[CALL TO ORDER]
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          AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JULY 8TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND YOU DO HAVE A CELL PHONE ON YOU. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS EITHER SET TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL YOU NEED TO TAKE, WE ASK THAT YOU 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, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SID HUBER, PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM JENA MALIKAI. THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION THAT I WILL LEAD, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. AND BEFORE WE PRAY, I'D ASK THAT WE ALL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE JUST ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO LOST MANY LOVED ONES IN THE HILL COUNTRY AREA OVER THIS PAST WEEK, AND CONTINUE TO BE WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND THE GRIEF PROCESS THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. 
          THANK YOU. DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON ALL OF US HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO GATHER TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU FOR LIVING IN A COUNTRY THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF OUR GOVERNMENT, AND TO HAVE A SAY IN HOW THINGS RUN. WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR MILITARY AND SERVE BOTH IN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION UPON THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE HOME, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE GUADALUPE VALLEY AND THROUGHOUT THE HILL COUNTRY IN CENTRAL TEXAS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCH UNBELIEVABLE LOSS. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING YOUR HAND AND YOUR SPIRIT OF PEACE UPON THOSE WHO NEED IT SO DESPERATELY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE STRENGTH AND PROTECTION TO THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE VERY, VERY TOUGH WORK IN THAT AREA. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT WISDOM TO THOSE OF US WHO SERVE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITIZENS. 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 FIRST ITEMS 
          [PR1. Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Presentation.]
ON THE AGENDA ARE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. SO I WILL COME DOWN FRONT AND WHENEVER WE ARE COVERING YOURS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU COME UP AND JOIN ME. 
          ALRIGHT, SO OUR FIRST ONE THIS EVENING IS OUR BATTLE OF THE BADGES. SO WE'LL GET OUR TWO CHIEFS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM EAST FORK. GOOD EVENING. SO AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR MASONS FROM EAST FORK MASONIC LODGE FOR ALL THAT THEY DO IN PUTTING THAT ON. AND I'D LIKE TO LET YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, AS WELL AS GIVE US THE FINAL RESULTS. THANK YOU. I'M CHUCK TOWER, I'M THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER HERE AT EAST FORK, AND I DON'T PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. OUR PAST MASTER DOES IS THE HEAD OF ALL THIS. AND WE WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE BLOOD AND WE HAVE THESE BLOOD DRIVES, AND THEN THEY GET TO VOTE. WHEN THEY THEY GET WHEN THEY DONATE THE BLOOD, THEY PUT THE THEY PUT THEIR THEY PUT THEIR TICKET EITHER INTO THE FIREMAN'S OR INTO THE, THE POLICE OFFICERS. SO DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES ON ON JULY 1ST ON IN CITY HALL, WE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF. I'M HERE. 
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HOLD ON. LET ME BACK THIS UP. WE GOT A TOTAL OF 25 UNITS THAT THAT WAS THE CITY HALL ON TWO ON THE TUESDAY ON THE BLUEGRASS ON BALLARD. WE COLLECTED 61 UNITS. IT WAS A TWO DAY BLOOD DRIVE. A TOTAL OF 86 UNITS WERE COLLECTED. POTENTIAL OF SAVING 267 LIVES HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, WHICH IS AWESOME. EAST FORK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 115 UNITS COLLECTED BETWEEN JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2025. SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, THIS BLOOD DRIVE SINCE 2017, UP TILL NOW, WE'VE COLLECTED OVER 1063 UNITS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE BOTH THE CHIEFS OVER HERE. POLICE CHIEF HENDERSON AND THE FIRE CHIEF BLY. IT WAS VERY CLOSE, BUT THE WINNER WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 
          BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR. LET ME PULL THE LITTLE TAG. HE'D ALREADY PULLED IT OFF. I COULDN'T EVEN SEE IT. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. NO, DON'T. DON'T RUN OFF. PICTURE. PICTURE. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. I CAN GET OVER HERE. 
          [PR2. Wylie Baseball and Softball Association Recognition.]
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR OUR WILY STORM BASEBALL TEAM RECOGNITION TO COME DOWN. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOME OF YOU ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS IN THE T SHIRTS. THE HATS? SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THIS GROUP THIS EVENING. THEY ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN A VERY ELITE TOURNAMENT REPRESENTING THE CITY OF WYLIE. KIND OF FITTING THAT IT IS RAINING OUTSIDE SINCE WE HAVE THE WYLIE STORM WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT I'D LIKE TO LET THEIR COACHING STAFF, COACHES HERE TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO. IT'S FOR 12 YEAR OLDS AND I KNOW IT'S UP IN THE NORTHEAST, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU GUYS SHARE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO THE 12 YEAR COOPERSTOWN TOURNAMENT IS IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK. THERE'S 104 TEAMS NEXT WEEK GOING. WE START OUR COMPETITION ON SUNDAY AND THEN WE PLAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SO THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN GO AS A YOUNG KID AT 12 YEARS OLD, CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. WHY DON'T YOU ALL. OKAY. YOU ALL SO WHAT POSITION OR POSITION? MY NAME IS ELI GUTIERREZ. I'M THE ASSISTANT COACH. AND MY SON ZACHARY HERE IN THE RED HAT. AND WE ARE COACHES AND THE KIDS, WE GET TO STAY IN THE BARRACKS. SO IT'S A FULL BASEBALL EXPERIENCE. 
          THEY'RE COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, MOMS ARE ARE THERE WON'T BE ANY PARENTS OTHER THAN THE COACHES FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE WHOLE TIME WE PLAY BASEBALL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US. SO MY NAME IS MATT ACHILLES AND I'LL BE THE HEAD COACH THIS YEAR. MY NAME IS CARSON BROOKS. I PLAY THIRD BASE LEFT AND PITCHER AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. MY NAME IS JOEL TARIFA. I PLAY ALL OUTFIELD PITCHER. AND FIRST MY NAME IS ZACHARY GUTIERREZ AND I PLAY MIDDLE INFIELD PITCHER AND OUTFIELD. MY NAME IS HUDSON RHODES AND I PLAY FIRST. I PLAY FIRST AND PITCHER ALEX HERN AND I PLAY EVERYWHERE. MY NAME IS DEEGAN AND I PLAY CATCHER AND 
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MIDDLE INFIELD. MY NAME IS PEYTON ACHILLES AND I PLAY SHORTSTOP AND PITCHER. MY NAME IS HUNTER ECKEL AND I PLAY THIRD BASE AND PITCHER. MY NAME IS MILES CLARK. I PLAY SHORTSTOP AND THIRD. MY NAME IS JENSEN RAVEN. I PLAY CENTER AND PITCHER. SO AGAIN, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS GROUP. AND I ASSUME YOU GUYS HAVE A FEW. IS EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT? I WAS GONNA SAY I THOUGHT YOU HAD ONE MORE THAT ARE GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF WYLIE, THE STATE AS WELL, AND HAVE JUST IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT TIME. I THINK YOU 2ND MAY BE IN FOR IT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I SAW A WHOLE LOT OF SMIRKS WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT. IT'S JUST THE COACHES THAT HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THEM, SO YOU'LL HAVE SOME FUN THERE. I HAVE A FEELING, BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT THING TO SEE OUR YOUTH HERE IN THE COMMUNITY GETTING INVOLVED IN TEAM SPORTS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THAT, AND I TELL PEOPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IS, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY LUCKY, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO WIN. AND LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT, HOW TO GET THROUGH IT, AND HOW TO LET IT MOTIVATE YOU TO BE BETTER THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU STEP FOOT ON THAT FIELD IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON IN LIFE, BECAUSE I THINK ALL THE ADULTS IN THIS ROOM, UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED WELL BEYOND ME, HAVE EXPERIENCED SETBACKS, HAVE EXPERIENCED TIMES WHERE THINGS DIDN'T GO THE WAY YOU WANTED TO, AND BEING ABLE TO LEARN THAT LESSON IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          TEAMWORK IS ALWAYS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. BUT HOW TO HANDLE FAILURE IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON, BUT ALSO HOW TO HANDLE SUCCESS. AND THESE YOUNG MEN GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANDLE SUCCESS IN GOING AND REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY. THEY GET THE CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SO MANY LESSONS AND JUST HAVE FUN WITHOUT A SCREEN IN FRONT OF THEM. SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO WISH YOU GUYS SAFE TRAVELS AND THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF LUCK AND YOU'LL HAVE TO LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES. CONGRATULATIONS Y'ALL. NOW WE DO WANT TO DO A TEAM PICTURE SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TEAMWORK. GET YOU GUYS TO STEP UP FRONT. AND I HAVE A TEAM OF FIVE THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING THAT CAN COME DOWN AND JOIN US IN THE BACK FOR THIS. COME ON GUYS. BACK. 
          SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. I THINK I THINK THE RAIN HAS GOTTEN TO ME A LITTLE BIT. AND I TOLD SOMEONE EARLIER I GOT PRETTY WELL SOAKED AND IT'S IT THREW ME OFF A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE ALSO ARE HERE AND WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HERE IN TOWN. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT, I'D ASK THAT YOU COME DOWN. SO AGAIN, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT IS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW FOR ME, GROWING UP PLAYING SPORTS WAS SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS LOVED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE MOVED A LOT MILITARY DURING BASEBALL SEASON, SO I WENT FROM T-BALL TO KID PITCH AND FOUND A LEAGUE WITH 
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PEOPLE THROWING ALMOST 80 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WERE GOOD TO GET IT OVER THE PLATE, ABOUT ONE EVERY THREE AND ONE OUT OF THREE JUST ABOUT HIT YOU OR DID. AND THAT CUT SHORT MY TIME IN BASEBALL. BUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED IT. AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS SOMETHING PEOPLE OFTEN PASS DOWN AND GET TO EXPERIENCE. AND WITH MY LITTLE ONE, I HAVE A FEELING SOFTBALL MIGHT BE IN HER FUTURE. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AS VOLUNTEERS THAT GOES INTO PUTTING THESE SPORTS LEAGUES TOGETHER. FOR THOSE FOR THOSE NOT IN THE ROOM WHO MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE, WE SAW THE FLASH. THAT WAS THE LOOK THERE. SO BUT I'D LIKE TO LET YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH US THIS EVENING AS WELL. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS LANCE WALLACE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR THREE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LEAGUE, AND WE WANT TO HONOR THEM WITH SOME PLAQUES. CAN WE JUST HOLD THIS FOR YOU? SO FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, I'D LIKE TO AWARD THIS PLAQUE TO RICARDO SAUCEDA. FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE VALLEY BASEBALL LEAGUE. I'D LIKE TO AWARD THIS PLAQUE TO MR. MATTHEW WILLIS. AND ANOTHER 30 YEAR SERVICE MEMBER TO THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, MR. LANDON. GREG. 
          THESE GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. THEY PRETTY MUCH HELD ANY POSITION ON THE BOARD. SOME, INCLUDING UP TO UP TO PRESIDENT LIKE MYSELF. AND IT'S RARE IN THIS TIME TO FIND SOMEBODY SO WILLING TO GIVE THAT MUCH OF THEIR TIME SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO ALL OF US IN SUPPORT OF THE YOUTH AND THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN. FOR A COMBINED 85 YEARS OF GIVING BACK HERE IN WILEY. NOW, I KNOW HE INTRODUCED EVERYONE, BUT I WANT TO LET EACH OF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND TELL ME MAYBE WHAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE MOST, OR WHAT MAYBE STANDS OUT THE MOST FROM YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. MATT WILLIS AND I JUST ENJOYED BEING AROUND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD. WE HAD A BLAST. WE STILL DO. YEAH. LANDON. GREG, I ENJOYED WATCHING WATCHING US GROW FROM, YOU KNOW, INFIELDS WITH TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND EVERYBODY GETTING HURT TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW. SO. WELL, IN A LEAGUE OF 313. YEAH. RIGHT. SO TREMENDOUS GROWTH. I'M RICK SAUCEDA AND I ENJOYED COACHING MY SON FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THEN SERVING ON THE BOARD. I WAS A REGISTRAR FOR A WHILE NOW. I'VE BEEN THE HEAD UMPIRE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          MR. HENDERSON JOINED US FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS, SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS AND SOME OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN LEARN IN A TEAM SPORT, HOW TO HANDLE ADVERSITY, THE TEAMWORK, THE SACRIFICING, ALL THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S A GOOD THING. GOOD PLACE FOR OUR YOUTH TO GO THAT'S PRODUCTIVE. SO. WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. BEFORE YOU GO, I'D ASK THE FOUR OF YOU. YOU CAN JOIN US AS WELL, SIR, THE FIVE OF YOU TO JOIN US FOR A QUICK PICTURE. 
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SO THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO 
          [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WE DO ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FILL OUT A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK. WE DO REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR SIX IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP. AND WE DO REMIND EVERYONE THAT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING, SO THE FIRST I WILL CALL CHRIS THOMPSON DOWN. AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE, SIR, IF YOU WILL HIT, THERE'S A LITTLE TALKING VOICE DOWN HERE THAT WILL TURN IT ON. AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. PERFECT. HI, MY NAME IS CHRIS THOMPSON. I LIVE AT 3307 RAINBOW LANE IN WYLIE. AND NOW WHAT ELSE DID YOU. I'M SORRY. THAT'S IT SIR, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. THE REASON I'M HERE IS I WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE THAT. LAST WEDNESDAY. I LIVE IN SAGE CREEK AND WE WERE SOMEWHAT, LIKE, ASSAULTED BY IT. IT FELT LIKE AN INVASION, I SHOULD SAY. NOT ASSAULT, BUT AN INVASION OF A COMPANY CALLED FALCON UTILITY. AND THEY USED A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. 
          AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS THEY WERE INSTALLING FIBER OPTIC CABLE. THEY'RE INSTALLING THIS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S GOING TO COME TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, AS I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. BUT THEY'RE INSTALLING THIS CONDUIT FOR THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE, AND THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS FOR USE IN WI-FI SEVEN, WHICH IS SEVEN GENERATION, WHICH IS NOT GOOD IN AND OF ITSELF ONCE IT'S IN WIRELESS. BUT ANYWAY, I THIS HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY, AND I WENT DOWN TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY MORNING, AND I SPOKE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THERE, AND I LEARNED THAT THEY DON'T NEED A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ONE. AND THEN THEY TOLD ME THAT THE STATE HANDLED IT. SO I CALLED THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, AND THEY TOLD ME IN TURN THAT THE FCC HANDLED IT. AND I SAID, OKAY, I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE AT THE FCC. SHE TOLD ME, NO, WE DON'T. WE HANDLE ALL TELECOMMUNICATION ISSUES EXCEPT FOR RIGHT OF WAY. RIGHT OF WAY IS DELEGATED TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND I'M WONDERING IF WILEY'S AWARE OF THIS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A KIND OF LIKE A RUNAROUND. THE STATE THINKS THAT THE FEDS ARE INVOLVED AND THE LOCAL THINKS THE STATES INVOLVED, BUT NO ONE IS ANYONE. HAS ANYONE GIVEN THESE PEOPLE A PERMIT? AND WHEN THEY CAME TO DIG UP OUR FRONT LAWN, WE STOPPED THEM AND SAID, WHERE'S THE PERMIT? AND THE GUY THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT ACTUALLY WAS THERE, AND HE SHOWED ME SOMETHING ON HIS PHONE, BUT WHERE'S THE PERMIT? AND I ASKED PEOPLE. I ALSO PUT A REQUEST ON PERMITS. AND ALAN BRITT RESPONDED, HE'S THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR. AND HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH A COPY OF THE PERMIT AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH OPEN RECORDS. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO RIP UP OUR FRONT LAWN AND EVEN INSTALL THIS, THIS, THIS CABLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PERMIT. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET PERMITS. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OTHER AREAS OF WYLIE. THEY ARE HITTING OTHER AREAS OF WYLIE, NOT JUST SAGE CREEK. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN LAKESIDE AND UNDERSTANDING IS GOING TO GO UP COUNTRY CLUB LANE AND ALL THIS. SO THIS IS AN ISSUE. I THINK WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE MAD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET. WE'RE JUST THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT COME OUT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AND ALERT YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE. THERE SHOULD BE A PERMITTING PROCESS. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERMIT. THEY'VE DAMAGED THINGS, THEY'VE DAMAGED CULVERTS. THEY'VE DAMAGED. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE DAMAGED LAW LAWN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. SO AND THEY'RE RUNNING ROUGHSHOD. YOU CAN'T TALK TO THEM AND THEY THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THIS YOU MAY BE HEARING FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS IN THE COMING DAYS OR MONTHS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. ALSO, I WANT TO MAKE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE USING TWO. WHY ARE THEY PUTTING TWO IN NOT JUST ONE. THEY'RE PUTTING IN TWO AND PARALLEL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. I LIKE TO KNOW WHY. THANK YOU AGAIN. RESPOND TO THAT, SIR, REAL QUICK. I JUST ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. THERE IS A PERMITTING PROCESS AND THEY DO HAVE A PERMIT IN PLACE. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IN THE UTILITY RIGHT OF WAY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE IT IS THE IT IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES WHERE THE SUBCONTRACTOR WAS NOT PERMITTED. HE WAS ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER. THEY DID PUT THE CONDUIT IN THE WRONG PLACE, AND THEY ARE GOING BACK AND FIXING THAT. AS FAR AS WHY THEY'RE USING TWO, THE CITY DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT 
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TYPE OF DETAIL. WE'RE NOT. THAT'S AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY. WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PERMIT. CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? YES, SIR. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FCC IS INVOLVED IN ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, LIKE IT'S NOT LEFT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR THE STATE LEVEL IS APPARENTLY. SO IF, IF, IF THE FCC IS INVOLVED AND IT'S NOT A UTILITY. 
          RIGHT? I MEAN, IS BROADBAND CABLE A UTILITY? I THINK IT'S A QUESTION WE SHOULD ASK. AND IF IT ISN'T A UTILITY, WHY IS IT USING THE UTILITY EASEMENT? WELL, IT IS I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FIBER. FRONTIER PUTS FIBER AND UTILITY ALL THAT'S CONSIDERED A UTILITY IN THE CITY'S EYES OVERHEAD OR UNDERGROUND. SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON? YES, SIR. AND HOW DO I GET SO THEY HAVE A PERMIT. WHO ISSUED THE PERMIT? SO I KNOW AND THAT'LL BE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THE CITY DID. BUT WHAT DEPARTMENT? THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. YOU TALK TO ALAN BRITT AND HE HAS A PERMIT. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND REQUEST DO AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO GET THAT PERMIT. BUT THE REASON I HAD A CONCERN WITH THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TOMORROW TO PUT THE FRONT LAWN. AND I WANTED TO HAVE THE PERMIT IN PLACE TO ME. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PRODUCE THE PERMIT TO ME. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO HUNTING FOR IT BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPEDING ON MY RIGHT MY PROPERTY RIGHTS. AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE EASEMENT. BUT I WANT TO SEE THE PERMIT. AND I DIDN'T SEE THE PERMIT. AND THEY THEY'VE NEVER RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY. THEY SAID THEY WOULD EMAIL IT TO US. THEY NEVER DID OVER THE WEEKEND. SO I CALLED UP. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PERMIT THAT I HAVE. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOMETHING ON A PHONE, BUT I COULDN'T READ IT. 
          IT WAS TOO SMALL. I THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT TO AND EVERY, EVERY HOMEOWNER HAS A RIGHT TO SEE THE PERMIT BEFORE THEY BEFORE THEY DIG UP THE FRONT LAWN. SO. OKAY. AND THEY WILL FIX THE FRONT LAWNS. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'RE YEAH, THEY MESSED UP. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THE REPAIR, ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY REPAIR THAT ACCURATELY, WHETHER IT'S SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR WHATEVER THEY'VE DAMAGED. I'LL LET MY NEIGHBORS KNOW BECAUSE THEIR STUFF WAS DAMAGED. NOT SO MUCH. MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE HASN'T BEEN DUG UP YET, BUT THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. AND NEXT I HAVE ELISE THOMPSON. AND AGAIN IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PORTER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M ELISE THOMPSON. SAME ADDRESS, 3307 RAINBOW LANE IN WYLIE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME ISSUE. I'M WITH CHRIS, I GUESS TO FOLLOW UP, FIRST OF ALL, ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY. MY QUESTION IS, I UNDERSTAND FROM A SURVEYOR DOWN THE STREET THAT SAID THAT THE ONLY RIGHT OF WAY IS FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE CURB, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THEM WANTING TO USE THE CONDUIT OF THE ELECTRICAL AND THE WATER I HAVE. I'M ON NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE, WELL, QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PERCENTAGE CONSIDERING IT WAS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LIKE MY LOCAL, VERY LOCAL SAGE CREEK. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS SPRINKLERS BEING BROKEN. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. A WATER MAIN, HUGE WATER MAIN BEING BROKEN ON THE CORNER. DRAINAGE BREAKAGE. AND CHRIS AND I WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THEY EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE BLUEPRINT OF THE LAND LIKE. AND AS FAR AS THE CONDUIT, I'M JUST THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME. I LIVED MANY YEARS IN TOWNHOMES AND I JUST IT JUST DIDN'T SET WELL WITH ME HAVING SOMEONE GETTING ACCESS TO MY UTILITIES. AND CHRIS DID HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND ASKING AUSTIN ABOUT THE EASEMENT, WHETHER IT'S FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND LIVING IN OTHER STATES. I UNDERSTAND THAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS NOT REALLY A, QUOTE, UTILITY, AND IN AUSTIN THEY DON'T CONSIDER IT A UTILITY EITHER. SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICALITIES THAT I WOULD LIKE. I WOULD APPRECIATE. CITY MANAGER PARKER, MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER, YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH WYLIE THAN I DO. SURE. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE. WILL YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME JUST AND THEN BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. DEFINITELY. ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS I WOULD LIKE TO BE GIVEN AND I DON'T HAVE TIME, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GO TO PRS AND FOYERS, BUT IF I HAVE TO, I THE THINGS I NEED RIGHT NOW ARE THE ACTUAL GOVERNING BODY FOR THE PIA OR THE FOIA FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THAT'S COMING IN. AND SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE. SO THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, I NEED TO GO TO PIA OR FOIA FOR THIS. AND THEY THEY WILL NOT GIVE IT TO 
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ME. THEY WON'T THEY WON'T EVEN GIVE ME THEIR IDENTITY. AND THEY OWN A LOT OF THEY'RE A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES. AND SO AND ANOTHER THING I DEFINITELY NEED AND I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYBODY ON MY PROPERTY AND I'M PUTTING THIS ON THE RECORD. SO IF THERE'S A CAMERA, THEY'RE NOT COMING TO MY PROPERTY UNTIL I GET A CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS COMPANY, I NEED I NEED A NAME OF A COMPANY, AND I NEED THE CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE THEY STEP FOOT INTO MY AROUND MY PROPERTY OR MY EASEMENTS. AND IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 
          IT'S EVERY COMPANY HAS THAT. SO AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I MEAN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE BRINGING IN VERY NEW TECHNOLOGY. AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHILLING BECAUSE I'M A TECHNICAL. ENTHUSIAST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THESE GHZ, FIVE GHZ AND ALL FROM LIVING IN OTHER CITIES, CHILDREN HAVE GOTTEN SICK FROM 5G AND THE FAMILIES HAVE LITERALLY. I COULD GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THE FAMILIES WHO'VE HAD TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE OF 5G AND SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CLOSED BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH INCIDENCES OF TERMINAL ILLNESSES IN CHILDREN. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I ASK. YEAH. I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP THERE. SURE. THAT'S IT. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU CAN EMAIL ME YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO WRITE MY EMAIL ADDRESS DOWN. YES, IT'S BRANT PARKER AT WYLIE, TEXAS. DOT GOV. AND YOU CAN EMAIL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT AND I'LL GET WYLIE, TEXAS.GOV. YEAH, TEXAS SPELLED OUT AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OKAY. AND JUST REAL QUICK ON THE CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPANY THAT WHAT I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE WANTING A CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE OUT THERE THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THAT COMPANY. WE DON'T GET INVOLVED. WELL, THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION. AND I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE CITY, THOUGH. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING. EVERY, EVERY, EVERY TIME YOU DEAL WITH ANY CORPORATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE. AND IT'S A LAW THAT IT HAS TO BE PUBLIC RECORD AND IT SHOULD BE ON THE INTERNET AND ALL YOU CORPORATE EMAIL ME YOUR QUESTIONS AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. ONE LAST ONE. ONE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I TALKED TO I'M IN I'M A PRECINCT CHAIR AND I GET INVOLVED IN THE COUNTY AFFAIRS, POLITICAL AFFAIRS. AND I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE VERY ACTIVE IN JOSEPHINE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY, MOST LIKELY. AND THERE'S NO LIMIT. 
          AND I DO ASK OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO PERHAPS KEEP THAT IN MIND AND MAYBE PUT A LIMIT OR PUT SOMETHING IN THE CHARTER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE HAVING LIKE SIX, SIX COMPANIES COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY LAWN OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE BIZARRE HAVING ALL THESE CABLES, LIKE RIGHT NEAR OUR ELECTRICAL AND OUR WATER AND OUR SPRINKLER. AND WE LIVE IN A CLOSE. COMMUNITY LIKE THE LAWN ISN'T THAT LARGE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST GETS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING. SO ANYHOW, I'M JUST WARNING EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE READY TO COME OUT AND, HEY, IT'S FREE FOR ALL. YOU HAVE A COMPANY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, YOU COULD COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY OR WHATEVER. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO SEND, I'LL ASK THAT YOU SEND IT TO MR. PARKER. I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I HAVE YOUR BACK FOLLOWED. OH, I DON'T WANT TO BE ARRESTED. NO WORRIES. 
          THANK YOU. SIR. OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ASKED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS MARCO HUNTER LOPEZ. SO IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME. WELL, I BELIEVE YOU ARE A MINOR. YES. 
          MISS STORM, DOES THAT CHANGE? ASKING SOMEONE TO STATE THEIR ADDRESS IF THEY'RE A MINOR? I'VE NOT FACED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THAT. SO IF YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE NOT STATING THAT, THAT'S OKAY. WE HAVE IT HERE ON THE FORM. BUT YOU'LL HAVE IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AT LEAST. AND MARCO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PORTER. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMA. PICKENS, DUKE. STRING, WILLIAMS AND HOOVER. CHIEFS, SECRETARIES AND MANAGERS. THANK. I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SERVING THE PEOPLE OF WYLIE. MY NAME IS MARCO LOPEZ AND I AM A STUDENT HERE IN WYLIE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT PRESENTING THE POTENTIAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF AGE INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL IN THE CHILDREN'S AND JUVENILE SECTION OF THE PUBLIC PUBLIC LIBRARY. AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING SEVERAL BOOKS FROM THE CHILDREN'S AND JUVENILE SECTIONS, I HAVE FOUND CONTENT THAT I STRONGLY BELIEVE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE READERS. SOME OF THIS ILLUSTRATED MATERIAL AND LANGUAGE IS TOO GRAPHIC AND AGE INAPPROPRIATE THAT I FIND CONCERNING AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND FEEL CONCERNED FOR CHILDREN. INSTEAD, I AM HERE TO 
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ASK FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO FIND A THOUGHTFUL AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT ENSURES OUR LIBRARY REMAINS A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I WOULD LIKE TO READ OUT SOME OF THE TITLES. SO THIS IS THIS IS PRIDE, THE NAME OF THE BOOK. WE HAVE THIS PRIDE PUPPY AND WE HAVE MANY OTHER ONES THAT I FIND DISTURBING FOR FELLOW CHILDREN AND STUDENTS IN WYLIE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. MISS STORM, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE THREE FORMS THAT WERE TURNED IN. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
FROM OUR COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL AND STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR QUESTIONS. AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO EMOTION. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN HOOVER? SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE 
          [1. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, the writing of an ordinance for a change in zoning from  Neighborhood Services (NS) to Community Retail - Special Use Permit (CR-SUP) on 1.056 acres to allow  for a motor fueling station with a convenience store and drive-thru restaurant use. Property located at 1400  Country Club Road (ZC 2025-06). ]
MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE THIS EVENING. HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO COMMUNITY RETAIL. SPECIAL USE PERMIT, CRSP ON 1.056 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR A MOTOR FUELING STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE AND DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT USE. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1400 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. ZONING CASE 2020 506. MR. HASKINS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO OVER THIS IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE 26TH OF AUGUST MEETING. THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD MEETING. FROM RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON BOTH THE PROJECT AND GETTING THEIR THEIR REORGANIZING THEIR TEAM A LITTLE BIT AND DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PRESENTING THIS EVENING WITHOUT THE TEAM THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, ASSUMING IF IT GOT IF IT GOT APPROVED. AND SO THEY JUST ASKED. THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AT THIS POINT THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO TABLE IT FOR SIX WEEKS OKAY. AND I BELIEVE IT'S JUST IS IT THE PLATS THAT HAVE THE TIME CLOCK FROM THE STATE. YES, SIR. YES THEY HAVE THEY FORMALLY ASKED EITHER. EITHER WAY THERE'S NO PLAT ON THIS ONE OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S NO NO CHANGES IN LAW THAT COME INTO EFFECT OR ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE ALL THE TIME WE WANT ON THIS ONE. OKAY. WELL COUNCIL, NO MATTER WHAT OUR DECISION IS ON ON THAT WE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS IF THERE IS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CASE SOMEONE HAS COME THIS EVENING WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SO COUNCIL CAN HEAR FROM THEM, AND THEN SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THAT. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO TABLE FOR THREE MEETINGS. YES, SIR. SPECIFICALLY TO AUGUST 26TH. OR OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSING THE ITEM. I WOULD BE OPEN TO QUESTIONS OR A MOTION AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMAN STRANG, WHAT WAS THE DATE ON THE AUGUST 26TH? SIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE TILL AUGUST 26TH MEETING. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL AUGUST 26TH. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THE ITEM IS TABLED UNTIL AUGUST 26TH. OKAY. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE OUR 
          [WS1. Discussion regarding the FY 2025-26 WEDC Budget.]
REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSIONS. WORK SESSION NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2526. WILEY EDC BUDGET. I'M NOT DOING THAT. I WAS LIKE, BRANT, YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING TO DO TWO BUDGETS THIS EVENING. I'M RACHEL OUT 
          [00:40:01]
HERE TO RACHEL. I THINK RACHEL WILL LET YOU. SHE THANK YOU IS GOOD TO GO. SINCE ARE YOU WANTING TO PRESENT THIS UP? YEAH, WE'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT FROM THAT, OKAY? OKAY. THANK. 
          WELL. HERE WE GO. SO. I DON'T KNOW, STEPHANIE MAY HAVE TO WORK. WORK HER MAGIC UP THERE. 
          OKAY. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING. I'M RACHEL HERMES WITH WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD AND OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKED ON THIS BUDGET, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. UNFORTUNATELY, JASON GREINER WAS ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BE HERE, BUT I'M HERE ON OFF OF THE EDC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THE PROCESS FOR OUR BUDGET. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS. WE WILL TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FOR US THIS EVENING AND THEN GO BACK TO THE BOARD NEXT WEDNESDAY ON THE 16TH. AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL VOTE AND APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU ON THE 22ND FOR FINAL APPROVAL. SO I KNOW IN YOUR PACKET YOU'VE YOU'VE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION. WE'LL JUST START RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN WITH OUR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION. FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR, EDC WAS FOUNDED IN 1990. WE RECEIVE HALF CENT SALES TAX FROM OVER 400,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOP IN THIS MARKET. WE HAVE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD, WHICH IS PRESIDENT. DAMON DAWKINS, VP BLAKE BRININSTOOL, WE HAVE HAROLD SMITH IS OUR SECRETARY, OUR NEWEST MEMBER, ALAN DAYTON, WHO WILL JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR HIS FIRST MEETING. AND THEN MELISSA WHITEHEAD IS OUR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AS WELL AS MAYOR. PORTER SERVES AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD. AND BRANT PARKER, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE A STAFF OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WITH THE EDC, AND GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR BUDGET, WE HAVE A LITTLE CHANGE OF OUR BUSINESS AND RETENTION. EXPANSION DIRECTOR ANGEL WYGANT WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF MAY. SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR OVER TEN, WILL BE 11 YEARS AT THE POINT OF HER RETIREMENT. SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WITHIN OUR BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT PROVIDING FOR SOME TRANSITION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER CROSS TRAINING AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE STILL CONTINUE SEAMLESSLY IS OUR GOAL. SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR POSITION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN OFFICE MANAGER WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE INTO THIS POSITION. AND WHILE THE TITLE IS DIFFERENT THAN BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION DIRECTOR, WE'VE MOVED TO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR TITLE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH OTHER PEER CITIES. SAME FUNCTION. AND WE'LL WE'LL EVEN BE WORKING MORE, MORE SO MAYBE AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PRIMARY EMPLOYERS, MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE, IMPORTANCE, AND IS, IN FACT WHY WE EXIST. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN A TOP OF PRIORITY. BUT WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN AN OFFICE MANAGER EARLY ON IN THE YEAR. SO HOPEFULLY IF APPROVED OCTOBER OR SO. SO THAT WILL GIVE US ALMOST 70% OF THE YEAR TO HAVE ANGEL BE ABLE TO CROSS TRAIN OUR NEW CHRISTY WHO WOULD TAKE THAT SPOT AND THEN ALLOW CHRISTY TO OUR OFFICE MANAGER TO TRAIN A NEW OFFICE MANAGER. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HAVE ALMOST EVERYONE IN STAFF ON OUR STAFF HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE, BUT ALSO HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON ALL THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS THAT WE HEAVILY RELY ON IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE WILL MOVE ON TO JUST AN OVERVIEW. I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF FULL COPY OF OUR PROJECTED EXPENSES AND REVENUES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THIS DOCUMENT REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE NOTABLE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THOSE SPREADSHEETS. BUT WE'LL JUST START OFF WITH, WITH WITH THAT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2526, WE'RE ESTIMATING 3.9 MILLION IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 5.6 MILLION STAFF ESTIMATES THE REVENUES TO COME IN AT 5.3, AND SALES TAX REVENUES, WHICH IS AN 8% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE, JUST AS THE CITY IS, IS PROJECTING 2.89 IN 
          [00:45:05]
PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF WDC OWNED PROPERTIES. AND WE DO PROJECT CONSERVATIVELY ON THOSE SALES. OBVIOUSLY, ANY ADDITIONAL SALES THAT WE HAVE WILL ADJUST OUR OUR BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST PROJECTING AT THIS TIME, 22,800 IN RENTAL INCOME AND $10,000 IN ALLOCATED INTEREST EARNINGS EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 ARE ESTIMATED AT $10.3 MILLION. 
          PERSONAL SERVICES INCREASED FROM 666,000 TO 776,000, WHICH I'VE DETAILED JUST ABOUT BASICALLY DOUBLING UP ON ONE OF OUR POSITIONS FOR MAJORITY OF THE YEAR. AND INCENTIVES DECREASED FROM 1.7 TO 1.5 MILLION. DEBT SERVICE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM 1.2 TO 1.8, WITH A PROPOSED $7 MILLION INCREASE TO DEBT SERVICE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25. AND THAT'S SOMETHING NEW. WE'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A MOMENT. NOTABLE CHANGES. AS I'VE DISCUSSED, IT'S PERSONNEL UP FROM 666 TO 776. AND THAT'S JUST REQUESTING THAT ONE POSITION FOR CROSS TRAINING DUE TO RETIREMENT. SPECIAL SERVICES REAL ESTATE IS UP FROM 71,000 TO 221,000 DUE TO SITE DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'VE GOT REGENCY BUSINESS PARK EARMARKED FOR SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE NEXT LINE ITEM, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S DOWN FROM NINE OVER 9 MILLION TO 3.2. AND SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR, 78 AND BROWN, WHICH HAS BEEN LONG TIME COMING ON THAT PROJECT BETWEEN THE IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS COOPER PLAZA FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT BETWEEN THE TEX-DOT IMPROVEMENTS AND ACTUAL SITE DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE SPENT 9.4 MILLION. SO THAT'S BEEN A LARGE CHUNK OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS EXPENDITURES AT 5.4 FOR GATEWAY, WHICH IS A 544 BETWEEN FUZZY'S AND WALGREENS. ESSENTIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT THERE. BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENSES ARE JUST NOT NEARLY AS MUCH GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          AND WE'VE NOTED SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE TAKING ON WITHIN THE YEAR. 
          YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH WITH ALL OF THOSE BALLAD OAK JACKSON MARBLE DOWNTOWN STRIPING AND PARKING, WANTING TO MAXIMIZE PARKING POTENTIAL, DOWNTOWN ALLEN EAST WATER SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT TO BID FOR, BUT THAT SHOULD PROBABLY START TAKING PLACE END OF THIS YEAR. NOT SURE WHERE THE FUNDING IT MIGHT IT MIGHT ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR, MOST LIKELY. REGENCY BUSINESS PARK, HOOPER STILL. INFRASTRUCTURE. HIGHWAY 78 SIDEWALK FROM MARBLE TO OAK. ALL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. ENGINEERING SERVICES IS UP FROM 885,000 TO 960,000. THIS INCLUDES GENERAL ENGINEERING, REGENCY BUSINESS PARK CONSTRUCTION PLANS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A DRAINAGE SOLUTION OUT THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          DOWNTOWN PARKING DESIGN. DOWNTOWN BUILDING. CIVILS. DOWNTOWN BUILDING. ARCHITECTURAL THAT'S RELATED TO JACKSON AVENUE PROJECTS 544 CORRIDOR CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL. MISCELLANEOUS. 
          SURVEYS AND CONCEPTS. A LOT OF MONEY GOES INTO ENGINEERING, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST HOLD PROPERTY, BUT ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS THE NOTABLE CHANGE. I MENTIONED DEBT SERVICE THAT FROM 1.2 TO 1.8. SO THESE PROJECTED INCREASES ARE RELATED TO SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, TAKING ON ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION TO OUR DEBT SERVICE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED. WE'VE ESTIMATED 7% INTEREST, 20 YEAR. WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AT OUR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, ANY ISSUANCE OF DEBT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND OUR BOARD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL HAVE FULL OVERSIGHT OVER. WITH THAT, STAFF ESTIMATES THE FISCAL YEAR 26 ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $3.6 MILLION. AND AS I NOTED, ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE WILL TAKE BACK TO OUR BOARD FOR THE 16TH AND THEN BACK TO YOU ON THE 22ND. OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE JUST GOT A WHICH YOU'VE SEEN AND I'VE JUST PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF OUR REVENUES, OUR EXPENDITURES. AND FINALLY, THIS GOES INTO OUR DEBT SERVICE DETAIL. THAT'S REALLY VERY SMALL PRINT. I APOLOGIZE, BUT THAT JUST SHOWS OUR DEBTS, DEBT OBLIGATIONS, OUR OBLIGATIONS. AND GERARD LOAN, WHICH WRAPS UP A PAYOUT FOR THAT NEXT YEAR. BUT WE HAVE GOVERNMENT CAPITAL LOAN, WHICH IS SERIES 21, WHICH IS 
          [00:50:05]
RELATED TO LAND ACQUISITION. THE SERIES 22 NOTE WAS THE TAX EXEMPT NOTE TO DO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE FOR SERIES 2025 NOTE AGAIN CALCULATED AT 7% 20 YEAR NOTE DISCUSSION SAID THAT IT COULD RUN MID TO HIGH 6% ON A PRIVATE NOTE. SO AGAIN, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THAT FOR YOU SOON. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS, ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T ANSWER DIRECTLY TONIGHT, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET AN ANSWER TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND MOST OF ALL, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. AND EVEN WITH THE CITY, CITY'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. WE'VE HAD SO MUCH WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. WE'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH PLANNING, ENGINEERING, EVERY DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING. WE WORK WITH THE CEOS. I MEAN ALWAYS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT OKAY. WELL, FIRST THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING TO PRESENT OBVIOUSLY MR. PARKER AND I HEAR HERE THIS FREQUENTLY SINCE WE'RE ON THE BOARD AS EX OFFICIO MEMBERS. SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THIS EVENING. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS RACHEL, FOR, YOU KNOW, STEPPING IN AND HELPING AND OF COURSE, PRESENTING. I APPRECIATE THAT. COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR ME JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE 2025 BUDGET, THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME UNDER THE CATEGORY FOR 80, AND IF I MISSED WHAT THAT WAS TIED TO. BACK TO OUR REVENUES, I CAN PULL IT UP SPECIFICALLY FOR 2025. SO WE HAVE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. WE DO HAVE. LET'S SEE HERE. WE DO HAVE RENTAL INCOME, WHICH IS JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEASE OF PROPERTY ON COOPER COOPER DRIVE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE. IF I CAN READ THIS. WHICH FIGURE IS IT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ON THAT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ON THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME FOR THE. YES RENTAL, THE ON THE 2526 REVENUES. THE COLUMN FOR 2025 BUDGET. FOURTH LINE FROM THE BOTTOM ON THE CATEGORY FOR MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE THAT LINE ITEM IS PULLING FROM THAT. SO 4.1 MILLION I CAN HELP HER OUT ON THAT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ON THE SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSACTING LAND. SO SELLING SOME OF THEIR LAND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE RECORDING THAT OKAY OKAY. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE TIED TOGETHER. YES. THE ONES BELOW ARE THE SUBSETS OF THE BOLDED OKAY. IF THAT MAKES SENSE OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH THAT OKAY. 
          I'M GOOD WITH THAT. THEN. THEN I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND HOW JUST SEEING THE JUMP FROM THE 2024 TO THE 2025, I WANTED TO PUT A FINGER ON. OH, I SEE WHAT THAT BIG JUMP IS. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MAYOR. I WENT THROUGH THIS WITH JASON AND FULL DISCLOSURE FOR YOU ALL, BUT GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? OKAY. LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL GET OFF EASY WITH ONE QUESTION. I DON'T APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION THAT YOU PROVIDED THIS EVENING. AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WITH THAT THAT WILL CONCLUDE WORK SESSION ONE AND MOVE US TO WORK SESSION TWO, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 BUDGET. MR. PARKER, I ASSUME YOU WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ONE. I WILL BE. YES, SIR. LET ME PULL THIS UP HERE REAL QUICK. ALL RIGHT. SO. WE'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN HERE. THIS IS ALL FUNDS THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST STOP ME. THIS SLIDE IS THE SAME AS YOU'VE SEEN THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD WITH OUR CERTIFIED TOTALS. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOT CHANGED. THAT'S JUST THE ESTIMATE. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED TOTALS YET. WE DON'T GET THOSE UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. SO 
          [00:55:04]
HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH CHANGES. LIKE IT DID LAST YEAR. SO WE HOPE NOTHING REALLY CHANGES. YOU'LL SEE THERE. AGAIN, WE GOT ABOUT A MILLION IN NEW REVENUE FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. THIS BUDGET DOES ASSUME AN 8% INCREASE IN SALES TAX. PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT THAT DRAWS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY EVEN WHERE WE SHOULD BE WITH OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS 10%. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. BUT FOR THE TIME BEING WE'RE GOING WITH THE 8%. SO I'LL ASK REAL QUICK JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO WHEN YOU SAY THE SIX MONTH ACTUALS ARE AT 50%, SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE WHERE WE SHOULD BE DEAD ON. BUT THAT WAS THAT IS WHAT WE BUDGETED WITH THE TEN OKAY. CORRECT. YES SIR. I STILL UNDERSTAND THE RESERVATIONS. JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT 10% BEHIND. NO, NO. STARTING OUT OKAY. WHERE WHERE WE SHOULD BE ASSUMES A VOTER APPROVAL RATE INCLUDES THE 1.8 MILLION WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY FOR EMS REVENUE AND THE 5% INCREASE OF TRASH REVENUE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE. WHENEVER I FIRST DISCUSSED THIS, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TEN. WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A 19% INCREASE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. THEY CAME BACK. AT ABOUT A 10% INCREASE. WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES THIS YEAR TO SAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE MEETINGS CURRENTLY WITH ALL THE STAFF. BUT THE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE THE BASE PLAN, THE FREE PLAN THAT WE PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEES IS GOING TO BE AN HSA HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN. AND THEN IF AN EMPLOYEE WANTS TO CONTINUE ON THE SAME PLAN THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY. FOR THAT AS WELL. I THINK WE LANDED ON $30 A PAYCHECK FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO PAY. IF THEY WANT TO STAY ON THAT PLAN, AND THEN WHATEVER COST IS ASSOCIATED FOR FAMILY INCREASE THAT, THAT GOES UP AS WELL. THIS INCLUDES A 3% AVERAGE MERIT INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, PLUS A PUBLIC SAFETY STEP INCREASE. AND THEN THE BOTTOM TWO THERE ONES A4B SALES TAX AND PARKS AND REC. AND THE OTHER ONE IS A UTILITY FUND WHICH STATES THE SAME THING. SO THIS NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ISSUE THE 14 MILLION IN DEBT FOR TO FINISH OUT OUR ROAD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE STARTED AND UNDERTAKING. THAT'S ESTIMATED THAT WON'T INCREASE THE 26 TAX RATE, BUT IT WILL INCREASE THE 27 TAX RATE BY 1.4 CENTS. THAT'S ON THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE. WE'LL GET INTO THE NEXT LINE ABOUT THE PEFKOS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT. TOMMY WILL BRING BACK THE STORMWATER FEE FUND BASED ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED BACK TO HIM ON THAT. THIS SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING TO DRAW DOWN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ACCURATE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR SOME VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS. AND THEN DURING THE NEXT MEETING, THE WATER RATE CONSULTANT WILL BE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES SHOULD BE BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM. BEFORE I MOVE ON, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET. AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE WENT INTO THIS BUDGET WITH ABOUT A $250,000 DEFICIT FOR JUST THE BASE BUDGET, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THEIR BASE BUDGETS AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO SAVE MONEY IN ORDER FOR US TO FUND SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. 
          WE DID HAVE OVER 8 MILLION IN REQUESTS, WHICH SOME OF THOSE WERE BIG TICKET ITEMS, WHICH IS 
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WHY THE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF HIGH. AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, ONE ITEM WE DID REMOVE IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WAS A 500,000 THAT WE HAD AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SALARIES. MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT SLIDE, I SHOULD ASK, SO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS, THAT IS, IS THAT BOTH THE SECOND PART OF MACMILLAN AND PARK AS WELL, OR IS THAT JUST THE MACMILLAN OKAY. WE WILL MISS YOU PARK YET. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN SCHEDULED IN TWO PAYMENTS. CORRECT. IT'S SCHEDULED IN TWO. 
          OH ISSUANCE. YES. ISSUED. THERE'S IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TWO ISSUANCES. 
          THIS IS NOT A CHANGE TO THE BUDGET OF THE ROAD OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. NO, SIR. I JUST WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS STILL WE'RE STILL OPERATING WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WAS PLANNED FOR THE ROADWAY. OH, YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE GENERAL FUND HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AS OF OCTOBER THE 1ST WILL BE ABOUT 21 MILLION. THE PROPOSED REVENUES FOR FY 26 ARE ABOUT 68 MILLION. AND THEN THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 67 MILLION. WE DID HAVE. AND WHICH THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GET INTO THOSE TWO. NEXT TWO, THE RECURRING EXPENSE REQUESTS AND THE ONE TIME EXPENSE REQUESTS. 
          AND THEN THE ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE THERE, YOU'LL SEE AT THE END IS A LITTLE OVER CLOSE TO 22 MILLION. THAT DOES ASSUME THAT 2% OF THE BUDGET WON'T BE SPENT. AND WE'LL GO BACK TO FUND BALANCE. AND THAT'S AN ESTIMATED 32% OF EXPENDITURE. THE FUND BALANCE IS ESTIMATED 32% OF THE EXPENDITURES. ONE THING I DID WANT TO NOTE HERE, I KNOW IN THE ACT FOR THAT FUND BALANCE THAT'S SHOWN IN THERE OFTENTIMES HAS CARRYFORWARDS AND THINGS IN IT. SO THAT'S COULD BE WHY THAT NUMBER IS DIFFERENT IN CASE ANYBODY'S WONDERING. ALL RIGHT. SO THE REQUEST FOR THE GENERAL FUND. I CAN GO THROUGH THESE. THE FIRST ONE THERE IS JUST THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN IN NEED OF A. SOMEONE TO HELP WITH OPEN REQUESTS. THOSE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN GROWING AT A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PACE OVER THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. THAT DEPARTMENT IS ONLY THREE PEOPLE, SO SHE ACTUALLY DIDN'T REQUEST THIS. BECAUSE OF WHAT'D YOU PUT IN FOR LASER FISH LICENSES FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS? AND SHE STEPHANIE IS. SHE ALWAYS FORGOES HER OWN NEEDS FOR OTHERS. AND I TOLD HER THAT WASN'T GOING TO WORK THIS YEAR BECAUSE SHE'S DONE THAT FOR THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. AND IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP HER FROM AND HER STAFF FROM BEING BURNED OUT. WE PUT IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH THE ALL THE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TIMELY AND IN SENSE OF THERE'S A TIME. FRAME TO GET THEM DONE. CORRECT. AND THEY AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF TIME STAFF TIME. SO THE SECOND ONE THERE IS A CUSTODIAN, IF YOU'LL RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WENT OUT. WE USED TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT CAME IN AND PROVIDED OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICE. IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO BRING THAT IN-HOUSE, AND WE DID THAT BY ADDING THIS CUSTODIAN. IT'S STILL CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING. TO HAVE THE THIRD PARTY OR THE CONTRACTOR COME IN. THE NEXT ITEM THERE IS TWO CROSSING GUARDS. THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON EAST BROWN IS OPENING IN AUGUST, AND WE'LL NEED THOSE TWO CROSSING GUARDS. 50% OF THAT IS COVERED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS 18,000 REFLECTS THAT DIFFERENCE. ONE SECOND. YES. COUNCILMAN PERKINS HAS A QUESTION. SO THEY ONLY NEED TWO TWO CROSSING GUARDS FOR THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OH, OKAY. SO TWO FOR THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
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YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM THERE IS FOR TWO POLICE OFFICERS. THIS WILL CURRENTLY TWO OF THE SHIFTS HAVE AN ODD NUMBER THAN THE OTHER TWO. SO THIS WILL EVEN THOSE TWO SHIFTS OUT I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE NUMBERS, BUT THIS WILL EVEN THOSE SHIFTS OUT SO THAT ALL FOUR SHIFTS HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE TO ADD AN SRO FOR THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS, INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR HIGH, THAT WILL BE OPEN. NEXT IS UPGRADE FROM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BAILIFF THAT'S PART TIME BAILIFF THAT'S BEEN FOR YEARS. AGAIN, I THINK THAT LISA KIND OF PUTS OTHER NEEDS IN FRONT OF HERSELF SOMETIMES. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 3200 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. SO THIS WILL GIVE US TWO FULL TIME WARRANT OFFICERS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO. TRY TO. I GUESS, SERVE THOSE WARRANTS. AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE PEOPLE COMPLY AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE WARRANTS. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO PUT THEM IN JAIL, BUT. NEXT IS PART TIME FIRE INSPECTOR. THAT'S JUST A POOL OF MONEY THAT WILL BE USED THERE FOR TWO PART TIME FIRE INSPECTORS. OUR COMMERCIAL GROWTH WE DO FOR OUR ISO RATING, THEY GO INTO EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY ONCE A YEAR TO DO FIRE INSPECTIONS, ANNUAL FIRE INSPECTIONS, AND THE LAST INSPECTOR WE. HIRED WAS IN 2015. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, OUR COMMERCIAL. OCCUPANCIES HAVE GROWN PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THIS IS JUST A INSTEAD OF HIRING A FULL TIME INSPECTOR WITH ALL THE BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT, THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOAL. BUT START OUT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AND THEN WORK INTO HIRING A FULL TIME INSPECTOR. OKAY, COUNCILMAN PICKENS, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS ANSWER, BUT HE MIGHT. WHAT PERCENTAGE HAS THIS INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO? YEAR? YEAH, YEAR I DON'T KNOW. IT'S WAS LIKE. HE'S REACHING FOR. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. YEAH. WE CAN GET IT TO YOU. WELL JUST CURIOSITY. YEAH. WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS THERE ARE FOR DISPATCHERS, AS YOU ALL KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, WE CONTRACT DISPATCH SERVICES WITH SEVERAL OF THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES, AND WE HAVE TWO AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY INTERESTED. THIS WILL ALL BE DEPENDENT ON IF THEIR CITY COUNCILS APPROVE US DISPATCHING FOR THEM. SO THE WAY THAT WORKS IS THEY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A DISPATCHER. AND THEN THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT THEY PAY ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL. SO THIS IS GREATLY BENEFITED THE CITY OF WYLIE OVER THE YEARS FOR US TO GET MORE PERSONNEL WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR THEM. SO. AND ON TOP OF THAT, CHIEF BLYTHE ALWAYS MAKES SURE THAT. IT'S NOT JUST A BENEFIT TO THOSE AGENCIES OR THOSE CITIES, BUT IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF WYLIE AS WELL. SO IT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISPATCH FOR MELISSA BECAUSE THERE'S NO RECIPROCAL, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DISPATCH FOR PARKER AND FAIRVIEW AND LUCAS. AND SO THAT'S A BENEFIT TO US. AND THE WAY HE HAS THAT SET UP IS IT'S BASICALLY JUST AN EXTENSION OF US. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT THEIR OUR SYSTEMS IN THEIR FIRE STATIONS. AND IT'S REALLY THEY'RE JUST EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE FAIRVIEW, THEY'RE JUST DISPATCHING ANOTHER WYLIE FIRE STATION OR WHATEVER. AND SO IT WORKS OUT GREAT. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THESE OTHER TWO CITIES AGREE TO THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING, THERE IS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND STREETS DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN SEE THERE THE NON-RECURRING ONE TIME REPLACEMENT EXPENSES. SOME VEHICLES. IS REALLY WHAT THOSE ARE. ANIMAL SERVICES PD. SO ANY 
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QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK ON THE CEDAR CITY SECRETARY'S ADDITION. I ASSUME THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL PROBABLY BE DOING MORE THAN JUST THE INFORMATION REPORTS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION. YEAH. ADMIN HELP AS WELL. YES. JUST MAKING SURE IT WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO DO A PART TIME ROLE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE FULL TIME BENEFITS. IF IT'S JUST THE SHE HAS ENOUGH WORK FOR A FULL TIME PERSON. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCILMAN PICKENS YEAH, THE SOFTWARE LICENSES. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM. ON WHAT? THEY CALLED LASER FISH. 
          LASER FISH? OH, LASER FISH IS JUST A SOFTWARE WE USE. IT AUTOMATES A LOT OF OUR PROCESSES. IT STORES A LOT OF OUR RECORDS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL LICENSES FOR THOSE FOR EACH COMPUTER, EACH INDIVIDUAL. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY. AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL SOMEBODY GETS OFF TO USE IT. AND IS THIS USED FOR PULLING PUBLIC RECORDS? LASER FISH. YES. IT'S USED FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS. OKAY. I MEAN, AGAIN, WE AUTOMATE FORMS. SO I MEAN JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT USES THIS. WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR, YOU CAN GIVE ME A BRIEF ON IT. SIR, WHEN I SIT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTORS, YOU CAN GIVE ME A BRIEF ON IT. SURE. 
          YEAH. NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. WHEN DO YOU I WILL ASK, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE HEARING ABOUT THE DISPATCH IS VERY LAST MINUTE. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'LL BE A IT MAY EVEN BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR US BECAUSE THERE ARE COUNCILS WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. I DON'T I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD GET PRELIMINARY. ARE YOU EXPECTING IT? MAYBE YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON ANY OF THAT OR IS IT STILL GOING THROUGH THERE? THERE. ONE OF THEM IS PROBABLY NOT. THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A I MEAN YOU KNOW HOW COUNCILS ARE I MEAN HEY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE HAS TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO IT'S THEY HAVE TO HIS 99%. SOMETIMES YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW WHERE SOMETHING IS GOING, AND SOMETIMES IT'S MORE OF A 5050 PROPOSITION. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS THERE. YEAH. IF WE ONLY WERE TO GET ONE, WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN A SUPERVISOR THEN OR JUST THE IS IT THERE'S A DISPATCH SUPERVISOR OR JUST THE DISPATCHER? I KNOW PROBABLY SUPERVISOR SAYS IT AGAIN. WE'RE TRYING TO EVEN OUT THE SHIFTS AND MAKE IT TO WHERE THE SHIFTS HAVE THE RIGHT PERSONNEL AND RIGHT NUMBER ON IT. OKAY. TO ANSWER COUNCILMAN PICKENS QUESTION ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, IN 2015, WE HAD ABOUT 10,000,000FT■!S AND 2025.T WAS WE WAS A LITTLE OVER 13 MILLION. SO WE'VE ADDED ABOUT 3,000,000FT■!S, OR ABOUT 30% TH. NOW, THAT'S NOT THE LAST. THAT'S OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. BUT THAT'S NOT OKAY. YOU ASKED FOR THE LAST YEAR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF FOR THAT. NO. 
          NO, SIR. ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE DISPATCH SUPERVISOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THEY'RE BASED HERE, RIGHT IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER. OKAY. AND ARE THEY DISPATCHING JUST FOR THAT CITY, OR ARE THEY DISPATCHING FOR EVERYTHING? EVERYTHING OKAY? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST THAT CITY. IT'S. BUT WE REQUIRE THEM. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE PARKER, THEY'RE A LOT SMALLER FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T DISPATCH FOR ANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS AT THIS TIME. WE DON'T DISPATCH. JUST FIRE. IT'S JUST FIRE. RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARKER FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL VOLUME IS TODAY. PROBABLY NOT. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST, SAY, 5000 CALLS, WHICH ISN'T THAT MANY THOUSAND THOUSAND CALLS. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT TAKING UP VERY MUCH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THE ADVANTAGE IS, YOU KNOW, WE RUN ABOUT 9000 CALLS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING. SO THEY'RE PAYING THE FULL COST OF THAT EMPLOYEE. AND WE GET THE BENEFIT OF THEM ALSO TO DISPATCH A THOUSAND CALLS OKAY. GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD. AND THEY'RE JUST THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO HIRE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO COVER SHIFTS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE OVERHEAD OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. SO LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD WE GOT IT OUT LOUD. OKAY. WELL, NO, I'M POINTING OUT THE ADVANTAGES FOR PARKER. YEAH. THEY DON'T 
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HAVE TO EMPLOY SOMEONE FOR EVERY SHIFT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND BACKUPS. AND WHEN SOMEONE'S OUT SICK. SO SINCE YOU'RE GOING DOWN THAT TRAIL, I'LL JUST GO INTO THIS REAL 
          [WS2. Discuss the FY 2025-26 Budget.]
QUICK. SO SURE, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, IS THE COUNTY DISPATCHES. IT'S JUST THE COUNTIES DISPATCH FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOREVER. AND. WE'LL JUST SAY THAT THE COUNTY SERVICE IS NOT THAT GREAT. SO THE COUNTY NOW, WITH THE DISCUSSION OF ISDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE COUNTY IS WANTING TO BEGIN CHARGING. CITIES TO DISPATCH FOR THEM. BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT WAS THEY CHARGED THEM, BUT IT WAS VERY MINIMAL. THEY PROVIDED THEM RADIOS AND. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS. SURE. WELL, THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT THEY'RE GETTING. DOESN'T MEET THE CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE UNDERSTOOD. SO BY THEM COMING OVER HERE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT PAYING. I MEAN, UP FRONT, YES, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COST. BUT AS THE MAYOR SAID, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO HIRE STAFF. THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR LATEST TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE DISPATCHERS ON DUTY AT A TIME. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THERE. IT'S NICE. IT REALLY HELPS, YOU KNOW, IF PARKER HAS A FIRE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LET THE COUNTY KNOW. AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND CALL US TO DISPATCH. YOU KNOW, THEY JUST CALL ME AND WE DISPATCH. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF AN EXTENSION OF US. SO IT'S IT WORKS OUT IN EVERYBODY'S FAVOR. YEAH. YOU'VE SATISFIED THAT ITCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. CHIEF. THANKS FOR DIGGING THAT UP. OKAY, SO THE NEXT THIS IS REALLY A WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS. THE PEFKOS, WHICH IS WE'RE ISSUING DEBT FOR EQUIPMENT THAT HAS A LIFESPAN OF AT LEAST TEN YEARS OR LONGER. THESE ARE THE REQUESTS I SAID EARLIER. WE HAD ABOUT 8 MILLION IN REQUESTS. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 6.5 MILLION RIGHT HERE IN THESE, YOU KNOW, HALF DOZEN ITEMS. SO. THIS LIST ENCOMPASSES OUT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE THE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED, THIS LIST ENCOMPASSES THOSE ITEMS THAT WILL LAST AT LEAST TEN YEARS. IF WE IF WE AND LET ME LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK. SO. THE QUINT OBVIOUSLY IS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT. THE LIFEPAK HEART MONITORS, WHICH IS. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU CHECK SOMEBODY'S HEART RHYTHM OR HAVE CARDIAC ARREST. IT'S WHAT SHOCKS THEM. THOSE LIFEPAK HEART MONITORS ARE AT END OF LIFE. THE SCHOOL ZONE, FLASHING LIGHTS. WE HAD MONEY ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET. THAT WAS A. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEAR. PROBABLY 7 OR 8 YEAR PROCESS. WE'RE ONLY IN YEAR TWO OF THAT. SO. THIS IS. WHERE WE'RE AT. IF WE WERE TO FUND ALL 6.5 MILLION, IT WOULD RAISE THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE ABOUT 1.0 $0.06. OKAY. YES, SIR. NOW ON THAT, IS THAT A TEN YEAR REPAYMENT THAT GETS THE 1.06 OR IS THAT A LONGER REPAYMENT? IT'S TEN YEARS. OKAY, I ASSUMED, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT PAYS IT BACK IN THE TEN YEARS, WHICH IS SO TO SPEAK, THE LIFESPAN OF MOST OF THESE ITEMS. I KNOW SOME OF THESE WELL, YEAH, HOPEFULLY MAYBE THE TRAFFIC CABINETS AND THE LIGHTS MIGHT LAST, I MEAN, BUT SOME OF THE OTHERS WILL HAVE TO GET REPLACED AT THAT POINT. RIGHT? THAT'S THE AVERAGE TIME IN SERVICE. YEAH. I MEAN THE DUMP TRUCK, THE QUINT, THOSE ARE HAVE LONGER LIFESPANS THAN TEN YEARS. THE HEART MONITORS, THOSE ARE ABOUT A TEN YEAR LIFESPAN. THE RADIO CONSOLES ARE ABOUT A TEN YEAR LIFESPAN. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRAFFIC CABINETS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE LIFESPAN ON THOSE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. DEPENDING ON WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS OUT THERE. REALLY, AS I SAY, I KNOW WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN ONE OF THEM WENT OUT, AND I KNOW TOMMY DOES AN AMAZING JOB, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE PARTS APPEAR FROM THIN AIR, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE AGING. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD DISAGREE THAT THOSE ARE 
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ESSENTIAL TO FUNCTION DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE I SAW FIRSTHAND DRIVING ON STONE OVER THERE THAT THE MINUTE THAT THAT LIGHT WASN'T FLASHING, PEOPLE MAY KNOW, BUT PEOPLE USED IT AS AN EXCUSE TO AVOID SLOWING DOWN FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE. SO AND OUR CURRENT LIGHTS, I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, TOMMY, THOSE GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB OVER THERE TOO. BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND BLINK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR SUNDAYS OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST JUST DEPENDS. OKAY. SO REALLY ON THIS, WE NEED DIRECTION. IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH WITH THE ENTIRE LIST OR IF YOU'RE OKAY, WHAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH. SO I KNOW COUNCILMAN PICKENS HAS A QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS ON HERE JUST BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY GOT A WE'LL CALL IT ENOUGH TO KNOW I DON'T KNOW MUCH, BUT JUST FROM MY RTC MEETINGS ON THE OPTICAL DETECTION UPGRADE, I ASSUME THAT IS THE GPS UPGRADE. YES, SIR. I KNOW THEY'RE TESTING IT IN SOME PARTS OF THE METROPLEX RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TESTED ELSEWHERE. ARE WE COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT WITH MOVING INTO THAT, THAT WE FEEL THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL WILL MATCH UP? YEAH, IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. OKAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY WITH TECHNOLOGY IT ONLY GETS BETTER WITH TIME. SO. BUT IT'S YEAH I MEAN IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR 4 OR 5 YEARS AT LEAST. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT IS THE DETECTION SYSTEM THAT LETS THE LIGHTS CHANGE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES WHEN NEEDED. WELL, AND IT DOES A LOT MORE THAN THAT. AND IT'LL TALK TO OTHER SIGNAL LIGHTS. AND I MEAN IT THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD, WOULD ESSENTIALLY HELP TURN NOT JUST THE LIGHT YEAR THAT THEY'RE AT, BUT START TO CHANGE THE OTHERS, WHICH ALSO HELPS AVOID POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS WHEN IT CHANGES LAST SECOND. SO WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, CORRECT. IT'S LIKE TODAY IT'S LINE OF SIGHT. SO THERE'S A TRANSMITTER ON THE APPARATUS AND A TRANSMITTER ON THE SIGNAL LIGHT. SO IT'S LINE OF SIGHT. 
          THESE WOULD TRIGGER IT BASED ON LOCATION AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGER IT SOONER TO CLEAR TRAFFIC OUT OF A INTERSECTION THAN WAITING TO LINE OF SIGHT, BECAUSE THE DISTANCE OBVIOUSLY IS NOT DISTANCE HILLS. YEAH. THINGS THAT GET IN THE WAY THERE. SO AND IT CAN TRIGGER THEM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT SYSTEM CAN DO OKAY. COUNCILMAN PICKENS A COUPLE THINGS FOLLOW UP ON THE OFCOM'S THE 900,000 THAT TAKES CARE OF THE WHOLE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO THAT'S A ONE TIME CHARGE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME ANNUAL MAINTENANCE THAT GOES WITH THAT. SURE. YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. THE AMBULANCE. I KNOW FIRE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF FINDING SOME USED VEHICLES TO PUT INTO SERVICE. IS THIS A NEW A BRAND NEW AMBULANCE? OKAY. THOSE USED VEHICLES WERE A BAND AID TO GET US STARTED. OH, YEAH. I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE. AND THESE ARE. WE HAVE TWO CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS THAT SHOULD BE DELIVERED ANYTIME NOW. SO THIS IS JUST A BEGIN THAT REPLACEMENT CYCLE OF. SURE. SO THIS WOULD BE IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE FIRST BRAND NEW AMBULANCE THAT WERE RECEIVED. WE HAVE TWO ON ORDER NOW. TWO ON ORDER NOW OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HOW LONG HAVE THOSE BEEN ON ORDER NOW WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. ACTUALLY WE GOT THESE QUICKER. SO AGAIN YOU KNOW CHIEF BLISS ALWAYS COMING UP WITH GREAT IDEAS. ARE THESE THE ONES WE BOUGHT THE CHASSIS FOR THE CHASSIS BEFORE. AND SINCE WE HAD THE CHASSIS READY, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A PRODUCTION SLOT FOR THE AMBULANCE PIECE OF THE. SURE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM IN A LITTLE BIT SOONER. 
          OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTED TIME THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THIS AMBULANCE IF WE EXECUTED THIS? NO. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S SAY AGAIN, IT'D BE AT LEAST A YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE QUINCE, THERE'S STILL 36 TO 48 MONTHS. RIGHT? WOW. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THOSE LISTENING IN, CAN YOU REITERATE AGAIN THE PEFKO WHAT THAT STANDS FOR THE GROUP. IT'S JUST A DEBT PAYMENT FOR EQUIPMENT. WHY THOSE WHY THESE ARE SEPARATED OUT AS THAT TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD OF YOU USING. FUND FROM PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX, WE'D ISSUE DEBT TO PAY FOR THESE. AND I WAS THINKING THAT THAT WAS LINKED TO THE EMS SIDE OF THINGS, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS ALLOCATED SEPARATELY, I GUESS MAYBE FOR MY CLARIFICATION THEN 
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THE PEFKO WHAT DO THOSE LETTERS STAND FOR? MELISSA? I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S JUST A SORRY, I'M I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION OUT THERE. IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY FINANCED CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS. OKAY. JUST AS FAR AS THE BONDS. GOTCHA. YEAH, THAT'S ALL IT IS. OKAY? IT'S JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WAS THINKING THAT IT WAS TIED TO OUR GROUP CO-OP AND THAT IT WAS TIED TO THE EMS SOMEHOW, AND THAT IT WAS A SPECIAL FUND TIED TO THAT. IT'S JUST A SPECIAL FINANCING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR EQUIPMENT ONLY. OKAY, FOR EQUIPMENT ONLY ON LONGER TERM, BUT NOT LONG TERM AND NOT SHORT TERM, WHICH IS WHAT EQUIPMENT TO MATCH THE LIFE OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE FINANCING. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YEAH. WE'RE JUST WE'RE IN A POSITION NOW WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO ONE TIME PURCHASES ANY LONGER. IT HELPS EXPLAIN WHY IT'S UNDER A DIFFERENT SETTING AND DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND DIFFERENT COLUMN HELPS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO POINT OUT THAT IN LOOKING AT 6.6 MILLION, THAT'S BALLPARK OF $0.06. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, LOOSELY, IF IT WAS TO TRY TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERALL DEBT RATE OF 0.549 OR WHATEVER, THE PROJECTION IS AT 0.5453, IT'S MORE THAN 10%, AND THAT ALREADY INCLUDES DEBT INTO IT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF YOU DON'T FINANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS OVER TIME, THE ONLY OTHER WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE TO GO AND REQUEST FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE A VERY LARGE TAX INCREASE, WHICH I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO SEE THAT ALL HIT THEM AT ONCE, WHEN INSTEAD IT'S ALMOST LIKE ESSENTIALLY TAKING A CAR PAYMENT ON IT. AND BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT THAT IT COSTS AND THE LIFESPAN OF IT, THE PAYMENT IS OVER TEN YEARS. CORRECT. AND IT'S THE SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY CASH FOR A VEHICLE, AND SO THEY HAVE A CAR PAYMENT. IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE FOR THE CITY WHERE WE'RE MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. CORRECT. WOULD THAT BE A FAIR WAY TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT? YES, SIR. SO I JUST I KNOW IT GETS CONFUSING OTHERWISE WITH ALL THE ACRONYMS AND DIFFERENT BUDGETS AND FUNDING AND HOPEFULLY IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT LISTENS TO IT, THEY CAN. THAT HELPS KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IT THIS WAY INSTEAD. NOW, YOU DID MENTION THAT THERE WERE ABOUT $8 MILLION IN REQUESTS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS SHORT OF THAT. IS ARE THESE THE ONES ESSENTIALLY DID YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH FIRST? AND THAT'S WHY ONLY THESE MADE THE CUT OR AND THEN SOME OF THESE OTHER. SEVEN SIX AND WHAT IS THAT. SIX AND A HALF. SEVEN AND A HALF. YOU'RE LOOKING. ROUGHLY. OH I MEANT JUST FOR THE PEFKO. NO, THIS WAS ALL THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT THE PEFKOS WOULD BE USEFUL FOR. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK. BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON HOW IT WORKS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID THIS WAS ON THE FIRST CABINET STANDARDIZATION. I DROVE UP ON THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK OUT THE TRAFFIC CABINET ON 78 AND BROWN A FEW WEEKS BACK A MONTH AGO. DOES THIS HELP WITH THINGS LIKE THAT? I WAS IMPRESSED THAT THEY GOT THAT THING BACK UP AND RUNNING IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT IT DOES, BECAUSE. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS, IS WHEN A CITY'S POPULATION REACHES 50,000, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO TAKE OVER ALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS FROM TEXDOT. 
          OKAY. SO WHENEVER WE REACHED 50,000, WHENEVER THAT WAS 2020. YEAH. WELL, WHENEVER SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE WE HAD TO TAKE OVER ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS FROM TEXDOT AND START A TRAFFIC SIGNAL DIVISION AND ALL THAT AND PUBLIC WORKS. WELL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED BY TEXDOT. SOME WERE ALREADY CITY SIGNAL LIGHTS, SO THERE'S NO STANDARDIZATION OF PARTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO BY STANDARDIZING ALL OF THAT YEAH, IT WOULD HELP. AND AGAIN OUR GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO KEEP SPARE PARTS AND TRAFFIC CABINETS IN STOCK. AND SO THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. DOES THIS INCLUDE HAVING SPARE US PARTS IN PLACE READY TO GO IF NEEDED. 
          YEAH THEY CURRENTLY DO THAT NOW OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE DO DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PARTS THEY KEEP ON STOCK. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. OKAY. I 
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GUESS THAT DID PIQUE MY INTEREST ON THE ON THE TRAFFIC CABINETS THERE. WOULD THE WOULD THE NEW SYSTEM THAT'S BEING MOVED TO ALLOW US TO BETTER CONTROL THE WAY THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER, THEN, YES, BETTER INTEGRATE A NETWORK SO THAT THEY TALK AND CAN BE RESET, SO TO SPEAK. YES, I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM, IS TIMING. THE TIMING ON THEM GETS THROWN OFF WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS, REPAIRS, OPTICAL RESET THINGS, WHATEVER. IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY GET OUT OF SYNC, RIGHT. AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM SYNC BACK UP WHEN THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY ALL A BUNCH ARE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND NOT TALKING TOGETHER. RIGHT. IS THAT A FAIR WAY? YES. OKAY. SO IT ALSO IT ALSO OFFERS THAT IT HELPS MODERNIZE. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE NOW I'LL OPEN IT UP AGAIN. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS. NOW WE'RE NOT MAKING A FINAL DECISION TONIGHT. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS NEED DIRECTION ON WE NEED DIRECTION ON TAX RATE AND CORRECT. SO THIS THESE WILL WOULD BE 2027. CORRECT. FIRST PAYMENT WOULD BE IN 2027. CORRECT. SO IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE TAX RATE THIS YEAR. SO I ASSUME THAT YOU JUST NEED THAT YOU NEED THAT FIRM DIRECTION. SO YOU CAN MOVE TOWARDS ALL THE PROCESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ISSUING THESE. CORRECT. YES SIR. 
          OKAY. SO COUNCIL I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE I KNOW WE'RE MISSING ONE MEMBER, BUT WE HAVE SIX OF US HERE. WE'VE IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FEEL FREE TO ASK ALONG THE WAY. BUT I'LL START HERE ON MY RIGHT. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON IF YOU AGREE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON WHAT'S LISTED HERE. AND YOU'RE GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM. ON THOSE ON THE ONES LISTED HERE. LISTED HERE. I'M GOOD MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. OKAY. I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN STRANG. YEAH I DO SUPPORT THE USE OF PEFKOS FOR THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN HOOVER, I SUPPORT IT. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YES, I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD. 
          COUNCILMAN, DO I SUPPORT? THANK YOU. AND I WILL CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE. SO THAT GIVES YOU THAT DIRECTION THERE. YES, SIR. AND THEN. ON THE TAX RATE, IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THE TAX RATE RECOMMENDATION. WELL WHAT I WILL DO IS SO THAT GOES BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE. I CAN SEE HE'S GOING BACK TO IT HERE. SO THAT IS THE 0.549063. SO I'LL START COUNCILMAN STRANG START ON MY LEFT THIS TIME. YEAH I WILL SUPPORT IT OKAY. COUNCILMAN HOOVER I'LL GO TO YOU SECOND. YES, SIR. I'LL SUPPORT COUNCILMAN DUKE. I'LL SUPPORT IT. COUNCILMAN PICKENS, I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS TO CONFIRM THIS HAS THE 3.5% REVENUE CAP. THAT IS THE VOTER. 
          WITHOUT GOING BACK TO THE VOTERS FOR ADDITIONAL. YES, SIR. AND SO. I'M GOOD WITH THIS. I'M GOING TO RESERVE DEEP DIVING INTO MORE OF THE STUFF AS WE FINE TUNE THE FINAL. BUT I, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT'S HERE NOW. OKAY. WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR REVIEW, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT. YEAH. BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE MADE OUR RECOMMENDATION AS A FINAL BUDGET. SO. I MEAN WE'LL HAVE I DON'T WANT I'M NOT GOING TO HANG YOU OUT TILL THE LAST MINUTE. THAT'S MY, MY ISSUE. BUT I WASN'T PLANNING TO MAKE A VOTE THIS MORNING OR WE'RE NOT VOTING. I'M JUST I'M NOT SUPPORTING MOVING IT FORWARD AT THIS POINT. YEAH, I'M SUPPORTING MOVING IT FORWARD AND I AM GOOD WITH THAT. BUT I WAS JUST RESERVING, HEY, IF I COME ACROSS SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND TIME FOR VOTE, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT AND NOT BE LOCKED INTO, HEY, I SAID THAT I WOULD SUPPORT IT, I CAN'T BRING IT UP. SO I'M GOING TO BE REALLY CLEAR TO SAY I'LL BRING IT UP IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, OKAY? AND I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHEN WE WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE SUPPORTING SOMETHING, IT'S NOT LOCKING IT INTO A VOTE. THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND OVERHAUL SOMETHING. THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. NOT EVERYONE HAS. I'M NOW THE OLD PERSON. I GUESS, AS FAR AS TIME ON THE COUNCIL, BUT THERE WERE TIMES THAT IT HAPPENED LAST MINUTE AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE FOR THE NIGHT OF IS NOT VERY FUN. YEAH, THE NIGHT OF TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND FIGURE OUT THAT YES, THINGS AREN'T GOING TO PROGRESS. IT MAKES IT A VERY LONG EVENING. SO IF THEY'RE OFF TRACK, THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW, DOESN'T IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE FORCE YOU TO VOTE FOR OR PRECLUDE YOU FROM BRINGING UP CHANGES OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I'LL STATE MINE AND THEN I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD. SO I'M GOOD WITH IT. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY STAYING WITHIN INFLATIONARY BOUNDS AT THIS POINT WITH WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING. COUNCILMAN QUESTION IS KIND OF TO WHAT YOUR LAST STATEMENT THERE. SO THIS 
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0.549063, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM WE CAN SET THE RATE BEFORE GOING TO VOTER APPROVAL. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO STAY UNDER A 3.5% INCREASE IN IN REVENUE PAYMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN ON THE PROPERTIES. OKAY. SORRY MAYOR. IF I COULD CLARIFY SOMETHING, THE SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT WE HAVE ON THE SLIDE IS OUR ESTIMATED VOTER APPROVAL RATE. YES, THAT IS TRUE. SO WHEN WE GET THE FINAL VALUES, THE CALCULATION MAY COME OUT TO A DIFFERENT NUMBER OKAY. BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME EFFECT. IF THE VALUES ARE UP THE NUMBER WILL BE LESS AND VICE VERSA. BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME EFFECT TO THE CITIZENS. SO THAT NUMBER IS JUST AN ESTIMATED NUMBER. UNDERSTOOD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S STILL THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. CORRECT. THAT'S THAT'S THE TERM. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WHATEVER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS ACTUALLY CALCULATED OUT TO BE. THAT'S RIGHT OKAY. I'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. WE'RE GOOD. YOU GOOD? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONFUSING EVEN FOR MYSELF. AND I DO IT EVERY DAY. ALRIGHT. UTILITY FUND. THIS IS. ONE OF THE EASIER FUNDS YOU'LL SEE THERE. THAT ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT 31 MILLION. PROPOSED REVENUES ARE ABOUT 35 MILLION. PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR THE BASE BUDGET ARE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 33.5. RECURRING EXPENSES ARE ABOUT 158,000, AND NON-RECURRING EXPENSES ARE ABOUT 50. ABOUT A HALF A MILLION. LEAVES US AN ENDING FUND BALANCE CLOSE TO 32 MILLION. EXCUSE ME. THIS DOES ASSUME 5.5% WATER RATE INCREASE AND A 5.5% SEWER RATE INCREASE. BASED ON THE 2023 RATE STUDY. AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THE CURRENT RATE STUDY PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL NEXT MEETING. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT TONIGHT, BUT WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS TO GET UNDERWAY, THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. HILLTOP, SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. SO I KNOW, I KNOW, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN PROBABLY WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE RATE STUDY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS PROJECT, THEY'LL BE ALL INCLUDED IN THERE. AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT MAY LISTEN. THIS IS REPLACING THINGS THAT IN SOME CASES ARE CASES ARE CLAY PIPES. YES, SIR. THAT ARE THAT OLD. SO THIS IS NOT GOING THROUGH AND DIGGING SOMETHING UP FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. RIGHT. THESE ARE THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE AGED IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND THEY'RE DUE REPLACEMENT. AND THAT'S WHY IF WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS AND HEAR ABOUT PROJECTS NOW THIS IS ABOUT THE WATER, THE SEWER. YEAH. AND THE LINES GETTING REPLACED AND BROUGHT UP TO MODERN STANDARDS. AND THIS MONEY IS ONLY ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR THAT. CORRECT. WATER, SEWER DEPARTMENT AND UTILITIES. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE SOMETIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH AND JUST REPLACING A LINE BECAUSE SOMEBODY BUILT A NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY. WE'RE REPLACING THE ORIGINAL LINES THAT ARE SOMETIMES CLAY, OR THEY ARE OTHER TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT ARE FAILING AND NEED TO GET REPLACED. SO I JUST LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO ON TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE TWO PERSONNEL. ONE IS A FLEET MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN. AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS BRINGING MORE AND MORE OF THE FLEET MAINTENANCE IN-HOUSE. WE PURCHASED EQUIPMENT THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT PROGRAM TO SAVE MONEY ON OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND IS AN ENGINEERING INSPECTOR. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY A RIGHT OF WAY INSPECTOR. CURRENTLY, WE DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY INSPECTIONS, AND IT'D BE VERY BENEFICIAL IF WE HAD A DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY INSPECTOR. SO IS THIS IS THIS A CIVIL ENGINEER? AN INSPECTOR POSITION? JUST AN INSPECTOR POSITION. WHAT'S THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE INSPECTOR? I DON'T KNOW, OKAY. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, I CAN. I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU IN THE EVENINGS. 
          WHENEVER WE HAVE THIS. AND I'LL QUIT TELLING YOU I DON'T KNOW. REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT ONE TIME 
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USES. THESE ARE ALL JUST THE FIRST SEVERAL ON THERE. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ARE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, I THINK MOST OF THOSE ARE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE USE THAT SCORING CRITERIA THAT HAS EVERYTHING FROM THE CONDITION OF THE EXTERIOR, THE CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR, THE NUMBER OF ENGINE HOURS, THE NUMBER OF MILES, THE COST THAT WE'VE SPENT ON THAT VEHICLE, A PARTICULAR OVER THE PARTICULAR YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE. IT'S NOT JUST A HEY, IT'S TEN YEARS OLD, WE'RE REPLACING IT, OR FIVE YEARS OLD, WE'RE REPLACING IT. WE DEVELOPED THAT SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT LONGER LIFESPAN OUT OF THESE VEHICLES. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IS SOMETHING NEW THAT TOMMY'S BROUGHT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO CENTRALIZE ALL THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS SO THAT NOT ONLY THE ENGINEERING STAFF, BUT THE CONTRACTOR AND THOSE THAT ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECT ENGINEERING FIRMS, AND EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THAT PROJECT IN ONE LOCATION. CURRENTLY, IT RESIDES WITH WHOEVER'S OVER THAT PROJECT. SO THERE'S NOT ONE CENTRAL LOCATION THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT. SO THIS WILL HELP. AND IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM THE BUDGET TO MEETING NOTES TO PLANS, YOU NAME IT. IT'S PART OF THAT THAT PROJECT SOFTWARE. 
          COUNCILMAN PICKENS, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SOFTWARE? I DON'T KNOW OKAY. DOES HE WANT TO YELL IT FROM THE BACK AT US? DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE, TOMMY? VIRTUAL PROJECT MANAGER. 
          SORRY, I COULD SEE HIM SMILING BACK THERE. I FIGURED HE MIGHT KNOW THAT ONE BASED ON THE SMILE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE UTILITY FUND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE ON THE SOFTWARE. THE ONE TIME USE. IS IT A IS THAT AN ANNUAL. IS THAT GOING TO BE A THERE WILL BE A RECURRING EXPENSE. THIS RIGHT HERE IS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. AND IS IT THE REOCCURRING COST THE SAME THING AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OR IS IT JUST A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT FEE? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON UTILITY FUND. NO SIR OKAY. FOR PARKS AND REC YOU'LL SEE HERE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION PROPOSED REVENUES. ABOUT 6.5 MILLION EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT 6 MILLION. RECURRING EXPENSES IS A LITTLE OVER 100,001 TIME USE OR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT IS ABOUT 300,000, WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION. AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS BASED ON OUR SALES TAX. SO THIS NUMBER FLUCTUATES. YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE POLICIES 25%. WHICH IS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION. NEW REQUESTS FOR PERSONNEL UPGRADE OF THE GUEST SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE BEEN UPGRADING PART TIME PERSONNEL TO FULL TIME AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PART TIME PERSONNEL. SO THIS IS REALLY COST NEUTRAL BECAUSE WE REDUCE THE PART TIME STAFFING. I WOULD ASSUME THAT LEADS TO 100% COST NEUTRAL, BUT I'D ASSUME IT LEADS TO HIGHER SATISFACTION AND LESS TURNOVER. CORRECT. AND I MEAN HIGHER GUEST SATISFACTION. AND WE'RE WE'RE CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS TRANSITION. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. DO YOU REMEMBER ANOTHER YEAR OR SO I THINK MAYBE ONE MORE BUDGET YEAR. SO AND THE NEW REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT OR NEW OR REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT AGAIN, THE COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR IS AT THE REC CENTER. NO, I'M SORRY, THAT'S AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THAT WAS THAT ONE JUST NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE REPLACEMENT. NONE OF THEM ARE NEW REQUESTS. THE VAN I ASSUME THAT'S TO REPLACE ONE OF THE BUSSES. SMALL BUSSES? YES, SIR. THE ENFIELD MACHINE. THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS. THEY'VE BEEN 
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REPLACING A COUPLE OF PLAYGROUNDS EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. ZERO TURN MOWER. AND THEN THE WALL PADDING OVER HERE AT THE GYM. OKAY, SO. THE NEW FORD TRANSIT, I ASSUME THAT WILL BE THAT WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THEY WOULD COME UP FROM THEM. IF WE'RE CHANGING OUT THERE, WE'VE WE'VE TRANSITIONED TO A COUPLE OF THEM AND BUT THEY'RE ALL OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH. WHAT'S THE ENFIELD MACHINE I DON'T KNOW, NO, SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T SEE ANYONE FROM PARKS HERE WHO CAN HELP WITH THAT. NO, THEY'RE ON VACATION. I ASSUME IT ADDRESSES THE ENFIELD OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS. IT MAY. OKAY, I DON'T GET THAT DEEP INTO KNOWING WHATEVER DEPARTMENT DOES. I'M SORRY. IF YOU WANT TO SEND IT, SEND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OVER TO HIM. I KNOW HE CAN GET US. 
          YEAH. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANSWERS FOR EVERY EVERY ANSWER YOU HAVE, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. ON THE UPGRADE, ON THE PERSONNEL. SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THAT'S JUST THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE UPGRADE OF MOVING THEM FROM PART TIME TO FULL TIME. CORRECT. AND SO FOR THE PART TIME PEOPLE THAT ARE BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT THEY'VE GOT, THEY'RE GOING TO LET SOME PART TIME GO IN ORDER TO MOVE SOME OF THE PART TIME TO FULL TIME. WHERE IS THAT PART TIME COMING BACK IN THE BUDGET? IT'S A POOL OF THEY JUST HAVE A POOL THEY DON'T HAVE. LIKE IF I WAS A PART TIMER AT THE REC CENTER, I'M NOT ASSIGNED TO A CERTAIN SHIFT. IT'S JUST A POOL THAT THEY USE AND A POOL OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE AND A POOL OF PART TIMERS. SO IF WE'RE IF WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET AND I MIGHT BE MISUNDERSTANDING SOMETHING. SO JUST TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT, IF WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO MOVE SOME OF THEM TO FULL TIME, WHERE IN THE BUDGET ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING PART TIME, COMING BACK, BACK INTO THE BUDGET? SO I THINK YOU'RE SAYING SO IF IT'S A POOL OF MONEY, WHERE DO WE SEE THE REDUCTION IN THE POOL? THAT MAKES PART TIME SALARIES OF THE REC CENTER OR WHEREVER? THESE. 
          COMMUNITY PARK CENTER, THE REC CENTER, IT'LL BE IN THOSE POOLS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LUMPED TOGETHER. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET. BUT IT'S JUST IF I GO INTO THE BIG BUDGET AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT IS, IT'S JUST A POOL. YEAH, IT'S JUST A PART TIME POOL OF MONEY. OKAY. THAT'S IN THERE. SO THERE'S NOT A IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE 15 PART TIMERS WITH A SALARY TO MATCH THOSE 15 PART TIMERS. THEY MAY HAVE 30 PART TIMERS IN A POOL OF $100,000. 
          AND PEOPLE JUST WORK WHEN THEY WERE SPENDING A QUARTER MILLION BEFORE. WE'LL PROBABLY BE SPENDING ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION NOW OR CLOSE TO. WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE MORE FULL TIME PEOPLE AND LESS PART TIME PEOPLE. CORRECT. SO SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET, ON THEIR BUDGET, SOMETHING SHOULD REDUCE TO THAT PART TIME SALARIES ON THAT. OKAY. THAT HELPS. THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS ON FOUR B. AND NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FOUR B. ALRIGHTY. THAT'S IT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN. COUNCILMAN PICKENS, IF YOU'LL EMAIL THEM TO ME. OKAY. OR IF YOU'LL EMAIL THEM BEFORE A MEETING. AND THEN I CAN ALWAYS YOU CAN ASK ME DURING THE MEETING AND I'M ALWAYS I CAN GET THEM TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING. BUT WITH BUDGET THIS SIZE, I DON'T I DON'T KEEP UP WITH WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY DOWN TO THAT LEVEL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW IT KIND OF FALLS UNDER NEXT STEPS. JUST IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IS WISHING TO KNOW NEXT STEPS ON DISCUSSIONS OF THE BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL FINANCIAL NUMBERS AT THE NEXT MEETING. 25TH. RIGHT. IT'S THAT FRIDAY. THEY COME OUT AND WE MEET ON TUESDAY. SO AUGUST. 
          YEAH. FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST. WE'LL HAVE FINAL NUMBERS AND YES. SO WE WON'T HAVE THE FINAL. 
          FINAL VALUES UNTIL THE 25TH. AND OUR MEETING IS BEFORE THAT. BUT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON THE BUDGET AND HAVE EVERYTHING PREPARED BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TONIGHT. OKAY. AND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THINGS, I KNOW WE I 
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ASSUME AT THE NEXT MEETING WE SET THAT THE DATES FOR THAT PUBLICLY, BUT PEOPLE CAN ANTICIPATE THOSE WOULD BE IN AUGUST. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO JUST WANT TO LAY IT OUT THERE. 
          IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET FROM A CITIZENRY STANDPOINT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL CITY MANAGER MYSELF. ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL WORK TO GET YOU ANSWERS, OR YOU CAN COME TO ANY OF THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS TO LISTEN IN AND OR SPEAK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A WORK SESSION JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE. IT PROBABLY WON'T BE ANY NEW INFORMATION, BUT JUST MAYBE AN OPEN IT OPEN IT UP. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ASK THEM. IF NOT. YEAH OKAY. YEAH THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SO 
          [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
WITH THAT THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR WORK SESSIONS THIS EVENING. WE'LL NOW RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION. AND WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. OTHER THAN MISS STORM, ARE THERE 
          [READING OF ORDINANCES]
ANY ORDINANCES TO READ THIS EVENING? YES, MAYOR. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025, DASH 28, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING WILEY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021, DASH 17, AS AMENDED. CHAPTER 110 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES. ARTICLE FOUR SPEED SECTION ONE 1001 33 SCHOOL ZONES ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL ZONE FOR CERTAIN STREETS. ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS DURING SCHOOL HOURS IN SUCH ZONE. PROVIDING FOR INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND MARKINGS. REGULATING VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, MISS STORM. WITH THAT, THAT DOES COMPLETE THE AGENDA IN TOTAL THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? COUNCILMAN STRAIN? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
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