[CALL TO ORDER]
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          CALL TO ORDER THE AUGUST 26TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS AT THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL CENTER. THE TIME IS 6 P.M. WE DO ASK IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EITHER SET TO VIBRATE OR TURNED OFF SO AS NOT TO DISTURB PROCEEDINGS. IF YOU DO GET A CALL WHICH 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, COUNCILMAN TODD PICKENS, PRESENT. COUNCILMAN SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESENT. 
          COUNCILMAN SID HOOVER, MAYOR PRO TEM 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 COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCILMAN PICKENS. WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? AWESOME. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU. GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SPARED FOR OUR ABILITY TO DO SO. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR THEM PUTTING OUR SAFETY IN FRONT OF THEIRS. WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP BACK IN ORDER TO LET THEIR FAMILIES SERVE. WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ELECTED US. HELP US TO STAND ON PRINCIPLES THAT HONOR YOU. LIKE JUSTICE. WHAT IS RIGHT, WHAT MATTERS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE THINGS, LORD. IT'S IN JESUS CHRIST NAME I PRAY. AMEN. 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 WE WILL START WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS 
          [PR1. National Payroll Week.]
AND RECOGNITIONS, OF WHICH WE HAVE ONE. AND SO I WILL ASK FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK TO JOIN ME DOWN FRONT. 
          SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN EVERYONE, AND WE ARE HERE AND VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROCLAIM NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK. I THINK FOR EVERYONE IN HERE WHO HAS A JOB, WE ALL ENJOY GETTING PAID. BUT PAYROLL HANDLES MUCH MORE THAN JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUR PAYCHECKS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL LAWS, WHETHER IT'S AROUND TAXES, WHETHER IT'S AROUND BENEFITS, WITHHOLDING, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS, AND OFTEN AT TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET IF YOU GET REQUIRED TO GO TO A HOSPITAL OR YOU HAVE TO GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BENEFITS ARE IN LINE WHEN YOU HAVE TO FILE THOSE TAXES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN APRIL, OR DEPENDING ON IF YOU PROCRASTINATE, MAYBE LATER IN THE YEAR, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IS ACCURATE, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS KEY FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE THAT IS THE REASON THAT WE ALL TAKE TIME AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES IS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM. AND SO WITHOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT WOULD MAKE FOR A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION. AND SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM. BOTH HERE, THE ONES THAT WORK IN THE CITY AND THOSE WHO WORK THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SPEAK A LITTLE, IF YOU WOULD. 
          MY NAME IS JACKIE CARROLL, AND I AM THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS CHAPTER OF PAYROLL ORG, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION, AND THEY ARE THE ORGANIZATION WHO CERTIFIES PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS. SO THERE IS A TEST AND A WHOLE PROCESS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH. AND IT'S QUITE A PRESTIGIOUS TO BE ABLE TO EARN THAT, THAT LEVEL OF EDUCATION. AND I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH MICHELLE RIBEIRO AND HER STAFF, AND I WILL LET HER INTRODUCE THEM. SHE HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO ACCEPT THIS PRESENTATION. AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS FROM WILEY, SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING IT DONE RIGHT HERE. THESE ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF WILEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
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THIS IS JEFF DAVIDSON. HE'S OUR COMPENSATION SPECIALIST HERE AT THE CITY AND MY BACKUP FOR PAYROLL. AND HE DOES IT RECENTLY AS OFTEN AS I DO. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE AND PROUD TO BE DOING WHAT WE DO. AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS. ONE MORE THING IN APPRECIATION FOR THIS RECOGNITION, WE ARE PRESENTING MICHELLE AND HER STAFF WITH A FREE VIRTUAL MEETING. SO WE'LL HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO PRESENT TO HER FOR THAT. WELL, I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN WITH ME HERE, HELP ME HOLD THAT. SO WHEREAS NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS WHO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN SYSTEM BY PAYING WAGES, REPORTING WORKER EARNINGS AND WITHHOLDING FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT TAXES, AND WHEREAS, THE OFFICIAL SLOGAN FOR NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK IS AMERICA WORKS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING FOR AMERICA. AND WHEREAS TOGETHER, PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS COLLECT, CONTRIBUTE AND REPORT. 70% OF THE US TREASURY'S ANNUAL REVENUE, THAT IS VITAL TO THE FUNCTION OF IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT KEEP AMERICA WORKING SMOOTHLY. AND WHEREAS PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY PROACTIVE IN EDUCATING BOTH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ABOUT THE PAYROLL TAX WITHHOLDING SYSTEMS, AND WHEREAS PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS IN WYLIE, TEXAS, PLAY A KEY ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF WYLIE, TEXAS, CARRYING OUT SUCH DIVERSE TASKS AS PAYING INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM, PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, AND CARRYING OUT TAX WITHHOLDING, REPORTING AND DEPOSITING. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MATTHEW PORTER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST 2025, AM HONORED TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025 THROUGH THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2025 AS NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK IN WYLIE, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE VITAL ROLE OUR PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS PLAY IN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU ALL. 
          SO THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. WITH THAT, 
          [COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]
WE'LL MOVE TO COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WE ASK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPLETE A FORM IN ADVANCE OF OUR MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK, AND WE DO REQUEST COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR SIX IF OFFICIALLY REPRESENTING A GROUP. WE DO REMIND EVERYONE THAT COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BY. BECAUSE WE FOLLOW THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. WITH THAT BEING STATED. MR. I THINK WE HAD ONE FORM FOR NON AGENDA. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO MISS BETHANY SULLIVAN AND I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME, BUT IF YOU WILL HIT THE LITTLE SPEAKING VOICE THERE AND START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS US. OKAY. I'M BETHANY SULLIVAN, I LIVE AT 417 RUSH CREEK DRIVE IN WYLIE, AND TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE RITA SMITH FOR HAVING THE VISION TO FOUND OUR LIBRARY IN 1970, MRS. SMITH REALIZED BOOKS ARE MORE THAN WORDS ON A PAGE. THEY ARE PORTALS TO POSSIBILITIES. SHE KNEW KNOWLEDGE CAN OVERCOME FEAR AND IS ESSENTIAL TO FREE EXPRESSION AND DEMOCRACY. ACCESS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS BY AUTHORS ON ALL TOPICS, NO MATTER HOW DIVERSE, ALLOWS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO 
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LEARN ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER CULTURES, RELIGIONS, AND LIFESTYLES. MY ABILITY TO ACCESS ANY BOOK BY ANY AUTHOR AND ANY TOPIC AT MY LOCAL LIBRARY IS ALSO A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, GUARANTEED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION, AND I'LL GRANT THAT PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR WHAT THEIR CHILDREN READ. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING I WANT TO READ. PLEASE PRESERVE MY RIGHT TO THE FREEDOM TO READ, SEEK INFORMATION, AND SPEAK FREELY BY CONTINUING TO ALLOW MY LIBRARY TO CREATE A COLLECTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL PATRONS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TONIGHT AND SERVING ON THE WYLIE COUNCIL, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MRS. SMITH FOR FOUNDING THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I MOVED TO WYLIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. WITH THAT AND NO OTHER FORMS TURNED IN FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE WISH TO HAVE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS, CONSIDERATION OR CORRECTIONS? AND IF THERE ARE NONE INDICATED, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PERKINS? YES, I SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR 
          [1. Tabled from 07-08-2025]
REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM ONE WAS TABLED. SO BEFORE GETTING INTO THE DESCRIPTION COUNCIL, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM, IT DOES NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM TABLE. AGAIN. THIS IS TO REMOVE FROM TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION, NOT TO MAKE A MOTION ON A FINAL VOTE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO REMOVE FROM TABLE COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. COUNCIL, MAKE SURE YOU'VE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER ITEM ONE, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WRITING OF AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND S 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. SO SPEAKING OF TABLING, THE APPLICANT CONTACTED ME LAST WEEK AND THEY ARE NOT QUITE READY TO PRESENT A FINAL FORM OF THEIR ZONING EXHIBIT. SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S PATIENCE AND TO TABLE THIS ITEM ONE MORE TIME. THEY'RE HOPING TO BE READY BY THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER, BUT SAID THAT IF FAILING THAT, THAT THEY SHOULD BE READY BY THE SECOND MEETING OF SEPTEMBER. SO THEY WOULD ASK THAT NOT TABLED TO A DATE, WHICH JUST LIMITS US TO THREE MEETINGS TOTAL, BUT THEY HOPE TO BE READY EITHER IN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO MEETINGS FROM NOW. OKAY. SO JUST TO, SO TO SPEAK, A GENERIC TABLE. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY BROUGHT BACK AT THE TIME THAT THEY'RE READY. YES, SIR. THE THIRD MEETING. YES SIR. OKAY. WELL COUNCIL, BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY DISCUSSION, IT IS LISTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR SOME REASON SOMEONE CAME TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. SO, MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'D ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD NOW. THIS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT, AS MR. HASKINS STATED, TO TABLE THE ITEM COUNCIL. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M OPEN TO THOSE. IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION. COUNCILMAN 
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WILLIAMS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. HASKINS. I SEE THAT WE TABLED IT FROM SEVEN EIGHT. 
          I KNOW IT WENT THROUGH P AND Z. YES, SIR. SO WHAT'S THE EXTENDED DELAY? BECAUSE WE'RE 2 TO 3 MONTHS OF KEEPING IT THAT IN THE PROCESS. THE APPLICANT HASN'T GIVEN ME SPECIFICS ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. THEY JUST SAID THAT THEIR ENGINEERING TEAM IS WORKING ON A COUPLE OF CHANGES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOR YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM? THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST MAKING A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION. THE SECOND TIME WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PUSH IT TODAY IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SOME OF OUR CITIZENS MAY TAKE THEIR TIME TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, OR TAKE THEIR TIME AND SEND A NOTE TO. IT. DOESN'T LOOK VERY GREAT FOR A POTENTIAL USER THAT'S ASKING US TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO WHAT CURRENTLY ZONED, THAT IT'S MISSING IT TWICE AND PUTTING OUR CITIZENS ON A WAIT. YES SIR. JUST A COMMENT. OKAY. WELL, COUNCIL, I'M ALSO OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN PERKINS, MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO TABLE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR ONE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM AGAINST. WITH THAT, THE IT IS TABLED FOR UP TO THREE MEETINGS. WE WILL 
          [2. Consider, and act upon, authorizing the City Manager to sign a Development Agreement, pending  Annexation, between the City of Wylie, Perry W. Kinnard and Lynda A. Kinnard ("Tract 3 Owners"),  Michael T. Fasang ("Tract 4 Owner") and Wylie DVP Limited Partnership ("Developer"), for the continued  development of a single family planned development generally located south of Sachse Road and Pleasant  Valley Road.]
NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS EVENING, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PENDING ANNEXATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE PERRY W KENNARD AND LINDA A KENNARD TRACT THREE OWNERS MICHAEL T FOR SONG TRACT FOR OWNER AND WYLIE DVP LIMITED, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPER FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF SAXIE ROAD AND PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD. MR. HASKINS THANK YOU MAYOR. THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE ALL RELATED. IT'S PENDING A ANNEXATION OF ABOUT FOUR ACRES INTO THE DOMINION OF PLEASANT VALLEY SUBDIVISION. THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT ULTIMATELY HAS A RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, 700 AND SOME HOMES COMPLETED, ABOUT 1000 LOTS PLATTED. THAT'S ON THE WELL WHERE PLEASANT VALLEY AND SASSY ROAD ARE INTERSECT RIGHT THERE, WITHOUT SAYING TOO MUCH MORE THAN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ADDING ABOUT FOUR ACRES AND 19 HOMES IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO AND TURN IT OVER TO THE DEVELOPER, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M JUST GOING TO REPEAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY. 
          THEY'VE GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL. SURE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. CLAUDIO SEGOVIA WITH JOHNSON CONSULTING, 704 CENTRAL PARKWAY, EAST PLANO, TEXAS. 
          WE'RE THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THE DEVELOPER WHO WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT AND GOING TO HAVE THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION. LIKE MR. HASKINS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE INITIAL STEP. FIRST PIECE TO THIS, WHICH IS TONIGHT HAS A COUPLE ITEMS AND THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE ANNEXATION. BUT I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND IT'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THE ANNEXATION IS REALLY GOING TOWARDS INCLUDING IT INTO THE PD FOR DOMINION OF PLEASANT VALLEY. SO. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERALL CURRENT BOUNDARY OF DOMINION OF PLEASANT VALLEY. THAT'S THAT RED WHAT YOU SEE IN RED THERE. AND THE ANNEX TRACT IS HATCHED IN FULL RED. YOU CAN SEE IT'S NEAR CLOSER TO SAXY ROAD. THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE ANNEXATION IS TO KIND OF HELP IMPROVE SOME OF THE CIRCULATION WITHIN DOMINION OF PLEASANT VALLEY, AND THAT WILL BE SHOWN WITHIN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES. BEFORE THAT, THE KIND OF WANT TO JUST SUMMARIZE THE CHANGE, THE OVERALL CHANGE THAT WILL OCCUR WITH THIS, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF LARGER LOTS. THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF THE SMALLEST LOTS. THERE'S NO REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF PROPOSED OPEN SPACE. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THE GOAL FOR THIS IS TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND CIRCULATION WITHIN THE PLEASANT VALLEY. AND THEN THE TABLE THAT'S THERE SHOWS THE EXACT FIGURES. THERE'S THREE MAIN LOTS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT THE TYPE A, TYPE B AND TYPE C. THIS IS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT FOR DOMINION PLEASANT VALLEY. WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW IS EITHER FULLY DEVELOPED HOMES, BUILT AND PLATTED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT NOW IT'S 
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S PHASE SIX AND PHASE SEVEN AND THEN THE REST. THE REMAINING PORTION IS THAT FUTURE PHASE, KIND OF IN THAT LIGHT MAGENTA COLOR. AND YOU SEE THE ANNEX TRACT THROUGH THERE, MAKING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN A COUPLE OF THE FUTURE PHASES. THIS NEXT SLIDE ZOOMS INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WHAT THIS ANNEX TRACT KIND OF ALLOWS IS AN ADDITIONAL POINT OF CONNECTIVITY AND CIRCULATION FOR DOMINION BETWEEN THAT FUTURE PHASE THAT'S OFF OF DOMINION DRIVE, KIND OF ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THE PORTION TO THE WEST JUST ADDS TO THE CIRCULATION OF OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT BUILDERS ARE COVENTRY HOMES AND GRANT HOMES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE STRAIGHT FROM THE THE IMAGES ON THEIR WEBSITES FOR THE PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE SELLING ON DOMINION PLEASANT VALLEY. SO THIS IS ONE SET. AND THE OTHER. ACCORDING TO THESE WEBSITES, THE CURRENT PRICE CURRENTLY RANGES FOR THESE HOMES BETWEEN 514,000 AND $1 MILLION. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO COUNCIL YOU HAVING SEEN THE PRESENTATION, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEVELOPER THIS EVENING? COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU MAYOR. Y'ALL HAVE COMPLETED WHICH PHASES ONE THROUGH FIVE RIGHT? HAVE Y'ALL COMPLETED ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES SINCE COMPLETING ANY OF THE PHASES? NO, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL BEEN WITH THE SAME INITIAL TRAFFIC TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE OVERALL. OKAY. AND THE INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY HAD PHASES. WHAT PHASES WERE IN THAT TRAFFIC STUDY? THE THERE WAS AN ANNEXATION DONE IN 2020. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE TRACK DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THIS. YOU KIND OF SEE THERE. IT PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL CONNECTION TO SEXY ROAD TO THE NORTH. AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY AT THAT POINT. I THINK I WOULD I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TRAFFIC STUDY, AN UPDATED TRAFFIC STUDY, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS WE HAVE GOING THROUGH THERE. OKAY. JUST FROM SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM CITIZENS AND. WHAT WE'VE HEARD OR WHAT I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM CITIZENS, I THINK IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU PLAN OUT THESE NEXT ONES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN PHASES FIVE AND SIX THAN WHAT YOUR INITIAL, WHAT YOUR PLAN IS JUST TO SEE. ARE THERE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HARD 90 THAT GETS THE EXTRA LOT? DOES THAT NEED TO GO AHEAD AND CONNECT TO YOUR YOUR THOROUGHFARE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO AHEAD AND RELIEVE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE? ARE THERE SOME MINOR CHANGES LIKE THAT THAT WILL HELP THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IT DOESN'T IN MY OPINION. BUT THIS AGAIN IS ONLY MY OPINION. I SPEAK AS ONE MEMBER OF A COUNCIL. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE TO BE A FULL BLOWN TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT I WOULD. I THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE VITAL TO LOOK AT. I KNOW IF YOU GOT WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT THEY TOOK SOME NUMBERS OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS ON THOSE ROADS, SO HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME DATA THERE THAT MIGHT HELP SOME OF THAT JUST TO LOOK AND SEE. ARE THERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE THAT WILL HELP SOME OF THAT? YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND WITH THIS BEING THAT FIRST STEP, THE ANNEXATION, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE PD. AND WE GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE INITIAL ENGINEERING. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. AND YES SO THIS FIRST ITEM BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE THREE. THE NEXT ONE IS THE ANNEXATION SERVICES. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE ANNEXATION PROPER. SO WHERE WOULD THE WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT PLACE I GUESS JUST FOR THEM TO DISCUSS IT WITH US. WHAT IF THAT WAS THE WILL OF COUNCIL? OR ANY SORT OF A TRAFFIC UPDATE? WELL, THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO TO REDO THEIR ENTIRE PD BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE A PD ON EVERYTHING IN YELLOW AND PURPLE. OH, I DIDN'T THINK THE PURPLE HAD A PD YET. YES, YELLOW AND PURPLE PD PD IT'S ONLY THE LITTLE RED AREA IN THE THE THE FILL IN THAT THEY'RE ASKING. YEAH THAT SMALL RED AREA THE FOUR ACRES IS THE ONLY PART OF THAT IS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BEING ANNEXED, BUT IF YOU ALREADY HAS. I KNEW THAT MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU LET HIM BUZZ IN REAL QUICK? YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I KNEW THAT THAT CENTER PART 
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WAS THE ONLY PART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANNEXING, WHICH WILL HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE OF THAT TRAFFIC, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GREAT THING. BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ALL THE PURPLE THOSE PHASES ARE ALREADY IN THE EXISTING PD. YES, SIR. THEY ALREADY ARE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT THEN. I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A BENEFIT TO HAVE. OKAY. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I JUST KNEW BECAUSE IT CAME THROUGH IN 2020. SO I SAW THEY HAD TO DO AN UPDATE. THAT WHOLE PURPLE AREA WAS INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS TIP. I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT PHASE FIVE AND SIX WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE PD, AND THEY WERE ANNEXING THIS BEFORE GETTING THAT PD IN, SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THEY WERE PURPLE. IF THAT MAKES SENSE THEN THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IF YOU JUST HAD A CLARIFICATION, THE RED PART WHERE THE HOUSES ARE, THAT'S JUST THAT PIECE THAT'S BEING ANNEXED, NOT THE PIECE FROM THERE TO SAXY ROAD. THAT IS CORRECT. JUST THE OUTLINED RED AREA. THE OUTLINED RED. YES, SIR. NOTHING ELSE. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN I GUESS, DO WE ASK THE QUESTION? SO IF THIS FITS OUR MODELING IN TERMS OF THE WIDTH OF THE SPACES, THE THE COMP PLAN, THE COMP PLAN, YES, SIR. WHAT WE DO. AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE I'M ASSUMING IS IN PLACE. THAT WILL BE, YES, LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT THESE 20 EXTRA HOMES THAT ARE THERE. YES, SIR. LOT SIZES. YES, SIR. BEING THAT THESE ARE BIGGER HOMES, LOOK LIKE BIGGER HOMES. AND IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, THESE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT HALF ACRE LOTS. LIKE ABOUT QUARTER ACRE TO A FIFTH OF AN ACRE. FIFTH OF AN ACRE. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. OKAY. THEY VARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LOT TYPES. SO WE KIND OF SCRAMBLED. WE HAVE A FIFTH TO A QUARTER. WE DIDN'T SAY THAT. THE THING THAT I NOTICED WAS THE THE CHANGE THAT THIS CREATES IN YOUR DESIGN ACTUALLY ELIMINATES SOME OF THE SMALLEST LOTS. YES, SIR. SO IT TAKES THAT DOWN. ALL NEW LOTS ARE 60 OR 70 AND IT REMOVES TEN OF THE SMALLEST SIZED LOTS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE HAD IN UPSIZE THOSE LOTS. YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS READING THE TABLE CORRECTLY THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY DOES IS BASICALLY SAY THAT COUNCIL IS GENERALLY OKAY WITH THE IDEA OF THEM COMING BACK WITH A PD, WHICH THEY WILL HAVE TO DO, THEY NEED TO GO TO. IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ITEM, THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS ACTUAL ZONING CASE IN WHICH NEIGHBORS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND ALL THE THINGS, AND IT WOULD GO TO PNC FOR RECOMMENDATION AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE. MAYOR PRO TEM, I JUST HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. MAYOR. SORRY, BECAUSE THE COLORS ARE CONFUSING ME. I KNOW THE PURPLE IS ALREADY PREAPPROVED, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          NOW THERE WAS PURPLE ON ON THIS RED SQUARE THAT WERE BEING ASKED TO ANNEX TODAY. IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT. UNDERNEATH THAT RED SQUARE THERE'S PURPLE. IT'S KIND OF. YEAH. IT'S JUST LIKE ORANGE. SO YOU GUYS HAD PLANS TO DEVELOP THESE HOMES EVEN IF THE TRACK WAS NOT ANNEXED OVER TO US EVEN BEFOREHAND. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, SIR. THIS ITEM WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNEXATION FROM BEFORE. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ANY OF THAT PURPLE THAT WE'RE SEEING TOWARDS SEXY ROAD IN THAT AREA? ANY OF THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN IN FRONT OF US AND BE ANNEXED INTO THE FUTURE OR NOT. IT'S ALREADY ANNEXED, SIR. SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN ANNEXED? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING BECAUSE THIS WAS PURPLE UNDERNEATH IT AND THEN THE RED SQUARE ON TOP. SO I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. TWO COLORS. BUT YES, THE ACTUAL PURPLE THAT IS OUTSIDE THE RED SQUARE HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. OKAY. AND IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE. PARDON ME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PERKINS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I SECOND THE MOTION. MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE. CONSIDER 
          [3. Consider, and act upon, authorizing the City Manager to sign an Annexation Services Agreement, pending  Annexation, between the City of Wylie and Wylie DVP Limited Partnership ("Developer"), for the continued  development of a single family planned development generally located south of Sachse Road and Pleasant  Valley Road.]
AND ACT. UPON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AN ANNEXATION SERVICES AGREEMENT PENDING ANNEXATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND WYLIE. DVP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPER FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF SAXIE ROAD AND PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD. MR. HASKINS, THANK YOU MAYOR. DUE TO STATE LAW, THE CITY HAS TO ENTER INTO A ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BEFORE THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE CAN BE CONSIDERED. THAT IS THIS ITEM RIGHT HERE. BASICALLY, WHAT THE ANNEXATION SERVICE AGREEMENT SAYS IS THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES IF THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE IS APPROVED. THAT INCLUDES POLICE, FIRE PLANNING, BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, 
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PARKS, SOLID WASTE, ALL THE THINGS. AND THAT ALSO THAT THE APPLICANT IS RESPONSIBLE. THE ANNEX, WHICHEVER THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UTILITY AND ROADWAY CONNECTIONS ON THEIR OWN. THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. SO THE COST IS WITH THE DEVELOPER. YOU JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO CONNECT. YES, SIR. JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY IS LISTENING LATER OR MAYBE WATCHING NOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE DON'T PAY THE COST OF CONNECTING THE STREETS FOR THEM, OR WATER OR SEWER OR ANY OF THAT. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW WE HAD A NUMBER THAT KIND OF BLED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, AND IF THERE ARE NONE, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. 
          COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM? I'LL SECOND MAYOR. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION 
          [4. Hold a Public Hearing, consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-31 authorizing the annexation of 4.024  acres of land out of the Guadalupe De Los Santos Survey, Abstract No. 1384, situated in Dallas County,  which is contiguous and adjacent to the City of Wylie, in Dallas County, Texas.]
CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025. DASH 31, AUTHORIZING THE ANNEXATION OF 4.024 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE GUADALUPE DE LOS SANTOS SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 1384. SITUATED IN DALLAS COUNTY, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF WYLIE IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. MR. HASKINS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE FOR THE ANNEXATION. 
          WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR AND ALSO, MAYOR WAS IN THE SUBJECT LINE, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS ITEM HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. OKAY. SO I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE JUMP WITH QUESTIONS. SO I WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. OKAY, MISS DAWN, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ASK COUNCIL AGAIN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND IF THERE ARE NOT, I AM OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN PICKENS THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM? I'LL SECOND MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WITH THAT, 
          [5. Hold a Public Hearing, consider and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-32 adopting a budget for all City funds,  including the Wylie Economic Development Corporation (4A) and the Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities  Development Corporation (4B) and appropriating resources for Fiscal Year 2025-26 beginning October 1,  2025 and ending September 30, 2026.]
WE'LL MOVE TO NUMBER FIVE THIS EVENING. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2532. ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR ALL CITY FUNDS, INCLUDING THE WYLIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A AND THE WYLIE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR B, AND APPROPRIATING RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 DASH 26 BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. MISS BROWN, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE TAX RATE PROPOSED FOR THE 2526 BUDGET THIS YEAR IS 0.543438 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION, WHICH IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE INCREMENT RATE. UNUSED INCREMENT RATE. THE FUND SUMMARY INCLUDED IN THE PACKET SHOWS APPROPRIATE FUNDS OF $177,061,186, WHICH REPRESENTS ALL OF THE OPERATING FUNDS, THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND THE CAPITAL FUNDS. THIS TOTAL ALSO INCLUDES THE BUDGETS FOR THE WEDC, THE FOR A CORPORATION, AND WYLIE PARKS AND REC, THE FOUR B CORPORATION. THE CITY HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 102, WHICH REQUIRES THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ALSO REQUIRES US TO PUBLISH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN THE IN OUR OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, THE WYLIE NEWS. AND THAT WAS DONE ON AUGUST THE 21ST. THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET MUST BE A RECORD VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. SO I KNOW WE'VE SPENT TIME ON BUDGET SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. I DID HAVE TWO FORMS THAT WERE TURNED IN TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN, BUT SINCE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN ALWAYS SPEAK DURING THIS ONE AS WELL. SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET FIRST, I KNOW COUNCIL HAS HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK BACK AND FORTH 
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WITH STAFF. SO FROM THAT, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS THIS EVENING. MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, WE ASK THAT YOU STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME. WELL, I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT'S ENTIRELY YOU CAN SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE. SO YEAH, IF YOU IF WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME. IF YOU'LL. IT WAS OKAY. MY NAME IS LAURA GATES. I LIVE AT 1208 ANCHOR. I WAS THERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WANTED TO DO THE RATE INCREASE. I'M HERE AGAIN TO CONTEST IT. I JUST SAT AND LISTENED TO Y'ALL TALK ABOUT ALL THE HOUSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE HERE, AND THOSE LOOK LIKE PRETTY EXPENSIVE HOUSES, SINCE THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ANY REASONABLY PRICED HOUSES IN WYLIE ANYMORE. SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST ANY TAX RATE INCREASE. IT'S A MATTER OF FACT. THE WYLIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT ALMOST WHAT, ALMOST $7 MILLION? THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. MAYBE WE CAN CUT A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT. THAT'D WORK FOR ME. LIKE I SAID, WE JUST VOTED STATEWIDE AS A STATE TO GIVE SOME REPRIEVE ON PROPERTY TAXES. AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR AFTER DOING THAT, THAT Y'ALL ARE NOW WANTING TO INCREASE THE RATE. AGAIN. I DON'T THINK IT'S REASONABLE. I THINK YOU NEED TO FIND SOME OTHER PLACE TO CUT. THERE'S MORE AND MORE HOUSES GETTING BUILT. THERE'S MORE AND MORE RETAIL GETTING BUILT. IF WE'RE GIVEN OUT ABATEMENTS, QUIT GIVING OUT SUCH BIG ABATEMENTS. QUIT PASSING IT ON TO THE TAXPAYERS. WHEN WE VOTED TO HAVE A REPRIEVE OF PROPERTY TAXES. I'M A WIDOW. I WAS WIDOWED AT 47. I'VE BEEN WIDOWED FOR 11 YEARS NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO TAX ME OUT OF MY HOUSE. THAT'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I'M PAYING MORE IN TAXES AND INSURANCE THAN I DO IN MORTGAGE. THAT'S CRAZY. CRAZY. SO THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL I GOT. RETHINK IT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I SAW YOU STAND UP, BUT I WANTED TO FORMALLY INVITE. AND IF YOU'LL TURN THAT ON FOR US AS WELL. I BELIEVE YOU LEFT YOUR PHONE, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA ROBSON. I LIVE IN 1907 EAST FORK LANE, WYLIE, TEXAS, 75098. BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE ME. I'M TECHNICALLY NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TAX RATE. I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT THE TAX RATE INCREASE. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR IT. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HAVING MORE HOUSES BUILT. LIKE THE LADY BEFORE ME SAID, I'M HERE TO ASK IF TO ASK YOU IF CITY OR WYLIE WHAT WILL SYRIO WYLIE USE THAT INCREASE INCREASE FOR EXACTLY? WILL THEY USE THAT INCREASE ALONG WITH THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF ITS PREDECESSORS AND INSTALL SOME KIND OF DRAINAGE ALONG 19 ALONG 1378? SINCE CITY OF WYLIE OR TEX DOT DID NOT INCLUDE RIVER DRAINAGE MAP. NONE OF THE NOT ONE OUT OF 11 CITY 11 CITY WYLIE REPRESENTATIVES NAMED ON THAT NAME, WHO ARE NAMED ON THAT PROJECT. ASKED ABOUT WHY OUR HOA WASN'T INCLUDED ON THAT MAP, I'VE SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ IT. YOU DIDN'T. I SPOKE TO SPOKE TO CITY MANAGER, I SPOKE TO MAYOR ABOUT ALL THIS, AND MY QUESTION WAS TO CITY MANAGER AND TO Y'ALL WHO I KNOW I'M NOT ASKING FOR HOA OR I'M NOT ASKING FOR CITY TO PAY FOR STREETS OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY OUT OF THIS TAX RATE. I'M NOT ASKING TO FIX THE SIDEWALKS. THAT'S WHAT THE BOND WAS FOR THAT WE PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS, FEW YEARS AGO. THIS TAX RATE, ALONG WITH THE UTILITY DRAINAGE FEE, IS GOING TOWARDS THE DRAINAGE. AND MY QUESTION WAS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EASEMENTS. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR SYSTEM ITSELF? BECAUSE OUR HOA I MEAN 
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WE PAY TAXES. AND I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, ALMOST TO THE DATE TALKING ABOUT THIS. AND EVERY TIME TAXES COME UP, I WILL BE HERE. I WILL BE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION AS LONG I LIVE HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MA'AM. CAN I ASK ONE MORE THING? I'M SORRY. IF YOU'LL COME, YOU WILL HAVE TO COME FORWARD, THOUGH. IT HAS TO BE ON THE RECORD. SORRY. THAT WAY IF SOMEONE ELSE IS TRYING TO HEAR WHAT I GOT. Y'ALL PEOPLE WATCHING AND STUFF, I FORGOT. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST TAX RATES IN THE COUNTY FOR A CITY. THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT BEAT US, AND THAT'S SALINA AND FARMERSVILLE AND RICHARDSON. AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? SEXY. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE JUST LITTLE CORNER POCKETS IN OUR THING. SO IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF WYLIE. AND THAT'S REALLY MORE THEIR THING. BUT THEY'RE TINY THINGS. 
          BUT OUT OF COLLIN COUNTY WE'RE NUMBER THREE IN THE HIGHEST TAX CITY RATE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU MA'AM THANK YOU. I HAVE A PERFECTLY FINE. ALL ARE WELCOME. 
          SO I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT MISS STORM, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MISTER PARKER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WISH TO SAY? I DO, MA'AM, SINCE YOU'RE THE ONLY RESIDENT HERE. WHAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE TAX RATE TO, YOU KNOW, TO RUN A CITY OF THIS SIZE WITH OUR SERVICES THAT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN FRISCO? WELL, OKAY. NEVER MIND. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN'T KEEP RAISING THE RATES WHEN YOU'RE ALSO INCREASING YOUR INCOME. YOUR INCOME IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR DUE TO MY APOLOGIES, MAYOR, THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP. THERE'S ANOTHER INCREASE. WELL, AND I'LL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED JUST TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF THEM. IT MAY NOT SATISFY YOU ALL THE WAY AROUND, BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. 
          THAT IS THAT I'M NOT AWARE, AND I CAN BE CORRECTED BY MISS BROWN OF ANY ABATEMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS GIVEN OUT ON PROPERTY TAXES. SO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN, WE DO NOT ABATE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE DON'T WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MENTION THE EDC OR THE PARKS AND REC, UNDER STATE LAW, THE VOTERS OF WYLIE PUT THAT IN AS SALES TAX MONEY. IT CAN ONLY BE USED BY THAT CORPORATION FOR THEIR PURPOSES. WE CAN'T USE IT FOR STREETS, FOR POLICE, FOR ANY OF THAT. AND THAT WAS A DECISION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG BEFORE I MOVED TO THE CITY. THAT WAS MADE THROUGH A VOTE BY CITIZENS. SO I'M SEEING 1994 ISH. THAT DECISION WAS MADE TO DEDICATE THAT MONEY, A HALF CENT OF SALES TAX TO FOR BE PARKS AND A HALF CENT TO THE EDC, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THOSE FOR OUR GENERAL BUDGET. SO AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT WANT TO TRY TO SHIFT SOME OF THAT MONEY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THE EDC, IT IS AGAINST STATE LAW FOR US TO DO SO. WE ALSO FUND THAT. IT'S FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX. SO THE DIFFERENCE NOT THROUGH PROPERTY TAX? NO, MA'AM. THE PROPERTY TAX BUDGET PORTION DOES NOT GO TO FOR BE OR FOR A WHICH FOR BE IS PARKS AND REC. AS FAR AS THERE'S A PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT IS NOT COVERED. THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET. AND THERE'S A PORTION THAT COMES FROM SALES TAX. THE EDC IS COMPLETELY FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX. SO THE INCENTIVES THAT THEY DO TO BRING BUSINESSES TO WYLIE DON'T COME FROM PROPERTY TAX OWNERS. IT COMES FROM SALES TAX. WHEN PEOPLE SPEND MONEY IN THE CITY. 
          I'M GOING TO COME UP HERE, I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING. YES, THAT'S ALL SALES. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED AGAIN, IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP THIS EVENING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S KNOWN. THE PUBLIC ARTWORK WITHIN THE CITY IS NOT FUNDED THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TAX BUDGET EITHER. THAT IS COMPLETELY CARVED OUT SEPARATELY FROM THE EVENTS THAT THE PARK OR THE ARTS BOARD PUTS ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WELL AS WITH FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVE THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER METHODS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR. AND ALL OF THIS IS IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. NOW, I DO UNDERSTAND I'M A TAXPAYER LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I DON'T LIKE 
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SEEING THE COST TO CITIZENS GO UP. WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH IS, I MEAN, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET HAS AN AVERAGE OF A 3% RAISE FOR STAFF WHO WORK BASED ON MERIT. IT HAS A 4% STEP PLAN FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S OUR POLICE AND FIRE. AND THEN WE'RE THE INSURANCE PRICE FOR THE CITY FOR INSURANCES HAS GONE UP 5%. IT WAS HIGHER, BUT INSTEAD THE STAFF IS NOW BEING ASKED TO PAY A PORTION OF THAT MORE SO THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES DO. WE ARE COMPETING WITH OTHER CITIES FOR STAFF, BUT IT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE AS FAR AS NEW POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK, IT'S ALL LISTED. WE HAVE A POSITION TO ASSIST WITH OPEN RECORD REQUESTS THAT WE GET ON A FREQUENT BASIS WITHIN THE CITY. WE HAVE A STATE MANDATED REQUIREMENT TO RESPOND WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          WE HAVE A CUSTODIAL POSITION BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER FOR US TO HIRE SOMEONE THAT CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRACT OUT. SO IT'S A SAVINGS FOR THE TAXPAYERS FOR US TO DO IT OURSELVES. WE HAVE A POSITION IN IT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INDIVIDUALS, ONLINE CRIMES AND ONLINE DATABASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE PART OF WHAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DO THAT IS IN THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S TWO CROSSING GUARDS AT NEW SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY. WE PAY HALF OF THAT TWO POLICE OFFICERS. THAT BRINGS US TO EQUAL SHIFTS. A WARRANT OFFICER WHO CAN WORK AT OUR JAIL THAT WE HAVE OR JAIL IS THE CORRECT TERM COURT. OR HE'S AT THE COURT, FIRE INSPECTOR FOR THE BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY AND AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO MORE WORK ON OUR STREETS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT ARE NEW IN OUR BUDGET FOR ITEMS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, OR TWO TAHOES AND A CID VEHICLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. REPLACEMENT WISE, WE REPLACED THOSE SEVERAL VEHICLES EVERY YEAR, THE ONES THAT ARE USED BY OUR FRONT LINE OFFICERS TYPICALLY ARE RUNNING ALMOST ALL DAY LONG BETWEEN SHIFTS, IDLING. AS THEY'RE USING THEM, THEY GET DRIVEN VERY HARD GOING TO CALLS AND TYPICALLY ARE WELL OVER 100,000 MILES IN UNDER THREE YEARS. WE KEEP THEM ON A REPLACEMENT CYCLE OF ABOUT THREE PLUS YEARS. WE HAVE A TAHOE THAT IS NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THE FLEET FOR THE NEW OFFICERS, A REPLACEMENT OF AN ANIMAL SHELTER VEHICLE, AND THEN WE HAVE $4,000 WORTH OF INTERLIBRARY LOAN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE A NUMBER, WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION. AND THAT WAS THEIR ONE REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT TOTAL $60,000 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR 62. I APOLOGIZE, IT'S HARD TO READ MY HANDWRITING, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR. AS FAR AS A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR, I DO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THAT COMES WITH TAXES. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU LOOK AT COLLIN COUNTY, WE DO HAVE A HIGHER RATE, BUT WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE HIGHWAYS. PLANO, MCKINNEY, ALLEN. THEY HAVE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO GET A BUSINESS LIKE THAT IN THIS CITY, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T SIT ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE IS WHAT PREVENTS US FROM BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT THAT. THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A RICHARDSON THAT GETS A STATE FARM OR A TOYOTA IN PLANO, ALLEN HAS LANDED SEVERAL OTHERS. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THEM INTO OUR CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T SIT ON A HIGHWAY. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TRIED TO WORK ON THINGS OVER TIME. IF YOU GO BACK 15 YEARS AGO, OUR RATE WAS 0.8989, SO IF YOU ROUND IT, WE WERE AT 0.90. YEAH. SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR AND I'M JUST I'M JUST POINTING OUT WE TOOK NO NEW REVENUE OR BELOW FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS FROM 2018 ON, WHICH RESULTED IN A 30.7 CENT DROP OVER THAT TIME. AND I DO REALIZE THIS YEAR WILL BE COMING UP ABOUT A PENNY AND A HALF, AND I DID. I DID GO AND LOOK, AND I AGREE, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY VALUATIONS WORK ON HOMES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE THIS YEAR, IF WE ADOPTED IT, WOULD HAVE SEEN A TAX INCREASE ON CITIZENS OF ABOUT $220 BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT VALUATIONS WORK. AND THAT'S BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE TAX CALCULATIONS TO WORK AT THAT LEVEL. WE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES SUCH AS CROSSING GUARDS, OUR POLICE, FILLING OUT OUR POLICE, ALL 
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THOSE THINGS. WHAT WE ARE INCREASING. IT IS NOT THE MAX WE CAN WE COULD GO UP TO WITHOUT A VOTE. AND I DON'T MEAN, BUT WITHOUT A VOTE WE COULD GO HIGHER. WE ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER TO TO TELL US WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, ALONG WITH STAFF TO MAKE A BUDGET THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND KEEPING OUR OUR CURRENT STAFF AND ADDING A SELECT NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY ALL IN PUBLIC SAFETY, EXCEPT ONE THAT'S IN STREETS AND ONE THAT IS FULFILLING OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. THAT COMES OUT IF YOU HAVE. IF YOUR HOME IS WORTH THE AVERAGE OF 474,000, THAT ENDS UP BEING $104 ADDITIONAL PER YEAR BEYOND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS A LITTLE UNDER $10. NOW, I KNOW THAT'S A THAT'S NOT FUN FOR ANYONE, BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE DESPERATELY TRYING TO BALANCE MAKING SURE THAT OUR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ARE MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. INFLATION HAS BEEN MASSIVE OVER THE LAST YEARS, YET WE DID NOT USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO ASK FOR A 10% INCREASE LAST YEAR, OR 10% OR 20% INCREASE. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND AND BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          WE BROUGHT MULTIPLE SERVICES AND PROJECTS IN-HOUSE IN ORDER TO RUN THEM OURSELVES AND SAVE MONEY. BUT WE'RE CAUGHT IN THAT POSITION OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO FUND OUR DEPARTMENTS, BUT NOT GETTING INTO A POSITION WHERE WE'RE JUST ADDING ADDING FLUFF, SO TO SPEAK. WHEN I LOOK AT WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS NOW, WE HAVE GONE BACK AND LIKE I SAID, WE ASKED OUR STAFF AS WELL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE WERE GOING THAT WE COULD ASK FOR THIS YEAR AND THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE CHANGES FOR STAFF. AND WHEN YOU GET IT THROUGH, AND I KNOW HOW IT WORKS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT MY WORK. WHEN YOU GET A 3% RAISE AND YOUR BENEFIT COSTS GO UP, YOU DON'T. AND THAT'S MERIT. 
          THAT'S AVERAGE. SOME PEOPLE, IT'S BASED ON PERFORMANCE. WE'LL GET MORE, SOME WILL GET LESS, BUT EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE CHANGES TO THEIR HEALTH CARE. THEY'LL EITHER BE ON A DIFFERENT PLAN OR THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY MORE. AND SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL WILL NOT BE SEEING NECESSARILY A FULL 3% RAISE THIS YEAR. AND SO I JUST WANT IT UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WE ARE TRYING AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS VERY, VERY CLOSELY. WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE COMMUNITY, NEW HOMES, THOSE PROVIDE SOME OF THE REVENUE THAT WE SEE HERE THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET, IT PROVIDED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT, WHICH WAS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MONEY. THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM YEAR OVER YEAR IS FROM NEW. AND THAT IS WHAT THE EDC AND OTHERS ARE FOCUSED ON DOING. AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT ISN'T PERFECT FOR EVERYONE. BUT I DID WANT TO EXPLAIN KIND OF THE POSITION THAT WE'RE COMING FROM AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING 5 OR 6 MONTHS WORKING WITH STAFF, WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, NONE OF US ARE EXEMPT FROM THESE. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THESE. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE VALUE THAT'S PLACED ON MY HOME. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARKS GET MOWED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRST THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ISO ONE RATING, OUR EXCELLENT RESPONSE TIMES CONTINUE, THAT WE'RE STILL A SAFE CITY. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. WE HAVE ATTRACTED NEGATIVE ATTENTION. PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE POLICE. WE'VE ARRESTED MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS FROM WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER ORGANIZED THEIR PETTY BUT ORGANIZED CRIME RINGS WHO HAVE COME INTO THE CITY FROM PLACES OUTSIDE AS FAR AS HOUSTON WITH RETAIL THEFT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE INDIVIDUALS DON'T MAKE THE CITY SAFE, BUT IT'S OUR POLICE FORCE AND KEEPING THEM WITH VEHICLES THAT WORK BECAUSE WE PURSUE INDIVIDUALS WHEN NECESSARY, AND MAKING SURE TOO, THAT THE OFFICERS THAT WE EMPLOY ARE ONES THAT YOU ALL AS CITIZENS, WOULD BE PROUD OF IF WE DROP TO PAIN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAYING CITY BY ANY, ANY STRETCH. BUT IF WE DROP TO BEING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, THE EMPLOYEES AND AGAIN, I'M SURE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD STAY, BUT SOME OF THE NEW RECRUITS THAT WE WOULD ATTRACT WOULD BE THE ONES WITH FEW OTHER OPTIONS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING FOR US TO SEE WHEN IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF POLICING DUTIES, FIRE AND EMS DUTIES AND MORE. AND EMS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST EXPENSE WE'VE ADDED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE COMPANY WE WERE WORKING WITH WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP, PROVIDING THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT 
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WERE NECESSARY. AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BRING EMS IN-HOUSE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NOW HAVE MORE AMBULANCES IN SERVICE. WE HAVE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS OF WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, WHO ARE ON STAFF AND ON SHIFT AT ALL TIMES, AND WE FELT THAT WAS IMPORTANT. BUT IT HAS BEEN A COST TO THE CITY. IT'S MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE INHERITED BY DOING THAT. AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S OUR ATTEMPT TO TRY TO PROVIDE A BALANCE. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I EMPATHIZE WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE ALL OF US UP HERE ARE SEEING THE SAME INCREASES. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE YOURSELF AS WELL. WE HAVE A PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND PUT IN THE EXACT VALUE OF YOUR HOME. IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR ANY OTHERS, IT WILL TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL THAT COMES TO THE CITY AND IT BREAKS DOWN BY DEPARTMENT EXACTLY HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU'RE PAYING FOR POLICE, FIRE, EMS, STREETS, PARKS, AND MANY OTHER SERVICES SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU PAY $2,000 TO THE CITY AND TAXES, HOW MUCH OF THAT GOES TO POLICE, HOW MUCH GOES TO FIRE, HOW MUCH GOES TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY WITHIN WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL FOR FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SEE, BECAUSE I WILL REMIND EVERYONE 55 TO 60% OF OUR BUDGET IS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE WE PUT OUR INVESTMENT INTO FIRST AND FOREMOST. SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF SPEAKING, AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES. BUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY TUNE IN ONLINE AND HAVE NOT WATCHED ANY OF THE MEETINGS FOR THE PRIOR 5 OR 6 MONTHS, THAT WE SINCE JANUARY, SO LONGER THAN THAT THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE FROM TAX RATE CHANGES OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WE HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO TRY TO BRING OURSELVES DOWN AS WE CAN AND WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES. SO I'VE SPOKEN PLENTY. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THE WRY SMILE, BECAUSE THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS TO LISTEN TO THAT. BUT MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BY NOW. MISS GATES, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. NOT LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT THEY NEVER SHOW UP TO SAY IT AND WORK WITH US ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW WE NEED TO DO IT. I THINK WE'RE ALL ACCESSIBLE IN EVERY WAY FORMAT THAT PEOPLE CAN REACH DIRECTLY TO US. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A PART OF IT, BUT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING OUR TIME AND EFFORTS TO COME IN HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE BEING REPRESENTED, AND WE WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. WE ALL LIVE IN THIS TOWN, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF US HAS A DIFFERENT INCOME PHASES, BUT IT AFFECTS ALL OF US ON HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS. MY INSURANCE IS JUST AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN ALL OTHERS, AND IT SURPASSES SOMETIMES WHAT I'M PAYING ON ON MORTGAGES. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO DID A BIG INCREASE LAST YEAR ON PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAD 14 POSITIONS OPEN IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THAT INCREASE THAT WE DID. IF I'M CORRECT, WE HAD 12 POSITIONS OPEN IN FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THAT INCREASE THAT WE DID. WE WERE LOSING OFFICERS TO SOME OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING US. YOUR FORM THAT YOU JUST SHOWED US THAT WERE ONE OF THE THREE, 4 OR 5 CITIES AS HIGHEST IN TERMS OF TAX. WE ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT DOES THE BUDGET. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AFTER A FEW MONTHS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEIR BUDGET IS GOING TO REFLECT THEIR NEW RATE. AS AS WE'RE PROPOSING OUR NEW RATE RIGHT NOW, THEY ALWAYS COME AFTER US AND DO THEIR CHANGES RIGHT AFTER WE FINISH OUR BUDGET. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US HONEST. I THINK AS MAYOR STATED ALL THE FACTS OF WHAT WE DID. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AND WHY THIS MACHINE WORKS IS BECAUSE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM, THOSE MACHINES, THOSE CARS, THERE'S ARMED SERVICES, WHATEVER IT'S BEING MENTIONED OUT THERE, THEY DON'T WORK BY THEMSELVES. AND SO WE DID A BIG CHANGE LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES AND REWARDING THEM WITH WHAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS CITY, MANY OF THEM FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AS WELL AS WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS CITY CAN FUNCTION IN THE SERVICES, THAT WHEN YOU DIAL 911, YOU'RE NOT DIALING BECAUSE YOU YOU WANT TO DIAL, YOU'RE DIALING BECAUSE OF YOUR NEED. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING. OUR EMS SERVICES ARE RESPONDING IN TIME TO SAVE A LIFE FOR SOMEBODY AND NOT TAKE 4 OR 5 MINUTES, BECAUSE WE MADE SOME BUDGET PAY CUTS. AND BELIEVE ME, ALL OF THEM ARE BEING LOOKED WITH VERY BRUSHED IN THREE AND FOUR TIMES AND FIVE TIMES. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I THANK 
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YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ELSE, WHOEVER IS LISTENING, WHOEVER HEARS THIS SHOW UP, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN, WE'RE JUST AS INVOLVED AS YOU ARE, AND WE WANT TO LISTEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR PROCESSES AND WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. AND WE'RE ACCESSIBLE ANYTIME. COUNCILMAN. PARDON ME, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. SO TO YOU AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, WHAT MAYOR STOLE A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. AND SO THAT'S GREAT. I'M GLAD IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PULL NUMBERS INTO INTO THE BUDGET, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. AND BALANCING THE BUDGET AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE CAN WE PULL, WHERE CAN WE PUSH, AND WHAT IS THE HAPPY MEDIUM. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL ONLY RAISED TAXES. HALF OF WHAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THINGS AS EQUITABLE AND AS FEASIBLE AS POSSIBLE ON THE TAXPAYERS. BUT BRINGING EMS IN-HOUSE, DOING, THEN DOING A MID-YEAR INCREASE, WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT THAT TAXES ARE BEING RAISED THIS YEAR, THAT DOESN'T EVEN ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF THE MID-YEAR INCREASE. WELL, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, FOR SEVEN YEARS, 7 TO 8 YEARS, THE CITY KEPT A NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND KEPT TAXES LOW, WHICH MEANT ALL THE EMPLOYEES THROUGH COVID, THROUGH EVERYTHING. ALL THE EMPLOYEES GOT NO RAISES, GOT NO PROMOTIONS, HARDLY GOT NO LIKE THEY ALL STAYED LOW IN THAT, HAD A REBOUND EFFECT THAT STARTED TO CATCH UP WITH US AND CREATE A PROBLEM. AS MAYOR PRO TEM WAS POINTING OUT IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS, IN OUR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL OF THOSE AREAS. SO IN TRYING TO COME BACK FROM THAT AND TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE, WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS OUR AWESOME CITY STAFF HAS GONE IN AND FOUND PLACES TO PULL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ISOLATE DOWN, WHICH IS WHERE WE THINK WE WANT THEM TO GO. BUT JUST LIKE IN OUR PERSONAL BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, THE FIREMEN GO TO THE STORE, THE SAME STORES WE GO TO AND THEY GO BUY EGGS. AND WHEN THEY BUY THOSE EGGS, THOSE EGGS COST THEM THE SAME THING THAT THEY COST US, BECAUSE EVERYTHING COSTS MORE. EVERYTHING IS COSTING ALL OF US MORE. AND IT IS HARD. IT IS HARD. I MOVE MY MOM IN WITH US FOR THAT SAME REASON. IT IS HARD. IT'S NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE. IT'S JUST NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE. SO AS WE GET CREATIVE IN HOW TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF SERVICES UP, BUT STILL BATTLE WHAT WE'RE BATTLING, LIKE TAKING ON ALL OF FIRE. WHICH KUDOS TO OUR FIRE CHIEF AND ALL OF THOSE THAT HAD INPUT ON EVERYTHING THAT IT TOOK TO GET AN ENTIRE EMS UP AND GOING ON A WHIM. I MEAN, JUST UP AND GOING, AND TO BE ABLE TO PULL MONEY OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND ORDER THE EQUIPMENT. AND I MEAN, JUST ALL OF THAT SO THAT WE COULD KEEP THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO LONG HAS JUST BEEN REMARKABLE. AND FOR THIS LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE WE HAVE, AND I'M ONE THAT DOESN'T LIKE INCREASES AT ALL, I WANT IT TO KEEP GOING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, SLIM, SLIM, SLIM. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IT IS VERSUS THE BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GETTING AND WHAT WE'RE KEEPING, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FROM A CITY COUNCIL STANDPOINT, WE'RE NOT BUILDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF FANCY EXTRAS BECAUSE WE'VE KEPT IT DOWN TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. OTHER THAN THE FEW THINGS THAT WE PUT PUT OUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT WERE FROM, YOU KNOW, SURPLUS FUNDS THAT WERE CREATED ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF COVID AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ENDED UP BEING ABLE TO DO THE DOG PARK AND A COUPLE SPLASH PADS, VERY SMALL IN THE IN THE BIG EYES OF EVERYTHING. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT US TRYING TO KEEP THINGS CONSERVATIVE AND KEEP COSTS DOWN, FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN BEEN MUDDLING THROUGH, IS TO TRY TO GET US OVER THIS HUMP OF ALL OF THE EXTRA COSTS CATCHING UP, AND GET TO A POINT THAT WE'RE MORE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. I THINK WE'RE GOING INTO THAT. WE STILL MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMING, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT NOT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO THE BUDGETS AND YOU PAY THE BILLS, IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THE CITY MANAGER, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN DOING WHAT THEY'VE DOING AND KEEPING IT AS LOW AS WE CAN POSSIBLY KEEP IT. AND SO I'M SORRY THAT IT IS LOOKING AT HAVING TO GO UP, BUT I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT THIS POINT. OKAY. AND PARDON ME, I KNOW THREE OF US HAVE SPOKEN SO COVERED A LOT COUNCILMAN PICKENS OR COUNCILMAN DUKE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO ADD ANYTHING OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE ITEM. 
          COUNCILMAN DUKE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND AND ADD ON TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE RAISING THE RATE. WE TEST IT. WE FOUGHT WITH CITY STAFF ON IT. MAYBE IT'S THE WRONG WORD. WE DISCUSSED IT HEAVILY WITH CITY STAFF. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, POLICE HAVE TO POLICE FIRE, HAVE TO DO THE FIRE THING 
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AND STREETS HAVE TO GET FIXED. AND THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN A CITY. AND PEOPLE LIKE TAKING THEIR KIDS TO A PARK. THEY LIKE THEIR SOCCER FIELDS OR BASEBALL FIELDS, AND THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE PAID FOR TO THE STAFF HAS TO BE PAID FOR. AND LIKE THE REC CENTER, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE PAID. THE BUILDING HAS TO BE MAINTAINED. ALL THOSE ALL THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WORK AND IT TAKES MONEY. AND IF YOU DON'T PAY THEM, THEY'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE AT LAST YEAR, WHERE WE HAD 14 POSITIONS OPEN IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 12 POSITIONS OPENED UP IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WERE OPENED UP BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO OTHER JOBS THAT PAID MORE THAN THE CITY OF WILEY, AND SO WE HAD TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH CAUSED OUR BUDGET TO GO UP. AND YOU HAVE TO PAY PEOPLE, SO THEY'LL COME IN AND WORK AND DO THE JOB. AND THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT'S PART OF THE INCREASE. AND ALSO THE EMS PROGRAM. AND IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF AN INCREASE. I MEAN, OTHER TAXES, ENTITY TAXING ENTITIES WILL RAISE THE TAX UP AS FAR AS THEY CAN TO THE VOTER APPROVAL LEVEL. JUST JUST BECAUSE THE CITY OF PLANO DID IT THIS PAST TIME. IF I RECALL, THERE, THEY PASSED A BUDGET. THEY WERE DISCUSSING A BUDGET TO WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAD US TAX RATE SET AND COUNCIL COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON COUNCIL SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET MORE MONEY FROM THE CITIZENS. AND THEY PUSHED FOR THE HIGHEST RATE AND AND IT PASSED. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT. WE DON'T WE DON'T LIKE RAISING THE RATE. I LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, I'M A CITY. I'M A TAXPAYER TOO. 
          I LIVE OVER THERE, OFF OF OFF OF AN OLD HOUSE, OFF OF CRAMER AND 78. SO I DON'T LIVE IN ANY,, ANY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE RENTAL NEIGHBORS. SO BUT WE TRY TO KEEP THE BUDGET DOWN AND THIS THIS YEAR, THIS WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, COUNCILMAN PERKINS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A RUNDOWN OF THE INCREASES THAT ARE BEING PUT INTO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT. OKAY, WELL, IF WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THIS EVENING, I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF CITIZENS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NEW TAX RATE. I BELIEVE ON THIS ONE. IT'S JUST THE ITEM. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THIS ONE IS JUST THE ITEM, OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S THE BUDGET. SO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS I'LL SECOND IT OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM WHICH IS APPROVING THE BUDGET. COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. APPROVING THE BUDGET. MAYOR, THIS IS A RECORD VOTE. OKAY, SO IT'S A RECORD VOTE. SO, COUNCILMAN DUKE FOR COUNCILMAN, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR MAYOR. PORTER FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, FOR, COUNCILMAN PERKINS FOR. AND COUNCILMAN STRANG AND HOOVER ARE ABSENT. THANK YOU. MR. WITH THAT THAT MOVES US TO ITEM SIX ITEM SIX TO CONSIDER AND ACT 
          [6. Consider, and act upon, approving the property tax revenue increase reflected in the budget.]
UPON APPROVING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. MISS BROWN THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, THE TAX RATE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE NEWLY ADOPTED BUDGET IS 0.543438 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION. THIS TAX RATE IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BUT IT'S THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE NOT INCLUDING THE AVAILABLE UNUSED INCREMENT. AND IT ALSO REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 0.009137 FROM THE CURRENT TAX RATE. SO A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A PENNY. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE TOTAL TAX REVENUE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES DUE TO NEW PROPERTY THAT WAS ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL AND INCREASE IN THE TOTAL PROPERTY ASSESSED VALUATION, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL $0.02 ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE. SECTION 102.007 OF TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 3195 REQUIRES A GOVERNING BODY TO HOLD A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THE 
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INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A VERY LONG, COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ON ITEM FIVE, WHICH WAS RELATED, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM SIX. IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. FOR THAT IT IS NOT FOR ITEM FIVE. NO MA'AM, SIX SIX DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SEVEN WILL. OKAY, SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN DUKE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. 
          COUNCIL, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. DOES THIS REQUIRE. OKAY. NO RECORD 
          [7. Hold a Public Hearing on the proposed tax rate of $0.543438 per $100 assessed valuation for fiscal year  2025-2026 and provide all interested persons an opportunity to be heard, either for or against the tax rate.]
VOTE REQUIRED ON THAT. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.543438 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026, AND PROVIDE ALL AND PROVIDE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE TAX RATE. MISS BROWN, THANK YOU MAYOR. ON AUGUST THE 12TH, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO ACCEPT THE CALCULATION OF THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE 2526 BUDGET. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AND THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT THE CITIZENS MAY BE HEARD. ALL OF THE REQUIRED TAX INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, THE DAILY NEWS, ON AUGUST THE 21ST. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT. 
          MISS STORM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I AM OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND WISHES TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME, BUT ASK THAT YOU DO SO AT THIS TIME. MISS GATES, I KNOW YOU SPOKE EARLIER, BUT YOU DID SIGN UP FOR THIS ITEM, SO I WANTED TO START. OKAY, I JUST SINCE YOU SIGNED UP, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW YOU. I KNOW YOU SPOKE YOUR PIECE ON ITEM FIVE, BUT I ALWAYS START IF SOMEONE HAS ONE TURNED IN. SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY. AND IF YOU WILL, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN WHICH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL. WHITNEY MCDOUGALL, 1616 TRAILSIDE ROAD, WYLIE, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN WATCHING ONLINE. GOT AS FAST AS I COULD. HUSBAND HAS COVID, IN-LAWS ARE IN TOWN, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M HERE NOW. SEND AN EMAIL THIS MORNING BASED ON A COMMENT BY COUNCILMAN DUKE ON FACEBOOK AFTER I HAD STATED THE PROPOSED NEW TAX RATE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE EMAIL AND THEN ALSO A FEW OTHER THINGS. SO IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, I DID READ AS MUCH AS I COULD. THE ARMORED VEHICLE IS A LITTLE BIT I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT. CONSIDERING THAT THE CITY BOASTS OF ITS LOW CRIME RATE, HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY $300,000 ON AN ARMORED VEHICLE IN TERMS OF THE FOUR B SALES TAX FUNDS CARRYOVER REQUEST PICKLEBALL COURT SHADES FOR HALF $1 MILLION. AGAIN, SOMETHING REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S INDOOR PICKLEBALL AT THE REC CENTER, WHICH YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE REC CENTER WAS AND THE EMPLOYEES THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE THE RESOURCE. NOT IN NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE THAT WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS RESISTANT TO OTHER PICKLEBALL AMENITIES. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, PERSONNEL AND NON-PERSONNEL REQUESTS TOTAL 1.2 MILLION MAYBE. AND I'M SURE IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WHICH I DID NOT LISTEN TO ALL OF, I THINK ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT THERE WAS TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS FOR 200, $250,000. PLUS, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE SALARIES OF NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS WAS NOT $125,000 PER HIRE, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN ON THE THINGS THAT I READ. NONETHELESS, CAN ALL OF THIS BUDGET BE SPREAD OVER 2 TO 3 YEARS INSTEAD OF ONE LUMP SUM? THOSE ARE MY MAIN CONCERNS FROM THE BUDGET. THEN I GO. ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES. AND THIS WAS A INTERESTING NEWS ARTICLE THAT IN 2004, PROSPER 
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ACTUALLY DECREASED THEIR PROPERTY SALES TO THE LOWEST IT HAD BEEN SINCE 2006. WE CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT WILEY'S NEVER DONE THAT TO A TO A RATE THAT LOW. IN THE MORE RECENT YEARS, SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY, SO I CAN ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE. MISTER PARKER, IF YOU WOULD. I KNOW THERE MAYBE START WITH THE OFFICERS IF YOU WOULD, IF THAT WOULD HELP. SURE. THOSE THE REQUEST. THAT'S NOT THEIR SALARY. THAT'S EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO HIRING A NEW POLICE OFFICER. THAT'S NOT JUST THEIR SALARY. YOU WEREN'T HERE EARLIER. AND I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED THE OTHER RESIDENT, WHAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE TAX RATE TO YOU OR ANY RESIDENT TO RUN A CITY OF OUR SIZE? BECAUSE, BECAUSE. NO ONE PARTICIPATES IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, NO RESIDENTS UNTIL TODAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, LAST YEAR THIS NICE LADY WAS THE ONLY ONE HERE. SO IT IS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT THAT AS THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED, WE START OUR BUDGET PROCESS IN JANUARY. ALL OF COUNCIL STAFF IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT NOBODY EVER ASKED QUESTIONS. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE ON FACEBOOK AND EVEN STANDING AT THIS PODIUM ARE INACCURATE OR VERY UNEDUCATED, BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND WHAT GOES INTO THIS. SO I AM INTERESTED. AND AND I WILL STATE THAT. THE TAX RATE WAS $0.86 TEN YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE DOWN TO $0.52. SO I'M NOT REAL SURE WHERE, WHERE WHERE WE WHERE WE GET. BUT ANYWAY, NEEDLESS TO SAY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TAX RATE, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO BRING ANY SOLUTIONS. AND IF SOMEONE WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION ON WHAT AN ACCEPTABLE TAX RATE IS TO PROVIDE POLICE, FIRE, EMS, STREETS AND PAY SALARIES, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE WE DO OUR BEST. I KNOW THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THAT ALL OF COUNCIL LIVES IN THE CITY AND AND QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF STAFF LIVES IN CITIES. SO THIS DOESN'T JUST IMPACT THE RESIDENTS, IT ALSO IMPACTS THE STAFF. SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF YOU COULD PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE TAX RATE TO FUND ALL OF OUR SALARIES AND AND TO TO MAKE OUR CITY SUSTAINABLE. YEAH. SO WE COULD PROBABLY START WITH THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. WE COULD JUST START IT WHERE IT WAS AGAIN ONE, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. I'VE NEVER SAID THAT, NEVER IMPLIED THAT WHAT I HAVE STATED ARE MY CONCERNS. AND WHERE I LOOKED OVER THE BUDGET, I LOOKED OVER ALL 100 AND SOMETHING PAGES THAT WERE IN THAT BUDGET. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHEN YOU MENTIONED SOMEONE'S NOT EDUCATED, I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU'RE REFERRING TO. I CONSIDER MYSELF A PRETTY INTELLIGENT PERSON. THE NO NEW REVENUE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF 0.521441. IS WHAT I WOULD SAY WAS IS ACCEPTABLE. AND I DON'T SIT IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE EDC. YOU GUYS VOTED ME OUT. SO TRY TO GET INVOLVED. YOU DIDN'T LET ME. THAT'S DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY. IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY ULTIMATE INVOLVEMENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL, SO TO SAY I WAS NOT. PEOPLE ARE NOT INVOLVED. PEOPLE TRY TO BE INVOLVED. FRIEND. ANY OTHER. I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. ANYTHING ELSE? SO I'LL STEP IN BECAUSE I, I'M JUST GOING TO GO. BASED ON THE EMAIL YOU SENT EARLIER TODAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE, I WASN'T ABLE TO WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN. 
          SO IF I MISSED SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO MY PRIOR DISCUSSION. I HEARD EVERYTHING FROM. SO THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE 
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AND ON AND I'M JUST USING THE AMOUNT IN THE IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR $7,000 MORE. $104 IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND YOU ASKED ABOUT THE ARMORED VEHICLE. THE ARMORED VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY LAST YEAR THAT WAS PART OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S A CARRY FORWARD REQUEST, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PURCHASE JUST DID NOT TAKE PLACE. SO THAT'S NOT PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST TRANSFERRING THE MONEY THAT HASN'T BEEN SPENT. LAST YEAR, WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE USED TO HAVE AN MRAP THAT HAD BEEN, I, I'LL SAY, DONATED, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE THROUGH MILITARY SURPLUS THE COST TO MAINTAIN A MILITARY, THAT MILITARY STYLE VEHICLE IS AT AGE WAS HIGH. THOSE WERE ARE USED IN SERVING FELONY WARRANTS. TYPICALLY WHERE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CITY WHO DO GET SERVED FELONY WARRANTS. IT PROVIDES OUR OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO GO SERVE THOSE IN A WAY THAT IF THEY HAVE FIRE OPENED ON THEM, THEY HAVE A VEHICLE TO GO INTO. IT WAS FOUND THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE AGAIN. THIS WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL ON ORDER, THEREFORE IT'S NOT TRANSACTED. SO THAT MONEY IS JUST MOVING FROM ONE TO THE NEXT. BUT THAT WAS THE REASONING FOR IT. AND WE USED SEIZED FUNDS AND I WAS GOING TO SAY AND THAT WAS NOT USED WITH PROPERTY TAX, IT WAS USED WITH SEIZED FUNDS. SO OBVIOUSLY FUNDS GET SEIZED FOR VARIOUS REASONS. YOU YOU MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. YOU'VE GONE TO LAW SCHOOL. I HAVEN'T, BUT THE SEIZED FUNDS ARE VERY RESTRICTED ON WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR. ONE OF THOSE IS VEHICLES LIKE THAT. SO IT DIDN'T COME FROM THE PROPERTY TAX BUDGET. THAT PORTION CAME FROM SEIZED FUNDS AND IT'S JUST A CARRYOVER. BUT WE DO HAVE TO REFLECT THAT IN OUR ACCOUNTING. THE FOUR B SALES TAX, AGAIN, AS I'M SURE AS I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU SERVED IN OUR OTHER FOUR CORPORATION THAT IS SALES TAX MONEY ON THE PICKLEBALL SIDE. AND THE SALES TAXES HAVE TO BE SPENT ON PARK PROJECTS OR SOMETHING IN PARKS AND RECREATION. AND SO THE SHADE WAS, I APPRECIATE THIS. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. I YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERNS. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT EVEN VOTING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. WHAT I'M DOING IS EXPRESSING MY CONCERNS TO YOU SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN REMEMBER THAT WHEN EVERYBODY VOTES POSITIVE AND THERE'S NO VOTES AGAINST IT. 
          IT'S SO FRUSTRATING AS A CITIZEN THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS FOUR, FOUR, FOUR, FOUR, AND THERE'S NO BODY THAT LIKE, SEES IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE. SO I DO NOT NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME FURTHER, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I'M BOSTON MAYOR, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. GOOGLE, I'LL FIRST, WHAT I FIRST WANTED TO SAY IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN APOLOGY. IF YOU FELT A PERSONAL ATTACK FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT. BUT IF YOU FELT THAT, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FORMALLY TO YOU FOR THAT. AS FAR AS HOW WE VOTE LAST. LAST YEAR, I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO VOTE AGAINST THE TAX RATE, AND I NEVER HAD ANYONE COME UP AND SAY, HEY, WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST IT? BECAUSE I WAS READY TO TELL THEM. I REALLY THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO BE RAISED MORE FOR THIS EXACT REASON, AND I VOICED IT TO MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THAT'S WHY I WANTED IT TO BE RAISED MORE. 
          BECAUSE I AM A NUMBERS GUY AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, A PLUS B HAS TO EQUAL C AND YOU, YOU CAN PUSH THINGS OFF JUST LIKE IN OUR PERSONAL BUDGETS ONLY SO FAR. AND ONCE YOU'VE PUSHED THINGS PAST THAT TIPPING POINT, IT'S A DOWNHILL SLOPE AND IT GOES REALLY FAST. AND WE HAVE BEEN THAT WAY AS A CITY BECAUSE OF COVID, BECAUSE OF ALL THESE FACTORS WE COULD TALK ABOUT. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THEM, BUT WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW THAT WE HAVE TO START MAKING UP THAT GROUND. FORTUNATELY, THE COUNCIL HAS SAID, OKAY, WELL, LET'S MAKE UP THAT GROUND SLOWLY, KIND OF LIKE YOU SUGGESTED. CAN WE PUSH IT EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE INSTEAD OF DOING THE WHOLE BIG CHUNK, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING ON THE EMS, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 3 MILLION, MR. PARKER. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT A 3 MILLION RIGHT OFF THE BAT? OUT OF 3.5 MILLION. SO 3.5 MILLION, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST WHAT THIS INCREASE IS, WAS A OUT OF THE BLUE. DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TIME TO PLAN FOR HAVE TO DO NOW RIGHT BEHIND THAT WE HAD IF WE DON'T GET ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EVERYONE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT PAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOSING PEOPLE AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR QUALIFIED PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE WHAT REALLY MATTERS. WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SO SPECIAL AND SO UNIQUE. WE ARE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY. EVERYONE LOVES OUR SMALL TOWN HOMETOWN FEEL BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE DON'T HAVE THESE GREAT BIG, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES THAT PUT A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS IN. OUR BIGGEST PROPERTIES ARE NONTAXABLE ENTITIES. IT'S THE RAILROAD, IT'S THE SCHOOLS, IT'S THE CITY. THOSE ARE OUR BIGGEST. YEAH, THE DISTRICT, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE THE PLACES THAT HAVE THE MOST LAND. SO WE ARE NOT LIKE PROSPER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 
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MUCH MORE LAND. WE'RE ABOUT AT BUILD OUT. AND SO WE'RE AT A PLATEAU. BUT WE ARE WE'VE BEEN DRAGGING THAT FOR A BIT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO IT COULD BE MUCH, MUCH, MUCH WORSE. 
          IN ORDER TO KEEP THE LEVEL OF AMENITIES AND THE LEVEL OF QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE, WE COULD LET SOME OF THAT DROP AND WE COULD DEFINITELY DROP TAXES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT IN THE LONG RUN. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE COLLECTIVELY AT OKAY, WELL THIS IS THE BEST MEDIUM. THIS IS THE HAPPIEST MEDIUM TO KEEP THINGS HAPPENING, TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, KEEP OUR STAFF WELL, KEEP THE CITY THRIVING AND KEEP DOING A GOOD JOB. SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANKS, MAYOR. MISS MCDOUGALL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SPENDING TIME AND LETTING US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE THINGS. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL LIVE IN THIS TOWN AND IT AFFECTS US JUST THAT IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY. BUT I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU MENTIONED PROSPER AND JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO PROSPER. PROSPER AND US, THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PERCENTAGE PER $100 TAXES IS VERY SIMILAR WITHIN A POINT OR TWO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND PROSPER. WHAT MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE ON THE TAX RATE IS WHAT THE DEBT SERVICE IS. ARE ALL THESE ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS, IT AFFECTS OUR TAX RATES AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT. SO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BETWEEN US AND PROSPER IS VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF NUMBERS. BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR SEVEN YEARS, THIS COUNCIL OR THE BODY BEFORE, BEFORE THAT WAS SITTING IN THIS DID A NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THE CITY WAS GROWN. THERE WAS A LOT OF INCOME COMING IN BEDROOM COMMUNITY, A LOT OF HOMES BEING BUILT. DID NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR EIGHT YEARS. LAST YEAR WE WERE FACED WITH 14 OPEN POSITIONS IN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, SPECIFICALLY IN POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM NOT ONE TO SIT HERE AND PUT ANY ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE WORKING DURING THAT TIME IN JEOPARDY, AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I PUT THEM IN JEOPARDY. I EXPLAIN IT TO THE CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY STOPPED ME IN MY OWN PLACE OF WORK. AND I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, TOO. IF WE HAVE 14 POSITIONS OPEN, ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING, THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK OVERTIME. WE ALL WORK OVERTIME IN OUR JOBS. IF I'M WORKING OVERTIME AND I HAVE A FAMILY AND I'M MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP AND I HAVE WORK 14, 15, 16 HOURS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WORKFORCE TO REPLACE ME FOR THAT DAY, I'M VERY MUCH MORE. 
          I'M MUCH MORE ENHANCED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT I WOULD NEVER MAKE ON MY 20 YEARS OF WORTH OF WORK, BECAUSE OVERWORKED, BECAUSE FAMILIES BEING INVOLVED, BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE BEING INVOLVED, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT. I CANNOT, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AS MAYOR PRO TEM, SIT HERE AND PUT SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE AND FAMILY IN JEOPARDY OF NOT MAKING IT RIGHT AND FILL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE OPEN AND THE CITIES AROUND US. ALL OF THEM GO RIGHT BEHIND US AND RAISE THEIR VALUES AND RAISE THEIR TAXES AND COME AND APPROACH ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, PER SE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN THAT, NOT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF US. THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT AGREE ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS, MISS BROWN MULTIPLE TIMES GETS QUESTIONS FROM US THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH, OR WE WANT EXPLANATIONS OR WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH IT, CITY MANAGER AND US, WE GO BACK AND FORTH QUITE A BIT DURING OUR MEETINGS. SO JUST BECAUSE WE VOTE POSITIVE, WHEN THE DECISION IS ALREADY MADE AND WE PASS SOMETHING DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE NOT PUSHED BACK OR WE'RE NOT PUSHING BACK, OR WE'RE NOT LOOKING AND TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE LOOKING EVERYTHING. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS. OKAY, COUNCILMAN DUKE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MISS MCDOUGALL, I DID NOT RECEIVE YOUR EMAIL, SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON THAT. THE MAYOR ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND I JUST DID NOT GET IT. SO I WILL TAKE THAT UP WITH CITY STAFF LATER AND FIND OUT WHY I DID NOT GET IT. BUT THAT'S WHY I DID NOT RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE I DID NOT GET IT. BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON IS YOU MENTIONED THE POLICE AND THEIR ARMORED VEHICLE. WHEN I FIRST JOINED COUNCIL BACK IN 2019, I ASKED CHIEF HENDERSON. I WAS LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS SMALL TOWN NEED WITH A MILITARY VEHICLE LIKE AN MRAP? WHAT? WHAT DO YOU IS IT JUST A TOY? AND CHIEF HENDERSON EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY USE IT TO SERVE WARRANTS AND ARREST CRIMINALS. 
          AND ONE PARTICULAR TIME THEY WERE ARRESTING A CRIMINAL, AND THAT CRIMINAL STARTED SHOOTING AT THEM WITH A 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN, WITH A SNIPER RIFLE. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A 50 CALIBER ROUND, IT'S A MILITARY ROUND. IT'S VERY, VERY DEADLY. AND THAT MRAP, THE 
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GLASS ON IT STOPPED THE 50 CALIBER ROUNDS AND IT PROTECTED THE LIVES OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST THAT CRIMINAL BECAUSE OF THAT MRAP VEHICLE. AND TO ME, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CAN IF THEY NEED A MILITARY GRADE VEHICLE, AN ARMORED VEHICLE TO DO THEIR JOB AND TO PROTECT CITIZENS, THEN SO BE IT. THEY CAN HAVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY THE POLICE FORCE NEEDS A ARMORED VEHICLE. OKAY, SO I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK. 
          MISS STORM, I DON'T BELIEVE DID I DON'T BELIEVE I GAVELED OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL. WITH THAT COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ACTUALLY, DO WE TAKE ACTION? WE DON'T HAVE ACTION ON THIS ONE. IT IS JUST THE PUBLIC 
          [8. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2025-33 fixing the ad valorem tax rate/levy for the Tax Year 2025  and Budget Year 2025-2026 at $0.543438 per $100 assessed valuation.]
HEARING TO HEAR AND RECEIVE INPUT. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 2533. FIXING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2025 AND BUDGET YEAR 2025. DASH 2026 AT 0.543438 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUE. MISS BROWN, THE TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED HAS TWO COMPONENTS TO IT 0.422048 PER $100 VALUATION IS ALLOCATED FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND 0.12139 PER $100 VALUATION IS ALLOCATED TO FUND THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND. THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE REQUIRES A VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE. IT MUST BE SEPARATE FROM THE VOTE THAT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, IF THE TAX RATE EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH OURS DOES, THE VOTE IN THE ORDINANCE MUST BE A RECORD VOTE, AND AT LEAST 60% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE. THE MOTION TONIGHT MUST BE READ EXACTLY AS IT STATED ON THE AGENDA REPORT. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M READY FOR A MOTION. IF YOU ARE. IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO WAIT FOR ONE SECOND? SO AGAIN, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER AND I KNOW YOU JUST READ IT, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND INDIVIDUALS YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE BUDGET OR IN THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THE ITEM LISTED IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT IS M AND O, WHICH IS THE .422. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THE NUMBERS. AND AS OPPOSED TO THE 1.121, WHICH IS DEBT SERVICE, DEBT SERVICE ARE OUR BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND IN THE PAST AND THAT HAVE TO BE PAID DUE TO THAT OBLIGATION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD. SO THE PORTION THAT ACTUALLY FUNDS THE RUNNING DAY TO DAY OF THE CITY IS THAT FIRST .422. THE REST IS SIMPLY COVERING DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS, I BELIEVE SOME OF THAT IS CITY HALL. CERTAIN ROADS WITHIN TOWN, ETCETERA. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION, I WILL CEDE THE FLOOR, I MOVE. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY RATE TO BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF 0.543438, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 4.22% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AS STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? DO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SECOND OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AS STATED WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND IS THIS A ROLL VOTE? I BELIEVE I THOUGHT SO. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. 
          COUNCILMAN DUKE FOR MAYOR. PRO TEM MALIKAI FOR MAYOR. PORTER FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS FOR. 
          COUNCILMAN PICKENS FOR. AND WITH COUNCILMAN STRANG AND COUNCILMAN HOOVER ABSENT. THAT 
          [9. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2025-18(R) approving a Resolution of the Wylie Economic  Development Corporation to obtain a loan in the principal amount of $6,800,500.]
MOVES US TO ITEM NINE. ITEM NINE IS TO. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. YES. ITEM NINE IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025. DASH 18 R, APPROVING A RESOLUTION OF THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO OBTAIN A LOAN IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $6,800,500. MR. GREINER. GOOD EVENING. AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. SO WE BEGAN EVALUATING THE PROCESS FOR BORROWING THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS EARLIER THIS YEAR FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ACQUIRING A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. WE'RE STILL IN THE NEGOTIATION PHASE OF THOSE PROPERTIES. BUT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE RESOLUTION. AS YOU'LL RECALL, YOU APPROVE 
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OUR BOARD MEMBERS IN THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT. THIS WAS APPROVED BY OUR BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. TONIGHT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU. RESOLUTION 2020 5-18R WOULD BE APPROVING THE RESOLUTION OF THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO OBTAIN THE LOAN IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 6.8 MILLION $500, IF APPROVED. TONIGHT, WE COME BACK FOR. 
          SORRY. EIGHT 2025. WE PASSED THE AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION TONIGHT. THEN BEFORE YOU YOU PASS SALES TAX REMITTANCE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD RATIFY THE EDC ACTION AND TARGET FUNDING DATE WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 15TH. WITH OUR BOARD TAKING THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS AND APPROVE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT ACCEPT THE FUNDS CLOSING WOULD BE ANTICIPATED IN NEXT 90 DAYS FOR THOSE TWO PROPERTIES. OKAY, SO SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD. MR. MR. GREINER, THE EDC MONEY DOES NOT AFFECT THE CITY'S TAX RATE, CORRECT? IT DOES NOT. WE'RE FUNDED BY SALES TAX FROM OVER 260,000 PEOPLE THAT SHOP HERE ON A WEEKLY BASIS. OKAY. I JUST I KNOW I JUST EXPLAINED THE KNOW THE INS, THE DEBT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DEBT REQUEST FROM THE EDC BOARD. WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WITHIN THE CITY, THAT IT IS TIED TO THE SALES TAX THAT WAS APPROVED TO FUND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BY THE CITIZENS BACK IN THE 90S. AND UNLIKE TRADITIONAL LOAN, WHERE WE'RE SECURING THIS WITH PROPERTY, WE DON'T WANT TO ENCUMBER OUR ACQUISITION OF THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEM QUICKLY. SO WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A PLEDGE OF SALES TAX. 
          SO THIS IS PLEDGING FUTURE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ON A 20 YEAR NOTE AT 6.475%. AND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST $50,000 A MONTH AND SOLELY FUNDED FROM SALES TAX. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR FOR FOR EVERYONE. MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, I WAS AMONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, THESE PROPERTIES ARE BEING PURCHASED SO THEY CAN DEVELOP AND BE PUT ON THE TAX ROLL FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ARE AND BE DEVELOPED FOR USE, THAT OUR CITIZENS USES, THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED OR HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, OR THE NEED THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND ALSO, IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF YEAR CALL RESTRICT CALL RESTRICTION, MEANING THAT YOU CAN PAY THIS LOAN OFF AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEAR WITHOUT PENALTY. YES. CORRECT. AS A SEVEN AND A HALF YEAR RATE ADJUSTMENT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE. WE HEARD BOARD AND COUNCIL BOTH ULTIMATELY WANT TO TRY AND SELL THIS LAND AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. 
          GET IT INTO INTO THE DEVELOPER'S HANDS, GET THOSE BUILDINGS BUILT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN. IF IN THE EVENT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER, THIS LONGER TERM LOAN ACTUALLY KEEPS THE FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO BORROW ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR EITHER ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED SPEEDING UP THAT PROCESS. IF THE DEVELOPER COMES IN AND ASKS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WE CAN PUT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH GENERATES MORE TAX REVENUE SOONER. OKAY. AND THE MORE BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES, PEOPLE WORKING, BUSINESSES THAT HAVE WORKFORCE, THAT CREATES MORE JOBS FOR THE CITIZENS OF WILEY. AND ALSO IT CREATES MORE TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITIZENS OF WYATT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE JOBS THAT WHILE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES. CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. WITH NONE I WILL BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, COUNCILMAN PERKINS? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WITH 
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THAT, I WILL NOW RECESS OUR CITY COUNCIL. AND WE WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES FOR BE SHORTLY. WE WILL GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO MAKE THE 
          [CALL TO ORDER THE WYLIE PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION (4B)]
AT THIS TIMEI WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE AUGUST 26TH, 2025 WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FOR BE MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WILEY, TEXAS, AT THE WILEY MUNICIPAL CENTER. 
          THE TIME IS 7:44 P.M. MADAM CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL AT THIS TIME? YES. BOARD MEMBER MATTHEW PORTER, PRESENT BOARD MEMBER DAVID DUKE. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER SCOTT WILLIAMS, PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER. SID HOOVER, BOARD MEMBER TARA HARRISON, PRESENT. 
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BOARD MEMBER WHITNEY MCDOUGALL. PRESENT AND BOARD MEMBER AUSTIN FOSTER. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MR. DO WE DO NON AGENDA AS WELL? OKAY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE PORTION OF THE MEETING FOR NON-AGENDA. COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MISS STORM HAVE WE HAD ANY FORMS TURNED IN THIS EVENING. NO MAYOR OR BOARD CHAIR. SO WITH 
          [1. Consider, and act upon, approval of August 27, 2024 Regular Wylie Parks and Recreation Facilities  Development Corporation (4B) meeting minutes.]
NO FORMS TURNED IN, WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD INTO OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 27TH, 2024 REGULAR WILEY PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR MEETING MINUTES. SO, DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES? AND IF NOT, I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE MINUTES OR ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMAN, DUKE OR BOARD MEMBER? DUKE. APOLOGIES, MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBER? MCDOUGALL? SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES 
          [2. Consider, and act upon, approval of the FY 2025-2026 4B Budget and authorize expenditures for the FY  2025-2026 Community Services Facilities Capital Improvement Plan.]
ZERO. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR SECOND ITEM. THIS NUMBER TWO IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2020 64B BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026. COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. MISS BROWN, THANK YOU, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. JUST AS A REMINDER, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUR B CORPORATION ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN TWO FUND TYPES FOR B SALES TAX REVENUE FUND AND THE FOUR B DEBT SERVICE FUND. THE FOUR B SALES TAX REVENUE FUND INCLUDES DEPARTMENTS FOR THE BROWN HOUSE SENIOR ACTIVITIES RECREATION CENTER, STONEHAVEN HOUSE, AND A PORTION OF PARKS AND COMBINED SERVICES. THE PROPOSED REVENUES FOR THE 2526 BUDGET YEAR ARE $6,639,138, WHICH INCLUDES AN 8% INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2425. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES OF $8,024,755 INCLUDES THREE PART TIME POSITIONS THAT WERE TRANSITIONED TO FULL TIME POSITIONS A COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR FREEZER COMBO, A NEW FORD TRANSIT VAN, AND ENFIELD MACHINE FOR PARKS AND ATHLETICS, A ZERO TURN MOWER, GYM WALL PADDING, AND PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS FOR CREEKSIDE SOUTH AND SOUTH BROOK PARK, A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $2.5 MILLION IS PROJECTED IN THE FUND BALANCE. POLICY REQUIREMENT IS 25% OF THE BUDGETED SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS EQUAL TO A LITTLE OVER 1.3 MILLION. THE FOUR B DEBT SERVICE FUND HAS AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $21,047, AND THERE IS NO CURRENT OUTSTANDING BOND DEBT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. OKAY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU'VE HEARD THE OVERVIEW AND OF COURSE THE PACKET CONTAINS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR MISS BROWN OR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS? I CAN SEE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR BACK HERE. SO AS WELL AS BRANT WHO KIND OF OVERSEES OUR FIELDS. 
          WHAT IS YOUR OFFICIAL TITLE? ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. OKAY, I APOLOGIZE, SO BUT THEY ARE HERE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT ANY OF THE REQUESTS OR IN GENERAL ABOUT THE BUDGET. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I WANT YOUR OPINION AS I THROW A COUPLE THINGS OUT. JUST SOME ON SOME CONCERNS I HAVE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS FAR AS WHAT'S COMING THIS YEAR, IN LOOKING AT OUR ORIGINAL BALANCE AT 6 MILLION, AND I SEE THAT WE END UP AT TWO AND A HALF AND OUR HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IS 1.6. 
          WHAT I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IS SINCE OUR REVENUES ARE ONLY 6 MILLION AND OUR EXPENDITURES ARE 8.2, IF THERE'S A POINT WITHIN THE YEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO DIP BELOW OUR PERCENTAGES OF A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE BECAUSE. WE'RE. AS IT'S 
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PROJECTED, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE MORE THAN OUR REVENUES. THEY ARE. YES, THEY ARE, BUT WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THERE WOULD BE NO DANGER UNLESS THERE WERE ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR INCREASING THOSE EXPENSES. GREAT. THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE A SUBSTANTIAL COST OF THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY ONE TIME I CALL THEM ONE TIME PROJECTS. I KNOW THEY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE AND THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL, BUT IT'S PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING COMPLETED THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S AS OPPOSED TO RECURRING COSTS LIKE STAFF. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SO WITH THAT I WOULD BE OPEN TO A MOTION ON THE ITEM. BOARD MEMBER HARRISON I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE 20 2520 2640 BUDGET. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BOARD MEMBER? FOSTER SECOND. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. AND THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE WITH IS IT A RECORD VOTE? MR. OKAY. BUT WITH MISS WITH BOARD MEMBER MCDOUGALL AGAINST. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR IS THE END OF OUR ITEMS THIS EVENING FOR THE FOR BID BOARD. THAT IS CORRECT. AND I JUST WANT TO THIS BOARD USUALLY ONLY MEETS ONE TIME A YEAR. BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MEET AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THE BYLAWS. SO WE WILL STAFF WILL CONTACT YOU WHEN THAT TIME COMES DUE TO SOME NEW LEGISLATION. OKAY. SO BE AWARE, YOU MAY BE ASKED TO COME BACK TO TO CITY HALL ANOTHER TIME TO WORK ON THINGS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH NO OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? BOARD MEMBER MCDOUGALL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE 2020 54B PARKS AND REC FOUR B MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? BOARD MEMBER? HARRISON I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND TO ADJOURN. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING. WAITING FOR THIS 
          [RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]
WITH THAT, I'LL CALL US BACK INTO. OR CALL THE COUNCIL OUT OF RECESS AND BACK INTO OUR 
          [WS1. Discuss Board and Commission Member Eligibility Requirements.]
MEETING. WE WILL NOW MOVE FROM OUR REGULAR SESSION TO OUR WORK SESSION. WORK SESSION ONE IS TO DISCUSS OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. MISS STORM. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST TO DISCUSS AND SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND MAYBE TRY TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE AWAY SOME CONFUSION FOR APPLICANTS. EVERY YEAR WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP A LITTLE MORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND ALSO THERE WAS SOME STATE LAW, RECENT STATE LAW CHANGES THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME CHANGE. AND ALSO WITH OUR CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION IN MAY, SOME OF OUR BYLAWS HAVE TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS NEW LEGISLATURE. SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME TO BRING ALL OF THAT BACK AND CLEAN EVERYTHING UP AT ONE TIME. SO TONIGHT I'M SPECIFICALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS AND THEN GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON ALL OF THOSE AREAS AND KIND OF TELL YOU WHERE OUR THOUGHTS ARE ON A STAFF LEVEL. DO YOU MIND IF WE DO THEM ONE AT A TIME, AND THEN I CAN GET A CONSENSUS AND MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I JUST OTHERWISE IF PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS TRYING TO TRACK EACH OPINION ON FIVE ITEMS COULD BE YEAH, NO FUN. THAT THAT SOUNDS GREAT. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 12 TOTAL BOARDS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TONIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS A NEW LEGISLATURE CHANGE. SO THAT BOARD WILL HAVE TO BE REVAMPED BECAUSE OF NEW LEGISLATURE. SO THAT WILL BE WILL TAKE THE DIRECTION FROM TONIGHT AND KIND OF LOOK AT THAT FOR THAT WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER 11 BOARDS THIS EVENING. SO FIRST UP IS A VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR BOARDS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE VOTER REGISTRATION OF 
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REGISTERED VOTERS. AND THAT'S ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD. BOARD OF REVIEW. CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD DOES REQUIRE IT ALL EXCEPT ONE MEMBER CANNOT BE A REGISTERED VOTER. AND THEN PARKS AND REC FOR B AND EDC. AND SO THAT'S FIVE WITH THAT ONE CCEEB MEMBER. SO THOSE BOARDS DO NOT REQUIRE REGISTERED VOTER STATUS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EDC HAS TO APPROVE THEIR OWN BYLAWS. SO IF THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD, THEN WE'LL GO BACK WITH THEM AND THEY CAN GO TO THEIR BOARD. SO THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION. SO CURRENTLY SEVEN OF OUR BOARDS DO REQUIRE REGISTERED VOTERS. LOOKING BACK THE LAST TWO YEARS OF APPLICANTS, WE HAD 131 APPLICANTS. AND OUT OF THE 131 WE HAD EIGHT THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED VOTERS. SO IT'S NOT A TON OF APPLICANTS, BUT IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE GET. AND SO WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE SAY, WELL, YOU CAN'T SERVE ON THESE THAT YOU MAY HAVE APPLIED FOR, BUT YOU CAN'T SERVE ON THESE. SO IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING. SO THAT IS THE FIRST ONE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STREAMLINE THAT AND ALL APPLICANTS BE REGISTERED VOTERS OR LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS, OR DO ONLY CERTAIN BOARDS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY. SO I'LL SPEAK FIRST ON THIS ONE, BUT NOT ON ALL THAT WAY EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST ON ONE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE VOTER, HAVE VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS AND BE REGISTERED VOTERS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT INDIVIDUALS BE REGISTERED TO VOTE. IT DOESN'T TRACK IF THEY VOTE OR WHO THEY VOTE FOR, AS YOU KNOW. BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT IS KIND OF PART OF THAT CIVIC DUTY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN STEPS TO REGISTER, YOU CAN EASILY REGISTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RATHER IF WE'RE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT STANDARDIZING, I WOULD RATHER STANDARDIZE REQUIRING THAT ACROSS THE BOARDS. I'LL START ON MY RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR THOUGHTS? I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE REGISTERED TO VOTE. I GUESS YOU COULD PUT A STIPULATION AS BEFORE. THEY ARE UP FOR INTERVIEW. THEY CAN REGISTER OR BEFORE THEIR SWEARING IN THEY CAN REGISTER. IF THEY ARE NOT, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CHECK IT BEFORE WHEN THEY FILL IT OUT. SO WHAT THEY DO CURRENTLY IS THE BOARDS THAT REQUIRE IT. IF I APPLY AND I'M NOT REGISTERED, I'M NOT ELIGIBLE. BUT IF THEY ARE ON A BOARD, THEY COULD GO DO IT BEFORE THEY'RE UP FOR RECERTIFICATION. BUT IT WOULD SAY IF MATTHEW POTTER APPLIES TO SERVE ON A BOARD CURRENTLY ABOUT HALF IT'S ABOUT 5050. SAY THAT IF I'M NOT REGISTERED, I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED. SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO APPLY THAT TO ALL BOARDS OR NOT? YES. OKAY. SORRY, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, I'M IN FAVOR OF APPLYING IT TO ALL BOARDS. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF ON THE IT SIDE, ON THE FORM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A LINK WHENEVER THEY DO CLICK NO, IT AUTOMATICALLY JUST POPS UP WITH A LINK TO REGISTER TO VOTE. SO IT HELPS THEM KIND OF GET THERE. SO IT KIND OF GIVES THEM SOME A PATHWAY TO END UP GETTING THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S IF POSSIBLE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA OR OR A LINK OR SOMETHING. YEAH. JUST THAT WAY IF SOMEBODY GOES TO APPLY AND THEY REALIZE THEY'RE NOT A VOTER, WE CAN SHOW THEM. WE ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION. SO COUNCILMAN PERKINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. I ALSO AGREE WITH THAT THAT THAT IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED AND THEY GO TO APPLY AND THEY HIT NO, THAT IT GIVES THEM A LINK. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND I AM IN FAVOR OF OF ALL PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THE BOARDS TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN, DO THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD ALL BE REGISTERED VOTERS. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO SECOND IS THE RESIDENCY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ROUGHLY FOUR THAT DO NOT REQUIRE CITY RESIDENCY. AND THAT'S ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD FOR VERY SPECIFIC POSITIONS AND HRC FOR VERY SPECIFIC SPECIFIC POSITIONS. PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC ART ADVISORY BOARD. WE DO HAVE SIX BOARDS THAT REQUIRE RESIDENCY, ROUGHLY, BOARD OF REVIEW REQUIRES YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD ALL BUT ONE. THE ONE EXCEPTION IS, IS IF WE DON'T HAVE QUALIFIED MEMBERS TO SERVE THE SPECIFIC ROLES, THEN SOMEONE FROM THE ETJ ONE MEMBER FROM THE ETJ CAN SERVE IN ONE OF THOSE ROLES. PARKS AND REC FOR B PLANNING AND ZONING. WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ZONING BOARD OF 
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ADJUSTMENT. ALL OF THOSE DO REQUIRE CITY RESIDENCY, ONE THAT IS UNCLEAR AND THERE'S MIXED LANGUAGE. WE HAVE BEEN ENFORCING IT UNTIL WE REALIZE THAT THE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INCONSISTENCY AS A LIBRARY BOARD. SO THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THE LIBRARY BOARD IN 1969 SAID THAT THEY HAD TO BE CITY RESIDENTS. THE CHARTER WAS ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS IN THE 80S, AND THE CHARTER SPEAKS TO ONLY FOUR OF OUR BOARDS SPECIFICALLY AND THE LIBRARY BOARD. IT DOES NOT STATE IN THE CHARTER THAT THEY HAVE TO BE CITY RESIDENTS. SO USUALLY THE CHARTER TRUMPS AN ORDINANCE. SO BUT WE'VE ALWAYS GONE BY THAT THEY HAD TO BE A CITY, A CITY RESIDENT. SO JUST GETTING CLARITY ON THAT, IF YOU WANT US ALL WE WOULD NEED TO DO ON THAT ONE IS AMEND THAT ORDINANCE SO THAT IT'S AFTER THE CHARTER DATE WAS APPROVED AND STILL ENFORCING THE THE CITY RESIDENCY. BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, THE LAST TWO YEARS, WITH THE 131 APPLICANTS, FIVE OF THE 131 APPLICANTS WERE NOT CITY OF WILEY RESIDENTS. A LOT OF THOSE LIVE IN INSPIRATION. SO AND THEY HAVE WILEY ADDRESSES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE AS THE SAME AS BEFORE. IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING WHEN THEY APPLY AND WE TELL THEM, WELL, YOU CAN'T SERVE ON THESE THAT YOU CHOSE, BUT YOU CAN SERVE, YOU CAN APPLY FOR THESE, BUT IT'S UP TO THE PANEL TO DECIDE OF WHO GOES ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SO MY STAFF'S PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT WE NOT NECESSARILY MAKE ALL MEMBERS CITY RESIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, BECAUSE THERE IS SPECIFIC ROLES SUCH AS A VETERINARIAN, THE STAFF MEMBER THAT'S ON THE BOARD, AND THE ANIMAL WELFARE. THOSE ARE SPECIFIC ROLES THAT HAVE TO BE FILLED. AND IF WE LIMIT THAT TO CITY RESIDENTS, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL THAT BOARD. POSSIBLY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE HRC, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT HAVE SPECIFIC ROLES. I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR ARE MADE UP OF CITY RESIDENTS AND THEN THREE ARE MADE UP OF ONE OF FOUR AREAS. AND THOSE FOUR AREAS ARE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE CITY RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGING BOARD TO FILL IF WE MADE ALL OF THOSE BE CITY RESIDENTS. BUT ALL THE OTHER BOARDS, I THINK PERSONALLY, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WOULD BE OKAY TO FILL WITH CITY RESIDENTS. WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF. I THINK YOU MENTIONED PUBLIC ARTS AND PARKS AND REC, AND WHILE I DON'T SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I DO LOOK AT HOW MANY APPLICANTS, AND I THINK THAT WAS A TOP CHOICE FOR A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ALREADY ARE CITIZEN OR LIVE WITHIN THE CITY. BUT YOU'VE HEARD STAFFS RECOMMENDATIONS. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FIRST THE WHOLE NIGHT. 
          SO, COUNCILMAN PERKINS, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK FIRST THIS EVENING. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS? I LIKE THEM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. DOES INSPIRATION FALL UNDER OUR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS? I ASSUME NOT. OKAY. AND ALSO THE THE ANIMAL SHELTER THEY SERVICE BEYOND JUST THE CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? NO, NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE ONLY WITHIN OKAY. SO THEY DON'T SERVE THE ETJ OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING IN WHAT YOU PRESENTED THAT I'M IN DISAGREEMENT WITH. OKAY, I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN DUKE THIS TIME. SECOND THOUGHTS ON COUNCILMAN PICKETT AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN PERKINS. OKAY? AND I'LL GO TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M INDIFFERENT. MAYOR. I'LL TAKE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. SAME. I'M WILLING TO RELY ON STAFF. THANK YOU. STEPHANIE. AND. YEAH, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME AS WELL. OKAY. THE THIRD ONE. I'M INDIFFERENT ON THIS ONE. SO IT'S THIS IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON IT. JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP WHILE WE'RE BRINGING EVERYTHING ELSE UP. IS THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF RESIDENCY FOR A RESIDENT IF IT REQUIRES A CITY RESIDENT. SO CURRENTLY THE ONLY TWO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS ARE PNC AND EDC, AND THEY BOTH HAVE 12 MONTH MINIMUM CITY RESIDENCY. 
          OUT OF THE 131 APPLICANTS, WE RECEIVED, ONLY FOUR OF THOSE APPLICANTS AT THE TIME WOULD NOT MEET THE 12 MONTH RESIDENCY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO EXPLORE, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL. JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP. OKAY? AND I BELIEVE THAT 12 
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MONTHS IS ALSO WHAT'S APPLICABLE TO THE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE. CORRECT. OKAY, SORRY, I JUST I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IF WE'RE CONSIDERING HOLDING A BOARD MEMBER TO THAT STANDARD, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T MORE THAN WHAT SOMEONE WOULD BE HELD TO IF THEY WANTED TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL. I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS THIS TIME. 
          I'LL LET YOU SPEAK. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON LENGTH OF RESIDENCY BEING APPLICABLE TO THE BOARD'S? I THINK IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. I THINK WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, DIVE IN. AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE MOVE TO THE CITY THAT ARE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ENGAGE AND THEY WANT TO GET ENGAGED THAT SOON, WELL, THAT'S A GREAT THING. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WANT PEOPLE VESTED IN THE CITY. SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. I WOULD BE CURIOUS AS TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THAT, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO TO HOLD TO A 12 MONTH REQUIREMENT PRIOR TO SERVING ON A BOARD MYSELF. OKAY. AND I THINK STAFF IS KIND OF JUST BRINGING IT UP AS A THOUGHT THAT THEY'RE NOT. IF I REMEMBER YOU SAID, KIND OF INDIFFERENT, THIS ONE'S NOT AS CONFUSING BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TWO THAT REQUIRE THAT CURRENTLY. 
          BUT I THINK YOU SAID WE HAD ONLY FOUR PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T, SO IT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE FOUR OUT OF 131. I DON'T KNOW IF BECAUSE OF IT HAVING THAT DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, IF WE SAY, OKAY, WELL, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS COUNCIL, BUT IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT HAS A, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENT THERE THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD END UP MEETING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANY, WITHOUT ANY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ONLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE INTERVIEWS ONCE A YEAR. THAT MIGHT BE A I'D BE A SUGGESTION. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE KIND OF OPEN TO 6 OR 12 IN GENERAL. COUNCILMAN DUKE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? I'LL GO. I'LL GO TO MY LEFT. I'M FINE WITH THE 12 MONTHS. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE 12 MONTHS FOR THOSE TWO SPECIFIC BOARDS. THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED BOARDS. THEY ARE DEVELOPING PROJECT BOARDS. TYPE OF LONGER PROJECT PROJECTION ON THE ON THE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE HANDLING AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. I THINK IF YOU COME IN 2 OR 3 MONTHS AND GET ON THOSE BOARDS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY CONFUSED TO NOT KNOW ON SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ROADS, SOME OF THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT 12 MONTHS IS IT'S A REQUIRED FOR THOSE. AND ARE YOU INTERESTED IN APPLYING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE? IT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION THIS EVENING. IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FROM THE STAFF, THEN YEAH, SURE. WE'LL DO 12 MONTHS. THE BOARD. 
          YEAH. GOING ON OVER HERE, MY PHONE IS APPARENTLY GOING TO TRY TO VOTE THIS EVENING. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT COULD DO THAT. IF IT'S WHAT YOU GET WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, I APOLOGIZE IF IT HELPS THE STAFF AND IT MAKES IT EASIER. AND EVERYBODY, I THINK 12 MONTHS TO GET YOUR FEET WET IN THE CITY AND SEE WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY, I WILL GO NEXT AND LET YOU GO LAST THIS TIME SINCE I PUT YOU FIRST LAST TIME, I THINK, I THINK DOING 12 MONTHS AGAIN IT THIS EVENING. 
          FOR ME, SIMPLICITY IS THE BEST THING. AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE GENERALLY ONE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE, ONE SET OF STANDARDS ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO APPLY AND ON STAFF IN THOSE EMAIL EXCHANGES. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING IT 12 MONTHS BECAUSE TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM POINT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR STANDARDS ON A COUPLE OF THE BOARDS THAT HAVE THAT. AGAIN, JUST TO HIS POINT, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY FOR THOSE BOARDS, AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME THAT ISN'T EXORBITANT EITHER. COUNCILMAN PERKINS, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOESN'T HAVE A 12 MONTH REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY. THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING. AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 12 MONTH RESIDENCY BEFORE APPLYING FOR A BOARD. OKAY, OKAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAJORITY. IT'S I THINK EVERYONE IS FINE, IS GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD. THEN WITH 12 MONTHS ACROSS THE BOARD, THE NEXT ONE HAS RECENTLY COME UP MORE AND MORE. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY, SO WE'VE HAD EVEN MOSTLY PART TIME EMPLOYEES, NOT NECESSARILY FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. I THINK WE DID HAVE MAYBE ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, BUT INQUIRED ABOUT SERVING AS A BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER. AND WHEN WE RECEIVED THE QUESTION, IT IS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND NOW NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE A QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A QUESTION, ARE YOU AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY AND IF SO, IF THEY CHOOSE YES, THEN WHAT DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE WE ONLY KNEW THAT THEY WERE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE MAYBE THEY SPOKE TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR ASKED A QUESTION OR JUST HAPPENED TO MENTION IT. AND THIS WILL BE THE SAME CASE AS THE NEXT ONE. BUT CURRENTLY. AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY IS ALLOWED. THERE'S 
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NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM APPLYING TO SERVE ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD, CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD, HRC, LIBRARY BOARD, PARKS AND REC BOARD, AND PARKS AND REC FOR B BOARD. BUT THEY CANNOT SERVE ON A SPECIFICALLY THE BOARD OF REVIEW OR THE PUBLIC ART ADVISORY BOARD. BOTH OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY SAY NO EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY, AND THEN P AND Z, EDC AND BOA DO NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT EMPLOYEES CANNOT SERVE. HOWEVER, IN THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER VERBIAGE ALLUDES TO. THAT THEY CANNOT SERVE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT ALL TO YOU, BUT BASICALLY BY THIS CHARTER, OTHER THAN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. WELL, P AND Z EDC AND Z BOA ARE BOARDS WITH INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING ABILITY. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE BOARDS THAT REALLY FALL UNDER THAT CHARTER PROVISION. SO EVEN THOUGH THEIR BYLAWS DON'T SAY THAT EMPLOYEES CAN'T SERVE, THEY CAN'T SERVE BECAUSE OF THAT VERBIAGE IN THE CHARTER. 
          SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING ANIMAL SHELTER CONSTRUCTION AND ANIMAL SHELTER. 
          I WOULD CAVEAT THIS ONE STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS TO SERVE TO MEET THOSE BOARD REQUIREMENTS. 
          BUT CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD, HRC, LIBRARY, PARKS AND REC AND PARKS AND REC FOR B. AND JUST SO THAT THERE ARE LAWS, THERE'S THREE LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. IF AN EMPLOYEE DOES APPLY FOR ONE OF THOSE BOARDS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMMON LAW DOCTRINE OF INCOMPATIBILITY, THE SELF EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITION AND THE CONFLICTING LOYALTIES DOCTRINE. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT BOARD THEY'RE SERVING, APPLYING TO SERVE ON AND THEN WHAT ROLE THEY SERVE IN THE CITY WOULD BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS, IF THEY WOULD FALL UNDER ONE OF THOSE AREAS, AND IF SO, TONIGHT, AND I GUESS I WOULD GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER AND CLEAR, IF NOT, IF IT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT EMPLOYEES CAN'T SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE. WELL, FIRST, I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU GUYS. AND I KNOW IT'S STATE LAW, BUT YOU ALL HAVE THOSE CHECKS IN PLACE BECAUSE THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS YOU WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY ON THE LIBRARY BOARD WHO WORKS AT THE LIBRARY PART TIME OR ON THE FOR B BOARD, WHO IS EMPLOYED AT. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PART TIME INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY VOTE ON A BUDGET FOR THAT DEPARTMENT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD CATCH, BUT. LET'S SEE WHO HAS WHO HAVE I NOT CALLED ON FIRST YET THIS EVENING? MAYOR PRO TEM, HAVE YOU GONE? YOU'VE GONE FIRST, HAVE YOU NOT? ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL. I'LL TOSS THIS ONE TO YOU. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME ABOUT YOU SAID TWO. TWO BOARDS CANNOT. WE CANNOT IMPLEMENT FOR EDC. AND WHO AND WHAT? WHAT OTHER BOARD. OH, SO, PER THE CHARTER, I'LL. 
          I'LL JUST READ IT SO IT'S CLEAR. SO IN THE CHARTER IT SAYS EXCLUSION OF CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. NO OFFICER OF THE CITY, NOR ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS A COMPENSATED APPOINTIVE POSITION WITH, WITH THE CITY SHALL BE APPOINTED TO ANY BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE CREATED OR ESTABLISHED BY THIS CHARTER OTHER THAN IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. WELL, MOST OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ADVISORY BOARDS, SO THAT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM. HOWEVER, P AND Z EDC AND Z BOA ARE BOARDS WITH INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. SO NOT EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO P AND Z COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. SOME ITEMS END WITH PNC. SAME WITH BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND EDC. NOT ALL OTHER ITEMS COME BEFORE IT SO THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST ADVISORY BOARDS. OKAY, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF NO CITY EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE ON ANY OF OUR BOARDS, INCLUDING THE THREE BOARDS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. OKAY. NOW WOULD YOU? MR. I BELIEVE THE CAVEAT IS ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD HAS A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ONE POSITION. THE CAVEAT FOR ANIMAL SHELTER STATE REQUIREMENT. I'M IN FAVOR OF NO CITY EMPLOYEE OR THEIR OR THEIR FAMILIES. THAT'S MY IMMEDIATE FAMILIES SHOULD BE PARTICIPANT ON ANY OF THE BOARDS THAT THE CITY HAS. OKAY. AND IMMEDIATE FAMILIES. I'M TALKING ABOUT SPOUSE, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT MAYBE I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST ON TWO IN A ROW, THEN. COUNCILMAN PICKENS, I'M STILL TRYING TO DIGEST IT ALL, BUT THE THREE LAWS THAT YOU MENTIONED, I THINK, ADDRESS MY MAIN CONCERN, WHICH IS CONFLICT OF INTEREST SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE 
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IMPLICATIONS OF THIS, BUT JUST FROM A JUST GUT REACTION, I WOULD BE AGAINST CITY STAFF SERVING ON BOARDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M INCLINED TO TO GO WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON BEING AGAINST CITY STAFF, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT WANTS TO GET IN THE WEEDS OF IT AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND IS THIS DEPARTMENT AFFECTED BY THAT DEPARTMENT? I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT GETS TOO CONFUSING TO ACTUALLY GET INTO ALL THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT DEFAULTS BACK TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, HEY, OKAY. DUE TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT'S EASY. IT'S JUST TO SAY NO ONE CAN. BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WAY. SO I'LL GO WITH MY COLLEAGUES. OKAY. AND YEAH, I FIND MYSELF MUCH IN A SIMILAR POSITION. I KNOW THERE'D BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD PROBABLY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM AS WELL IS MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE EVER ACCUSES THEM, OR THE CITY IN GENERAL OF, WELL, OF SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE ILLEGAL BUT MAY NOT BE THE BEST LOOKING OR BEST PERCEPTION THAT IT PRESENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME AT WORK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YOU, AS THEY SAY, YOU MAY TALK SHOP. AND IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S IN SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT THEY HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S THERE, IT COULD UNDULY INFLUENCE SOMEBODY IN A WAY THAT ISN'T MEANT MALICIOUSLY. BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE DON'T GET PUT INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY COULD UNKNOWINGLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY ENTER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST INDIRECTLY. SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID. COUNCILMAN DUKE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SUPPORT THE NO EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE ON THE BOARD OR EVEN THERE. I'D GO AS FAR AS EVEN THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER TO. 
          IT'S NOT SO MUCH. NO, IT'S THERE FOR THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK IT'S A NEED NEEDS TO BE THERE FOR THE VISION OR THE APPROACH. SO WHEN AN OUTSIDER LOOKS AT THE LOOKS AT IT, THEY CAN'T SAY, OH, WELL, SO AND SO. HE'S A FAMILY MEMBER OF OF THAT PERSON. AND, AND THAT IT JUST CUTS DOWN ON THAT. SO YES, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS OKAY. AND I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE ALREADY, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT LAST ONE. SO THIS IS THE LAST ONE. AND I DID WANT TO BREAK IT UP SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. AND WE HAD WE'VE HAD THIS ONE MORE POP UP LATELY, AND IT'S ONLY IN CASUAL CONVERSATION THAT WE FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS A CITY EMPLOYEE, WHETHER THAT BE A PART TIME OR FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. SO ALSO ON THE APPLICATION, IT WILL ASK THEM IF THEY'RE A CITY EMPLOYEE. THAT'S ONE QUESTION. AND THEN OR IS THEIR SPOUSE A CITY EMPLOYEE. AND THEN THAT DROP DOWN BOX FOR WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY WORK IN WILL PULL UP. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT, MAYBE THEIR SPOUSE IS, DEPENDING ON WHAT BOARD THEY SERVE ON, COULD BE A CONFLICT OF DEPENDING ON WHAT DEPARTMENT THEIR SPOUSE WORKS IN. SO THIS ONE I DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF OUR CITIES AROUND US. 
          THAT'S PART OF OUR LOCAL CHAPTER TO SEE IF THEY PROHIBIT EMPLOYEE SPOUSES FROM SERVING. 
          AND NOBODY RESPONDED BACK THAT THEY DID. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT NOBODY DOES. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT. I'M INDIFFERENT ON THIS ONE AS WELL. A THE A COUPLE CITIES DID RESPOND BACK THAT THEY DON'T PROHIBIT SPOUSES, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM ANYONE THAT SAID THAT THEY DID. AND SO HERE ARE WE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE IF THEY MARK YES, THAT THEIR SPOUSE WORKS FOR THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME, THAT TRIGGERS US TO TALK TO LEGAL AND LOOK INTO THE BOARDS THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR, IF THEY WOULD BE. AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE THREE LAWS I QUOTED EARLIER FOR AN EMPLOYEE DO NOT APPLY TO SPOUSES. SO THOSE DON'T APPLY THERE. AND SO WHETHER WHERE THERE IS NO LEGAL PROHIBITION, THE PANEL WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THOSE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. MORE FOR PERCEPTION OF A CONFLICT. SO YEAH THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SEPARATE THE TWO OKAY. AND I'LL ASK. AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON. CAN WE LEGALLY PUT THAT KIND OF A RESTRICTION IN BASED ON SOME. BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO GO TO LEAGUE. WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO LEGAL ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THIS YEAR FOR APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING WERE 
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SPOUSES, WORK FOR THE CITY. AND BASED ON THAT BACK AND FORTH, IT DID SOUND LIKE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING. I KNOW THE BOARD OF REVIEW IS THE ONLY BOARD THAT WE CURRENTLY SAY NO, IT'S NO COUNCIL MEMBER SPOUSES CAN SERVE, NO CITY EMPLOYEES. NO CITY EMPLOYEE SPOUSES CAN SERVE ON THAT BOARD OF REVIEW. AND I THINK IT'S EVEN BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS SPOUSES CANNOT SERVE ON THAT ONE, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT PROHIBITS IT. EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSLY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD VERIFY. IF YOUR DIRECTION IS TO. YES. THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT BY LEGAL AND MAKE SURE. OKAY. AND DID YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF. NO. NO. OKAY. SO MAYOR PRO TEM I KNOW YOU HAD STATED THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THIS STORM AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU FIRST. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST CLEANER FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN TERMS OF OUR EMPLOYEES OR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, YOU KNOW, CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND WHATNOT, AT LEAST THEIR SPOUSES. I THINK IT'S JUST CLEANER FOR THE BOARDS AND FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND FOR THEIR SPOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          IT'S CLEANER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE IN ANY OF THE BOARDS. OKAY. SO AND I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN DUKES, SINCE HE HAD ALSO STATED TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM, WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YEAH. MY SAME COMMENTS APPLY AS BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD EXTEND TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL. OKAY. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS WILLING TO SAY FAMILY MEMBERS FOR TRANSPARENCY. OKAY. AND I DON'T DISAGREE. I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SPOUSE AND I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE I CAN SAY FAMILY MEMBER AS WELL. ARE WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT I'LL ASK EVERYONE'S SPOUSE OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IMMEDIATE FAMILY AS FAR AS LIKE SPOUSE, PARENTS, KIDS? JUST BECAUSE I KNOW MISS STORM IS GOING TO NEED TO A RUN EVERYTHING BY LEGAL AND THEN BE ABLE TO CLEARLY DEFINE. SO I'LL START WITH YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          I THINK IF WE TALK ABOUT FAMILY, THEN WE'RE ELIMINATING HALF OF THE HALF OF THE CITY FROM BEING ON THE BOARDS. SO I THINK YOU GO TO THE SPOUSE AND THAT'S THE EXTENT FOR ME AT LEAST, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF THE RESTRICTION. OKAY. COUNCILMAN DUKE, I'LL GO TO YOU. SECOND, AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM. WE SHOULD LIMIT IT TO JUST THE SPOUSE. COUNCILMAN PICKENS. YES. 
          SPOUSE IS FINE. COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS I'M GOOD WITH SPOUSE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED, BECAUSE SOMETIMES TERMS ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY, AND I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE GAVE CLEAR DIRECTION. THERE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. MR. SO WITH THAT, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR WORK SESSION. I'LL MOVE US FROM OUR 
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