIS EVENING WAS MANDY WILSON. BUT I BELIEVE MISS WILSON HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO APPLY FOR A DIFFERENT BOARD. DID ANYONE MISS STORM? DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH HER AT ALL? NOT SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. I THINK SHE INTENDED TO APPLY FOR A REGULAR BOARD AND COMMISSION, BUT WE'VE REACHED OUT A COUPLE TIMES AND WE'RE WE'RE UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF SHE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND OR WAS STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING ON, ON THIS BOARD. OKAY. AND I KNOW I'VE MET MISS WILSON BEFORE AND DID DID TALK TO HER AND SHE DID INTEND TO APPLY FOR A DIFFERENT POSITION, BUT I BELIEVE SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD NOT MOST LIKELY MAKE THE MEETING TONIGHT DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS AS WELL, SIMILAR TO MR. TIMMONS, BUT I WOULD NOT KNOW FOR SURE BEYOND THAT. SO I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE OTHER APPLICANTS ONE WITHDREW.
WE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AT OUR LAST MEETING AND HAD ONE WHO APPLIED, WHO WAS INELIGIBLE DUE TO LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO BASED ON THAT. I BELIEVE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL APPLICANTS, MISS STORM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS JUST CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW. SO THERE IS NO ACTION THAT WE WOULD TAKE ON ITEM ONE. SO I WILL GO
[2. Consider, and act upon, appointments to fill the Board of Review vacancies for a term to begin July 1, 2025 and end June 30, 2026/2027.]
AHEAD AND MOVE US FROM ITEM NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPOINTMENTS TO FILL THE BOARD OF REVIEW VACANCIES FOR A TERM TO BEGIN JULY 1ST, 2025, ENDING JUNE 30TH OF 2026 AND 2027. AS ONE OF THE TERMS IS A ONE YEAR TERM COUNCIL, WE CAN[00:40:04]
HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THOUGHTS ON THIS WHEN THE MOTION COMES. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU USE THE MOTION THAT IS IN THE PACKET, AS IT DOES DESIGNATE THE INDIVIDUAL BEING SELECTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. THE TWO INDIVIDUAL SLOTS FOR FULL TERMS. THEN WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO APPOINT TWO ALTERNATES WHO DO SERVE. THEY ARE CONSIDERED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BUT THEY ONLY ONLY ARE VOTING AND PARTICIPATING MEMBERS. IF A FULL MEMBER IS UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE THOUGHTS ON APPOINTMENTS TO THIS? SO I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE TO GIVE MY THOUGHTS. DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST, MAYOR PRO TEM OR DID YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? OH GO AHEAD OKAY. SO FROM MY AFTER AFTER CONSIDERING THE INTERVIEWS, THE RESPONSES THAT WERE GIVEN AND THEN THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, FOR THOSE INTERVIEWS, I WOULD PUT FORWARD FOR THE TWO TWO YEAR TERMS. I WOULD PUT FORWARD. MR. COKE, WHO INTERVIEWED WITH US AND HAS BEEN IN THAT POSITION. I WOULD ALSO PUT FORWARD MR. BRIAN TIPTON FOR THE OTHER TWO YEAR TERM, BASED ON HIS WORK WORKING ON COMPLIANCE WITH NTT AND THE INTERVIEW THAT HE PRESENTED TO US IN THAT. SO I WOULD PUT THOSE TWO FORWARD THERE FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM. MR. PETE METZELAARS MAZARIS CAME AND INTERVIEWED WITH US. HE DID SPEND 13 YEARS AS AN ALDERMAN IN THE PAST IN ILLINOIS. OBVIOUSLY, HAVING DONE THAT, HE'S BEEN THROUGH BORDER OR ETHICS STANDARDS IN THE PAST FOR ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING. AND ALDERMAN IS SIMILAR TO A COUNCILMAN BY A DIFFERENT NAME. I THINK THERE ARE SOME CITIES IN TEXAS THAT STILL CALL IT THAT. IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WAS CREATED OR THE TYPE OF CITY, BUT I WOULD CONSIDER HIM FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE ALTERNATES.THAT LEAVES US WITH FOUR DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. FOR THOSE I KNOW, WE HEARD FROM MR. TIMMONS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE. MISS WILSON INDICATED TO ME, BUT DID NOT OBVIOUSLY COME, AND WE HAD TWO INTERVIEWEES AS WELL WHO DID COME IN. I WOULD BE OPEN TO HEARING THOUGHTS FROM SOME OF THE FROM FROM YOU ALL FOR THOSE TWO. OR IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SUGGESTION FOR ONE OF THE MAIN SLOTS, I'LL TURN TO MY LEFT AND SEE ANY THOUGHTS OR RIGHT. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE THOUGHTS ON THE TWO ALTERNATE POSITIONS. COUNCILMAN MALIKAI THANKS, MAYOR. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MR. TIPTON BASED ON WHAT I AM. MR. TIPTON WAS THE ONE THAT INTERVIEWED. ARE YOU REFERRING TO MR. TIMMONS? I APOLOGIZE, I'M SORRY. OKAY, APOLOGIZE. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WITH PUTTING HIM AS AN ALTERNATE. OBVIOUSLY, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LAST NIGHT SINCE WE HAD TO MOVE. OUR COUNCIL MEETING, UNABLE TO ATTEND. WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH HIS BACKGROUND FOR AN ALTERNATE. IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. AND THEN I'M OPEN FOR THE LAST POSITION. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON THE FIRST THREE SLOTS. OKAY, SO TO THOSE TO OTHERS, DO WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON ALTERNATE COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ON THE POSITIONS. AND I REMEMBER AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE ALTERNATE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO BASED BASED ON OUR INTERVIEWS AND OTHER INFORMATION, I'LL GO TO YOU. MR. PICKENS. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN PICKENS, IF YOU WOULD. I THOUGHT I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE. OKAY. WELL, I STILL I STILL NEED A SUGGESTION FOR THE OTHER ALTERNATE POSITION. SO DO WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THA? OR THE ONLY OTHER OPTION THAT WE DO HAVE IS WE CAN MOVE IT THREE WEEKS AND BRING IT BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS WITHIN THE CITY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. THAT IS THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON HOW YOU THINK WE SHOULD BEST PROCEED AT THIS TIME. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO WE NEED TO FILL OUT ALL FIVE SLOTS? THE SECOND ALTERNATE TWO? YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN, I SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN AND WAS ADOPTED, WE ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE ENTIRE BOARD, INCLUDING THE ALTERNATE POSITIONS. AND THAT'S WHY I STATED THAT IF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE INTERVIEWS
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AND INFORMATION ON THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, THEN THE ONLY OTHER OPTION WE HAVE IS TO SUGGEST PUSHING WHAT WOULD BE THAT ALTERNATE POSITION FOR THREE WEEKS AND OPENING IT UP AND REQUESTING ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO ADD, SIR? OKAY. IF NOT, COUNCILMAN DUKE, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D SAY WE. ASK ABOUT THE OPEN POSITION IN THREE WEEKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS AN OPTION. SO AT THIS TIME OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION AT THIS TIME.SO I WILL I WILL OFFER A MOTION THEN. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. PETE MAZIARZ FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM. JAMES KOCH AND BRIAN TIPTON FOR THE FULL TERMS AND FOR AN ALTERNATE MR. PHILIP TIMMONS FOR THE BOARD OF REVIEW VACANCIES FOR A TERM TO BEGIN JULY 1ST, 2025 AND END JUNE 30TH, 2026 AND 2027, RESPECTIVELY, AND OPEN THE OTHER OR MISS STORM WOULD THE BEST BE SAID TO PUSH THE OTHER ALTERNATE SELECTION THREE WEEKS AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES TO COME THROUGH AND BE THREE MEETINGS? THREE MEETINGS, I APOLOGIZE. YES, THREE MEETINGS.
AND TO PUSH THE SELECTION OF THE LAST ALTERNATE FOR THREE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WHILE OPENING THAT TO ANY ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES THAT MAY WISH TO APPLY. OKAY, SO I HAVE MY MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE MOTION AS STATED. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
[3. Consider, and act upon, the recommendations of the 2025 Boards and Commission Council Interview Panel for appointments to the Animal Shelter Advisory Board, Construction Code Board, Historic Review Commission, Library Board, Parks and Recreation Board, Parks and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation Board (4B), Planning and Zoning Commission, Public Arts Advisory Board, Wylie Economic Development Corporation, and the Zoning Board of Adjustments to fill board vacancies for a term to begin July 1, 2025 and end June 30, 2026/27/28.]
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE THIS EVENING. ITEM THREE ARE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL BE CONSIDERING AND ACTING UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2025 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. COUNCIL INTERVIEW PANEL FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD, HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, LIBRARY BOARD, PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOARD FOR B, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO FILL BOARD VACANCIES FOR A TERM TO BEGIN JULY 1ST, 2025, ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026, 2027 AND 2028, RESPECTIVELY. NOW, WITH THAT MISS STORM, AS I HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS RELATED TO ME BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I WILL STEP OUT BEFORE ANY DELIBERATION OR VOTING TAKES PLACE ON THIS. MAYOR PRO TEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, ONCE I STEP OUT, PRESENT Y'ALL'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT BOARD TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION, AND THEN JUST LET ME KNOW ONCE IT IS CONCLUDED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE FIRST I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME AND INTERVIEWED AND SHOWED INTEREST ON THE BOARDS. I THINK OUR BOARDS IS WHAT MAKES THE CITY RUN, GIVE THE DIRECTION TO THE CITY AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES ON THE COUNCIL ON HOW AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND KIND OF DO THE CHECKS AND BALANCES PART OF IT. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. WE HAD A HUGE INTEREST ON THE POSITIONS THIS YEAR. WE HAD SOME GREAT, GREAT CANDIDATES. WHO'S A TOUGH DECISION ON QUITE A BIT OF THEM.AND THAT'S WHAT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED ON SERVING AND THAT THAT THAT'S REALLY A GREAT THING FOR, FOR OUR CITY AS A PANEL. FIRST, I WILL THANK STAFF AS WELL FOR BEING THERE, SPENDING LONG HOURS WITH US, GOING THE WEE HOURS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMPILE A LIST OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE THOUGHT AS A PANEL, TOGETHER WITH COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN STRANG. WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD FITS FOR THE BOARDS ON THE FIRST INITIAL BOARD FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAD MR. JEFF FORRESTER, COUNCILMAN FORRESTER, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH US, THAT HE'S NOT SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. WE HAD MISS AMBER PORTER, WHO'S SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, MISS LAURIE BLACK, WHO WAS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT, AND MR. JOE WEBB.
AND WE ALSO HAD AN ALTERNATE OR REPLACEMENT. AND THAT WAS NOT FILLED THE POSITIONS THAT WE
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AWARDED. AND WE THOUGHT THEY WERE THEY WERE WANTED. I'LL LEAVE THE MR. FORRESTER OUT.OBVIOUSLY NEEDS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THERE. MY RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY WILL TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD. SO SHOULD I TURN ON MY MICROPHONE, MR. CHAIRMAN? LET SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SERVE. I'D LIKE TO PUT MYSELF IN FOR JEFF FORRESTER'S FORMER POSITION ON THAT ONE. YEP. TURN YOUR MOUTH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PICKENS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS FROM THE COUNCIL. HAS ANY INTEREST ON THAT POSITION. ALL RIGHT, IF NO ONE ELSE, THEN ABSOLUTELY. I THINK COUNCILMAN PICKENS WILL PUT FORTH MR. PICKENS FOR THAT POSITION. WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE REAPPOINT MISS AMBER PORTER TO THE SAME POSITION. WE RECOMMENDED THAT FOR SLOT SIX, WE REPLACE MISS LORI BLACK WITH MR. MICHAEL SHIREEN. FOR PLACE SEVEN, WE REPLACE MR. JOE WEBB WITH MISS TRACY VU, AND THEN FOR REPLACEMENT ONE, WE RECOMMENDED MISS WHITNEY MCDOUGALL. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND THAT'S THE MOTION FOR THAT FOR THAT BOARD. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL ENTERTAIN A SECOND FOR THAT BOARD. SUBSTITUTE. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS ABSENT AND MAYOR STEPPING OUT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE ASAB. SO I'LL JUST MOVE DOWN THE LIST HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU ALL HAVE A SLATE OF SUGGESTIONS FROM YOUR COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD? YES, MAYOR. WE TO I GUESS I'LL JUST GO. WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE PREVIOUS THE ONES THAT ARE NO LONGER SERVING ON THIS BOARD OR NO LONGER REAPPLIED FOR TO BE TO BE REAPPOINTED ON THIS BOARD. WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS IN LAST YEAR.
WE ON THIS BOARD WE OUR SUGGESTION IS THAT FOR SLOT ONE WE KEEP MISS CARLY PATTON FOR SLOT TWO. MISS NO. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION I APOLOGIZE, I SKIPPED ONE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD FOR SLOT FOUR. MR. BRIAN ROGERS TO BE REPLACED WITH MR. NATHAN COLE FOR SLOT FIVE. MR. JAMES BRAIN REPLACED WITH MR. JORGE CASTRO FOR SLOT SIX. MR. BRIAN ORTIZ KEEPS THE SAME SLOT FOR SLOT SEVEN. MR. BRUCE MOLINA IS REPLACED WITH MR. BINU MATHEW AND THEN ALTERNATE TO MR. JUSTIN KOZLOWSKI, REPLACED WITH MISS DARLENE JIMENEZ. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR THAT BOARD. AND IS THAT YOUR MOTION AS WELL? THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN HOOVER I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU DOES THE DOES THE. DO YOU ALL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE HRC HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION? YES, MAYOR. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS SERVED ON THIS BOARD PREVIOUSLY.
OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD FOR THE NEW BOARD IS MISS CARLY PATTON FOR SLOT ONE KEEPS THE SAME SLOT. SLOT TWO MISS KINSLEY HARMON KEEPS THE SAME POSITION. SLOT THREE MISS SANDERS STONE KEEPS THE SAME POSITION FOR SLOT SEVEN. MR. KEVIN HUGHES IS REPLACED WITH MISS BECCA HERPE HERSHEY AND THEN FOR R-1, WE RECOMMENDED MR. JACOB HODGE AND THAT'S MY
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MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN STRING? I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD? YES, MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK MISS ROBERTA. AND MISS IRENE CHAVARRIA FOR SERVING ON THE PREVIOUS BOARD FOR THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPLACING SLOT ONE MISS ROBERTA PALMA, WITH MISS MALLORY MORRIS, WERE AWARDING THE SAME SLOT SLOT TWO TO MISS MONICA MUNOZ, SLOT THREE TO MR. ZACHARY TODD. SLOT FOR MR. IRENE CHAVARRIA IS REPLACED WITH MYRA, WITH MISS SARAH SPONSEL AND THEN FOR REPLACEMENT ONE WERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING MR. JORGE CASTRO. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN STRING, SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. DO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD? YES, MAYOR. AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SERVED ON THIS BOARD BEFORE. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR SLOT TWO. MISS SCOTT KEEPS THE SAME POSITION FOR SLOT THREE. MR. BRIAN ARNOLD KEEPS THE SAME POSITION FOR SLOT FOUR. IT'S A ONE YEAR TERM TO REPLACE MR. GERALD DYSON. WE RECOMMENDED MR. MATTHEW BUSIC FOR SLOT FIVE. MISS GLORIA SUAREZ TO BE REPLACED WITH MISS ELIZABETH TRONCOSO FOR SLOT SEVEN. MISS TARA HARRISON KEEPS THE SAME POSITION AND THEN FOR REPLACEMENT ONE, WE RECOMMENDED MISS VALERIE WARRIOR. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN PERKINS? SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOR BE BOARD. NOW, MISS STORM, IF YOU WOULD REMIND ME, WHO ELSE ON COUNCIL CURRENTLY SERVES ON THAT BOARD? I BELIEVE IT'S MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN HOOVER. IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN HOOVER AND MAYOR PORTER. OKAY, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE WHO IS SERVING.SO COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN DUKE ARE UP FOR THOSE POSITIONS, ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT. I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN DUKE. ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING? YES, I AM MAYOR. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS INDICATED TO ME THAT HE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SERVE AS WELL. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS LOOKING WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE OKAY. WITH NONE? IT APPEARS THAT THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS STILL WOULD BOTH LIKE TO SERVE. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD I WOULD PUT FORWARD INCLUDING THOSE TWO IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU FOR THE FULL SLATE. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, WOULD THANK MR. SCOTT FOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD. PREVIOUSLY, OUR RECOMMENDATION WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS AND COUNCILMAN DUKE WILLING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR SLOT ONE, MR. WILLIAMS, SCOTT WILLIAMS, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS FOR SLOT TWO, DAVID DUKE, COUNCILMAN DUKE FOR SLOT SEVEN. WE REPLACED MR. SCOTT WITH MISS TARA HARRISON FOR REPLACEMENT. ONE. WE PUT MR. BRIAN ROGERS FOR REPLACEMENT. TWO WE RECOMMENDED MR. MATTHEW SOTO. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND MY MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN PERKINS I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH THE SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WE'LL MOVE TO PLANNING AND ZONING. DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? YES, MAYOR. OBVIOUSLY, AS WE STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, AS A WHOLE, AS A WHOLE TEAM, WE TALKED ABOUT AS A COMMISSION OVERALL THAT PLANNING AND ZONING. AND WHILE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDS ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOARDS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING THAT IT'S INVESTED AND HOW THE COUNCIL, IT'S THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT HAND OF THE COUNCIL REALLY OUT THERE. SO WE TOOK A LOT OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT FOR PLANNING AND
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ZONING. WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE KEEP OUR SLOT. TWO. MR. JOSHUA BUTLER FOR SLOT THREE, WE KEEP THAT BLACK AND FOR SLOT SIX WE KEEP MR. JOE CHANDLER FOR REPLACEMENT. ONE WE PUT FORTH MR. MICHAEL SHIREEN FOR REPLACEMENT. TWO, WE PUT MR. MICHAEL BUSICK. OKAY, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN PERKINS I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. NOW TURN FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. YES, MAYOR.THANK YOU. FOR PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. WE PUT FOR SLOT ONE. MISS ESTHER BELLA DID NOT SEEK REAPPOINTMENT. WE PUT FORTH MR. ROBERT HEATH FOR SLOT TWO. MISS KASEY DYSON IS BEING REPLACED BY MISS LISA CLEMENT FOR SLOT THREE. MISS CHIFFON KHAN SHE. WE RECOMMENDED THAT SHE CONTINUES ON THIS ADVISE ON THIS PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD FOR REPLACEMENT ONE. WE PUT WE PUT MR. JOEL WALTERS AND FOR REPLACEMENT TWO WE PUT MR. MISS EMMA STANFORD. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND MY MOTION MOTION IS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN HOOVER I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. DO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WILY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD? YES, MAYOR. WHILE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WE FOR SLOT ONE, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP MISS MELISSA WHITEHEAD FOR SLOT TWO, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE REPLACE MISS WHITNEY MCDOUGALL WITH MR. ALAN DAYTON. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND MY MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND WE'LL MOVE TO OUR LAST BOARD THIS EVENING, WHICH IS THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. DO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT? YES, MAYOR. FOR ZONING, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR SLOT ONE. MR. ALAN LOVELACE IS BEING REPLACED WITH MISS ASLAUG. FOR SLOT THREE. AISHA HUDSON IS BEING REPLACED WITH MR. NATHAN COLE FOR SLOT FIVE. MR. HAMZA FARAZ IS BEING REPLACED WITH WITH MR. FREDDIE ANUNA. AND FOR ALTERNATE MR. MR. JOHN ENNIS IS BEING REPLACED WITH MARIE GALE. THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION AND MY MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN STRING. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. I KNOW I BELIEVE THE MAYOR PRO TEM ALREADY STATED THIS. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TWO COLLEAGUES FOR COMING IN TO ADDITIONAL EVENINGS AND SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF TIME INTERVIEWING. THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITIZENS. SOME HAVE TERMED OUT, MANY APPLIED, OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS MORE POSITION OR FEWER POSITIONS AVAILABLE THAN WE HAVE APPLICANTS TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SELECTED OR SELECTED TO THE BOARD THAT THEY WISH TO SERVE ON THE MOST. THIS YEAR, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO APPLY IN THE FUTURE, AS WE DO HAVE POSITIONS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND FINALLY, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO, AFTER WORKING A FULL DAY, WERE HERE UNTIL QUITE LATE AT NIGHT TAKING CARE OF THAT AS WELL. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT DOES CONCLUDE ITEM
[4. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-24 approving the terms and conditions of an Interlocal Boundary Adjustment Agreement between the City of Wylie and the City of Lucas; authorizing the Mayor to execute the Interlocal Boundary Adjustment Agreement on behalf of the City of Wylie; clarifying that the property as described in the Interlocal Boundary Adjustment Agreement released from Lucas’ extraterritorial jurisdiction and incorporated into Wylie's extraterritorial jurisdiction; providing a repealing/savings clause, severability clause, and an effective date.]
THREE. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025.DASH 24 APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN INTERLOCAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THE CITY OF LUCAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WYLIE. CLARIFYING THAT THE PROPERTY, AS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERLOCAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT RELEASED FROM LUCAS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND INCORPORATED INTO WYLIE'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING REPEALING SAVINGS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MISS OLLEY YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM GOES WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL A FEW MEETINGS AGO REGARDING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. WITHIN THE INSPIRATION
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SUBDIVISION. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, BOTH CITIES HAVE TO SIGN AND ADOPT A AN AGREEMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT ALONG WITH AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING IT. SO THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. LUCAS DID APPROVE THEIRS ON AT THEIR JUNE 5TH MEETING. SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN HAND. SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH BASICALLY MIRRORS LUCAS'S AND THEN THE AGREEMENT ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM. I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN WE HELD KIND OF A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS IT. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE POTENTIAL EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, AND THE FACT THAT WYLIE IS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY FIRE EMS, TO ALL OF INSPIRATION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND SO THIS SIMPLY TRANSFERS ITS 320 ACRES, 1020 LOTS, 50 OF WHICH ARE OPEN AND COMBINES IT WITH OUR ALREADY EXISTING TO ESSENTIALLY CREATE LESS PAPERWORK SINCE WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SERVING THEM FOR THAT ALREADY. AND THIS IS NOT YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW IT, BUT FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING OR WATCH IT LATER, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN INSPIRATION, THIS IS NOT ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTIES DO NOT BECOME PART OF THE CITY. IT IS JUST REALLY TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY SERVICES SERVICES. GREAT POINT. I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THAT OUT SO THAT NO ONE MISUNDERSTANDS AND ASSUMES THAT THEY WERE INVOLUNTARILY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY THROUGH THIS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'D BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN HOOVER MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PERKINS? A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH THAT. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR NORMAL. THANK YOU, MISS OLLIE. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE[WS1. Discuss Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund Budget.]
INTO OUR WORK SESSION. WE HAVE ONE THIS EVENING WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. PARKER TO PRESENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL THIS IS A SEVERAL MONTH PROCESS, SO WE'RE GETTING AN INITIAL LOOK THIS EVENING. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING AS INDICATED IN THE SLIDES, A LOT MORE WORK. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WHILE IT'S MORE THAN OKAY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T TRY TO GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS YET, AS WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND A VERY LENGTHY BOOK TO REVIEW AS THEY GET THIS NAILED DOWN. BUT I APPRECIATE STAFF COMING TO US AND GIVING US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW INITIAL OVERVIEW THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. PARKER.WOULD YOU? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY WORK SESSIONS FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET. AS THE MAYOR STATED, WE'RE KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL HERE, BUT WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER INTO. THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUST STOP ME AS I GO THROUGH THIS. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE PRESENTS THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATES FROM COLLIN CAT. WELL, FROM ALL THE REPORTING ENTITIES COLLIN, ROCKWALL AND DALLAS CAD. AS YOU'LL SEE THERE, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER A LITTLE OVER 8 BILLION.
THAT WE GET OUR PROPERTY TAXES FROM. AS EXPECTED. EVERY YEAR WE GET ABOUT A MILLION IN NEW MONEY. YOU'LL SEE THERE OUR ESTIMATED NEW VALUE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IS A LITTLE OVER 184 MILLION. WE ARE PROPOSING A 8% INCREASE IN SALES TAX OVER THE FY 25 BUDGET. WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THIS IN HERE. YOU'LL SEE THE NOTE THERE THAT AT THE SIX MONTH MARK, WE'RE RIGHT ON
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OUR OUR TARGET FOR THIS YEAR. THAT DOES HAVE ME A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED BECAUSE. THAT MEANS THAT IF WE MEET OUR MARK OF 10% WE WILL HAVE TO. MEET OUR MARK AT 8%. USUALLY SALES TAX HAS COME IN A LITTLE HIGHER. SO. MEETING OUR MARK IS A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BUT IF WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OVER AND BE ON MARK, THEN 8% IS A LITTLE DAUNTING FOR ME. BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE AT THIS TIME.AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS BASED ON THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AGAIN, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT AT 0.549063, THIS DOES INCLUDE THE 1.8 MILLION FOR REVENUE, EMS, EMS REVENUE THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. AND THEN OUR WE HAVE ABSORBED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE, 11% INCREASE FROM OUR TRASH CONTRACTOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR RESIDENTS AS OUR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY $0.84. OUR CURRENT RATE IS 16.7 $16.76. THE NEW RATE WOULD BE $17.60. ANY QUESTIONS ON ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? OKAY. NEXT IS. JUST KIND OF WHAT IS IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET. WE DID GET NEWS. LATE LAST WEEK OR EARLY THIS WEEK. OUR CURRENT PLAN CAME IN AT A 9.9% INCREASE, WHICH IS ABOUT $425,000. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS. OUR CURRENT PLAN IS PROBABLY AN ANOMALY TO MANY CITIES OR MANY EMPLOYERS, WHICH WE STILL HAVE CO-PAYS. WE DID INTRODUCE THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN LAST YEAR, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT COST WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE TRANSITIONED TO THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN. BEING THE EMPLOYEE. THE CITY PAID EMPLOYEE PLAN, AND THEN THE EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO PAY A COST IF THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE ON OUR CURRENT PPO PLAN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE WHAT THAT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND EVEN ADJUSTING THE. RIGHT NOW THE COST SHARE FOR DEPENDENT CARE IS 5050. SO THE EMPLOYEES PAYS 50% OF THE PREMIUM. THE CITY PAYS THE OTHER 50%. WE'RE LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THAT PERCENTAGE. AS WELL. WE HAVE IN THERE THE 3% AVERAGE MERIT INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY STEP PLAN. ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING IS TAKING OUT THE 500,000.
MID-YEAR, THAT $500,000 PLACEHOLDER THAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE FOR MID-YEAR PUBLIC SAFETY PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, WE ARE TAKING THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE OUR BASE BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE? MAYOR PRO TEM? THANKS, MAYOR. JUST ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE SPECTRUM, YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR PLAN CURRENTLY IS AN ANOMALY TO SOME OTHER CITIES AROUND. CORRECT.
CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT? OTHER OTHER CITIES HAVE GONE AWAY FROM COPAYS TO THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLANS, AND WE STILL OFFER THAT. I MEAN, IT'S A MIX. THERE'S STILL CITIES THAT OFFER THAT. BUT BY AND LARGE, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE GONE AWAY FROM THAT. OPTION. AND I GUESS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OTHER CITIES IN TERMS OF HEALTH INSURANCE, IS IT MORE OF 50 OVER 50? DO THEY HAVE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS? I GUESS, IN THE SENSE OF THE WORD OR HOW DO WHAT ARE THE EMPLOYEE? YEAH, I GUESS FROM THE EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT.
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WE'RE WE'RE DOING THAT SURVEY. WE HAVEN'T GOT IT BACK YET. BUT SO AGAIN I MEAN IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PAGE. SOME CITIES CHARGE THE EMPLOYEE. A FEE TOWARDS THE PREMIUM. I GUESS THEY EXPECT IT'S NOT 100% FREE FOR THE EMPLOYEE. SOME CITIES DON'T OFFER. DEPENDENT COVERAGE AT 5050, IT'S A DIFFERENT MIX THERE. SO IT'S JUST IT JUST DEPENDS. APPRECIATE IT. RIGHT NOW I MEAN FOR US ANYWAY IT'S JUST LOOKING TO FREE UP MONEY IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY.DOLLARS THAT WE CAN SAVE TO. BECAUSE $425,000 IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF CHANGE. AND IT GOES UP. I MEAN, ON AVERAGE WE'VE GONE UP, I DON'T KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY 7 TO 10% EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST SOME FACTORS TO CONSIDER. WE WILL ISSUE DEBT AS WE CONTINUE THE ROAD PROJECTS. WE'LL ISSUE ABOUT 14 MILLION THIS NEXT YEAR. SO THAT WILL INCREASE THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE, ABOUT A 1.4 CENTS.
ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLY ON WAS ISSUING DEBT THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED PEFKOS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A SHORTER TERM DEBT FOR EQUIPMENT. TO ALLOW US TO FREE UP SOME MONEY.
OR IN THIS SITUATION, REALLY JUST CONTINUE PURCHASING THINGS. THE EXPECTATION IS FOR TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT THAT HAS A LIFESPAN AT LEAST TEN YEARS, IF NOT LONGER. THIS YEAR, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $8 MILLION, $9 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE OF NEW REQUESTS TO BE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE REQUESTED GOING THROUGH THOSE REQUESTS. THESE ITEMS HERE WERE IDENTIFIED AS OPTIONS TO ISSUE DEBT FOR. SO THE NEW QUINT. THAT'S A 3 OR 4 YEAR MANUFACTURE TIME AT 2.5 MILLION. THE NEW AMBULANCES, ABOUT 650,000 TRAFFIC CABINET STANDARDIZATION.
SINCE WE TOOK OUR SIGNAL LIGHTS OVER FROM TEXDOT, ALL THE TRAFFIC CABINETS HAVE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT IN THEM. SO IT'S STANDARDIZING THAT. THAT'S ABOUT 800,000. WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF CHANGING OUT OUR SCHOOL ZONE, FLASHING LIGHTS, THE REMAINING COST ON THAT IS ABOUT 600,000. AND THEN GPS, OPTICAL. AND I CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE DECIDE TO DO. THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 900,000. AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, THE HEART MONITORS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USES ARE AT END OF LIFE. SO FOUR OF THOSE IS ABOUT 300,000. STORMWATER IS ASKED FOR A CAMERA VAN, WHICH IS ABOUT 170,000, AND THEN A DUMP TRUCK AT 112,000. SO AS YOU'LL SEE THERE, THE JUST THE ITEMS LISTED ON THIS SHEET ARE ABOUT 5.1 MILLION, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE, ABOUT A HALF A PENNY. SO THAT'S AN OPTION THAT WE'LL WE WILL BRING FORWARD. ONE THING TO CONSIDER IS THIS HALF CENT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE FY 26 BUDGET. IT WOULD IT WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE FY 27 BUDGET. SO IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY NOT NECESSARILY THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND TAX RATE, BUT IT WOULD BE COMING FROM IT'S COMING FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. IS THAT CORRECT? BOTH OF BOTH OF THEM ARE 27, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. BEFORE
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YOU MOVE ON, MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE SEO. WHAT'S THE LIFETIME ON THAT? WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN ON THAT, ON THAT DEBT? THE DEBT. IT'S WE CAN KIND OF MAKE IT WHAT WE WANT, OKAY? 7 TO 10 YEARS, ROUGHLY. SO ANYWHERE FROM MELISSA SAYING A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE WANTED WE DIDN'T WANT TO. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ITEMS THAT LIKE A VEHICLE ARE WRITTEN OFF BEFORE THE END OF PAYING THEM. NOT YEAH. WE DON'T WANT TO PAY ON SOMETHING. AND JUST A QUICK. SO THESE WOULD BE ORDERED THIS YEAR AND THEN BE ON BASE BUDGET ON 2027. OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE WAIT TO BE ORDERED. OBVIOUSLY UNTIL WE ISSUED THAT BY 2027 BUDGET, SINCE THEY WON'T REFLECT ON THIS BUDGET ALONE? NO. WE'LL ORDER THEM NOW. NO, WE THE DEBT PAYMENT JUST WOULDN'T WOULDN'T START UNTIL THE BUDGET IS SET AT 27. AND THIS DOESN'T IMPACT THE BASE BUDGET. THIS IS THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE. CORRECT. AND THEN ON THE DEBT SIDE, IF I'M CORRECT, AND FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ESPECIALLY, WE DO HAVE SOME DEBT THAT STARTS FALLING OFF IN 2021, 2028 I THINK IS ONE AND THEN STARTS FROM THERE ON UP. I THINK IT'S A SMALL ONE ON 2028, IF I'M CORRECT, AND I COULD BE TOTALLY OFF BASE. BUT I KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE START SEEING SOME OF THE DEBT ON THE DEBT SIDE, NOT ON THE BASE BUDGET SIDE. OKAY. JUST APPRECIATE IT. GREAT. THE STORMWATER FUND FEE, IF THAT'S PASSED BY COUNCIL, THAT WILL GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE. AND THEN WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING A DRAWDOWN OR WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING USING ANY FUND BALANCE MONEY THIS YEAR.OBVIOUSLY THAT'S UP TO COUNCIL IF THAT'S YOUR DECISION TO USE THAT. WE'RE ESTIMATING. THE FUND BALANCE TO BE AT ABOUT 32%, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 22 MILLION. AND THE REASON WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING USE OF FUND BALANCE IS OBVIOUSLY BASED ON OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. THAT'S NOT REALLY A FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT WE HAVE DRAWN DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE. MELISSA TOLD ME EARLIER. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS. WE'VE DRAWN DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WITH US ISSUING DEBT, WE WILL BE RATED AGAIN BY OUR BOND, BY THE BONDING AGENCIES, AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR RATING AS WELL AS. THE DEBT RATE. THE INTEREST RATE. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO SO THEN THAT'S THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'LL WE'LL GO OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE HERE BEFORE I TURN TO YOU I KNOW I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH YOU ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW WHAT I SAID AND THAT IS RESPECT THAT AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE HEALTH INSURANCE SIDE. EVERYTHING ELSE, IF WE DO TOUCH IT AT ALL FOR A SMALL AMOUNT, I, AS I DISCUSSED WITH YOU, IT WOULD ONLY BE TO INSURE FOR THINGS LIKE PD VEHICLES THAT ARE ON A THREE YEAR CYCLE, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS CONSIDERED. I'LL SAY MOST EMERGENT BECAUSE I KNOW NO REQUESTS ARE MADE THAT AREN'T NEEDED, BUT KEEPING IT TO A SMALL AMOUNT AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T DROP TOO FAR. BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO END UP TEN VEHICLES DEEP IN IN THREE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT EITHER. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS ON IT. I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WANTING TO AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I SUPPORT IF WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT TO STAY ON TRACK WITH A FEW OF THOSE TYPE THINGS, THEN IT WOULD HAVE MY SUPPORT, BUT ONLY FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND I'LL SAY NO FRILLS. I KNOW THAT WOULDN'T BE SUGGESTED, BUT YES, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
POTENTIALLY. FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT WOULD ONLY BE IF YOU GUYS FEEL IT'S NEEDED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO STORM WATER FEE. YES, SIR. I DO THINK THAT'S A OBVIOUSLY WE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM TOMMY AND THE CONSULTANT. MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS WITH STORMWATER FEE IS WE HAVE SO MUCH, IF I'M CORRECT,
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$60 MILLION WORTH OF ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT. I DO THINK THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT A BOND THAT GETS THESE, BECAUSE WE CANNOT WAIT TO RAISE $1 MILLION AND TAKE 60 YEARS TO FIX ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING IMMEDIATELY. NOW, SOME MAY BE PRIORITY ONE, SOME MAY BE PRIORITY TEN, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO BE FIXED IN A VERY SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME FRAME. AND THAT MEANS THAT ISSUING BOND FOR THAT TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE MILLION OF INVESTMENT EACH YEAR ON IT, BY THE TIME WE GET TO 60 YEARS, SOME OF US WON'T BE HERE IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE. AND THEN NEW ISSUES. I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT COUNCILMAN HOOVER. HE'S THE OLDEST. I'M UP HERE. I THINK MAYBE I'M SORRY I. YOU SAID WE WON'T BE HERE. I DON'T I DON'T PLAN I DON'T THINK I WILL BE HERE IN 60 YEARS. DEFINITELY NOT IN THIS CHAIR. INSINUATING THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ARE OLD AROUND THIS PLACE. NO, I NEVER DID THAT JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON, ON MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENT. I BELIEVE UNDER THE STORMWATER FEE PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS WE CAN ISSUE WE CAN ISSUE BONDS OFF OF THAT REVENUE. I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY, SO I DO I DO WANT, I GUESS MY RECOMMENDATION BASED BASED ON AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND HOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IF THE COUNCIL AGREES TO IT, OBVIOUSLY MY THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER WHERE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND START ISSUING IT PROBABLY IN 2027, IF NOT EARLIER THAN THAT, AND START WORKING ON THOSE, AT LEAST THE PRIORITY STUFF THAT WE HAVE IMMEDIATELY. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ISSUE DEBT ON A NEW PROGRAM LIKE THAT IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAS TO BE SOME RESERVES BUILT UP THERE, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. AND YOU MENTIONED BONDS. SO DURING THE FIRST PRESENTATION, BUDGET PRESENTATION BACK SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I MENTIONED BONDS OR THE NEED FOR NEW BONDS. SO THAT WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU ALL. AGAIN I DON'T. I'D LIKE TO GET THIS KIND OF WRAPPED UP BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT DOING A BOND ELECTION, BUT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THAT BOND ELECTION AND JUST MOVING FORWARD. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BOND OR IF IT'S DEBT ISSUED VERSUS THE INCOME THAT'S COMING IN. I DON'T KNOW THE INTEGRAL PARTS OF HOW THAT PART OF IT WORKS. AND I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE PROFESSIONALS, MISS BROWN, AND THEN BEHIND YOU. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD THAT NIGHT AND BASED ON SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT I'VE TALKED TO, SOME PEOPLE, I DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. I THE FEE THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE OTHER NIGHT, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL HELP IN A SHORT OR LONG TERM. IF WE DON'T FIX SOME OF THE ISSUES IMMEDIATELY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS, IS HOW DO WE FINISH BIGGER THESE PROJECTS IN A FASTER TIME FRAME VERSUS TAKING A LONG TIME, YET PAY THEM AS WE GO BASED ON THE REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN. SO THAT'S MY FIRST THING ABOUT STORMWATER, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IMPACTS THE BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY IT DOES OR IT DOES OR NOT. NO NOT REALLY. AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS DO YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB ON THIS FUND BALANCE OBVIOUSLY EVERY YEAR AND GIVE US THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT IS RECOMMENDED VERSUS WHERE WE ARE AND HOW IS THAT IS I DON'T SEE IT TONIGHT, BUT I'M SURE IT WILL BE DOWN THE ROAD FOR US JUST TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE CREDIT AGENCY LOOK LIKE. WHAT WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? THEY'VE ALWAYS TOLD US IN THE PAST, WE HAVE A CITY CHARTER REQUIREMENT FOR 25% THAT WE CAN'T DROP UNDER 30%.
THEY'RE LOOKING IF YOU WANT TO GET BETTER RATES AND BETTER RATINGS, YOU NEED TO BE AT 30%.
PLUS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OVER THE YEARS. JUST I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WHO JUST JOINED US. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TOWARDS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. UNBALANCED NUMBERS. SO ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM GOOD TO GO. OKAY, MR. PARKER, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. SURE. I THINK YOU WERE ON YOUR LAST SLIDE. LAST SLIDE HERE. SO OUR BASE BUDGET IS GROWING FASTER NOW AT A HIGHER RATE THAN OUR REVENUES.
OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO INFLATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SALARY INCREASES. AND THEN WE NOW HAVE OUR POSITIONS FILLED. SO THERE'S A LOT LESS. MONEY COMING BACK, UNSPENT MONEY COMING BACK, GOING TO THE FUND BALANCE. SO I MEAN IT'S A DIFFICULT TO BUDGET, BUT
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IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO GET THINGS DONE. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THERE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED EARLIER OUR RECURRING EXPENSES ARE HAVE GROWN VERSUS OUR ONE TIME EXPENSES. SO THAT THAT PLAYS A FACTOR IN THERE AS WELL.I MENTIONED EARLIER YOU KNOW THE BIG CONCERN FOR US IS, IS WE BALANCE THE BUDGET, THE BASE BUDGET. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ANY ANY NEW REQUESTS WE HAVE ABOUT TODAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 250,000 AVAILABLE FOR NEW REQUESTS. I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION IN REQUESTS. IF WE IF WE ISSUED DEBT FOR ABOUT 5 MILLION OF THAT, WE STILL HAVE 3 MILLION IN NEW REQUESTS. SO OUR PREDICAMENT IS WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU FUND FOR $250,000? AND IT AIN'T MUCH.
SO AFTER WE HAD OUR FIRST BUDGET MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THE DECISION AMONGST ALL THE DIRECTORS WAS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THEIR BASE BUDGETS, TO SEE WHAT COULD BE CUT OUT OF THEIR BASE BUDGETS, TO FREE UP ANY REVENUE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER NEW REQUESTS WITH. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. WE HAVE OUR MEETING TOMORROW TO SEE. WHAT ANY, IF ANY MONEY COULD BE FREED UP TO LOOK AT NEW REQUESTS. THERE ARE A FEW NEW REQUESTS, IN MY OPINION, THAT ARE TWO OF THEM SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE THAT ARE KIND OF REQUIRED, WHICH IS TWO CROSSING GUARDS FOR THE NEW SCHOOLS. AND THEN THE SRO OFFICER FOR THE NEW JUNIOR HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL THAT WILL OPEN AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. NOW, WE DO SPLIT THOSE COSTS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT'S STILL AN EXPENSE THAT THAT WE HAVE TO INCUR. OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE ARE VERY FEW. PERSONNEL REQUESTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S A THAT'S A RECURRING EXPENSE. AND. I AM. A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT SALES TAX. IT SEEMS LIKE OUR ECONOMY IS SLOWING DOWN HERE FOR. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, HOUSES ARE SITTING ON THE MARKET LONGER. I DID SEE A HOUSE THE OTHER DAY IN BOZEMAN FARMS, AND IT WAS LIKE 465,000, AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF REASONABLE. SO THERE IS SOME CONCERN THERE FOR ME. AND OBVIOUSLY FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT CONTINUING TO GO ON. AND FROM A COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT, THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE. YEARS AWAY, BUT THEY'RE AT LEAST THREE, IF NOT 5 TO 7 YEARS AWAY. SO THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN IS NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED ANYTIME IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. OUR JOB, OR MY JOB, I GUESS, IS TO BRING YOU A BALANCED BUDGET AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BUDGET PRESENTATION THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, BUT WE'LL GET INTO IT WITH THE BUDGET. Y'ALL WILL GET YOUR BUDGET BOOKS AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 20TH JUNE 24TH.
SO THEN THAT FIRST MEETING IN JULY WILL BRING OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. SO I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANYBODY IN BETWEEN THERE. IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS OR IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS OR NOT, I'M HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY. WE'RE MEETING, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW, ALL THE DIRECTORS TO TRY TO HAMMER OUT THE REST OF THIS. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IF NOT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. MAYOR. OKAY. I THINK PEOPLE KIND OF ASKED AS THEY WENT, AND I KNOW, I KNOW, WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK IN FRONT OF US SEVERAL TIMES. SO JUST TO REITERATE TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING PRESENTED OR ANYTHING ALONG THE WAY, AND IT POPS INTO YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU'RE NOT, WHEN WE'RE NOT HERE, DON'T FORGET YOU CAN
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ALWAYS REACH OUT, AS MR. PARKER SAID, AND HE'LL WORK TO GET YOU AN ANSWER. MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU HAVE ONE? THANK YOU, I DO. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS AND MAYOR AND BRANT CITY MANAGER FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN. OBVIOUSLY, AS A CITY, WE'VE GROWN FROM 16, 17,000 TO 70,000 HERE IN A VERY, VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THAT REQUIRES MANPOWER, THAT REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT REQUIRES ROADS, THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. AND SOMETIMES THE TAX BURDEN ON THE CITIZENS IS DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME OF THE NEEDS ARE TO SPEED UP SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAD GONE THE PREVIOUS THE DIRECTORS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. THE CITY HAD NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS, WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR US CITIZENS THAT WE LIVE IN HERE AND DOES THAT. BUT AT SOME POINT, WE ALL HAVE TO WORK ON FIGURING OUT THE NEEDS VERSUS THE SERVICE AND THE NEEDS VERSUS SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE. SO I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING REALLY HARD ON ON WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL. WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET IS BALANCED AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL THE DIRECTORS. WE ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR CITIZENS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS TAXPAYERS, THEY'RE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE THEY HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO. WE KEEP THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE DELIVERED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO, TOUGH DECISIONS TO BE MADE. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY AT ALL TIMES. NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET EVERYTHING APPROVED. AND SO I JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO GO THROUGH THAT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW HARD DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS TOUGH. SO I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR CITIZENS JUST AS MUCH AS WE ARE. AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.AND THAT HARD WORK THAT'S COMING UP IN A FEW DAYS. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE MOST OF US ARE CITIZENS ALSO. SO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PROCESS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. YES, SIR. TO ANYONE BEFORE I CLOSE OUT TO ANYONE WHO'S EITHER HERE OR IS LISTENING AT HOME, REMEMBER, YOU CAN EMAIL EITHER THE CITY MANAGER, MYSELF, THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WITH QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THROUGH THE PROCESS,
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AND ATTEND ANY OF THE FUTURE MEETINGS WITH THAT. THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. I'LL MOVE US BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THIS[READING OF ORDINANCES]
EVENING, SO FROM THAT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR READING OF THE ORDINANCES. MISS STORM, ARE THERE ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES, MAYOR. WE HAVE THREE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 22, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY ZONING CASE NUMBER 2020 504 FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR TO COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 1.47 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR SMOKING. ESTABLISHMENT ZONING CASE 2020 504. PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH 23 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY.ZONING CASE NUMBER 2025. DASH OH FIVE FROM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON 0.47 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE. ZONING CASE 2020 5-05 PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2524. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, APPROVING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN INTERLOCAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THE CITY OF LUCAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, CLARIFYING THAT THE PROPERTY, AS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERLOCAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AGREEMENT RELEASED FROM LUCAS'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND INCORPORATED INTO WYLIE'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING REPEALING SAVINGS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THAT IS ALL.
THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, COUNCILMAN STRING, WOULD YOU. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PERKINS, I SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES
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